Vocabulary Puzzle Book

It contains a wide variety of supplementary exercises for english learners

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Vocabulary Puzzle Book Contents School timetable.................. School life Tom's family Tom's family-part two Places to live Places to live -part two Cathy's room....... . Furniture Furniture Tools Clothes Clothes Cathy packs her holiday's bag Jobs Jobs Body Body Medicine What's the matter? Seasons-Spring Seasons-Sununer. Seasons-Autumn Seasons-Winter.. On the fruits stand................ On the vegetables stand

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Plants. Food and drink Animals Animals..... . On the farm Sport. . Sport vocabulary Car Vehicles...... . In the city Shops Music Theatre Film Literature Literature-part two................ Spy master (book words) Countries/Nationalities Adjectivcs-opposi ties Verbs-opposities Word partnership Numbers. . Categories... Solutions..... Solutions..... .

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SCHOOL LIFE Choose appropriate word from the box and complete the sentences.

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that the school year is divided into.

2. If you can't stay with your children at home you should employ a

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3. Very small children go to

4. The time that pupils like best at school is a go back to class-rooms where they have got 5. The most powerful person at school is a

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When it finishes pupils have to . .

.... ... .... he/she usually has got good marks and behaves well.

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7. Some students are

8. At the end of the school year students get and achievements.

with their marks

9. A student who failed a school year is called 10. It happens that students go for a walk or to a pub.

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11. A room at school where you do chemical experiments is called ... 12. If you are

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SCHOOL TIMETABLE 1. Complete the table below, use the subjects from the box or add new ones.

English, Polish, Maths, Geography, History, Drawing, Music, Gym, Biology, Religion, Chemistry

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2. Now write what you think about each of your school subjects Use the following verbs and adjectives. Look at the example.

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adore, love, like, don't mind, don't like, hate

fascinating, fantastic, boring, interesting, difficult, easy, funny, dreadful, useful, useless

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TOM'S FAMILY

Look at Tom's family tree. Then choose appropriate words on the right to fill sentences on the left.

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Steven, Christian and George are Tom's mother Rebecca, Eva and Kate are Tom's aunts Tom has also four

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... : Susan, Jason, Harry, Agnes. nephews, nieces

John and Elizabeth are Tom's . daughter Mary has two . : Jason and Harry, she also has two ....... -Susan and Agnes. married Tom is.

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TOM'S FAMILY - PART TWO

Choose the correct answer. Sometimes more than one answer is correct.

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a) is married b) is single c) has one child

a) is Eva's husband b) is Harry's father c) is Rebecca's uncle

Rebecca a) is single b) is Christian's sister c) has got two sisters

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Kate a) is Steven's wife b) is John's daughter c) is Jason's mother

Lisa a) is Jason's sister b) has got three brothers c) is Rebecca's niece

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PLACES TO LIVE Write the number of each drawing next to the correct word.

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PLACES TO LIVE - PART TWO Choose appropriate building words from the box and complete the sentences.

igloo, skyscrapers, hostel, inn, stable, pub, shed, barn, tower, neighbourhood

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CATHY'S ROOM Complete the description with the appropriate words given below.

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FURNITURE Cathy drew the furniture and house equipment which are in her flat. Match the pictures with their names below, then write what there is probably in which room.

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FURNITURE Complete the crossword, the solution is a well-known proverb.

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TOOLS 1. Match each of the following tools with the correct picture below.

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CLOTHES

1.Name the clothes people underneath are dressed in. Use words from the frame. sunglasses, flip-flops, a dress, shorts, a coat, a skirt, high boots, glasses, a jacket, , a sleeve, trunks, a sweater, a pocket, a collar, a T-shirt, a vest, a necklace, earrings, a bikini, trainers, a tie, a glove, a belt, stilettos, a miniskirt, a pair of jeans, a pair of trousers, a suit,

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JOBS If you want to do some job, you need to study some subject first. Look at these jobs, name them and decide which school subjects you should study to do each job.

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a chef ~-a pop star a painter a journalist a bus driver an actress a hair dresser a postman a policeman a shop assistant a secretary a doctor a dentist a fireman

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BODY Fill in the crossword then find the solution. 3-letters 4-letters ear face hair toe lJFfrT nose leg chin calf eye ~oot

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MEDICINE 1. Match the Polish names of the parts of the body with their English counterparts.

a) dziqslo b) serce c) pluco d) tchawica e) m6zg f) gardlo g) kr~goslup h) nerka i) migdalki j) szcz~ka k) wqtroba I) zebro n) wyrostek

1. spine 2. windpipe 3. brain 4. appendix 5. kidney 6. lung 7. rib 8. jaw 9. liver 10. heart 11. throat 12. tonsils 13. gum

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WHAT'S THE MATTER? Fill in the missing words under each of the drawings below. Then suggest the remedy. Choose from the two boxes.

