WORD BANK 1 Describing people

1    14   Write the words under the pictures. Then listen and check.
Build
average height plump short thin tall slim
I’m…

3
4 5
2 6
1

s h o r t a e g a l t i s i l m
g

Eyes
brown green grey blue
My eyes are…
7 8 9 10

l e r y r e b n

Hair
brown long wavy blond(e) short red straight black curly
My hair is…

11 12 13 14

h r o g s r t a y

15 16 17 18 19

u y b e ow l k ed

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WORD BANK 2 Animals
1    15   Match the words to the pictures. Then listen and check.

elephant 3  giraffe  lion  hippopotamus  ostrich  leopard

zebra  flamingo  snake  rhinoceros  cheetah  antelope

1 3
2

4 6
5

9
7
8

12
11
10

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WORD BANK 3 Disasters
1 16 Match the numbers to the disasters. Then listen and check.

car crash 1 hurricane fire flood earthquake tsunami

avalanche drought volcanic eruption plane crash

1 2

3 4
5

6
7 8

9 10

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WORD BANK 4 Nature
1 17 Match the numbers to the words. Then listen and check.

bin 1 gate plant bird box squirrel pond fence river

lake tree flowers frog park duck field bench

1 2 3
4

5 6 7 8

12
9 10
11

15
13 16

14

2 Answer the questions.

1 Is there a park near your house?
2 How often do you go there?
3 Which things from Exercise 1 can you find there?

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WORD BANK 5 Shops
1    18   Match the numbers to the names of the shops. Then listen and check.

pharmacy 9   book shop  newsagent’s  greengrocer’s

music store   sports shop   clothes shop  butcher’s
games shop  baker’s  hairdresser’s  fishmonger’s

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

2 Answer the questions.

Which shops do you like best? Why? Are all these shops in the place you live?

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WORD BANK 6 Technology
1 19 Match the numbers to the words. Then listen and check.

mouse 1 monitor printer keyboard

mouse mat computer laptop

2
1 3
4

5 6

2 Write the verbs under the pictures.

download print receive scan send surf the web text upload

1 2 3 4

s n d w l d r t p o d

5 6 7 8

t x s d r c v u f h
w

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WORD BANK 7 Text types
1 20 Match the numbers to the words. Then listen and check.

advert 5 notice newspaper letter magazine web site diary

calendar brochure postcard comic invitation greetings card

1 3 4
2

5 7
8
6

9 12 13
10 11

2 Unscramble the verbs. Then write them in the spidergrams.

Which words from exercise 1 can you add to each spidergram?
ndes ecevire iertw tpso erad tpu pu
letter

send

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WORD BANK 8 Jobs
1 21 Match the numbers to the jobs. Then listen and check.

teacher 1 vet fire fighter engineer actor writer nurse

secretary lawyer bus driver photographer shop assistant

2 3
1

5
4

9
8

11 12
10

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WORD BANK 9 Planets
1 22 Write the words under the pictures. Then listen and check.

asteroid 13 galaxy Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune orbit

Pluto satellite Saturn space station stars telescope
The Earth The Moon The Sun Uranus Venus

1 10 14
6

l y
M u y N p n

h Su 15
2 7

11

t l
S u n

V n 16
8

3
T
M n

12

Ur u
Pl t p
t
9
4
17

t s

13
J i r
T o b
a t
5
18

a e

Ma
l s

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WORD BANK 10 Physical Activities
1    23   Match the numbers to the phrases. Then listen and check.

score a goal 4   swim 500 metres   win a medal

ride a mountain bike   go snowboarding   run 10 kilometres
play ice hockey   watch a basketball match   climb a mountain  

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

2 Write the verbs for these activities.

play run ride go watch score climb win
1 a horse 5 skiing
2 a trophy 6 baseball
3 a penalty 7 a car race
4 a marathon 8 a mountain

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WORD BANKS Answer Key
WORD BANK 1
Describing people
1 2 average height  3 tall  4 thin  5 slim
6 plump  7 blue  8 grey  9 green
10 brown  11 short  12 long  13 straight
14 wavy  15 curly  16 blond  17 brown
18 black  19 red
WORD BANK 2
Animals
1 elephant 3 giraffe 5 lion 12
hippopotamus 6 ostrich 8 leopard 1
zebra 2 flamingo 10 snake 4
rhinoceros 9 cheetah 7 antelope 11
WORD BANK 3
Disasters
1 hurricane 4 fire 9 flood 5
earthquake 3 tsunami 7 avalanche 2
drought 8  volcanic eruption 10
plane crash 6
WORD BANK 4
Nature
1 gate 5 plant 2  bird box 12 squirrel 10
pond 16 fence 15 river 3 lake 11
tree 4 flowers 9 frog 14 park 7
duck 8 field 6 bench 13
2 Students’ own answers.
WORD BANK 5
Shops
1 bookshop 7 newsagent’s 11 
greengrocer’s 4  music store 2
sports shop 6  clothes shop 8  Planets
butcher’s 3  games shop 12 baker’s 10
hairdresser’s 5 fishmonger’s 1
2 Students’ own answers.
WORD BANK 6
Technology
1 monitor 6 printer 2 keyboard 7
mouse mat 3 computer 5 laptop 4
2 1 scan  2 download  3 print  4 upload
5 text  6 send  7 receive  8 surf the web
WORD BANK 7
Text types
1 notice 2 newspaper 1 letter 6
magazine 4  web site 8 diary 10
calendar 13 brochure 12 postcard 11
comic 7 invitation 3  greetings card 9
2 receive write post read put up
Students’ own answers. (Possible answers:)
send: letter, postcard, invitation, greetings
card
receive: letter, postcard, invitation,
greetings card
write: letter, diary, postcard, invitation,
greetings card
post: letter, postcard, greetings card
read: advert, notice, newspaper, letter,
magazine, web site, diary, brochure,
postcard, comic
put up: advert, notice, web site, calendar
WORD BANK 8
Jobs
1 vet 12  fire fighter 10 engineer 5
actor 4 writer 8 nurse 2 secretary 6
lawyer 7  bus driver 9 photographer 3
shop assistant 11
WORD BANK 9
1 galaxy 14 Jupiter 4 Mars 5 Mercury 1
Neptune 6 orbit 17 Pluto 3 satellite 15
Saturn 7  space station 16 stars 12
telescope 18  The Earth 9  The Moon 11
The Sun 10 Uranus 8 Venus 2
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WORD BANKS Answer Key

WORD BANK 10
Physical Activities
1 score a goal 4  swim 500 metres 7 
win a medal 3  ride a mountain bike 2
go snowboarding 6 run 10 kilometres 8
play ice hockey 5  watch a basketball
match 9  climb a mountain 1

2 1 ride  2 win  3 score  4 run  5 go

6 play  7 watch  8 climb