VOCABULARY DOMINOES

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Contents
Game Rules
Phrasal Verbs
Idioms
Collocations
Describing People
Crime and Law
Environment
Work and Education
Health and Medicine

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Learners with an intermediate, upper-intermediate level of
English.

PAULA ROSANA ASAD

The Resourceful
English Teacher
 PAULA ROSANA ASAD

The Resourceful

GAME RULES English Teacher

Setting up the Game:

Shuffle the 21 tiles face down. Students can play in pairs or threes. Each
player draws 5 tiles.

How to play

To play a tile, students must match one of its ends with an open end of a tile in
the layout. If a player cannot make a move, they must draw a tile from the
remaining tiles and pass their turn. If there are no more tiles to draw from,
the player must pass their turn. The game continues until one player runs out
of tiles or no more plays can be made. The player who goes out (plays their last
tile) wins the round.

Another Way to Play Dominoes!

Divide students into small groups and give them a set of dominoes with all the
tiles mixed up. They have to arrange them in a way that all sentences are
grammatically correct. The group that can do it first is the winner of the
game!
 PHRASAL VERBS
Arrive Search for
unexpectedly Exhaust the information
or make RUN OUT OF supply of Look up in a SET UP
something something. reference
louder. source.

Remove
Establish or clothing or Quit or
arrange TAKE OFF GIVE UP surrender. CALL OFF
become
something.
successful.

Cancel
something that Raise a topic PUT OFF Postpone or
BRING UP BREAK UP
was planned. or child. delay.

Recover from
LOOK Anticipate
End a an illness or
with GET OVER COME ACROSS
relationship FORWARD TO emotional
pleasure.
distress.

Continue or Begin a new

Find by
GO ON start TAKE UP activity or TAKE OUT
chance.
happening. hobby.

Wear
Remove or Exercise or
clothing or
extract PUT ON WORK OUT solve a GIVE IN
increase
something. problem.
weight.

Arrive or Be vigilant or
Surrender. SHOW UP become LOOK OUT watch for TURN UP
visible. something.
 PHRASAL VERBS
Arrive Search for
unexpectedly Exhaust the information
or make RUN OUT OF supply of Look up in a SET UP
something something. reference
louder. source.

Remove
Establish or clothing or Quit or
TAKE OFF GIVE UP CALL OFF
arrange surrender.
become
something.
successful.

Cancel Postpone or
something that Raise a topic PUT OFF BREAK UP
BRING UP delay.
was planned. or child.

Recover from
LOOK Anticipate
End a an illness or
with GET OVER COME ACROSS
relationship FORWARD TO emotional
pleasure.
distress.

Continue or Begin a new

Find by
GO ON start TAKE UP activity or TAKE OUT
chance.
happening. hobby.

Wear
Remove or Exercise or
clothing or
extract PUT ON WORK OUT solve a GIVE IN
increase
something. problem.
weight.

Arrive or Be vigilant or
Surrender. SHOW UP become LOOK OUT watch for TURN UP
visible. something.
 IDIOMS
Good luck,
It's your DON'T CRY
THE BALL IS
often used in COST AN ARM turn to OVER
Expensive IN YOUR
the performing AND A LEG make a SPILLED
COURT
arts. decision. MILK

Don't worry Get

about things something JUMP ON THE Join a
HIT THE NAIL ON
that have popular trend PIECE OF CAKE
THE HEAD exactly BANDWAGON
already or activity.
right.
happened.

What you do is
Something that ACTIONS SPEAK DON'T PUT ALL
more Listening
is very easy to LOUDER THAN ALL EARS YOUR EGGS IN
important than carefully.
do. WORDS ONE BASKET
what you say.

Don't rely on a Make hasty

single source JUMP TO judgments UNDER THE Feeling A BLESSING IN
for your CONCLUSIONS without WEATHER unwell. DISGUISE
success. evidence.

Something that better to be Being too

EVERY CLOUD
initially seems BETTER LATE late than CURIOSITY curious can
HAS A SILVER
bad but turns THAN NEVER never to arrive KILLED THE CAT lead to
LINING
out to be good. or to happen. trouble.

