Vocabulary for Students: School, Health, Cities & More
School Facilities and Activities
School Facilities
Art room, computer room, dance studio, football/hockey pitch, gymnasium, indoor/outdoor swimming pool, language laboratory, library, music room, recording studio, science laboratory, stage, tennis courts, theatre.
After-School Clubs
Art, baseball, chess, computer, dance, drama, foreign language, hockey, judo, music, photography, swimming, table tennis.
Abilities and Adjectives
Abilities – Adjectives
Artistic, athletic, creative, imaginative, logical, musical, practical, talented.
Good at/Brilliant at
Communicating, gymnastics, languages, making things, maths, music, painting, science, singing, sport, writing.
Health and Nutrition
Health
Acupuncture, an allergy, antibiotics, being overweight, a cold, flu, a headache, a herbal remedy, insomnia, a painkiller, a sports injury, stress, tiredness, a vaccination.
Diseases
AIDS, chicken pox, cholera, malaria, measles, mumps, the plague, polio, rabies, smallpox, tuberculosis, whooping cough.
Health – Symptoms
A cough, an earache, a headache, a high temperature, a pain (in your foot/arm/back), a runny nose, sneezing, a sore throat, a toothache.
Treatment
Drink plenty of fruit juice and water, have an x-ray, stay in bed for a day or two, take cough mixture/medicine/tablets.
Food
Beef, cabbage, chicken, garlic, kiwi, lamb, mango, salmon, onion, peach, peas, sardines, strawberries, tuna.
Nutrition
Calories, carbohydrates, cholesterol, minerals, proteins, vitamins.
Cities and Places
City Life
Bike lanes, crime, exhibitions, graffiti, Internet cafés, litter, multi-screen cinemas, nightlife, pedestrian areas, rock concerts, shopping malls, skateboard and bike parks, sporting and cultural events, street theatres, traffic pollution, vandalism, youth clubs.
Places
Airport, aqua park, art gallery, boating lake, castle, cathedral, ice rink, medieval streets, museum, open-air market, river.
Transport, Jobs, and Animals
Transport
Go by: Canoe, helicopter, jet, ski, lorry, motorbike, mountain bike, plane, snowmobile, tram, underground (metro), van, yacht.
Go on: Foot, horseback.
Jobs
Farmer, fashion model, filmmaker, photographer, police officer, politician, scientist, secretary, writer, zoologist.
Animals
Antelope, baboon, buffalo, cheetah, giraffe, hippo, hyena, kangaroo, koala, leopard, panda, polar bear, python, rhino, tiger, wildebeest, zebra.
Films and Entertainment
Films – Adjectives
Action, adventure, children’s, crime, fantasy, historical, horror, romantic, science fiction, spy, war.
Films – Nouns
Animation, comedy, costume drama, musical, thriller, western.
Personality and Feelings
Personality Adjectives
Easy-going, energetic, extrovert, friendly, hard-working, helpful, honest, independent, introvert, kind, lazy, organized, outgoing, practical, quiet, reliable, sensitive, shy, sociable, talkative, thoughtful, tidy, untidy.
Feelings
Angry, annoyed, anxious, bored, delighted, depressed, excited, furious, nervous, relaxed, sad, scared, upset, worried.
Music
Music – Styles
Classical, dance, folk, grunge, heavy metal, hip-hop, jazz, pop, punk, rap, rock.
Music – Adjectives
Aggressive, catchy, fast, happy, heavy, jazzy, lively, loud, monotonous, relaxing, repetitive, romantic, sad, slow.
Instruments
- Wind: Clarinet, flute, saxophone, trumpet.
- Percussion: Drums.
- String: Cello, double bass, guitar, violin.
- Keyboard: Organ, piano.
- Electronic: Synthesizer.