Yemen Modern School Subject: English
Boys Section Section: English
Class: 12
Unit (1)
Word Meaning
Luggage Suitcase
Calm down Be quiet
Rama-The cama Is a cross between a male camel and a female llama
Liger Is a cross between a lion and a tiger
Several Many
Mule Is a cross between a donkey and a horse
Famous Well –known
Wool Something that covers a sheep skin
Scales Something that covers a fish skin
Feathers Something that covers a bird skin
Misty Foggy
Stream Is a small river
River Is a big stream
Mountain Is bigger than hill
Hill Is smaller than mountain
Coastline Is a line beside the coast
Valley Is a land between two mountains
Desert Is a place where a little bit or nothing grows
Scene View
Pupil Student
Holiday Not being at work
Grazing Eating grass by animals
Tractor A machine used by a farmer
Plough (V) Turning over the soil
Plough (N) Something used to break up the soil
Main Most important or biggest
Peak The highest part of a mountain
Make out To see with difficulty
Curtain Something at a window that stops people looking in
Chewing the cud Eating food that was eaten before
Suckle Feed from a mother
Word Meaning
Cackling Making a noise by chickens
Beak A bird’s mouth
Foal A small horse
Mare A female horse
Look for To search
Hump Something on a camel’s back
Plenty of A lot of
Woods Forest
Word Opposite
Get off Get in / on
Big Small
Usual Unusual
Possible Impossible
New Old
Male Female
Live Die
Life Death
Alive Dead
Different The same
Heavy Light
Cold Hot
Long Short
Valuable Worthless
Young Old
Outside Inside
Left Right
Near Far
High Low
Deep Shallow
Wide Narrow
Get up Sleep
Appear Disappear
Appearance Disappearance
White Black
Awake Asleep
Expensive Cheap
Interesting Boring
Happy Sad
Quiet Noisy
Slowly Quickly or fast
Thick Thin
Fat Slim or thin
Expected Unexpected
Verbs Nouns Adjectives
Rectangle Rectangular
Circle Circular or round
Curve Curved
Square Square
Triangle Triangular
Straight Straight
Describe Description
Appear Appearance
Disappear Disappearance
Lose Loss Lost
Live Life Alive
Die Death Dead
Value Valuable
Height High
Strengthen Strength Strong
Weakness Weak
Rain Rain Rainy
Mist Misty
Sun Sunny
Wind Windy
Drive Drive
Worry Worry Worried
Sing Song
Drink Drink
Climb Climbing
Smartness Smart
Politeness Polite
Patience Patient
Diligence Diligent
Think Thought
Yemen Modern School Subject: English
Boy Section Section: English
Class: 12
Unit (2)
Word Meaning
Start Commence / begin
Scary Frightening
Wed Marry
Sweetheart Someone you love
Synonyms Words with the same meaning.
Antonyms Words with the opposite meaning
Diligent Hard- working
Recklessly Carelessly
Telescope Something used to study the stars.
Compound words Two known words make a new word.
Painkiller Medicine
Exhausted Very tired
Sensible Reasonable
Tidy- Tidily Neat – Neatly.
Adventures Exploits
Make out Solve
Evergreen A plant that is always green
Scare Fear
Rescue Save
Collapse Fall down
Childhood The early part of a person’s life
Observe Watch carefully
Recover Get back to normal health
Start operation Start working
Rare Uncommon
Giant Huge
Discover Find out
Demolish Pull down / Destroy
Injured Hurt
Provide Supply
Terrible- Awful Very bad
A brilliant dream A very good dream
Escape Run away
Lost my hold on Could no longer hold
Nightmare Frightening dream
Nearly Almost
Destroy Damage
Illness Disease
Starve Die of hunger
Disappear Vanish
Tore Pulled
Plantation Land planted with trees or crops
Flattened Blown down to the ground
Landslide Earth slipping down a mountain
Swept Moved quickly
Homeless Having nowhere to live
Measuring Finding the size of something
Scale System of units for describing the size of things
Take charge of Take the responsibility for
Effort Trying to do something
With bare hands Doing something without tools
Every fifth One in five
Word Definitions
Disaster An event that causes a great damage
Forest A very large wood
Drought A water shortage after along period with no rain.
Flood Deep water over normally dry land
Flash flood \deep water over normally dry land that moves
quickly
Epidemic An illness that spreads quickly and affects many
people.
Volcano A mountain with a hole in the top.
Volcanic Eruption A bursting out of the molten rocks.
Famine A shortage of food
Hurricane A powerful storm with strong winds
The Crust The hard rocky surface of the earth.