Every difficult Be skeptical

or unpleasant In the same
IN THE SAME TAKE IT WITH A about the ONCE IN A BLUE
situation has a situation.
BOAT GRAIN OF SALT truth of MOON
positive something.
aspect.

In agreement Being cautious

A rare event or ON THE SAME WALKING ON in a sensitive
or BREAK A LEG
occurrence. PAGE EGGSHELLS or delicate
understanding.
situation.
 IDIOMS
Good luck,
It's your DON'T CRY
THE BALL IS
often used in COST AN ARM turn to OVER
Expensive IN YOUR
the performing AND A LEG make a SPILLED
COURT
arts. decision. MILK

Don't worry Get

about things something JUMP ON THE Join a
HIT THE NAIL ON
that have popular trend PIECE OF CAKE
THE HEAD exactly BANDWAGON
already or activity.
right.
happened.

What you do is
Something that ACTIONS SPEAK DON'T PUT ALL
more Listening
is very easy to LOUDER THAN ALL EARS YOUR EGGS IN
important than carefully.
do. WORDS ONE BASKET
what you say.

Don't rely on a Make hasty

single source JUMP TO judgments UNDER THE Feeling A BLESSING IN
for your CONCLUSIONS without WEATHER unwell. DISGUISE
success. evidence.

Something that better to be Being too

EVERY CLOUD
initially seems BETTER LATE late than CURIOSITY curious can
HAS A SILVER
bad but turns THAN NEVER never to arrive KILLED THE CAT lead to
LINING
out to be good. or to happen. trouble.

Every difficult Be skeptical

or unpleasant In the same
IN THE SAME TAKE IT WITH A about the ONCE IN A BLUE
situation has a situation.
BOAT GRAIN OF SALT truth of MOON
positive something.
aspect.

In agreement Being cautious

A rare event or ON THE SAME WALKING ON in a sensitive
or BREAK A LEG
occurrence. PAGE EGGSHELLS or delicate
understanding.
situation.
 COLLOCATIONS

a deadline RAISE a question GIVE advice KEEP

a secret MAKE an effort BREAK a record SHAKE

hands DO the TAKE a chance CATCH

shopping

a cold GIVE a lift MEET expectations MAKE

a promise GET rid of PAY a compliment TAKE

a stance LIVE on a budget UNCONDITIONAL LIKE-MINDED

love

people EAT like a bird PROLIFIC writer MEET

 COLLOCATIONS

a deadline RAISE a question GIVE advice KEEP

a secret MAKE an effort BREAK a record SHAKE

hands DO the TAKE a chance CATCH

shopping

a cold GIVE a lift MEET expectations MAKE

a promise GET rid of PAY a compliment TAKE

a stance LIVE on a budget UNCONDITIONAL

love LIKE-MINDED

people EAT like a bird PROLIFIC writer MEET

 DESCRIBING PEOPLE
Having a strong Self-assured Showing care
desire for and sure of and thought
success OR CONFIDENT CAUTIOUS before taking DETERMINED
one's
achievement. risks.
abilities.

Being Understanding
Trustworthy
RELIABLE EMPATHETIC and sharing
resolute and and can be RESOURCEFUL
the feelings of
committed counted on others.

Possessing a
Skilled at
PERSISTENT Refusing to CHARISMATIC magnetic and
finding INQUISITIVE
give up. compelling
solutions.
charm.

Genuine and Showing a

Curious and honest in selfless
eager to learn SINCERE ALTURISTIC concern for the HILARIOUS
one's words
and explore. well-being of
and actions.
others.

using words
extremely careful and in a clever
DILIGENT WITTY LAID-BACK
funny using a lot of and funny
effort. way.

Determined to
Relaxed in do what he or
manner and STUBBORN she wants and DEVIOUS Dishonest. JEALOUS
refuses to do
character.
anything else.

upset because
someone you Easily
love seems deceived or GRUMPY Easily
GULLIBLE AMBITIOUS
interested in annoyed.
tricked.
another person.
 DESCRIBING PEOPLE
Having a strong Self-assured Showing care
desire for and sure of and thought
success OR CONFIDENT CAUTIOUS before taking DETERMINED
one's
achievement. risks.
abilities.

