Page 9 - English Vocabulary in Use : Elementary

l Talking about language

Language words
This book uses some grammar words in English.
grammar meaning example in your
word language
noun a person or thing book, girl, pen
verb something we do do, read, write
adjective describes a person or thing — good, bad, happy, long
adverb describes a verb slowly, badly
preposition a little word used before a in, on, by, at
noun or pronoun
singular just one book, house
plural more than one books, houses
phrase a group of words (mot a in a house, at home,
complete sentence) an old man

sentence a complete idea in writing, (The man went into the
beginning with a room and closed the
capital letterJand ending doop
with a@all sop)

paragraph a short part of a text (one This book has
or more sentences) 60 units. Each unit has
beginning on a new line 2 pages.
dialogue a conversation between Ann: How’s Jo?
two people Bill: OK, thanks.
question a set of words that begin (Aye you English?
with a(capital letter)and Do you like schoo?)
end with a(guestion mark)
answer reply to a guestion Yes, Iam. No, I don’t.

The language of the exercises in this book
Here are some of the instructions which we often use for the exercises.

1 Match the words on the left with the words on the right. Draw lines.
orange ice-cream
chocolate >< juice
2 Fill the gaps in the sentence.
Jack is at... home today.
3 Correct the mistakes in the sentences,
Jack is #x home today. Jack is at home today.
4 Complete the sentence for yourself.
I go to work by ....bYS.....
ws Add another example.
cat, dog, horse ...cow...

English Vocabulary in Use (elementary)