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carpet /ˈkɑːpɪt/ Noun
a carpet is a large piece of material that covers a floor
there’s a blue carpet on the floor | don’t spill your coffee
on the carpet! | they make beautiful carpets in India
chair /ʧeə/ Noun
a chair is a piece of furniture that you sit on
a table and chairs | this chair is broken | an
uncomfortable chair | we need another chair in here
dish /dɪʃ/ Noun
a dish is a plate, cup, bowl, etc. that you use during a
meal. After the meal, you wash the dishes
Collocates: wash the dishes | do the dishes | dirty dishes
it’s your turn to wash the dishes | put the dirty dishes in
the kitchen | a pile of dishes | let’s do the dishes later - I
want to watch TV now
draw /drɔː/ Verb
if you draw something or someone, you make a picture
of them using a pencil or pen
I like drawing dogs | can you draw a picture of your
house? | he can’t draw very well | she wants to learn how
to draw
Noun: drawing
a nice drawing of the church
factory /ˈfækt(ə)ri/ Noun
a factory is a big building where people make things
such as cars and machines
my dad works in a factory | I’m going to get a job in
a factory | a car factory | a shoe factory | the factory
employs 200 people
fridge /frɪʤ/ Noun
a fridge is a large piece of kitchen equipment which
keeps food at a low temperature so that it will stay fresh
for longer
put the butter back in the fridge | I never keep eggs in
the fridge | there’s a full bottle of milk in the fridge | we
have a fridge in the kitchen and another in the garage
glasses /ˈglɑːsɪz/ Noun plural
glasses are two pieces of glass that you wear on your
face to help you see things better
a pair of glasses | I wear glasses for reading | these
glasses are very expensive | my glasses are broken
hard /hɑːd/ Adverb
if you work hard, you spend a lot of time and energy
working. If you do something else hard, you use a lot of
energy or power
I’m working very hard at school | you must try harder | he
hit me really hard
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key /kiː/ Noun
a key is a tool that you use to lock and unlock a door
I can’t find my keys | a bunch of keys (a group of them
together) | let’s see if this key fits the lock | this is the key
to my flat | put the car keys in your pocket
law /lɔː/ Noun
the law is all the official rules that people in a country
have to obey
Collocates: against the law | break the law
the law doesn’t allow you to carry a gun in public |
it’s against the law (not allowed) to sell cigarettes to
children | if you break the law (do something that is not
allowed) you can go to prison
leave /liːv/ Verb
if you leave something somewhere, you forget to take it
with you when you go away from there
did you leave your keys in the car? | I left my homework
on the bus | she’s always leaving her phone in the café
lost /lɒst/ Adjective
if something is lost, you do not know where it is. If you
are lost, you do not know where you are when you are
trying to go somewhere
Collocates: get lost
it’s easy to get lost in the streets of Hong Kong | the
picture got lost when we moved house | a lost pen
picture /ˈpɪkʧə/ Noun
a picture is a drawing or painting or photo of someone
or something
Collocates: a picture of someone or something
I’m painting a picture of our house | there’s a nice picture
on the wall | a picture book (with pictures rather than
words) | she’s drawing a picture of the garden
remember /rɪˈmembə(r)/ Verb
if you remember someone or something, they are still in
your mind and you can talk about them or repeat them
he can remember the whole poem | what do you
remember from the history lesson? | can you remember
the address? | I don’t remember my grandfather | I can’t
remember where she lives
Opposite – Verb: forget
don’t forget to lock the door | did you forget my birthday
again? | she’s always forgetting her phone
similar /ˈsɪmɪlə/ Adjective
if two things or people are similar, their appearance is
almost the same
the two brothers look very similar | his car is very similar
to mine | a similar computer costs a lot less in the US
sink /sɪŋk/ Noun
a sink is the thing in a kitchen that you can fill with water
and use for washing things
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the kitchen sink is very dirty | put the dishes in the sink |
the soap is in the cupboard under the sink | fill the sink
with warm water | the sink’s blocked (water won’t flow
out of it properly)
wear /weə/ Verb
if you wear clothes, they are covering your body. If you
wear glasses, they are on your face, resting on your
nose
