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Game: Identify the Word
Click on ‘PLAY WORD’ to listen, then select the word you hear from the options below.
How many words can you score in 30 seconds?
7-8 words: GOOD 9-11 words: GREAT! 12+ words: AMAZING!!
Score: 0
Tag: C1 vocabulary
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Words in Context
Listen to 4 short dialogues, and decide which picture above best illustrates each situation. Click ‘Answer’ below when you have finished.
Answer
- Skiing accident (2nd picture from right)
- Doctors consulting (picture on right)
- Interview about a patient (picture on left)
- Gene test (2nd picture from left)
Now do 3 vocab exercises to check what you remember.
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Words in Context: Fruit Salad
Read the following short texts and decide which word from the Arts and Media Wordlist and Flashcards replaces each fruit word.
“And now to the world of bananas, and our correspondent in Cannes for all the latest cherries of the film festival.”
“Yeah, I’ve appeared on grape a couple of times in small roles and as an orange. Always nice to see your name there on the credits.”
“We were melons, running this peach on building safety, when the studio ceiling suddenly fell in. Luckily no-one was hurt. But yeah, it was weird, kind of spooky.”
“It wasn’t meant to be a finished pineapple, just a quick kiwi to give them an impression. But before I could say anything, they said they loved it and decided to use it on the film poster.”
“And we’re going to interrupt our scheduled pear on the blood scandal now, and go directly to Washington with breaking fruit on violence that has broken out near the House of Representatives.”
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Read the texts again to see if you can remember the Arts & Media vocab.
Categories
flashcards work 1 personnel
Work: Personnel
Study Tips
1. Listen to each word as your read the written form.
2. Say the word and listen again to compare your pronunciation.
3. Flip the card and read the definition.
4. Say the word to complete the example sentence. (Flip the card back to check if necessary.)
5. Listen to the example sentence, and say it yourself.
employee
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NOUN: someone paid to work, especially at a non-executive level
“ All _____s are entitled to ten days of holiday between June and August.”
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personnel
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NOUN: (No plural) people who work for a company or organization / a human resources
“Active military _____ have been ordered to report to their command units.”
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staff
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NOUN: (No plural) group of people who work in a particular company, organization or place
“Changes to department budgets will be discussed at the next _____ meeting.”
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worker
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NOUN: someone who works in a particular job or way
“The new policy will have a severe impact on healthcare _____s in particular.”
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flashcards travel 1 board
Travel: Board Basis
Study Tips
1. Listen to each word as your read the written form.
2. Say the word and listen again to compare your pronunciation.
3. Flip the card and read the definition.
4. Say the word to complete the example sentence. (Flip the card back to check if necessary.)
5. Listen to the example sentence, and say it yourself.
full board
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NOUN: arrangement in which all meals are provided where you are staying
“It’s a lovely place by the beach, so we decided to go for _____ and have a really relaxing holiday.”
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half board
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NOUN: hotel room combined with breakfast and either lunch or an evening meal
“We like to get out of the hotel and go for day trips, so _____ gives us a bit of flexibility.”
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B&B
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NOUN: house or small hotel that offers a bed and breakfast
“There are loads of lovely little _____ in the area, and as it’s a walking holiday, that’s great.”
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self-catering
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ADJ: describes a holiday or place with cooking facilities, and no provided meals
“We love trying new food in different places. With _____ we can eat what we want, when we want.”
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