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Pronunciation symbols

/p/ = pen /w/ = way


/b/ = bad /e/ = let
/t/ = tap // = add
/d/ = do /i/ = teeth
/k/ = can /i/ = bit
/ / = get /ɑ/ = art
/f/ = few /ɒ/ = dog
/v/ = view /ɔ/ = form
/θ/ = throw /υ/ = put
/ð/ = though /u/ = do
/s/ = see // = cup
/z/ = zoo / / = skirt
/ʃ/ = shop /ə/ = the
// = measure /ei/ = make
/tʃ/ = cheese /əυ/ = home
/d/ = join /ai/ = fly
/m/ = man /aυ/ = now
/n/ = not /ɔi/ = enjoy
/ŋ/ = ring /iə/ = near
/h/ = hot /eə/ = care
/l/ = let /υə/ = poor
/r/ = rain / / = main stress after / ɑftə/
/j/ = yet / / = secondary stress afternoon / ɑftə nun/

Abbreviations
noun = podstatné meno
adj. = prídavné meno
verb = sloveso
adv. = príslovka
pron = zámeno
prep = predložka
number = èíslovka

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Mobil: 0911 710 737 [email protected]
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Back to School DVD player / di vi di pleiə/ n DVD prehrávaè She
put the disk in the DVD player and watched the film.
abroad /ə brɔd/ adv zahranièie, do zahranièia Many English / iŋ liʃ/ n angliètina More people speak English
British people go abroad for their holidays. than any other language.
age /eid/ n vek What age is your dad? family / fməli/ n rodina She has a large family – four
animal / niməl/ n zviera They keep several animals in the sisters and five brothers.
house – three rabbits, a cat and a dog. fan /fn/ n fanúšik 3000 fans went to the rock concert.
answer / ɑnsə/ v odpoveï I‘ll ask the questions and you fantastic /fn tstik/ adj fantastický I think their music
can answer them. is fantastic!
are there / ɑ ðə, ðeə/ v phr sú tam, je tam How many favourite / feivərit/ adj ob¾úbený Which is your favourite
children are there in the classroom? Harry Potter book?
art /ɑt/ n umenie I don‘t like art – I just can‘t draw. film star / film stɑ/ n filmová hviezda Tom Cruise is a very
ask /ɑsk/ v pýta sa Ask your friend one question, and then famous film star and earns lots of money.
he‘ll ask you one. Friday / fraidi, dei/ n piatok Shall we go to the cinema
at home /ət həυm/ adv phr doma I left my workbook at home. on Friday?
at the coast /ət ðə kəυst/ adv phr na pobreží They spent geography /di ɒ rəfi, dɒ / n zemepis This geography
two weeks on holiday at the coast. lesson is about lakes and rivers in England.
bag /b / n vak, taška, vrecko Put your shopping in girlfriend / lfrend/ n priate¾ka „Is she your girlfriend?“
this bag. „No, but we sometimes go to the cinema together.“
be into /bi intə, intυ/ phr v zaujíma sa o I‘m not into glue / lu/ n lepidlo We can join the pieces of the model
model aeroplanes – I prefer model railways. together with glue.
be like /bi laik/ phr v by ako What was the weather like? grandparents / rn peərənts/ n pl starí rodièia I
black /blk/ adj, n èierny I have a pair of black shoes on have two sets of grandparents – my mum‘s parents and my dad‘s
my feet. parents.
blackboard / blkbɔd/ n tabu¾a Use this chalk to write green / rin/ adj, n zelený The trees are not very green in
on the blackboard. winter.
book /bυk/ n kniha This book is full of interesting information. hasn’t (got) / hzənt/ aux nema (3. os. j. è. ) My brother
boyfriend / bɔifrend/ n priate¾ John is Jenny‘s boyfriend hasn‘t got a chance of getting a girlfriend.
– they do everything together. have (got) /həv, hv/ aux ma Have you got a dictionary?
campsite kmpsait/ n stanový tábor, camp We stayed history / histəri/ n dejepis We learnt about the Roman
on a campsite in France last month. Empire in a history lesson.
can /kən, kn/ aux môc, vedie I can say hello and goodbye hobbies / hɒbiz/ n pl zá¾uby, hobby My hobbies are
in Italian. fishing, taking photographs and football.
CD-Rom / si di rɒm/ n CD-ROM You can get the dictionary holidays / hɒlədiz/ n pl prázdniny Where are you going
as a book or on a CD-Rom. for your holidays this year?
chair /tʃeə/ n stolièka I bought six chairs to go with the dining hotel /həυ tel/ n hotel We stayed at a lovely hotel on the
table. side of the lake.
classroom / klɑsrυm, rum/ n trieda (miestnos) house /haυs/ n dom Our house is very small – it only has
There are twenty desks in my classroom. one bedroom.
clothes /kləυðz, kləυz/ n pl obleèenie Clothes keep you in the country /in ðə kntri/ adv phr na vidieku We
warm and they make you look good, too. live in a city, so we like to have holidays in the country.
cloudy / klaυdi/ adj oblaèný It was cloudy today but it will instructions /in strkʃənz/ n pl inštrukcie, pokyny I
be sunny tomorrow. can‘t understand the instructions for making this cake.
coast /kəυst/ n pobrežie I was at the coast. interest / intrəst/ n záujem Making pottery is one of my
cold /kəυld/ adj chladný, studený Put your sweater on mother‘s interests.
– it´s cold outside. interested in / intrəstid in/ adj phr zaujíma sa o
computer /kəm pjutə/ n poèítaè I use my computer to I‘m not interested in collecting stamps – I prefer baseball and
get my e-mail. cricket.
dancer / dɑnsə/ n taneèník My sister is a dancer with the interesting / intrəstiŋ/ adj zaujímavý My dad has an
Royal Ballet. interesting book about American history.
desk /desk/ n lavica, pracovný stôl He sat at his desk into / intə, intυ/ prep v, vo, do, dovnútra Put things into
and wrote a letter. your school bag.
dictionary / dikʃənəri/ n slovník Look up the spelling or is there / iz ðə, ðeə/ v phr je tam „Is there anybody at
pronunciation in a dictionary. home?“ „Yes, I‘m in here.“
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lesson / lesən/ n lekcia, hodina Our next lesson is Chemistry say hello / sei hə ləυ/ v phr poveda ahoj, pozdravi
– I think it‘s really boring. sa How do you say hello in Polish?
like /laik/ prep podobný, rovnaký, taký ako „What is science / saiəns/ n (prírodná) veda Chemistry, physics
he like?“ „ He is like his father.“ and biology are the main science subjects.
likes and dislikes / laiks ən dislaiks/ n phr ob¾úbené scissors / sizəz/ n nožnice Sarah cut out the picture with
a neob¾úbené veci Tell me your likes and dislikes before her scissors.
I go to the shop for food. shop /ʃɒp/ n obchod I‘d like to go to the shop for a Sunday
maths /mθs/ n matematika You can use a calculator newspaper.
when you do these maths questions. sister / sistə/ n sestra My sister lives in the south of England.
Monday / mndi, dei/ n pondelok She has to go back to sport /spɔt/ n šport Which sport is your favourite – football
work on Monday. or rugby?
music / mjuzik/ n hudba He likes classical music but I prefer Students‘ Book / stjudənts bυk/ n uèebnica Give
pop and rock. every pupil a Students‘ Book.
name /neim/ n meno She changed her name from Benson summer / smə/ n leto We had a very rainy summer this year.
to Smith when she got married. Sunday / sndi, dei/ n nede¾a He won a million pounds
nationality / nʃə nləti/ n národnos He changed his on TV last Sunday!
nationality when he went to live in the USA. sunny / sni/ adj slneèný The weather is going to be bright
not bad / nɒt bd/ adj phr nie zlý „Do you like this new ice and sunny tomorrow.
cream?“ „Yes, it‘s not bad.“ talk /tɔk/ v rozpráva I talked to my brother for two hours
notebook / nəυtbυk/ n poznámkový blok The policeman on the phone yesterday.
wrote my name down in his notebook. teacher / titʃə/ n uèite¾ Our new teacher knows lots about
page /peid/ n strana How many words are there on this foreign languages.
page? television / telə viən, telə viən/ n televízia There‘s
paper / peipə/ n papier The printer has run out of paper. a television programme about French tonight at 7:30.
PE / pi i/ n telesná výchova PE teachers need to be thing /θiŋ/ n vec Will you get me a few things from the
very fit and healthy. supermarket, please?
pen /pen/ n pero Can I use your pen to write this down? Thursday / θ zdi, dei/ n štvrtok I go to football practice
pencil / pensəl/ n ceruzka The artist drew a picture with on Thursdays.
a pencil. timetable / taim teibəl/ n rozvrh I don‘t know when the
pencil case / pensəl keis/ n peraèník There are different next lesson starts – I‘ll check the timetable.
coloured pencils in my pencil case. Tuesday / tjuzdi, dei/ n utorok The football match is
people / pipəl/ n pl ¾udia There are thousands of people on Tuesday.
outside the palace and they all want to see the Queen. understand / ndə stnd/ v rozumie I don‘t understand
photo / fəυtəυ/ n fotografia I took 20 photos yesterday this question – what does it mean?
with my new camera. weather / weðə/ n poèasie What‘s the weather like in Florida
place /pleis/ n miesto Crete is a great place for a summer in summer?
holiday. Wednesday / wenzdi, dei/ n streda Some shops close
poster / pəυstə/ n poster, plagát There were posters on Wednesday afternoons.
about the circus all over town. weekend / wik end, wikend/ n víkend Most people
price /prais/ n cena The price of this coat is £50. don‘t have to work at the weekend.
question / kwestʃən/ n otázka The questions in that exam whose /huz/ determiner, pron èí, èia, èie „Whose bag is
were really difficult. this?“ „It‘s mine, thank you very much.“
rainy / reini/ adj daždivý We were on holiday for 14 days workbook / w kbυk/ n pracovný zošit, cvièebnica
and ten of them were rainy. Write all the answers in your workbooks.
read /rid/ v èíta Read a book or play cards – it‘s rainy again write /rait/ v písa Write your name at the top of the page,
today. and then begin the test.
red /red/ adj, n èervený The little girl had red paint all over your language /jɔ lŋ wid/ n phr tvoj/váš jazyk
her clothes and hands. How do you say „hello“ in your language?
rubber / rbə/ n guma He used the rubber to remove two
words from the sentence.
ruler / rulə/ n pravítko A ruler is used for drawing straight
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lines.
a bit /ə bit/ n kúsok, troška I feel a bit ill today – I‘m not
Saturday / stədi, dei/ n sobota We‘re going on holiday
going to school.
next Saturday.
a lot /ə lɒt/ n ve¾a This shark has a lot of teeth.
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activity /k tivəti/ n aktivita, èinnos You can take part chatroom / tʃtrυm, rum/ n chatroom People in
in lots of activities on this holiday. chatrooms don‘t always say who they really are.
after / ɑftə/ adv, conj, prep potom, po, cez Let´s meet chess /tʃes/ n šach A chess board has 64 squares on it, 32
after lunch. black and 32 white.
all right / ɔl rait/ spoken v poriadku „Will you take my church /tʃ tʃ/ n kostol We go to church nearly every Sunday.
photo?“ „All right, give me your camera.“ cinema / sinəmə/ n kino What‘s on at the cinema this week?
always / ɔlwəz, weiz/ adv vždy I always have a cup of class /klɑs/ n vyuèovacia hodina, lekcia Have you
coffee for my breakfast. done your homework for the History class?
amazing /ə meiziŋ/ adj úžasný, ohromujúci The story classical music / klsikəl mjuzik/ n klasická
was so amazing I could hardly believe it. hudba Mozart wrote classical music in the 18th century.
angry / ŋ ri/ adj nahnevaný Dad‘s angry because you climate / klaimət/ n klíma, podnebie All over the world
crashed his car. the climate is changing.
around the world /ə raυnd ðə w ld/ adv phr okolo collecting /kə lektiŋ/ n zbieranie Collecting things, like
sveta, po svete The students come from many countries stamps, books and records, is his hobby.
around the world. college / kɒlid/ n vysoká škola After school, he‘s going
back /bk/ n chrbát She went to the doctor because her on to college to study English.
back hurts. competition / kɒmpə tiʃən/ n súaž I like the competitions
beach /bitʃ/ n pláž The children looked for shells on the beach. in the newspaper at the weekend.
beautiful / bjutifəl/ adj krásny That actress has a beautiful computer game /kəm pjutə eim/ n poèítaèová
face but an ugly boyfriend. hra He played that computer game for four hours yesterday.
because /bi kɒz, bi kəz/ conj pretože I don‘t like her cooking / kυkiŋ/ n varenie A chef does a lot of cooking in
because she tells lies. a restaurant.
become /bi km/ v sta sa Study hard and you‘ll become countryside / kntrisaid/ n vidiek, príroda They‘ve ruined
a brilliant English speaker. the countryside with all these motorways.
behind sb’s back /bi haind smbədiz bk/ adv phr za cousin / kzən/ n bratranec, sesternica He‘s my cousin
nieèím chrbtom He‘s always telling lies behind my back. – my mother‘s brother‘s son.
bill /bil/ n úèet Tell the waiter we‘d like the bill, please. creative /kri eitiv/ adj tvorivý Be creative - design a completely
billion / biljən/ n miliarda (US), bilión (GB) Paying for new range of clothes.
hospitals and nurses costs billions of pounds. culture / kltʃə/ n kultúra Some things are polite in certain
birthday / b θdei/ n narodeniny My birthday is on the cultures but rude in others.
seventh of July – when‘s yours? customer service department / kstəmə s vis
brochure / brəυʃə, ʃυə/ n brožúra Let‘s pick up some di pɑtmənt/ n oddelenie služieb zákazníkom Tell
holiday brochures and decide where to go. the Customer Service Department what your problem is.
business / biznəs/ n obchod, biznis, živnos He works cycle / saikəl/ v bicyklova, ís na bicykli I cycle to school
hard for his Dad‘s business. on Mondays but I get the bus on the other days.
busy / bizi/ adj zaneprázdnený, rušný You can‘t speak cycling / saikliŋ/ n bicyklovanie Cycling is popular in
to him just now, he‘s very busy. Holland because the roads are very flat.
buy /bai/ v kúpi Will you buy me some sweets when you go dad /dd/ n ocko Does your dad still work in the bank?
to the shop? dangerous / deindərəs/ adj nebezpeèný This road is
call /kɔl/ v zavola I‘ll call you again tomorrow at the same time. dangerous – everyone drives very fast.
can’t /kɑnt/ aux nemôc We can‘t go shopping because date of birth / deit əv b θ/ n dátum narodenia Write
we have no money. your name and date of birth at the top of the paper.
can‘t stand / kɑnt stnd/ v phr nemôc vystá My design /di zain/ v navrhova (dizajn) Architects design
brother can‘t stand you – he thinks you‘re horrible! buildings for a living.
capital / kpitl/ n hlavné mesto Edinburgh is the capital different / difrənt/ adj iný, odlišný That‘s not the magazine
of Scotland. I usually buy, it‘s a different one.
card /kɑd/ n karta, poh¾adnica How many cards did you dog /dɒ / n pes I take the dog for a walk in the park every
get at Christmas? morning.
castle / kɑsəl/ n zámok There are lots of castles in don’t /dəυnt/ aux pom. sloveso, vyjadrenie záporu
Scotland and Ireland. I don‘t like maths but I do like history.
century / sentʃəri/ n storoèie They built many of these drawing / drɔiŋ/ n kreslenie Sadie made a drawing of a little
houses in the last century. boy and a little girl.
chat /tʃt/ v, n rozpráva sa, keca/ pokec I don‘t drive /draiv/ v jazdi, šoférova Will you drive me to
want a long talk, just a short chat. the airport when I go on holiday?
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dry /drai/ adj suchý It‘s hot and dry in the middle of the desert. good fun / υd fn/ n phr dobrá zábava He isn‘t really
easy / izi/ adj ¾ahký, jednoduchý Ask me some easy rude – it‘s just good fun.
questions about computers. good idea / υd ai diə/ n phr dobrý nápad He turned his
e-greeting / i ritiŋ/ n internetové blahoželanie good idea into a business and made lots of money.
I send e-greetings instead of paper birthday cards. grandma / rnmɑ/ n starká, babièka Her grandma
e-mail / i meil/ n e-mail I got 17 e-mails from friends on my looks after her when her mum is at work.
birthday. great / reit/ adj skvelý, ohromný It would be great if you
Emerald Isle / emərəld ail/ n Smaragdový ostrov could come with us.
People call Ireland „the Emerald Isle“ because it‘s very green. guitar / i tɑ/ n gitara My guitar has twelve strings instead
every night / evri nait/ adv phr každú noc There are of the usual six.
lots of pubs, so you can go to a different one every night. guitarist / i tɑrist/ n gitarista Jimi Hendrix was a brilliant
exam /i zm/ n skúška She passed the exams and will be guitarist.
going to university next year. hardly ever / hɑdli evə/ adv phr sotva, ažko I hardly
exhibit /i zibit/ n výstava There‘s a new exhibit on Egypt ever see my brother – he lives in South America.
at the museum. hard-working / hɑd w kiŋ/ adj tvrdo/ažko
explore /ik splɔ/ v prebáda Doctor Livingstone explored pracujúci, usilovný She‘s a hard-working student and will
the unknown parts of Africa. probably pass all her exams.
famous / feiməs/ adj slávny They took photos of all the hate /heit/ v nema rád, nenávidie She hates getting
famous places in Wales. up so early in the mornings.
fantastic /fn tstik/ adj fantastický The new film is have a laugh /hv ə lɑf/ phr nasmia sa, zabáva
out, and it‘s really fantastic! sa We won‘t make any money but we‘ll have a laugh!
fashion / fʃən/ n móda She‘s interested in fashion, and helpful / helpfəl/ adj nápomocný His comments were
designs all her own clothes. rude and not very helpful.
fishing / fiʃiŋ/ n rybárèenie Fishing is one of Britain‘s historic /hi stɒrik/ adj historický In the 1960s the
most popular activities. Americans made the first, historic landing on the moon.
football team / fυtbɔl tim/ n futbalový tím Which home phone / həυm fəυn/ n pevná linka Ring me on
football team do you like best? my home phone – my mobile isn‘t working.
for /fə, fɔ/ prep pre, na, pretože, za I‘m waiting for the honest / ɒnəst/ adj èestný Jean is always honest and never
number 98 bus. tells lies.
for example /fər i zɑmpəl/ phr napríklad She likes horse riding / hɔs raidiŋ/ n jazdenie na koni You can
books and plays – for example, Shakespeare and Tolstoy. go horse riding in the mountains on this holiday.
French /frentʃ/ n, adj francúzština, francúzsky hundreds of / hndrədz əv, ɒv/ n phr stovky There were
French is not a difficult language to learn. hundreds of people in the queue.
friend /frend/ n kamarát He‘s an old friend – we‘ve known idea /ai diə/ n myšlienka, nápad Use the ideas above
him for many years. and your own ideas.
friendly / frendli/ adj priate¾ský The shop assistant was illustrate / iləstreit/ v ilustrova My sister illustrates
very friendly and helpful. children‘s picture books.
fun /fn/ n zábava Did you have fun with your friends? in a mess /in ə mes/ adj phr v neporiadku The room
funny / fni/ adj zábavný The jokes he told were so funny was in a mess – there were clothes all over the floor.
we couldn‘t stop laughing. information / infə meiʃən/ n informácie Where can I get
gadget / dət/ n prístroj I‘ve bought a great gadget for information about train times?
cutting up onions. instant message / instənt mesid/ n okamžitá správa
get up / et p / v phr vsta Will you get up out of that chair, When John sends me an instant message I see it straight away
please, and go to the shop for me? on my screen.
get on with / et ɒn wið / phr v vychádza s (niekým) inventor /in ventə/ n vynálezca Edwin Land was the inventor
She doesn‘t get on with her sister – they argue about of the Polaroid camera.
everything. Ireland / aiələnd/ n Írsko Ireland is a great place for a quiet,
go / əυ/ v ís Do you want to go with me to the party tonight? relaxing holiday.
go out with / əυ aυt/ phr v chodi s (chlapcom, Irish / aiəriʃ/ adj írsky His mum is Irish – she comes from
dievèaom) She‘s going out with my friend‘s brother. Dublin.
good / υd/ adj dobrý Father Christmas only brings presents Jamaica /də meikə/ n Jamajka Jamaica is an island in
to good, well-behaved children. the Caribbean.
good at / υd ət, t/ adj phr dobrý v/vo My mum‘s very keep in touch / kip in ttʃ/ v phr osta v kontakte
good at Geography and History. We kept in touch by e-mail when he lived abroad.
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kiss /kis/ v bozkáva Grandma kissed me goodnight and museum /mju ziəm/ n múzeum The Museum of Science
then went home to her house. has lots of information on the planets.
language / lŋ wid/ n jazyk He‘s very clever and can Net /net/ n sie, internet My computer has broken so I can‘t
speak at least six languages. use the Net.
late /leit/ adj, adv neskorý, neskoro I got up late and never / nevə/ adv nikdy I never go to clubs – I‘m not old
missed the bus this morning. enough yet.
laugh / lɑf/ n smiech He has a very loud laugh. news /njuz/ n správy, noviny Anna has some news – she
lazy / leizi/ adj lenivý Ben is very lazy and never gets up is getting married!
before 10 o‘clock. newspaper / njus peipə/ n noviny Have you seen the
leave it out / liv it aυt/ phr vynecha nieèo Leave it Christmas quiz in today‘s newspaper?
out, Moni! I don‘t like being teased. night life / nait laif/ n noèný život Leeds is very good for
legend / ledənd/ n legenda Have you heard the legend of night life – there are lots of bars and clubs.
the King of the Fairies? none of your business / nn əv jɔ biznəs/ phr nie
letter / letə/ n list When Mum worked abroad she sent me a je to tvoja vec/záležitos I‘m not telling you – it‘s none
letter every week. of your business.
library / laibrəri, bri/ n knižnica Take these books back not very good / nɒt veri υd/ adj phr nie ve¾mi dobrý
to the library for me, please. The new Maths teacher isn‘t very good – he talks too quickly.
like /laik/ v ma rád Most people don‘t like cold baths. (not) very much / nɒt veri mtʃ/ adv phr (nie) ve¾mi
listener / lisənə/ n poslucháè I talk too much, but she‘s ve¾a / (nie) ve¾mi Jack didn‘t like the book very much and
a good listener. didn‘t finish it.
live /liv/ v ži I live in Leeds now, but I come from Scotland. now /naυ/ adv teraz I‘m going home now – it‘s after 12
Londoner / lndənə/ n Londýnèan Millions of Londoners o‘clock.
travel to work on the Underground. official /ə fiʃəl/ adj oficiálny The government will produce
look after / lυk ɑftə / phr v stara sa o I‘m going to look an official report.
after their dogs while they are on holiday. often / ɒfən, ɒftən/ adv èasto She often gets the answers
love /lv/ v ¾úbi, ma rád I love chocolate – I can‘t stop right but sometimes she‘s wrong.
eating it. okay / əυ kei/ adj dobrý, fajn, O. K. This book is okay, but
lyrics / liriks/ n pl text piesne The singer has forgotten the I don‘t want to read all of it.
lyrics of the song. Olympics /ə limpiks/ n sing/pl Olympiáda The London
magic powers / mdik paυəz/ n pl zázraèné sily Olympics are in 2012.
The witch used her magic powers to turn me into a frog. outgoing / aυt əυiŋ/ adj otvorený, spoloèenský My
machine /mə ʃin/ n prístroj, zariadenie A TV is a sister loves meeting people and has an outgoing personality.
machine for showing moving pictures. painting / peintiŋ/ n ma¾ba The famous painting of the
make /meik/ v vyrobi He made a machine for recording TV Mona Lisa is in an art gallery in Paris.
programmes onto DVDs. parents / peərənts/ n pl rodièia Both her parents work in
maybe / meibi/ adv možno I don’t know – maybe I‘ll come London all week.
