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PHOTOCOPIABLE RESOURCE BOOK
2 INTERMEDIATE / UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Photocopiable worksheets for vocabulary learning with intermediate to upper-intermediate games and exercises
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VOCABULARY
Sheelagh Deller
The photocopiable worksheets:
• can be selected for topics which fit into coursework, as they are not graded for difficulty • are ideal for use with students working at different speeds or who need work on particular word sets • provide ready-made homework tasks • are motivating self-study materials for use during the holidays, when accompanied by the answers • are an invaluable support for the language teacher as they are completely self-contained and need no preparation.
PHOTOCOPIABLE RESOURCE BOOK
• can be used as a fun vocabulary task for the whole class at the start or finish of a lesson
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PHOTOCOPIABLE RESOURCE BOOK
by Sheelagh Deller
VOCABULARY b u i l de r • 2 provides excellent supplementary material for the English class or for the self-study learner. The tasks are enjoyable and entertaining, while creating genuine learning opportunities.
VOCABULARY 2
INTERMEDIATE UPPER-INTERMEDIATE
Sheelagh Deller
VOCABULARY
b u i l de r PHOTOCOPIABLE RESOURCE BOOK
2 INTERMEDIATE UPPER-INTERMEDIATE
Sheelagh Deller
Author: Sheelagh Deller Editor: Francesca Pinagli Graphic design: S. Centeleghe Illustrations: A.M. Ricci
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may be photocopied free of charge by the purchasing individual or institution. This permission does not extend to branches or additional schools of an institution. All other copying is subject to permission from the publisher. © 2001 - ELI s.r.l. P.O. Box 6 - Recanati - Italy Tel. +39/071/75 07 01 - Fax +39/071/97 78 51 E-mail: info@elionline.com www.elionline.com Printed in Italy - Tecnostampa - Loreto 01.83.211.0 ISBN 978-88-8148-743-1
SUMMARY Introduction
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Contents
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Worksheet page
1 Animals • 1
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31 Adjectives • 1
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2 Animals • 2
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32 Adjectives • 2
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3 Compound nouns
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33 Adverb/Adjective collocations
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4 Clothes • 1
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34 American/British English
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5 Clothes • 2
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35 Amounts and quantities
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6 Books • 1
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36 Pairs
43
7 Books • 2
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37 Size and measurement
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8 Parts of the body
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38 Telephone language • 1
45
9 Health
16
39 Telephone language • 2
46
10 Verb/Noun collocations
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40 Geography
47
11 Sports
18
41 Cinema
48
12 Homonyms • 1
19
42 Computers
49
13 Homonyms • 2
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43 Prepositions and nouns
50
14 Transport
21
44 Eyes and ears • 1
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15 The weather • 1
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45 Eyes and ears • 2
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16 The weather • 2
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46 In and out of the town
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17 Jobs and professions • 1
24
47 Get going!
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18 Jobs and professions • 2
25
48 Head expressions
55
19 Word building • 1
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49 People
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20 Word building • 2
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50 Law and order
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21 Food • 1
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51 The media
58
22 Food • 2
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52 Noises and sounds
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23 Colours • 1
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53 Objects and their components
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24 Colours • 2
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54 Out of order
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25 Money • 1
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55 Gardens
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26 Money • 2
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56 Personal characteristics
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27 Time expressions
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57 Phrasal verbs
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28 Prefixes and suffixes
35
58 The hair and face
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29 Round the world
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59 Banking
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30 Quiz • 1
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60 Quiz • 2
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Answers
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Wordlist
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INTRODUCTION The importance of vocabulary in language teaching is now much more widely acknowledged and appreciated. It is not enough just to present new words. Students need lots of interactive activities in order to assimilate and learn the words. They certainly need to spend as much time working on vocabulary as they do on grammar. And the advantage of focusing more on vocabulary is that students find it concrete and accessible, which helps motivation. These worksheets are designed as supplementary material for English language learners at intermediate level. They can be used to complement course materials in a number of very positive and valuable ways. As photocopiables, of course, they have a great built-in flexibility. This is not another textbook that the students have to carry around and be reminded of before each class. Nor are they expected to add it to the long list of books to be bought by their parents at the beginning of the school year. The photocopied pages are very convenient to handle, they can be easily distributed, done in class or taken home, then filed neatly in the student’s ring-binder. Integrated with course work These materials are not ordered in any systematic way in terms of theme or difficulty. They are listed according to topic so that it is easy to look in the contents list to find the sheet that you need to supplement what you are working on. Content The worksheets cover a number of topics and themes. Some are topic based, for example sport, the weather, money, clothes, computers, geography, etc. Others are more language based, for example homonyms, phrasal verbs, word formation, prefixes and suffixes. The level is intermediate so the topics are dealt with in a more sophisticated way than they would be in an elementary book. In addition, the worksheets contain examples of common everyday English as opposed to textbookwritten English. Approach The worksheets offer a variety of approach with some being more serious and others more fun in terms of the activities. These include word puzzles, crosswords, word snakes, matching exercises, gap-filling, sentence completion, word completion, oddone-out, categorising, labelling, word staircases and re-ordering. Attention has been paid to the importance of collocation so that words are often presented with the words that they are most likely to occur with. This is an important philosophy of the book and follows the principles of the Lexical Approach.