I wear glasses for reading | he’s wearing a hat and coat |
I don’t know what to wear to the concert
work /wɜːk/ Verb
if a machine, car, etc. is working, it does what it is
supposed to do properly. If it stops working, there is
something wrong with it and it does not do what it is
supposed to do
my printer isn’t working | the ticket machine isn’t working
so I can’t buy a ticket | why has the computer stopped
working?
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call /kɔːl/ Verb
if you call someone, you make contact with them by
telephone
I called my mum, but she didn’t answer | call me
tomorrow after school | I’ll call you this evening | can I
call you back later? | don’t call me when I’m at work
client /ˈklaɪənt/ Noun
a client is a person who is paying someone such as a
lawyer or accountant for their professional service
a meeting with some important clients | Diane’s visiting
a client | I have an appointment with a client at three
o’clock | his clients include a number of famous actors
come /kʌm/ Verb
if someone comes somewhere, they move to the place
where you are
Ken’s not coming today | she can’t come to the meeting
| my grandparents are coming to visit us this weekend |
can you come to my party on Saturday?
get /get/ Verb
if you get something, you start to have it
can I get a coffee, please? | is there somewhere I can
get a drink here? | we get the same newspaper every
day | I want to get a new job | let’s get something to eat
before we go home
list /lɪst/ Noun
a list is a number of words or names that you write down
one below the other
make a list of things you need to do | what’s the first
item on the list? | a long list of names | put butter on the
shopping list
long /lɒŋ/ Adjective
if something is long, there is a big distance between one
end of it and the other end
a long dress | it’s a long way to Edinburgh | she is tired
after her long journey | Watling Street is a very long road
| our garden is not very wide but it’s very long | a shirt
with long sleeves
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message /ˈlɪvɪŋ ruːm/ Noun
a message is something you send to someone
containing information, a question, etc.
Collocates: send someone a message | get a message |
receive a message
I sent him a message asking him to come home | a
message from Guy saying he’s coming to London next
week | did you get my message? | Alec isn’t in the office
today. Do you want to leave a message?
say /seɪ/ Verb
if you say something, you use your voice to produce
words that people can hear and understand
say your name | she says it is cold in here | my sister
says you are nice | say hello to your family from me
send /send/ Verb
if you send something somewhere, you get someone to
take it there for you. For example, if you send a letter or
parcel, you pay a delivery service to take it somewhere
for you. If you send an email or text message, you use
a computer or mobile phone to make it go to someone
else
Collocates: send something to someone | send someone
something
go to the post office to send a parcel | send me an email
with the information | I’ll send you a text when I get to
the airport | I want to send this to Germany | I sent a
letter to my aunt
travel /ˈtrævl/ Verb
if you travel, you go from one place to another, usually
over a long distance
I want to travel around the world | we travelled for six
hours and still didn’t get home | I try to travel light (not
carrying lots of bags) | we travelled to Thailand last year
| he has to travel a lot for his job
Noun: traveller
bad weather means travellers cannot leave the airport |
business travellers (people who are travelling somewhere
for their job) | a hotel that is popular with travellers
way /weɪ/ Noun
the way is the direction you need to go in to get
somewhere or the paths and roads you go along
Collocates: the right way | the wrong way
it’s a long way to Edinburgh | we’re going the wrong way
| which is the way to the station? | can you tell me the
way to your school? | if you lose your way, ring me
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bag /bæg/ Noun
a bag is something that you carry things in
my bag is very heavy | a plastic bag | a school bag | a
shopping bag | can you carry my bag for me?
bathroom /ˈbɑːθru(ː)m/ Noun
a bathroom is a room in a house where you can wash
and have a bath or shower
the bathroom is upstairs | my bedroom has its own small
bathroom | a big bathroom | there’s another bathroom
downstairs
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bed /bed/ Noun
a bed is a soft, flat piece of furniture where you sleep at
night