and maybe I won‘t. park /pɑk/ n park I‘m going to take the dogs for a walk in
meeting / mitiŋ/ n stretnutie The teachers had a meeting the park.
at two o‘clock. part /pɑt/ n èas The first part of the exam was okay but the
mess /mes/ n neporiadok Don‘t make a mess in the kitchen. second part was difficult.
I‘ve just cleaned it. party / pɑti/ n párty, veèierok There‘s a party at Jimmy‘s
mind /maind/ v namieta, prekáža I don‘t mind Maths house on Saturday.
but I don‘t like Chemistry. patient / peiʃənt/ adj trpezlivý I don‘t like waiting – I‘m not
mobile (phone) / məυbail, məυbail fəυn/ n mobil, a patient person.
mobilný telefón If your car breaks down, use your mobile pay phone / pei fəυn/ n telefónny automat Where‘s
(phone) to ring for help. the nearest pay phone? I need to call for a taxi.
model aeroplanes / mɒdl eərəpleinz/ n modely lietadiel pen friend / penfrend/ n priate¾ na dopisovanie My
There‘s an exhibition of model aeroplanes this weekend. German penfriend wrote to me again last week.
moody / mudi/ adj náladový Helen was very moody and personal details / p sənəl diteilz/ n pl osobné údaje
angry when she lost. To get a credit card you need to give us some personal details.
much /mtʃ/ adv ve¾a / ove¾a (+ 2.st. príd. m.) I‘m phone card / fəυn kɑd/ n telefónna karta I haven‘t got
going to school today because I feel much better. any money for the phone – can I use your phone card?
mum /mm/ n maminka My mum got married to my dad photography /fə tɒ rəfi/ n fotografia We went to
in 1985. a photography exhibition and saw lots of good photos.
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piano /pi nəυ/ n klavír I learned to play the piano when singing / siŋiŋ/ n spievanie, spev Have you done much
I was five. singing in church choirs?
PIN /pin/ n PIN Key in your PIN and the machine will give you skateboarding / skeitbɔdiŋ/ n skateboardovanie
some cash. Wear your knee and elbow pads when you go skateboarding.
poem / pəυəm/ n báseò Wordsworth wrote a lot of poems skiing / skiiŋ/ n lyžovanie Switzerland in February is
about the English Lake District. a favourite place for skiing holidays.
Poland / pəυlənd/ n Po¾sko Many people came to Leeds snowy / snəυi/ adj snežný, zasnežený Is it very snowy
from Poland in the 1930s. in Poland in winter?
popular / pɒpjυlə/ adj populárny Ireland is a popular sometimes / smtaimz/ adv niekedy Sometimes we go
place to go for a peaceful holiday. to town at the weekend, but often we just stay at home.
population / pɒpjυ leiʃən/ n populácia, obyvate¾stvo song /sɒŋ/ n pieseò I don‘t like his songs – they‘re all about
The population of Poland is about 40 million. how bad he feels.
portrait / pɔtrət/ n portrét Have you seen the portrait of sorry / sɒri/ adj phr ¾úto, ¾utova I‘m sorry I didn‘t call you
the Queen in the National Gallery? last night – the phone wasn‘t working.
prize /praiz/ n cena The newspaper is giving a prize for the speaker / spikə/ n rozprávaè, hovorca Tonight‘s
first correct answer to the quiz. speaker will be talking about gardening.
problem / prɒbləm/ n problém „What‘s the problem?“ „I can‘t spend /spend/ v minú, strávi (èas) How much did you
see properly.“ spend on food this week?
Queen /kwin/ n krá¾ovná Queen Elizabeth II visited India stand /stnd/ v vystá „I hate writing!“ „Me, too. I can‘t
recently. stand it.“
reading / ridiŋ/ n èítanie Reading too much hurts my eyes. stone /stəυn/ n kameò He threw a stone into the lake and it
real /riəl/ adj skutoèný, naozajstný It‘s not a real computer, made a loud noise.
it‘s just a plastic box that he plays with. stop /stɒp/ v zastavi I‘ve been working for six hours, so now
record /ri kɔd/ v nahra Can you record that programme I‘m going to stop for tea.
for me tonight? story / stɔri/ n príbeh It‘s a story about a rich man and his
relax /ri lks/ v relaxova, oddychova Come to two sons.
Ireland and relax in our beautiful countryside. street /strit/ n ulica Colin lives in the same street as me but
republic /ri pblik/ n republika General De Gaulle was we have never met.
once the President of the French Republic. student / stjudənt/ n študent Most of the students are
restaurant / restərɒnt/ n reštaurácia This restaurant going on the school trip to France.
charges too much for its food. surfing / s fiŋ/ n surfovanie You can go surfing off the
river / rivə/ n rieka The river goes right through the middle of south coast of England.
the town and then joins the sea. swim /swim/ n plávanie Let‘s have a swim in the ocean
Roman / rəυmən/ adj rímsky The Roman army built many before we have dinner.
roads in Britain. swimming / swimiŋ/ n plávanie I can‘t go swimming
room /rυm, rum/ n izba, miestnos There are three because I haven‘t got a swimming costume.
rooms downstairs and two more on the top floor. tease /tiz/ v uahova si z, dobera si (niekoho)
Russia / rʃə/ n Rusko It‘s very cold in some parts of Russia. She teased him about his long hair, but she actually liked it.
science lab / saiəns lb/ n vedecké laboratórium teenager / tineidə/ n tínedžer My dad liked really loud
There‘s been an explosion in the science lab. music when he was a teenager.
Scotland / skɒtlənd/ n Škótsko There are only about 5 million tennis / tenis/ n tenis I‘m going to take tennis lessons this
people in the whole of Scotland. summer.
scuba diving / skubə daiviŋ/ n potápanie (s dýchacím text /tekst/ v text I tried to phone him and text him but he
prístrojom) The Great Barrier Reef is a great place to go didn‘t answer.
scuba diving. text message / tekst mesid/ n textová správa Use
see /si/ v vidie Can you move, please? I can‘t see the TV. your mobile phone to send him a text message.
send /send/ v posla Send me a postcard when you go on the Internet /ði intənet/ n internet The Internet is
holiday. a great way of doing research for your school projects.
shopping / ʃɒpiŋ/ n nakupovanie I‘m going into town to the Net /ðə net/ n sie, internet We looked it up on the
do some shopping for clothes. Net and got the answer really quickly.
shopping centre / ʃɒpiŋ sentə/ n nákupné centrum the news /ðə njuz/ n sing správy, noviny The news is
The new shopping centre has lots of places to buy clothes. on TV at 10 o‘clock.
shy /ʃai/ adj plachý, nesmelý Why is she standing in the Olympics /ði ə limpiks/ n sing/pl Olympiáda London
the corner? Is she shy? will hold the Olympics in 2012.
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the Queen /ðə kwin/ n krá¾ovná The Queen lives in Module 2 Neighbours
Buckingham Palace.
the tube /ðə tjub/ n metro The quickest way around (7) am / ei em/ adv 7 hodín ráno We had to get to the
London is on the tube. airport early as the plane took off at 7 am.
think /θiŋk/ v myslie I think I‘ve passed the exam but I‘m about /ə baυt/ adv o, okolo I‘ll be home at about six o‘clock
not sure. today.
together /tə eðə/ adv spolu Are you going to the cinema accent / ksənt/ n akcent, prízvuk Maria speaks English
too? Let‘s go together, then. with a strong Italian accent.
too /tu/ adv tiež The house has five bedrooms, and there‘s a adult / dlt, ə dlt/ n dospelý èlovek Adults are not
swimming pool, too. allowed into the youth club.
town /taυn/ n mesto That part of France has a lot of countryside afraid /ə freid/ adj majúci strach I am afraid of big dogs.
and not very many towns. again /ə en, ə ein/ adv znovu I need to go to London
tube /tjub/ n metro Londoners call the underground railway again tomorrow.
the tube. all /ɔl/ determiner, pron všetci, všetko All our kids are
Turkey / t ki/ n Turecko He went to Turkey because his bilingual.
team were playing a football match in Istanbul. all right / ɔl rait/ adj, adv v poriadku, v pohode „I‘ve
underground railway / ndə raυnd reilwei/ n dropped the radio!“ „That‘s all right, I‘ll get a new one.“
podzemná železnica There are underground railways all the time / ɔl ðə taim/ adv phr celý èas, stále He
in Moscow and Singapore. plays computer games all the time and never goes outside.
untidy /n taidi/ adj neporiadny David‘s very untidy – he alone /ə ləυn/ adv sám The old woman lived alone after her
leaves clothes all over the floor. sons left home.
up /p/ adv, prep hore John´s up in his bedroom. amusement park /ə mjuzmənt pɑk/ n zábavný park
use /juz/ v použi I use my mobile phone every day to call We‘re going to the amusement parks in Florida for our holiday.!
my mum. area / eəriə/ n oblas My brother and my sister live in the
usually / juuəli, juəli/ adv zvyèajne The bus usually same area of north London.
comes about five minutes after I get to the bus stop. Argentina / ɑdən tinə/ n Argentína They came from
very / veri/ adv ve¾mi I was very late and missed the start Argentina ten years ago and now live in Manchester.
of the lesson. astronomer /ə strɒnəmə/ n astronóm, hvezdár The
video / vidiəυ/ n video Do you want to rent a video or go to astronomer discovered a new star.
the cinema? at night /ət nait/ n phr v noci It‘s dangerous round here at
village / vilid/ n dedina They live in a small village near night – don‘t go out on your own.
the town of Stratford. Australia /ɒ streiliə/ n Austrália We visited our
visit / vizit/ v navštívi Are you going to visit your brother grandparents in Australia two years ago.
in Mexico this year? baby / beibi/ n diea, bábätko My brother and his wife
wait /weit/ v èaka Wait for me – I‘m nearly ready. have a new baby – her name is Rachel.
walk /wɔk/ v kráèa, chodi, ís (pešo) I need to walk bad /bd/ adj zlý The plane was late because of the bad
at least five miles a day and lose a lot of weight. weather.
walking / wɔkiŋ/ n chodenie, chôdza Walking is good Bangladesh / bŋ lə deʃ/ n Bangladéš Rakesh is going
for you if you want to keep fit. to Bangladesh for his holidays next year.
watch /wɒtʃ/ v pozera, sledova (TV, zápas ...) I want bank /bŋk/ n banka I need to go to the bank and get some
to watch that programme on BBC1 at 7 o‘clock. money.
website / websait/ n internetová stránka He downloads bathroom / bɑθrυm, rum/ n kúpe¾òa He left the tap
a lot of music from different websites. on, and the bathroom floor was covered in water.
weekend / wik end, wikend/ n víkend I don‘t work at be afraid of /bi ə freid əv, ɒv/ adj phr ma strach z You
the weekends, I just relax. shouldn‘t be afraid of the dark.
wet /wet/ adj mokrý It was wet on Saturday so we didn‘t play be from / bi frəm, frɒm/ prep phr by/pochádza z, zo
the match. I can´t recognise his accent – where is he from?
wonderful / wndəfəl/ adj nádherný, úžasný Thank bed /bed/ n poste¾ I usually go to bed straight away.
you for the wonderful time at your birthday party. before /bi fɔ/ adv pred Will you read me a story before I go
world /w ld/ n svet A third of the world‘s people have little to bed?
or nothing to eat. Bengali /ben ɔli/ adj bengálsky There‘s a display of Bengali
writer / raitə/ n spisovate¾ George Bernard Shaw was a dancing tonight.
famous Irish writer. best wishes / best wiʃiz/ n phr všetko najlepšie
Rosie has got married. I must send her my best wishes.
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bilingual /bai liŋ wəl/ adj dvojjazyèný The waiter is difficult / difikəlt/ adj ažký, zložitý The questions in this
bilingual – he speaks Spanish and English. exam are really difficult.
body / bɒdi/ n telo She has a very small head and a huge body. dinner / dinə/ n veèera Come and have dinner with us – we
bottle of water / bɒtl əv wɔtə/ n phr f¾aša vody They eat at 8 o‘clock.
carried bottles of water on their trip up the mountain. door /dɔ/ n dvere Somebody‘s knocking on the door – go
boy /bɔi/ n chlapec They have a big family – three boys and and let them in.
four girls. drink /driŋk/ v pi We often drink a glass or two of wine with
build /bild/ v stava Tesco are building a new supermarket dinner.
in the centre of town. early / li/ adj, adv skoro If you get there early you‘ll have to
burger / b  ə/ n hamburger I had a burger and chips wait for a few minutes.
for lunch. east /ist/ adj, adv, n východ, východný, východne
certainly / s tnli/ adv urèite „Will you write this essay for She has a house on the east coast of Scotland, near
me?“ „No, I certainly won‘t!“ Aberdeen.
character / kriktə/ n postava vo filme, v knihe In electrician /i lek triʃən, elik/ n elektrikár When
the TV series, his character has a wife and ten children. anything electrical breaks down, I always call the electrician.
check /tʃek/ v skontrolova Give me your paper and I‘ll electronic /i lek trɒnik, elik/ adj elektronický You can
check your answers. use an electronic calculator in the exam.
cheese /tʃiz/ n syr A piece of cheese after a meal helps to ever / evə/ adv niekedy Have you ever been to Spain in
clean your teeth. the winter?
chicken nuggets / tʃikən n əts/ n pl kuracie expensive /ik spensiv/ adj drahý It‘s less expensive to go
medailóniky I‘d like chicken nuggets and chips, please. to Spain in the winter than to stay in Britain.
children / tʃildrən/ n pl deti My grandparents had my mum extras / ekstrəz/ n pl nieèo navyše On this car, the radio
and ten other children. and the special wheels are extras.
chips /tʃips/ n pl hranolky Some people eat chips with face /feis/ n tvár He has a handsome face but he‘s not a nice
everythin.! person.
choose /tʃuz/ v vybra Please choose a seat and wait for fantasy / fntəsi/ n fantázia, predstava I sometimes
the doctor to arrive. have this fantasy about being a famous actor.
city / siti/ n mesto I love living in the city. It is so exciting. feel /fil/ v cíti I could feel the bump on my head.
click /klik/ v kliknú Click on the search button if you want finish / finiʃ/ v dokonèi I‘ll probably finish this work by
to look for something. about 10 o‘clock.
clock /klɒk/ n hodiny When the clock struck twelve, fireplace / faiəpleis/ n kozub, krb The cat sat in the fireplace
Cinderella ran out of the palace. to keep himself warm.
cola / kəυlə/ n kola Can we have two colas and a lemonade fish /fiʃ/ n sing/pl ryba, ryby Dad caught a fish and brought
please? it home to cook for dinner.
concert hall / kɒnsət hɔl/ n koncertná hala We went food /fud/ n jedlo Italian food is my favourite.
to the concert hall to hear the orchestra. free /fri/ adj zadarmo You have to pay for the fish but the chips
control /kən trəυl/ v ovláda, riadi He couldn‘t control are free.
the car and it crashed into a tree. from /frəm, frɒm/ prep z, zo Where do you come from?
cook /kυk/ n kuchár I‘m not a very good cook but I like to fruit /frut/ n ovocie I try to eat five pieces of fruit every day.
eat a lot. garden / ɑdn/ n záhrada We grow vegetables in the small
create /kri eit/ v vytvori, spôsobi The new rules will garden at the back of the house.
create a lot of problems. gardening / ɑdniŋ/ n záhradkárstvo Gardening is
curry / kri/ n kari After the film, we went to the Indian a popular activity in the UK.
restaurant for curry. get old / et əυld/ adj phr starnú Well, she‘s getting old
cut /kt/ v krája, striha I cut the carrot into small pieces now, she must be at least 60.
and added it to the meat. girl / l/ n dievèa My mum lived in York with her parents
daughter / dɔtə/ n dcéra It‘s my daughter‘s ninth birthday when she was a girl.
today. give / iv/ n da If you don‘t want that food, give it to the dog.
decision /di siən/ n rozhodnutie When it was time to good luck / υd lk/ phr ve¾a šastia Good luck in your
make a decision, he didn‘t know what to do. exams, from Mum and Dad,
dentist / dentist/ n zubár I have toothache so I‘m going to group / rup/ n skupina There were five groups of tourists
the dentist today. waiting outside the museum.
die /dai/ v zomrie His grandmother died when he was only grow up / rəυ p/ v vyrás When I grow up I want to be
three years old. a doctor.
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hairdresser / heə dresə/ n kaderník I asked the kind of / kaind əv, ɒv/ n phr druh (nieèoho) What kind
hairdresser to cut my hair short. of food would you like to eat tonight?
ham /hm/ n šunka Dad put some ham and cheese in his kitchen / kitʃin/ n kuchyòa Can you bring the plates in
sandwiches. from the kitchen and put them on the table?
hamster / hmstə/ n škreèok My hamster only does two know /nəυ/ v vedie, pozna Do you know your neighbours?
things – run round his wheel and go to sleep. lamb /lm/ n jahòacina I‘ll get a piece of lamb and cook
happen / hpən/ v sta sa I was walking to school when it for dinner.
a strange thing happened. life /laif/ n život He spent most of his life in Africa.
happy to see / hpi tə si/ šastný, že vidí She was light /lait/ adj svetlý Jenny decided to wear a light blue dress.
happy to see her brother again after all those years. living room / liviŋ rυm, rum/ n obývaèka After we eat
hard /hɑd/ adj, adv ažký, zložitý; usilovne They we‘ll go into the living room and have a comfortable seat.
worked hard but didn‘t earn a lot of money. local / ləυkəl/ adj lokálny, miestny We go to the local
have a rest /hv ə rest/ v phr oddýchnu si We walked Italian restaurant once a week.
for miles, and then decided to have a rest. look /lυk/ v pozera I looked out of the window and saw a cat.
head /hed/ n hlava Put something on your head when you look who’s here / lυk huz hiə/ phr pozri kto tu je
go out – it‘s raining. Well, look who‘s here! I wasn‘t expecting you!
head teacher / hed titʃə/ n riadite¾ Everybody stopped lorry driver / lɒri draivə/ n vodiè nákladného auta
talking when the head teacher came into the classroom. The lorry crashed but the lorry driver was OK.
headache / hedeik/ n boles hlavy I got a headache after lose /luz/ v prehra I played Susan at chess and lost every
reading all these books. game.
heart problem / hɑt prɒbləm/ n srdcový problém loud /laυd/ adj hluèný, hlasný She had such a loud voice,
Grandad has heart problems and has to take medicine every day. I couldn‘t hear anything else.
help /help/ v pomáha You help me with my Maths and I‘ll lunch /lntʃ/ n obed We had chicken and salad for lunch.
help you with your French. meal /mil/ n jedlo The meal was so bad we refused to pay
homework / həυmw k/ n domáca úloha The teacher for it.
gave us three problems for homework. mean /min/ v znamena „No Entry“ means that you can‘t
hospital / hɒspitl/ n nemocnica My aunt works as a drive up the street from that end.
nurse at the hospital. meat /mit/ n mäso Jack doesn‘t eat meat or fish.
hot dog / hɒt dɒ / n párok v rožku When I have a hot mechanic /mi knik/ n mechanik The mechanic
dog I add mustard and tomato sauce. mended my car but he didn‘t charge me anything.
how many / haυ meni/ adv phr ko¾ko? How many menu / menju/ n menu There were so many things on the
brothers and sisters do you have? menu, I didn‘t know what to choose.
husband / hzbənd/ n manžel Grandma married her midnight / midnait/ n polnoc At New Year we stayed up
husband in 1923. till after midnight.
ice cream / ais krim/ n zmrzlina There were so many milk /milk/ n mlieko Gran bought extra milk as she wanted
kinds of ice cream I didn‘t know which to choose. to have cornflakes for breakfast.
ill /il/ adj chorý He was very ill and nearly died. minute / minət/ n minúta I need to be at the airport in 45
imaginary /i mdənəri/ adj vymyslený, imaginárny minutes.
When I was little I talked to my imaginary friend. money / mni/ n peniaze Do you have any money? I need
in bed /in bed/ n phr v posteli Dad won‘t read my little to pay for the tickets.
sister a story unless she‘s in bed. move /muv/ v hýba, pohnú You can move this chess
in front of /in frnt əv/ adv phr pred I sat in front of the piece in several different directions.
computer for hours yesterday. Mrs / misiz/ title pani (oslovenie) Although she‘s married,
in hospital /in hɒspitl/ n phr v nemocnici My mum had she prefers being called Ms not Mrs.
a baby when she was in hospital. multicultural / mlti kltʃərəl/ adj multikulturálny,
is that all /iz ðt ɔl/ phr je to všetko Is that all the mnohonárodnostný We live in a multicultural society with
money you‘ve got? people from many other countries.
job /dɒb/ n zamestnanie He got a job as a teacher. nearly / niəli/ adv takmer I‘ve nearly finished reading the book.
joke /dəυk/ v vtipkova He is always joking and making neighbour / neibə/ v sused If we have a party we‘ll have to
everyone laugh. invite our neighbours.
kebab /ki bb/ n kebab We ate kebab in the Indian neighbourhood / neibəhυd/ n susedstvo There are lots
restaurant. of children to play with in my neighbourhood.
kids /kidz/ n pl deti He always tries to get home before his next door / nekst dɔ/ adv (od) ved¾a Jamie bought the
kids go to bed. house next door to his mum and dad.
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next-door / nekst dɔ/ adj ved¾a bývajúci, susedný ready / redi/ adj hotový, pripravený Dinner will be ready
My next-door neighbour never cuts the grass in his garden. in five minutes.
noisy / nɔizi/ adj hluèný The people next door often have real life / riəl laif/ n skutoèný život In real life, nothing
noisy parties late at night. exciting happens most of the time.
normal / nɔməl/ adj normálny It was just a normal day realistic / riə listik/ adj realistický This computer game
until the spaceship landed in the playground. is very realistic.
normally / nɔməli/ adv normálne, bežne I normally walk rest /rest/ n oddych, pokoj I need a rest from cycling.
to school. rice /rais/ n ryža Put some rice on your plate and I‘ll get
north /nɔθ/ adj, adv, n sever, severný, severne the curry.
Newcastle is a city in the north of England. roof /ruf/ n strecha The strong wind blew part of the roof
office worker / ɒfis w kə/ n úradník Office workers off the house.
finish work at 5 o‘clock. rose /rəυz/ n ruža The gardener was carrying a bunch of
old /əυld/ adj starý She works as a nurse at a hospital for white roses.
old people. salad / sləd/ n šalát Mum put tomatoes and lettuce in
only / əυnli/ adj, adv iba, len Declan is only one – he can‘t the salad.
talk properly yet. salmon / smən/ n losos Salmon tastes great with eggs
open / əυpən/ adj otvorený The library is open till 4 o‘clock and cream.
on Saturday afternoons. same /seim/ adj rovnaký, taký istý We were both wearing
orange juice / ɒrənd dus/ n pomaranèový džús the same dress to the party.
Because she was driving, Suki only drank orange juice. sandwich / snwid/ n obložený chlieb, sendviè
originally /ə ridənəli/ adv pôvodne My family originally Jake took sandwiches to school for lunch.
came from Jamaica. scared /skeəd/ adj vystrašený I was scared when those
other / ðə/ adj, pron iný, druhý Fred lives in Bristol but my people came and spoke to me.
other brother, Adam, lives in Germany. secretary / sekrətəri/ n sekretárka He asked his
outside /aυt said/ adv von, mimo We lived just outside secretary to type some letters.
Manchester for many years. shoe /ʃu/ n topánka She bought three pairs of shoes
personality / p sə nləti/ n osobnos, povaha She because they were cheap.
has a wonderful personality – happy, friendly and kind. shop assistant / ʃɒp ə sistənt/ n predavaè The shop
