A1+ Wordlist Unit 11
A1+ Wordlist Unit 11
A1+ Wordlist Unit 11
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11.23 powder (n) /ˈpaʊdə(r)/ 11.35 front cover (n) /frʌnt ˈkʌvə(r)/
very small pieces of soft dry material ● The the hard outside page on the front of a book or
actors put coloured powder on their faces magazine ● Katrina was so happy to see her
before the performance. ➣ powder (v), name on the front cover of the book.
powdery (adj) 11.36 orchestra (n) /ˈɔːkɪstrə/
11.24 dust (n) /dʌst/ a large group of people who play musical
very small pieces of dirt that move in the air instruments together ● Marinos plays the violin
and land on things ● The bookshelves are in the school orchestra.
covered in dust. I need to clean the room. 11.37 musician (n) /mjuˈzɪʃn/
➣ dust (v), duster (n), dusty (adj) sb who plays or writes music ● Phil Lynott
11.25 feather (n) /ˈfeðə(r)/ was a great singer and musician. ➣ music (n),
a soft light part from a bird’s body ● The baby musical (n, adj)
chickens looked very cute with their soft yellow 11.38 row (n) /rəʊ/
feathers. a group of people or things in a straight line
11.26 special effects (n) /ˌspeʃl ɪˈfekts/ next to each other ● We sat in the front row at
unusual pieces of action in a film or play, the theatre.
with sounds or lights, etc. made by special 11.39 seat (n) /siːt/
machines ● The special effects in the film were sth for sitting on ● I had a seat next to the aisle
amazing. It looked so real and scary! on the plane. ➣ seat (v), seating (n)
11.27 scare (v) /skeə/
make sb feel afraid ● The cat scared the birds
in the garden and they flew away. ➣ scare (n),
Theatre
scary (adj) aisle row
✎ Syn: frighten audience seat
balcony silence
11.28 a bit (adv) /ə bɪt/
curtain special effects
a little ● You looked a bit frightened when the
villain came on stage.
11.29 custom (n) /ˈkʌstəm/
a traditional way of doing sth; ● It’s a custom 11.40 title (n) /ˈtaɪtl/
to give visitors flowers when they arrive in the name of a book or story ● The title of the
Hawaii. ➣ customary (adj) book is Fantastic Mr Fox.
11.41 clap (v) /klæp/
Vocabulary Pages 138–139
hit your hands together to show you like sth
● The audience clapped loudly at the end of
11.30 aisle (n) /aɪl the play. ➣ clap (n)
a passage between the rows of seats in a 11.42 novel (n) /ˈnɒvl/
plane, train, theatre, etc. or between shelves in a long story in a book ● The Twits is my
a shop ● The milk and yoghurt are in the fridge favourite Roald Dahl novel. ➣ novelist (n)
in the next aisle. 11.43 curtain (n) /ˈkɜːtn/
11.31 audience (n) /ˈɔːdiəns/ a piece of cloth to cover a stage ● When the
the people who watch a performance in a curtains opened, the two main actors were on
cinema or theatre ● The audience was excited the stage.
when the villain came on stage. 11.44 heroine (n) /ˈherəʊɪn/
11.32 author (n) /ˈɔːθə(r)/ a female hero ● Kate Winslet played the
sb who writes books, articles, etc. ● Who is heroine in the film. ➣ hero, heroism (n),
your favourite author? Mine is Roald Dahl. heroic (adj)
11.33 back cover (n) /bæk ˈkʌvə(r)/ 11.45 energetically (adv) /ˌenəˈdʒetɪkli/
the hard outside page on the back of a book or with a lot of energy or showing excitement
magazine ● There was a short description of ● They sang and danced energetically until the
the characters on the back cover of the book. end of the night. ➣ energy (n), energetic (adj)
11.34 conductor (n) /kənˈdʌktə(r)/ 11.46 brilliantly (adv) /ˈbrɪliəntli/
sb who stands in front of musicians to lead very well ● The guitarist played brilliantly.
their performance ● Our music teacher was ➣ brilliance (n), brilliant (adj)
the conductor for the school orchestra. 11.47 beautifully (adv) /ˈbjuːtɪfli/
➣ conduct (v) in a beautiful way ● Miranda sings beautifully.
➣ beauty (n), beautiful (adj)
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11.48 creatively (adv) /kriˈeɪtɪvli/ 11.60 bottom (n) /ˈbɒtəm/
in a creative way ● She writes music the lowest part of sth ● The vegetables are in
creatively. ➣ create (v), creation, creator (n), the bottom of the fridge.
creative (adj) 11.61 wizard (n) /ˈwɪzəd/
11.49 sadly (adv) /ˈsædli/ a male who does magic ● In the story, Harry
in a sad way; unfortunately ● Sadly, we goes to Hogwarts, the school for wizards and
couldn’t get tickets for the concert. ➣ sadden witches.
(v), sadness (n), sad (adj) 11.62 dragon (n) /ˈdræɡən/
11.50 quickly (adv) /ˈkwɪkli/ a large animal in stories, like a giant lizard
fast ● The actors left the theatre quickly after that breathes fire and has wings ● She wrote
the performance. ➣ quick (adj) a lovely children’s book about friendly dragons.
11.63 all of a sudden (expr) /ɔːl əv ə ˈsʌdn/
Adverbs suddenly ● All of a sudden, the frog became a
wizard!
beautifully energetically
brilliantly meanwhile 11.64 scream (v) /skriːm/
creatively quickly shout because you are scared ● The boy
downstairs sadly screamed when he saw the snake.