Collocates: in bed | go to bed
she’s in bed | what time do you go to bed? | I don’t want
to go to bed yet | he’s still in bed | a double bed (for two
people)
bedroom /ˈbedru(ː)m/ Noun
a bedroom is a room with a bed in it where you sleep at
night
I share a bedroom with my brother | a big bedroom | a
three-bedroom house | his bedroom is upstairs
card /kɑːd/ Noun
a card is a small, flat object that you can use to pay for
things
Collocates: credit card | bank card
you can pay by card | do you have a credit card? | it’s
too easy to buy things when you have a bank card
carpet /ˈkɑːpɪt/ Noun
a carpet is a large piece of material that covers a floor
there’s a blue carpet on the floor | don’t spill your coffee
on the carpet! | they make beautiful carpets in India
chair /ʧeə/ Noun
a chair is a piece of furniture that you sit on
a table and chairs | this chair is broken | an
uncomfortable chair | we need another chair in here
cupboard /ˈkʌpəd/ Noun
a cupboard is a piece of furniture with a door and
shelves, where you can keep things
put it back in the cupboard | a cupboard under the sink |
the plates are in the cupboard | a kitchen cupboard | she
keeps her shoes in a cupboard
fridge /frɪʤ/ Noun
a fridge is a large piece of kitchen equipment which
keeps food at a low temperature so that it will stay fresh
for longer
put the butter back in the fridge | I never keep eggs in
the fridge | there’s a full bottle of milk in the fridge | we
have a fridge in the kitchen and another in the garage
glasses /ˈglɑːsɪz/ Noun plural
glasses are two pieces of glass that you wear on your
face to help you see things better
a pair of glasses | I wear glasses for reading | these
glasses are very expensive | my glasses are broken
kitchen /ˈkɪʧɪn/ Noun
a kitchen is a room where people prepare and cook
food for eating
we usually have breakfast in the kitchen | the kitchen
gets very hot in summer | the kitchen sink | a kitchen
cupboard | we spend a lot of time in the kitchen
left /left/ Verb
left is the past of leave. If you leave something
somewhere, you forget to take it with you when you go
away from there
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did you leave your keys in the car? | I left my homework
on the bus | she’s always leaving her phone in the café
living room /ˈlɪvɪŋ ruːm/ Noun
the living room is the room in a house where people
spend most of their time when they are awake, reading,
watching TV, playing computer games, etc.
come into the living room | there are two sofas in the
living room | it’s nice and warm in the living room | we
spend our evenings in the living room
parent /ˈpeərənt/ Noun
your parents are your father and mother
my parents are both teachers | Luca’s parents are from
Italy | he’s 30 but he still lives with his parents (in the
same house) | come and meet my parents
saw /sɔː/ Verb
saw is the past of see. If you see something, you notice it
with your eyes
did you see Tom’s new car? | I can’t see where we are on
the map | we saw lots of interesting churches in Florence |
there are lots of interesting places to see in Italy
shelf /ʃelf/ Noun
a shelf is a flat piece of wood or metal attached to a wall
or in a cupboard, which you can put things on
Collocates: the top shelf | the bottom shelf
the batteries are on the bottom shelf | the shelves are full of
tins of food | there are some towels on the top shelf in the
bathroom | I need more shelves for my books
shower /ˈʃaʊə/ Noun
if you have a shower, you stand under running water to
wash yourself. A shower is also the place where you do this
Collocates: have a shower
I always have a shower in the morning | open the
window in the shower | we’re building a new shower
downstairs | do you feel better after your shower?
sink /sɪŋk/ Noun
a sink is the thing in a kitchen that you can fill with water
and use for washing things
the kitchen sink is very dirty | put the dishes in the sink |
the soap is in the cupboard under the sink | fill the sink
with warm water | the sink’s blocked (water won’t flow
out of it properly)
sofa /ˈsəʊfə/ Noun
a sofa is a long, soft chair that two or more people can
sit on at the same time
there’s a big sofa in the living room | sit down on the
sofa | we need to buy a new sofa | she’s lying on the
sofa for a few minutes | a comfortable sofa
table /ˈteɪbl/ Noun
a table is a piece of furniture with a flat top that you can
put things on. If you ask for a table in a restaurant, you
are asking if you can have a meal there
can we have a table for four please? | I want to book a
table for tomorrow evening, please