pet /pet/ n domáce zvieratko Do you have any pets? assistant helped me with my bags.
piece /pis/ n kus, kúsok, figúrka (v hre) There are 32 show /ʃəυ/ v ukáza My watch shows five minutes past
pieces in a game of chess. three, but the station clock shows five to.
pizza / pitsə/ n pizza Dad cut the pizza into eight separate shower / ʃaυə/ n sprcha I‘m very hot and dirty so I‘m going
pieces. to take a shower.
please /pliz/ interj prosím Can I have two burgers and a cola, school work / skul w k/ n príprava do školy Do you
please? have much school work to do tonight?
plumber / plmə/ n inštalatér When the toilet didn‘t work, simulation / simjυ leiʃən/ n simulácia This computer
I asked the plumber to fix it. simulation lets you drive at 100 miles per hour.
pool /pul/ n bazén There were lots of people at the pool sit /sit/ v sedie Sit down at the table and I‘ll go and get
today because of the warm weather. the food.
practice / prktis/ n tréning The team has football small /smɔl/ adj malý I only want a small piece of lamb and
practice every Saturday morning. a little rice, please.
prepare /pri peə/ v pripravi I‘ve prepared the meal – all smell /smel/ v vydáva vôòu/zápach, voòa Dad
you need to do is cook it. baked a cake and it smelt delicious!
primary school / praiməri skul/ n základná škola so /səυ/ adv tak, teda I‘m late, so I‘m going to miss the train.
He went to primary school in Scotland until he was eight years sound /saυnd/ v znie I‘ve never heard her sing before, but
old. she sounds great!
programme / prəυ rm/ n program There‘s a programme stadium / steidiəm/ n štadión There was a huge shout
about the police on BBC2 tonight. from the crowd in the football stadium.
quarter / kwɔtə/ n štvrtina There were four of us, so we still /stil/ adv stále Is anyone still hungry? There‘s still lots
cut the cake into quarters. of food.
quiet / kwaiət/ adj tichý My grandparents live in a quiet straightaway / streit ə wei/ adv okamžite, bez
area, there are no busy streets nearby. váhania When I heard she was ill, I called her straight away.
rarely / reəli/ adv zriedka My brother moved abroad, so I strange /streind/ adj zvláštny Her hair is a very strange
rarely see him now. colour – green and blue mixed together.
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study / stdi/ v študova What are you going to study at wear /weə/ v nosi (obleèené) I don‘t know what to wear
university? when I go to the party.
system / sistəm/ n systém My computer runs on the Windows week /wik/ n týždeò There are seven days in a week.
system. well /wel/ adv dobre You speak English very well. Where did
takeaway / teikəwei/ n, adj jedlo so sebou Shall we you learn it?
have a Chinese takeaway? where /weə/ adv, conj kde Where did your dad work before
taxi driver / tksi draivə/ n taxikár The taxi drivers he became a teacher?
know every street in London. wife /waif/ n manželka He and his wife have three young
telescope / teləskəυp/ n ïalekoh¾ad (vysúvací) He sons.
used the telescope to look at the stars. win /win/ v zvíazi, vyhra I never win at chess – I‘m not
test /test/ n test I got 31 out of 100 in the Biology test. very good at it.
the City /ðə siti/ n phr mesto (Londýn - staré mesto) window / windəυ/ n okno The house has very small
My brother earns a lot of money working in the City. windows and dark rooms.
the same /ðə seim/ adv phr rovnaký, taký istý Sunita wishes / wiʃiz/ n pl priania, želania Best wishes on your
has the same birthday as me. birthday from Uncle Dan and Auntie Jean.
theatre / θiətə/ n divadlo We‘re going to the theatre to see woman / wυmən/ n žena How many women work in your
„King Lear“. office?
time /taim/ n èas The time is now ten minutes to one. work /w k/ v práca My sister works in a hospital for young
tired /taiəd/ adj unavený He was very tired after his long children.
day at work. worried / wrid/ adj znepokojený, utrápený I‘m
today /tə dei/ adv dnes It‘s Saturday, so there‘s no school today. worried about Rosie – it‘s 12 o‘clock and she‘s not home yet.
tomorrow /tə mɒrəυ/ adv zajtra It‘s Monday tomorrow so yoghurt / jɒ ət/ n jogurt I like to eat plain yoghurt with
I have to go back to work. strawberries and blueberries.
town centre / taυn sentə/ n mestské centrum At You must be joking! /bi dəυkiŋ/ phr Ty žartuješ!
night, the town centre is full of people. You must be joking! I‘m not going to lend you my car!
travel / trvəl/ v cestova They travelled by train to Ireland you never know /jυ nevə nəυ/ phr nikdy nevieš You
and then caught a plane to America. never know what‘s going to happen next.
tuna / tjunə/ n tuniak At the café, I bought a tuna and
mayonnaise sandwich.
typical / tipikəl/ adj typický This mountain scenery is
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typical of Switzerland.
(seven/twenty) times /taimz/ n (sedem/ dvadsa)
ugly /  li/ adj škaredý, mrzký The hero of the story was
krát I knocked three times but got no answer.
ugly but kind.
(two days / three years) ago /ə əυ/ adv pred
uncle / ŋkəl/ n strýko My dad‘s brother, Uncle John, is a
(dvoma dòami / troma rokmi) I was twelve years old
teacher here.
three months ago.
unfriendly /n frendli/ adj nepriate¾ský He‘s an
acting / ktiŋ/ n herectvo She liked dancing and acting.
unfriendly person and prefers to live alone.
acting classes / ktiŋ klɑsiz/ n hodiny herectva
unhappy /n hpi/ adj nešastný She was unhappy because
My sister took acting classes and wants to be a film star.
she never had any money.
adventure /əd ventʃə/ n dobrodružstvo This book is
university / junə v səti/ n univerzita What do you want
about their adventures in Africa in the 1920s.
to study at university?
ago /ə əυ/ adv pred (rokmi) She moved thirty-five years
vegetables / vedtəbəlz/ n pl zelenina Grandad grows
ago.
potatoes, onions and other vegetables.
air conditioning / eə kən diʃəniŋ/ n klimatizácia Our
vegetarian / vedə teəriən/ adj, n vegetarián Marie is
new car has air conditioning.
vegetarian and doesn‘t eat meat or fish.
another /ə nðə/ adj iný, druhý She wasn‘t watching, and
vet /vet/ n veterinár The vet was very gentle with the cat.
ran into another car.
virtual / v tʃuəl/ adj virtuálny In this computer game, you
appear /ə piə/ v objavi sa She suddenly appeared from
can drive a virtual train along the railway.
nowhere.
waiter / weitə/ n èašník Waiter, would you bring another
April / eiprəl/ n apríl It rained nearly every day in April.
bottle of wine, please?
army / ɑmi/ n armáda, vojsko He was an officer in the
war /wɔ/ n vojna Everyone was thankful when the war finally
army.
ended.
arrest /tυ ə rest/ v zatknú The police tried to arrest the thief
water / wɔtə/ n voda The waiter brought a bottle of mineral
but he got away.
water to the table.
as /əz, z/ prep, adv ako She worked as a nurse.
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as a child /əz ə tʃaild/ adv phr ako diea As a child I was cliff /klif/ n útes The edge of the cliff is dangerous – don‘t
very quiet and shy. go near it!
at the back /ət ðə bk/ n vzadu We have a garden at the colour TV / klə ti vi/ n farebná televízia We have a
front of the house, but not at the back. colour TV, but my dad had a black and white one.
at the front /ət ðə frnt/ n vpredu We have a garden at come on /kəm ɒn/ phr v poïme Come on, let‘s go to the
the front of the house, but not at the back. football match.
August / ɔ əst/ n august We went to Venezuela for our company / kmpəni/ n spoloènos My company makes
holidays in August. computers and washing machines.
aunt /ɑnt n teta My Aunt Joan – Dad‘s sister – is 60 this year. composition / kɒmpə ziʃən/ n skladba, kompozícia
back /bk/ n pozadie That‘s my dog at the back of the photo. He wrote many compositions for piano and orchestra.
baseball / beisbɔl/ n bejzbal I went to see a game of cooker / kυkə/ n variè, sporák Gran has a gas cooker but
baseball but I don‘t understand the rules. would prefer an electric one.
based on / beist ɒn/ v phr založený na The film is based cookie / kυki/ n keks They had cookies and milk before they
on a book he wrote about South Africa. went to bed.
bedroom / bedrυm, rum/ n spálòa The house has criminal /ə krimənəl/ n zloèinec The criminals went to
three bedrooms on the top floor. prison for ten years.
believe /bi liv/ v veri The police didn‘t believe his story. Croatia /krəυ eiʃə/ n Chorvátsko We went to Croatia for
best /best/ adj, n najlepší She made her best film in 2001. our holidays last year.
bestseller / best selə/ n bestseller The book was a day /dei/ n deò I met him two days ago.
bestseller and it sold millions of copies. December /di sembə/ n december In December, we all
biscuits / biskits/ n pl keksy If you eat too many biscuits look forward to the Christmas break.
you‘ll get fat! decide /di said/ v rozhodnú (sa) I‘ve decided to work
black and white / blk ən wait/ n phr èierno-biely harder at school next term.
Do they still make black and white televisions? destroy /di strɔi/ v znièi The strong wind and high waves
boat /bəυt/ n èln He crossed the Atlantic in a small boat with destroyed many houses along the coast.
no engine. dishwasher / diʃ wɒʃə/ n umývaèka riadu I put all the
bomb /bɒm/ n bomba They made the bomb safe before it dishes, knives and forks into the dishwasher.
could explode. drive-in / draiv in/ adj podnik, kde je zákazník
born /bɔn/ adj narodený She was born in Kenya but lived obslúžený, prièom nemusí vystúpi z auta We went
in Britain all her life. to a drive-in burger place where you eat your meal in the car.
bring /briŋ/ v prinies Can you bring some drinks to driving test / draiviŋ test/ n test na vodièský preukaz
the party? I‘ve passed my driving test but Dad won‘t lend me the car.
bring back / briŋ bk/ phr v (na)vráti Every time dual nationality / djuəl nʃə nləti/ n dvojitá
Papillon escaped the police brought him back. národnos/obèianstvo He has dual nationality – he‘s
businessman / biznismən/ n obchodník, podnikate¾ Italian and British.
He was a doctor but now he‘s a businessman. earthquake / θkweik/ n zemetrasenie Thousands of
butterfly / btəflai/ n motý¾ The butterfly stretched its people died in the earthquake.
wings out in the sun. escape /i skeip/ n únik There‘s been an escape at the
call /kɔl/ v vola People called him ‚Papillon‘ because he had prison – three prisoners have got out.
a tattoo of a butterfly on his chest. escape /i skeip/ v uniknú, utiec They escaped on
call sb names / kɔl smbədi neimz/ v phr prezýva I Sunday but the police caught them again on Tuesday.
hit him because he was calling me names! factory / fktəri/ n továreò This factory makes paper for
candy / kndi/ n sladkosti, cukrík Uncle Jack bought books and magazines.
me a box of candy from America. fall /fɔl/ v spadnú The book fell from his hands.
catch /ktʃ/ v chyti You run as fast as you can, and I‘ll try fall in love / fɔl in lv/ phr za¾úbi sa Mum and Dad fell
to catch you. in love when they were nineteen.
central heating / sentrəl hitiŋ/ n ústredné kúrenie February / februəri, febjυri/ n február My birthday is
The central heating keeps the house warm in winter. on February 10th.
chest /tʃest/ n hrudník You need to know your chest size film /film/ n film In the film, Steve McQueen played the part
before you buy a shirt. of Papillon.
childhood / tʃaildhυd/ n detstvo I had a very happy final / fainl/ n finále The World Cup final was held in
childhood. Germany.
Christmas play / krisməs plei/ n vianoèná divadelná finally / fainli/ adv nakoniec, napokon The plane
hra All the children have parts in the school Christmas play. finally took off after a wait of two hours.
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find /faind/ v nájs Each time he escaped, the police found interview / intəvju/ n rozhovor There was an interview
him again. with the Prime Minister in the paper last week.
first /f st/ adj, adv prvý My first job was in a supermarket jacket / dkit/ n sako, bunda My mum is the woman in
in west London. the blue jacket.
flat /flt/ n byt We rented a flat on the third floor. January / dnjuəri, njυri/ n január It sometimes
flower / flaυə/ n kvet He always wore a flower in his jacket. snows here in January.
forget /fə et/ v zabudnú I‘ll never forget the first time I job /dɒb/ n zamestnanie He has a good job as a doctor.
saw her. July /dυ lai/ n júl In July we moved house.
free time / fri taim/ n vo¾ný èas In my free time I like to jump /dmp/ v skáka He jumped into the sea.
take photos of the countryside. jump off / dmp ɒf/ v zoskoèi He jumped off the board
freezing / friziŋ/ adj mrznúci It‘s really cold – my feet into the swimming pool.
are freezing. June /dun/ n jún My sister got married in June.
fridge /frid/ n chladnièka There was hardly any food in jungle / dŋ əl/ n džung¾a They got lost in the thick jungle.
the fridge. keep warm / kip wɔm/ v phr udrža teplo Make sure
front /frnt/ n predok, predná èas That‘s my dog, Homer, you keep warm – it‘s very cold outside.
at the front. kindergarten / kində ɑtn/ n materská škôlka My
gas (= petrol) / s/ n benzín We need to put gas in the car three-year-old boy loves going to the kindergarten.
before we leave. learn /l n/ v uèi sa Where did you learn to speak English?
get / et/ v dosta When did she get her first theatre part? left /left/ n ¾avá (strana) She live in the house on the left
get away / et ə wei/ phr v odís, dosta sa preè It‘s of the church.
nice to get away from town for a short time. lemonade / lemə neid/ n limonáda The kids make
get married / et mrid/ adj phr oženi sa/vyda sa lemonade in the summer and sell it to the neighbours.
We‘re going to Las Vegas to get married. let’s start / lets stɑt/ v phr zaènime Right, let‘s start.
ghost / əυst/ n duch This hotel is haunted by the ghost of a Who wants to ask the first question?
beautiful woman. mainly / meinli/ adv hlavne, predovšetkým Mainly I
glasses / lɑsiz/ n pl okuliare I need new glasses – I can‘t listen to classical music, but I also like rock and pop.
see properly. March /mɑtʃ/ n marec In March we planned our summer
goal / əυl/ n gól; bránka Zidane scored a great goal for holidays.
France in the final. married / mrid/ adj ženatý/vydatá My brother is
great uncle / reit ŋkəl/ n pra-strýko Great Uncle married to an Italian woman.
George is my mum‘s uncle. marry / mri/ v vyda sa/oženi sa He asked me to marry
guilty / ilti/ adj vinný I feel very guilty because I broke his him.
CD player. May /mei/ n máj The garden is full of flowers in May.
guy / ai/ n mladík That kind of clever guy is good at Member of Parliament / membər əv pɑləmənt/ n
everything. èlen parlamentu The member of parliament for North
hair /heə/ n vlasy The man with white hair in the photo is my Leeds is speaking.
Uncle Jim. middle / midl/ n stred, prostriedok That‘s me in the
handsome / hnsəm/ adj pekný, dobre vyzerajúci middle of the photo.
(o mužoch) She married a very handsome man. minister / ministə/ n minister All the ministers have
Hollywood / hɒliwυd/ n Hollywood Lots of film stars live a meeting with Tony Blair every Friday morning.
in Hollywood. mom /mɒm/ n maminka Mom, can I go to the movies?
home-made / həυm meid/ adj domáci, doma vyrobený move /muvd/ v presahova sa I was five years old when
Is this a home-made cake or did you buy it? we moved to Australia.
horrible / hɒrəbəl/ adj strašný I think this is a horrible movie / muvi/ n film The movie was very sad and I cried.
place. It‘s full of noise and smoke. murder /ə m də/ n vražda There has been a murder in
ice-cold / ais kəυld/ adj chladený It was so hot, I really the next street.
wanted an ice-cold drink. near /niə/ adj, adv blízko We lived near the sea in a town
in the middle /in ðə midl/ n phr uprostred He was in called Sandbanks.
the middle of the lake when he caught the fish. night club / nait klb/ n noèný klub She works as a
in those days /in ðəυz deiz/ v tých dòoch/èasoch dancer at the new night club in town.
In those days, people often sent their children away to school November /nəυ vembə, nə/ n november By November,
in the countryside. nearly all the trees have lost their leaves.
Indian / indiən/ adj indický This Indian restaurant has really October /ɒk təυbə/ n október In Britain, autumn starts
good food. in October.
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on the left /ɒn ðə left/ n phr na¾avo Do they drive on the Saturday job / stədi dɒb/ n práca na sobotu My
right or the left in Japan? brother has a Saturday job in the market.
on the right /ɒn ðə rait/ adv napravo Do they drive on score /skɔ/ n výsledok, skóre I missed the beginning of
the right or the left in Japan? the game – what‘s the score?
once /wns/ adv raz He was once a teacher at our school, but sea /si/ n more I like being near the sea and watching all the
now he‘s a policeman. ships go past.
Oscar / ɒskə/ n Oscar The film star picked up her Oscar and second-hand / sekənd hnd/ adj z druhej ruky She
thanked everyone. wears second-hand clothes because they cost less money.
pale /peil/ adj bledý I thought she was ill because her face September /sep tembə/ n september We started school
was very pale. in September.
part (= role) /pɑt/ n úloha, rola She‘s got a part in a share /ʃeə/ v deli sa o, ma spoloèné She shares a
Hollywood film. room with her sister.
pass /pɑs/ v spravi (skúšku), prejs I passed all my sheep /ʃip/ n sing/pl ovca/ovce The dog will get all the
exams last year. sheep together and bring them back to the farm.
petrol / petrəl/ n benzín The garage had no petrol left. shirt /ʃ t/ n koše¾a I need a new shirt and tie for work.
physics / fiziks/ n fyzika Physics is my favourite science short /ʃɔt/ adj krátky, nízky (o èloveku) She‘s very
subject. short – she only comes up to my shoulder.
plan /pln/ v plánova We plan to hire a car and drive socks /sɒks/ n pl ponožky I can‘t find a clean pair of football
across Europe. socks.
player / pleiə/ n hráè The football players ran out onto son /sn/ n syn My son works in a car factory as an engineer.
the field. soon /sun/ adv skoro, èoskoro Your mum and dad will be
plump /plmp/ adj bacu¾atý, moletný Mum is a little home soon. We‘d better clean up the house.
plump but she doesn‘t want to lose weight. South America / saυθ ə merikə/ n Južná Amerika Brazil
police /pə lis/ n polícia The police arrested Papillon for is the largest country in South America.
murder. start /stɑt/ v zaèa I‘ve started to make a model of the
Prime Minister / praim ministə/ n premiér The Prime famous ship, the „Golden Hind“.
Minister stood and answered the question. stay /stei/ v zosta, pobudnú I don‘t feel well so I‘m
prison /ə prizən/ n väzenie The prison has high walls to going to stay at home today.
keep the prisoners in. store (= shop) /stɔ/ n obchod There‘s a small food store
prisoner / prizənə/ n väzeò The prisoners went out into the at the end of the street.
fresh air to get some exercise. successful /sək sesfəl/ adj úspešný He became a
radio / reidiəυ/ n rádio She listens to the radio every morning. successful actor and made many important films.
record player / rekɔd pleiə/ n gramofón Grandad put tall /tɔl/ adj vysoký He‘s nearly two metres tall and he‘s only
the record on the record player. fifteen years old.
referee / refə ri/ n rozhodca The referee said it wasn‘t tattoo /tə tu, t tu/ n tetovanie He had a tattoo of a
a goal. butterfly on his chest.
remember /rə membə/ v pamäta I can‘t remember his telephone / teləfəυn/ n telefón My telephone rang, but
birthday – is it in March? when I picked it up no-one answered.
return /ri t n/ v vráti sa When we returned from holiday, television / teləviən, telə viən/ n televízia I like
we started saving for the next one. watching television but I don‘t like the news programmes.
right /rait/ n prvá (strana) She lives in the house on the tell /tel/ v poveda Can you tell me the answer to this question?
right. the army /ði ɑmi/ n phr armáda, vojsko People join the
rich /ritʃ/ adj bohatý She is a rich woman and has houses in army because they want to see the world.
London, Paris and Rome. the Fifties /ðə fiftiz/ number, pl 50-te roky In the Fifties,
rob /tə rɒb/ v vykradnú, vylúpi They planned to rob people were poorer but a lot happier.
a bank. the final /ðə fainl/ n phr finále Only ten men played in
robbery / rɒbəri/ n krádež, lúpež He went to jail for the the final.
robbery but said he didn‘t do it. the police /ðə pə lis/ n polícia The police caught the
rock & roll / rɒk ən rəυl/ n rock & roll The Stones were burglar with the jewels in his pockets.
a famous rock & roll band in the 1960s. thief /ə θif/ n zlodej A thief broke into our house and stole
romantic /rəυ mntik, rə/ adj romantický He was our new TV.
very romantic and brought her flowers every time they met. toy /tɔi/ adj hraèka I bought him a toy train for his birthday.
sad /sd/ adj smutný I was very sad when my lovely dog tree house / tri haυs/ n domèek na strome Dad built
died. us a tree house at the bottom of the garden.
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try /trai/ v pokúsi sa Please try to be polite when your bookshop / bυkʃɒp/ n kníhkupectvo I bought a book on
grandmother is visiting. football at the bookshop.
T-shirt / ti ʃ t/ n trièko He tore a hole in his T-shirt when box /bɒks/ n škatu¾a Where‘s the box for your new camera?
he climbed over the gate. break /breik/ n prestávka I need a break from studying.
TV / ti vi/ n “telka“ I always watch TV in the evenings. café / kfei/ n kaviareò In the café I had a coffee and a piece
vacuum cleaner / vkjuəm klinə, kjυm/ n vysávaè of cake.
He used the vacuum cleaner to clean up the dog‘s hair. calm (down) /kɑm daυn / v phr utíši She was very upset
Venezuela / venə zweilə/ n Venezuela Venezuela is in and I tried to calm her down.
South America. camera / kmərə/ n fotoaparát I have a new camera but
washing machine / wɒʃiŋ mə ʃin/ n práèka Dad put I‘m not very good at taking photos.
the clothes in the washing machine. candle / kndl/ n svieèka She had to use candles when
when /wen/ adv, conj kedy When did your brother go to India? the electric light went out.
why /wai/ adv, conj preèo „I really like rock & roll music.“ carry / kri/ v nies The huge wave carried the boat right
„Why?“ onto the beach.
winter / wintə/ n zima There was no snow this winter and cheap /tʃip/ adj lacný We bought some cheese, bread and
not a lot of rain. a cheap bottle of wine.
World Cup / w ld kp/ n svetový pohár England‘s coast /kəυst/ n pobrežie My grandparents live by the coast.
football team won the World Cup in 1966. coffee / kɒfi/ n káva Let‘s go and have a coffee when the play
world’s best / w ldz best/ adj phr najlepší na svete is finished.
Michael Jordan is the world‘s best basketball player. come /km/ v prís When the flood came, our cats were
young /jŋ/ adj mladý She wrote her first successful book sitting on the roof.
when she was very young. come out of /km aυt əv, ɒv/ phr v vyjs von z The children
