Cambridge
Test Your
English
Vocabulary in
Use
Elementary
SECO N D
EDITION
Michael McCarthy
Felicity O'Dell
Test Your
English
Vocabulary in
Use
Elementary
SECOND
EDITION
Michael McCarthy
Felicity O'Dell CAMBRIDGE
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Contents
Thanks and acknowledgements 5
Introduction 6
People
The family mother. unclei relatives marriage death married. die 8 Parrs of the body bead, foot, sbanlder 9
Clothes bar, shirt, trousers 10
Describing people tall, dark, Waking I I
Health and illness headache, attacki exercise 12
13 Conversations Greetings and es
we/' done 14
Conversations 2: Useful words and expressions don't awway, let's 15
At home
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and drink rice, tea, vegetables 16
In the kitchen fridge, glass, saacepan 17
In the bedroom and bathroom
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In the living room bookshelf, lamp,
School and workplace
At school and university biology,
Communications address, computeri memory 22
Leisure
Holidays package bohday, phrasebook, visa 23
Shops and shopping chemist's, department store. credit card 24 In a hotel siggle key, luggage 25
Eatmg café, fish chips 26
Spogrs tennis, volleyball 27
Cinema DVD 28
Free time at home to CDs. programme 29
Music and musical instruments gaitar. orchestra 30
The world
Countries and nationalities Spain
Chinese, 31 Weather cold. rain. storm 32
[n the town station, bank, town bal!' 33
In rhe countryside 34
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Animals horse, giraffe, pet 35
Travelling train, neap, flight 36
Christmas .37
Social issues
32 Crime murder; prison, guilty JS
The media TV talk show 39
Problems ar home and work repain i" bad mood 40
35 Global problems hurricane. war, stnkc 41
rest bur E.nefl.sh in 3
Everyday verbs
Have had \ had have breakfast, have a 42
/ went / gone go away, go shopping, go home 43
DO / did / dorte do exerciseido best, do the washing 44 Make / made/ made coffeei make a mistake, make a noise 45
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Come / came come come come back 46
•rake / I' photo, take an exam 47
Bring/ brought / brought bri"g something here, back, take 48 Get got / get tered, get better, get married 49
Phrasal verbs get up, pert on, turn SO
Everyday things watch TV, wash go 51
Talking say, tell. •sk 52
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4 Test row 'itcoóulory Use Elementary
Words and grammar
Talking about language noun, verb, plural
Conjunctions and connecting words becagrse, before 55
50 Days, months, seasons Monday, July, 56
Time woTds Next year. f}ften. once a week 57
52 Places myddfe, front. abroad 58 Manner fast, loud, the right way 59 Common l.monuntaltle nouns bread, information 60
Common adieetives l; G(RJd anol bad things nice, awful, lovebi 61
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Common adiectaves Z; People happy, horrible. intelligent 62
words and prepositions wait for, belong to. good at 63
Prefixes Impossible, ex-president, ausa/e 64
Suffixes swimmer, useless, sunny 65
Words you may confuse
lend\borrou.'i
cook/cooker 66