Part 3 Vocabulary Reference Sheet - Reading

develop their imagination

Verb-noun collocation

To improve a person’s ability to see things in their mind

pictures in their heads

What people see in their minds

creativity

The ability to use imagination to produce new ideas or make things

strengthen their relationships

Verb-noun collocation

To improve relationships

shared memory

Adjective-noun collocation

A memory which two people have of the same event

inspire a future passion for literature

Verb-noun collocation (to inspire a passion)

Note the preposition (to inspire a passion for sth)

To make someone feel very interested in stories

facilitiate

To make it easier for something to happen/develop/succeed

hinder

To make it di cult for something to happen/develop/succeed

passion for reading

Note the -ing form of the verb after a preposition

adult themes

‘Adult’ (as an adjective) could also be pronounced with the stress on the
second syllable

Content which is not appropriate for children, such as content containing

sex, violence or drug use

difficulty level

Compound noun
How di cult something is

book shop

Compound noun
A shop selling books

prohibit

Common error: syllable stress is on the second syllable, not the rst

To say something is not allowed

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accessible

Common error: syllable stress is on the second syllable, not the rst (unlike
the noun ‘access’, where the stress is on the rst syllable)

Easy to reach or get into

age-appropriate

Do not stress the ‘age’ in age-appropriate

Suitable for people of the age who are using it

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