BILKENT UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PREPARATORY PROGRAM

PERIOD 1 & 3

PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WORDLIST FOR PRE-INTERMEDIATE CLASSES

PRISM 1 Reading & Writing WORD LIST

UNIT 1- PLACES

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS

area circle alive calmly driver’s license

article control beautiful completely
beauty correct bright correctly
brightness describe calm especially
castle discuss central generally
church drive complete happily
circle excel correct/ incorrect quietly
control explain crowded
correction feel excellent
crowd introduce general
description live geographical
discussion waste happy/ unhappy
driver Write local
excellence complete missing
explanation necessary/ unnecessary
feeling noisy
geography quiet
hall skilled
happiness usual/ unusual
introduction
leader
locals
mount/ mountain
movie
noise
population
scene
skill
subject
waste
writer

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 UNIT 1 (PLACES) EXTRA WORDS
NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS
actress complain crazy abroad pre-
airplane decorate frightened quickly
complaint escape frightening silently
cream hurry psychological
decision knock quick
decoration lend scared
diary silent
escape tragic
horror
hurry
knock
preschool
psychology
puzzle
resort
silence
toilet
tragedy
volcano

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 UNIT 2- FESTIVALS & CELEBRATIONS
NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS

activity begin active historically

amazement book amazed instead
beginning choose amazing just
booklet date childish
child design childlike
childhood expect cultural
choice fish cultured
college follow energetic
content join following
culture laugh formal/ informal
date mean fun
design meet funny
designer plant historical
economy review lucky
economics tour meaningful
energy meaningless
event thin
exchange traditional
expectation whole
fish
follower
formality
fun
history
laughter
luck
meaning
meeting
member
membership
phrase
plant

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 review
situation
symbol
title
tradition
tour
wedding

UNIT 2 (FESTIVALS & CELEBRATIONS) EXTRA WORDS

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS
alcohol accept acceptable/ unacceptable altogether landscape design
alcoholic disappoint alcoholic immediately
beer look forward delighted
catalogue memorize disappointed
cigarette taste glad
exhibition upset memorable
ghost passive
jam pleased
make-up thick
memory upset
poster
programme
supper
taste
theatre
thickness
wine

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 UNIT 3- THE INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY
NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS

advantage/ disadvantage advertise clear already different from

advertisement advise dangerous clearly
advertiser agree different maybe
advice bake extra nervously
agreement collect imaginative possibly
attention copy impossible/ possible socially
author educate interested too
baker guess interesting
bakery imagine nervous
brain improve problematic
camera record real/ unreal
career socialize secret
cause touch social
collection turn sociable
copy use antisocial
danger sure
difference technological
education useful
educator
fact
guess
imagination
improvement
instructions
interest
Internet
keyboard
male/ female
nervousness
opinion

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 pair
possibility
problem
reality
record
secret
society
technology
turn
use
video
website

UNIT 3 (THE INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY) EXTRA WORDS

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS
audio chase classical anymore cell phone
bullet enter definite definitely credit card
century phone nowadays multi-
cheque photocopy perhaps
crime pull
criminal push
decade rob
entrance steal
jail
level
photocopy
questionnaire
robbery
robber
telephone
theft
thief
twin
voice
wall

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 UNIT 4- WEATHER & CLIMATE
NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS

appointment camp certain almost mid-

bar heat clinical certainly
body land common commonly
camping lie cool enough
climate protect depressed extremely
clinic extreme last
consonant/ vowel foreign less
couple healthy/ unhealthy regularly
depression irregular/ regular seriously
example last suddenly
flu main
foreigner middle
health normal
heat powerful
heating protective
ice serious
land several
liar shocked
line sudden
power sunny
protection
reason
rock (music)
shock
sore throat
stomach
sun
sunlight
sunset
suntan
temperature
tower
type

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 wind

UNIT 4 (WEATHER & CLIMATE) EXTRA WORDS

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS
album diagnose actual actually
ambulance give up diagnostic enormously
band (music) guard enormous fortunately/ unfortunately
belt roast fortunate
coast shave grey
diagnosis sound miserable
fortune
guard
heart
misery
seatbelt
sound
surgery
surgeon

UNIT 5- SPORTS & COMPETITION

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS

ability carry able finally

bell chat dirty firstly
chat coach famous strangely
coach compete final twice
competition fame first
competitor fight golden
fight fire ill
final jump mistaken
fire pick strange
feet/ foot prepare tough
gold race
golf reply
guy try
head
illness
message
mistake
piece
plastic
preparation
race
reply
size
stranger

UNIT 5 (SPORTS & COMPETITION) EXTRA WORDS

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 ambition apologise ambitious afterwards similar to
ankle attack brilliant the same (as) the same as
apology fail shining Both
arm rope similar Except (for)
attack shine stressful/ stressed
champion shout swollen
championship tidy the same (as)
ear tidy/ untidy
failure
finger
hell
host/ hostess
knee
leather
leg
mess
neck
nose
rope
shout
skeleton
stress
timetable
wallet

UNIT 6- BUSINESS
NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS

application apply creative environmentally

artist borrow detailed

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 artwork contact developed
boss create developing
calendar develop environmental
contact express official
creativity paint
creator search
creature
detail
development
environment
expression
item
literature
math
novel
novelist
occupation
official
painter
painting
poet
poetry
present
sale
socks
star
trouble
truth

UNIT 6 (BUSINESS) EXTRA WORDS

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS
accountant Delay delayed further
chapter offer further generously
clerk retire generous

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 delay retired
disaster wild
generosity
law
Lawyer
offer
parcel
politician
politics
prison
prisoner
slice
soldier
staff
tailor
uniform

UNIT 7- PEOPLE
NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS

baby afford affordable carelessly

behavior behave well-behaved lazily

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 bravery care badly-behaved patiently
care dream blind shyly
carelessness own brave
disease point caring
dream Repair careless
farm fashionable
farmer few
farming fit
fashion intelligent
intelligence lazy
laziness own
Mark patient
owner shy
patient teenage
point
pupil
repairs
teen
teenager
tense

UNIT 7 (PEOPLE) EXTRA WORDS

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS
arrest annoy annoyed quite
beard Arrest Annoying
birth brush asleep
boot comb characteristic

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 bowl marry married
bunch mend poisonous
Bush poison religious
brush rude
characteristic well-dressed
cheek personal
comb
death
diet
dishes
electrician
grocery
neighbor
neighborhood
nightmare
personality
poison
poisoning
religion
ring

UNIT 8- THE UNIVERSE

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS

belief believe believable/ unbelievable absolutely flight attendant

crash crash hopeless/ hopeful even

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 drug fly huge exactly
flight guide human hopefully
government hold lonely nearly
ground hope physical probably
guide include straight yet
Hope pass tiny
human (being) print
king/ kingdom research
library sail
librarian travel
lift (elevator) Wait
loneliness
medicine
physician
physics
printer
printing
radio
reporter
research
row
sailing
sailor
science
scientist
side
stairs
state
statistics (department)
straight
train
traveler
waiter/ waitress

UNIT 8 (THE UNIVERSE) EXTRA WORDS

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB OTHERS

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)

 acid Dye acid obviously mineral water
adventure hunt eastern
bat promise obvious
bay
Bean
Burglar
Burglary
carrot
case
curtain
department
diamond
dye
envelop
Fossil
hunter
laboratory
liquid
loaf
promise
relationship
ruler
ship
tyre

PRISM 1 Reading and Writing Wordlist- (June 2022)