came out of school and ran into the playground.
communicate /kə mjunikeit/ v komunikova We
Module 4 Mysteries communicate with our brother in Canada by e-mail.
crime story / kraim stɔri/ n kriminálny príbeh,
a few /ə fju/ determiner, adj zopár, nieko¾ko There were
detektívka This author writes crime stories about people
only a few people at the bus stop.
in California.
abandon /ə bndən/ v opusti The thieves abandoned
cross /krɒs/ v prejs (krížom) cez How are we going to
the stolen car.
cross the river? We don‘t have a boat.
after / ɑftə/ adv, prep po After work, she went to her yoga
dangerous / deindərəs/ adj nebezpeèný It was a
class.
dangerous road so I drove carefully.
alien / eiliən/ n mimozemšan The film was about aliens
dark /dɑk/ adj tmavý He was two metres tall, with long arms,
from the planet Jupiter.
dark eyes and big teeth.
another one /ə nðə wn/ det + pron iný, ïalší, druhý
dark /dɑk/ n tma, temno Let´s go home – it´s getting dark.
The biscuits tasted so good that I had another one.
day /dei/ n deò I spent a day at the beach.
any more / eni mɔ/ adv ešte trochu, ešte nieèo / už
death /deθ/ n smr She was upset by the death of her
nie If you ask any more questions, I‘ll scream! / They don´t live
grandmother.
here any more.
directions /di rekʃənz, dai-/ n pl pokyny, nasmerovanie,
arm /ɑm/ n rameno The orangutan has very long arms and
návod She sent us directions on how to find her house.
a hairy orange body.
dirty / d ti/ adj špinavý His hands were dirty from
at once /ət wns/ adv phr naraz, hneï, náhle Don‘t try
gardening.
to do too many things at once.
disappear / disə piə/ v zmiznú The rabbit disappeared
Atlantic /ət lntik/ n Atlantický oceán The plane
when the magician put it into his hat.
crossed the Atlantic and landed in New York.
dive /daiv/ v ponori sa, potopi sa She dived into the
author / ɔθə/ n autor Some authors only write books for
pool and began to swim.
children.
dolphin / dɒlfin/ n delfín We saw dolphins off the coast of
away /ə wei/ adv preè The burglar ran away as fast as he
California last summer.
could.
down /daυn/ adv dolu He sat down in front of the computer
be (five/twenty) years old / jiəz əυld/ adj phr ma
and opened his e-mail.
(5/20) rokov She was only twenty years old but she looked
during / djυəriŋ/ prep poèas He worked at the market during
older.
the summer holidays.
believe in /bi liv in/ v veri na Do you believe in magic?
educate / edjυkeit/ v vzdeláva This school educates
bookshelf / bυkʃelf/ n polica na knihy I put the dictionary
handicapped children.
back on the bookshelf, but I can‘t find it now.
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end /end/ n koniec Why were they all so scared in the end? hobbit / hɒbit/ n hobbit In „Lord of the Rings“, the hobbits
enjoy /in dɔi/ v teši sa, ma rados/pôžitok We are half the size of normal humans.
like school but we enjoy holidays more. honestly / ɒnəstli/ adv èestne, úprimne She honestly
enormous /i nɔməs/ adj obrovský, nadrozmerný thought that the bread was free.
My dad grew an enormous onion. horrible / hɒrəbəl/ adj príšerný, strašný Last week the
especially /i speʃəli/ adv obzvláš, špeciálne All the weather was horrible – we couldn´t leave the house.
boys are very handsome – but especially Alan. horror film / hɒrə film/ n horor Last night we went to see
everywhere / evriweə/ adv kdeko¾vek, všade a horror film.
Everywhere I go, she follows me. huge /hjud/ adj ve¾ký, obrovský A huge wave came
extinct /ik stiŋkt/ n vymrie, vyhynú Dinosaurs became towards the boat.
extinct millions of years ago. human / hjumən/ adj ¾udský The creature had the body of
fairy / feəri/ n víla Children‘s books often have stories about an animal but a very human face.
fairies in them. hunter / hntə/ n lovec, po¾ovník The hunter was out all
fast /fɑst/ adv rýchlo He drove to the hospital really fast day but didn‘t see any lions.
when he heard she was ill. in the end /in ði end/ n phr na koniec We argued for an
feel /fil/ v cíti (sa) As I didn‘t feel well, I left early and went hour but in the end we agreed what to do.
home to bed. kill /kil/ v zabi The men killed the bear because it tried to
few /fju/ determiner, adj málo, pár They only spoke a few attack the children.
words. large /lɑd/ adj ve¾ký, obrovský We made a very large
figure / fi ə/ n postava I saw the figure of a woman beside cake for her birthday party.
the tree. laugh /lɑf/ v smia sa He‘s very polite – he always laughs
flood /fld/ n povodeò It rained so heavily that there was at my jokes.
a flood in the village. light /lait/ n svetlo Put the light on so we can see what we‘re
floor /flɔ/ n podlaha His room is horrible, because he leaves doing.
dirty clothes all over the floor. like /laik/ prep ako She looked just like mum when she was
for hours /fər aυəz/ (celé/dlhé)hodiny Sometimes I can younger.
drive for hours but sometimes I get tired very quickly. like this /laik ðis/ adv phr takto The story starts like this:
frightened / fraitnd/ adj vystrašený She was frightened ‚Once upon a time…‘.
by thunders and lightnings. long /lɒŋ/ adj dlhý I wrote a long letter to Zack when he was
future / fjutʃə/ n budúcnos Is it possible to see into in Brazil.
the future? look for / lυk fə, fɔ/ phr v h¾ada The dog must have got
get dark / et dɑk/ zotmie sa In winter it starts to get lost. I‘m going to look for him.
dark earlier in the day. look out (of) /lυk aυt/ phr v pozrie von (z/zo) Look
get out of / et aυt əv, ɒv/ phr v dosta sa von z, out of the window and tell me if it‘s raining.
uniknú When the building began to shake I got out of there loudly / laυdli/ adv nahlas He spoke loudly so that the
very quickly. people at the back could hear.
ghost / əυst/ n duch The ghost of a dark-haired lady map /mp/ n mapa This street isn‘t on the map. Where are we?
appears there at night. mermaid / m meid/ n morská panna Mermaids are
giant / daiənt/ adj gigantický The fisherman caught a giant half woman, half fish.
fish but it escaped. monster / mɒnstə/ n príšera The monster in Loch Ness
giant squid / daiənt skwid/ n kalamár obrovský is called Nessie.
The fishermen caught a giant squid in their net. motorway / məυtəwei/ n dia¾nica, cesta pre
great grandmother / reit rn mðə/ n prababièka motorové vozidlá The M1 motorway goes from London
My great grandmother will be eighty-six next birthday. to Leeds.
guide / aid/ n sprievodca The guide showed us round Neanderthal /ni ndə tɑl/ n neandertálec The
the castle. Neanderthals lived in Europe many centuries ago.
hairy / heəri/ adj chlpatý The man had a hairy chest but no next day / nekst dei/ n phr nasledujúci deò He met her
hair on his head. on Friday and the very next day he asked her out.
haunted / hɔntid/ adj strašidelný It may be a haunted noise /nɔiz/ n hluk The neighbours‘ TV makes a lot of noise
house but I‘ve never seen a ghost. late at night.
have a break /hv ə breik/ phr ma/urobi si ocean / əυʃən/ n oceán They are going to cross the ocean
prestávku Digging was hard work so I had a break for half an in a tiny boat.
hour. off the coast / ɒf ðə kəυst/ n phr mimo pobrežia We
hear /hiə/ v poèu I couldn‘t hear what he said. were just off the coast of Australia when the storm started.
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old /əυld/ adj starý I visited the old castle. second / sekənd/ adj druhý He finished the race in second
old (= former) /əυld/ adj starý, bývalý I met an old friend place.
when I went shopping. see /si/ v vidie I could see the finish and tried to run faster.
once /wns/ adv raz I only met him once. shark /ʃɑk/ n žralok We sometimes see sharks near the
one /wn/ pron neurè. zámeno, nahrádza podst. beaches in Australia.
meno (v SJ neprekladáme – this one = tento) He school days / skul deiz/ n pl školské dni Are school
wanted a dictionary but he didn‘t know which one to buy. days the happiest days of your life?
one day / wn dei/ n phr jedného dòa One day, I plan to schoolgirl / skul l/ n školáèka She was only a schoolgirl
travel round the world. but she played brilliant tennis.
pay /pei/ v plati They pay us on the last day of the month. sink /siŋk/ v potopi sa, klesnú The sharp rocks made
perfume / p fjum/ n parfum Her favourite perfume was a hole in the boat and it began to sink.
Chanel No 5. smell /smel/ v cíti (èuchom) He could smell her perfume
person / p sən/ n osoba Who was that person at the door? as she walked past.
plesiosaurus / plisiə sɔrəs/ n plesiosaurus This so /səυ/ adv tak, taký She was so happy that she gave me
plesiosaurus died millions of years ago, and these are its a big kiss!
bones. suddenly / sdnli/ adv zrazu Suddenly, I heard a loud
possibly / pɒsəbli/ adv snáï, možno You are possibly noise.
right, but I want to make sure. sun /sn/ n slnko When it‘s very hot you need to stay out of
prehistoric / prihi stɒrik/ adj prehistorický Dinosaurs the sun.
were prehistoric animals. sure /ʃɔ/ adj istý I felt sure I knew him but I couldn‘t remember
pretty / priti/ adj pekný I think you look really pretty in that hat. his name.
probably / prɒbəbli/ adv pravdepodobne I‘ll probably tall /tɔl/ adj vysoký He was a very thin person, and nearly
go to Canada to visit my aunt this winter. two metres tall.
push /pυʃ/ v tlaèi, postrèi He pushed me. taste /teist/ v chuti It tastes like vanilla ice cream.
push through /pυʃ θru/ phr v pretlaèi sa, razi si teeth /tiθ/ n zuby She brushes her teeth after every meal.
cestu He pushed his way through the crowd. telepathy /tə lepəθi/ n telepatia Mum always knows what
rabbit / rbit/ n zajac The rabbit ate through his cage and I‘m thinking – it must be telepathy.
escaped into the garden. Thailand / tailnd, lənd/ n Thajsko In Thailand, clothes
reader / ridə/ n èitate¾ He was only four but he was a very are much cheaper than at home.
good reader. the future /ðə fjutʃə/ n budúcnos In the future we‘ll
really / riəli/ interj skutoène, naozaj „I‘m only twenty- probably go to the Moon on holiday.
five.“ „Really! I thought you were at least forty!“ thought /θɔt/ n myšlienka I can read your thoughts – you
receptionist /ri sepʃənist/ n recepèný The receptionist want an ice cream!
helped us to find our room. throw /θrəυ/ v hodi I want to throw my computer out of the
ride /raid/ n jazda Will you give me a ride on your bicycle? window sometimes.
right /rait/ interj skutoène, naozaj Right, I‘m finished. touch /ttʃ/ v dotknú sa She held the baby in her arms
Let‘s go home. and touched his face gently.
run /rn/ v beha The elephant started to run. tourist / tυərist/ n turista We don‘t get many tourists here
run after /rn ɑftə/ v beža za The boy stole her bag – there‘s nothing to see.
and she ran after him. towards /tə wɔdz/ adv oproti, smerom k/ku He walked
save /seiv/ v zachráni He saved the woman from falling towards me with a smile on his face.
in the road. trumpet / trmpit/ v trúbi The elephant trumpeted loudly.
save sb’s life / seiv smbədiz laif/ v phr zachráni tsunami /tsυ nɑmi/ n tsunami The tsunami swept thousand
nieèí život She pulled him out of the water and saved his life. of houses into the sea.
scary / skeəri/ adj strašidelný It was the most scary story up the hill / p ðə hil/ prep phr hore kopcom Let‘s climb
I ever heard. up the hill and see what‘s at the top.
scientist / saiəntist/ n vedec Scientists are working on upstairs / p steəz/ adv hore schodmi This house is
medicines to help people with dangerous diseases. strange because the living room is upstairs.
scream /skrim/ n výkrik We could hear loud screams from vampire / vmpaiə/ n upír The vampire bit him on the neck.
the direction of the house. wave /weiv/ n vlna The waves were only small so we went
sea monster / si mɒnstə/ n morská príšera When swimming in the sea.
she saw the huge fish, she thought it was a sea monster. werewolf / w wυlf/ n vlkolak At night he grew lots of hair
sea water / si wɔtə/ n morská voda The sea water and turned into a werewolf.
crashed over the side of the boat. who /hu/ pron kto Who made that funny noise?
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witch /witʃ/ n bosorka, èarodejnica The witch turned casual / kuəl/ adj neformálny, ležérny He liked
the frog back into a prince. wearing casual clothes – T-shirts and jeans were his favourites.
wolf /wυlf/ n vlk Be careful – there are wolves in the woods. change /tʃeind/ n zmena I‘ve made a change to this
wood (= trees) /wυd/ n les We went for a walk in the woods. sentence – I took out the word „excellent“.
yeti / jeti/ n Yeti They saw a yeti in the woods in the far north changing room / tʃeindiŋ rum, rυm/ n skúšobná
of Canada. kabínka, prezliekareò I tried on the trousers in the
zombie / zɒmbi/ n zombi He was so tired he was acting changing room.
like a zombie. cheeks /tʃiks/ n pl líca All the children had red cheeks and
happy smiles.
clan /kln/ n klan The old Scots families were called clans.
Module 5 Looks climb /klaim/ v liez He climbed Mount Everest in 1953.
coat /kəυt/ n kabát She decided to take a coat to keep her
a pair /ə peə/ n pár He bought a pair of black trousers and a pair
warm.
of red socks.
colourful / kləfəl/ adj farebný, pestrý She wears very
a couple of /ə kpəl əv, ɒv/ pron pár, nieko¾ko She
colourful clothes but he is always dressed in grey.
knew a couple of people at the party, but not many.
come into fashion / km intə fʃən/ v phr prís do
actor / ktə/ n herec Make up artists can make actors look
módy My old sixties clothes have come back into fashion
tired or ill.
again!
agbada / bɑdə/ n agbada (obleèenie mužov
comfortable / kmftəbəl, kmfət/ adj pohodlný It
v Nigérii) All the Nigerian men were wearing colourful
was such a comfortable chair I nearly fell asleep.
agbadas.
completely /kəm plitli/ adv celkom, úplne Have you
age /eid/ n vek He is very tall for his age.
completely finished all your dinner?
album / lbəm/ n album The new Robbie Williams album
computer animation /kəm pjutər ni meiʃən/ n
is out today.
poèítaèová animácia The computer animation in the film
amazed /ə meizd/ adj užasnutý, ohromený I was
was good – the characters seemed alive.
amazed when Harrison Ford walked into the shop.
computer generated /kəm pjutə denəreitid/ adj
artificial / ɑti fiʃəl/ adj umelý He lost his leg in a car
poèítaèom vytvorený The monster was obviously a
accident and after that he wore an artificial leg.
computer generated figure.
baggy / b i/ adj vrecovitý, neforemný Every pair of
connect /kə nekt/ v pripoji (sa) He tried to connect his
jeans he tried on was too baggy.
computer to the Internet.
beard /biəd/ n brada The old man had a long grey beard.
cost /kɒst/ v stá (cena) This camera costs £300 and that
beauty / bjuti/ n krása Cinderella‘s sisters were jealous
one costs £450.
of her beauty.
couple / kpəl/ n dvojica We bought a couple of tops.
black /blk/ adj èierny The girl had long black hair.
curly / k li/ adj kuèeravý She has curly hair and she can‘t
blond /blɒnd/ adj blond He had blond hair and blue eyes.
make it straight.
blonde /blɒnd/ adj blond She had beautiful long blonde
dark /dɑk/ n tma, temno I want you home before dark.
hair.
dark /dɑk/ adj tmavý Should I wear the dark jacket or the
blouse /blaυz/ n blúzka She bought a new blouse to wear
light jacket?
with her skirt.
designer name /di zainə neim/ n meno návrhára,
blue /blu/ adj modrý When the baby was born, her eyes
módna znaèka She only buys clothes with designer names
were blue.
on the labels.
Bolivia /bə liviə/ n Bolívia Many people in Bolivia speak
director /di rektə, dai/ n riadite¾ The director and the
Spanish.
actor argued after the actor arrived late.
boots /buts/ n vysoké topánky, èižmy Mum wanted
discount / diskaυnt/ n z¾ava (z ceny tovaru) She gave
some new boots but they didn‘t have any in her size.
me a discount of 30 per cent off the original price.
bored /bɔd/ adj unudený The match was not very good,
do up / du p/ phr v zapnú, zaviaza I can‘t do up
and I was bored all the time.
these trousers – I‘m too fat.
boring / bɔriŋ/ adj nudný This game is really boring. Is
dress /dres/ v obliec She dressed the baby in a pink T-shirt.
there anything else on TV?
dress /dres/ n šaty When she saw the dress she decided
bright /brait/ adj jasný, žiarivý She wore a bright yellow
to buy it.
dress and a white sunhat.
dress up / dres p/ phr v obliec sa All the children
brown /braυn/ adj hnedý His brown eyes were the colour
dressed up for the party.
of chocolate.
dressed as / drest əz, z/ v phr obliec sa ako/za
building / bildiŋ/ n budova He works in that new building
They went to the party dressed as Romeo and Juliet.
near the river.
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dyed hair / daid heə/ n farbené vlasy The footballer how much / haυ mtʃ/ adv phr ko¾ko How much is that
had blond dyed hair and wore an earring. painting in the window?
earrings / iəriŋz/ n náušnice The singer‘s earrings were I’m not sure /aim nɒt ʃɔ/ phr nie som si istý I like
so long they nearly touched her shoulders. Zack but I‘m not sure whether he likes me.
Ecuador / ekwədɔ/ n Ekvádor Ecuador is on the Pacific idea /ai diə/ n myšlienka, názor Our idea of beauty changes
coast in South America. over time.
ending / endiŋ/ n koniec Every story should have a beginning, image / imid/ n imidž, vzh¾ad, výzor He looked at his
a middle and an ending. image in the mirror.
enough /i nf/ adv dos, dostatoène He drove well enough important /im pɔtənt/ adj dôležitý He is somebody
to pass the test. important in the Government.
episode / episəυd/ n epizóda The new TV series has ten in (= fashionable) /in/ adj moderný, in Flared trousers
episodes, one every Friday. are ‚in‘ again this year.
euro / jυərəυ/ n euro I exchanged my pounds sterling for euros. in the old days /in ði əυld deiz/ n phr v staršom veku
exciting /ik saitiŋ/ adj vzrušujúci I‘m going to be on TV! In the old days, boys didn‘t wear earrings.
Isn‘t it exciting! interested in / intrəstid in / adj zaujíma sa o She was
fair /feə/ adj svetlý The baby‘s hair was fair and curly. very interested in my ideas for improving the business.
fashion / fʃən/ n móda I don‘t really follow fashion. jacket / dkit/ n sako He wore a dark jacket with his jeans.
fashion conscious / fʃən kɒnʃəs/ adj sledujúci Japan /də pn/ n Japonsko He‘s learning Japanese
/všímajúci si módu Men are becoming extremely because he‘s going to work in Japan next year.
fashion conscious. jeans /dinz/ n rifle I never buy designer jeans because
fashionable / fʃənəbəl/ adj módny She‘s a very they cost too much.
fashionable woman and always wears the latest styles. jewellery / duəlri/ n šperky She doesn‘t have much
fat /ft/ adj tuèný If you eat too much you will get fat. jewellery and it didn‘t cost much money.
feathers / feðəz/ n pl perie She wore a huge hat with jumper / dmpə/ n pulóver, sveter He bought a black
feathers on the top. jumper to go with his black jeans.
festival / festivəl/ n festival There‘s a festival in Basel every kilt /kilt/ n kilt Scots soldiers often wear kilts on special
year to celebrate Lent. occasions.
fine /fain/ adj fajn, dobre „Are you feeling OK?“ „Yes, kimono /ki məυnəυ/ n kimono When she was on holiday
thanks, I‘m fine.“ in Japan she bought a kimono.
formal / fɔməl/ adj formálny We had to wear formal label / leibəl/ n štítok, lístok The label on my jumper says
clothes to the theatre – no trainers! „Made in China“.
frightening / fraitniŋ/ adj strašidelný ´The Exorcist‘ least /list/ adv najmenej I am the least clever person in
was the most frightening film I‘ve ever seen! my family.
good-looking / υd lυkiŋ/ adj dobre vyzerajúci She less /les/ adv menej Getting into the car is less difficult than
would like a good-looking man with lots of money. walking all the way to the bus stop.
granny / rni/ n starká We visit our granny a lot because lifelike / laiflaik/ adj ako živý The statue was so lifelike that
she only lives two streets away. some people thought it was a real person.
green / rin/ adj zelený With her green eyes and red hair light /lait/ adj svetlý Should I wear the dark trousers or the
she was a natural beauty. light trousers?
grey / rei/ adj sivý He was only 30 years old but he had grey lips /lips/ n pl pery The actor had very red lips because he
hair. used make-up.
grey / rei/ adj sivý, šedivý Dad‘s hair is going grey. long /lɒŋ/ adj dlhý Her hair was so long she could sit on it.
handsome / hnsəm/ adj pekný (muž) He was a make-up / meik p/ n make-up Where do you get the
handsome man but his clothes were not fashionable. money for all this make-up?
have an idea /no idea /hv sm ai diə, nəυ/ phr ma market / mɑkit/ n trh, trhovisko I buy all my vegetables
nápad / nema žiadnu predstavu When the computer at the market.
breaks down I have no idea what to do. married / mrid/ adj vydatá/ženatý She‘s married – her
heavy / hevi/ adj ažký She wore a heavy coat to keep the husband is a teacher at my school.
rain out. medium / midiəm/ adj prostredný (ve¾kos) Would
how /haυ/ adv ako (aký) How big was the spaceship? you like a small, medium or large cup of coffee?
how about / haυ əbaυt/ adv phr a èo tak How about going middle-aged / midl eidd/ adj v stredných rokoch Is
to the cinema? a person middle-aged when they are 40, or when they‘re 50?
how long / haυ lɒŋ/ adv phr ako dlho I wonder how long model / mɒdl/ n model When they film the model it will look
I‘ll have to wait for the next bus. like a real ship.
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more /mɔ/ adv viac He has more money than me, but I‘m robe /rəυb/ n rúcho, šat; župan Mum has a long white
more good-looking. robe – she wears it over her pyjamas.
moustache /mə stɑʃ/ n fúzy My boyfriend has grown round /raυnd/ adj okrúhly Her round face makes her look
a moustache. fatter than she really is.
native / neitiv/ adj pôvodný (obyvate¾, domorodec) scene /sin/ n scéna In this scene he fights with the monster
The native people wore traditional clothes. and they fall into the river.
newsagent’s / njuz eidənts/ n novinový stánok I went season / sizən/ n roèné obdobie The four seasons of
to the newsagent‘s to buy a magazine. the year are spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Nigeria /nai diəriə/ n Nigéria Many people in Nigeria sex (=gender) /seks/ n pohlavie She didn‘t want to know
speak English all the time. the sex of the baby before it arrived.
north /nɔθ/ n sever People in the north have paler faces. shaved head / ʃeivd hed/ n oholená hlava His shaved
nowadays / naυədeiz/ adv v tejto dobe, dnes Nearly head made him look dangerous.
everyone has a television nowadays. shirt /ʃ t/ n koše¾a Mum has bought Dad a new shirt.
occasion /ə keiən/ n udalos Her wedding day was a shoes /ʃuz/ n topánky I needed to buy some new shoes
special occasion and she didn‘t want it to rain. for the wedding.
old (= age) /əυld/ adj starý He‘s 65, but he doesn‘t feel old. short /ʃɔt/ adj nízky (èlovek) He was only 1 metre 60 cm
ordinary / ɔdənəri/ adj bežný, všedný It‘s just an – too short for the part of Superman.
