The First Thousand Words Worksheets and Tests

Lists for Student Practice

The First Thousand Words 11-20

11. again This work is untidy, please do it _________. 12. age Her ________ is 46. 13. agree I did not ______ with him, what he said was stupid. agreed He ______ to wait for his friend to finish his detention. 14. air The ______ in New Zealand is very clean. 15. allow, allowed Students are not _______ to hit each other. 16. almost The students stopped work because it was _____ the end of the lesson. 17. alone Joo Hyun played basketball _______ because all of his friends had gone home. 18. also Yoon mi read the book and ______ liked the story. 19. always We ______ have a test on day one. 20. amount You need a large ______ of money to go skiing in New Zealand.

The First Thousand Words 21-30

21. amuse, amused, amusing He is an ________ person, he always makes me laugh. We were ________ by his stories. 22. angry The teacher was ________ with the students. angrily The boy shouted ____________ at the bully. 23. animal Cats and dogs are both _________s. 24. answer, answered The students all wanted to ________ the question. 25. appear They waited for two hours but the plane did not ________. appeared His name ___________ twice on the list. 26. argue, argued They ___________ about which TV programme to watch. 27. arm We have two ______s and two legs. 28. army He wanted to be a soldier so when he left school he joined the ________. 29. ashamed He was ___________ of his stupid behavoiur. 30. ask, asked She was _____________ because she had told a lie. She didn't understand the work so she ______ the teacher for help.

The First Thousand Words 31-40

31. asleep On Saturday Joo Hyun was still ______ at ten o'clock in the morning. 32. attack, attacked The army _______ the town with bombs and guns. 33. attention A small baby keeps its mother busy because it needs a lot of ________. The teacher told the students to stop talking and pay ________. 34. aunt My mother or father's sister is my _________. 35. autumn Winter. summer, spring and ______ are seasons. 36. awake The baby is _____ now I can hear him crying. 37. away He went _______. She threw the old clothes ________. 38. baby A child aged 0 - 2 years is a ________ 39. back The dress was the wrong size so she took it ______ to the shop. 40. back The teacher was standing at the ________ of the room.

The First Thousand Words 41-50

41. bad This is a _____ pen, it doesn't work properly. badly He sings ______. 42. bag Don't forget to put your school books in your ______. 43. ball You need a ______ to play football. 44. banana A _______ is a long yellow fruit. 45. bank You put money into a _________. 46. basket A ______ is a type of bag. 47. bath I like to have a hot _______ when I am tired. 48. beautiful New Zealand is a very _________ country. beautifully He sings _____________. 49. become He was born poor but _______ rich. became 50. bed I sleep in a big _________.

The First Thousand Words 51-60

51. beer ________ is an alcoholic drink. 52. begin The school day ________s at eight forty. began The baby ________ to cry. begun The new building was _______ six months ago. 53. the beginning of We always do the test at the ________ of the lesson. 54. behave, behaved The children weren't naughty they were very well ___________. 55. behaviour The students' ________ was excellent. 56. believe, believed I __________ in God. 57. bell The ______ rings at the end of the lesson. 58. bend The metal ______ when it was heated. bent The pencil broke because he ______ it. 59. bend There are lots of accidents here because there is a sharp ________ in the road. 60. best This is my ________ dress. The students who does the _______ work will get a prize.

The First Thousand Words 61-70

61. better Milk is _______ for babies than beer. He swims ________ than me. 62. bicycle A _______ has two wheels. 63. big The opposite of small is ______. 64. bird An animal with wings and feathers that can fly is called a ______. 65. birth The ______ of a baby is a very special event for the family. 66. bite, bit, bitten, a bite The dog _______ me. He died from a snake ________. Mosquito _______ are very itchy. 67. bitter If something tastes _______ it isn't very nice. 68. black ______ is a colour. Many Korean people have _____ hair. 69. blanket A ______ is a thick warm cover for a bed is is often made of wool. 70. blood The red liquid in your body is __________.

The First Thousand Words 71-80

71. blow, blew, blown The strong wing ______ the tree down. If you have a cold you have to ______ your nose a lot of times. 72. blue The sky is _______. 73. board Some houses have wooden floor _______s. The students looked at the notice ________. 74. boat People go sailing in a _________. 75. body Some animals have hair on their b________. bodies An elephant has a large _____ and short legs. So does Mrs. Matthews. 76. boil We _____ water in a kettle. boiled 77. bomb The ______exploded and killed seven people. 78. bone Our skeleton is made of ________s. 79. book We read _______s. 80. born Every day thousands of babies are ________.

The First Thousand Words 81-90

81. bottle A ________ is a container for liquid. 82. bottom The questions are often at the _______ of the page. 83. box The teacher put the books in a b______. 84. boy The opposite of girl is ________. 85. branch A tree has a trunk, _______es and leaves. 86. brave, bravely Is it _______ or stupid to do a bungy jump? 87. bread Kiwis eat lots of __________. 88. break, broke, broken Jung Chul ______ the window with the basketball. 89. breathe, breathed We ________ air. 90. bridge There is a ________ over the harbout in Auckland.

The First Thousand Words 91-100

91. bright, brightly Red is a __________ colour, brown isn't. 92. bring, brought She forgot to _______ her books to school. 93. brother I have three _________s but I don't have any sisters. 94. brown B_______ is a colour. The earth is _________. 95. brush, brushed He _______ his hair before leaving the house. 96. brush She used a ______ to clean the floor. 97. bucket He put some clean water in a ___________. 98. Buddhist, Buddhism Lots of Asian people are _________ . _________ is a religion. 99. build, building, built They are ___________ a wharenue next to the hall. 100. building Houses, schools and hospitals are all types of __________s.

