Vocabulary Report

Sıra Word Explanation Meaning Type

1 a In front of words that begin with a consonant sound; "an" Indefinite Article

is used in front of words that begin with a vowel or vowel

sounds (as in "an apple," "an hour," etc.).

2 After Proposition

3 Agent Noun

4 Airport Noun

5 Alcohol Noun

6 All right Adverb Prase

7 Also Adverb

8 American All countries, nationalities, and names of languages are Noun

capitalized in English. (e.g.: "Jean is from Canada"; "Paul

is British"; "Andrei speaks Russian.")

9 an Indefinite Article

10 Are about to "To be about to" is a useful way to express that one "is Verb

ready to" do something. Another way to express the same

idea is to use the expression "to be close to" as in "Scott

is close to finishing his book."

11 Area Noun

12 Arrive Verb

13 At all Adverb

14 Atlanta's You can make the possessive form of any singular noun Posessive

simply by adding apostrophe (') and "s" ("Jeff's book"). For Pronoun

plural nouns that end in "-s," simply add an apostrophe

("my parents' car"). For plural nouns that do not end in "-s"

simply add apostrophe and "s" ("the children' s toys").

15 Baggage Although the word "baggage" is considered a noun, it Noun

functions as an adjective in the expression "baggage

claim." This is quite frequent in English and will be noted

in the vocabulary section throughout the course as a

"noun as adj."

16 Can Modal auxiliaries are extremely useful components of Modal Auxiliaries

verbal expressions which you will practice throughout this

course. They readily take on infinitives as in the following

examples: "I can speak English," "You cannot

understand," etc.

17 Card Noun

18 Citizens Noun

19 Claim Noun

20 Conversation The following words can. be used in reference to Noun

"conversation": "chat," "discussion," "talk," etc.

21 Customs The word "customs" not only refers to a place where Noun

issues of nationality are discussed (such as in an

"international airport"), but also refers to the "traditions" of

a people or culture. (e.g.: "Americans make a custom of

preparing turkey at Thanksgiving.")

22 Declare Verb

23 Do Verb

24 English To distinguish the dialect of English spoken in the United Noun

States from that of Great Britain, one of ten refers to

"American English" and "British English." Besides slight

differences in vocabulary, accent and intonation, there are

also some slight spelling differences as well ("Center"

[U.S.] vs. "centre" [G.B.], "realize" vs. "realize," "color" vs.

"color," etc.).

25 Enjoy! The imperative form (imp.) of a verb is also known as the Imperative

"command" form. You'll learn how to form commands in

Chapter 4 of this course.

26 Enter Verb

27 Excuse! Imperative

28 Finally Words ending in "-ly" are, in many cases, adverbs (a part Adverb

of speech which modifies a verb, an adjective or another

adverb). Adverbs are marked "adv." in the vocabulary lists.

29 First "First" is an ordinal number which corresponds to "one." it Noun

is commonly abbreviated as "1 st." You'll study the

ordinals in Chapter 4 of this course.

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