Animal Body Parts - A Vocabulary Game

Play a word game to practise animal body parts vocabulary.
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Animals Movement

Mindmap Answer to Tricia's Email

Mind-Map - The Blue-Ringed Octopus

Quizlet - Words Unit 1 (9,11)

Click here to practise the words Unit 1, Part 2.

Quizlet - More 2 / Unit 1 - Vocabulary Part 1

Click here to practise the words of  Unit 1.

Word Formation 1

accurate - accurately, inaccurate, in accurately, accuracy, inaccuracy - genau
benefit - beneficial - Vorteil, vorteilhaft
create - creative, creation, creativity, creator - (etwas) schaffen
suggest - suggestion, suggestive, suggestively, suggested - vorschlagen
bore - boredom, boring, boringly, bored - langweilen / Langweiler
poor - poorly (educated),  poverty
beautiful - beauty, beautifully - schön
origin - originally, unorginal, originator (Urheber)  - Ursprung, Herkunft
certify - certificate, certified - beglaubigen
communicate - communication, communicative (gesprächig), communicator (Mitteilender) - reden, kommunizieren
decide - decision, decisive, indecisive (unentschlossen), decisively - entscheiden

Word Formation

What is it?

In a sentence or text you have to change the form of a word, e.g. from a noun to an adjective, or from a verb to a noun. For example:

The _____ was very nervous. (sing)

You have to complete the sentence with the person noun (singer). You change the verb (sing) into the person noun (singer).

• Look at the word you have to change. Which words do you know that are in the same word family?
• The beginning of the word is often the same and the end of the word changes.
• What form is the new word? A verb? A noun? An adjective? An adverb?
• Nouns often end: -ment, -ion, -ness, -ity.
• People nouns often end: -er, -or, -ist, -ian.
• Adjectives often end: -able, -ible, -ive, -al, -ic, -ed, -ing.
• Some verbs end: -ise, -ate, -en.
• Adverbs often end: -ly.
• Is the new word negative? If so, you may need a prefix, e.g. un- (unhappy), im- (impolite), in- (inexperienced), dis- (dishonest), etc.
• If you don’t know the new word, guess. You may be right!
• Check your answers carefully when you finish.

 From
The British Council

Click here, scroll down and do the two exercises

Further exercises:

Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Bring a Word a Day

to except - ausschließen
necessary . notwendig
conservation - Umweltschutz
self-confidence - Selbstbewusstsein
wealth - Reichtum
to deliberate - beraten
mysterious - geheimnisvoll
accidentally - zufällig
to dissent - widersprechen
timetable - Stundenplan
sledge - Schlitten
priceless - unbezahlbar
fictional - erfunden

Pimp my text

Useful words words to spice up your texts


actually - tatsächlich
certainly- sicherlich
sure - sicherlich
definitely - bestimmt, sicher(lich)
recently - kürzlich, vor kurzem
probably - wahrscheinlich
unfortunately - unglücklicherweise
fabulous - fabelhaft
disgusting - ekelhaft
jealous - eifersüchtig
successful - erfolgreich
disappointed - enttäuscht
badly hurt - schwer verletzt
absolutely awesome - absolut toll

Talking about holidays

Klick here, do the matching exercise and then read the users' answers to the question, "What do you usually do in the holidys?"


Listen to the dialogue (American English) about a lady's vacation ( American for holiday). Then do the exercises.

Bring a word a day II

lighthouse - Leuchtturm
kiss of life - Mund-zu-Mund-Beatmung
set 1 - erste Leistungsgruppe
occupation - Beruf
dream - Traum
fairy - Fee
immediately - sofort
suddenly - plötzlich
nursery school - Kindergarten
starfish - Seestern
certificate - Urkunde
mammal - Säugetier
rainbow - Regenbogen
hairbrush - Haarbürste
squirrel - Eichhörnchen
to knock - klopfen
village - Dorf

A bee in the house!

Bring a word a day - 1

unforgettable - unvergesslich
scent - Duft
a poor guy - ein armer Kerl
mosquito - Stechmücke
patient - geduldig
cross country skiing - Langlauf
a stranger - ein Fremder
avalanche - Lawine
cotton candy - Zuckerwatte
Scottish Highlands beef - Rindfleisch vom schottischen Hochland
tea towel - Geschirrtuch
capital / capital city - Hauptstadt
stamp - Briefmarke
stable - Stall
a mnemonic - Eselsbrücke

What frogs are like

Frogs  can


shed their skin
kill animals / people
stick on trees
camouflage
hide from predators
live in water
glide
lay thousands of eggs
protect their eyes when jumping
be poisonous
live out of water
jump high
live a long time
breathe through skin
catch insects with their tongues


Frogs have

webbed feet
sticky feet
big eyes
long legs
good hearing
gliders
large heads
legs that help them jump
see-through eye-lids
suckers on their feet
mucus on their tongues
poison on their skin
powerful legs
moist skin


Frogs are

different sizes
poisonous sometimes
fascinating
different colours
moist
fast
bumpy
amphibians
see-through
good at camouflaging
smooth

Pets and animals

Exercise 1: Domino
Exercise 2: A Picture Quiz
Exercise 3: Audio and Pictures
Exercise 4: Animal Maze
Exercise 5: Some more animals
Exercise 6: Drop-down list

Clothes - Vocabulary: Listen and repeat

Clothes - What are you wearing today - A video

Clothes

Exercise 1: A Quiz
Exercise 2: Words and Pictures
Exercise 3: Matching Pairs
Exercise 4: Accessories

Matching exercise: Classroom, schoolbag

Exercise 1
Exercise 2  - Memory
Exercise 3

Quizlet - Defintions More 4/ Words Unit 10

Here is another set of words (Students Book, p. 85/7) to practise.