Practise writing an email giving personal information.

Practise writing to a friend, describing your family.

Practise writing about a typical day in your life.

Practise writing an email to a friend, giving directions to your house.

Practise describing who people are in a photo.

Practise writing entries in your diary.

Practise writing an email to a friend suggesting things to do in your city.

Practise writing an email home when you are away.

Practise writing an email suggesting what to do in a city you would like to visit.

Practise writing about a local festival or celebration where you live.

Practise writing a magazine article about a city in your country.

Practise writing a description of your job and what you like or don't like about it.

Practise writing an animal fact file.

Practise writing a holiday postcard.

Practise writing a description of a sport and its rules.

Practise writing about your family or friends, describing their hobbies and interests.

Practise writing about something memorable that happened to you.

Practise writing a description of how coffee is produced.

Practise writing a description of how you helped someone or how they helped you.

both

both (det)

two people or things

lunch

lunch (n)

the meal that you eat in the middle of the day

together

together (adv)

with other people

flight

flight (n)

the noun from the verb to fly; when you travel on a plane, you are on a flight

extinct

extinct (adj)

doesn't exist now; dinosaurs, for example, are extinct

mainland

mainland (n)

the main piece of land of a country, not its islands

mate

mate (v)

to become a couple in order to have babies

lay

lay (v)

to produce an egg

unprotected

unprotected (adj)

if something is unprotected, nobody is looking after it

plentiful

plentiful (adj)

if something is plentiful, it means there is a lot of it

flightless

flightless (adj)

cannot fly; the penguin, for example, is a flightless bird

predator

predator (n)

an animal that hunts another animal for food

conservationist

conservationist (n)

a person who works to save the environment and wildlife

offshore

offshore (adj)

in the sea, near the coast; for example, the offshore islands of France are near France

gallery

gallery (n)

a place, similar to a museum, where you can look at art

lost

lost (part)

when you don't know exactly where you are

square

square (n)

an open, public area of a town, often with cafés and bars

rest

rest (n)

a period of time when you relax and do nothing

village

village (n)

a small group of houses, with other buildings, in the country

miles

miles away (adv)

a long distance from a place

monument

monument (n)

a building or structure, often found in public places, which commemorates an important person or event

brochure

brochure (n)

a page of printed information, usually folded

flatmate

flatmate (n)

a person you share a flat with

havefun

have fun (v + n)

enjoy, not be bored

inside

inside (adv, prep)

in, in the interior

smaller

smaller (adj)

comparative of small

everyone

everyone (pron)

all the people

quickly

quickly (adv)

fast, opposite of slowly

kick

kick (v)

to hit and move a ball with your foot

spend

spend (v)

pass or use time

flat

flat (n)

an apartment

expensive

expensive (adj)

cost a lot of money, not cheap

married

married (adj)

as husband and wife, not single

together

together (adv)

close, with each other

win

win (v)

[past simple=won] to have more points than the other player or team when a match or game finishes