The First Thousand Words 101-110

101. burn, burned, burnt You can ________ paper but you can't ______ metal. 102. bury, buried He _________ the dead dog. 103. bus The students went home by ________. 104. business He started a new ________. She is in __________. 105. busy Teachers are always ________. 106. buy, bought He ______ a ticket for the bus to Auckland. 107. call, called My son is ________ John. 108. calm, calmly He spoke in a ________ voice. It is a very ________ day there is no wind. 109. camera We use a _______ to take pictures. 110. captain The boss of a ship is called a _________.

The First Thousand Words 111-120

111. car Mrs. Matthews drives a very old _______. 112. card We send people _______s on their birthdays. Lots of people enjoy playing _________s. 113. careful, carefully A good students does their work __________. 114. careless, carelessly A bad student's work is very _________. 115. carry, carried Jung Chul helped the teacher _______ the books. 116. cart A vehicle pulled by horses is called a ________. 117. cat Lots of people have _______s as pets. 118. catch, caught She ________ the basketball. 119. cause, caused The dog ran across the road and _______ an accident. 120. certain If you are _______ you are 100% sure.

The First Thousand Words 121-130

121. chalk He wrote on the blackboard with a piece of ____________. 122. chance She has a good _______ of winning the race. 123. change, changed He ________ his coat. The government will _______ next year. 124. change He noticed many _______ in the city when he went home after two years in New Zealand. When I gave him ten dollars for the potatoes he gave me some _________. 125. cheap This dress isn't expensive, it's ________. 126. cheque He paid for the tickets by ________ because he didn't have enough cash. 127. chicken ________ is a bird that we eat. 128. child, children People aged between 0 and 18 are ________. 129. choose, chose, chosen His father asked him to ________ which school he wanted to go to. 130. Christian People who believe in God and Jesus are ___________s.

The First Thousand Words 131-140

131. Christmas __________ is on 25th December every year. 132. church People go to ________ on Sundays. 133. cigarette Smoking _________ is bad for your health. 134. cinema We watch films at the __________. 135. circle A ________ is a shape. A coin is circular. 136. city Auckland is New Zealand's biggest _________. 137. class A group of students in a school is called a ________. 138. clean, cleaned This classroom is ________ every day. She _________ the windows on Friday. 139. clean He put on a _______ shirt. 140. clear, clearly She speaks very _________. The weather is very _______ today there are no clouds.

The First Thousand Words 141-150

141. clever You have to be ________ to pass exams. 142. climb, climbed She __________ the mountain. 143. clock Mrs. Matthews has put a new battery in the _______. 144. o'clock It is four __________. 145. close, closed The door is _________. The shops _______ at five thirty. 146. cloth She used a _______ to clean the tables. 147. cloud I can't see the sun because there are lots of _______s in the sky today. 148. coal _______ is round and black, some people burn it in fires to heat their homes. 149. coat We wear _______s in winter when it is cold. 150. coffee Lots of people drink _________ at breakfast time.

The First Thousand Words 151-160

151. cold He isn't very well, he has a bad _______. 152. cold It was very ______ in the classroom so the teacher put on the heaters. 153. collection A group of things that someone collects is called a __________. Lots of people have stamp ________. 154. colour Red, green and blue are _________s. 155. come, came The principal told the student to ______ to his office after interval. 156. comfortable, uncomfortable I sit in a big, c_________ chair when I watch TV. The chairs in the staffroom are old and _________. 157. common, uncommon Do you know the name of that bright blue flower? It's a very _________ flower, you see it a lot. 158. compare, compared Look your answer and c_______ it with mine. Soo Hyun is tall compared to Yoon mi. 159. competition There was a breakdancing _________ at school this week. 160. complete, completed You must c___________ the work before the end of the lesson.

The First Thousand Words 161-170

161. completely The plan was ___________successful. 162. condition The _______ of the road is terrible, it is full of holes. 163. continue, continued The rain _______ for four days. 164. control, controlled The teacher could not _______ the students in his class. 165. cook, cooked, cooking I like her _______, it is very good. 166. cook My mother is a good _______. 167. copy, copied ______ the questions and write the answers underneath. 168. copy This is a ________ of a famous picture. The real one is in a museum. 169. corner There is a desk in the ______ of the room. 170. correct, correctly Were all of your answers _________?

The First Thousand Words 171-180

171. cost Petrol ________s $1.20 a litre. 172. cotton This shirt is made of ________. 173. count, counted Most children learn to _______ before they start school. 174. country New Zealand is a small ________. 175. country More people live in towns than in the ________. 176. cousin Your uncle or aunt's children are your ________s. 177. cover, covered There was no ________ on the well and the child fell in. 178. cow A ______ is a farm animal that gives us milk. 179. crop ________s are things grown on farms like wheat, rice or potatoes. 180. crowd A large number of people is called a _________.

The First Thousand Words 181-190

181. cruel, cruelly In the past many kings have been _________ and have treated their people badly. 182. cry, cried People _____ when they are sad. 183. cup We drink tea from a _______. 184. cupboard A ________ is a place where we keep clothes or other things. 185. cure, cured Medicine cannot _______ every disease. 186. cure There are no _______s for AIDS or cancer yet. 187. curtain We put ________s on the windows to help keep the room warm at night. 188. custom Different countries have different __________s. 189. cut My hand hurts because I ______ it yesterday on a knife. 190. cut She has a ______ on her finger

The First Thousand Words 201-210

201. death He cried when he heard about the _______ of his old friend. 202. decide, decided He ________ to go and see his friends on Saturday. 203. deep The water was very ______, he couldn't touch the bottom with his feet. 204. defeat, defeated The Korean students were upset when Korea was ________ in the soccer world cup. 205. defeat The losing army suffered a ________. 206. degree The temperature is 35 _______s, it is very hot. 207. depend on The price _______s on the size. A bigger piece of meat costs more. 208. depth The _______ of the water is 6 metres. 209. describe, described The policeman asked him to _______ the thief. 210. desk There are lots of ________s_ in the classroom.

