Vocabulary 8 1

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Book 8 Lesson 1 Vocabulary

be going to + Verb verb: will


Ahmed is going to go to Riyadh today.
fall verb
fell (down) I fell down when I walked on the ice.
In the autumn, leaves fall to the ground.
follow verb: to go after
I drove to Riyadh yesterday, and Ahmed followed me in his car.
freeze verb: to go below 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit
froze When water gets very cold it freezes.
grow verb: to get bigger
grew Farmers grow vegetables.
My son is growing very tall.
land verb: to finish an airplane flight
The plane landed at the airport at 1830.
take off verb: to begin an airplane flight
took off This airplane will take off for Riyadh in 10 minutes.
better than adjective: compares two people or things
Ali’s score is 90. Ahmed’s score is 89. Ali is a better student than
Ahmed.
the best adjective: compares three or more people or things
Ali’s score is 90. Ahmed’s score is 89. Abdullah’s score is 88. Ali
is the best student.
centigrade adjective:
0 degrees centigrade is freezing.
for (time) preposition
We study English for 45 minutes each period.
of (north of) Hafar Al Batin is north of Riyadh.

straight (ahead) adjective: no turns


Go straight for two blocks and then
worse than adjective: compares two people or things
Ali’s score is 90. Ahmed’s score is 68. Ahmed’s score is a worse
student than Ahmed’s.
the worst adjective: compares three or more people or things
Ali’s score is 90. Ahmed’s score is 89. Abdullah’s score is 68.
Abdullah is the worst student.
block noun: the distance between two city streets
Go two blocks on Olaya Street and take a right.
Celsius noun: centigrade
0 degrees Celsius is freezing.
corner noun: a place where two streets meet
The store is on the corner of Olaya St. and Aruba St.
degree noun: a measure of temperature
It’s 50 degrees Celsius today. It’s very hot.
direction noun
North, south, east, and west are directions.
directions noun: ways to get from one place to another
I don’t know how to get to Riyadh. Do you know the directions.
east noun: a direction
Al Khobar is east of Riyadh.
Fahrenheit noun
It’s 32 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s freezing.
ground noun
The plane landed. It’s on the ground now.
highway noun: a road where cars go very fast
The highway from Riyadh to Maajmah is very good.
ice noun: frozen water
I like to put ice in my Pepsi.
mile noun: 1.6 kilometers
I run 5 miles every day.
north noun: a direction
Hafar Al Batin is in the north. Jeddah is in the south.
park noun
Parks have many trees and flowers.
road noun: a street or highway
The road from Riyadh to Maajmah is a highway.
south noun: a direction
Hafar Al Batin is in the north. Riyadh south of Hafar.
temperature noun: how hot or cold it is
The temperature is 30degrees Fahrenheit. It’s freezing.
thermometer noun: a thing that measures temperature
I looked at the thermometer. The temperature is 50 degrees Celsius.
west noun: a direction
Saudi Arabia is to the west of Iran.

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