Vocabulary Quiz on Common English Words

Word List

• Words and phrases can be added to a vocabulary map
• Three phrases to describe living in one place need to be found
• Complete phrases with "up" or "down" and check with word list
• Opposites of words need to be written and checked against the word list
• Match parts of adjectives and check with word list
• Find five phrasal verbs and write a short story using them

Grammar and Vocabulary (6A)

• Be supposed to do sth: A phrase expressing obligation or expectation
• Blow your nose: An action related to nasal discharge
• Chatty (adj): Describing someone talkative
• Considerably (adv): To a significant degree
• Duty (n): A moral or legal obligation
• Embrace the differences: To accept and value diversity
• Flush a toilet: To use a toilet's mechanism
• Forbid (v): To prohibit or prevent
• Jump the queue: To cut in line
• Marginally (adv): To a very small degree
• Nothing like: Not similar at all
• Nowhere near: Well below a certain point
• Obligation (n): Something you are required to do
• Oblige (v): To require or compel
• Pay a fine: To pay a penalty for wrongdoing
• Permission (n): Authorization or consent
• Permit (v): To allow or authorize
• Prohibition (n): An act of forbidding something
• Punctuality (n): Being on time
• Settle in (phr v): To become accustomed to a new place
• Significantly (adv): To a substantial degree
• Slightly (adv): To a small degree
• Sniff (v): To inhale air in a quick and short manner
• Social etiquette (n): Rules of social behavior
• Stay out (phr v): To remain outside
• Strict rule: A rigid guideline or regulation
• Succeed (v): To achieve success

Listening and Vocabulary (6B)

• Adopt a lifestyle: To take on a specific way of life
• Annual holiday: A yearly break
• Commute (n, v): To travel regularly between home and work
• Connectivity (n): The ability to connect
• Co-working space (n): A place for multiple people to work together
• Digital nomad (n): A person who works remotely
• Home comforts (n): Things that make a home comfortable.
• Like-minded (adj): Having similar views or interests
• Maintain relationships (v): To keep up connections with others.
• Mobile lifestyle (n): A way of life that allows flexibility in location.
• Nomad lifestyle: A way of life characterized by traveling.
• On the move: In motion, changing locations.
• Put down roots: To establish a home
• Settle down (phr v): To become established in a place
• Shared working space: A place designed for shared work
• Switch off from work (phr v): To stop working
• Tied down to one place: Limited to a specific location
• Work remotely: To perform work away from a central office

Grammar (6C)

• Cairngorm Mountains: A mountain range in Scotland
• Conservation expert (n): Someone with knowledge in conservation of nature
• Danube, the: A river in Europe
• Go on foot: To walk
• The Isle of Skye: An island
• Mediterranean, the: A sea
• Netherlands, the: A country in Europe
• Oxford graduate (n): A person who graduated from Oxford
• Privileged (adj): Having social status, opportunity, or advantage
• Quit (v): To stop
• Roundhouse (n): A circular house.
• Running water: Water that flows
• Source (v): Origin or beginning

Reading and Vocabulary (6D)

• Afford sth (v): To have enough money for sth
• Airy (adj): Light, spacious, airy
• Appreciate (v): To value or recognize worth
• Arrangement (n): A plan, design or order
• Bedding (n): Items on a bed
• Capsule (n): Small container or structure.
• Compact (adj): Small and well-organized
• Compete for sth (v): To contend or struggle for something
• Confined (adj): Restricted in movement or space
• Cram (v): To fill to capacity
• Cramped (adj): Crowded
• Craze (n): A trend or fashion
• Densely populated (adj): Areas with high population density
• Diameter (n): Distance across a circle or sphere
• Enclosed (adj): Surrounded or contained within
• Engage with sth (v): To interact with sth
• Environmental psychologist (n): A person who studies the nature of people.
• Environmentally friendly: Having reduced environmental impact
• Excess (adj): Too much of sth
• Finding (n): Discoveries.
• Fold (v): To bend or flex
• Get on(phr v): To engage or come together
• Have concerns about sth (v): To be worried about something
• (Be) tied down to one place: Restricted

Vocabulary (6E)

• Arrange (v): To organise or plan sth.
• Blocked showerhead: A showerhead that is blocked.
• Break down (phr v): To fail.
• Brush (n): A tool.
• Carpet stain (n): A stain on a carpet
• Carry out (phr v): To complete a task
• Change a bulb: Replacing a light bulb
• Clear up (phr v): To remove dirt or rubbish
• Come off (phr v): To detach
• Decorate a room: To make a space look attractive
• Dirt (n): Unclean material
• Dishcloth (n): A cleaning cloth
• Dissolve (v): To dissolve or melt.
• Do up (phr v): To repair or renovate
• Door handle (n): The part of a door you pull to open it
• Dustpan (n): A tool for collecting dust.
• Fade (v): To lose colour
• Fix (v): To repair
• Hack (n): A solution or technique
• Keep up with (phr v): To maintain the level or pace of something
• Label (v): To mark with a label
• Leak (v): To leak or have a leak.
• Leasing pipe: A pipe that has a leak
• Etc: etc

Speaking (6F)

• Assemble (v): To put together components of something
• Cut out (phr v): To get rid of something.
• Diagonally (adv): In a diagonal direction
• DIY/di: ar 'wat: Do-it-yourself
• Fitting (n): A piece of equipment
• Flat pack: A product designed to be assembled
• Follow instructions (v): To understand and carry out set directions
• Horizontally (adv): In a horizontal matter
• Personalise (v): To create something specific for a person
• Put up (phr v): To erect or assemble something
• Rectangle (n): A four-sided shape with four right angles
• Slide (v): To move effortlessly.
• Screw (v): To fix or fasten something using screws
• Screw driver (n): A tool for twisting screws
• Switch plate: A cover for a switch
• Vertically (adv): In a vertical manner
• Unscrew (v): To remove something that has been screwed in
• Washi tape: Sticky coloured tape

Writing (6G)

• Adequate (adj): Enough or satisfactory
• AstroTurf (n): Artificial turf
• Common room (n): A place in a shared house or building
• Conduct a survey (v): To gather data from a group of people
• Dećor (n): The decoration style of a place
• Express a wish/a preference (v): To communicate a desire or preference
• Facility (n): A practical function or equipment in a building
• Fast food outlet (n): A place to buy fast food
• Floorboard (n): A board used to form a floor.
• Handful (n): A small number or quantity
• Hang out (phr v): To spend time with others socially
• Have strong feelings on sth: To strongly feel an opinion about something
• Loose (adj): Not tight or not firmly fixed
• Priority (n): A task, concern or thing to give special attention
• Recreational (adj): Relating to leisure or recreation.
• Regarding (prep): Concerning
• Seating (n): A place to sit.
• Socialise (v): To spend time and interact with others.
• Storage locker (n): A storage space.
• Table tennis table: A game table for playing table tennis.
• Take sth into consideration: To think about something when making a decision
• Unresolved (adj): Not resolved, unresolved problem or matter
• Vast majority/Majority: The large part of a whole.
• Vending machine (n): Automatic machine to buy goods