ordinary day today, not a holiday. short /ʃɔt/ adj krátky My brother‘s hair is so short I can see
over there / əυvə ðeə/ adv phr tamto You try the dress on his skin through it!
and I‘ll wait for you over there. shorts /ʃɔts/ n krátke nohavice As soon as I get home,
pale/dark skin / peil skin, dɑk/ n bledá/tmavá I change into my T-shirt and shorts.
pokožka I lay in the sun for a week and my pale skin turned dark. side /said/ n bok, strana The car hit the side of the building
pattern / ptən/ n vzor (na látke) I quite liked the pattern but the driver was okay.
on the jumper but the colours were horrible. sixty / siksti/ n šesdesiat It was a sixty centimetre
per cent/% /pə sent/ adv, adj percento The sign said model.
‚20% discount on all shirts‘. size /saiz/ n ve¾kos I liked the dress but they didn‘t have
Peru /pə ru/ n Peru I‘d like to go and see the ruins in the it in my size.
mountains of Peru. skirt /sk t/ n sukòa She liked the skirt but it was too expensive.
picture / piktʃə/ n obrázok I took lots of pictures at the wedding. sleeve /sliv/ n rukáv This jumper has one sleeve longer than
pierced eyebrow/nose/lip / piəst aibraυ, nəυz, the other.
lip/ adj phr prepichnuté oboèie/nos/pera (piercing slim /slim/ adj štíhly, útly I think my mum is slim but she wants
v oboèí...) Punks often have pierced eyebrows. to lose more weight.
plump /plmp/ adj bacu¾atý, moletný I know I‘m getting socks /sɒks/ n ponožky Gran always buys Dad socks for
plump because my skirts don‘t fit me any more. Christmas.
poncho / pɒntʃəυ/ n ponèo My mum wore a poncho when south /saυθ/ n juh
she was a teenager. spaceship / speis ʃip/ n vesmírna loï The first spaceship
ponytail / pəυniteil/ n cop, „konský chvost“ She tied did not have any people on it.
her hair back in a ponytail. special effects / speʃəl i fekts/ n špeciálne efekty
practical / prktikəl/ adj praktický It‘s just not practical The latest Star Wars movie has some amazing special effects.
to wear a long dress to school every day. spectacular /spek tkjυlə/ adj ve¾kolepý, pôsobivý
pretty / priti/ adj pekná (o žene) She was very pretty and They got a spectacular view of the Earth from space.
had lots of boyfriends. spiky hair / spaiki heə/ n ježaté vlasy, „na ježka“
produce /prə djus/ v (vy)tvori, (vy)robi The factory His grey spiky hair reminds me of a pineapple.
produces incredible 100 cars every hour. square /skweə/ adj hranatý, štvorcový His square face
put on /pυt ɒn/ phr v obliec si Put on your coat before makes him look serious.
you go outside. straight /streit/ adj rovný She had long straight hair down
reaction /ri kʃən/ n reakcia What‘s your reaction to her to her waist.
suggestions? suit /sut, sjut/ n oblek, kostýmHe bought a new suit
recently / risəntli/ adv nedávno She was in hospital for the wedding.
recently and still doesn‘t feel well. sunbathing / sn beiðiŋ/ n opa¾ovanie sa Sunbathing
red /red/ adj èervený, ryšavý Her boyfriend has bright red can be dangerous if you stay out too long.
hair and a beard. sunglasses / sn lɑsiz/ n slneèné okuliare I bought
region / ridən/ n región, kraj Yorkshire is a region in the some new sunglasses for my holiday.
north of England. sure /ʃɔ/ adj, adv istý What about this one?‘ ‚I‘m not sure.‘
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take /teik/ v vzia, zabra How long did it take to do the unmarried /n mrid/ adj slobodný She was an unmarried
make - up of the actors? girl and didn‘t want a husband.
take (3 hours / 5 months) /teik/ v phr trva (3 hodiny voice /vɔis/ n hlas When he picked up the phone he recognised
/ 5mesiacov) I wonder how long it takes to drive from London her voice immediately.
to Paris. volcano /vɒl keinəυ/ n sopka Mount Etna is a famous volcano
take off / teik ɒf/ v zobliec / vyzu si She took off her in Italy.
clothes and put on her swimsuit. wedding / wediŋ/ n svadba We invited a hundred people
tall /tɔl/ adj vysoký He was very tall and so he could see over to the wedding.
everybody‘s heads. white /wait/ adj biely My grandma‘s hair is white as snow.
teenager / tineidə/ n tínedžer My brother is a teenager wide /waid/ adj široký The river is 30 metres wide at this point.
but I think he acts like a child. wig /wi / n parochòa I know he‘s wearing a wig, but his hair
the 1960s /ðə naintin sikstiz/ n phr 60-te roky In looks real to me.
Britain, short skirts were very fashionable in the 1960s. with time /wið taim, wiθ/ n phr èasom Your work would
the north /ðə nɔθ/ n phr sever The Arctic is in the north improve with time – just keep trying.
and the Antarctic is in the south. worst /w st/ adj najhorší It was the worst day of my life and
the south /ðə saυθ/ n juh The Arctic is in the north and the I couldn‘t wait for it to end.
Antarctic is in the south. Yoruba / jɒrυbə/ n Yoruba Yoruba is one of the four main
thin /θin/ adj tenký, chudý You‘re too thin – you should languages in Nigeria.
eat more. young /jŋ/ adj mladý My daughter is too young to go to
through the ages / θru ði eidiz/ phr v priebehu school yet.
rokov There‘s an exhibition of army uniforms through the ages.
tie /tai/ n kravata The man who reads the news on TV always
wears colourful ties.
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tight /tait/ adj tesný, obtiahnutý, úzky Every shirt he
accident / ksidənt/ n nehoda There‘s been an accident
tried on was too tight.
– two cars have crashed.
tiring / taiəriŋ/ adj únavný, vyèerpávajúci He had a tiring
active / ktiv/ adj aktívny I like active holidays – you can
day at work and just wanted to go to bed.
do lots of different things all day.
tongue /tŋ/ n jazyk The baby‘s tongue was yellow so she
adventurous /əd ventʃərəs/ adj dobrodružný They‘d
took him to the doctor‘s.
like to do something adventurous on holiday this year.
too /tu/ adv príliš These trousers are too small for me – the
affect /ə fekt/ v ovplyvni Your exam results will affect
legs stop just below my knees!
which university you can go to.
top /tɒp/ n top (typ odevu) I need some new tops for my
afternoon / ɑftə nun/ n poobedie Have lunch first and
holiday.
then go shopping in the afternoon.
totally / təυtli/ adv úplne, totálne She is totally in love
airport / eəpɔt/ n letisko I need to be at the airport at 7 am.
with him.
amazing /ə meiziŋ/ adj úžasný, ohromujúci That
traditional /trə diʃənəl/ adj tradièný In England, it’s
hotel‘s an amazing place to stay.
traditional to eat too much on Christmas Day.
amusement park /ə mjuzmənt pɑk/ n zábavný
trainers / treinəz/ n tenisky He tried on the trainers but
park We‘ll go to an amusement park when we get to Florida.
they weren‘t very comfortable.
anybody / enibɒdi/ pron niekto, nikto Can you see
trick /trik/ n trik This gold ring isn‘t real! It‘s a trick to get my
anybody there? I can‘t see anybody through the window.
money!
anything / eniθiŋ/ pron nieèo, niè Is there anything you
trick photography / trik fə tɒ rəfi/ n fotomontáž He
can tell me about the film you saw?
used trick photography to show a monkey‘s head on a man‘s
anywhere / eniweə/ adv niekde, nikde I can‘t think of
body.
anywhere I want to go.
trilogy / trilədi/ n trilógia They‘ve made the trilogy „Lord
apostrophe /ə pɒstrəfi/ n apostrof An apostrophe tells
of the Rings“ into three fantastic films.
you that there‘s a letter missing from a word.
trousers / traυzəz/ n nohavice Dad doesn‘t have a pair of
arctic fox / ɑktik fɒks/ n polárna líška Arctic foxes
jeans, he always wears trousers.
are white.
try on / trai ɒn/ v vyskúša si (odev, obuv) The sales
arrive /ə raiv/ v prís, pricestova When we arrived, he
assistant helped me to try on the shoes.
was cooking.
T-shirt / ti ʃ t/ n trièko She tried on the T-shirt but it was
at first /ət f st/ adv phr spoèiatku, na prvý raz I didn‘t
too long.
like chess at first but now I enjoy it a lot.
TV series / ti vi siəriz/ n televízny seriál
at sea /ət si/ n phr na mori The ship will be at sea for six
EastEnders is a well-known British TV series.
weeks.
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beach /bitʃ/ n pláž Let‘s go to the beach and have a swim. dog sledge / dɒ sled/ n psie záprahy saní They race
beach hut / bitʃ ht/ n plážový chata You can get changed dog sledges across the frozen snow.
into your swimming costume in the beach hut. drinking water / driŋkiŋ wɔtə/ n pitná voda Can I get
beach volleyball / bitʃ vɒlibɔl/ n plážový volejbal drinking water from this tap?
Beach volleyball has fewer players than ordinary volleyball. engine / endin/ n motor The engine stopped when the
beautiful / bjutifəl/ adj krásny There‘s a beautiful sandy water got into it.
beach just down the road. enjoyable /in dɔiəbəl/ adj zábavný It‘ll be more enjoyable
bird /b d/ n vták I put food out in the garden for the birds if we all go together.
in winter. evening / ivniŋ/ n veèer They spent an enjoyable evening
boring / bɔriŋ/ adj nudný It‘s boring to just sit on the beach at the theatre.
all day and read. everything / evriθiŋ/ pron všetko Everything in this shop
borrow / bɒrəυ/ v požièa si Can I borrow your towel and is really expensive.
give it back to you tomorrow? exciting /ik saitiŋ/ adj vzrušujúci It‘s more exciting to go
brave /breiv/ adj statoèný She‘s very brave to go to South skiing than to stay at home.
America alone. exclamation mark / eksklə meiʃən mɑk/ n výkrièník
bus /bs/ n autobus The 285 bus goes from the airport to Kingston. There‘s an exclamation mark at the end of this sentence!
camping / kmpiŋ/ n táborenie, kempovanie I want Amazing!
to go camping in Wales. excursion /ik sk ʃən/ n exkurzia It‘s £10 extra for the
campsite / kmpsait/ n stanový tábor, kemp We‘ll excursion to the volcano.
drive to France and stay at a campsite for two weeks. fanatic /fə ntik/ n fanatik, zanietenec The gym is always
cathedral /kə θidrəl/ n katedrála The choir sings in the full of health fanatics keeping fit.
cathedral every Sunday. Finland / finlənd/ n Fínsko Finland gets very cold in winter.
chocolate / tʃɒklət/ n èokoláda I must stop eating chocolate Finn /fin/ n Fín Many successful racing drivers are Finns.
and lose some weight! fire /faiə/ n oheò There was a fire in the hotel and many
cloud /klaυd/ n oblak, mrak When the sun goes behind people were hurt.
that cloud it will get dark. fishing / fiʃiŋ/ n rybárèenie Do you want to go fishing at
collect /kə lekt/ v zbiera They walked along the beach the weekend?
and collected shells. fishing boat / fiʃiŋ bəυt/ n rybárska loï Let‘s go and
comma / kɒmə/ n èiarka If you use commas, like this, see what the fishing boats have caught today.
people pause when they read the sentence. football / fυtbɔl/ n futbal She wants to play football for
contact / kɒntkt/ v kontaktova She tried to contact the England when she‘s older.
ship but the radio wasn‘t working. for miles /fə mailz/ phr (vidie) na míle You can see for
Costa Rica / kɒstə rikə/ n Kostarika They filmed miles from the top of that mountain.
‚Jurassic Park‘ in Costa Rica. frontier / frntiə/ n hranica This used to be the frontier
cottage / kɒtid/ n chalupa The old cottage had tiny between France and Germany.
rooms and low ceilings. full stop / fυl stɒp/ n bodka There‘s a full stop at the end
crazy / kreizi/ adj šialený He drives like a crazy person – all of every sentence.
over the road. get home / et həυm/ dosta sa domov If you miss the
cycling / saikliŋ/ v bicyklovanie They‘re going cycling in last bus, how are you going to get home?
France next year. go wrong / əυ rɒŋ/ v phr pokazi sa, nevychádza
dangerous / deindərəs/ adj nebezpeèný It’s dangerous It all went wrong after I wrote ‚2 times 4 is 7‘.
to get into a car with somebody you don‘t know. great / reit/ adj ve¾kolepý I‘ve had a great time – thanks
dash /dʃ/ n pomlèka You can write numbers as ‚3 to 5‘ or very much!
use a dash, as in ‚3–5‘. half-term / hɑf t m/ n polrok (v škole) Do you get
daylight / deilait/ n denné svetlo They searched for the a week off school at half-term?
climbers again when daylight returned. healthy / helθi/ adj zdravý I was very healthy this winter
departure /di pɑtʃə/ n odchod The next departure will – no colds or illnesses.
leave Gate 3 at 7 o‘clock. heights /haits/ n pl výšky I don‘t like heights, so I don‘t climb
direct /di rekt, dai/ adj, adv priamy, priamo Do you mountains.
want to go the long way round or the most direct way? heli-skiing / heli skiiŋ/ n lyžovanie (vyvezenie sa
disaster /di zɑstə/ n katastrofa People gave money to na svah helikoptérou) Heli-skiing is expensive but you
help the victims of the disaster. can ski where nobody else has been.
discount / diskaυnt/ n z¾ava (cena tovaru) If you buy hide /haid/ v skry You hide, and I‘ll count to ten and then
your ticket before you go, you get a discount off the price. come and find you.
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hit /hit/ v narazi He broke his leg when the car hit the tree. polar bear / pəυlə beə/ n polárny medveï You can
horrible / hɒrəbəl/ adj hrozný, strašný That horrible just see a polar bear on the ice over there.
man was very rude to me. question mark / kwestʃən mɑk/ n otáznik Is the question
hotel /həυ tel/ n hotel I‘ll stay at a hotel near the airport. mark the curly sign at the end of this sentence?
hunt /hnt/ v lovi The owl hunts for small animals to eat quite /kwait/ adv celkom, dos It‘s very cold here but my
at night. feet are quite warm in these boots.
icy / aisi/ adj ¾adový They went swimming in the icy water rain /rein/ n dážï There has been rain and snow for the last
of Lake Louise. two weeks.
igloo / i lu/ n iglu Most Inuit people live in houses nowadays rainwater / rein wɔtə/ n dažïová voda Rainwater
and not in igloos. poured down the roof and came in through the window.
imagine /i mdin/ v predstavi si Try to imagine what relative / relətiv/ n príbuzný All my relatives live in Scotland
living in the Arctic is like. apart from Uncle Ian.
lose weight / luz weit/ schudnú I‘ve been trying to rescue / reskju/ v zachráni They sent a boat out to rescue
lose weight but I‘ve put on three kilos. him from the sea.
lovely / lvli/ adj pôvabný, krásny The journey up the road /rəυd/ n cesta Does this road go from Bradford to Halifax?
California coast is really lovely. rock /rɒk/ n skala Don‘t cut your feet on the rocks at the edge
luck /lk/ n šastie You need lots of luck to win a big prize of the beach.
on the Lottery. ruin / ruin/ n zrúcanina The castle was a ruin – only one
mean /min/ v znamena A dictionary tells you what words wall was still standing.
and phrases mean. sail /seil/ v plavi sa My uncle sailed his boat round the coast
metro / metrəυ/ n metro The Metro is the name for the of Scotland.
Paris underground railway. sailing / seiliŋ/ n plavba, plachtenie You can‘t go sailing
mile /mail/ n mí¾a The nearest town is ten miles away. if you haven‘t got a boat.
mineral water / minərəl wɔtə/ n minerálna voda sand /snd/ n piesok How much sand is there in the Sahara
This mineral water comes from high up in the mountains of Desert?
Switzerland. sauna / sɔnə/ n sauna I‘m going for a sauna and then I‘ll
moment / məυmənt/ n moment For just a moment I thought have a swim.
the prize was mine. scary / skeəri/ adj strašidelný At some scary places you
mountains / maυntənz/ n hory They saw bears when they can fall into the sea if you‘re not careful.
went to the mountains. sculpture / sklptʃə/ n socha The museum has some
nature lover / neitʃə lvə/ n milovník prírody Nature sculptures by Henry Moore.
lovers can go walking or bird watching on this holiday. sea /si/ n more The water in the sea was very cold.
navy / neivi/ n námorníctvo Finally, a US Navy ship seagull / si l/ n èajka The seagulls follow the fishing boats
rescued him. and steal pieces of fish.
nearby /niə bai/ adv neïaleko, nablízku I washed my seal /sil/ n tuleò The seals are all lying on the rocks in the sun.
clothes in a stream nearby. shadow / ʃdəυ/ n tieò Stand in the shadows when the
no /nəυ/ determiner žiadny There‘s no milk in the fridge. sun is very hot.
nobody / nəυbədi/ pron nik Nobody wanted to go first. sightseeing / sait siiŋ/ n prezeranie pamiatok,
northern / nɔðən/ adj severný There are fishing villages We‘ll rest in the morning and go sightseeing in the afternoon.
all along the northern coast. single / siŋ əl/ adj slobodný She‘s still single but she‘s
Norway / nɔwei/ n Nórsko You can sail along the coast of getting married next year.
Norway by ship. single ticket / siŋ əl tikit/ n jednosmerný lístok I
nothing / nθiŋ/ pron niè There‘s nothing in the cupboard. just want a single ticket because I‘m not coming back.
nowhere / nəυweə/ adv nikde There‘s nowhere to sit. ski resort / ski ri zɔt/ n lyžiarske stredisko In
one more thing / wn mɔ θiŋ/ phr ešte jedna vec winter it‘s a ski resort but in summer people go walking in the
One more thing – before you go, don‘t forget your map! mountains.
packet / pkit/ n balíèek Get a packet of biscuits and we skiing / skiiŋ/ n lyžovanie Lots of people go skiing in
can eat them on the journey. the winter.
path /pɑθ/ n cestièka, chodník This path goes from here sky /skai/ n obloha The sky got very dark and it began to rain.
to the top of the hill. sledge /sled/ n sane You can go on excursions by sledge.
peanut / pint/ n búrsky oriešok Does this chocolate snorkelling / snɔkəliŋ/ n potápanie, šnorchlovanie
have peanuts in it? Can we go snorkelling when we go to Australia?
platform / pltfɔm/ n nástupište Harry caught his train snowman / snəυmn/ n snehuliak The snowman has a
from platform 9 at Kings Cross station. carrot for a nose and two stones for eyes.
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snowmobile / snəυməbil/ n snežný skúter We can two-day / tu dei/ adj dvojdenný We took a two-day trip to
cross the ice in a snowmobile. Cardiff while we were in London.
snowshoe / snəυʃu/ n snežnice Snowshoes let you walk umbrella /m brelə/ n dáždnik You can use an umbrella
across the top of thick snow. when it rains.
solar power / səυlə paυə/ n solárna/slneèná energia unusual /n juuəl, əl/ adj nezvyèajný He has an
In sunny California, they use solar power to produce electricity. unusual accent – where‘s he from?
somebody / smbədi/ pron niekto Somebody has to win view /vju/ n výh¾ad The view from the top of the mountain
the big prize – perhaps it will be you. is fantastic.
something / smθiŋ/ pron nieèo Please write and tell me volleyball / vɒlibɔl/ n volejbal Have you ever played
something about your country. volleyball at school?
somewhere / smweə/ adv niekde I can‘t find my watch water / wɔtə/ n voda There wasn‘t enough food and water.
– I know I put it somewhere. water park / wɔtə pɑk/ n vodný park They went to a
split up / split p/ phr v rozís sa She split up with her water park and had a great time.
boyfriend yesterday. western / westən/ adj západný I lived on the western side
station / steiʃən/ n stanica The train leaves Leeds station of the country, near Liverpool.
at 6 am and gets to London at 8 am. wind /wind/ n vietor The wind blew the trees over in the
storm /stɔm/ n búrka There were storms and heavy rain, park.
but the plane landed safely in London. wonderful / wndəfəl/ adj èarovný, úžasný
student ticket / stjudənt tikit/ n študentský lístok Disneyworld is wonderful for young children.
Get a student ticket – it costs less than the ordinary ticket. wreck /rek/ n vrak There were many wrecks on the dangerous
sunshine / snʃain/ n slneèné svetlo This town gets rocks along the coast.
eight hours of sunshine a day in summer. wrong /rɒŋ/ adj zlý, nesprávny He showed me the wrong
surfing / s fiŋ/ n surfovanie You can go surfing off the way, I got lost.
south coast of England. youth hostel / juθ hɒstl/ n ubytovòa I once stayed at
Sweden / swidn/ n Švédsko Some parts of Sweden have a youth hostel in Wales.
very little sunshine in winter.
sweets /swits/ n pl sladkosti The station shop sells
sweets, newspapers and books.
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swimming / swimiŋ/ n plávanie The class goes
aborigine / bə ridəni/ n domorodec, pôvodný
swimming every Thursday afternoon.
obyvate¾ Austrálie The Aborigines were the first people
swimming pool / swimiŋ pul/ n plaváreò Go to the
to live in Australia.
swimming pool if you‘re hot and want to get cool.
acrobat / krəbt/ n akrobat The acrobats walked along
tennis / tenis/ n tenis Roger plays tennis for Switzerland.
a rope 20 metres above the ground.
tent /tent/ n stanica We stayed in a tent because we couldn‘t
actor / ktə/ n herec George Clooney is a famous actor in
find a hotel.
films and on TV.
the navy /ðə neivi/ n phr námorníctvo He joined the
actress / ktrəs/ n hereèka Did you go to a special school
navy because he liked ships and sailing.
to learn to be an actress?
torch /tɔtʃ/ n baterka, (vrecková) lampa Take a torch,
assistant /ə sistənt/ n asistent Her assistant makes sure
because the street light isn‘t working.
she gets everywhere on time.
tourism / tυərizəm/ n turizmus This country makes a lot
audience / ɔdiəns/ n publikum Two people from the
of money from tourism.
audience helped the comedian with his act.
tourist information office / tυərist infə meiʃən ɒfis/
ballet / blei/ n balet I like going to the ballet but he prefers
/ n turistická informaèná kancelária Go to the tourist
the theatre.
information office and ask about places to stay.
be on (= showing) /bi ɒn/ v by na programe That
tower / taυə/ n veža Many tourists visit the Eiffel Tower when
new film is on at the Odeon cinema this week.
they go to Paris.
below /bi ləυ/ prep, adv pod, dole, nižšie We climbed up
train /trein/ n vlak There are fifteen trains a day to London
the tower and looked down at the people below.
from here.
bike /baik/ n bicykel That clown can ride a bike across a
transport / trnspɔt/ n doprava, transport Ask at
rope ten metres above the ground!
the desk for more information on bus transport in the city.
boarding school / bɔdiŋ skul/ n internátna škola
trip /trip/ n výlet We want to take a short trip to the Lake
They went to boarding school and only saw their parents on
District.
the holidays.
turn round / t n raυnd/ phr v otoèi sa When you get to
bread /bred/ n chlieb He bakes his own bread and it tastes
the top of the stairs, turn round and you‘ll see the railway station.
wonderful.
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burning / b niŋ/ adj horiaci They lit a burning cross on the flamenco /flə meŋkəυ/ n flamengo They danced the
mountain as a signal. flamenco and the waltz.
camp /kmp/ n stanový tábor, kemp The boys are get down / et daυn/ phr v zís, zliez How are we going
going to a camp in the Lake District this weekend. to get down the mountain?
carnival / kɑnivəl/ n karneval There‘s a carnival in town get into / et intə, intυ/ phr v dosta sa do Get into
every year at this time. some nice clothes and we‘ll go out for a meal.
ceiling / siliŋ/ n strop Can you put these lights on the get on / et ɒn/ phr v nastúpi Get on my back and I‘ll carry
