Vocabulary Worksheet 1

TARGET

AND ENTERTAINMENT

My morning routine

KET

for schools

C ULTURE

Match the clocks to the times.

six oclock

twenty past seven

half past three

six oclock

ten to three
five past four
quarter past five
quarter to seven
twenty to nine

2 Complete Paolas description of her usual morning routine with the correct times.

I usually get up at (0)

(1)

seven oclock

. I have breakfast at

. Then at (2)

I have

a shower and get dressed. I leave home at (3)

and get the bus at (4)

. I arrive at school

at (5)
(6)

. I have lessons all morning until

.

3 Write sentences about your usual morning routine.

4 Do a class survey. Ask your classmates about their usual morning routines.

What time do you get up?

What time do you have breakfast?

I get up at...
I have breakfast at...

5 Share your results with the class.

Most people get up at seven oclock .

Three people leave home at seven thirty.

Only one person doesnt have breakfast.

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Vocabulary Worksheet 2
TARGET

J OBS ,

WORK VOCABULARY

Who am I?

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for schools

Put the words into the correct groups.

builds

A dentist

flies

A builder

1
2

hair

keeps

looks after

houses.

checks

your teeth.

A hairdresser

flowers and vegetables.

cuts
repairs

5
A nurse

A painter

A pilot

pictures

animals.
grows

A mechanic

builds

A farmer

3
4

A gardener

cars.
people.

paints
aeroplanes.

2 Complete the sentences to describe peoples jobs.

0 I am a nurse. I work in
a hospital
.

3 I am a pilot. I wear a
.

1 I am a dentist. I check
peoples

4 I am a farmer. I work on
a
.

5 Im a cook. I work in
a
.

2 I am a teacher. I work in
a
.

6 Im a journalist. I work
for a

3 Write sentence clues to describe peoples jobs.

I work in a garage.
I repair peoples cars.
Who am I?

4 Read out your clues to your classmates. Can they guess the job?
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Vocabulary Worksheet 3
TARGET

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for schools

ACTION VERBS

Run, throw, catch!

Match the actions to the verbs.

S PORTS ,

catch

catch

hit

jump

play

throw

win

2 Complete the dialogues with verbs from Activity 1.

1

A: Simon, youre tall and you can (1)

really high, cant you?
B: I suppose so. Why?
A: Do you want to (2)
basketball with my team tomorrow night?

the game?
A: I dont understand cricket. What do you have to do to (3)
B: You have to (4)
the ball as far away as possible, then score
lots of runs. The team with the most runs wins.
A: Is that it?
B: Well, if you (5)
the ball before it touches the ground, that person is out.
And of course, if someone puts their leg before the wicket...
A: Stop! Ive decided I dont want to know about the rules after all.

A: Did you play netball at school?

B: Yes, and I was terrible! I tried to (6)
but it would never go where I wanted!

the ball to my teammates,

3 Think of sports that match these action verbs. Write down as many sports as
you can think of. Some sports may match more than one verb.

basketball
1 throw

netball

2 kick

3 hit

volleyball

4 Write a description of how you play a sport. Use the verbs from Activities 13.

This is a team sport.

You kick a ball.
To win, you need to score the most goals.
5 Read your description to your partner. Can he / she guess the name of the sport?
Swap roles and try again.
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TARGET

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Vocabulary Worksheet 4

R OOMS

What a mess!

OF THE HOUSE , HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS

for schools

H
C
G
Room B

A
Room A

8 G

9 H

living room

Look at the pictures and label the rooms and the items in the rooms.
Use the words in the box.
bookcase

floor

chair

kitchen

living room

shelf

sink

sofa

towel

TV

2 Clara and Leo are getting ready for a party. Look at the pictures again
and complete the dialogues. Use words from Activity 1.
CLARA: Leo, have you seen my shoes?
LEO:
Theyre on the (1)
in the
living room.
CLARA: And did you buy some balloons?
LEO:
Yes, theyre tied to the chair in the
(2)
.
CLARA: What about the music?
LEO:
Ive got some CDs ready. Theyre on the
(3)
.
CLARA: Oh! I havent washed up!

LEO:

Its OK, Ive done it. The clean plates are

next to the (4)
.
CLARA: But what about the glasses?
LEO:
Theyre clean too. Theyre on the
(5)
.
CLARA: So were ready! You should get changed.
Wheres your suit?
LEO:
Its on the (6)
. Now Ive done
everything I can put it on.
CLARA: Hurry up then! Why are you being so slow?