Being Understanding
Trustworthy
RELIABLE EMPATHETIC and sharing
resolute and and can be RESOURCEFUL
the feelings of
committed counted on others.

Possessing a
Skilled at
PERSISTENT Refusing to CHARISMATIC magnetic and
finding INQUISITIVE
give up. compelling
solutions.
charm.

Genuine and Showing a

Curious and honest in selfless
eager to learn SINCERE ALTURISTIC concern for the HILARIOUS
one's words
and explore. well-being of
and actions.
others.

using words
extremely careful and in a clever
DILIGENT WITTY LAID-BACK
funny using a lot of and funny
effort. way.

Determined to
Relaxed in do what he or
manner and STUBBORN she wants and DEVIOUS Dishonest. JEALOUS
refuses to do
character.
anything else.

upset because
someone you Easily
love seems deceived or GRUMPY Easily
GULLIBLE AMBITIOUS
interested in annoyed.
tricked.
another person.
 CRIME AND LAW
A person who is A person The person
believed to have
DEFENDANT accused of a JUDGE who presides JURY
committed a
crime. over a court.
crime.

Group of people Information or

Someone
selected to items presented
determine the WITNESS who has EVIDENCE GUILTY
in court to prove
guilt or innocence seen a or disprove a fact
of a defendant. crime. in a case.

Found to be The punishment

responsible for INNOCENT Not guilty of or penalty
SENTENCE ATTORNEY
a crime in a a crime. imposed by the
court of law. court.

A lawyer who The legal process The formal

of accusing and
represents decision of a APPEAL
PROSECUTION trying someone VEREDICT
clients in legal jury or judge in
in a criminal
matters. case. a legal case.

To request a Money deposited Abducting and

higher court to to the court for holding
review and BAIL the temporary KIDNAPPING someone HOMICIDE
possibly change release of an against their
a decision. accused person. will.

Creating or Causing
The act of altering a another person
killing a FORGERY document with the ASSAULT to fear physical CYBERCRIME
person. intent to deceive harm or bodily
or defraud.
injury.

The unlawful Breaking into a

Criminal
building or
activities taking of
THEFT BURGLARY property with the SUSPECT
conducted on the someone's intent to commit
internet.
property. a crime
 CRIME AND LAW
A person who is A person The person
believed to have
DEFENDANT accused of a JUDGE who presides JURY
committed a
crime. over a court.
crime.

Group of people Information or

Someone
selected to items presented
determine the WITNESS who has EVIDENCE GUILTY
in court to prove
guilt or innocence seen a or disprove a fact
of a defendant. crime. in a case.

Found to be The punishment

responsible for INNOCENT Not guilty of or penalty
SENTENCE ATTORNEY
a crime in a a crime. imposed by the
court of law. court.

A lawyer who The legal process The formal

of accusing and
represents decision of a APPEAL
PROSECUTION trying someone VEREDICT
clients in legal jury or judge in
in a criminal
matters. case. a legal case.

To request a Money deposited Abducting and

higher court to to the court for holding
review and BAIL the temporary KIDNAPPING someone HOMICIDE
possibly change release of an against their
a decision. accused person. will.

Creating or Causing
The act of altering a another person
killing a FORGERY document with the ASSAULT to fear physical CYBERCRIME
person. intent to deceive harm or bodily
or defraud.
injury.

The unlawful Breaking into a

Criminal
building or
activities taking of
THEFT BURGLARY property with the SUSPECT
conducted on the someone's intent to commit
internet.
property. a crime
 ENVIRONMENT
A community of The
living organisms preservation
The variety of and protection
and their BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION POLLUTION
interactions with life forms. of the natural
each other. environment.

The introduction Meeting the

The increase in
of harmful needs of the GLOBAL the Earth's GREEN HOUSE
substances or SUSTAINABILITY present without
contaminants into WARMING average surface EFFECT
compromising
temperature.
the environment. the future.

The trapping of Energy The clearing of

heat in the sources that forests, usually
RENEWABLE can be DEFORESTATION for agriculture, HABITAT
Earth's
atmosphere by ENERGY replenished development, or
certain gases. naturally, logging.