The First Thousand Words 211-220

211. destroy, destroyed The building was ________ by the fire. 212. development He worked very hard on the _________ of his business. 213. die, died Her dog ________ last week. 214. difference There is a big ________ between a car that costs $3000 and one that costs $40,000. 215. different, differently They don't see each other much because they live in __________ towns. 216. difficult English is a very ________ language. 217. difficulty He had great _________ understanding what the man said. 218. dig, dug He ______ a large hole to put the tree in. 219. direction The library is in the same _______ as the gym. 220. dirty The opposite of clean is ________.

The First Thousand Words 221-230

221. discover, discovered Abel Tasman ___________ New Zealand. 222. discussion Her parents had a long __________ about her education. 223. disease AIDS is a very dangerous ________. 224. dish We use this ______ for rice. 225. distance What is the ________from Tokyo to Auckland? 226. district New Zealand is divided into different _________s. We live in Northland which is one _________. 227. divide, divided ___________ 15 by 3. New Zealand is ________ into three main islands. 228. do, does, did, done He always _______ his homework. Who ______ this? We cannot live in the house until the painting is ________. 229. doctor If you are ill you should go to the __________. 230. dog Mrs. Matthews has a _______ called Peanut.

The First Thousand Words 231-240

231. door The _______ to the ESOL room is locked at lunchtime. 232. doubt, doubted He _______ that the boy was telling the truth. 233. doubt I had many _______s about coming to live in New Zealand. 234. down Please sit _______. 235. draw, drew, drawn _____ a diagram to go with your writing. The little boy ______ a picture of his house. 236. drawing I like your _________ of the beach. 237. dream, dreamed, dreamt She often _______ about her home and family. 238. dream He had a bad _______ last night. 239. dress, dressed We usually get ________ before we leave the house. 240. dress She bought a new, orange __________.

The First Thousand Words 241-250

241. drink, drank, drunk What would you like to _______? Tea or coffee? 242. a drink Coca Cola is a _________. 243. drive, drove, driven We ______ on the left of the road in New Zealand. 244. a drive Shall we go for a ________ this afternoon. 245. driver He is a very careful ________, he has never had an accident. 246. drop, dropped Be careful not to ________ the glasses, they are very heavy. 247. a drop A _______ of rain fell on his head. 248. dry, dried Please _______ the dishes and put them away 249. dry These clothes are ______ now so we can put them away. 250. duty It is my _______ to respect my parents and grandparents.

The First Thousand Words 251-260

251. ear You hear with your ________s. 252. early You should always be _______ for school. 253. earn, earned He _______s lots of money but he spends it all very quickly. 254. earth The _______ is bigger than the moon. 255. east North, south ______ and west are the four points of the compass. 256. easy, easily This work is _______. We will _______ finish our homework by five o'clock. 257. eat, ate, eaten He is very lazy, the only things he does are ______ and sleep. He _______ two eggs for breakfast. 258. edge This knife has a sharp ________. 259. education __________ is very important. 260. effect The __________ of heat on metal is to make it soft.

The First Thousand Words 261-270

261. effort He puts a lot of _________ into learning the vocabulary, so he always passes the tests. 262. egg Chickens lay _______s. 263. electric There are ______ heaters in the classrooms. 264. electricity The lights use ___________. 265. employer The person you work for is your __________. 266. empty The opposite of full is _________. 267. end, ended, the end of The road _______near the sea. The ______ of the road. The _______ of the holiday. The ______ of the book. 268. enemy, enemies _________ usually fight. 269. engine Cars have ________s under the bonnet. 270. engineer An __________ designs and builds engines and other machines.

The First Thousand Words 271-280

271. English In New Zealand the people speak _________. 272. enjoy, enjoyed I ________ the party. I didn't _______ the examination because it was too hard. 273. enough I failed the test because I didn't work hard _______ in class. There isn't ______ time to go to Auckland after school. 274. equal, unequal She cut the cake into _______ parts. If one part is smaller it is ________. 275. equally, unequally They are both ________ stupid. 276. escape, escaped The criminal ________ from prison but was caught again two days later. 277. even This is so easy that ______ a baby can understand it. ________ if I help him he will still fail the test. 278. evening Do you have much homework this _________? 279. event Something that happens is an ______. 280. ever He promised to love her for _________ but he was telling lies!

The First Thousand Words 281-290

281. evil The opposite of good is _________. 282. exact, exactly The two students' answers were _______ the same and the teacher thought that they had cheated. 283. examination There are always __________s at the end of the school year. 284. example Hong Kong, London and Taipei are _______s of polluted cities. 285. excited, exciting The Olympic games were very _______ to watch. 286. expect, expected Mrs. Matthews _________s her students to do homework every night. 287. expensive This watch wasn't cheap, it was _________. 288. experience, experienced She had been teaching for over twenty years so she was very ___________. 289. an experience Studying in New Zealand is a new _______ for many of the students in this room. 290. experiment, experimented It is stupid to __________ with drugs, alcohol or cigarettes.

The First Thousand Words 291-300

291. experiment School students do _________s in Science lessons. 292. explain, explained Rachel _________ why she was late to the teacher. 293. explanation However the teacher didn't believe his _______. 294. extra There weren't enough chairs so Lucy got an ______ one from next door. 295. eye We have two ears and two _______s. 26. face Our eyes are on our ________. 297. fact If something is true it is a ________. 298. factory Cars are made in a ___________. 299. fail, failed The student _______ the test because he didn't do his homework. 300. fair, unfair It is _______ to give the whole class a detention if only two students are talking.

