Vocabulary in use vocabulary reference and practice Third Edition Elementary Michael McCarthy Felicity O’Dell

Look at the picture. Answer the questions. 
1 What’s on the cooker? 
2 What’s on the shelf? 
11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
Where’s the coffee?
a coffee maker, a cup, a spoon.
3 What’s in the cupboard under the shelf? 
4 Where’s the microwave? 
5 What’s next to the sink?
6 What’s under the sink? 
(See 
Unit 53: Places
.)
a saucepan

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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
In the bedroom and bathroom
12
Bathroom
B
Emma’s routine
Emma 
goes to bed
at 11 o’clock. She 
goes upstairs
to her bedroom.
C
She 
turns off 
the light and 
falls asleep
.
She 
gets undressed
and gets into bed.
She 
wakes up
when 
her alarm clock rings. 
She 
gets up
. 
She 
has a shower
, 
She 
goes downstairs
to the kitchen for breakfast.
cleans her teeth
and 
gets dressed
.
She reads 
for a bit.
(See 
Unit 47: Everyday things
.)
toothpaste
shower gel
shelf
basin
toothbrush
towel
toilet
razor
bed
Bedroom
A
dressing table
pyjamas
chest of drawers
mirror
comb
wardrobe
alarm clock
bedside table
bedside lamp
hairbrush
shampoo
shower
soap

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Exercises
Look at the picture. 
Write the words next 
to the numbers.
12.1
Write down five more things that you need to take with you if you go to stay with a friend for 
one night.
Look at the pictures. Describe what the people are doing.
12.2
12.3
toothbrush
What is in your bathroom? Write the things down. Use a dictionary to help you.
Are these sentences true about your bedroom? If not, change them to make them true.
1 My bedroom is upstairs.
My bedroom is not upstairs. I live in a flat.
2 My bedroom has one large window.
3 In my bedroom there is a big bed. 
4 There are two wardrobes, one on the left and one on the right of the room. 
5 I have a small bedside table. 
6 I’ve got a lamp and an alarm clock on my bedside table. 
7 There is a chest of drawers under the window.
8 I haven’t got a dressing table.
Complete this paragraph about your night-time and morning routine. 
I usually 
1
to bed at 
2
. I get 
3
and 
4
into bed. 
I usually read 
5
a bit. I turn 
6
the light and 
7
asleep.
I 
8
up when my alarm clock rings. I get 
9
. I have a 
10
, 
11
my teeth and 
12
dressed. I go to the kitchen for breakfast.
12.4
12.5
12.6
go
1 Anne 
2 Selim and Umit 
3 Mrs Park 
4 Mr Park 
5 Jaime 
6 Lee 
is cleaning her teeth.
6 
2 
7 
5 
10 
4 
8 
3 
9 
1 
pyjamas

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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
In the living room
13
Things in the living room
A
Useful verbs 
B
Expressions
C
Every evening I 
watch 
television
.
Sometimes I 
listen to the 
radio
or 
listen to music
.
Sometimes I 
read a 
book
.
Sometimes I 
just
relax
. 
[
rest and do nothing
]
It’s getting dark. Can you
 
close the curtains
, please?
Thanks. Now can you
 turn the 
radio off
?
 
And
 pass me the remote 
control
.
 
I want to
 turn on the TV
.
 
There’s a good programme on.
OK. And I’ll
 switch the 
light 
on.
TV
hi-fi
sofa
phone
picture
window
curtains
light switch
chair
light
carpet
coffee table
rug
remote 
control
armchair
table
socket
books
lamp
bookshelf 
(bookshelves)
Common
 
mistakes
The furniture in my room 
is
white [
NOT The furniture in my room are white
].

