Vocab 1.1: Units 5-35

Question 1

Name five ‘country’ adjectives that are seperate from the usual forms.

Answer 1

Swiss, Thai, Greek, Dutch, Cypriot, Chechen

Question 2

What are the usual endings for adjectives referring to people, countries and languages?

Answer 2

-ish: British, Flemish
-(i)an: Korean, Australian
-ese: Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese
-i: Israeli, Pakistani
-ic: Icelandic, Arabic

Question 3

Name world reagions on the left side!

Answer 3

North America
Central America - Caribbean
South America - Atlantic

Question 4

Name the world regions in the middle!

Answer 4

The Arctic
Scandinavia
Europe
The Mediterranean
North Africa
The Atlantic
Southern Africa
The Antarctic
Antarctica

Question 5

Name the world regions on the right side!

Answer 5

Asia
The Middle East
The Far East
East Asia
The Pacific
The Indian Ocean
Australia

Question 5

Native language

Answer 5

First language/mother tongue one was raised with

Question 6

Bilingual

Answer 6

People who speak two languages

Question 6

Multilingual

Answer 6

People who speak three or more lamnguages

Question 7

Monolingual

Answer 7

Name for people who only know one language

Question 8

Name the regional groups

Answer 8

African-Caribbean, Asian, Latin American, North African, Scandinavian, Southern African, European, Arabic.

Question 9

Daytime

Answer 9

During the day

Question 10

Late

Answer 10

Towards the end of a period of time

Question 11

Misty

Answer 11

Clouds of small drops of water in the air, making it hard to see things in the distance

Question 12

Damp

Answer 12

Slightly wet, not pleasant or comfortable

Question 13

Frost

Answer 13

Thin, white layer of ice on surfaces when the weather is very cold.

Question 14

Severe

Answer 14

Extremely bad

Question 15

Thaw

Answer 15

Change from hard, frozen state to softer state

Question 16

Melt

Answer 16

Change from solid to liquid under heat.

Question 17

Stifling

Answer 17

Hot, uncomfortable, you can hardly breathe

Question 17

Tropical

Answer 17

Very hot, as in countries near the equator

Question 18

Muggy

Answer 18

Very warm and a little damp

Question 19

Humid

Answer 19

Hot and damp, makes you sweat a lot

Question 20

Boiling

Answer 20

Extremely hot

Question 21

Heatwaves

Answer 21

Very ho, dry periods

Question 22

Wet weather scale from left to right: Normal to heaviest

Answer 22

Shower, heavy rain, pour down / downpour, torrential rain, flood

Question 23

Shower

Answer 23

Short period of rain

Question 24

Heavy rain

Answer 24

Short period of heavy rain

Question 25

Drought

Answer 25

Period in which it doesn’t rain at all

Question 26

Gale

Answer 26

Very high wind

Question 27

Hurricane

Answer 27

Extremely high, dangerous wind

Question 28

Auburn

Answer 28

Red-brown (usually hair)

Question 29

To get a tan

Answer 29

To expose your skin to the sun so that it goes darker

Question 29

Slim/skinny

Answer 29

Slim: positive term to describe a thin person
Skinny: negative term to describe thin person

Question 30

Fat sounds impolite. What are substitutes?

Answer 30

Plump, stout or a bit overweight

Question 30

Fair and dark can be used for…

Answer 30

Hair, complexion, and skin

Question 30

Smart

Answer 30

Intelligent, knowledgable

Question 30

Sunburn

Answer 30

A burn caused by staying in the sun for too long