The Pearson Picture Dictionary, authored by Steven J. Molinsky and Bill Bliss, is a comprehensive resource designed to teach vocabulary and communication skills across various everyday topics. It covers personal information, family, classroom actions, everyday activities, community institutions, health, and more, providing illustrations and practical examples for learners. The dictionary also includes a thematic index and glossary for easy reference.
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The Pearson Picture Dictionary, authored by Steven J. Molinsky and Bill Bliss, is a comprehensive resource designed to teach vocabulary and communication skills across various everyday topics. It covers personal information, family, classroom actions, everyday activities, community institutions, health, and more, providing illustrations and practical examples for learners. The dictionary also includes a thematic index and glossary for easy reference.
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PEARSONPICTURE DICTIONARY
Steven J. Molinsky ° Bill Bliss
llustrated by
Richard E. Hill
Wy Solr OECONTENTS
Personal Information and Family
Personal Information
Family Members |
Family Members I!
Pra ee ee
The Classroom
Classroom Actions
Prepositions
Everyday Activities |
Everyday Activities I
Leisure Activities
Everyday Conversation
The Weather
Biswoooe
3 _Numbers/Time/Money/Calendar
Numbers 15
Time 16
Money 7
The Calendar
e Expressions and Seasons
‘Types of Housing and Communities
The Living Room 21
The Dining Room 22
The Bedroom 23
The Kitchen 24
The Baby's Room 25
The Bathroom 26
Outside the Home 27
The Apartment Building 28
Household Problems and Repairs 30
Cleaning Your Home 32
Home Supplies 33
Tools and Hardware 34
Gardening Tools and A 35
Places Around Town |
Places Around Town I 38
The City
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"People and Physical Descriptions 42
Describing People and Things 44
| Describing Physical States and Emotions 46 |
Fruits 48
Vegetables 49
Meat, Poultry, and Seafood 50
Dairy Products, Juices, and Beverages 31
Deli, Frozen Foods, and Snack Foods 52
Groceries 53
Household Supplies, Baby Products,
and Pet Food 54
‘The Supermarket 55
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37
Containers and Quantities
Units of Measure
Food Preparation and Recipes 58 |
Kitchen Utensils and Cookware 59
Fast Food 60
The Coffee Shop and Sandwiches ot!
The Restaurant 62
A Restaurant Menu 6a
Cate
Colors
Clothing
Outerwear
Sleepwear and Underwear
Exercise Clothing and Footwear
Jewelry and Accessories
Describing Clothing
Clothing Problems and Alterations
Laundry
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The Department Store 74
Shopping 7
Video and Audio Equipment 76 |
Telephones and Cameras 7}
Computers 78
The Toy Store 79 |
ena deed
The Bank
Finances
The Post Office
The Library
Community Institutions
Crime and EmergenciesThe Body
Ailments, Symptoms, and Injuries
First Aid
Medical Emergencies and Illnesses
The Medical Exam
Medical and Dental Procedures
Medical Advice
Med
Medical Specialists
The Hospital
Personal Hygiene
Baby Care
Eeoits ca eines
Types of Schools
The School
School Subjects
Extracurricular Activities
Mathematics
Measurements and Geometric Shapes
English Language Arts and Composition
Literature and Writing
Geography
Science
The Universe
Occupations |
Occupations I
Job Skills and Activities
Job Search
The Workplace
Office Supplies and Equipment
The Factory
The Construction Site
Job Safety
eto ateub e
Public Transportation
Types of Vehicles
Car Parts and Maintenance
Highways and Streets
Prepositions of Motion
Traffic Signs and Directions
The Airport
Airplane Travel
The Hotel
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102
103
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105
106
107
108
109
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Hobbies, Crafts, and Games
Places to Go
The Park and the Playground
The Beach
Outdoor Recreation
Individual Sports and Recreation
Team Sports
‘Team Sports Equipment
Winter Sports and Recreation
Water Sports and Recreation
Sport and Exercise Actions
Entertainment
Types of Entertainment
Musical Instruments
The Farm and Farm Animals 151
Animals and Pets 152
Birds and Insects 154
Fish, Sea Animals, and Reptiles 155
Trees, Plants, and Flowers 156
Energy, Conservation, and the Environment 158
Natural Disasters 159
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Types of Travel
Arriving at a Destination 161
Hotel Communication 162
Tourist Activities 163
Tourist Communication 164
The World
North America, Central Amé
the Caribbean 168
South America 169
Europe 170
Africa and the Middle East m1
Asia and Australi 172
Countries, Nationalities, and Languages 173
Verb Lists 174
Glossary 176
Numbers, Days of the Week,
Months of the Year 194
Thematic IndexSCOPE & SEQUENCE
ace
Person
Information ond
Fonily
| Gonmenity
‘Communication Skills
'* Asking for & giving personal information
lentilying information on a form
‘Spelling name aloud
‘identtying family members
*lotreducing ethers
“Identifying clsstaom abject & locations
‘identifying classroom acions
Giving & folowing simple classroom commends
‘Identifying everyday & leisure actives
‘loquiting by phone abou o person's actives
* Atking about a persons plon for fre actos
‘Sociol communication: Greeting people, leave foking, Introducing youself
‘Wothrs, Going someones ateion, Expressing grtivge, Saying you
don't understand, Calieg someone on the telephone
‘Detcrbing the weather
* Interpreting lemperatires ona thermometer (Fahrenheit & Centigrade)
‘Describing the weather forecas! for tomorrow
Using cardinal & ordinal numbers
*Giving information about age, rumber of fomily members, residence
