YL13 44-45 Vocabulary

the act of kicking or hitting the ball into the goal; a point that is scored for this.

She scored twenty _______s in her first season.

• goal

• score

• humanitarian

• kick off

• torrential

an exciting spoken description of an event, which may not be completely true.

I love listening to his _______s of life at sea.

• tale

• illustrate

• auction

• ultimately

• literary

a copy of a book, piece of music, etc. before it has been printed.

an unpublished/original _______.

• manuscript

• definitive

• impressive

• be well off

• half-marathon

a person who has been chosen to speak or vote for somebody else or for a group of people, or to take the place of somebody else.

Our elected _______s in government should be doing something about this.

• representative

• institutional

• route

• publicity

• faithfully

to win points, goals, etc. in a game or competition

Fraser _______d again in the second half.

• goal

• score

• humanitarian

• kick off

• torrential

connected with helping people who are suffering and improving the conditions that they are living in

to provide _______ aid to the war zone

• goal

• score

• humanitarian

• kick off

• torrential

when a football (soccer) game or a team, etc. kicks off, the game starts

What time shall we _______?

• goal

• score

• humanitarian

• kick off

• torrential

(of rain) falling in large amounts

_______ rain

• goal

• score

• humanitarian

• kick off

• torrential

to use pictures, photographs, diagrams, etc. in a book, etc.

She _______d her own books.

• tale

• illustrate

• auction

• ultimately

• literary

a public sale in which things are sold to the person who offers the most money for them

The house is up for _______.

• tale

• illustrate

• auction

• ultimately

• literary