Unit 11: Vocabulary

Unit 11: Vocabulary

Vocabulary

• barber's

• chairman

• collapse

• community

• crash

• exhibition

• gallery

• grow up

• gymnastics

• hire

• hurt

• peaceful

• pick up

• play

• push

• update

• retire

• rider

• sneeze

• teammate

• thunder

a shop where men go to get their hair cut.

Example: I'm going to the barber's at 4:30 to have a haircut.

​​Barber's (n.)

a person who controls a meeting.

Example: We are going to have lunch with our chairman tomorrow.

Chairman (n.)

to fall down suddenly.

Example: She's afraid the tower will collapse.

​​Collapse (v.)

an accident when something that is moving hits another thing.

Example: The car is going to crash.

Crash (v.)

Multiple Choice

Tim went to the ______ to get his hair cut.

• Barbers

• barbers

• Barber's

• barber's

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct spelling. (singular)

• chair man

• chairman

• chairmen

• chair men

Multiple Choice

The motorbike ______ into the bus full of tourist.

• collapse

• crash

• collapsed

• crashed

1.all the people who live in a place.

2. a group of people who join together because they have the same interest or cause.

Example: Every person in the community plays an important role.

Community (n.)

​a group of things that are arranged in a place so that people can look at them.

Example: I went to the museum to see an exhibition.

Exhibition (n.)

a place where people can look at or buy art.

Example: They've opened a new art gallery in Bond Street.

Gallery (n.)

Multiple Choice

The (1)________ has organized an art (2)______ for this Sunday.

• (1) community (2) exhibition

• (1) comunity (2) ehxibition

• (1) exhibition (2) community

• (1) gallery (2) community

to develop into an adult.

Example: When I grow up, I'm going to play for Arsenal.

grow up (phr v)

to stop working because you are a certain age.

Example: I'll travel the world when I retire.

Retire (v.)

​Exercises for your body.

Example: She is going to start gymnastics soon.

​​Gymnastics (n. pl)

The enxaneta is a Catalan word that means the rider.

**This word will be in your reading assignment**

Rider (n.)

​a member of the same team or same group as yourself.

Example: There were four teammates in the group.

​​Teammate (n.)

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct spelling.

• gymnatics

• gymnastics

• gymnastic's

• gymastics

Multiple Choice

When I ______, I am going to sail around the world.

• retrie

• growup

• retire

• grown up

Multiple Choice

When I _______, I want to be a doctor.

• retire

• grownup

• grow up

• retires

​1.to pay somebody to do a job for you.

2. to pay to use something for a short time.

Example: Are we going to hire a car at the airport?

Hire (v.)

​physically harmed; upset

Example: She fell but she wasn't hurt.

​​Hurt (adj.)

​with no fighting; quiet and calm

Example: I love this village - it's so peaceful.

Peaceful (adj.)

to collect somebody in a car

Example: I'll pick you up after school.

Pick up (phr v)

1.activity done for fun only.

2.a piece of writing performed by actors.

Example: We are going to the theatre tonight to see a play.

Play (n.)

To use force to move somebody toward or away from you.

Example: The biggest castellers push together around the bottom of the tower.

Push (v.)

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is play?

• adj.

• n.

• phr v.

• adv.

to make air come out of your nose and mouth with a sudden loud noise.

Example: The smell of pepper makes me sneeze.

Sneeze (v.)

a loud noise in the sky where there is a storm.

Example: I was scared of the sound of thunder.

Thunder (n.)

an update on a news story (=the most recent information)

Example: I'll be back at lunchtime with an update.

Update (n.)