The First Thousand Words 301-310

301. fall, fell, fallen The rain ______ heavily. The apple _______ from the tree. 302. fall He had a bad _______ and cut his knee. 303. family He had a very large _______ of six brothers and one sister. 304. famous Charles Dickens was a _______English writer. 305. far, farther, the farthest Warkworth is not _______ from Auckland. How ______ is it to your house? Sally lives the _______ away because her house is in Leigh. 306. farm He lives in the country on a _____ where they have cows. 307. farmer His father is a ___________. 308. fat He isn't thin, he's _________. 309. father Most children live with their _________ and mother. 310. fault Her only _______ is that she is untidy. It is my _________ that we are late.

The First Thousand Words 311-320

311. fear, feared The President was hated and _______ by the people of his country because he was cruel. 312. fear Soo Hyun has a ________ of spiders. 313. feature The new computer has lots of interesting ________s. 314. feel, felt, a feeling I ______ tired. She _______ sick yesterday. He hurt my ___________ when he said I was stupid. 315. female The opposite of male is _________. 316. fence There was a ________ between to two houses to keep Mr. Smiths dog out of the garden. 317. festival Christmas and New Year are two __________s. 318. field There is wheat growing in that _______. 319. fierce, fiercely The two boys had a _______ fight. They argued ___________. 320. fight, fought, She _________ with her brother about the TV. There was a ________ in the street.

The First Thousand Words 321-330

321. fill, filled Please ________ this glass with milk. 322. film I saw a good ________ starring Tom Cruise yesterday. 323. find, found I cannot ______ my pen. I _______ ten dollars outside the classroom, is it yours? 324. finger We have ten toes and ten _________. 325. finish, finished She _________ the race first. 326. fire In winter it is nice to sit by the _______. 327. fish, fishes I enjoy eating _________. 328. fit, fitted The dress did not _______ her, it was too big. 329. fix, fixed He took the computer to the shop to be _________. 330. flag The New Zealand flag is red, white and blue.

The First Thousand Words 331-340

331. flat This part of the country has no hills, it is _________. 332. float, floated Wood _________ on water, metal does not. 333. floor We stand on the ________ of the classroom. 334. flour Bread is made with ________. 335. flower A rose is a type of ____________. 336. fly A __________ is an insect with wings. 337. fly, flew, flown Birds and insects can ___________. 338. follow, followed The students _______ the teacher to the library. 339. food We eat __________. 340. foot, feet Most people have two f_____________.

The First Thousand Words 341-350

341. force, forced The teacher __________ them to clean up the untidy classroom. He ________ the key into the lock. 342. force The ________ of the wind blew a tree over. 343. foreign It is useful to learn a ________ language when you are at school. 344. forest The New Zealand word for ________ is bush. 345. forget, forgot, forgotten I never ________ to do my homework. 346. forgive, forgave, forgiven He ___________ to clean his teeth this morning. He asked his mother to _______ him for being rude. 347. fork In New Zealand people eat with a knife and __________. 348. form, forms, formed Ice _______s when water gets very cold. 349. form He _______ some very bad habits when he was living in New Zealand. 350. free, freely Overseas students must fill in an Immigration __________.

The First Thousand Words 351-360

351. fresh You are ________ to choose where you want to study. You should always eat _______ food because stale food will make you sick. 352. friend It is nice to have good _________s. 353. friendly The students in ESOL classes are very ________. 354. frighten, frightened Some people are _________ of spiders and mice. 355. the front of, in front of The whiteboard is at the _______ of the classroom. 356. fruit Apples, oranges and bananas are __________. 357. full of The box was _______ of paper. 358. furniture Chairs, tables and sofas are all types of _______. 359. game Soccer and basketball are both ________s. 360. garden Most houses in New Zealand have ________s.

The First Thousand Words 361-370

361. gas Air contains different __________es. 362. gate The _______ in front of the house was open and the small child walked out onto the road. 363. general, generally G_________ dogs are friendly animals. 364. get, got Please ______ the book. 365. get, got The water will soon ______hot. 366. get, got I _____ up at seven o'clock in the morning. 367. girl The opposite of boy is ________. 368. give, gave, given I ________ him the book. 369. glass Please get me a _______ of water. 370. go, goes, went, gone She _______ to Auckland yesterday.

The First Thousand Words 371-380

371. God, a god He ________ to Mahurangi College. Jews, Christians and Muslims believe there is one ___. Hindus believe that there are many _______s. 372. gold ________ is a valuable metal. 373. good The opposite of evil is ________. She is a ______ cook. 374. govern, governed The king ______ his country well. 375. government The ________ pays for schools and hospitals in New Zealand. 376. grand Your mother's mother is your _______mother. 377. grass Cows eat ________. 378. great A _____ person is someone who is famous and has done good things. 379. green Broccoli is a ______ vegetable. Grass is ________. 380. grey When it rains the sky is usually _________.

The First Thousand Words 381-390

381. the ground, underground, It fell on the ___________. There are many ___________ rivers in New Zealand. 382. a group, A ______ of Chinese students always eat their lunch outside the ESOL room. 383. grow, grew, grown, Lots of rice is ________ in Australia. Lots of people like to _______ flowers in their gardens. 384. guess, guessed, Can you ______ your teacher's age? 385. gun, _______s can kill people. 386. habit, Smoking is a dirty _________. 387. hair, Some students dye their ______ a different colour. 388. half, halves, _______ of six is three. 389. hand Most people have two ________s. 390. handle We turn the _______ to open the door.

The First Thousand Words 401-410

401. Healthy, unhealthy, Many children in poor countries are very _______. 402. hear, heard, He was talking so he didn't _______ the teacher. 403. heat, heated, You have to _______ water to make it hot. 404. heavy, The opposite of light is ________. 405. height, In New Zealand ______ is measured in metres. 406. help, helped, The teacher __________ the student with his assignment. 407. here, She used to live in Japan but she lives _____ now. 408. hide, hid, hidden, The dog ______ the bone in the garden. 409. high, Mt Everest is a very _______ mountain. 410. hill A ________ is smaller than a mountain.

