UNIT 6:ENGLISH GLOSSARY

Hello!! It's ages since I last wrote a post and I'm so sorry for that but, as you probably know, this term was really hard because I had to do a lot of projects and exams. Anyway, here's the vocabulary about UNIT 6:CREATIVITY.

 DUMP: To put down or drop something in a careless way.

BURY: To put something into a hole in the ground and cover it.

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY: Not harmful to the environment

LANDFILL SITES: The place where rubbish is buried.

EVEN NUMBERS: 2,4,6,8...

ODD NUMBERS: 1,3,5,7,9...

TYRES:

 

 

 

 

CHARITY: A system of giving money, food or help free to those who are in need because they are ill, poor, or have no home, or any organization that has the purpose of providing money or helping in this way.

 

WHAT IS IT SERVED WITH?: What does it come with?

 

I'M FOND OF/ I'M KEEN ON: To like someone or something very much; to like doing something.

 

 

Here is a chart about compound words that Cristina made for us.

 

A compound noun is a noun that is made with two or more words.

noun	+	noun	bus stop	Is this the bus stop for the number 12 bus?
			fire-fly	In the tropics you can see fire-flies at night.
			football	Shall we play football today?
adjective	+	noun	full moon	I always feel crazy at full moon.
			blackboard	Clean the blackboard please.
			software	I can't install this software on my PC.
verb(-ing)	+	noun	breakfast	We always eat breakfast at 8am.
			washing machine	Put the clothes in the red washing machine.
			swimming pool	What a beautiful swimming pool!
noun	+	verb(-ing)	sunrise	I like to get up at sunrise.
			haircut	You need a haircut.
			train-spotting	His hobby is train-spotting.
verb	+	preposition	check-out	Please remember that check-out is at 12 noon.
noun	+	prepositional phrase	mother-in-law	My mother-in-law lives with us.
preposition	+	noun	underworld	Do you think the police accept money from the underworld?
noun	+	adjective	bucketful	We need 10 bucketfuls of water.



 

 

In grammar, we learnt how to use the passive voice.

 

 

 

 

 

And how to talk about things that we used to do in the past.