The environment
where an The process of
ENDANGERED Species at risk
organism or of becoming RECYCLING collecting and BIODEGRADABLE
community of SPECIES reusing
extinct.
organisms lives. materials.

Materials that
Materials and
can break down The total amount
NATURAL substances CARBON RENEWABLE
naturally into of greenhouse
harmless RESOURCES found in the FOOTPRINT gases, RESOURCES
environment.
substances.

Resources that Relating to or The wearing

can be naturally produced using away of topsoil
replaced or ORGANIC methods that do SOIL EROSION by natural forces REFORESTATION
regenerated not harm the or human
over time. environment. activities

Planting new Deceptive use of

The process by marketing to make
trees to replace
which fertile products appear
those that have DESERTIFICATION GREENWASHING ECOSYSTEM
land becomes environmentally
been cut down or
desert. friendly when they
lost. are not.
 ENVIRONMENT
A community of The
living organisms preservation
The variety of and protection
and their BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION POLLUTION
interactions with life forms. of the natural
each other. environment.

The introduction Meeting the

The increase in
of harmful needs of the GLOBAL the Earth's GREEN HOUSE
substances or SUSTAINABILITY present without
contaminants into WARMING average surface EFFECT
compromising
temperature.
the environment. the future.

The trapping of Energy The clearing of

heat in the sources that forests, usually
RENEWABLE can be DEFORESTATION for agriculture, HABITAT
Earth's
atmosphere by ENERGY replenished development, or
certain gases. naturally, logging.

The environment
where an The process of
ENDANGERED Species at risk
organism or of becoming RECYCLING collecting and BIODEGRADABLE
community of SPECIES reusing
extinct.
organisms lives. materials.

Materials that
Materials and
can break down The total amount
NATURAL substances CARBON RENEWABLE
naturally into of greenhouse
harmless RESOURCES found in the FOOTPRINT gases, RESOURCES
environment.
substances.

Resources that Relating to or The wearing

can be naturally produced using away of topsoil
replaced or ORGANIC methods that do SOIL EROSION by natural forces REFORESTATION
regenerated not harm the or human
over time. environment. activities

Planting new Deceptive use of

The process by marketing to make
trees to replace
which fertile products appear
those that have DESERTIFICATION GREENWASHING ECOSYSTEM
land becomes environmentally
been cut down or
desert. friendly when they
lost. are not.
 WORK AND EDUCATION
A numerical or
A single session
letter-based
The planned of teaching and
LESSON GRADE assessment of a GRADUATION
course of study. learning on a
student's
specific topic.
performance.

Financial aid A person who

The act of
awarded to provides
completing an
SCHOLARSHIP students to help TUTOR additional help
PLAGIARISM
educational
cover the cost of and instruction to
program.
education. students.

Using someone The head of a

else's work or school The place where
ideas without PRINCIPAL responsible for CAMPUS you attend EMPLOYEE
giving them its overall school.
proper credit. administration.

A person who A person or The process of

works for an organization that submitting a
employer in EMPLOYER hires and pays APPLICATION formal request SALARY
exchange for employees to for a job or
wages or a salary. perform work. position.

A fixed, regular Payments made to A specific

payment for employees for the
WAGES SHIFT period of time PROMOTION
work, typically hours worked,
during which
on a monthly or often on an hourly
or daily basis. work is done.
yearly basis.

Advancement A reduction in The act of

to a higher rank or job leaving one's job
position within DEMOTION responsibilities RETIREMENT or career, OVERTIME
an organization within an typically after a
or job. organization. certain age.

Extra hours Extra hours A self-employed

individual who
worked beyond worked beyond
DEADLINE FREELANCER offers services or CURRICULUM
the regular work the regular
work on a project-
schedule. work schedule. by-project basis.
 WORK AND EDUCATION
A numerical or
A single session
letter-based
The planned of teaching and
LESSON GRADE assessment of a GRADUATION
course of study. learning on a
student's
specific topic.
performance.

Financial aid A person who

The act of
awarded to provides
completing an
SCHOLARSHIP students to help TUTOR additional help
PLAGIARISM
educational
cover the cost of and instruction to
program.
education. students.

