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VOCABULARY LIST
These are the words and phrases we will be focussing on in the vocabulary practice below. Which words/phrases do you know already? Are there any that you've never seen before?
Nouns
✤ability ✤adolescent ✤behaviour ✤childhood ✤concept ✤consequence ✤gesture ✤growth ✤height ✤imagination ✤infancy ✤infant ✤knowledge ✤maturity ✤memory ✤milestone ✤mind ✤peers ✤period ✤phase ✤rate ✤remainder ✤social skills ✤skill ✤stage ✤toddler ✤transition
Adjectives
✤abstract ✤cognitive ✤clumsy ✤fond ✤fully-grown ✤immature ✤independent ✤irresponsible ✤mature ✤patient ✤rebellious ✤significant ✤tournament
Verbs
✤acquire ✤develop ✤gesture ✤grow ✤imitate ✤look back ✤master ✤mature ✤remember ✤remind ✤reminisce ✤throw a tantrum ✤visualise
Adverbs
✤typically
Phrases with mind
✤bear in mind ✤broaden the mind ✤have something in mind ✤have something on your mind ✤it slipped my mind ✤keep an open mind ✤my mind went blank ✤put your mind at ease
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SHOW YOUR PROGRESS
Before you do any of the exercises below, make sure you have completed one or both of the tasks in the Show Your Progress PDF (download it below). Remember to keep a record of how you answered the questions.
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VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Work through these exercises in this order to learn and practice the above vocabulary.
Now go to the next lecture in this section for some practice in IELTS speaking (Part Two) and General Training writing (Part One).
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Note: If you would like to discuss anything related to the Vocabulary Practice in this theme of The Body and the Mind with other students, click here.