Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• off book: Having memorized lines; not needing a script.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• check out
• as a gift: Given without expectation of payment; a present.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• require: To demand that someone does something
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• piece: A counter in a board game
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• sketch: Brief account of something without many details
• poetry: Poetic writing; imaginative verses
• monument: Something built to remember an event or person
• great: Very good; better than before
• person: Man, woman or child
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• sparkly: Having lots of small reflections of light
• item: Single, brief piece of news or reporting
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• poem: A written composition in verse, not prose
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• lighthouse: Tower with a light that warns ships about rocks
• origami: Japanese art of folding paper into artistic shapes