Using someone The head of a

else's work or school The place where
ideas without PRINCIPAL responsible for CAMPUS you attend EMPLOYEE
giving them its overall school.
proper credit. administration.

A person who A person or The process of

works for an organization that submitting a
employer in EMPLOYER hires and pays APPLICATION formal request SALARY
exchange for employees to for a job or
wages or a salary. perform work. position.

A fixed, regular Payments made to A specific

payment for employees for the period of time
work, typically WAGES hours worked, SHIFT PROMOTION
during which
on a monthly or often on an hourly
or daily basis.
work is done.
yearly basis.

Advancement A reduction in The act of

to a higher rank or job leaving one's job
position within DEMOTION responsibilities RETIREMENT or career, OVERTIME
an organization within an typically after a
or job. organization. certain age.

Extra hours Extra hours A self-employed

individual who
worked beyond worked beyond
DEADLINE FREELANCER offers services or CURRICULUM
the regular work the regular
work on a project-
schedule. work schedule. by-project basis.
 HEALTH AND MEDICINE
The identification A written order
Medical care or
of a disease or from a doctor
therapy
condition based TREATMENT administered to PRESCRIPTION for a specific VACCINATION
on its symptoms alleviate or cure an medication or
and medical tests. illness or injury. treatment.

Administration of The body's The process of

a vaccine to adverse reaction restoring health
provide immunity ALLERGIES REHABILITATION and functional CHRONIC
to specific
against specific substances ability after an
diseases. illness or injury.

Health conditions
A contract that
Medication
or diseases that covers the cost
HEALTH designed to SIDE EFFECTS
persist over a of medical PAINKILLER
INSURANCE relieve pain or
long period of expenses and
discomfort.
time. treatments.

Unintended or The prescribed The body's

adverse amount and ability to resist
reactions to a DOSAGE frequency of a IMMUNITY and fight off WARD
medication or medication or infections and
treatment. treatment. diseases.

A large room or A facility for A department for

area in a conducting
LABORATORY INTENSIVE CARE patients in ADMISSIONS
hospital where medical tests and
UNIT critical DESK
patients are analyses on
patient samples condition.
accommodated

The area where A feeling that

When liquid
patients are comes out of your your sense of
registered and RUNNY NOSE nose because of a DIZZINESS balance is not BRUISE
admitted to the cold, allergy, or good and you’ll
hospital. crying. fall.

When your skin is

An injury or mark
where the skin has
sore and red To cause an
because you have DIAGNOSIS
not been broken SUNBURN SPRAIN injury to a
spent too long in
but is darker in
colour,
the strong heat of joint.
the sun.
 HEALTH AND MEDICINE
The identification A written order
Medical care or
of a disease or from a doctor
therapy
condition based TREATMENT administered to PRESCRIPTION for a specific VACCINATION
on its symptoms alleviate or cure an medication or
and medical tests. illness or injury. treatment.

Administration of The body's The process of

a vaccine to adverse reaction restoring health
provide immunity ALLERGIES REHABILITATION and functional CHRONIC
to specific
against specific substances ability after an
diseases. illness or injury.

Health conditions
A contract that
Medication
or diseases that covers the cost
HEALTH designed to SIDE EFFECTS
persist over a of medical PAINKILLER
INSURANCE relieve pain or
long period of expenses and
discomfort.
time. treatments.

Unintended or The prescribed The body's

adverse amount and ability to resist
reactions to a DOSAGE frequency of a IMMUNITY and fight off WARD
medication or medication or infections and
treatment. treatment. diseases.

A large room or A facility for A department for

area in a conducting
LABORATORY INTENSIVE CARE patients in ADMISSIONS
hospital where medical tests and
UNIT critical DESK
patients are analyses on
patient samples condition.
accommodated

The area where A feeling that

When liquid
patients are comes out of your your sense of
registered and RUNNY NOSE nose because of a DIZZINESS balance is not BRUISE
admitted to the cold, allergy, or good and you’ll
hospital. crying. fall.

When your skin is

An injury or mark
where the skin has
sore and red To cause an
because you have DIAGNOSIS
not been broken SUNBURN SPRAIN injury to a
spent too long in
but is darker in
colour,
the strong heat of joint.
the sun.
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