3 Look at these pictures from after the party. Help Clara and Leo tidy up. In pairs,
ask and answer questions to help find the items from Activity 2.
Room A

A: Where are the shoes?

B: Theyre in the kitchen.
A: Where?
B: On the chair.

Room B

4 Draw a picture of a room in your house. Describe it to

your partner. Your partner should make his / her own
drawing. Compare your drawings. Are they the same?

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Vocabulary Worksheet 5
TARGET

KET

for schools

F OOD

AND DRINK , COOKING VERBS

I really like cooking

Match the words in bold to the definitions.

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

I love to cook. Its my favourite hobby!

Slice some cheese as thinly as possible.
Boil the pasta in salted water.
Cut the apple into cubes.
Roast the chicken for two hours at
180 degrees Celsius.
If youre not careful the cake will burn!
Grill the cheese until it begins to melt.
You should fry the onion gently until
its soft.
Mix everything together in a large bowl.

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I

to heat a liquid so that it bubbles

to prepare food and heat it, ready to eat
to cook in hot oil, usually in a pan
to cook food for too long, so that it becomes
black
to cut food into flat pieces
to cook in an oven
to combine ingredients
to cook something by putting it under a
strong heat
to use a knife to divide food into smaller pieces

2 Complete the instructions for making an English Breakfast. Use six of the verbs from Activity 1.

How to make the perfect

English Breakfast
0

Cook the beans in a

saucepan.

3 Dont

the mushrooms
and tomatoes.

the eggs in
butter or oil.

the bacon,
mushrooms and tomatoes.

some water and

make some tea.

the toast!

3 Write cooking instructions for a meal you like. Use the ideas below to help you.
What are the ingredients?
(carrots, cheese, eggs, milk,
onions, oil, pasta, rice, etc.)

What must you do before you begin

to cook? (wash, cut, mix, etc.)

How do you cook the food?

(boil, roast, grill, fry, etc.)

4 Work in pairs. Read your instructions to your partner. Can he / she guess what your meal is?
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Vocabulary Worksheet 6
TARGET

C ULTURE

AND ENTERTAINMENT

Thats entertainment!

KET

for schools

Complete the spidergrams with these words.

action

adventure
comedy
keyboard
piano
pop

dance
drums
reggae
rock

electric guitar
fantasy
hip hop
romance
thriller
violin

dance
music

films

instruments

2 Complete the questions using words from Activity 1.

1 Can you play a musical

2 Think about the last

3 What kind of

you saw. Which actors were in it? How would you describe it?

do you like to listen to?

3 Now write answers to the questions in Activity 2. Share your answers with a partner.
4 Work in pairs. Read the texts and guess the names of the famous people.

B
Hes an actor
Hes in action film
s
Hes from Hong
Kong

Jackie Chan

the guitar.
He was a musician and he played
He came from Jamaica.
He was famous for reggae.
D

C
n of pop.
Shes the quee
.
Shes American
Africa.
opted son from
She has an ad

Shes an actress.
Shes very beautiful.
She has been in adventur
e fil

ms like Pirates of the Ca

ribbean.

5 Write some clues for some more famous people. Use the words in Activities 14 to help you. Swap
them with another pair. Can you guess the names of the famous people?
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Vocabulary Worksheet 7

C LOTHES ,

COLOURS , SHAPES AND SIZES

TARGET

KET

for schools

Design your avatar

Read about these peoples computer game avatars, and match the people to their avatars.
1

My avatars crazy.
Shes wearing a flight
attendants uniform
with trainers and huge
sunglasses. And shes
holding a pink umbrella.
I want people to
remember her!

I wanted my avatar to
look like me, so hes
wearing jeans, a black
T-shirt and trainers.
It was really hard to
get his hair to look like
mine, but Im quite
happy with him.

My avatar is really
fashionable. Shes
wearing black boots,
a red skirt, and a big
woolly sweater. And
shes got a matching
black belt and bag too.
Isnt she gorgeous?

I love detective movies,

so I made my avatar
like an old-fashioned
detective. Hes wearing a
suit with a long coat and
a hat. Hes really cool.

2 Complete the list of other clothes you can use

for your avatar.

3 Think of five more things avatars

could wear.
0

a pirates hat

1 ________________________
2 ________________________
3 ________________________
4 ________________________
5 ________________________
1 a princesss
____________

2 a leather
____________

3 a woolly
____________

4 surf
____________

5 clown
____________

6 a soldiers
____________

4 Draw your avatar

and describe it.
Then tell your
partner about it.
Who has the best
avatar?