The First Thousand Words 411-420

411. Hindu, The religion of many people from India is ________. 412. history Lots of people enjoy finding out the _______ of their country. 413. hit, He ______ the dog with a stick because it attacked him. 414. hold, held, Please _______ my bag while I open the door. 415. hole, He dug a ______ to put the plant in. 416. holiday, Christmas and Easter are _______s in Christian countries. 417. honest, honestly, He is a very ________ person he never tells lies. 418. hope, hoped, I ________ I will pass this test. 419. horse, A ______ is an animal that people ride on. 420. hospital When you are very sick you need to go to ________.

The First Thousand Words 421-430

421. hot The opposite of cold is __________. 422. hotel A h_______ is a place where you pay to stay and sleep. 423. hour There are sixty seconds in one ________. 424. house Many people live in ________s but some people live in apartments. 425. human We are all _________. 426. hungry We eat when we are _______. 427. hurt If you fall over you will _________ yourself. 428. husband They are _______ and wife. 429. ice If you put ______ in a drink it makes it cold. 430. idea He had lots of good _______ about what to do at the weekend.

The First Thousand Words 431-440

431. imagine, imagined Can you ________ life without electricity? 432. immediately He answered my question ________. 433. important, unimportant It is _______ to learn to read and write. 434. impossible It is _________ to know the future. 435. include, included The price of the house does not ______ the price of the land. The land is extra. 436. increase, increased Ants and bees are _______s. 437. insect The students were allowed to stay ______ because it was raining. 438. inside An _________ is something you use, a violin is a musical ________ we use to make music. 439. instrument He is very _________ in Science. 440. interest, interested, interesting, interest This lesson isn't very ____________. She has many different ___________s.

The First Thousand Words 441-450

441. invent, invented Alexander Graham Bell ________ the telephone. 442. iron _______is a type of metal. 443. island New Zealand is made of three main _________s. 444. job Mrs. Matthews _______ is as a teacher. 445. join, joined Joo Hyun ________ the soccer team. She used glue to ______ the two pieces of paper. 446. joke She told a very funny _______. 447. journey It is a very long plane _________ to Tokyo. 448. judge, judged Examinations are used to ________ a students work. 449. a judge The _________ sentenced the criminal to twenty years in jail for killing a man. 450. jump, jumped The horse _______ over the gate and got out of the field.

The First Thousand Words 451-460

451. keep, kept The teacher asked the students to ______ the classroom clean at lunchtimes. 452. key We use a _______ to unlock a door. 453. kick, kicked, a kick He ________ the ball across the field. She gave the door a ______ and it closed. 454. kill, killed 455. kind, unkind, kindly, unkindly She was a very ________ person. He said some very _________ things about the teacher who gave him a detention. 456. kind All ________s of things, a ________ of apple, there are different _________s of rice. 457. king The ________ kissed the queen. 458. kiss, kissed a kiss He gave her a _______. 459. kitchen We cook meals in the _______. 460. knee Your ________ is in the middle of your leg.

The First Thousand Words 461-470

461. knife, knives We use a ______ to cut things. 462. know, knew, known I _________ a lot of English words. 463. lake __________ Taupo is in the middle if the North Island. 464. land He bought some _______ because he wanted to ______ a house. 465. language English, Japanese and Mandarin are all ________s. 466. large Another word for big is _________. 467. last The opposite of first is ________. 468. late The opposite of early is __________. 469. laugh, laughed, a laugh The students _________ at his jokes. He has a very loud ________. 470. lavatory Another word for toilet is _________.

The First Thousand Words 471-480

471. law It is against the ________ to drive without a license. 472. lawyer You need to see a ________ to draw up a will or buy a house. 473. lazy The ______ student never did his homework. 474. leader The _______ of the government in New Zealand is the Prime Minister. 475. leaf, leaves A tree has a trunk, branches and lots of _______. 476. learn, learnt, learned It is important to ________ the vocabulary every night. 477. leather Shoes are usually made from ________. 478. leave, left The students put the chairs on the tables before they _______ the room. 479. left The opposite of right is ________. 480. leg Humans have two _______s but cats have four.

The First Thousand Words 481-490

481. lend, lent Please ________ me a pen. 482. length These lines are different ___________s. 483. lesson Some ________s are boring. 484. letter She posted a ___________ to her friends. 485. library He borrowed a book from the school _________. 486. lie, lay, lain Go and ______ down on the bed if you are tired. 487. life, lives, a life Food is necessary for ________. 488. lift, lifted The box was too heavy for one person to ________. 489. light Th electric _________ in this room is broken. 490. light This bag isn't heavy, it's __________.

The First Thousand Words 491-500

491. like She looks very _______ her mother but her brother looks ______ his father. 492. like, liked I ________ chocolate ice-cream. 493. little The ______ girl was only three years old. 494. limit, limited The size of classes is ________ to thirty students. 495. limit There is a speed _______ on the roads. 496. line The teacher asked the students to draw two ______s. 497. lip She cut her _____ on the broken glass. 498. liquid Water and oil are both ________. 499. list The teacher told the students to copy the ______ from the board. 500. listen, listened We use our ears to __________.

The First Thousand Words 501-510

501. live, lived They ______ in Tokyo. 502. loaf, loaves She bought two ________ of bread. 503. local, locally The nearest cinema is in Whangaparoa, there isn't one locally. 504. long The opposite of short is _______. 505. look, looked She _______ angry. 506. look after She ______ _______ her baby brother while her mother went shopping. 507. look for He ______ ______ his book but couldn't find it. 508. lose, lost He hoped his book was at home and not ______. 509. loud, loudly His homestay mother complained because the music was too ________. 510. love, loved She ________ reading books. He _______ her.