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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Exercises
Write the names of …
1 somewhere you can put books.
a bookshelf
2 somewhere two or three people can sit.
3 somewhere you can put down your cup. 
4 something you can look at on the wall.
5 something for switching the light on or off.
6 something for listening to music.
7 something under your feet.
8 something for changing channels on the TV.
Match the words on the left with the words on the right.
1 switch on the 
a TV 
2 relax in an 
b lamp
3 close the 
c remote control
4 pass the
d radio 
5 listen to the 
e armchair 
6 watch 
f curtains 
Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1 This evening let’s just relax us at home. 
2 I don’t often listen the radio. 
3 We need some more bookshelfs in this room. 
4 I watched at television all evening yesterday. 
5 It’s dark now. Please make the curtains.
6 Liam has some very nice furnitures in his house. 
Find 10 more words from this unit in the wordsearch. 
13.1
13.2
13.3
13.4
This evening let’s just relax at home.
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you
Write about your living room at home. You can draw a plan of it first. What furniture is there in the 
room? What colour are the walls? Are there any pictures on them? What do you do when you are in 
your living room?

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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Jobs
14
Jobs
 
in the town
B
Expressions
C
police officer 
traffic warden 
librarian 
bank clerk 
/klA:k/
My dad works in a 
factory
which makes car parts. 
I worked in a 
shop
at the weekends when I was a student.
I want to work in a 
beauty salon
as a 
hairdresser
. 
I’d like to work in a children’s 
hospital
.
I’m a writer. I work 
at
/
 from
home.
What’s his/her job?
A
shop assistant
farmer
doctor
teacher
mechanic
nurse
engineer
hairdresser
secretary
Sam
What’s your 
job
?
Sam
Yes, I like it. Where do you 
work
?
Sam
I’m a 
taxi driver
.
Ben
I’m a 
waiter
. I work in a 
restaurant
. What 
do
you do?
Sophie
I work in an 
office
. Sometimes it’s boring.
Ben
Is it an interesting 
job
?

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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Exercises
Where do they work?
1 A teacher 
2 A doctor 
3 A waiter 
4 A secretary 
5 A shop assistant 
6 A hairdresser 
Match the pictures with the jobs in the box.
nurse farmer secretary taxi 
driver engineer mechanic
14.1
14.2
works in a school / college / university.
1
1
2
3
2
3
Complete the sentences.
1 He works in a 
which makes electrical goods.
2 She’s an 
. She builds roads and bridges.
3 The traffic 
is checking all the parked cars.
4 The 
told me to return the book at the end of the month.
5 The bank 
changed some money for me.
6 A police 
told me the way to the station.
Answer the questions for yourself.
1 What do you do?
2 Where do you work?
3 Is it an interesting job?
14.4
14.5
factory
1
3
4
6
farmer
Complete the crossword. 
Across Down
1 works on a bus 
1 works in a hospital
2 works in a school 
2 works in a restaurant
3 writes books 
3 works with the doctor
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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
At school and university
15
Subjects
A
Useful things
B
Expressions 
A maths 
teacher
teaches maths
. Her 
students study maths
.
Children 
go to school
and students 
go to university
.
At school children 
learn
to read and write
. 
Students can 
do an 
(
English
)
 course
in many schools and universities. At the end of a course, you 
oft en 
take 
/
 do an exam
. You hope to 
pass your
exams
. You don’t want to 
fail your exams
.
If you pass your final exams at university, you 
get a degree
.
C
English
maths
art
history
geography
biology
PE (physical 
education)
chemistry
modern 
languages
ICT (information 
communication 
technology)
physics
music
board
noticeboard
piece of paper
pencil
textbook
board pen
board rubber
OHP (overhead 
projector)
drawing pin
whiteboard
pen
ruler
pencil 
sharpener
notebook
desk
computer
DVD player
Common
 
mistakes
Aft er school, students 
do homework
[
NOT make homework or do homeworks
]. (See Units 40 and 41 for 
more expressions with 
do and make.)
rubber

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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Exercises
Match the subject on the left with what you study on the right.
1 maths 
a animals and plants
2 physics
b sport 
3 history 
c 25y + 32x = 51z
4 geography 
d E = mc
2
5 PE 
e H
2
O
6 English 
f the countries of the world
7 chemistry 
g the 15th century
8 biology 
h computers
9 ICT 
i spelling