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INTRODUCTION Homework Each worksheet can be treated by the teacher as a ready-made homework exercise. They vary in length but each of them can be done within a single homework session. They are easily marked, either as a class exercise or individually by the teacher. There are answers in the back of the book. The sheets can be corrected by the teacher, the student or other students, and then they can be set as learning homework. Self-study If students are given the answers, the worksheets become useful materials for independent study and revision. Over a holiday period, for example, a set of ten sheets could be issued with the answers on a separate sheet so that students have something motivating and rewarding to work on without the immediate feedback of lessons. Classwork The worksheets are equally usable as class teaching materials. They can be worked on individually, in pairs, in small groups or as a class. They can also be given out to early finishers – particularly the more fun sheets so students don’t feel they are being punished for finishing early! Exploitation The obvious way to use the worksheets is simply to follow the rubric and fill in the answers. It is a good idea to encourage students to use bi-lingual and mono-lingual dictionaries to check out their answers. Groups of students can use the same activities to write worksheets on another topic. When these have been checked, they can exchange their sheets with another group and work on each other’s. Alternatively, students can write an extra activity to practise the words on the worksheet and then exchange their activity with another group.
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CONTENTS Worksheet
Themes and Sample vocabulary items
1 Animals • 1
plurals, their young, homes, characteristics
2 Animals • 2
movements, noises
3 Compound nouns
common collocations
4 Clothes • 1
nouns and verbs
5 Clothes • 2
accessories, details
6 Books • 1
reference, non-fiction, fiction
7 Books • 2
nouns, reading verbs, adjectives
8 Parts of the body
matching, body actions
9 Health
problems, people
10 Verb/Noun collocations
take, opposites
11 Sports
plans, equipment
12 Homonyms • 1
same word, same sound, two meanings
13 Homonyms • 2
same word, same sound, two meanings
14 Transport
plane, bicycle, car
15 The weather • 1
wind and rain
16 The weather • 2
temperature, natural disasters
17 Jobs and professions • 1
areas of work
18 Jobs and professions • 2
areas of work
19 Word building • 1
Parts of speed
20 Word building • 2
-ion, -y, -ic
21 Food • 1
pairs, quantities
22 Food • 2
adjectives, verbs, kitchen equipment
23 Colours • 1
less common colours
24 Colours • 2
shades of colour, colour expressions
25 Money • 1
English money
26 Money • 2
rich/poor, money verbs
27 Time expressions
past and present
28 Prefixes and suffixes
-able, un-, -proof
29 Round the world
countries, nationalities, currencies
30 Quiz • 1
review of previous worksheets
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CONTENTS Worksheet
Themes and Sample vocabulary items
31 Adjectives • 1
synonyms, opposites, absolutely words
32 Adjectives • 2
absolutely words
33 Adverb/Adjective collocations
words that mean very, completely
34 American/British English
different spellings, words, landmarks
35 Amounts and quantities
too/enough, expressions
36 Pairs
pairs joined by and
37 Size and measurement
describing size and dimensions
38 Telephone language • 1
telephone vocabulary
39 Telephone language • 2
formal and informal telephone language
40 Geography
the landscape, the natural world
41 Cinema
jobs, kinds of film
42 Computers
verb and noun pairs, double meanings
43 Prepositions and nouns
similar meaning, same preposition
44 Eyes and ears • 1
verbs
45 Eyes and ears • 2
expressions
46 In and out of the town
roads, commerce
47 Get going!
phrasal verbs and expressions
48 Head expressions
common expressions
49 People
people in charge, groups of people
50 Law and order
people, verbs
51 The media
newspapers, television
52 Noises and sounds
people and objects
53 Objects and their components
matching objects and their parts
54 Out of order
verbs and adjectives
55 Gardens
trees, flowers, garden equipment
56 Personal characteristics
opposites, word families
57 Phrasal verbs
look, get
58 The hair and face
adjectives and nouns
59 Banking
nouns and verbs
60 Quiz • 2
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ANIMALS • 1 Write the plurals of these animals.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2 3
ox
2
sheep
6
goose
3
deer
7
fish
4
butterfly
8
wolf
cow sheep pig horse dog cat
A
hen lion
G
B C D E F
H
chick foal cub calf lamb piglet puppy kitten
a burrow a kennel a stable
B R I T A B
rabbit
4
G O D
5
S H R E O
6
a cage a sty a shed
R D B I G P I W O C
Find the animal in the box that matches the description. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
8
5
mice
Unjumble the letters to find the animals that live in these places. 1
4.
mouse
Match the animals with their young. Use a dictionary to help you. 1
3.