The First Thousand Words 511-520

511. low The opposite of high is _______. 512. luck, lucky, luckily If you are very ______ you might win Lotto. 513. machine Cars and printers are __________s. 514. mad Another word for crazy or insane is ______. 515. magazine He bought a new computing ____________. 516. main, mainly The _______ road. The ________ reason. They live ________ on vegetables because they don't like meat. 517. make, made He ______ a cake for tea. My mother ______s me study every night. 518. male The opposite of female is ________. 519. man, men The opposite of woman is ________. 520. manager A _________ is in charge of something e.g. an office or a factory.

The First Thousand Words 521-530

521. map Please draw a _______ of New Zealand. 522. mark, marked, She __________ my examination paper incorrectly. mark This jersey has a dirty ________ on it. 523. market He bought some fruit at the ________. 524. marry, married He ________ Mary Jones last week. 525. mat Please wipe your feet on the ______ before you come inside. 526. match, matches He used a ______ to light the fire. 527. material She did not have enough ______ to finish making the dress. He bought all the ___________ he needed to build a new garden shed. 528. mathematics Mohammed likes ____________. 529. meal Dinner, lunch and breakfast are _________. 530. mean, meant, What does this word ________? meaning The word "keep" has lots of ________________.

The First Thousand Words 531-540

531. measure, measured The students ___________ the length of the rectangles. 532. measurement The students' __________ were all different and the teacher was angry because they hadn't done the work carefully. 533. meat Dogs eat _______ but cows eat grass. 534. medicine We take ______ when we are ill. 535. meet, met My uncle _____ me at the airport when I came to New Zealand. 536. meeting We have a basketball ________ in the gym after school. 537. member I am a _______ of the Squash Club. 538. mend, mended Yosuke had to ______ his trousers because they were torn. 539. message The principal sent the students a ___________. 540. metal Iron and steel are types of __________.

The First Thousand Words 541-550

541. middle The table is in the ________ of the room. 542. milk Mammals feed their young ________. 543. mind We think with our _________s. 544. minute There are sixty seconds in a __________. 545. mirror Tomomi is always looking in the __________. 546. miss, missed She ________ the bus for school so she had to get a taxi. 547. mistake The teacher made him do the work again because there were too many _________s. 548. mix, mixed Oil and water do not _________. 549. mixture She poured the ________ into the cake tin and put it in the oven. 550. modern There are lots of _______ buildings in Tokyo and Shanghai.

The First Thousand Words 551-560

551. money We use _____ to pay for things. 552. month There are twelve _________s in a year. 553. moon You can often see the _______ in the sky at night. 554. morning __________comes after night. 555. mosque A ________ is where Muslim's go the worship Allah (God). 556. mother Most people have a _______ and father. 557. mountain In the winter we can ski on the ________ if there is enough snow. 558. mouth He has a small _________. The _______ of the river is very wide. 559. move, moved They _______ the furniture. He ______ his head. 560. movement Astronomers observe the ________ of the stars.

The First Thousand Words 561-570

561. multiply, multiplied ____________ four by two. Three _________ by two is six. 562. music He likes rock ________ but his mother hates it. 563. musical She is a very ____________ person, she plays two __________ instruments and sings. 564. Muslim ___________ are not allowed to eat pork or bacon. 565. name His first ________ is Tom. 566. narrow The opposite of wide is __________. 567. nation New Zealand, Japan and China are all _______. 568. national The New Zealand _______ anthem is "God defend New Zealand." 569. natural Tomomi's hair colour is not __________, it is dyed. 570. necessary, unnecessary Food is ______________ for life.

The First Thousand Words 571-580

571. neck Giraffe's have very long _________s. 572. need, needed Cars ________ petrol to run. 573. need We don't have a lot of money but we have enough for our ________s. 574. neighbour The person who lives next door is my ________. 575. never He is a very bad student. He _______ does his homework. 576. new The opposite of old is _______. 577. news We watched the ______ on the TV at 6pm. 578. next What is your ______ lesson? 579. nice, nicely This is a __________ dress but the other one is ugly. 580. night The opposite of day is ____________.

The First Thousand Words 581-590

581. noise, noisily This class is very ___________. She talks _________. 582. the north, north The best oranges come from the _______ of New Zealand. 583. nose Your _______ is in the middle of your face. 584. notice, noticed The teacher _________ that the student was cheating in the examination. 585. notice There is an important _______ on the whiteboard. 586. now He is here ______ but tomorrow he will be in Auckland. 587. number The ________ eight is a lucky _________. 588. nurse A _________ works in a hospital. 589. obey, obeyed People must ________ the law. 590. off His mother told him to turn ___ the computer and do his homework.

The First Thousand Words 591-600

591. office He works in an _________. 592. often In winter it ______ rains. 593. oil We use ______ for cooking. 594. old Mrs.Matthews is very ________. 595. on She turned the heaters ______ because it was very cold. 596. only Tomomi was the _______ girl in the room. 597. open, opened She _____ the door and went out. 598. opinion Your ______ is what you think about something. 599. opposite The _______ side. The _______ opinion. 600. orange An __________ is a fruit. _________ is also a colour.

The First Thousand Words 601-610

601. order Please stand in_______ with the shortest person at the front. These letters are in alphabetical _________, A,B,C,D. 602. ordinary Nothing unusual happened, it was a very ________ day. 603. out He went ________ of the house to get the post. 604. outside The _________ of the house is white. The children played ___________. 605. own, owned Rocky used to _______ a car. 606. page He turned to the first ________ of the book and started to read. 607. pain He had a _______ in his shoulder, so he went to see the school nurse. 608. paint, painted, paint (noun) He ________ the door green. He bought some _________ at the shop. 609. pair She bought a _______ of shoes. 610. pale Her face was very ______ because she was ill.