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TARGET

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for schools

1 I fell off my bike and

hit my head.
D

2 Ugh! I ate some fried

chicken and now I feel sick!
E

5 I broke my leg
playing tennis.

3 ___

4 ___

5 ___

6 I burnt my arm in a
camp fire.

3 Think of some advice you could offer the

people in Activities 1 and 2. Write it down.

Match the speech bubbles 16 with the

pictures AF.
2 ___

3 I ate some sweets

and broke a tooth.
F

4 I hurt my back
exercising at the gym.

1 ___

VERBS

Whats wrong?

A CCIDENT

6 ___

2 Complete the dialogues below. Use the words

in bold from Activity 1.
1 A Whats wrong?
B Its my finger. I ________ it when I was boiling
some water.
2 A Are you OK?
B Not really. I ate some old bread and now I
________ really sick.
3 A Whats the matter?
B I ________ my head on a door. It hurts a lot!
4 A What happened to your arm?
B I fell off my bike and ________ it. I cant do
any sport for six more weeks.

If you feel like this you should try to drink some

cold milk .
4 Read your advice to a partner. Can he / she
guess what health problem you are talking
about?

A If you feel like this you should try to drink

some cold milk .
B Is this advice for someone who has broken a
tooth?
A No.
B Is it advice for someone who feels sick?
A Yes.
5 Swap roles and repeat.

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Vocabulary Worksheet 9
TARGET

KET

C OMPASS

POINTS , GEOGRAPHIC TERMS

Where I live

for schools

C Inverness
1

Read the speech bubbles and label the places on

the map.
G Newcastle

1 I live in a small village in the south of England. Its not on the

coast, but its only about 80 kilometres south of London.

F Birmingham

2 I live in a city in the north-east of England. It sits

on a river called the Tyne. I like it because it has
a great nightlife.

D Llangollen
A Bath

3 I live in the UKs capital city. Its in the south-east

of England and it sits on the river Thames.

H Padstow
4 My hometown is in the Highlands in the north-east
of Scotland. I like it because Im near to the coast.

E London
B East Meon

5 I live in a town in Wales, not far from the English

border. The countryside near where I live is
beautiful, with lots of hills and valleys all around.

7 I live in the south-west too, a part of England that is

known as the West Country. The sea is very near so
you can go surfing or enjoy the seafood.

6 I come from the south-west of England, from a city

that is famous for its healing waters. Im not really
near to the coast, but we have some great shops!

8 I live in a major city in an area known as the Midlands

basically in the middle of the UK! Its north-west of
London and the trip takes about two hours by train.

2 Complete the table with the correct compass points.

(0)

north
(1)
____________
Its in the ...

of

(2)

England / Scotland /
Wales / the UK.

____________
(3)
____________

3 Work in pairs. Look at the map again. Choose a famous place you know about.
Describe its location to your partner. Can he / she guess the name of the place?
4 Write about your hometown. Describe its location and what you like / dislike about it.
Use the vocabulary in Activity 1 to help you.

My hometown is Warsaw. It s in the east of Poland and it s the capital city. It sits on the river Vistula.
I like it because there are lots of shops, cinemas and museums.
5 Read your description to the class. Whose towns are the most similar?
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Vocabulary Worksheet 10

T RAVEL

AND TRANSPORT

TARGET

KET

for schools

Going to the airport

Complete the sentence with these phrases.

at the bus stop

1 Mr Symmonds is
_______________ on his way
to the airport. His flight
leaves in 55 minutes.

in a taxi

on a train

2 Mr and Mrs Sykes are going

on holiday together. Theyre
waiting _______________ so
they can get to the airport.

3 Tim is _______________. The

next station is the airport,
where he needs to get off.

2 What problems could the people have? Discuss your ideas.

Mr Symmonds could get stuck in traffic.

The bus might be late.
Tim might not wake up.

He / She might forget her passport.

He / She might lose his / her ticket.

3 Read about what happened to each person. Who arrived first, second and third?
Who is most likely to have missed the flight?