ceiling, please? you the rest of the way.
celebration / selə breiʃən/ n oslava They‘re having get together / et tə eðə/ phr v zís sa, stretnú sa
a celebration because it‘s her birthday. Let‘s all get together for lunch tomorrow.
circus / s kəs/ n cirkus This circus does not use any glass / lɑs/ n sklo The walls of the building are made of glass.
animals in its performances. go on tour / əυ ɒn tυə/ v phr ís na turné The play is
clapping / klpiŋ/ n potlesk An actor likes to hear the going on tour next week, for six months.
sound of clapping. ground / raυnd/ n zem, terén The ground is very hard
clown /klaυn/ n klaun The clowns made us laugh when they because the weather has been so cold.
threw buckets of water at each other. guess / es/ v háda I‘ll pick a card and you guess which
comedian /kə midiən/ n komediant Rowan Atkinson is one it is.
a popular English comedian. gymnasium /dim neiziəm/ n telocvièòa PE lessons
complicated / kɒmplikeitid/ adj komplikovaný The take place in the gymnasium.
directions he gave me were very complicated and I got lost. gymnast / dimnst, nəst/ n gymnasta Many gymnasts
contortionist /kən tɔʃənist/ n hadí muž/žena The at the Olympics are only teenagers.
contortionist could bend her legs back over her head. have to / hv tə, tυ/ v musie Do you have to go? Can‘t
cool /kul/ adj cool, fajn, skvelý So you really met George you stay till tomorrow?
Clooney? Cool! hold /həυld/ v drža He has to lift that huge weight and hold
Cossack / kɒsk/ n kozák Cossacks are very good it above his head for 30 seconds.
dancers. hoover / huvə/ v vysáva She hoovered up all the dog hair
cost /kɒst/ v stá (cena) How much did your computer cost? off the carpet.
crisps /krisps/ n pl zemiakové lupienky I take an orange horizontal / hɒri zɒntl/ adj horizontálny, vodorovný
and a bag of crisps for lunch. Horizontal lines go across from left to right.
crocodile /krɒkədail/ n krokodíl I could only see the hula hoop / hulə hup/ n kruh hula hop Swing a hula
crocodile‘s eyes above the water. hoop round your waist and you might lose weight.
dancer / dɑnsə/ n taneèník She‘s training to be a dancer human statue / hjumən sttʃu/ n ¾udská socha
at the National Ballet School. He painted himself white and stood in the street like a human
danger / deində/ n nebezpeèenstvo Every time she statue.
steps onto the rope she is in real danger. humour / hjumə/ n humor This is not the time for humour!
desert / dezət/ n púš We went into the Australian desert I‘m serious!
and looked at the millions of stars in the night sky. hyena /hai inə/ n hyena The hyenas ate the rest when the
diet / daiət/ n diéta I‘m going on a diet because I need to lose lion had finished.
some weight. I can’t see a thing /ai kɑnt si ə θiŋ/ phr niè nevidím
do homework / du həυmw k/ v phr robi/písa That man‘s hat is so big, I can‘t see a thing from here!
domácu úlohu I do my homework as soon as I get home. ice skater / ais skeitə/ n korèuliar na ¾ade They freeze
dollar / dɒlə/ n dolár There are 100 cents in a dollar. the lake so that ice skaters can use it in winter.
drum /drm/ n bubon Some people played drums and inside /in said/ adv vo vnútri He made the card appear
others danced to the music. inside the glass box – it was magic!
each other / itʃ ðə/ pron jeden druhému/druhého, invite /in vait/ v pozva Did they invite you to their party
navzájom We help each other when the homework is difficult. next week?
energetic / enə detik/ adj èulý, aktívny I don‘t feel join /dɔin/ v pripoji sa, prida sa Twenty more
energetic today – I‘m too tired. performers joined the 30 already inside the tent.
fence /fens/ n plot Can you repair the fence between your juggle / d əl/ v žonglova She can juggle three balls at
garden and mine? the same time.
fire fighter / faiə faitə/ n hasiè The fire fighters saved the juggler / d lə/ n žonglér The juggler kept six balls in the
woman and her children from the burning house. air at once.
fit /fit/ adj fit, v kondícii You need to be very fit to run kick /kik/ v kopnú Kick this ball and see if you can score a goal.
a marathon. lake /leik/ n jazero There‘s a pleasant walk round the lake.
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leave /liv/ v odís He left at six o‘clock. popcorn / pɒpkɔn/ n pukance They ate popcorn all the
leave home / liv həυm/ v phr odís z domu She was way through the film.
only 15 when she left home and went to live in London. possible / pɒsəbəl/ adj možný It‘s not possible to cross the
let’s (+verb) /lets/ v phr poïme, nechajme, urobme river here because it‘s too deep.
... Do you want to meet again tomorrow?‘ ‚Yes, let‘s (do that)!‘ power cut / paυə kt/ n výpadok elektriny I lost all
limbo (dancing) / limbəυ/ n limbo (tanec) There‘s the files on my computer when that power cut happened.
a limbo dancing competition on the beach tonight. practise / prktis/ v precvièova Practise saying that in
lines /lainz/ n riadky, text The actress forgot her lines in French and then write it down.
the middle of the play. punk /pŋk/ n pank I liked punk when I was younger, but now
look up / lυk p/ phr v vyh¾ada (v slovníku) Look up I prefer classical music.
all the difficult words in the dictionary. pupil / pjupəl/ n žiak There are thirty pupils in my class
loose /lus/ adj vo¾né (obleèenie) Do you prefer loose this year.
trousers or tight ones? pyramid / pirəmid/ n pyramída We went to see the
lower / ləυə/ adv nižšie My house is lower down the hill. pyramids in the Egyptian desert.
magician /mə diʃən/ n kúzelník The magician pulled three rainforest / rein fɒrəst/ n dažïový les It is very wet and
birds out of his hat. hot in the South American rainforest.
Mali / mɑli/ n Mali Have you ever met anyone from Mali? refugee / refjυ di/ n uteèenec The refugees left their
mask /mɑsk/ n maska The doctor wore a mask – he didn‘t own country during the war.
want to catch any diseases. reggae / re ei/ n rege Reggae (music) originally came from
meanwhile / minwail/ adv zatia¾, medzitým I‘ll start the West Indies.
a fire. Meanwhile, you can prepare the food. royal / rɔiəl/ adj krá¾ovský Some tourists come to London
mistake /mi steik/ n chyba There are too many mistakes just to see the Royal Family.
in your homework. rubber / rbə/ n guma I carry a rubber in case I need to
monkey / mŋki/ n opica The monkeys were running up correct any mistakes.
and down the trees in excitement. secret / sikrət/ n tajomstvo He wouldn‘t tell us the secret
movement / muvmənt/ n pohyb The soldier saw a of his magic tricks.
movement in the trees to his left. shame /ʃeim/ n hanba It is a shame you missed the show.
musical / mjuzikəl/ adj hudobný He‘s written a musical shoulder / ʃəυldə/ n plece Put little John on your shoulders
version of the book. and then he‘ll be able to see.
musician /mju ziʃən/ n hudobník There are four musicians show /ʃəυ/ n šou, predstavenie We had dinner and then
and one singer in the band. went to see a show at the theatre.
necessary / nesəsəri/ adj nevyhnutný You can‘t do the similar / simələ/ adj podobný, rovnaký They all look
job if you don‘t have the necessary tools. similar to me – I can‘t tell the difference.
on fire /ɒn faiə/ adv phr horie, by v ohni My house is singer / siŋə/ n spevák How many singers are there in
on fire! Get me a bucket of water! your choir?
on your own / ɒn jər əυn/ adv phr sám, svojpomocne skater / skeitə/ n korèuliar The skater fell over and broke
I can‘t help you any more, you have to do it on your own. her leg on the ice.
opera house / ɒpərə haυs/ n budova opery La Scala is skill /skil/ n zruènos The clowns look funny but they also
a famous opera house in Milan. need great skill to do their tricks.
out of tune / aυt əv tjun/ adj phr rozladený This piano southern / sðən/ adj južný Brighton is a town in the southern
sounds terrible – it‘s out of tune. part of England.
own /əυn/ pron vlastný I need to buy my own book. station / steiʃən/ n stanica Do you want to go to the bus
Palestine / pləstain/ n Palestína Palestine is in the Middle station or the train station?
East, near Israel. step /step/ n krok I‘d like to learn the steps of that dance.
perform /pə fɔm/ v predvies, (za)hra, úèinkova storyteller / stɔri telə/ n rozprávaè príbehov I like
We will now perform Beethoven‘s Ninth Symphony. reading his books because he‘s a good storyteller.
performance /pə fɔməns/ n predstavenie The audience stranger / streində/ n cudzinec A stranger appeared
thought the actors‘ performance was excellent. – a man I didn‘t know.
physical / fizikəl/ adj fyzický Dancing uses a lot of physical strongwoman / strɒŋ wυmən/ n silná žena, siláèka
energy. The strongwoman in this circus can break metal bars in two.
pole /pəυl/ n ståp People used to dance around a pole in May sword /sɔd/ n meè People still fight with swords, but only
in some English villages. as a sport.
police officer /pə lis ɒfisə/ n policajt The police officer swordfighting / sɔd faitiŋ/ n šerm Swordfighting is an
stepped into the road and stopped the cars. Olympic sport.
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symphony / simfəni/ n symfónia This symphony lasts for ballroom / bɔlrυm, rum/ n taneèná sála They danced
nearly two hours. round the ballroom.
tennis racket / tenis rkit/ n tenisová raketa He be sb’s turn /bi smbədiz t n/ phr v by na rade It‘s
smashed his tennis racket on the ground and broke it. my turn to throw the dice.
tour /tυə/ n turné, zájazd, cesta They had a short tour bedtime story / bedtaim stɔri/ n rozprávka na dobrú
of Prague. noc Will you read me a bedtime story, Daddy?
trapeze artist /trə piz ɑtist/ n akrobat na visutej biology /bai ɒlədi/ n biológia We learn about the human
hrazde The trapeze artist performed on a swing high up in body in Biology lessons.
the roof of the tent. birthday present / b θdei prezənt/ n narodeninový
tune /tjun/ n melódia, nápev He played a tune on the dar They gave me a holiday in America as a birthday present!
piano. blog /blɒ / n blog If you don‘t like writing a paper diary, why
villager / vilidə/ n dedinèan The villagers chased the don‘t you start a blog?
vampire with burning torches. body temperature / bɒdi temprətʃə/ n telesná teplota
wait /weit/ v èaka What are you waiting for? Normal human body temperature is about 37 degrees Centigrade.
wait for / weit fə, fɔ/ phr v èaka na Don‘t wait for me, I‘ll breathe /brið/ v dýcha The doctor asked her to breathe
meet you later at the restaurant. in and out slowly.
wash up / wɒʃ p/ phr v umy riad If you don‘t wash up cake /keik/ n koláè, torta She bought a cake for his birthday.
soon, there will be no more clean dishes. calculator / klkjυleitə/ n kalkulaèka You can use
way /wei/ n cesta, spôsob Do you want to learn the easy calculators in this exam.
way or the difficult way? camera / kmərə/ n fotoaparát They bought a new camera
What a shame! / wɒt ə ʃeim/ spoken Aká hanba! before the holiday.
What a shame – you missed the big prize by one number! captain / kptən/ n kapitán The captain will decide where
whole /həυl/ adj celý Tell the whole story, not just the end the ship should go.
part. chemistry / keməstri/ n chémia Chemistry was always
why don’t we / wai dəυnt wi/ phr preèo sa ne- my favourite subject in school.
(spýtame, pozrieme. . .) Why don‘t we ask Sunil to chip /tʃip/ n èip A small computer chip can hold a lot of
come with us? information
working class / w kiŋ klɑs/ adj robotnícka trieda close /kləυz/ v zavrie Sally closed the door gently and went
In Scotland, lots of working class people play golf. down the stairs.
would /wυd/ aux by (podmieòovací spôsob) She computer /kəm pjutə/ n poèítaè His new computer is
would like a good-looking man with lots of money. much faster.
would you like to /wυd jυ laik tə, tυ/ v phr chcel by computer studies /kəm pjutə stdiz/ n informatika
si (robi nieèo) Would you like to try again later? Computer studies is a very popular subject in my school.
youth club / juθ klb/ n mládežnícky klub All the design /di zain/ v navrhnú, projektova She designed
young people go to the youth club on Wednesday evenings. a range of clothes for older women.
design /di zain/ n návrh, vonkajšia úprava a course
in graphic design
Module 8 Technology diary / daiəri/ n denník My friend writes in her diary every day.
digital camera / diditl kmərə/ n digitálny
3D / θri di/ n, adj 3D He didn‘t draw the machine, he made
fotoaparát You don‘t need to buy film for a digital camera.
a 3D model of it.
document / dɒkjυmənt/ n dokument He signed the
across /ə krɒs/ adv, prep krížom, cez The boat goes
document at the bottom.
across the bay to Oakland.
domestic robot /də mestik rəυbɒt/ n domáci robot
adapt /ə dpt/ v prispôsobi sa, adaptova sa She
Mum would like to have lots of domestic robots to do the
always adapted easily to new situations.
housework.
alarm clock /ə lɑm klɒk/ n budík The alarm clock wakes
download / daυn ləυd/ v stiahnu (PC) I tried to download
me up and I‘m not late for school.
some music but the computer broke down.
alive /ə laiv/ adj nažive, živý He was still alive when the
dragon / dr ən/ n drak In this story, the prince killed the
ambulance reached the hospital.
dragon and married the princess.
already /ɔl redi/ adv už He was already making the meal
DVD player / di vi di pleiə/ n DVD prehrávaè We
when she walked through the door.
put the disk in the DVD player and watched the film.
animation / ni meiʃən/ n animácia We had to wear
Earth / θ/ n Zem The Earth is getting warmer.
special glasses to see the 3D animation in the film.
e-book / i bυks/ n elektronická kniha I read the e-book
badge /bd/ n odznak We have to wear a school badge
using special glasses so I could see the pictures moving.
on our uniforms.
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education / edjυ keiʃən/ n vzdelanie He‘s continuing his mobile phone with camera / məυbail fəυn wið
education at university for the next three years. kmərə/ n mobilný telefón s fotoaparátom I‘ve got a
electricity /i lek trisəti, elik/ n elektrina How much is new mobile phone with camera – now I can take photos wherever
the electricity bill this month? I am.
engineer / endi niə/ n inžinier My friend Al was once an moving / muviŋ/ adj pohybujúci sa Cartoons in
engineer for an oil company in the North Sea. the newspaper are just drawings but on TV they‘re moving
field /fild/ n pole The cows were eating grass in the field. pictures.
flat screen TV / flt skrin ti vi/ n plochá TV MP3 player / em pi θri pleiə/ n MP3 prehrávaè
obrazovka Dad wants a flat screen TV but Mum says they‘re There are 1500 songs on my MP3 player.
too expensive. pen drive / pen draiv/ n USB k¾úè I put the data on my
folk story / fəυk stɔri/ n ¾udový príbeh Gran told me pen drive and put it in my shirt pocket.
an Irish folk story. pick up / pik p/ phr v zdvihnú The dog picked up the
global positioning system / ləυbəl pə ziʃəniŋ bone and ran away into the garden.
sistəm/ n GPS This global positioning system will tell you pocket money / pɒkit mni/ n vreckové My brother
where you are at all times. gets £5 pocket money every week from Mum and Dad.
GPS / di pi es/ n GPS Mum has a GPS system in the car presenter /pri zentə/ n moderátor The presenter asked
because she‘s always getting lost. the film star about his latest movie.
handheld computer / hndheld kəm pjutə/ n princess / prin ses/ n princezná She became a princess
vreckový poèítaè He plays games on his handheld when she married a prince.
computer when he should be studying. program / prəυ rm/ n program (PC) She wrote a
headphones / hedfəυnz/ n slúchadlá Mum pulled program for the computer.
the headphones off my head because she didn‘t want to pure /pjυə/ adj èistý, rýdzi, pravý The guide said the
shout. statue was made of pure gold.
helmet / helmət/ n prilba The astronaut put on his helmet react /ri kt/ v reagova This computer program reacts to
and stepped out of the spaceship. your instructions and remembers them.
I’ll (= I will) /ail/ aux skrátený tvar pom. slovesa refuse /ri fjuz/ v odmietnu The food was really bad and
pre vyjadrenie budúceho èasu (+ sloveso) I don‘t we refused to pay the bill.
think I‘ll go to school tomorrow because I don‘t feel well. robot / rəυbɒt/ n robot The robots do lots of work in the
insert /in s t/ v vloži She inserted the disk into the DVD factory.
player. satellite / stəlait/ n satelit This satellite gets signals from
joke /dəυk/ n vtip Have you heard the joke about the one country and sends them back down to another.
Englishman, the Scotsman and the Welshman? scan /skn/ v skenova Josh scanned the photograph into
keyboard / kibɔd/ n klávesnica Tom‘s knocked a cup of the computer.
coffee all over the computer keyboard. shout /ʃaυt/ v krièa All the players were shouting at the
knock /nɒk/ v klopa, udrie The dog jumped up and referee.
knocked the table over. signal / si nəl/ n signál I can‘t get a signal on my mobile
land /lnd/ v pristá The plane landed on time. phone.
laptop / lptɒp/ n laptop, notebook On the train, he silicon / silikən/ n silikón The microchip in this computer is
opened his laptop and read his e-mail. made from silicon.
leaf, leaves /lif, livz/ n list, listy It was winter and there site /sait/ n strana Where is the site for the new school going
were no leaves on the trees. to be?
little brother / litl brðə/ n braèek My little brother is smart /smɑt/ adj bystrý, inteligentný; vkusný The
three years younger than me. smart kids get good grades and go off to college.
locate /ləυ keit/ v lokalizova When the TV broke down, smart clothes / smɑt kləυðz,  kləυz/ n elegantné,
the engineer located the problem. vkusné, upravené obleèenie In the future, MP3
location /ləυ keiʃən/ n poloha, lokácia The GPS tells players and computers could be part of smart clothes.
you your exact location on Earth. smile /smail/ v usmieva sa The little girl smiled happily
love life / lv laif/ n ¾úbostný /milostný život I don‘t when she opened her presents.
have much of a love life at present because I‘m too busy. solar system / səυlə sistəm/ n slneèná sústava How
mega / me ə/ adv mega The people who started Google many planets are there in our solar system?
are now mega rich. space /speis/ n vesmír The spaceship travelled through
metal / metl/ n kov Gold and silver are both metals. space to other planets.
microchip / maikrəυ tʃip/ n mikroèip There is a microchip spacesuit / speissut, sjut/ n skafander The astronaut
inside my computer. put on his spacesuit and walked into the rocket.
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spoilt /spɔilt/ adj rozmaznaný She‘s a very spoilt child Module 9 Style
– her parents give her everything she wants.
stairs /steəz/ n pl schody These stairs go up to the roof. really / riəli/ adv skutoène, naozaj It is really cold outside
stare /steə/ v zíza They stared at us in amazement when today.
we started singing. advantage /əd vɑntid/ n výhoda The advantage of
table (= maths) / teibəl/ n tabu¾ka Table 3 gives e-mail is that it is very quick.
information on students‘ test results. along /ə lɒŋ/ adv, prep pozdåž, popri, po It‘s quicker if you
techy / teki/ n technický typ (èlovek) He‘s a bit of a techy go along the river.
– he‘ll be able to repair your computer. animal skin / niməl skin/ n zvieracia koža Animal
the Earth /ði θ/ n Zem The spaceship left the Earth and skins kept the men warm at night.
flew towards Venus. anti-war / nti wɔ/ adj protivojnový There‘s an anti-
three-dimensional / θri dai menʃənəl, di/ adj war poster on the wall.
troj-rozmerný First, build a three-dimensional model of back to front / bk tə frnt/ idiom odzadu dopredu
the rocket. Can you say the alphabet back to front, from Z to A?
to track /tə trk/ v sledova, stopova He tracked the ban /bn/ v zakáza They‘ve banned those fans – they‘re not
students through the microchips in their school badges. allowed to take beer into the stadium.
top /tɒp/ n vrchol, top When they reached the top of the hill band /bnd/ n skupina, kapela Fifteen different bands
they could see for miles. played at the concert.
tracker (=electronic) / trkə/ n stopovaè The vet put baseball cap / beisbɔl kp/ n šiltovka He wears his
an electronic tracker in the dog‘s neck. baseball cap back to front to show how cool he is.
treasure / treə/ n poklad Captain Hook buried his be sick of /bi sik əv, ɒv/ adj phr by otrávený, sýty,
treasure on the island. chorý z (èoho); ma nieèoho po krk I‘m sick of
tunnel / tnl/ n tunel The train from London to Paris goes vegetables – I want some meat!
through the Channel Tunnel. bedside table / bedsaid teibəl/ n noèný stolík I put
uncomfortable /n kmftəbəl, n kmfət/ adj my book on the bedside table and went to sleep.
nepohodlný The sofa looked great but it was very bedspread / bedspred/ n poste¾ná prikrývka The
uncomfortable. bedspread goes on top of the blankets.
unhealthy /n helθi/ adj nezdravý Jack‘s very unhealthy bit /bit/ n troška This bit is still dirty!
because he doesn‘t exercise or eat properly. block /blɒk/ n blok (budova) Several companies have
unknown /n nəυn/ adj neznámy A few months ago she their offices in this block.
was an unknown singer, but now she‘s a star. blues /bluz/ n blues (typ hudby) If I feel sad I sometimes
unlucky /n lki/ adj nešastný She‘s always unlucky at play blues.
cards and never wins. body piercing / bɒdi piəsiŋ/ n prepichnutie,
upload /p ləυd/ v nahra (PC) I uploaded the document piercing na tele She does tattoos and body piercing.
from my computer to the website. break /breik/ n prestávka Can we take a break from work
useful / jusfəl/ adj užitoèný I think the pen drive is a useful and get something to eat?
little gadget. brick /brik/ n tehla Brick buildings can be a number of different
video camera / vidiəυ kmərə/ n video kamera Use colours.
your video camera to film the wedding. bright /brait/ adj jasný, žiarivý Some apples are bright green
wag /w / v vrtie The dog wagged his tail when he saw me. in colour.
walkie-talkie watch / wɔki tɔki wɒtʃ/ n hodinky buffalo / bfələυ/ n bizón There were once millions of buffalo
s vysielaèkou Why do you want a walkie-talkie watch when in North America.
you could just use two radios? care /keər/ v stara sa He doesn‘t care what other people
welcome / welkəm/ interj vitajte Welcome back, it‘s lovely think.
to see you again. CD player / si di pleiə/ n CD prehrávaè My new car
will /wil/ aux pomocné sloveso na vyjadrenie has a CD player and a radio.
budúceho èasu I will buy some milk on the way home. ceremony / serəməni/ n obrad, slávnos There will be
wizard / wizəd/ n veštec, jasnovidec He read her a a ceremony on Sunday to remember the dead soldiers.
story about a wizard from a country far away. chain /tʃein/ n reaz She wears a cross on a chain round
write back / rait bk/ phr v odpísa, napísa spä her neck.
I wrote to her four times but she never wrote back. chimney / tʃimni/ n komín If you want a real fire, you need
a chimney and a fireplace.
classical / klsikəl/ adj klasický This radio station only
