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Mini-dictionary                                                                        1  Look and order the story.


       Listen and read.

       amazing  (adjective) Something       met  (past tense of meet) (verb)
             that is amazing is very             If you meet someone you
             good.                               know, you see them and
       boring  (adjective) Something             speak to them.
             that is boring is not very     outside  (preposition) Someone or
             interesting or exciting.            something that is outside
       break  (noun) A break is a short          a place is not in it, but very
             period of time when you             close to it.
             stop what you are doing.       practise  (verb) If you practise
       building  (noun) A building               something, you do it a lot
             has walls and a roof, for           so that you can do it better.
             example a house or a           send  (verb) If you send a message,
             school.                             you make it go to someone,

       first  (adverb) If you do                 for example on the computer.
             something first, you do it     teach  (verb) If someone teaches
             before you do anything else.        you something, they help

       job  (noun) A job is the work             you learn about it or show
             that someone does to earn           you how to do it.
             money.                         tidy  (verb) If you tidy a place,

       knock  (verb) If you knock on             you make it nice by putting
             something, you hit it hard          things where they have to go.
             with your hand to make a       wait  (verb) If you wait, you
             noise.                              spend time in a place,

       letter  (noun) A letter is a              usually doing nothing,
             message that someone                before something happens.
                                                                                                                                                     SAMPLE
             writes on paper to  give to    water  (verb) If you water a
             another person.                     plant, you pour water into
                                                 the soil around it.                          2  Listen and say.



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