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zebra leopard deer bull lion camel elephant horse
ANIMALS • 2 1.
The words in the box all describe movements that different animals make. Read the clues and then fill in the crossword with the correct word from the box. Clues across 4 Fish and frogs can do this. 5 A lion does this when it sees an animal 4 that it wants to eat. 6 A mosquito does this. 8 Some birds and insects can do this in the air. 9 You need wings to do this. 10 A rabbit does this.
1 3
5
8 9
10
Write the noise under the picture of the animal that makes it.
A
hover fly hop gallop swim jump race flutter pounce sting
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Clues down 1 Lots of animals can do this – and so can people. 2 Some horses do this and people bet money on it. 3 A butterfly does this. 7 A horse does this when it’s moving fast. 2.
2
2
B C
moo grunt neigh bark quack roar miaow bleat
E G
D
F
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COMPOUND NOUNS Double words. Combine the words in the two columns to make compound nouns. Then write them under the correct picture.
A
B
E
G
2.
10
C
D
football pitch
1
football
agent
2
traffic
clip
3
bicycle
racquet
4
car
shop
5
computer
pitch
6
book
game
7
travel
knife
8
paper
park
9
kitchen
bell
10
tennis
jam
F
I
H
J
Odd-one-out. Cross out the word in each line that does not go with the word in italics to make a compound noun. 1
mechanic park manufacturer person horn
car
2
club
life
night
3
table
knife
4
pot
5
table path furniture road wall
6
mark
7
program game network
8
clip hanky round pen knife weight work shop
shift school
bed
basin vase
shop
case
bed
sink
floor
arrangement page
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dress
mare
chair
garden
plant party
kitchen flower garden
shelf club
book
software
computer
television
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CLOTHES • 1 1.
2.
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Noun, verb, or both? Tick the correct boxes.
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dress
2
shoe
3
boot
4
shirt
5
coat
6
jacket
7
tie
8
cap
9
tights
10
belt
11
sweater
12
skirt
Noun
Verb
✔
✔
Complete the sentences with some of the verbs from Exercise 1. 1
She always
2
She
3
very fashionably. the nuts with chocolate. up your shoelaces before you trip over.
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A hundred years ago, teachers used to their pupils when they were naughty, or if they made a mistake.
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I had to round the question when the teacher asked me why I was late.
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He turned up late, and then, to it all, he left early.
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CLOTHES • 2 Accessories are articles that we wear or carry that are not part of our main clothing. Write the name of the accessory from the snake. Then cross out the definition that is false. 1
scarf A
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something you wear round your neck
A
something you only wear at a wedding
2
LL
B
something you wear round your waist
V
4
2.
WE
always made of leather
YGLO
A
ESTI
A
something to carry things in
B
always worn over the shoulder
B
only worn by women
A
worn on the feet
B
often used to keep you warm
A
always patterned
B
worn round the neck
A
usually worn on the wrist
B
just for decoration
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7
ER
3
AGJE
worn by men and women
B
B
AT B ELT
always made of wool
can be very valuable
CARF
H
B
S
A
EW
A
TC
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The words in the box are all used to describe clothes. Write them under the appropriate pictures.
long V-necked mini flared high-heeled flat short-sleeved roll-necked
B A
C
D
F G E
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Match the books with their definitions. 1 2 3
2.
a reference book non-fiction fiction
A B C
based on fact and truth an imaginary story invented by the author for looking up information
What kind of book? Put the following books under the correct heading.
FICTION
ENCE REFER NON-F ICTION
3.
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encyclopedia science fiction atlas travel guide thriller biography cookery book dictionary detective story manual gardening book autobiography romance phrase book novel
Which of the books in Exercise 2 are these? 1 2 3 4 5 6
An account of someone’s life written by someone else. An account of your own life written by yourself. Instructions how to use and maintain something, for example, a car. A book that contains words and their meanings. A book that contains information about many different subjects. A useful book to take abroad that gives you useful expressions in the foreign language.
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BOOKS • 2 What are these? Re-order the jumbled letters to find the words.
1
2
3
L T I T E
T H R U A O
H P O S O O K B
5
C K A B A P R E P
6 4
2.
2 3
4 5 6
3.
I always get embarrassed if I’m asked to in front of the whole class. I like to through the books in a library. If you don’t know a word, you should it in a dictionary. The editor has to the book. It’s hard to persuade a publisher to a book. He never reads a book properly – he just likes to
publish proofread look up read aloud browse leaf through
them.
What’s it like? Tick (✔) the three adjectives that you would particularly use to describe a book. 1 2
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C K A B R H A D
Complete the sentences with the correct reading verbs in the box. 1
B R L I Y R A
absorbing dull
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gripping smooth