The First Thousand Words 611-620

611. paper He took out some _______ and started to do the work. 612. parcel Her mother sent her a _________ of Chinese food. 613. parents Her ________ paid for her to go to college in the USA. 614. park She drove into the car _______. He took his dog for a walk in the _________. 615. part He only did _______ of his homework. 616. party She enjoyed the _________ on Saturday night. 617. pass, passed Electricity ________ along the wires. She ________ the examination. 618. passage She read the _______ slowly because it was very difficult. 619. passenger If you have a restricted driving license you cannot have a ______________ in your car. 620. path There is a _______ next to the river. The ________ to the house was very muddy.

The First Thousand Words 621-630

621. patient A person who has to stay in hospital is a __________. 622. pattern A ______ is a design or pictures on clothes, plates, cups etc.. 623. pay, paid He ______ for his ticket to China at the travel agents. 624. peace The opposite of war is _______. 625. pen She didn't have a _____ so she used a pencil instead. 626. pencil We write with a _____ and draw with a pencil. 627. perhaps I don't know if I will come to the party. _______ I will and _______ I won't. 628. period Two hours is a _______ of time. 629. person, people, Mrs. Matthews is a __________ ( maybe!). persons 630. photograph Aki and Miko took lots of ___________s of their friends.

The First Thousand Words 631-640

631. pick up, picked up He _______ ______ the pen from the floor. 632. picture There are lots of ________s in the art room. 633. piece She ate a ________ of bread. 634. pig A ______ is an animal that we eat. 635. pile There is always a large _____ of papers on Mrs. Matthews desk. 636. pillow I like to sleep on one, soft ________. 637. place Please put the worksheets back in the right ______. 638. plan, planned Lots of the students ______ to go to university next year. He drew a _____ of his new house. 639. plane You can go to the south island by boat or by _____. 640. plant, planted He ________ a tree near his house. He put some new ______s in the garden.

The First Thousand Words 641-650

641. plastic Supermarket bags are made of ________. So are most pens. 642. plate We put food on a ________. 643. play, played, Lucy ______s the piano. Alan likes ________ basketball. 644. pleasant, unpleasant Today was very _________ because we didn't go to school. 645. poem A haiku is a type of poem. 646. point, pointed The teacher ______ to the map on the wall. a point The boiling ______ of water is ...... 647. poison ________ kills people. 648. policeman The ______ stopped the car to check the driver's license. 649. polite, politely It is not _______ to shout at people. 650. political Helen Clarke and Jenny Shipley are the leaders of ________ parties.

The First Thousand Words 651-660

651. politics, A person who is an MP works in _________, they are a politician. 652. poor The opposite of rich is ________. 653. position _______ is where something is. 654. possible If something is _______ you can do it. 655. post, posted, He ______ a letter. a postman The _______ delivered the mail. post office / post shop He bought a stamp at the ________ ____. 656. pot You cook rice in a ________. 657. potato, potatoes Chips are made from _______. 658. pour, poured He _______ some water into a glass. 659. power Most houses use electric _______ for their lights. 660. practise If you want to be good at something you must _________.

The First Thousand Words 661-670

661. pray, prayed Muslims _______ in a mosque, Christians ________ in church. Jews pray in a synagogue. Buddhists pray in a temple. 662. prepare, prepared He ________ the food for lunch. 663. present He got lots of birthday ___________s. 664. present The opposite of absent is __________. 665. president Who is the _______ of the USA? 666. pressure A doctor can measure your blood _________. 667. pretend, pretended He _______ to be ill because he didn't want to go to school. 668. price The ______ of a can of coke is $1. 669. priest A ______ is a person who runs a church. 670. Prime Minister America has a president, but New Zealand has a P_______ M__________.

The First Thousand Words 671-680

671. print, printed When you have finished typing you can ________ your work out. 672. prison People who commit crimes are put in _______. 673. private, privately The opposite of public is ________. 674. probably Something that is 75% certain is probable. 675. problem Some people are very unlucky and have lots of ________s. 676. produce, produced The factory _________s cars. 677. production Japan is famous for the ________ of electronic goods. New Zealand is famous for the _______ of agricultural goods. 678. promise, promised The little boy ________ to be good. promise Keep a ______. Make a _______. Break a ______. 679. proud, proudly She was ________ of her children. 680. prove, proved Can you _______ that you were at school yesterday?

The First Thousand Words 681-690

681. public A ______ meeting, a _______ library, a _______ telephone. 682. pull, pulled He ________ the rope. She ________ the curtains shut. 683. punish, punished The teacher ________ the naughty boy. 684. pure Something that is _______ is very clean. 685. purpose This car is used for many __________s. 686. push, pushed She _______ the baby in a pram. 687. put He ______ the plates away in the cupboard. 688. quality Something that is very good is of high _________, eg. the students work was of a very high __________. 689. quarrel, quarreled She ________ with her mother. They had a terrible __________. 690. quarter ¼ is one _________

The First Thousand Words 691-700

691. queen Thailand has a king and a __________. 692. question The vocabulary tests have ten _________s. 693. quick, quickly Another word for fast is __________. 694. quiet, quietly He didn't make any noise, he was very _________. 695. quite _________ means completely, e.g. She was quite alone. 696. race He won the school's cross country ________. 697. radio She listened to the ________. 698. railway Some people want the government to build a new _________. 699. rain, rained, rainy It often _______s in New Zealand. A _______ day. 700. rat A ______ is a small mammal with a long tail. It is like a mouse but is bigger.

