Outcomes Elementary VocabularyBuilder Unit6
Outcomes Elementary VocabularyBuilder Unit6
Outcomes Elementary VocabularyBuilder Unit6
6 EDUCATION
Pages 52–53 patient /ˈpeɪʃ(ə)nt/ Adjective
someone who is patient is able to do something that
classmate /ˈklɑːsˌmeɪt/ Noun takes a long time without becoming angry or upset
a classmate is someone who is in the same class as you
Collocates: be patient with someone or something
at school
thanks for waiting, you’ve been very patient | the
I like most of my classmates | some of my classmates
teacher was so patient and helpful | Jack is always very
aren’t very friendly | I met one of my classmates in the
patient with the children | I’m not very patient when my
shopping centre | she’s very popular with her classmates
computer goes wrong | you need to learn to be patient
| she went swimming with some of her classmates
Adverb: patiently | Noun: patience || Opposite –
difficult /ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lt/ Adjective Adjective: impatient | Adverb: impatience | Adverb:
something that is difficult is not easy to do or to impatiently
understand Collocates: wait patiently
Collocates: difficult to do something
popular /ˈpɒpjʊlə(r)/ Adjective
maths is a really difficult subject | that’s a difficult
if someone or something is popular, a lot of people like
question | it was very difficult to find a job | the exam was
them
more difficult than I expected | it was difficult to get up at
five in the morning he’s very popular with his classmates | a popular TV
programme | her music is very popular all over the world
Noun: difficulty || Opposite – Adjective: easy
| Miss Jenkins is a very popular teacher | football is the
Collocates: with difficulty | have difficulty most popular sport in this country | the Harry Potter
friendly /ˈfren(d)li/ Adjective books are very popular
if someone is friendly, they talk to you and are very nice Noun: popularity || Opposite – Adjective: unpopular
to you
subject /ˈsʌbdʒɪkt/ Noun
the other students are all very friendly | our neighbours a subject is a particular thing that you study at school or
are not very friendly | a friendly taxi driver | everyone university, such as history, maths, English, etc.
was very friendly towards me | he gave me a friendly
what subject do you want to do at university? | I think I
smile | a friendly wave
chose the wrong subjects – I wish I’d chosen languages
Opposite – Adjective: unfriendly instead | she always did well in arts subjects | maths was
helpful /ˈhelpf(ə)l/ Adjective my favourite subject at school | science subjects are
someone or something that is helpful helps you with very difficult | geography is such a boring subject
something wrong /rɒŋ/ Adjective
it was very helpful talking to her | our neighbours are something that is wrong is not correct or true
always very helpful | John is such a helpful boy | this I think I chose the wrong subject | I got on the wrong
YouTube video about making soup was very helpful | she train and went to Cardiff instead of Bristol | it’s a lovely
gave me some very helpful advice dress but it’s the wrong size for me | the letter went to
Adverb: helpfully the wrong address | that’s the wrong answer | you’re
wrong – it’s Tuesday today, not Monday | we set off in
luck /lʌk/ Noun uncount the wrong direction and had to turn round
luck is the good or bad things that happen to you by
chance year /jɪə(r)/ Noun
Collocates: good/bad luck | bring someone luck in Britain, a school year is a period of time, usually
good luck with your exam | I wish you all the luck in the between September and July, when people go to school
world | she wears the necklace because she thinks it will or university
bring her luck | it was just bad luck that it rained all day what year are you in? | I’m in my second year at
| by a stroke of luck, I found my phone under the bed | I university | she’s in year nine | a third-year student
had some good luck yesterday
Adjective: lucky Pages 54–55
modern /ˈmɒdə(r)n/ Adjective advice /ədˈvaɪs/ Noun uncount
something that is modern is quite new and uses new if someone gives you advice, they try to help you by
ideas or styles making suggestions about what you should do
a modern building | modern furniture | modern history Collocates: give someone advice | take someone’s
(the history of the world since about 1600) | the house advice | a piece of advice
looks very modern
the teacher gives us help and advice | I always go to Collocates: in fashion | out of fashion
her for advice | let me give you some advice | my advice the Beatles’ music will never go out of fashion | the
is to go by train | I think that’s very good advice | I took fashion industry (making clothes that are the latest
his advice (did what he suggested) and went back to fashion) | I want to work in fashion | they talked about
college | he gave me a useful piece of advice music, travel, and fashion | these shirts are back
Verb: advise in fashion
Collocates: advise someone to do something Adjective: fashionable | Adverb: fashionably
English and Spanish are very important languages thank you /ˈθæŋk jʊ/ Phrase
| it’s very important that you don’t arrive late | that’s you say thank you to someone to tell them that you are
an important question | exercise is very important for glad they did something kind for you
your health | I’ve got an important message for you | how do you say ‘thank you’ in French? | thank you for
they’re having an important meeting this afternoon | the cooking such a lovely meal for us | ‘Can I give you a
headteacher is the most important member of staff lift?’ – ‘Yes, thank you. That would be very kind.’
