B1 Vocabulary List beginning with Letters P-Q

P

pack (v)

• to pack a case (v)

packet (n)

page (n)

pain (n)

painful (adj)

paint (n & v)

painter (n)

painting (n)

pair (n)

palace (n)

pale (adj)

• pale blue

pan (n)

pants (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng:

trousers)

paper (n)

• a sheet of paper

• a (news)paper

paragraph (n)

parcel (n)

pardon (exclam)

• Pardon?

parent (n)

park (n & v)

• a public park (n)

• to park a car (v)

parking (n)

parking lot (n) (Am Eng) (Br

Eng:car park)

parrot (n)

part (n)

• a part of something (n)

partly (adv)

particular (adj)

• I love this CD - in particular

the last song.

partner (n)

part time (adv)

part-time (adj)

party (n)

• a birthday party

• a political party

pass (n & v)

• Several cars passed.

• to pass the sugar

• to pass an examination

passenger (n)

passport (n)

password (n)

past (adj, n & prep)

• the past few weeks (adj)

• in the past (n)

• It's half past one. (prep)

pasta (n)

path (n)

patient (adj & n)

• to be patient (adj)

• a hospital patient (n)

pattern (n)

pause (v)

pavement (n)

pay (n & v)

PC (personal computer) (n)

pea (n)

peace (n)

peaceful (adj)

peach (n)

peak (n)

peanut (n)

pear (n)

pedestrian (n)

peel (v)

pen (n)

pence (n pi)

pencil (n)

pencil case (n)

penfriend (n)

penguin (n)

penny (n)

people (n pi)

pepper (n)

• to pass the pepper (spice)

• red peppers (vegetable)

per (prep)

percent (adv)

perfect (adj)

perform (v)

performance (n)

performer(n)

perfume (n)

perhaps (adv)

period (n)

permanent (adj)

permission(n)

permit (v)

• Dogs are not permitted here.

permitted (adj)

person (n)

personal (adj)

personally (adv)

persuade (v)

pet (n)

petrol (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng:

gas)

petrol station (n) (Br Eng) (Am

Eng: gas station)

pharmacy (n)

phone (n & v)

photo (n)

photocopy (n)

photo(graph) (n)

photographer (n)

photography (n)

phrase (n)

physics (n)

piano (n)

pick (v)

pick up (phr v)

• I picked up a pencil.

• I'll pick up my sister from the station.

picnic (n)

picture (n)

pie (n)

piece (n)

• a piece of cheese

• to break into small pieces

• a piece of furniture/advice

pig (n)

pile (n)

pill (n)

pillow (n)

pilot (n)

pin (n & v)

pineapple (n)

pink (adj & n)

pipe (n)

pirate (n)

pity (n)

• It's a pity you couldn't come to the party - it was great.

pizza (n)

place (n)

• a safe place (n)

• I've lost my place in the

book. (n)

• third place in a race (n)

• London is a big place. (n)

plain (adj)

• It's plain to me. (clear)

• a plain T-shirt (no design)

plan (n & v)

• a street plan (n)

• a plan to do something (n)

plane (n)

planet (n)

plant (n & v)

plastic (adj & n)

plate (n)

platform (n)

play (n & v)

• a play at the theatre (n)

• children playing (v)

• to play football (v)

• to play the guitar (v)

• to play a CD (v)

• to play the part of someone

(act) (v)

player (n)

playground (n)

pleasant (adj)

please (exclam &v)

• Come in, please. (exclam)

• to please someone (v)

pleased (adj)

pleasure (n)

plenty (pron)

plug (n)

• a plug for the bath

• an electrical plug

plus (prep & conj)

p.m. (adv)

pocket (n)

pocket money (n)

poem (n)

poet (n)

poetry (n)

point (n & v)

• to point at something (v)

• The pencil has no point on it. (n)

police (n)

policeman (n)

police officer (n)

police station (n)

polite (adj)

political (adj)

politician (n)

politics (n)

pollution (n)

pool (n)

• a swimming-pool poor (adj)

• She is very poor.(financial)

• the poor man (sympathy)

pop (n)

• pop song/music/star/group

popular (adj)

population(n)

port (n)

position (n)

positive (adj)

possibility (n)

possible (adj)

possibly (adv)

post (n & v)

• to post a letter (v)

• to send it by post (n)

postcard (n)

poster (n)

postman (n)

post office (n)

postpone (v)

pot (n)

potato (n)

pound (£) (n)

pour (v)

powder (n)

power (n)

powerful (adj)

practice (n)

practise (v) (n =Am Eng)

pray (v)

prayer (n)

predict (v)

prefer (v)

pregnant (adj)

preparation (n)

prepare (v)

prepared (adj)

prescription (n)

• medicine on a prescription

present (adj & n)

• to be present (adj)

• at the present time (adj)

• That will be all for the

present. (n)

• I got some lovely birthday

presents. (n)

presentation (n)

president (n)

press (v)

• to press a button

• to press a suit

pretty (adj & adv)

prevent (v)

previous (adj)

previously (adv)

price (n)

primary school (n)

prince (n)

princess (n)

principal (adj)

print (v)

• to print a document

printer (n)

prison (n)

prisoner (n)

private (adj)

prize (n)

probably (adv)

problem (n)

produce (v)

product (n)

profession (n)

professional (n)

professor (n)

program(me) (n)

• TV programme

• computer program

progress (n)

project (n)

promise (n & v)

• to promise to do something (v)

• to keep a promise (n)

promote (v)

pronounce (v)

• to pronounce a word

correctly

pronunciation (n)

proper (adj)

property (n)

protect (v)

proud (adj)

prove (v)

provide (v)

public (adj & n)

• public opinion (adj)

• to make something public (adj)

• to be open to the public (n)

public transport (n)

publish (v)

pull (v)

pullover(n)

pump (n)

• petrol/bike pump

punish (v)

pupil(n)

puppy (n)

pure (adj)

purple (adj & n)

purpose (n)

• He did it on purpose.

(deliberately)

purse (n)

push (n & v)

put(v)

put away (phr v)

• He put the book away.

put down (phr v)

• She put her name down.

put off (phr v)

• The meeting was put off until

the following week.

put on (phr v)

• He put on a suit.

• Can you put on the light?

• He didn't want to put on weight.

put out (phr v)

• The fire was quickly put out.

put through (phr v)

• Can you put me through to the manager, please?

put up (phr v)

• The company had to put up its prices.

puzzle (n)

pyjamas (n pi)

Q

qualification (n)

qualified (adj)

quality (n)

quantity (n)

quarter (n)

queen (n)

question (n)

• to ask a question

• the question being

discussed (subject)

questionnaire(n)

queue (n)

quick (adj)

quickly (adv)

quiet (adj)

quit (v)

quite (adv)

• Are you quite sure?

• quite old

quiz (n)