27 oct 2023 14:56

Languaje I Units 6, 7 & 8

Verb-Noun
collocations
011
Life events

012

-ing/-ed Clothes &

adjectives. Computers
Multi-word and Love
010 verbs, 013
Verb-noun

Success
Unit 6 -
009 Emotion

Verb
phrases
008
Languaje I
Unit 7 -
Success Units 6, 7 &
8
Qualificatio
ns Compound
Nouns
007
Unit 8 -
001
Communiti
es

Ability
Welcoming
006
002

The Internet

Qualificatio 003
ns Getting on

005 004
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001 Compound Nouns
• swimming pool: a structure filled with
water for people to swim
• bookshop: a shop with sells
predominantly books.
• car park: an area where people can park 003
their cars.
• car rental: to pay money to borrow a car
from a company.
• city centre: the main shopping or
business area in a city.
• sports centre: a building where you can
do a lot of sports.
• duty-free shop: a shop in a airport or on
a ship that sells alcohol, cigarettes, etc.
where you can buy without having to pay
taxes.
• gift shop: a shop that sells small things
that are suitable for giving as presents.
• high street: the main street in a town
where the shops and businesses are.
• housing zone: an area where a lot of
houses have been built.
• industrial zone: an area where is a lot of
industries.
• language school: a place where you can
go yo learn a foreign language.
• one-way street: a road down which you
can only drive in one direction.
• primary school: a school for people
between 5 and 11 years old.
• semi-detached house: a house which is
joined to another house. 004
• terraced house: a house that is one of a
row of houses joined together.
• shopping mall: the American term for a
shopping centre
• shopping centre: a group of shops
together in one area.
• outdoor market: a place in the open air
which has lots of stalls from which you
can buy things
• supermarket: a very large shop that sell
things that people need regularly in their
homes.
• traffic jam: a long line of vehicles on the
road that move very slowly
• traffic lights: a set of lights that control
the movement of traffic.

002 Welcoming
• be my guest: used to give someone 005
permission.
• excuse the mess: used to apologize for
your house not being tidy
• have a seat: used to invite someone to
sit down.
• help yourself: used to give permission
for someone to use or take sth that is
yours.
• make yourself at home: used when you
want someone to feel relaxed in your
house.
• put your feet up: to relax, especially by
sitting with your feet supported on sth.
The Internet
006
• search engine: a computer program
that helps you to find information
• dating site: a website to meet someone
in order to have a romantic relationship.
• personal homepage: a website where
you can share facts about yourself.
• blog: a web page where people read and
write opinions about anything and
everything.
• wiki: a website with information that
users can change or add things to.
• social networking site: a web page
where you can contact friends.
• news site: a website to find out what is
happening in the world.
• photo sharing website: a website
where you can upload photos for other 007
people to look.
• travel site: a website dedicated to travel
information.
• corporate website: a web page where
you can find information about a
company.

Getting on
• get to know: to become familiar with a
person and discover what their
personality is.
• get on your nerves: when sth annoys
you.
• invite over: to ask someone to come to
your house.
• keep yourself to yourself: to act in a
private way and not attempt to interact 008
with other people.
• make friends with: to become friends
with someone.
• mind your own business: to kot get
involved in situations that do not concern
you.
• nuisance: someone or sth that annoys
you ot causes problems.

Qualifications
• face-to-face: a meeting, conversation,
etc. where you are with another person.
• degree: the qualification that is given to
you when you have successfully
completed a course.
•MA: a shorter university degree in a
subject that you can get after your first
degree.
• PhD: a university degree of a very high
level.
• course: a series of lessons on a period of
study in a particular subject.
Ability
• Have a lot of ability as: to be (very)
skilled.
• Have an aptitude for: to have natural
ability
• hopeless at: having no hability
• be an expert in: to have special skill or
special knowledge in a subject.
• be gifted at: to have natural ability
• skillful: to be good at doing sth that you
have learned an practiced
• talented: having natural ability to do sth
really well.
• useless at: not useful or effective at all.
Qualifications
• qualification: if you have a qualification,
you have passed a course to show you
have particular level of knowledge in a
subject.
• certificate: an official document that
shows sth is true or correct.
• driving licence: an official card that says
that you are legally allowed to drive a
car.
• licence: an official document that gives
you permission to do or own sth.
• distance learning: a method of study
that involves working at home.
• apprenticeship: the period of time in
which you are an apprentice.