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anyone /ˈeniˌwʌn/ Pronoun
you use anyone in negative sentences and in questions
instead of someone
I can’t see anyone at the bus stop | is there anyone at
home? | I work at home and don’t see anyone all day
long
because /bɪˈkɒz/ Conjunction
you use because when you are giving the reason for
something
I like him because he’s very funny | I don’t want to
walk to the cinema because it’s too far | I can’t ring her
because my phone isn’t working | I’m not going out
tonight because I’ve got too much homework
change /ʧeɪnʤ/ Verb
if something changes, or if someone changes it, it stops
being one thing and starts being a different thing
the weather suddenly changed from sunshine to rain | I
need to change the battery in my phone (stop using the
old one and start using a different one) | everything is
changing in our family
company /ˈkʌmpəni/ Noun
a company is a business organisation
Microsoft is a big company | she runs a small company
in Paris | a company that employs 300 people | he works
for a German company
design /dɪˈzaɪn/ Verb
if you design something, you have the idea for it and
decide what it will look like and how it should be made
Gustave Eiffel designed the Eiffel Tower | I design
websites as a job | my friend designed this ring | the
dress was designed by Zandra Rhodes | who designs
your websites?
Noun: designer | Noun: design
a famous dress designer | the design of the phone is
very simple
designer /dɪˈzaɪnə(r)/ Noun
a designer is someone who decides what something
should look like and draws it so that other people can
make it
she’s a website designer for a big newspaper | there are
three designers in our studio | I want to go to art school
and become a designer | a clothes designer | she works
as a designer for a clothes company
Verb: design | Noun: design
I designed the house myself | who designed the iPhone?
| I like the design of the new Lexus
draw /drɔː/ Verb
if you draw something or someone, you make a picture
of them using a pencil or pen
I like drawing dogs | can you draw a picture of your
house? | he can’t draw very well | she wants to learn how
to draw
Noun: drawing
a nice drawing of the church
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fast /fɑːst/ Adverb
if you do something fast, you do it at great speed
she can run very fast | he always drives too fast | how
fast can you swim 100 metres? | his car can go much
faster than mine
Adjective: fast | Opposite – Adverb: slowly | Adjective:
slow
a fast train (that travels fast and does not stop very
often) | he’s a very fast driver | walk slowly towards the
door | can you speak more slowly, please? | a slow train |
the traffic is very slow today
few /fjuː/ Pronoun
a few is a small number of the sort of people or things
that you are talking about
most of our employees work in the office but a few work
from home | my colleagues are mostly British but a few
come from Spain | I’ve got lots of holiday photos but only
a few are any good
grow /grəʊ/ Verb
if a number grows, it gets bigger and bigger over time.
If a company grows, it develops and gets bigger and
makes more things and earns more money
the number of social media sites is still growing | a
growing number of people work from home | business is
growing | the company just grew and grew
Noun: growth
the company wants more growth next year
half /hɑːf/ Noun
half of something is one of two equal parts that make
the whole thing
he spends half the year in Florida | half the pupils in my
schools are girls and half are boys | there’s half a pizza
in the fridge | I’m growing vegetables in one half of the
garden
manage /ˈmænɪʤ/ Verb
if you manage a business, a department, etc., you are in
charge of it and tell everybody what they have to do
she manages of team of six website designers | it’s
important to know how to manage people | who is going
to manage the new project?
Noun: manager
I want to become a store manager | he’s a sales
manager for a car company | to be successful,
managers need to be good at listening
million /ˈmɪljən/ Noun
a million is the number 1,000,000
the World Cup prize is thirty million dollars | a house
that costs a million pounds | the population of the UK is
about sixty-five million
move /muːv/ Verb
if you move, or move house, you go and live in a
different place
Collocates: move house
we’re moving house next week | my parents want to
move to Cornwall | I lived in Gas Street when I first
moved here | I hate this house, but I can’t afford to move
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own /əʊn/ Adjective too /tuː/ Adverb

