English Vocabulary in Use Advanced by Michael McCarthy; Felicity O'Dell A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show sig. Vocabulary is clearly presented and contextualized on left-hand pages with practice activities on facing right-hand pages. This book is primarily designed as a self-study reference and practice text but it can also be used for classroom work.
About the Exercises
This website features over 750 gap-fill exercises to learn and review over 2000 items of General vocabulary and Academic vocabulary in English. Gap-fill exercises are an excellent way to practise vocabulary in different contexts and can be used to broaden the student's understanding of the range of meaning of vocabulary. The online format of the exercises allows students to get immediate feedback on their answers.
- The site is intended for ESL students from an intermediate to advanced level.
- The academic vocabulary is vocabulary which appears in the Academic Word List.
- For ease of use, the 'General' English vocabulary words have been grouped into various categories.
- For the categories that include lots of items, the words are further divided into groups of 14 to 17 words.
- Each group of words appears in 5 different gap-fill exercises.
- Some of the exercises include different derivations (the verb, noun, adjective, and adverb forms + variants) for the words given.
- Ideally, students should work through the five exercises for each group before going on to the next group.
Useful Vocabulary Links
Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher
Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher is a software program developed for teachers of English and English as a Second Language. The program features a vast collection of sentences in context that teachers can use to simply and quickly produce gap-fill exercises for reviewing, reinforcing, and testing vocabulary. A demo can be downloaded from the site. The program can also be purchased through the site. This software is both PC and Mac compatible.
Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher is a software program developed for teachers of English and English as a Second Language. The program features a vast collection of sentences in context that teachers can use to simply and quickly produce gap-fill exercises for reviewing, reinforcing, and testing vocabulary. A demo can be downloaded from the site. The program can also be purchased through the site. This software is both PC and Mac compatible.
The General Service List
The General Service List (GSL) is a list of 2,000 words chosen to be of the greatest use to learners of English.
The General Service List (GSL) is a list of 2,000 words chosen to be of the greatest use to learners of English.
The Academic Word List
The website of Averil Coxhead, creator of the Academic Word List, at Victoria University of Wellington.
The website of Averil Coxhead, creator of the Academic Word List, at Victoria University of Wellington.
Note to Teachers
All the exercises featured in this website were produced using Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher. The program is a vast collection of sentences in context that teachers can use to simply and quickly produce gap-fill exercises for reviewing, reinforcing, and testing vocabulary. The program provides a list of keywords, each of which is linked to a number of sentences that illustrate how the word is used. The user can search and edit these sentences and add more keywords or sentences of their own. And with a couple of mouse clicks, users can choose a sequence of sentences and build them into a complete language exercise. This software is both PC and Mac compatible.
This program creates exercises that are suitable for students of English or English as second-language from an intermediate to advanced level. Teachers can use the program to review and reinforce vocabulary, create tests, and more. Students can work on their vocabulary by reviewing words in context, or they can create random word gap exercises to test their knowledge of new vocabulary.
The program comes complete with an enormous database of English language usage—more than 50,000 sentences illustrating over 2,500 keywords. It is an excellent resource for teachers and students: teachers can use it to create illustrations and exercises around English words, and students can use it to test and improve their word-power. In total, the program consists of over 750,000 words in sentences in context.
The words show a minimum of 15 contexts each, including the following, where possible:
- Derivations (different parts of speech)
- Proverbs from different cultures
- Quotations from the famous and not-so-famous
- Facts about countries around the world
- Interesting trivia
- Facts about the world's animals
- General history facts
- Facts and quotes from the world's major religions
- Discussion questions
- 'Find someone who' questions
...all featuring the word under study.
For more information on program features and purchasing details, or to download the demo, visit our website at www.cpr4esl.com.
How many words do you need to know in English? This is a very common question and it varies depending on your goal. Because TalkEnglish.com focuses on speaking, the vocabulary presented in this section will be the most commonly used words in speaking.- There are roughly 100,000 word-families in the English language.
- A native English speaking person knows between 10,000 (uneducated) to 20,000 (educated) word families.
- Professor Paul Nation found that a person needs to know 8,000-9,000 word families to enjoy reading a book.
- Studying heritage language learners reveal that a person with a vocabulary size of 2,500 passive word-families and 2,000 active word-families can speak a language fluently.
GOOD NEWS - If your goal is to speak English fluently, you are not required to study 10,000 words. 2,000 is enough to get you started.
Here is another list of things to consider before studying vocabulary
- Before studying vocabulary, understand the difference between each word in a word-family. By doing so, you will be able to understand how to use words more easily. A word-family is a grouping of words derived from the same base. For example, active, actively, activities, and activity are all in the same word-family.
- There is a difference between passive vocabulary and active vocabulary. Passive vocabulary is used in reading and listening, where you are receiving information. Active vocabulary is used in writing and speaking, where you are giving information. In reading, you have time to think. If you want to be fluent, you don't have time to think because the definition of fluent is to speak smoothly and easily.
- Your goal should be to increase the depth of your vocabulary knowledge instead of the breadth of your vocabulary knowledge. There are many English learners who know 8,000 words, but they cannot speak a single sentence. On the other hand, there are people who know only 2,000 words and they can speak fluently. The difference is how deeply you know a word. Knowing 10,000 words passively will not help you with speaking. Instead focus on learning the first 2,000 words deeply.
- Learning vocabulary by memorizing the definition in your native language is an inefficient way to learn words. Rather, reading is the best way to increase your vocabulary. Learn words by seeing the word in a sentence. You can look up words in a dictionary, but study them in sentences, not the word itself.
Before you start studying, watch this video to learn how to study and improve your English Vocabulary.
If you had to choose the first 2,000 words to learn, the list below is very accurate. The number next to the link is the actual number.
Top 2000 English Vocabulary Words used in Speaking (2265)
Out of the 2265 words in the list, a total of 1867 word families were present.
Top 2000 Word Families (1867)
The following is broken down by type of words. All the words in the following lists are in the list of 2000 words. The sum is greater than 2,000 because many words can be both a noun and a verb.
Finally, before you start studying vocabulary, keep in mind that you will need to learn a lot more than 2,000 words. However, studying the right 2,000 words in the proper depth will help you to become fluent in English much faster.
Top 1500 Nouns (1524)
Top 1000 Verbs (1010)
Top 500 Adjectives (528)
Top 250 Adverbs (252)
Top 60 Pronouns (58)
Top 50 Prepositions (46)
Top 1000 Verbs (1010)
Top 500 Adjectives (528)
Top 250 Adverbs (252)
Top 60 Pronouns (58)
Top 50 Prepositions (46)