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Basic Vocabularies-A General English Course Book for Self Study

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 Basic
Vocabularies
A General English Course Book for Self Study

By: Mohammad Ali Ansari

Course title: Syllabus design

Course Instructor: Dr. S.A. Emam

Mehr, 1393
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Introduction
One of the essential elements of language learning which is marked as a
distinguishing factor of the ability of a language learner is the knowledge of
vocabulary. As the first step for learning a language, every language learner is
initially supposed to be familiar with the basic vocabularies of the target
language, therefore, a lack of knowledge in this part results in a failure in the
process of language learning. The present book is designed for the purpose of
introducing the basic frequent English vocabularies necessary for Iranian
language learners in relation to their needs.
The book is intended for young language learners around fifteen who may
need to learn the basic frequent English vocabularies. It is designed for a self-
study approach with clear instructions and various communicative tasks and
activities encouraging both receptive and productive skills. The activities are
designed from easy to difficult demanding the learner to get involved in the
task of internalizing the vocabularies by initially recognizing the form,
practicing it using helpful and attractive techniques, and finally producing
sentences using the target vocabularies, therefore, avoiding a mere
memorization and repetition of a word list. Each vocabulary is introduced
through colorful and attractive pictures and each picture is substituted by a new
one throughout the lesson. Each lesson focuses on particular topic-related
words in order to contextualize and facilitate the learning sequence.

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Contents

Lesson one: In your house 4

1. Words to learn 4
2. Word power 5
3. Find it 6
4. Call it to mind 6
5. What is this 7
Lesson two: Colors 8
1. Color words 8
2. Word power 9
3. What is this? 10
4. What color is it? 11
5. Call it to mind 12

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Lesson One

In Your House

A Check (√) the items you use every day.

keys a bag a clock a television a wallet

a CD player a briefcase a watch a purse newspapers

towels a camera a wastebasket an umbrella a hairbrush

a radio sunglasses a cell phone a hanger shoes

B What other things do you use every day?

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A Match the words with the pictures.
cell phone radio television sunglasses watch towel hairbrush
notebooks bag CD player camera umbrella keys wastebasket

camera ………….… ……………. …….……..

…………… ………..…. ……………

……………. ……………. …………….. …………….

…………… ……………. …………….

B Now put the words in groups A and B.

• CD player .................. • notebook ...................

• .................. .................. • ................... ...................
• .................. .................. • ................... ...................
• .................. .................. • ................... ...................

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Look at the word puzzle below and write down the letters that make up words.
1. towel
2. ………………………..
3. ……………………….. T A N N P U R S E W W
4. ……………………….. O H H O M M B A E T A
5. ……………………….. W A S T E B A S K E T
6. ……………………….. E I C E C R G P E R C
7. ……………………….. L R L B C E G B Y F H
8. ………………………..
9. ………………………..
H B O O D L C V X F S
10. ……………………… R R C O P L A Y E R J
11. ……………………… A U K K C A M E R A L
12. ……………………… D S B R I E F C A S E
13. ……………………… I H E R G D B N H A Z
14. ………………………
O R N E W S P A P E R
15. ………………………

Try to remember the words you have learned and write them down

watch .......... .......... .......... ..........

.......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
.......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
.......... .......... .......... .......... ..........

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Complete the questions and answers according to the models.

1. A: What is this? 2. A: What are these? 3. A: What …………….

B: It is a key. B: They are bags. B: ………………………

4. A: What …………….. 5. A: What …………….. 6. A: What ……………..

B: ………………………. B: ………………………. B: ……………………….

7. A: What …………….. 8. A: What …………….. 9. A: What ……………..

B: ………………………. B: ………………………. B: ……………………….

10. A: What ……………. 11. A: What ……………. 12. A: What …………...

B: ……………………….. B: ……………………….. B: ……………………….

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Lesson Two

Colors

Match the colors with their names.

pink purple black green
brown grey red blue orange

pink ………… ………….

………….. ……..…. …………..

…………… …………… ………….

…………. …………….

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Complete the sentences with color words.

white roses a ………….. basket

a ………… car a ………….. cat

a ………… table a ………….. shirt

a ………… chair a ………….. bus

………… socks a ………….. marker

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Write questions and answers for each picture.

1. A: What is this? 2. A: What are these? 3. A: ……………………..

B: It is a white clock. B: They are yellow towels. B: ……………………..

4. A: …………………….. 5. A: ……………………….. 6. A: ……………………..

B: …………………….. B: ……………………….. B: ……………………..

7. A: …………………….. 8. A: ……………………….. 9. A: ……………………..

B: …………………….. B: ……………………….. B: ……………………..

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Answer the following questions and
check (√) the correct picture.

1. What color is the shirt?

It is yellow. √

2. What color are the towels?

They are ………………… .

3. What color is the bag?

…………………………….. .

4. What color are the socks?

……………………………… .

5. What color is the shirt?

………………………………. .

6. What color is the cell phone?

………………………………. .

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Try to remember the words you have learned and write them down

purple .......... .......... .......... ..........

.......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
.......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
.......... .......... .......... .......... ..........

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