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English Vocabulary


Colours – Colors
There are many different names of colours in English.
Some of the more common colours are:
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The colour Grey can also be written as Gray in the some countries.
The word Colour is written as Color in United States.
There are three ways that you can use a colour in asentence to describe something:
1. To Be + Colour. e.g. My car is blue.
2. Colour + Noun. e.g. The blue car is mine.
3. Colour is the Noun. e.g. Blue is the colour of my car.
Did you know that, because colours give us more information about a person or a thing, they are all adjectives in English?
Light - Dark - Bright
You can also talk in shades (or intensity) of colour in English by using suchexpressions as:
Light is the opposite of Dark.
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Bright: a strong colour that is easy to see.
- Helen has dark green eyes.
- His light grey hair made him look very distinguished.
- Her bright pink lipstick doesn't look good.
The words Light, Dark and Bright are placed before the colour.

Colours + ISH
If you are not exactly sure how to describe a colour, wenormally use the suffix -ish.
e.g. Greenish (= approximately green but not exactly green)
The sunset is a beautiful pinkish-purplish colour today.
His shirt is lightish blue in colour.



Typical Things of each Colour
The following is a list of things typically associated with each colour:
Red: Strawberry, Rose, Fire engine, Blood
Orange: Pumpkin, Carrot, Basketball
Yellow: Cheese,Sun, Butter, Lemon
Green: Grass, Lettuce, Frog
Blue: Sky, Ocean, Blueberry
Black: Bat, Night, Tire
White: Paper, Sugar, Milk
Pink: Pig, Tongue, Cotton candy (Candy floss)
Brown: Wood, Cigar, Earth
Grey: Rock, Lead, Dust
How many more things can you add to each colour?



Days, Months & Seasons

Days of the Week
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday• Saturday
• Sunday

Saturday and Sunday are known as the weekend.


Months of the Year
• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December


Seasons of the Year
• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Autumn / Fall
Fall is used in United States,Autumn in the rest of the world.

Remember, in English that the first letter of the day, month or season is always in capital letters.
January correct - january incorrect
Thursday correct - thursday incorrect

Spring correct - spring incorrect
Countries & Nationalities
The word 'Nationality' is not often used in spoken English. It is a formal and official word and it appears more frequently inwritten English. You will find the word 'Nationality' is used a lot in the travel industry and for immigration.
We almost never say: What is your nationality?
We usually say: Where are you from? OR Where do you come from?
To tell someone your nationality you DON'T say: My nationality is Chilean.
You say: I'm Chilean

Remember
I am from Chile. To Be + from + country

I am Chilean. To Be+ Nationality


|Singular |Plural |
|Country |Countries |
|Nationality |Nationalities |

Below is a list of countries with the appropriate nationality. The Language that appears is the main language that is spoken in the country. We have not included all the languages that they may speak in that country.


|Country|Nationality |Language |
|Afghanistan |Afghan |Afghan |
|Argentina |Argentine / Argentinean |Spanish |
|Australia |Australian |English |
|Belgium...