Plates Sections of The earth crust
Fault Line The place where two plates meet.
Earthquake The shaking of the ground when two plates moves
along a fault line.
Richter Scale A scale for measuring the strength of an
earthquake.
Word formation To combine two known words to make a new
word
Stem The part of a word that is common to all forms of
that word.
Prefix A group of letters that is added to the beginning of
a word to change its meaning.
Suffix A group of letters that is added to the end of a
word to change its parts of speech.
Victim A person who died in an accident
Dam A wall to store water
Boxer A person who fight to win money
Unit(2)
Words Opposites
Difficult Simple / easy
Present Past
Scruffy Well dressed
Silly Sensible
nightmare brilliant dream
slow down hurry up
natural Artificial
Liquid Solid
Local International
Slight total / great
Increase Decrease
Cheap Expensive
Worst Best
Inside Outside
Yemen Modern School Subject: English
Boy Section Section: English
Class: 12. Worksheet
Q: Choose the best meaning:
1. Swept (moved quickly – covered – moved slowly)
2. Turning over the soil (watering – ploughing – growing – digging)
3. Brilliant (very dark – very good – good)
4. Moved quickly (swept – tore – run – dry – rain)
5. Excellent (very good – not bad – good)
6. Opposite of left (right – wrong – read )
7. Blown down to the ground (flattened- swept – wash)
8. Danger ( safe – risk – save)
9. Neat (near – tired – tidy)
10. Rescued (examined – recovered – saved)
11. Uncommon (rare – usual – famous – known)
12. Watch carefully ( look – observe – read)
13. Fall down (collapse – observe – awful )
14. Exhausted (comfortable – interesting – tiring)
15. Eating grass (drinking –chewing cud – playing)
16. Awful ( very good – very excellent – very bad)
17. Stop being exited (calm down – crying – angry)
18. Land planted with trees or a crop (desert – sea – plantation)
19. Not being at work ( week – holiday – day)
20. A chicken’s claw is on its (mouth – feet – wing )
21. Get back to normal health ( sick – hurt – recover)
22. Slight (huge – small – serious)
23. Die of hunger (scarf – struggle – starve)
24. Tore ( pulled –good – many)
25. Discovered (went – was happy – found out)
**The one thing in life that you can change is yourself, but sometimes that makes all the difference to you
and the world!!**
Yemen Modern School Subject: English
Boy Section Section: English
Class: 12
Unit (3)
Words Meanings
Experience Doing and finding about something.
Opportunity Chance
Vacancy Unfilled job
Run Manage
Salary Amount of money as pay
Offering Saying you can have
Willing Ready, Prepared
Advantage Something put you ahead of other people
Qualification Things that show you have had the right training.
Duties What you have to do
Administration Organization and office work
Environment The world around us
Knowledge Knowing about something
Handicapped Disabled people
Driving licence Written permission to drive
First-aid Help given to injured people before the doctor comes
Marketing The science of selling.
Apply Ask for a job officially
Applicant Someone who applies for a job.
get on well with To be liked by other people
Efficient Works well, without wasting time or energy.
Excellent Very , very good
Hobbies Spare-time interests
To put on To organize and perform a play.
To pass To be successful in a test.
Parents Mother and father
Reply Answer
Popular Famous
Advisor Someone who gives you advice
School-leaver Somebody in their last year at school
I don’t know I have no idea
Hopeless Very bad
Recently In the time just before now
That’s it That’s all that I can think of
If I were in your If I were in your position
shoes
Refuse To turn down
Layout Design ( of a text)
Formal Bossiness-like , not friendly
Sir A way of talking politely to a man
Madam A way of talking politely to a woman
Yours faithfully One phrase to end a letter
Jobs Definitions
House builder Someone who builds Houses.
Furniture maker Someone who makes furniture
Bus driver Someone who drives buses
Football player Someone who plays football
Coffee grower Someone who grows coffee
Lion tamer Someone who tames lions
Tightrope walker Someone who walks along tightropes.
