VOCABULARY LIST - STARTING FROM "P"

VOCABULARY LIST - STARTING FROM "P"

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)

NOTE

Abbreviations used in the Preliminary and Preliminary for Schools Vocabulary List are:

abbrev	abbreviation or acronym	mv n	modal verb
adj	adjective	phrv	noun
adv	adverb	pi	phrasal verb
av	auxiliary verb	prep	plural preposition
Am Eng	American English	prep phr	prepositional phrase
Br Eng	British English	pron	pronoun
conj det	conjunction	sing	singular
exclam	determiner	v	verb
	exclamation

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