4000 Essential English Words

----- ----- UNIT u p ad Ipaedj n. A pad is a thick piece of soft material used to protect or clean things. —► Football players w ...

Exercise 1 Choose the one that is similar in meaning to the given word. vanity a. truck aristocrat a. noble pad a. pocket vulga ...

Exercise 3 mm Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank. .................................................... ...

Dressed to Excess If you traveled back in time to the 1700s in Europe, you would laugh when you saw how the aristocracy dressed. ...

PART O Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true. Ladies used pads to enlar ...

y i 3 attic [aetik] n. An attic is a room just below a house’s roof. —» There were two windows in their attic. chunk [tjAQk] n. ...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- kettle [ketl] n. A kettle is a large metal pot used ...

Exercise 1 Choose the one that is opposite in meaning to the given word. din a. home outspoken a. quiet pungent a. hurt civic a ...

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part. The movement downward from the mountain was because it had star ...

The Butler’s Bad Day The Superintendent of Civic Projects was a busy man. He worked every day of the week and had fancy parties ...

PART O Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true. The Superintendent of Ci ...

UNIT 5 alternate fcritameit] v. To alternate means to switch back and forth between two things. —► The best exercise alternates ...

o v e rd o se [ouvardous] n. An overdose is an instance of taking or havingtoo much of something. —► John’s skin was burned from ...

Exercise 1 Choose the answer that best fits the question. An overdose of something is. a. expensive c. not true b. too much d. ...

Exercise 2 Choose the one that is similar in meaning to the given word reluctance a. loneliness b. hesitance c. dependence apol ...

A Bet Russell finished running a relay and joined his friend Becky in the cafeteria. He asked, “What’s for lunch?” “Sesame chic ...

eadinq Comprehension PART O Mark each statement T for true or F for false. Rewrite the false statements to make them true. 1.. B ...

I UNIT 6 Word List r f n M i ashore [aJ6:r] adv. If something goes ashore, it goes from water to the land. After a long day o ...

homogeneous [houmad3i:nias] adj. If something is homogeneous, it is made up of things which are all the same. —► A ll o f the ho ...

Exercise 1 Choose the answer that best fits the question. What animal can survive ashore? a. A dolphin b. An alligator c. A sha ...