A2 VOCABULARY LIST BEGINNING WITH LETTERS Q-R-S-T

Q

quarter (n)

 a quarter of an hour

queen (n)

question (n)

quick (adj)

quickly (adv)

quiet (adj)

quite (adv)

• Are you quite sure?

• quite old

quiz (n)

R

rabbit (n)

race (n & v)

• a running race (n)

• She raced her brother to the bus

stop. (v)

racket (n)

• Can I borrow your tennis racket?

radio (n)

railway (n)

rain (n & v)

raincoat (n)

rap (n)

read (v)

reading (n)

ready (adj)

• When will it be ready?

real (adj)

really (adv)

reason (n)

receipt (n)

receive (v)

receptionist (n)

record (v)

red (adj)

refrigerator (n)

remember (v)

rent (v)

repair (v)

repeat (v)

rest (n & v)

• to have a rest (n)

• ‘Try to rest’, the doctor said.

(v)

restaurant (n)

return (n & v)

• my return from holiday (n)

• He returned home late. (v)

• She returned her library

books. (v)

rice (n)

rich (adj)

ride (n & v)

right (n, adj & adv)

• He swam to the right. (n)

• your right hand (adj)

• That’s the right answer.

(adj)

• Turn right here. (adv)

right hand (adj)

ring (n)

river (n)

road (n)

roast (v & adj)

rock (n)

• rock concert

roof (n)

room (n)

• a double room

round (adj)

roundabout (n)

rubber (n)

rugby (n)

ruler (n)

run (v)

runner (n)

running (n)

S

sad (adj)

safe (adj)

sail (v)

sailing (n)

salad (n)

sale (n)

• for sale

salt (n)

same (adj & pron)

• at the same time (adj)

• Your watch is the same as mine.

(pron)

sandwich (n)

sauce (n)

sausage (n)

save (v)

• to save money

• to save time

say (v)

scarf (n)

school (n)

schoolchild (n)

science (n)

scissors (n pl)

scooter (n)

screen (n)

sea (n)

seat (n)

second (adj, det & n)

secretary (n)

see (v)

sell (v)

send (v)

sentence (n)

serve (v)

set (n)

several (det & pron)

shall (mv)

shame (n)

• What a shame!

shampoo (n & v)

share (v)

she (pron)

sheep (n)

sheet (n)

• a bed sheet

shelf (n)

ship (n)

shirt (n)

shoe (n)

shop (n & v)

shop assistant (n)

shopping (n)

short (adj)

• a short time

shorts (n pl)

should (mv)

shout (v)

show (v & n)

• Show me your photos. (v)

• a film show (n)

shower (n)

shut (v)

sick (adj)

side (n)

• this side of the room

sightseeing (n)

sign (n)

silver (n & adj)

simple (adj)

since (prep)

sing (v)

singer (n)

singing (n)

single (adj)

sink (n)

sister (n)

sit (v)

sit down (phr v)

site (n)

sitting room (n)

size (n)

skate (v)

skateboard (n)

skateboarding (n)

skating (n)

ski (v)

skiing (n)

skirt (n)

sky (n)

sleep (v)

slice (n)

slim (adj)

slow (adj)

slowly (adv)

small (adj)

smoke (v)

smoking (n)

snack (n)

snow (n & v)

snowboard (n)

snowboarding (n)

so (conj & adv)

• So, I think it’s right. (conj)

• He ate too much, so he felt ill.

(conj)

• He wanted to go but he didn’t

say so. (adv)

soap (n)

soccer (n)

sock (n)

sofa (n)

soft (adj)

software (n)

some (det & pron)

somebody (pron)

someone (pron)

something (pron)

sometimes (adv)

somewhere (adv)

son (n)

song (n)

soon (adv)

sorry (adj)

• I’m sorry I’m late.

• Sorry, I don’t understand that.

sort (n)

sound (v)

• That sounds nice.

soup (n)

south (n, adj & adv)

space (n)

spare (adj)

speak (v)

speaker (n)

special (adj)

spell (v)

spelling (n)

spend (v)

spoon (n)

sport (n)

sports centre (n)

spring (n)

• I hate winter but I love spring.

square (n & adj)

stadium (n)

staff (n)

stage (n)

stairs (n pl)

stamp (n)

• Put a stamp on the envelope.

stand (v)

• She was standing at the bus

stop.

star (n & v)

start (v)

station (n)

stay (v)

steak (n)

steal (v)

• Someone’s stolen my bag!

still (adv)

stomach (n)

stomach ache (n)

stop (n & v)

store (n)

storm (n)

story (n)

straight (adj & adv)

• a straight line (adj)

• Go straight on. (adv)

strange (adj)

• That’s a strange story!

street (n)

strong (adj)

student (n)

studies (n pl)

study (v)

subject (n)

• What’s your favourite

subject at school?

• the subject of a talk

such (det)

suddenly (adv)

sugar (n)

suit (n)

• He was wearing a grey suit.

suitcase (n)

summer (n)

sun (n)

sunglasses (n pl)

sunny (adj)

supermarket (n)

supper (n)

suppose (v)

• I suppose so.

• I suppose you’re right.

sure (adj)

• I’m (not) sure.

surf (v)

surfboard (n)

surfing (n)

surname (n)

surprise (n)

surprised (adj)

sweater (n)

sweet (n & adj)

swim (v)

swimming (n)

swimming costume (n) (Br Eng)

(Am Eng: bathing suit)

swimming pool (n)

swimsuit (n)

T

table (n)

table tennis (n)

take (v)

• I’ll take it to your room.

• It takes three hours.

take off (phr v)

• She took off her shoes.

talk (n & v)

tall (adj)

taxi (n)

tea (n)

teach (v)

teacher (n)

team (n)

teenager (n)

telephone (n & v)

television (TV) (n)

tell (v)

temperature (n)

• The temperature was below

zero.

tennis (n)

tent (n)

term (n)

terrible (adj)

test (n)

text (n & v)

textbook (n)

text message (n)

than (prep & conj)

thank (v)

thanks (exclam)

thank you (exclam)

that (conj & pron)

the (det)

theatre (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng:

theater)

their (det)

theirs (pron)

them (pron)

themselves (pron)

then (adv)

there (adv)

these (det & pron)

they (pron)

thin (adj)

thing (n)

think (v)

thirsty (adj)

this (det & pron)

those (det & pron)

through (prep)

throw (v)

thunderstorm (n)

ticket (n)

tidy (adj & v)

tidy up (v)

tie (n)

tiger (n)

tights (n pl)

till (prep)

time (n)

timetable (n)

tired (adj)

to (prep)

toast (n)

today (n & adv)

toe (n)

together (adv)

toilet (n)

tomato (n)

tomorrow (n & adv)

tonight (n & adv)

too (adv)

tooth (n)

toothbrush (n)

top (n)

• the top of the page

total (adj & n)

tour (n)

tour guide (n)

tourist (n)

tourist information centre (n)

towel (n)

town (n)

toy (n)

traffic (n)

traffic light (n)

train (n)

trainer (n)

• a pair of trainers

tram (n)

travel (v)

tree (n)

trip (n)

trouble (n)

trousers (n pl)

true (adj)

try (v)

try on (phr v)

T-shirt (n)

turn (v)

turn off (phr v)

• Turn the gas off.

turn on (phr v)

• Turn the heating on.

twice (adv)

type (n)

tyre (n) (Am Eng: tire)