Adverb: importantly | Noun: importance
Collocates: the importance of something Page 58
population /ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun excited /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ Adjective
the population of a place is all the people who live there if you are excited, you are very happy about something
70% of the world’s population speak two or more and interested in it
languages | the population of Australia is 23 million Collocates: be excited about (doing) something
| the population of the UK will reach 65 million very they are very excited about showing their work | I’m
soon | Birmingham has a large student population | the feeling really excited | they were excited about going on
population is still growing holiday | I’m excited about the future of the company
positive /ˈpɒzətɪv/ Adjective Adjective: exciting | Noun: excitement
if you are positive, you believe you can be in a good
exhibition /ˌeksɪˈbɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun
situation and that you will succeed, and you do not think
an exhibition is an event where people can go and look
about any bad possibilities
at paintings and other works of art. Some exhibitions last
he’s a very positive sort of person | he stayed positive just a day and others go on for months
even after he failed the first exam | everyone who works
Collocates: an art exhibition | an exhibition of something
here has a really positive attitude | she was always
| put on/stage/hold an exhibition
smiling, positive, and hard-working
the students organised an exhibition at the end of the
Adverb: positively || Opposite – Adjective: negative
programme | an exhibition of Henry Moore’s work |
research /rɪˈsɜː(r)tʃ/ Noun there’s an art exhibition in the school hall on Saturday
if you do research, you study a subject in detail to find | our annual photography exhibition | the museum is
new information about it putting on a big new exhibition
Collocates: do research (into something) inspiration /ˌɪnspəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun
research shows that bilingual children are better at an inspiration is something that gives you a particular
solving problems | scientific research | a research project idea or that makes you believe more strongly in yourself
| our research found a link between music and maths | it was an inspiration for many of the refugees | Beckham
we need to do more research into the causes of cancer was an inspiration to me when I was a child | I got
Verb: research inspiration from a visit to Windsor Castle
Verb: inspire | Adjective: inspiring
show /ʃəʊ/ Verb
if something shows that something else is true, it Collocates: inspire someone to do something
provides information that makes you believe the other
photo /ˈfəʊtəʊ/ Noun
thing is true
a photo is a picture that you make by using a camera.
research shows that bilingual children are better at The word photo is short for photograph
solving problems | the article clearly shows that smoking
Collocates: take a photo
is dangerous | the report shows that exercise is very
important for health | figures show that sales are do you have any photos of your children? | let me
going down take a photo of you | I took a photo of my meal in the
restaurant | she took hundreds of photos of her holiday
simple /ˈsɪmp(ə)l/ Adjective | a photo of my family | click this link to add a photo to
something that is simple is not complicated and is easy your Facebook page
to understand
professional /prəˈfeʃ(ə)nəl/ Adjective
it’s a simple question | it was a very simple but very good
someone who is professional gets money for doing a
idea | I can play a few simple tunes on the guitar | there
particular activity as a job. For example, a professional
are just a few simple rules you need to follow | making
footballer plays football as a job, not just for pleasure
bread is simple
she wants to become a professional photographer | a
Adverb: simply
professional baseball player | a professional musician
slow /sləʊ/ Adjective (someone who plays a musical instrument as a job)
something that is slow does not move or happen quickly Noun: professional
my old computer was very slow | the traffic is very slow
programme /ˈprəʊɡræm/ Noun
today | the bus was very slow all the way into work | a
a programme is a series of events or activities that help
slow train (that stops at lots of stations) | she can still
or improve a situation
walk, but she’s very slow
Adverb: slowly || Opposite – Adjective: fast | Adverb: fast
the students organised an exhibition at the end of the GET (GOT, GOT, GETTING)
programme | a programme of events over three weeks |
the programme helps young people from poor areas | a Get can mean different things and you can get different
training programme for unemployed people things. Look at the examples below. Translate them. How
many different verbs do you use in your language?
receive /rɪˈsiːv/ Verb
receive: I got an email from him this morning / I got
if you receive something, you get it because someone
several presents for Christmas
gives it to you or sends it to you. Receive is formal, and
the usual word is get buy: can you get a paper when you go to the shops? / did
all students receive a certificate at the end of the you get anything nice? / I got some things to make dinner
programme | I still haven’t received the parcel | did you find and bring: can you get me a cup? / go and get
receive my email | I received a letter from my old school | my coat
I received my invitation to the party yesterday
arrive: I got there late / what time did you get home? /
refugee /ˌrefjʊˈdʒiː/ Noun the train gets there at 6.20
a refugee is someone who has left their country to
change to: don’t get angry! / I get bored easily / it gets
escape from war or danger
very cold at night / he’s getting old / the situation’s
the war has created thousands of refugees | thousands got better
of people live in the refugee camp | more refugees
arrived by boat last week | life is very difficult as a transport: let’s get the train / I got the bus here / get
refugee the plane
results: I got 78% / I got a C grade / I didn’t get what
skill /skɪl/ Noun
I wanted
a skill is an ability to do something well
we learned a new skill on the training course | I’ve got
good computer skills | it’s important to keep learning
new skills | a course that helps develop business skills |
good language skills are essential in this job
Adjective: skilled
EXERCISES
Prepositions
A Complete the sentences with the correct E Complete the sentences with the noun form of
preposition. Look up the word in bold if you the word in bold.
need help. 1 Our teacher explained the of using
1 A good teacher needs to be patient young English outside of the classroom. important
students.
2 The was very friendly and gave a lot
2 We had a good choice languages to choose of good advice. train
from.
3 She helped me with all the for the
3 Everyone commented the clothes he was party. prepare
wearing.
4 It’s difficult to understand the of
4 I need to prepare my journey to London some modern fashions. popular
tomorrow.
5 We had a lot of with the traffic.
5 I tried to explain my ideas the teacher. difficult
6 They are doing research the English language. 6 She’s a very skilled and popular .
paint
Word families
Collocations
B Write the opposite of these adjectives from
the unit. F Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in the box. Look up the words in bold if
1 difficult
you need help.
2 friendly
give hold
take
give do have
3 patient
4 popular 1 I some good luck yesterday.
C Tick the words in the unit that are both a verb 4 They are research into how animals
and a noun. communicate.