ENGLISH 3RD YEAR. VOCABULARY LIST
UNIT 1. WORKING TODAY
- Childminder - surgeon - lawyer
- Coach - manager - journalist
- shop-assistant - fashion designer - judge
- fire-fighter - plumber - haidresser
- beautician - both...and.. - both
- although - surprising - old-fashioned
- view - to laugh - publicity stunt
- proved them wrong - owner - to hire
- straight games - calm - relaxed
- She doesn’t care - to stare at - to recommend
- definitely - self-employed - to give sb funny looks
- adolescente - to e-mail - to give sb the chance
- the UK - to refuse - to find out
- to save up - to develop - Ltd
- to realise - website - entrepreneur
- amazing - loan - successful
- to double - income - to run one’s life
- employer
UNIT 2. FAMILY TIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
MALE FEMALE
- grandfather, granddad, grandpa - grandmother,grandma
- grandson - granddaughter
- great-grandfather -great-grandmother
- father, dad -mother, mum, mummy, Mom
- stepfather - stepmother
- brother -sister
- stepbrother -stepsister
- halfbrother - halfsister
- husband - wife
- son - daughter
- uncle - aunt
- nephew - niece
- stepson - stepsister
- father-in-law - mother-in-law
- brother-in-law - sister-in-law
- son-in-law - daughter-in-law
- godfather - godmother
- fiancé - fiancée
- twin-brother - twin-sister
- boyfriend - girlfriend
- groom - bride
MALE/FEMALE MARITAL STATUS
- grandparents What’s your marital status?
- Parents I am single / married / divorced / separated
- grandchild-grandchildren a widower / a widow
- children
- guardian
- cousin
- relative/relation
- sibling
GENERAL
- to adopt - wedding
- spinster - marriage
- bachelor - to get married
- to raise - to marry sb
- baby - sir
- lady - gentleman
- adult - descendant
- to bring up - foster child
- to fall in love - to be engaged
- orphan - ancestor
- couple - child/kid
- my elder sister/brother
TALKING ABOUT ONE’S FAMILY
- Have you got any brothers and sisters? I’ve got a brother and a sister
- I am an only child.
- My parents are separated.
- My parents are divorced.
- Our family’s quite small.
- Our family’s quite large.
- to notice - to look like -to convince sb
- excitement - shortly - to get in touch with
- to be shocked - afterwards - mannerisms
- grades - to waste (time,life) - to spend (time, life)
- to look for - to be right - to be wrong
- excited - lucky - optimistic
- to be apart - argument - researcher
- the environment - to be sure - to influence
- genes - large - professor
- alike - even - to grow up
- taste (noun) - fashion style - similar
- yet - volunteer (noun) - neither
- despite - strangely - to name
- Sheriff’s deputies - according to - to prove
- development
UNIT 3. ANIMAL LOVERS
· COPIES ON ANIMALS
- horn - trunk - feather
- stripes - wild - fierce
- tame - gentle - ferocious
- docile - savage - vicious
- obedient - domestic - to care for sb/sth
- treatment - However - to attach
- indoors - almost - to complain to sb about
- affectionate - to house-train - a nappy
- just in case - several - freezing
- to wander - freely - to arrange
- a swinging door - whenever - to share
- wildlife programme - huge - straight (adv)
- television series - To chat /a chat - viewer
- trick - amazement - to lift
- instant - success - career
- ability - to astound - casually
- charm - to connect with - dramatic
UNIT 4. CHARITY
- celebrity - participant - fashion fad
- sponsor - entertainment - charity
- medical research - to cycle - to trek
- to perform - to raise money for sth - trip
- at the same time - worldwide - challenge
- length - To be committed - expenses
- to get fit - reason - to collect
- deaf - truly - stunning
- band - survivor - unpredictable
- sales - victim - to expect
- accessories - to spread - to make money
- cool - to last long - eventually
- to increase - to be pleased with - to manage
- fund-raising stunt - hopefully
- to print
UNIT 5. SUPERHEROES
- villain - hero - evil
- handsome - courageous - mad
- powerful - wicked - honest
- to fight - to defeat - to protect
- to save - cloak - comic strip
- publish - receive - scientist
- ageless
Adjectives: -ING/-ED
- interesting/ interested - exciting/excited
- boring/ bored - surprising/surprised
- tiring/tired - amazing/amazed
- confusing/confused - pleasing/pleased
- worrying/worried - relaxing/relaxed
- tiring/tired - frightening/frightened
- amusing/amused - disappointing/ disappointed
- satisfying/satisfied
- to be similar to - to be familiar with - strength
- actually - ceiling - silk
- thread - steel - square metre
- stress - muscle - to expand
- bloodstream - anger - to find out
- to take place - to breathe - to sweat
- blind - senses - sight
- hearing - taste (noun) - smell (noun)
- touch (noun)
SYNONYMS- ADJECTIVES Match the synonym on the right for each one on the left.
1. glad - silent
2. nice - happy
3. wonderful - amusing
4. awful - boring
5. strange - rude
6. very big - inexpensive
7. optimistic - good-looking
8. funny - terrible
9. handsome - marvellous
10. dull - hopeful
11. impolite - simple
12. intelligent - huge
13. quiet - peculiar
14. easy - clever
15. cheap - pleasant
OPPOSITES – ADJECTIVES
A) Match the opposite of each of the words on the left. Choose from the ones on the right
1. strong - depressed
2. generous - noisy
3. exciting - lazy
4. innocent - mean
5. quiet - poor
6. simple - smooth
7. hard-working - sober
8. careful - boring
9. deep - attractive
10. rough - complicated
11. sharp - weak
12. wealthy - careless
13. ugly - shallow
14. happy - guilty
15. drunk - blunt
b) Supply the right opposites
1. dry paint - ………………………… paint
2. weak tea - ………………………. tea
3. tender meat - ……………………….meat
4. a full glass - an ……………………glass
5. a solid cylinder - a ……………………. cylinder
7. an old suitcase - a …………………… suitcase.
8. an old man - a …………………. Man.
9. salt water - ……………………… water
10. a cold day - a …………………. day
11. a single person - a ………………….. person
12. a living person - a …………………. person
13. a tall person - a ……………….. person
14. a long time - a ……………….. time
15. an open door - a …………….. door
16. a right answer - a ……………. ……… answer
17. a high wall - a …………………… wall
18. a sick person - a ……………………person
19. a loud sound - a …………………. Sound
20. a loud voice - a ………………… voice
21. a thin ruler - a ………………………ruler
22. a large suitcase - a ……………………… suitcase
UNIT 6. LUCK
- gambling - gambler - thrilled
- disillusioned - miserable - hopeful
- despondent - to predict
VERBS CONNECTED TO MONEY
- buy/sell - save/ spend/waste
- pay - win
- earn - loan
- lend/borrow - invest
- steal - make
- count -gamble
- owe - keep
- run out of - purchase
- lottery ticket - to pick - to focus on
- likely - simply - majority
- prize - to give away - probably
- Spaniards - winnings - strangely
- holders - statistics - for a while
- one thing is for certain - to introduce - unfortunately
- army - growth - to spread
- amount - to try one’s luck - chance
- tremendously - rise - to warn
- huge - to encourage - in the meantime
- to finance