‘Teling ime
dicating time of events
sking for information about arrival & deprive times
‘Identifying coins & currency ~ names & volves
‘Making & osking for change
‘identifying days ofthe wesk
‘denying months ofthe year
‘Asking about he yeor, month, day, date
+ Asking abou! the date of a bithday, cnnversory, appointment
Giving date of ie
‘denying lyoes of housing & communities
‘Requesting @ tox
*Caling 911 for an ambulance
‘ denifying rooms of « home
‘denifying furniture
melimenting
+ Asking for information in a store
‘locating items in a store
‘Asking abou items on sole
‘Asking the location of items at home:
‘Teling about post weskend octvites
‘denying locations in an apariment building
‘Identifying ways te look for housing: clossifed ads, listings, vacaney signs
‘Renting an cpariment
scribing household problems
‘Securing home repair services
‘Making @ suggestion
*Idenifying household deaning ems, home supplies, & tools
‘Asking 0 borrow an iem
* Describing curent home ectvtes& plans for fire octvitos
‘ldentfying places in the commenity
‘Exchanging greetings
* Asking & giving the location of places in the community
‘Identifying government buildings, services, & other places ina cily/town
‘center
‘Identifying modes of transportation in a city/town center
eee
‘Telling about yourselt
ling about family members
sawing a family ree
escrbing o classroom
olist of dally octivties
ing daily routine
a. of ond otis
* Describing favorite leisure activities
* Describing the weabher
* Describing numbers of students in class
* ldenifying a county's population
‘Describing deilyschedle wit imes
*Toling ebout ime menagem
*Taling abou! the use oF time indifferent
cules or counties
* Describing the cos of purchasos
* Describing coins & currency of oer
cenuree
‘Describing weekday & weekend actvitos
ing about favorita day oF the week &
ron cl he yeor
* Describing pes of hosing where people
‘Describing rooms & furniture in @ residence
‘“Toling about boby products & early chile
rearing practices in diferent countries
‘Toling about personal experiences with
repairing things
‘Describing on aporment building
‘Describing housahold cleaning chores
“Describing ploces in @ neighborhood
‘Making list of ploces, people, & actions
‘observed at an infersactionthing
* Describing people by oge
* Describing people by physical characteristics
‘Describing a suspect or missing person to a palce officer
‘Describing people & things using adjectives
Describing physical states 8 emotions
‘Expressing concern about another person's physical stole or emotion
denying foad items (ruts, vegetables, mech, poulry, seafood, de
aa oer aera call Renna sae eee
* Identifying nonfood toms purchased in a supermarket (eg. hoveehold
‘pple, aby predvet, pt food)
«Determining foad needs to make a shopping list
* Asking the locaton of feme in o supermerkat
*dntying supermarket sactons
‘Requesting ems ota service countrin a superna
“denying supermarket checkout reo personnel & fme
*ldenifying food confoivers & quaniies
Idenifying units of meosore
* Asking for & giving recipe incrcions
* Complimening someone on &reipe
* Offering to help wih food preparovon
“denying food preparation actions
*Ideniying kitchen von & cookware
+ Asking lo borrow cn tem
* Comprehendingprodectadvering
‘Ordering fot fod items, colle shop tems, & sandwiches
indicating ¢shortege of supplies io 0 coworker or sypevior
‘Taking customers’ orders alo food service countor
Scone cieaeatotee nl ereeel eee
*htckng & flowing requests ot work
*Idenifying & correcly posioning sverwore & plates ina table seting
*Ingvring n person about restaurant jb openings
* Ordering rom e resourant menu
Cling eta crtay este Vee oreo acetal
* denying colors
_Gorplinening someone on cong : a
“Identifying clothing ilom, Including outerwear, sleepwear, underwear,
arcs Sarina cones omy een
*Toling obout appropriate clothing for diferent weather conditions
* Expressing clothing needs o a sore salesperson
“locating cohing Hens
‘Inquiting about ownership of found clething tems
*Indcatng less of@ clothing item
* Asking about sale prices ino clothing store
*Reporing thf ofa lthing tem othe police
*Siting preferences during clathing shopping
* Expressing pcoblems with clothing & the need for alterations
“Idenifying laundry objects & octvties
‘Locating londry prodocts inc sore
Cee
‘* Describing physical characteristics of
yoursal amy members
* Describing physical characteristics of a
{evorie ater or acess o ther Famous
person
* Describing things at home & in the
community
*Teling abou! personel experiences wih
| Siterentemofons
* Describing favorite & leost favorite foods
* Describing foods in diferent countries
* Making a shopping lit
* Describing places to shop for food
* Telling about diferences between
supermarkets & food stores in ifferent
* Making lst of tems in kitchen cabinets &
the refrigerator
* Describing recycling practices
*Deseribing o favorite recipe using units of
"Teling cout use of kichen ens &
‘Talling gbout experience with diferent
‘typos of resouranis
* Describing restaurants and mens in
diferent counties
‘= Daseribing favorite foods ordered in
restouronts
+= Describing the fags of diferent counties
‘Taling about emotions cssocicted with
aiferent colors
Teling about clothing & coors you lik to.
_Deciing cating woo iran
‘cotton e.g, going lo schools, porte,
vwecings)
‘Taling about clothing worn in diffrent
weather conditions
‘Tling obout clothing warn during exercise
ecivites
eile eects
iferent octvies -
‘Describing the color, materiol, size, &
pattern of favorite clothing items
+ Comparing clothing fashions now & a long
fine 996
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