➣ scream (n)
11.65 bar (n) /bɑː(r)/
a long flat piece of sth with straight sides, e.g.
11.51 keen on sth/sb (adj) /kiːn ɒn ˈsʌmθɪŋ
chocolate, soap ● Don’t eat a whole bar of
sʌmbədi/
chocolate before your dinner.
interested in sth/sb ● Hilda isn’t very keen on
jazz. She prefers rock music. 11.66 expensive (adj) /ɪkˈspensɪv/
costing a lot of money ● Theatre tickets are
11.52 tired of sth/sb (adj) /ˈtaɪəd əv ˈsʌmθɪŋ
expensive, so we don’t go very often.
sʌmbədi/
bored with sth/sb ● I’m tired of watching the 11.67 violin (n) /ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/
same kind of films on TV every week. a musical stringed instrument that you hold
on your shoulder to play ● Marinos played a
11.53 obvious (adj) /ˈɒbvɪəs/
beautiful tune on his violin.
clear to see ● It was obvious that the audience
enjoyed the play very much. ➣ obviously (adv)
Music
Grammar Pages 140–141 conductor
musician
rock
violin
11.54 marvellous (adj) /ˈmɑːvələs/ orchestra
wonderful ● The dancers were marvellous!
➣ marvel (v, n), marvellously (adv)
11.55 twit (n) /twɪt/ 11.68 rubbish (n) /ˈrʌbɪʃ/
a silly person ● Don’t call your brother a twit! things that sb throws away ● The bins were
Apologise to him. full of rubbish.
11.56 sunflower (n) /ˈsʌnflaʊə(r)/ 11.69 practise (v) /ˈpræktɪs/
a tall plant with big yellow flowers ● Grandma do sth often to get better at it ● We practised
usually puts sunflower seeds on salads. our songs for weeks before the concert.
11.57 thief (n) /θiːf/ ➣ practice (n)
sb who steals sth ● A thief stole the musical
instruments and the orchestra couldn’t play.
➣ theft (n) Listening Page 142
✎ Plural: thieves 11.70 present (v) /prɪˈzent/
11.58 actress (n) /ˈæktrəs/ show sth to sb ● We presented our school
a female actor ● Who was the actress who magazine to the class. ➣ presentation,
played Mary Poppins? ➣ act (v), actor, presenter (n)
acting (n) 11.71 detective (n) /dɪˈtektɪv/
11.59 recycled (adj) /ˌriːˈsaɪkld/ sb who looks for information about crimes to
made from sth that was used before ● These find criminals ● Diane likes reading detective
programmes were made from recycled paper. stories to guess what happens in the end.
➣ recycling (n), recycle (v) ➣ detect (v)
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11.72 rock (n) /rɒk/ 11.82 romance (n) /rəʊˈmæns/
a kind of music usually played with electric a story about people in love ● Jane writes
guitars and drums, etc. ● I think rock music is novels about love and romance. ➣ romantic
better than rap. (adj)
11.73 comic (n) /ˈkɒmɪk/ 11.83 mystery (n) /ˈmɪstri/
a magazine that tells stories with pictures, sth that is difficult to understand or explain
usually for children ● Do you like reading ● The clever detective solved the mystery at
comics like Superman? ➣ comic, comical (adj) the end of the story. ➣ mysterious (adj)
11.74 presenter (n) /prɪˈzentə(r)/ 11.84 balcony (n) /ˈbælkəni/
sb who presents a TV or radio show ● The the seats upstairs in a theatre; an area on the
presenter welcomed the actress to the talk outside wall of a building that you can walk out
show. ➣ present (v), presentation (n) on to ● We had a great view of the stage from
11.75 writer (n) /ˈraɪtə(r)/ the front row on the balcony.
sb who writes things for others to read ● Anna 11.85 silence (n) /ˈsaɪləns/
Sewell was an unusual writer who wrote only a state of having no noise or sounds ● Tania
one book – Black Beauty. ➣ write (v), sat down to relax and enjoy the silence in her
writing (n) room. ➣ silent (adj), silently (adv)
11.76 maximum (n) /ˈmæksɪməm/ 11.86 relax (v) /rɪˈlæks/
the most that is possible or needed ● The rest and do something you enjoy ● After
maximum time allowed to do the writing exam finishing the difficult project, Mike took a
is one hour. few days off work to relax. ➣ relaxed (adj),
11.77 announce (v) /əˈnaʊns/ relaxing (adj)
to tell people an important plan or decision 11.87 preference (n) /ˈprefrəns/
● Julia and Hugh announced that they’re liking one thing or person more than another
getting married. ➣ announcement (n), ● Maria has a preference for detective stories.
announcer (n) She has read all the Inspector Rebus books.
➣ prefer (v)
People 11.88 respect (v) /rɪˈspekt/
take care not to say/do sth sb else thinks is
actress presenter wrong ● Visitors have to respect the local
author thief people on the island. ➣ respect (n)
character twit
Writing
detective villain
enemy warrior Pages 144–145
fighter wizard
heroine writer 11.89 narrative (n) /ˈnærətɪv/
a story; an account of sth ● It was an
interesting narrative with colourful descriptions.
➣ narrate (v), narrator (n)
Art
abstract pavement
canvas portrait
cave powder
chalk rubber
cloth sketchbook
craftsperson stained-glass
dye sunflower
feather vase
oven
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