Mr Symmondss flight was at 5.45 p.m. He left his office exactly two hours before and got into a
taxi. Then he realised he had forgotten his passport. He had to go back to the office to collect it.
This took 30 minutes. Then the taxi got stuck in traffic, and the journey took 55 minutes. ____
Mr and Mrs Sykes took the number 33 bus to the airport. They were booked on the same ight
as Mr Symmonds. Their bus should have left exactly one hour before Mr Symmonds left his
oce, but it was 15 minutes late. The journey took them 50 minutes. ____
Tim was also booked on the same flight. He got onto the train at 3.15 p.m. for the
20-minute trip to the airport. Unfortunately he missed the airport station because he was
asleep. He had to change trains and go back one stop, which took him 15 minutes. ____
4 Work in pairs. You need to catch a flight at 7.00 p.m. this Sunday. Agree on a plan
for getting to the airport. Plan what you will do if things go wrong.

Well get the bus at 4.00 p.m, so Ill meet you at the bus stop at 3.50 p.m. If the bus is late by more than 15
minutes, well get a taxi. Well carry our passports and tickets in our handbags so we dont forget them.
5 Join with two other pairs and tell your group your plan to get to the airport.
Who will get there first?
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Vocabulary Worksheet 11
TARGET

KET

for schools

P LACES

IN THE COUNTRYSIDE ,
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

In the countryside

F
E
C
A

D
G

Read the description of a campsite and label the map with the words in bold.
In the summer, I went camping. It was a very pretty campsite there was a lake (1) in the middle
of it, and you could walk across a little bridge to an island (2) in the middle. Thats where we had
our picnics. To the west of the campsite there was a canal (3) we went boating on it and to the
east there was a farm (4). The farmers were really friendly, and we bought fresh eggs and milk
from them every day. Beyond the farm there was a steep hill (5). It was hard work climbing up it,
but it was worth it because at the top there were the ruins (6) of an old castle. The view from the
top was amazing! We also walked into the local village (7) called Rogginton, which was about 2 km
south of the campsite. It was small but had everything we needed food, drink and a tea room!

2 What words can you think of to talk about these places? Brainstorm in pairs
and complete the mind maps.

shops

village

campsite

farm

3 Work in pairs. Choose a place from Activity 2. Your partner asks you yes / no
questions to guess which place you chose.

A Does it have lots of tents?

B No.
A Does it have chickens?
B Probably not.

A Is there usually a post office here?

B Yes.
A Is it a village?
B Yes.

4 Design a campsite or other holiday area. Draw a map of it and label the features.
Then describe it to your classmates.
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Vocabulary Worksheet 12
TARGET

KET

for schools

T ECHNOLOGY ,

MOBILE PHONES

Which mobile phone?

Put the different features of a mobile phone in order from 1 to 8,

where 1 is not important at all and 8 is very important.
1
2
3
4

You can call your friends.

You can send text messages.
You can receive voicemails.
You can take photos.

____
____
____
____

5
6
7
8

You can record your voice.

You can use the internet.
You can listen to music.
You can check what the time is.

____
____
____
____

2 Label the icons on the mobile phone with these words.

answer a call

camera

clock

message

internet

1 ________________
2 ________________

3 ________________
4 ________________

5 ________________
6 ________________
5

7 ________________
1

volume

turn off

3 Read the statements about

mobile phones. Discuss
whether you agree or disagree
with them.
1 People shouldnt use mobile
phones on the bus or train.
2 People shouldnt use mobile
phones in the cinema.
3 Parents should buy mobile
phones for children as soon as
they go to school.
4 Public phone boxes should be
removed because people dont
use them anymore.
5 People should use mobile
phones for no longer than 10
minutes a day.

4 Read the advertisements for three new mobile phones. Choose which one you would buy.
Explain why.

Make calls under water!

Introducing the BubbleMobile.
With this phone you can
make calls in a swimming
pool and even in the sea!
Totally waterproof, theres no
worry about dropping this in
a puddle.
Other features include
100 of free calls, 50 top
ringtones and a choice of black,
pink or silver colours.

The Heal thmo bile!

2 Need to count calories, check how
much exercise youve done this week
or measure your blood pressure?
2 The Healthmobile is your own
personal health monitor in a mobile
phone.
2 Simply programme your goals into
this mobile and it will beep to remind
you to eat more fruit or get more
sleep.
2 Healthy living made easy!
2 From 99.

The Bone Phone

Finally, a mobile phone that a dog
can use! Train your pet to press
the extra-large buttons, and he
can call you to let you know hes
hungry, wants to go for a walk
or needs to go to the toilet. Now
mans best friend need never be
far from his owner.
Comes with matching collar and lead.

Woof!

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