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SEASONS- SPRING Complete the text below with the appropriate words from the frame.

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SEASONS - SUMMER Complete the text using the words given below.

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part of the year. June, ......................•.....

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hottest, August, swimming. longer, high, lightning, Celsius, cloudy, storm, thunders. JUly, rainbow, activities, light, sunbathing

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SEASONS-AUTUMN Complete the text below with the appropriate words from the frame.

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SEASONS - WINTER Complete the text using the words given below.

Winter

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ON THE FRUIT-STAND Name the fruits, which are one the stand using the words given below. Then solve the crossword underneath. a watermelon, bananas, an apple, a strawberry, an orange, grapes, a pear, a plum, a lemon, cherries

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ON THE VEGETABLE-STAND Name the vegetables using the words given, then solve the crossword. an onion, a cauliflower, a potato, a carrot, lettuce, a beetroot, a clove of garlic, a mushroom, a tomato, a cucumber, a radish, broccoli.

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PLANTS 1. Match the Polish equivalents with the English names of plants.

a) owies b) dqb c) trzcina cukrowa d) sosna e) muchomor f) osika g) pszenica h) koniczyna i) lipa j) brzoza k) kasztan

1. aspen 2. birch 3. wheat 4. chestnut 5. Iinden 6. oats 7. oak 8. pine 9. sugar cane 10. shamrock 11. toadstool

2. Choose appropriate plants words from the box and complete the sentences. trunk, bark, plant, leaves, forest, mushroom, seed, peel, roots, branch, water, come out

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FOOD AND DRINK Spy Master Are you a Super Spy Master? We have replaced letters of the alphabet with different numbers in this code-cracking crossword. 9 letters are given for you. Can you work out the rest and decode our message at the bottom of the page?

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THEATRE 1. Put the number of the picture to the appropriate word

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LITERATURE

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VERBS - OPPOSITES Look up the opposite word for each of the verbs and solve the crossword. Find also the proverb that is hidden there. If you get stuck all the answers are given at the bottom of the page.

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NUMBERS Answer to the questions using numbers. 1. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

2. How many sides does a pentagon have?

3. How many legs do three spiders have?

4. How many hands do Mr and Mrs Brown and their three daughters have?

5. How many games must you win to win a volleyball match?

6. How old is Magda if her twin sister was born in 1990 and her mother is 25?

7. How many legs do five football teams have?

8. When was America discovered?

9. How many weeks does a year have?

10. How many tentacles does an octopus have?

11. How much hair does a bold man have?

12. At what age can you get a driving licence?

13. How many wives did Henry VIII - the English king have?

14. How many seconds does a football match last?

15. How many English exercises do you still want to do?

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CATEGORIES

Fill in the crossword writing to which category the following words belong. Then see what is solution of the crossword. Choose categories from the box.

1. cousin, uncle 2. lion, tiger 3. apple, pear, plum 4. John, Mark 5. tulip, daffodil 6. breakfast, dinner 7. Warszawa, Washington D.C. 8. twenty, eighteen 9. blue, white 10. blouse, T-shirt 11. violin, piano 12. October, April 13. tomato, onion 14. dog, cat 15. boxing, volleyball 16. motorbike, truck 17. Italy, France 18. The Thames, the Danube 19. living...... , sleeping. 20. house, block of flats 21. Agnes, Belly 22. lark, pigeon 23. Celine Dijon, Bon Jovi 24. salmon, herring 25. doll, Teddy bear 26. desk, shelf 27. ring, bracelet 28. fly, bee 29. oak, beech 30. Christmas, Easter 31. swimming, windsurfng 32. Dostoevsky, Shakespeare 33. Newsweek, The Guardian 34. pencil, envelop 35. knife, spoon 36. primary , nursery , secondary .

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SOLUTIONS Here you have the solutions of the crosswords.

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Page 42: The Nobel Prize The Pulitzer Prize The Booker Prize The Whitbread Literary Awards Page 45: A friend to all is a friend to none. Page 46: Better early than late. Page 48: A wise man changes his mind a fool never will.

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