Verb phrases
• Have on thing in common: to share an
interest or idea with someone.
• have access to: to have the right to
enter a place, use sth, see someone, etc.
• be word-class at: to be one of the best
people in the world at what you do.
• pick up on: to show or notice sth.
• put in: to spend time working or
practicing sth.
• have talent for: to have an unusual
amonunt of skill in a particular area.
• agree with: to have the same opinion as
someone else.
• argue with: to say angry things to
someone because you disagree with
them.
• worry about: to keep thinking about a
problem or sth bad might happen so that
you do not feel relaxed.
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• comlain about: to say you are unhappy surprising/surprised. system.

or not satisfied about sth or someone.
• belong to: if sth belongs to someone,
they own it.
• pay attention to: to listen or watch
someone or sth carefully.
• wait for: to not do sth until sth else
happens or someone arrives
• pay for: to give someone money for sth
you buy.
• depend on: if sth depends on sth else, it
is directly affected by that thing.
• rely on: to trust or depend on someone
or sth.
• look at: to turn your eyes towards sth,
so that you can see it.
• laugh at: to make sounds with your
voice because you think sth is funny
• succeed in: to do what you tried or
wanted to do.
• believe in: to think that sth is true.

• Tired/Tiring: feeling that you want to
sleep or rest.
• Fascinated/Fascinating: extremely
interested by sth or someone.
• Disappointed/Disappointing: unhappy
be:ause sth was not as good as you
expected.
• Disgusted/Disgusting: shocked by being
unpleasant
• Depressed/Despressing: making you
feel sad.
• Interessed/Interessing: wanting to
know more about sth.
• Terrified/Terrifying: extremely
frightened/frightening.


011 Verb-Noun collocations
• scroll up: to love the screen up or down
to see more information.
• settle down: to start living a quiet life,
especially when you get married.
• shut down: if you shut down a machine,
it stop operating
• take off: to remove some clothing
• try on: to wear clothes (in a shop) to see
if you want to buy them.
• go off: to stop liking someone or sth.
• get on: to have a good relationship with
someone.

• get a seat: to find somewhere to sit.

009 Success
• work hard: to make a lot of effort to
achieve a goal.
• opportunity: a chance to do sth.
• have the opportunity: to be in a
situation which you can use to sth that
you want to do.
• high achiever: someone who is very
successful in their work
• believe in yourself: to have confidence
that you can success
• have a natural talent: to be born with a
particular ability.
• be word-class at: to be one of the best
people in the world at what you do.
• master (a skill): to learn a subject or a
skill very well.
• focus on: to give special attention to
one particular thing or person
• skill: an ability to do sth well.

• split up: to end a marriage or a
010 -ing/-ed adjectives.
• Annoyed/Annoying: a little angry.
• Worried/Worrying: not relaxed because
you think sth bad might happen.
• Confused/Confusing: unclear and
difficult to understand.
• Frightened/Frightening: feeling afraid.
• Relaxed/Relaxing: making you feel
calm.
• Satisfied/Satisfying: making you feel
pleased, especially because you've
achieved sth.
• Embarrassed/Embarrassing: feeling
uncomfortable or nervous and worrying
about what people think of you.
• Atonished/Atonishing: very
• hold a sale: when a shop or person sells
thing cheaply
• jump a queue: to avoid waiting in a line
of people.
• raise money: to collect money that you
can use to help people.
• cut hair: to make sth shorter with
scissors in order to make it neater.
• watch a programme: to look at sth for a
period of time on TV
• do experiments: to obtain new scientific
information.


012 Life events
• fail: to not succeed in sth.
• pass: to succeed in sth.
• get promoted: to be given a better job in
a company
relationship
• lose: if you lose sth, you then no longer
have it.
• give a reason: to say a fact that explains
why sth happens.
• tone of voice: the way your voice
sounds.

013 Clothes & Computers and Love
• chat up: start/have a conversation with
someone
• click on: press the button of a computer
mouse to select sth.
• dress down: to wear informal clothes
• dress up: to wear formal clothes or to
put on special clothes for fun.
• log off: to stop using a computer