if something is your own thing, it belongs to you or is
connected only to you and to no one else
I want to start my own business when I’m older | they
went back to their own homes after the war | I want to
sleep in my own bed tonight | it was all my own work
(nobody helped me with it)
you use too to say that something happens as well as
something else
I’m going to France next week and my brother is coming,
too | John lives in Basingstoke and we live there, too | I
usually work in the kitchen and sometimes my husband
works there, too

professional /prəˈfeʃ(ə)nəl/ Adjective website /ˈwebˌsaɪt/ Noun

someone who is professional gets money for doing a
particular activity as a job
a professional musician | she wants to become a
professional photographer | a professional baseball
player
Noun: professional
a young medical professional (someone who works as a
doctor)
worker /ˈwɜː(r)kə(r)/ Noun
project manager /ˈprɒʤekt ˈmænɪʤə/ Noun
a project is a big piece of work that involves a team of
people working over a long period of time. The person
who makes sure everything happens at the right time is
the project manager
he’s trying to get a job as a project manager | the project
manager is arranging a meeting for tomorrow | an email
from the project manager to all team members
runner /ˈrʌnə/ Noun
a runner is someone who takes part in a running race, or
who runs for pleasure
the London Marathon has more than 50,000 runners |
Jesse Owens is a famous runner from the 1930s | the
runners are getting ready for the big race
Verb: run
she runs in the London Marathon every year | how fast
can you run 800 metres?
a website is a set of pages on the internet where
you can get information about a particular subject or
organisation
they have a very simple website | this is a useful website
for information about Australia | our website gets 2,000
visits a day | which websites do you look at most often? |
can you send the URL for your website (the address, so
I can find it)
a worker is someone who has a job and is paid by an
employer
the company provides training for the workers | workers
are demanding higher wages | factory workers | farm
workers | blue-collar workers (who work in factories doing
work with their hands) | white-collar workers (who work in
offices) | home workers (who do their job in their own home
rather than in their employer’s office)
Verb: work | Noun: work
she works for a mobile phone company | my dad doesn’t
work any more – he’s retired | she’s still looking for
work (looking for a job) | he’s been out of work for three
months (without a job)

sell /sel/ Verb

if you sell something, you give it to someone else and
they give you money for it
they sell children’s clothes in that shop | do you sell
stamps? | I’m trying to sell my car

space /speɪs/ Noun uncount

space is an area where you can put something, do
something, or keep something
we need more space for new employees | there’ll be
more space for people when they stop cars coming
into the city centre | we want a bigger house with more
space in the garden | we don’t have enough space for
two cars in the garage | is there space for another fridge
in the kitchen?

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EXERCISES E Complete the sentences with words formed from the

words in bold.

A Are the words for people (P) or furniture (F)? Circle 1 Do you like my son’s ? draw
P or F.
2 I’m not a great . I prefer staying
1 professional P F
at home. travel
2 client P F
3 Jacob is a very hard . work
3 bed P F
4 Dad is the at the car factory.
4 sofa P F  manage
5 parent P F 5 Bolt is my favourite . He’s
6 chair P F the best! run
B Complete the words for things in a house with the F Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. The
vowels (a, e, i , o, u). words in bold will help you.
1 c _ rp _ t
call  make  move  send  wear
2 fr _ dg _
1 I’m going shopping. I need to a
3 s _ nk
list.
4 sh _ lf
2 Does your sister glasses?
5 sh _ w _ r
3 I’m going to you a message this
6 b _ thr _ _ m
afternoon.
C Complete the sentences with for, in or with.
4 Julia and her brother are in China. They
1 It’s cold. Do you have a coat
their mum and dad every day.
you?
5 Our flat is very small. We want to
2 I designed my first website
house.
2014.
G Complete the words.
3 My brother is watching a programme
1 d _ _ _ y dishes
the living room.
2 a l _ _ g way
4 Why were you late work today?
3 k _ _ _ _ _ n cupboards
5 Is anyone coming us tonight?
4 a l _ _ t dog
6 Mum makes a coffee me every
5 my o _ n company
morning.

D Write the words that mean the opposite.

come  remember  sell  similar  slowly

1 forget

2 leave

3 buy

4 different

5 fast

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