vocabulary this is what you call a tall building
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4082994a ©Roland Trego 08/29/94 revised 1/18/2014 5:44 PM
brick lawn metal prostitute public transportation tile
More Vocabulary - A. Ask your partner. Choose words from the box above to answer his questions.
1. This is what you call a tall building, one with many floors. (a highrise or skyscraper)
3. This word means "the outside part of something." (Answer: the exterior)
5. This word means to talk in a friendly way about things that are not important. (Answer: to chat 聊 天 , charlar, болтать) 7. What does "tiny" mean? (Answer: very, very small)
9. This is what you see when you look at something in the distance or out your windows. (Answer: the view. For example, "We
have a view of the Golden Gate Bridge from our living room.")
11. This is the opposite of "old style". (Answer: modern, 现 代 的, 新 式 的, moderno, современный)
13. This word means "large, with very much room or space" (空 间, espacio, sitio, просторные). (Answer: spacious.
For example, a spacious apartment)
exterior highrise modern spacious tiny to chat view
More Vocabulary - B. Ask your partner. Choose words from the box above to answer his questions.
2. This is hard and usually shiny (闪 闪 发 光 的, brillante, блестящий). Some examples are gold, silver, steel, and copper.
(Answer: metal)
4. This is a building material. To make it, they bake clay (黏 土, arcilla/barro, глина) into rectangles. Then when they build,
they put one on top of another. (Answer: a brick)
6. These are the square things on the floor and wall in your bathroom. We also put them on the roof sometimes. (Answer: the tile 地砖, 片状材料, teja, baldosa, losa, azulejo, черепи́ца, пли́тка) 8. This is another word for the grass around a house or building. (Answer: the lawn)
10. This is a person who sells sex. (Answer: prostitute)
12. Examples in San Francisco are Muni Metro, Muni buses, BART, CalTrain, and SamTrans. (Answer: public transportation)
brick lawn metal prostitute public transportation tile
More Vocabulary - A. Ask your partner. Choose words from the box above to answer his questions.
1. This is what you call a tall building, one with many floors. (a highrise or skyscraper)
3. This word means "the outside part of something." (Answer: the exterior)
5. This word means to talk in a friendly way about things that are not important. (Answer: to chat 聊 天 , charlar, болтать) 7. What does "tiny" mean? (Answer: very, very small)
9. This is what you see when you look at something in the distance or out your windows. (Answer: the view. For example, "We
have a view of the Golden Gate Bridge from our living room.")
11. This is the opposite of "old style". (Answer: modern, 现 代 的, 新 式 的, moderno, современный)
13. This word means "large, with very much room or space" (空 间, espacio, sitio, просторные). (Answer: spacious.
For example, a spacious apartment)
exterior highrise modern spacious tiny to chat view
More Vocabulary - B. Ask your partner. Choose words from the box above to answer his questions.
2. This is hard and usually shiny (闪 闪 发 光 的, brillante, блестящий). Some examples are gold, silver, steel, and copper.
(Answer: metal)
4. This is a building material. To make it, they bake clay (黏 土, arcilla/barro, глина) into rectangles. Then when they build,
they put one on top of another. (Answer: a brick)
6. These are the square things on the floor and wall in your bathroom. We also put them on the roof sometimes. (Answer: the tile 地砖, 片状材料, teja, baldosa, losa, azulejo, черепи́ца, пли́тка) 8. This is another word for the grass around a house or building. (Answer: the lawn)
10. This is a person who sells sex. (Answer: prostitute)
12. Examples in San Francisco are Muni Metro, Muni buses, BART, CalTrain, and SamTrans. (Answer: public transportation)