The First Thousand Words 701-710

701. rather This book is _________ interesting. ________ means mostly or partly. 702. reach, reached I didn't know because the message never ________ me. Can you ______ the top shelf? 703. read He _______ the book carefully. 704. ready Are you ________ to do the test yet? 705. real, really A ______ friend. This isn't fake, it's ______ gold. Are you ___________ interested in that book? 706. reason Tell me your _________ for coming to New Zealand. 707. red _______ is a colour. Traffic lights are _______. 708. refer, referred The word cat may ________ to one cat or all cats. 709. refuse, refused She _______ to go to school because she hated Mrs. Matthews. 710. regular, regularly It is important to have ___________, healthy meals.

The First Thousand Words 711-720

711. relation Your family are your ___________s. The ________ between a word and an idea. Political ________s between China and the USA are not always good. 712. religion, religious Christianity, Buddhism and Islam are ______s. People who pray every day are _________. 713. remember, remembered He couldn't _________ any of the answers and failed the test. 714. repeat, repeated To do something again is to _______ it. 715. respect, respected Parent's should __________ their children's feelings. Children should have _______ for their parents. 716. rest, rested rest It is nice to have a _______ at the weekends. They ______ at the side of the river. 717. restaurant They went out to dinner at the Thai _______. 718. result Add the numbers and tell me the _________. They were worried about their examination __________s. 719. rice Most of the world's _____ is grown in Australia. 720. rich The opposite of poor is _________

The First Thousand Words 721-730

721. ride, rode, ridden He ______s his bicycle every day. Can you ______ a horse? A bus _________ a car _______. 722. right, the right Do you know the difference between _____ and wrong? This answer is not wrong, it is _______. The school is on the _________. My _______ foot. Turn ________. 723. ring, rang, rung The bell ______ for school at 8.40 am. He _____ the bell. 724. rise, rose, risen The sun _______ in the morning. I think house prices wil ____ this year. 725. river There is a _______ in Warkworth. 726. road Palmer Street is a very steep _______. 727. rock There are lots of _______ at Matheson's Beach. 728. roll, rolled The stone ________ down the hill. A ______ of paper, a ______ of cloth. 729. roof The _______ is at the top of a house. 730. room She lives in a very small house, it only has four _________s.

The First Thousand Words 731-740

731. root A tree has a trunk, branches and leaves above the ground and ________s under the ground. 732. rope You use a _______ to tie things up. 733. rough The opposite of smooth is ________. R_____ skin, a ______ road. 734. round Another word for circular is _________. A ______ table. 735. row A ______ of houses, A _____ of desks. 736. rubber Squash balls are made of _________. _________ comes from _______ trees. 737. rubbish Most ______ is buried in landfills. 738. rule Do you know the school ________? 739. ruler We use a _________ to draw a straight line. 740. run, ran, run My horse _______ away. Water ______ from a tap. Nasra doesn't like to ________ and hates sports.

The First Thousand Words 741-750

741. sad, sadly She has a ______ face. It was a _______ story. He spoke _______ about his grandfather's death. 742. safe, safely He is a _______ driver, he has never had an accident. They arrived home _________. 743. sail, sailed The boat ________ from Auckland to Hawaii. 744. salt We use ______ and pepper on our food. 745. satisfy, satisfied He always wants more, he is never ___________. 746. save, saved You ________ his life. She ________ him from falling. I _______ ten dollars every month. 747. say, said Stevie _______ that she was tired because she went to bed late last night. 748. school Stevie missed the bus to ______ because she overslept. 749. science Physics, Chemistry and Biology are ________ subjects. scientific It is a ________ fact that the moon orbits the Earth. scientist A person who studies science is a ____________. 750. scissors We use _______ to cut paper.

The First Thousand Words 751-760

751. sea You can see the _______ at Snells Beach. 752. season Autumn, winter, spring and summer are the four __________s. 753. seat Chairs, stools and sofas are all types of ________s. 754. second There are sixty _______s in one minute. 755. secret A _______ is something you don't want anyone to know. secret His parents thought he was asleep in his bedroom but really he had a ______ meeting with his girlfriend. secretly They met __________. 756. see, saw, seen It was so dark that I could not ________. 757. seed She planted some vegetable ________ in the garden. 758. seem, seemed Geeta ________s very unhappy today. Is she upset about something? 759. sell, sold She ________ her car for $4000. 760. send, sent He ________ her a dozen red roses.

The First Thousand Words 761-770

761. sensible, sensibly He is a very ________ person, he never does silly things. Please behave _________ . 762. separate, separated, separately He didn't live with his wife, he was __________ from her. Wash the white clothes and the coloured clothes __________. 763. serious Two people were _______ hurt in the car accident on Sunday. He took his studies very _________. seriously Rich people sometimes employ __________s. 764. servant Her mother helped her _______ her ball dress. 765. sew, sewed, sewn In the morning you ________ is very long but at noon your _______ is very small. 766. shadow The bridge _______ when the train went over it. 767. shake, shook, shaken She _______ her head. 768. shape Circles, squares and rectangles are different ________s. 769. share She had her own bedroom, she didn't have to ________ with another student. 770. sharp The knife was very ___________.

The First Thousand Words 771-780

771. sheet A bed usually has two _______s and a duvet or blankets. A ______ of paper. 772. shelf, shelves He put the books on the ___________. 773. shell She collected _______ on the beach. Eggs also have a _______. 774. shine, shone The sun is ________ing today, it isn't raining. 775. shirt Mahurangi College school ______ are red and green. 776. shoe You have to wear brown or black leather ________s to school. 777. shoot, shot The policeman ______ the bank robber. 778. short Maryam had her hair cut _______. Ahmed isn't ______, he's tall. 779. shout He _______ loudly because of the noise. 780. show, showed, shown The teacher asked the student to ______ her his work.

The First Thousand Words 781-790

781. sick He felt ______ , so he went to see the nurse. 782. side He painted the _______ of the boat. 783. sign Black clouds are a _________ of rain. 784. silk