Everyday Vocabulary: School, Communication & Celebrations
A2 word knowledge from the core program themes.
Building a strong vocabulary means learning not only what words mean, but also how they work together. At A2 level we learn the names of jobs and the places where people do them (a teacher works at a school, a doctor works in a hospital), and we connect jobs to actions using word formation, where we change one word into another by adding an ending (teach becomes teacher, act becomes actor, sing becomes singer). We also learn synonyms, which are words with a similar meaning (big and large), and antonyms, which are words with the opposite meaning (happy and sad). Words often go together in fixed pairs called collocations, so we say 'make a phone call', 'send a message' and 'tell a story' rather than other verbs. The program themes give us useful word families: School (subjects, classroom objects, jobs), Communication (phone, email, letters, talking) and Special Occasions (birthdays, holidays, presents, celebrating). Knowing the right word for the right place helps you read and understand texts more easily. For example, the word 'celebrate' goes with 'a birthday', and a person who studies at a school is a 'student'.
Rules
- 1A synonym is a word with a similar meaning (begin = start); an antonym is a word with the opposite meaning (open / close).
- 2Word formation adds an ending to make a new word: a person who teaches is a teacher, a person who sings is a singer.
- 3Learn each job with its place: a teacher works at a school, a doctor works in a hospital, a cook works in a kitchen.
- 4Some words go together in fixed pairs (collocations): make a phone call, send an email, tell a story, have a party.
- 5Choose the word that fits the meaning of the whole sentence, not just one nearby word.
Practice
10 easy · 10 medium · 10 hard