Boost Your Vocabulary 1 is the first of four vocabulary reference and practice books that will help students to build their vocabulary. Divided into 12 topic areas, Boost Your Vocabulary 1 covers the most important words and phrases needed by beginners and elementary-level students. It is ideal for use alongside a coursebook and will provide an invaluable support particularly for written and spoken work. | BOOST YOOR O VOCABULARY ÏJ Chris Barker PENGUIN ENGLISH GUIDES We are building up our library at BOOST TOOR O VOCABULARY Chris Barker PENGUIN ENGLISH eare building up our library at Contents Unit Pages Introduction 4-5 1 Meeting people 6-11 Saying hello and goodbye Introducing yourself and other people Personal details Titles Friends British American word list 2 Family 12-17 Male and female. Family members Life stages s 3 Describing people age 18-23 and appearance Age Hair length Hair colour Eye colour Shodes of colour Height Measurement of height Measurement of weight Build 4 House and home 24 - 29 Description Rooms areas My room Location prepositions 1 - 4 Test yourself 1 30-31 Test exercises 1 - 5 5 Time 32 - 37 Days Months Years Dates Seasons Time prepositions Time adverbiols Times 6 Life at home 38-43 Before school After school Adverbs and phrases of frequency Jobs around the house Pets Meals at school and at home 7 School 44-49 Main school subjects in UK schools People Exams Non-lesson time After-school activities and clubs School rooms and places Unit Pages 5 - 8 Test yourself 2 56-57 Test exercises 1 - 5 9 Free time 58 - 63 Activities Talking about past activities Music Musical instruments 10 Fashion 64-69 Colours Shades Clothes and footwear Ports of clothes Style 11 Food and drink 70 - 75 Basic food Drinks Fruit Vegetables Meat-Prepared food 12 Countries nationalities and 76-81 languages Some countries and nationalities Europe Europe Asia Middle East and Asia North America Central America South America Africa Australasia The twelve most widely spoken languages 9-12 Test yourself 3 82-83 Test exercises 1 - 5 Reference 84-87 The English alphabet Height and weight Numbers Some basic spelling rules British and American English Self assessment and progress check 88 Answer key A - H Central pull-out section 8 Sport 50 - 55 Sport Activity Person Sports events Winning and .