plays classical music.
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cloth /klɒθ/ n plátno, látka His car doesn‘t have a roof, hip hop / hip hɒp/ n hip hop Hip hop is good music to
just a cloth cover. dance to.
comedy /kɒmədi/ n komédia It was a very good comedy holiday home / hɒlədi həυm/ n prázdninový dom
– we laughed a lot. They work in London but have a holiday home in Italy.
concrete / kɒŋkrit/ n betón The bridge over the river is hood /hυd/ n kapucòa The hood on my jacket doesn‘t keep
made of concrete. the rain out.
construction /kən strkʃən/ n konštrukcia There has house /haυs/ n house (hudobný štýl) I prefer rock and
been a lot of construction in the city centre. roll to house.
cotton / kɒtn/ n bavlna T-shirts are usually made from hurry up / hri p/ phr v ponáh¾a sa Hurry up, we‘ll be
cotton. late for the train!
cow /kaυ/ n krava The cows were standing under the trees in the past /in ðə pɑst/ adj phr v minulosti In the past,
to keep out of the rain. people didn‘t have MP3 players.
curtain / k tn/ n záclona We need to buy some curtains in time /in taim/ n phr po èase, èasom It‘s difficult now,
for the living room window. but in time it will become easier.
cushion / kυʃən/ n vankúš Put a cushion on the floor jazz /dz/ n džez Jazz musicians improvise a lot.
– you‘ll be more comfortable. jealous / deləs/ adj žiarlivý She‘s jealous of my new
cyclist / saiklist/ n cyklista This path is for cyclists and mobile phone.
walkers only. lampshade / lmpʃeid/ n tienidlo lampy I don‘t like the
dark /dɑk/ adj tmavý Spinach is dark green. pattern of flowers on that lampshade.
decorate / dekəreit/ v zdobi, dekorova; ma¾ova layout / leiaυt/ n rozloženie Have you changed the layout
(miestnos) They‘ve decorated the living room in green of the furniture in your room?
and black. leather / leðə/ n koža You‘ll be warm in this leather jacket.
designer clothes /di zainə kləυðz,  kləυz/ n znaèkové leave at home / liv ət həυm/ v phr necha doma I‘ll
obleèenie (od módneho návrhára) Designer clothes leave my jacket at home because it‘s going to be sunny today.
are really expensive. light /lait/ adj svetlý The young leaves of this plant are
difference / difərəns/ n rozdiel What’s the difference always light green.
between these two MP3 players? living area / liviŋ eəriə/ n obývacia èas The living
dreadlocks / dredlɒks/ n dredy Bob Marley wore his hair area has four big chairs and a sofa.
in dreadlocks. look like / lυk laik/ v phr vyzera ako He‘s very similar to
exercise / eksəsaiz/ n cvièenie This grammar exercise his sister – he looks like her.
is very difficult. low /ləυ/ adj nízky It was low and long building.
eyebrow / aibraυ/ n oboèie His hair is white but his eyebrows made of / meid əv, ɒv/ v phr vyrobený z/zo My
are still black. school desk is made of wood but my desk at home is made
fanatical /fə ntikəl/ adj fanatický She‘s fanatical about of metal.
health and fitness. make it / meik it/ phr v zvládnu to, spravi to You‘ll
fashion model / fʃən mɒdl/ n model, modelka have to hurry to make it to the plane in time.
Fashion models earn lots of money. mat /mt/ n rohožka Wipe your feet on the mat before you
flared /fleəd/ adj zvoncové, rozšírené (nohavice) come in.
Flared trousers are in fashion again. mess /mes/ n neporiadok Your dog left a terrible mess all
folk /fəυk/ n folk (hudba) There will be lots of folk groups over the carpet.
at the festival. messy / mesi/ adj neporiadny She‘s always been messy
follow / fɒləυ/ v nasledova You go first and I‘ll follow. and not tidy at all.
ger / / n ger Mongolian speakers call these tents ‚gers‘. metal / metl/ n kov This desk is made of metal but I prefer
glass / lɑs/ n sklo Windows are made of glass. wooden ones.
gold / əυld/ n zlato Her ring is made of gold. metal / metl/ n metal (hud. štýl) I don‘t like metal – it‘s too
gone (be) / ɒn/ adj (by) preè, zmiznú When I turned loud and I get a headache.
round to speak to him again, he was gone. Mongolian /mɒŋ əυliən/ n, adj Mongol, mongolský
goth / ɒθ/ n goth (subkultúra) Goths like to dress in black You can tell he‘s Mongolian by the type of hat he‘s wearing.
clothes and make-up. motor / məυtə/ n motor The motor on the washing machine
half an hour / hɑf ən aυə/ n pol hodiny It will take half has broken.
an hour – 40 minutes at the most. movable / muvəbəl/ adj pohyblivý This table isn‘t
hall /hɔl/ n hala This hall isn‘t big enough to hold 1000 movable – it‘s stuck to the floor.
people. Native American / neitiv ə merikən/ n, adj Indián
herd /h d/ n èrieda There‘s a herd of sheep in that field. Native Americans still own some land in the USA.
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new hippies / nju hipiz/ n nový hippisáci New scarf, scarves /skɑf, skɑvz/ n šál, šatka, šály, šatky
hippies like to listen to music from the 1960s. Wear a scarf – it‘s cold outside.
not really / nɒt riəli/ adv phr nie naozaj, nie skutoène set /set/ v položi, umiestni She filled the pot and set it
I told him classical music is great, but he‘s not really interested. on the cooker.
of my own /əv mai əυn/ pron samostatne, sám When set up / set p/ phr v nastavi (prístroj) I‘ve not set up
my sister went to university I finally got a room of my own. my music system yet.
office / ɒfis/ n kancelária, úrad The office is open from shoelaces / ʃu leisiz/ n šnúrky do topánok Her
9 am till 5 pm, Monday to Friday. shoes had very bright red shoelaces.
opening time / əυpəniŋ taim/ n otváracie hodiny The should /ʃəd, ʃυd/ aux ma povinnos, mal by Should
opening times for this office are 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday. we go, or should we stay?
organise / ɔ ənaiz/ v organizova, usporiada I‘ve sick /sik/ adj chorý, zle (na zvracanie) I am feeling sick
organised my photos by the year I took them. today.
own /əυn/ pron vlastný, svoj I have my own bedroom, silver / silvə/ n striebro Some coins were made of real silver.
I don´t have to share it with my brothers. slogan / sləυ ən/ n slogan, heslo Somebody has
paint /peint/ v ma¾ova I‘m going to paint one wall black and sprayed anti-war slogans on the wall.
the other three purple. smick /smik/ n smicker (subkultúra tínedžer
paper / peipə/ n papier The company printed the books on uznávajúci rap) You can see smicks in Belfast on a Saturday
very thin paper. night.
past /pɑst/ adv okolo, pozdåž He cycled past and smiled soul /səυl/ n soul (hud. štýl) Black musicians and singers
at me. often play or sing soul.
past /pɑst/ n minulos She is always thinking of her past. square /skweə/ adj štvorcový The bottom of a pyramid
plastic / plstik/ n plast, umelá hmota She‘s too small is square.
to have a metal knife and fork so these are made of plastic. stone /stəυn/ n kameò The walls of my house are made
pop /pɒp/ n pop Radio One plays mostly pop (music). from stone.
portable / pɔtəbəl/ adj prenosný, cestovný I got a storey / stɔri/ n poschodie The house has two storeys,
portable DVD player for Christmas. and the bedrooms are upstairs.
poster / pəυstə/ n poster, plagát I have posters of Robbie stove /stəυv/ n sporák, piecka The stove burns wood and
Williams on my bedroom wall. keeps the room warm.
practical / prktikəl/ adj praktický Socks and ties are straw /strɔ/ n slama You can make beds for farm animals
very practical presents, but not exciting. out of straw.
punk /pŋk/ n pank People with very colourful hair liked suburb / sb b/ n predmestie I was driving through the
punk music. London suburbs for hours.
put up /pυt p/ phr v vyvesi, vylepi I‘ve put some of my sweatshirt / swetʃ t/ n mikina She was wearing a
drawings up on the wall. sweatshirt and tracksuit bottoms.
R and B / ɑr ən bi/ n R and B (hud. štýl) I like R and B take down / teik daυn/ phr v zloži, da dolu, rozmontova
from the 1980s. They took down the tent when the exhibition finished.
rap /rp/ n rep People who can‘t sing invented rap! tatami /tə tɑmi/ n tatami You must take your shoes off and
rectangular /rek tŋ jυlə/ adj pravouhlý, obdåžnikový kneel on the tatami.
This book is rectangular. tax /tks/ n daò, poplatok They charged me tax on
reggae / re ei/ n rege Bob Marley was one of the stars everything I bought.
of reggae. teepee / tipi/ n típí What‘s the difference between a teepee
residence / rezidəns/ n sídlo, bydlisko They have one and a wigwam?
residence in Scotland and one in France. the truth /ðə truθ/ n phr pravda The truth is, I have no idea.
ring /riŋ/ n krúžok That girl‘s wearing a ring in her nose! through /θru/ adv cez, skrz, naprieè We‘ll go through
rock /rɒk/ n rock (hud. štýl) Status Quo are a famous the tunnel under the river.
rock band. throw away / θrəυ ə wei/ v odhodi Don‘t just throw that
rocker / rɒkə/ n rocker Your dad looks like a sixties rocker. away – put it in the bin.
room /rum, rυm/ n izba, miestnos How many rooms tie /tai/ v (za-, u-, pri-)viaza, When he fell asleep we tied
are there in the castle? his shoelaces together.
round /raυnd/ adj okrúhly, gu¾atý A football is round. tight /tait/ adj tesný, úzky, obtiahnutý These trousers
rug /r / n rohožka, koberèek I haven‘t got a carpet in my are too tight – I can‘t get them on.
room, just a small rug on the wooden floor. tracksuit / trksut, sjut/ n tepláková súprava,
ruin / ruin/ v znièi I‘ve ruined my jeans – I spilt wine all športové obleèenie He took off his tracksuit just before
over them. the race started.
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traffic / trfik/ n doprava There‘s lots of traffic on the be sorry /bi sɒri/ v ¾utova I‘m sorry I forgot your birthday,
motorway today. but here‘s your card anyway.
triangular /trai ŋ jυlə/ adj trojuholníkový Each side beat (= defeat) /bit/ v porazi Nobody beat her in any of
of a pyramid is triangular. her matches last year.
truth /truθ/ n pravda Please tell me the truth. beetroot / bitrut/ n èervená repa This soup is made
uncool / n kul/ adj nie cool, nevhodné It‘s extremely from beetroot.
uncool to take your dad to the party. Belarus / belə rus/ n Bielorusko Belarus was part of
underwear / ndəweə/ n spodná bielizeò It‘s so cold the Soviet Union till 1991.
I‘ll have to put on my woollen underwear. borsch /bɔʃ/ n boršè Borsch looks a bit strange but it tastes
unpack /n pk/ v vybali I haven‘t unpacked my suitcase delicious.
yet – my clothes are still in it. bossy / bɒsi/ adj panovaèný Don‘t be so bossy! I want to
wall /wɔl/ n stena, múr This wall has a window that looks do it my way.
out onto the park. bravery / breivəri/ n statoènos The police office got a
wardrobe / wɔdrəυb/ n skriòa Hang your new clothes in medal for bravery after she stopped the robbery.
the wardrobe. break a record / breik ə rekɔd/ idiom zlomi rekord
wigwam / wi wm/ n vigvam The boys put up a wigwam Radcliffe broke the record for the New York marathon.
and played Cowboys and Indians. bright future /ə brait fjutʃə/ n phr skvelá, jasná
wood /wυd/ n drevo Paper is made from wood. budúcnos He‘s so good at maths, he has a bright future
wooden / wυdn/ adj drevený These wooden toys are safe as a scientist.
for little children. bye /bai/ interj ahoj (rozlúèenie) Bye, Fred. I‘ll see you
woollen / wυlən/ adj vlnený Woollen clothes are warm. tomorrow.
youth centre / juθ sentə/ n mládežnícke centrum cards /kɑdz/ n sing karty You can lose a lot if you play
The youth centre tries to help young people. cards for money.
yurt /j t/ n jurta The ceremony will take place in a Mongolian challenge / tʃlənd/ n výzva It will be very difficult, but I
yurt. like a challenge.
championship / tʃmpiənʃip/ n šampionát Wimbledon
is the most important tennis championship in the world.
Module 10 Winners check-up (medical) / tʃek p/ n kontrola (lekárska)
I go for a check-up every year to make sure I‘m healthy.
accept /ək sept/ v akceptova, prija They want to give
chess /tʃes/ n šach Do you need to be really clever to play
me a medal - do you think I should accept?
chess?
achieve /ə tʃiv/ v dosiahnu If you work really hard,
Christmas / krisməs/ n Vianoce It often snows at Christmas
there‘s nothing you can‘t achieve.
in Poland.
achievement /ə tʃivmənt/ n úspech, dosiahnutie
Christmas tree / krisməs tri/ n vianoèný stromèek
He was the first man on the moon – it was his greatest
I want to get a really big Christmas tree this year.
achievement.
climbing / klaimiŋ/ n horolezectvo, lezenie I don‘t like
all /ɔl/ determiner všetko, všetci I ate all the grapes.
climbing – I‘m scared of heights.
ambitious /m biʃəs/ adj ambiciózny, ctižiadostivý
coach /kəυtʃ/ n tréner Smith is a coach of the Scottish
She‘s ambitious, and wants to get the top job in the company.
national football team.
argue / ɑ ju/ v háda sa Don‘t argue with me, I‘m always
come second /km sekənd/ v phr prís ako druhý
right!
She wants to win, not come second or third.
army / ɑmi/ n armáda The US Army has soldiers in many
complete /kəm plit/ adj úplný, celý, kompletný I have
countries.
the complete set of Shakespeare‘s plays.
article / ɑtikəl/ n èlánok Look, John, there‘s an article
computer games /kəm pjutə eimz/ n pl poèítaèové
about you in the newspaper.
hry Stop playing computer games and do your homework!
as well /əz wel/ adv taktiež, aj, rovnako Will you have
congratulations /kən rtʃυ leiʃənz/ n pl gratulácia,
enough money left to buy the shoes as well?
blahoželanie Congratulations on your wedding to
astronaut / strənɔt/ n astronaut The astronauts will
Rachel.
return to Earth next Wednesday after two weeks in space.
crack /krk/ n prasklina There‘s a crack in this window
athletics /θ letiks, əθ/ n sing atletika The athletics
– were you playing football in here again?
events will take place in this stadium.
defend /di fend/ v bráni, ochraòova United won last
backhand / bkhnd/ n backhand (tenisový úder)
year and this year they‘re defending the championship.
Federer has a terrific backhand.
dinner / dinə/ n veèera Let‘s have dinner early tonight - I‘m
be nice to /bi nais tə, tυ/ v pekne sa správa k If
hungry.
you‘re nice to me, I‘ll buy you an ice cream later.
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disabled /dis eibəld/ adj imobilný, hendikepovaný it was nothing /it wəz nθiŋ/ phr to niè nebolo, niet
There is a ramp to help disabled people in wheelchairs to get za èo Don‘t thank me, it was nothing – I was happy to help.
into the building. journey / d ni/ n cesta The journey to the village takes
dish (= meal) /diʃ/ n jedlo, chod We had a Chinese meal three days by boat.
and they brought ten different dishes to the table. junior / duniə/ adj mladý, juniorský She‘s the best
dominoes / dɒminəυz/ n sing domino Dad thinks dominoes player in their junior tennis team.
is a game for old men. last time / lɑst taim/ n phr minule, naposledy,
draughts /drɑfts/ n sing šípky Draughts is a very easy game, posledný krát Last time they lost 3–0. This time they want
even for young children. to win.
driving lesson / draiviŋ lesən/ n vodièský kurz How left-handed / left hndid/ adj ¾avák Left-handed
many driving lessons did you have before you passed your test? people‘s writing sometimes leans backwards.
electric shock /i lektrik ʃɒk/ n elektrický šok He got like /laik/ adv ako They sell great foods like pasta and Italian
an electric shock because the wires were loose. sausage.
emergency /i m dənsi/ adj, n núdzový He was rescued loads of / ləυdz əv, ɒv/ pron ve¾a, fúra There are loads
after he made an emergency call to the navy. of things to do on this holiday.
equip /i kwip/ v vybavi, zariadi The climbers have Malaysia /mə leiziə/ n Malajzia The next Grand Prix takes
equipped themselves with food and clothing. place in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
excellent / eksələnt/ adj vynikajúci, znamenitý He‘s male /meil/ adj, n mužský, muž Federer is possibly the
an excellent driver – he passed his test first time. best ever male tennis player.
expedition / ekspə diʃən/ n expedícia She‘s organising matter / mtə/ v záleža (na nieèom), by dôležitý
a climbing expedition to Mount Everest. Does it matter?
explorer /ik splɔrə/ n výskumník, prieskumník medal / medl/ n medaila She won the silver medal – she
Explorers have brought back many kinds of plant from different came second in the race.
countries. minus (30ºC) / mainəs/ adj mínus Temperatures in the
follow (= watch the progress of) / fɒləυ/ v sledova mountains can go as low as minus 24ºC.
(postup napr. futbalového tímu) Do you follow moon /mun/ n mesiac The moon is bright tonight.
Manchester United or Chelsea? motor racing / məυtə reisiŋ/ n automobilové preteky
football / fυtbɔl/ n futbal More people watch football in Motor racing is a very expensive sport.
Britain than any other sport. Ms /məz, miz/ title sleèna/pani (oslovenie bez
golf / ɒlf/ n golf They play 18 holes of golf every weekend. oh¾adu na stav) She likes to be called Ms Smith so that
govern / vən/ v vládnu As President, he governed the nobody knows whether she‘s married.
country for over 40 years. nice /nais/ adj pekný She is a very nice woman.
Grand Prix (pl Grands Prix) / rɒn pri/ n Grand Prix, Nobel prize / nəυbel praiz/ n Nobelova cena They gave
Ve¾ká cena He came second in the Belgian Grand Prix last year. the Nobel prize for Literature to Terry Pratchett.
history / histəri/ n história She was the most successful North Pole / nɔθ pəυl/ n severný pól It took sixteen
woman golfer in history. hours to reach the North Pole.
ice hockey / ais hɒki/ n ¾adový hokej Canada has got not at all / nɒt ət ɔl/ interj nie je za èo „Thanks very
a very good ice hockey team. much.“ „Not at all, I‘d love to help.“
improve /im pruv/ v zlepši, zdokonali He wants to nothing / nθiŋ/ n niè I had nothing to eat.
improve his exam results and get into university. number one / nmbə wn/ n phr èíslo jedna He‘s the
incredible /in kredəbəl/ adj neuverite¾ný He won the world‘s number one bestselling author.
match with an incredible goal. okay / əυ kei/ adj O. K., dobre „‘I can‘t come tonight.“
inform /in fɔm/ v informova I have to inform you that „That‘s okay, I‘ll see you next week.“
you have not paid your electricity bill. Olympic Games /ə limpik eimz/ n pl Olympijské
institute / institjut/ n inštitút, ústav The Institute gives hry The Olympic Games are the number one sporting event in
awards to the best students in every year. the world.
invite /in vait/ v pozva niekoho v I have been invited to Open / əυpən/ n Open (turnaj) The Open is on TV all day
a wedding in July. today.
invite sb out /in vait smbədi aυt/ v phr pozva operate / ɒpəreit/ v operova They will operate on his hand
niekoho von (do reštaurácie, kaviarne...) If you tomorrow morning.
like her, why don‘t you invite her out for dinner? operation / ɒpə reiʃən/ n operácia He needs to have an
it doesn’t matter /it dzənt mtə/ phr to nevadí, operation to cure the trouble with his leg.
to nie je dôležité „What did you say?“ „It doesn‘t matter, place /pleis/ n miesto I have to train hard so that I am not
I‘ll do it myself.“ in last place.
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plan /pln/ n plán His plan is to start slowly and then get the South Pole /ðə saυθ pəυl/ n južný pól The scientists
faster towards the end. are studying the weather at the South Pole.
pool /pul/ n biliard You play pool on a big green table. third/fourth place / θ d pleis, fɔθ/ n phr tretie/
position /pə ziʃən/ n pozícia She was in third position after štvrté miesto He was in fourth place so he didn‘t get a
the first two races. medal.
preparation / prepə reiʃən/ n príprava Do you need to tournament / tυənəmənt/ n turnaj There‘s a big golf
do a lot of preparation before a game? tournament in Spain next month.
professional /prə feʃənəl/ adj profesionálny Navratilova train /trein/ v trénova, (vy-)uèi sa, vzdeláva sa
was a very successful professional tennis player. She wants to train to be a doctor, but it takes so long.
pull /pυl/ v aha Pull the door, don‘t push it. treat /trit/ v lieèi They treat many different diseases at
quality / kwɒləti/ n kvalita You pay more for the metal one this hospital.
because it‘s better quality. treatment / tritmənt/ n lieèba What‘s the best treatment
raise /reiz/ v zozbiera, získa I‘m running to raise money for a twisted ankle?
for a children‘s charity. truly / truli/ adv skutoène, ozaj, úprimne He was one
reach (= get to) /ritʃ/ v dosiahnu They plan to reach New of the truly great tennis players.
York on the fifteenth day. under-fives / ndə faivz/ n pl do pä rokov This
record / rekɔd/ n rekord You got here in record time! holiday company has a special play group for the under-fives.
recover /ri kvə/ v zotavi sa After the race they‘re going unfortunately /n fɔtʃənətli/ adv nanešastie,
to spend a week in London to recover. bohužia¾ Unfortunately, Sadie is too old to get a free child
recovery /ri kvəri/ n zotavenie sa He made a very quick seat on the plane.
recovery after the operation. view /vju/ n výh¾ad There‘s a wonderful view of the sea
repair /ri peə/ v opravi Can you repair the car by Tuesday? from the top of the mountain.
rugby / r bi/ n ragby You play rugby with an oval ball. volt /vəυlt/ n volt Britain‘s electricity system uses 240 volts.
rush /rʃ/ v súri, hna I hate to rush you, but we have very Wimbledon / wimbəldən/ n Wimbledon He played at
little time. Wimbledon many times but never got past the semi-finals.
sci-fi / sai fai/ adj sci-fi I used to read a lot of sci-fi books. World War II / w ld wɔ tu/ n II. svetová vojna My
second / sekənd/ adj druhý He was second in the race and dad was with the army in Germany in World War II.
so got the silver medal. yuk /jk/ interj fuj Yuk! That tastes disgusting!
semi-finals / semi fainəlz/ n pl semifinále City beat
them in the semi-finals of the competition.
serious / siəriəs/ adj seriózny, vážny Golf isn‘t a serious
sport – it‘s just hitting a little ball into a hole.
skiing / skiiŋ/ n lyžovanie I‘m going skiing in Italy next
winter.
sorry / sɒri/ adj ¾utujúci, zarmútený He said he was sorry.
soup /sup/ n polievka I had the most delicious soup for
tea last night.
South Pole / saυθ pəυl/ n južný pól They travelled to the
South Pole in dreadful weather.
sporting event / spɔtiŋ i vent/ n športová udalos
This the biggest sporting event Newcastle has ever held.
Taiwan / tai wɑn/ n Taiwan Taiwan used to be called
Formosa many years ago.
thanks /θŋks/ interj ïakujem Bye! Thanks!
thanks for doing something / θŋks fə duiŋ smθiŋ/
phr ïakujem za nieèo Thanks for helping me.
thanks for something / θŋks fə smθiŋ/ phr
ïakujem za nieèo Thanks for everything, it was great fun.
the Moon /ðə mun/ n phr Mesiac You can‘t see the Moon
tonight because of the clouds.
the North Pole /ðə nɔθ pəυl/ n phr severný pól He
took a team of dogs across the ice to the North Pole.
the Open /ði əυpən/ n phr Open (turnaj) Anybody can
enter the Open golf competition.
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CHALLENGES 2
Preh¾ad gramatiky v slovenèine
Sekcia Grammar Reference, Workbook strany 109 - 128