Project manager Someone who manages projects
Tourist guide Someone who guides tourists
Firefighter Someone who fights fires
Bookseller Someone who sells books
Taxi-driver Someone who drives taxis
Computer Someone who programs computers
programmer
Dressmaker Someone who makes dresses
Film director Someone who directs films
Newsreader Someone who reads news
Science teacher Someone who teaches science
Bank manager Someone who manages banks
Adjective Nouns Verbs Nouns
Friendly Friendliness Organize Organization
Patient Patience Apply Applicant
Able Ability Experience Experience
Conscientious Conscientiousness Train Training
Successful Success Qualify Qualification
Literate Literacy Administrate Administration
Ambitious Ambition Require Requirement
Adventurous Adventure Know Knowledge
Natural Nature Begin Beginning
Muddy Mud Enjoy Enjoyment
Qualified Qualification Advise Advice
Accept Acceptance
Develop Development
Advertise Advertisement
Interview Interview
Report Reporter
Explain Explanation
Connect Connection
Deal Dealing
Employ Employer
Direct Director
Words Opposites
Sure Unsure
Offer Ask
Increase Decrease
Permanent Temporary
Receive Send
Advantage Disadvantage
Local International
Accept Turn down / refuse
Regular Irregular
Necessary Unnecessary
Formal Informal
Unit (4)
Words Meanings
Grill Cook on coal.
Squeeze Press
Simmer Boil gently
Ingredients Things you use in cooking.
Baharat Mixture of spices
Area Zone - region
Kayak A kind of boat
Igloo A house made of snow
Stem The part that is common to all forms of a word.
Investigate Examine – Check - Find out
Carry out Do
Packed Put in tightly
Brine Salt water
Soft Smooth
Remove Take out
Harvest Take from trees
Belt Long thin strip of rubber
Soak Put in liquid for a long time
Olives Are small black or green fruit
A stone Is a seed found in the middle of the olives
Stuffing Is the process of putting red pepper paste inside the olives
A jar Is a small glass bottle
Laboratory A place where experiments are carried out
Borrowing Taking words from other language
Compound Is a word which is made up of two different words
Words
Vaccination Using a weak form of a disease that lead to immunity
Smallpox Disease that spread in humans
Verbs Nouns
Connect Connection
Prepare Preparation
Cut Cut
Form Form-Formation
Rain Rain
Water Water
Search Search
Discover Discovery
Arrive Arrival
Survive Survival
Remove Removal
Know Knowledge
Define Definition
Measure Measurement
Invent Invention
Examine Examination
Collect Collection
Investigate Investigation
Protect Protection
Conclude Conclusion
Express Expression
Treat Treatment
Serve Service
Contribute Contribution
Experiment Experiment
Mix Mixture
Press Pressure
Divide Division
Decide Decision
Introduce Introduction
Add Addition
Depart Departure
Transmit Transmission
Vaccinate Vaccination
Vaccine
Verbs Nouns
Immunize Immunization -
Immunity
Scientific Definitions
Words Definitions
An acid Is a substance that reacts with bases to produce salts. Or a
substance that has a sharp or sour taste.
A base Is a substance that reacts with acids to produce salts.
An alkalis Are bases that dissolve in water. Or ashes of plants.
The litmus Is a vegetables dye that is used to taste the acidity of solutions.
The PH scale Is a scale used to measure the strength of acids or alkalis
The acid rain Is the rain that contains an acid because of the dissolved gases
of the burned coal or oil in water.
Matters Materials in the universe
States of matter The three different forms of matter: Solid, Liquid and gas
Solids Are states of matter that have fixed shape that cannot changed
easily.
Liquids Are states of matter that have no fixed shape and can only
picked up in a container.
Gases Are states of matter that have no fixed shape and should be
kept in closed containers.
Steam Is the gaseous form of water
The kinetic Theory States that a matter is made up of particles which are always in
motion = ( Always moving).
Light Is a form of energy. Or a form of energy that acts like a stream
of particles.
Quantum Theory States that light is a combination of particles and waves.
Angle of reflection Is an angle at which the light is reflected.
Angle of incidence Is an angle at which the light hits the surface with a normal .
Reflection Is an activity of seeing things. Or
Is a process by which light reflect from a differentobject.
Refraction Is the bending of the light waves when they pass from one
transparent medium to another.
Lenses Are specially-shaped pieces of glass that refract light.
A convex lens Is a lens which is thicker in the middle than at the edges and
can make objects look larger.
A concave lens Is a lens which is thinner in the middle than at the edges and
can make objects look smaller.
Synonyms of some words in the science section
Words Synonyms
Corrode Eat away
Alkali Ashes of plants
Rock Huge stone
Room Space
Matter Material
Form Shape
Particle Molecule
Property Quality
Pick up Carry
Vapour Steam
Packed together Close together
Vacuum Space
Behave Act
State Condition – Form
Motion Always moving
Heat Put something on fire
Hold Carry
Melt Dissolve
Emit Give out
Spilt Divided
Rough Smooth
My great students,
Have Health… Hope….. and Happiness…Take the time to wish upon a star….
And don’t forget……. for even a day…….. How very special you are!!!
By teacher: Saifan Yahya Saifan