GRAMMAR REFERENCE WB strana 109

Sloveso have got / has got (ma)


(Module Back to School, strany 3-4)

Použitie:
keï hovoríme o vlastníctve:
He’s got a dictionary. (Má slovník.)
- She hasn’t got a Workbook. (Nemá pracovný zošit.)
- I’ve got two dogs and a cat. (Mám dva psy a maèku.)
- My parents have got a small house in the countryside.
(Moji rodièia majú domèek na vidieku.)
keï hovoríme o èlenoch rodiny:
- I’ve got a brother and a sister. (Mám brata a sestru.)
- She’s got a big family. (Má ve¾kú rodinu.)
keï hovoríme o vzh¾ade vecí alebo ¾udí, o èasových plánoch:
- David’s got dark hair. (Dávid má tmavé vlasy.)
- We haven’t got math on Monday. (V pondelok nemáme matematiku.)
- You’ve got a test today. (Dnes máte test.)

Forma:
Oznamovacia veta kladná
I/ You/ We/ They ‘ve got (have got)
blue eyes.
He/ She/ It ‘s got (has got)

Zápor
I/ You/ We/ They haven’t got (have not got)
a computer.
He/ She/ It hasn’t got (has not got)

Zisovacie otázky /(áno/nie) Krátke odpovede


Have I/ you/ we/ got Yes, I /we/ you/ No, I/ we/ you/ they
they a tattoo? they have. haven’t.

Has he/ she/ it got Yes, he/she/it has. No, he/she/it hasn’t.
dark hair?
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Doplòovacie otázky /(wh-)
have I/ you/ we/ they got?
What
has he/ she/ it got?

Väzba there is / there are


Použitie:
There is / there are používame na vyjadrenie toho, že niekde nieèo je, alebo nie je (nachádza
sa / nenachádza sa).
- There’s a photo of a film star on page 70.
(Na strane 70 je fotka filmovej hviezdy.)
- There aren’t any texts about animals in this book.
(V tejto uèebnici nie sú žiadne texty o zvieratách.)
- There isn’t any good music on the radio.
(V rádiu nie je žiadna tobrá hudba.)
- There’s a bar on the corner. (Na rohu je bar.)
- There are some new CDs. (Tam sú nejaké nové CD.)
- There are police officers outside. (Vonku sú nejakí policajti.)

Forma:
Oznamovacia veta kladná
There’s (is) a good shopping centre.
There are some nice snack bars.

Oznamovacia veta záporná


There isn’t (is not) an information centre.
There aren’t (are not) any youth clubs.

Zisovacie otázky / (áno/nie) Krátke odpovede


Is there a cinema? Yes, there is. No, there isn’t.
Are there any skateboard parks? Yes, there are. No, there aren’t.

Doplòovacie otázky /(wh-)


What shops are there?

Privlastòovacie ‘s – Possessive ‘s
Použitie:
-’s a –s’ používame na vyjadrenie privlastòovania:
- Is this Peter’s jacket? (Je toto Petrova bunda?)
- These are my friends’ CDs. (Toto sú CD mojich kamarátov.)
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Forma:

Jednotné èíslo
+ ‘s teacher’s
podstatných mien
Jednotné èíslo podst. m.
+ ‘s Charles’s
konèiacich na s
+ (s)’
Pravidelné množné èíslo
(s je už súèasou tvaru teams’
podstatných mien
množného èísla)
Nepravidelné množné
+ ‘s men’s, people’s, children’s, women’s
èíslo podstatných mien

GRAMMAR REFERENCE WB strana 110


Privlastòovacie zámená
Possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives

Použitie:
Nesamostatné privlastòovacie zámená (v angliètine privlast. prídavné mená) používame pred
podstatnými menami:
- My sister is 19. (Moja sestra má 19.)
- That’s our house. (Toto je náš dom.)
- Is this your new boyfriend? (Je to tvoj nový priate¾?)

Samostatné privlastòovacie zámená (v angliètine privlastòovacie zámená) stoja na konci vety,


majú význam zhodný s nesamostatným zámenom, ale nespájajú sa s podstatným menom:
- Are these Carol’s books? No, they’re mine. (Sú to Caroline knihy? Nie, sú moje.)
- Do you like this house? It’s ours. (Páèi sa ti tento dom? Je náš.)

Forma:

Nesamostatné privlastòovacie zámená Samostatné privlastòovacie zámená


(spájajú sa s podst. menom) (bez podstatného mena)
my (môj) mine
your (tvoj) yours
his (jeho) his
her (jej) hers
its (toho / jejo, jej) -
our (náš) ours
your (váš) yours
their (ich) theirs
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Modálne sloveso can (vedie) na vyjadrenie schopnosti Can for ability


Použitie:
Can (v zápore can’t / cannot) s infinitívom bez to používame na vyjadrenie schopnosti:
- I can read in English but I can’t speak. (Po anglicky viem èíta, no neviem hovori.)
Forma:
Oznamovacia veta kladná
I/ You/ He/ She/ It/ We/ They can swim.

Zápor
I/ You/ He/ She/ It/ We/ They can’t / cannot swim.

Zisovacie otázky /(áno/nie) Krátke odpovede


I / he/ she/ it / Yes, I / he/ she/ it/ No, I / he/ she/ it /
Can swim?
we/ you/ they we/ you/ they can. we/ you/ they can’t.

Doplòovacie otázky /(wh-)


What can you do?

Minulý èas slovesa by (to be): was a were


Použitie:
Tvary was a were sú tvary slovesa by (to be) v minulom èase.
Was a were používame na vyjadrenie dejov, ktoré sa odohrali v minulosti.
- We were in Spain last summer. (Minulý rok v lete sme boli v Španielsku.)
- It was cold and rainy yesterday. (Vèera bolo zima a daždivo.)
- I was very short in primary school. (Na základnej škole sem bol nízky.)
- Sarah wasn’t at school yesterday. (Sarah vèera nebola v škole.)
- They weren’t very happy after the match. (Po zápase neboli ve¾mi šastní.)
- There was a man at the bus stop. (Na zástavke bol muž.)
- There were a lot of people at the concert. (Na koncerte bolo ve¾a ¾udí.)
- There wasn’t much food at the party. (Na veèierku nebolo ve¾a jedla.)
Forma:
Oznamovacia veta kladná
I/ He/ She/ It was cold.
We/ You/ They were
There was a problem.
There were three people.
Zápor
I/ He/ She/ It wasn’t (was not)
comfortable.
We/ You/ They weren’t (were not)
There wasn’t (was not) any food.
There weren’t (were not) many people.
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Zisovacie otázky /(áno/nie) Krátke odpovede
Was I/ he/ she/ it Yes, I/ he/she/it No, I/ he/she/it
was. wasn’t.
hot?
Were we/ you/ Yes, we/you/they No, we/you/they
they were. weren’t.
Was there any water? Yes, there was. No, there wasn’t.
Were there a lot of problems? Yes, there were. No, there weren’t.

Doplòovacie otázky /(wh-)


was I/ he/ she/ it
Where yesterday?
were we/ you/ they

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Jednoduchý prítomný èas - Present simple
(Module 1, strana 6)

Použitie:
Keï hovoríme o aktivitách, ktoré sa opakujú:
- We go out every weekend. (Každý víkend chodíme von.)
- I write letters to my sister. (Píšem listy mojej sestre.)
Keï hovoríme o nieèom, èo je všeobecná pravda:
- She likes playing computer games. (Rada hráva poèítaèové hry.)
- It rains a lot in England. (V Anglicku ve¾a prší.)

Forma:

Oznamovacia veta kladná


I/ You/ We/ They like
texting.
He/ She/ It likes*

Zápor
I/ You/ We/ They don’t (do not) like
texting.
He/ She/ It doesn’t (does not) like

Zisovacie otázky /(áno/nie) Krátke odpovede


Do I/ you/ we/ they like dogs? Yes, I /we/ you/ they do. No, I/ we/ you/ they don’t.
Does he/ she/ it like dogs? Yes, he/she/it does. No, he/she/it doesn’t.

Doplòovacie otázky /(wh-)


do you
When use the Internet?
does he
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* Pravopis slovies v tretej osobe jednotného èísla (he/ she/ it) pre jednoduchý
prítomný èas v kladnej oznamovacej vete
Väèšina slovies +s play - plays
Slovesá do, go a slovesá konèiace sa na do - does
+ es
ch, sh, s, x watch - watches
zmena y na i
Slovesá konèiace sa na spoluhlásku + -y study - studies
a pridáme + es
Slovesá konèiace sa na samohlásku + -y +s play - plays
Have has have - has

Príslovky frekvencie - Adverbs of frequency


(Lekcia 10, strana 38)

Toto sú príslovky frekvencie:


0% 100%
never hardly ever sometimes often usually always
Príslovky frekvencie používame s jednoduchým prítomným èasom na vyjadrenie,
ako èasto sa dej odohráva.
Stoja pred plnovýznamovým slovesom ALE za slovesom to be:
- She often phones her friends. (Èasto volá svojim priate¾om.)
- We don’t often go abroad. (Nechodíme èasto do zahranièia.)
- What do they usually do at the weekends. (Èo zvyèajne robia cez víkend?)
- We are never late. (Nikdy nechodíme neskoro.)
- He isn’t often at home. (Nie je èasto doma).

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Prítomný priebehový èas Present continuous
(Module 2, strana 16)

Použitie:
Prítomný priebehový èas používame, na vyjadrenie deja prebiehajúceho práve teraz alebo
v priebehu najbižšej doby:
- We can’t go out now, it’s raining. (Nemôžeme teraz ís von, prší.)
- She’s cooking a curry. (Varí kari.)
Forma:
Oznamovacia veta kladná
I ‘m (am) cooking* lunch.
He/ She/ ‘s (is) cooking lunch.
It ‘s (is) raining.
We/ You/ They ‘re (are) having a good time.
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Zápor
I ‘m not (am not) cooking* lunch.
He/ She/ isn’t (is not) cooking lunch.
It isn’t (is not) raining.
We/ You/ They aren’t (are not) having a good time.

Zisovacie otázky /(áno/nie) Krátke odpovede


Am I having a good time? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.

he/ she/ having lunch? Yes, he/ she/ it is. No, he/ she/ it isn’t.
Is
it raining?
Are we/ you/ they speaking English? Yes, we/ you/ No, we/ you/ they
they are. aren’t.

Doplòovacie otázky /(wh-)


What are you cooking?

* Pravopis plnovýznamových slovies v prítomnom priebehovom èase

Väèšina slovies + ing listen - listening


odoberieme e
Slovesá konèiace na spoluhlásku + e drive - driving
a pridáme + ing
Jednoslabièné slovesá konèiace na zdvojíme spoluhlásku
stop - stopping
samohlásku + spoluhlásku + ing

Príslovky èasu - Time adverbials

Nasledujúce príslovky èasu používame s prítomným priebehovým èasom: just (práve), now (teraz),
at the moment (v tejto chvíli), at present (v súèasnosti, teraz).

Ich pozícia vo vete môže by:


mezi slovesom to be a slovesom s príponou –ing:
- I’m just writing a letter. (Práve píšem list.)

na konci vety:
- We’re having lunch at the moment. (V tejto chvíli obedujeme.)

na zaèiatku vety:
- At present, many students are revising for their exams.
(V súèasnosti si väèšina študentov opakuje na skúšky.)
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Jednoduchý prítomný èas a prítomný priebehový èas
Present simple and Present continuous
(Module 2, strana 16)

Použitie:
Jednoduchý prítomný èas používame, keï hovoríme o dejoch, ktoré sa opakujú, alebo ak
hovoríme o nieèom, èo je všeobecná pravda.
Prítomný priebehový èas používame, keï hovoríme o deji prebiehajúcom teraz alebo v blízkej
dobe.

Porovnajte tieto vety:


- They don’t speak English. (Nehovoria po anglicky, všeobecne – nevedia hovori po
anglicky.)
- They aren’t speaking English. (Nehovoria po anglicky, práve teraz – v iných situáciách
pravdepodobne po anglicky hovoria.)
- My parents work hard. (Moji rodièia usilovne pracujú, všeobecne – sú to usilovní ¾udia.)
- My parents are working outside London this month. (Moji rodièia pracujú tento mesiac
mimo Londýna, práve teraz - je to výnimoèná situácia inak pracujú v Londýne.)

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Èleny – Articles a/an, the
(Module 2, strana 23)

Neurèitý èlen a / an sa spája s jednotným èíslom poèítate¾ných podstatných mien.


- a používáme pred vyslovenou spoluhláskou
a book / a window / a year (v slove year vyslovujeme spoluhl. j )
- an používame pred vyslovenou samohláskou.
an actress / an exam / an hour (v slove hour vyslovujeme na zaèiatku samohl. a )
Neurèité èleny a / an používame, ak nezáleží na tom, o ktorej veci èi osobe hovoríme, alebo ak
o nieèom hovoríme prvý raz:

- We need a car. (Potrebujeme auto - nejaké, nie konkrétne.)


- They have a big garden. (Majú ve¾kú záhradu – hovorím o nej prvý raz)
Urèitý èlen the sa spája s jednotným i množným èíslom podstatných mien.
Urèitý èlen the používame, ak hovoríme o konkrétnej veci, osobu/vec spomíname po druhýkrát
alebo poslucháè vie, o ktorej osobe/veci hovoríme:

- They have a cat and a dog. The dog is dangerous. (Majú maèku a psa. Ten pes je
nebezpeèný.)
- Feed the dog. She is hungry. (Nakàm psa. Je hladný - náš pes, je jasné, ktorého myslím.)
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Existuje ve¾a spojení, kde sa èlen nepoužíva:
at night, at home, at school, in hospital, in bed, by train, by plane, by taxi, before lunch,
after dinner, go to school, go to work, go home, have breakfast, have lunch.

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Jednoduchý minulý èas - Past simple
(Module 3, strana 26)

Použitie:
Jednoduchý minulý èas používame, keï hovoríme o udalostiach, ktoré sa v minulosti zaèali aj
skonèili:
- Nicole Kidman acted in a school play. (Nicole Kidman hrala v školskej hre.)
- She went to acting classes. (Chodila na kurz herectva.)

Forma:
V jednoduchom minulom èase máme dva druhy slovies: pravidelné a nepravidelné.

Oznamovacia veta kladná


lived* (pravidelné sloveso) in Paris.
I/ He/ She/ It/
We/ You/ They
saw (nepravidelné sloveso) a horror film.

Zápor
I/ He/ She/ It/ We/ You/ didn’t (did not) study acting.
They go to dancing school.

Zisovacie otázky /(áno/nie) Krátke odpovede


like singing? No, I/ he/ she/
I/ he/ she/ it/ Yes, I/ he/ she/ it/
Did it/ we/ you/ they
we/ you/ they we/ you/ they did.
meet Nicole Kidman? didn’t.

Doplòovacie otázky /(wh-)


Where did they live?
When did you see the film?
* Pravopis pravidelných plnovýznamových slovies v jednoduchom minulom èase

Väèšina pravidelných slovies + ed listen - listened


Slovesá konèiace sa na -e +d arrive - arrived
Slovesá konèiace sa na spoluhlásku + -y zmena y na i + ed carry - carried
Jednoslabièné slovesá konèiace sa na zdvojíme spoluhlásku travel - travelled
samohlásku + spoluhlásku + ed stop - stopped
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Nepravidelné slovesá v jednoduchom minulom èase majú odlišný tvar v oznamovacej kladnej
vete:
go - went see - saw meet - met

POZOR !
Tvary nepravidelných slovies je nutné sa nauèi naspamä,
ich tabu¾ka je na strane 109 v Student’s book.

V zápore a otázke používame pomocné sloveso did - didn’t a nepravidelné sloveso ostáva
v základnom tvare.
- Where did you go yesterday? (Kam si vèera išiel?)
- I bought a T-shirt but I didn’t buy a jacket. (Kúpila som si trièko, ale nekúpila som si bundu.)

Prislovky èasu - Time adverbials


V jednoduchom minulom èase používame èasto tieto príslovky èasu:
last year/ month/ week/ night (minulý rok, mesiac, týždeò...);
two years/ five days/ three weeks ago (pred 2 rokmi, 5 dòami, 3 týždòami); in 2001/ the
19th century/ summer; ( v 2001, 19. storoèí, lete), when I was a child (keï som bol diea)…

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Minulý èas priebehový - Past continuous
(Module 4, strana 36)
Použitie:
Minulý èas priebehový používame na vyjadrenie dejov
- ktoré sa v minulosti odohrávali dlhšiu dobu, v istom èasovom úseku:
- I was reading all day. (Celý deò som èítal.)
- We were trying to do our homework. (Pokúšali sme sa robi domácu úlohu.)

- ktoré sa odohrávali po dlhšiu dobu a tvoria pozadie k vyjadreniu iného, kratšieho


deja v minulosti:
- When I was walking in the park, my dog ran away. (Keï som sa prechádzala v parku
– dlhší dej, môj pes ušiel - kratší dej.)
- It was raining when the match started. (Pršalo – dlhší dej, keï zápas zaèal - kratší dej.)
Forma:
Oznamovacia veta kladná
I/ He/ She/ (It) was reading a magazine.
We/ You/ They were watching TV.

Zápor
I/ He/ She/ (It) wasn’t drinking
coffee.
We/ You/ They weren’t studying.
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Zisovacie otázky /(áno/nie) Krátke odpovede
Was I/ he/ she/ (it) talking Yes, I/ he/ she/ (it) No,I/ he/ she/ (it)
on the phone? was. wasn’t.

Were we/ you/ they standing? Yes, we/ you/ they No, we/ you/ they
were. weren’t.
Doplòovacie otázky /(wh-)
Where was she staying?

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Jednoduchý minulý èas a minulý priebehový èas
Past simple and Past Continuous
(Module 4, strana 37)
Použitie:
dlhší dej v minulosti: èas minulý priebehový
≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈
___________________________ X___________________________
jedna udalos v minulosti: jednoduchý minulý èas

Ak používame obidva minulé èasy v jednom súvetí, minulý priebehový èas opisuje okolnost/
pozadie udalosti a jednoduchý minulý èas kratší dej:
- When he was having lunch, he heard a dog outside.
(Keï obedoval – dlhšia udalos, zaèul vonku psa.)
- John phoned when I was watching the Wimbledon final.
(John zavolal - kratšia udalos, keï som sledoval finále Wimbledonu.)
Všimnite si, že èiarku po when používame, pokia¾ súvetie zaèína vetou s when.

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Zastupovacie zámená one, ones, another, another one
(Module 4, strana 43)

Použitie a forma:
One a ones používame, keï nechceme opakova poèítate¾né podstatné meno. One používame
pre jednotné èíslo, ones pre množné èíslo:
- Which dress do you prefer? The red one. (Ktoré šaty sa ti páèia viac? Tie èervené. - one
nahrádza slovo dress.)
- Did you buy any of the cakes? Yes, the ones with chocolate cream. (Kúpila si niektoré
z tých koláèov? Áno, tie s tým èokoládovým krémom - ones nahrádza slovo cakes.)
Pozn.: V slovenèine tieto slová jednoducho vynecháme.
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Another (ïalší, ešte jeden) používame pred poèítate¾nými podstatnými menami v jednotnom
èísle.
Another one (iný) používame, ak hovoríme o nejakej ïalšej alebo inej veci:

- Can I have another cup of coffee? (Mohla by som dosta ïalšiu šálku kávy?)
- This book is dirty, I’d like another one. (Táto kniha je špinavá, rada by som inú - one
nahrádza slovo book.)

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Stupòovanie prídavných mien
Comparatives and superlatives adjectives
(Module 5, strana 46)

Použitie:
Druhý stupeò prídavných mien používame na porovnanie dvoch ¾udí, miest alebo vecí. Po
prídavnom mene v 2.stupni používame porovnávaciu spojku than (ako/než):
- She is taller than me, but I am more intelligent than her. (Ona je vyššia ako ja, ale ja
som inteligentnejšia ako ona.)

Tretí stupeò prídavných mien používame, keï porovnávame troch alebo viacerých ¾udí, tri
alebo viac miest a vecí, alebo ak chceme vyjadri, že je nieèo unikátne:
- Who is the fastest runner in your class? (Kto je najrýchlejší bežec u vás v triede?)

POZOR! V 3. stupni nepoužívame po prídavnom mene predložku of:


- What is the fastest animal in the world NIE of the world. (Ktoré zviera je najrýchlejšie
na svete?)
- He’s the worst player in the team. NIE of the team (Je najhorší hráè v tíme.)
Forma:

Jednoslabièné prídavné mená Druhý stupeò Tretí stupeò


cheap cheaper the cheapest
+ er / + est
old older the oldest
nice nicer the nicest
+ r / + st
white whiter the whitest
fat zdvojená spoluhláska po krátkej fatter the fattest
sad samohláske + er / + est sadder the saddest

Dvojslabièné prídavné mená


Druhý stupeò Tretí stupeò
konèiace na -y
pretty zmena y na i prettier the prettiest
trendy + er / est trendier the trendiest
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Dvojslabièné
Druhý stupeò Tretí stupeò
a viacslabièné prídavné mená
boring more boring the most boring
+ more /
comfortable more comfortable the most comfortable
+ the most
beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful
Nepravidelné prídavné mená Špeciálny tvar Špeciálny tvar
good better the best
bad worse the worst

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Poèítate¾né a nepoèítate¾né podstatné mená so zámenami some, any, no, a lot of
Countable & uncountable nouns with some, any, no, a lot of
(Module 6, strana 56)
some (nejaký), any (nejaký / žiadny), no (žiadny), a lot of (ve¾a)
Použitie a forma:
Podstatné mená v angliètine môžu by poèítate¾né (a man - muž, a table - stôl) a nepoèítate¾né
(milk - mlieko, money - peniaze).
Poèítate¾né podstatné mená:
- tvoria jednotné aj množné èíslo (1 flower – 2 flowers)
- môžu by použité s èíslovkou (I have two cats - Mám dve maèky. There are six men in
the team - V tíme je šes mužov.)
Nepoèítate¾né podstatné mená:
- nemajú množné èíslo a sloveso za nimi je vždy v jednotnom èísle (Money isn’t everything.
- Peniaze nie sú všetko.)
- nepoužívají sa s èíslovkou (I’ve got some / a lot of time - Mám trochu / ve¾a èasu.)
- neurèitý èlen a / an sa pri nich nepoužíva (I bought bread and milk. – Kúpil som chlieb
a mlieko.)
Some a any používame pred množným èíslom poèítate¾ných podstatných mien a s nepoèítate¾nými
podstatnými menami. Some obvykle používame v kladných oznamovacích vetách a any v otázke
a zápore.
Poèítate¾né podstatné mená Nepoèítate¾né podstatné mená
We’ve got some (nejaké) apples. I need some (nejaké) money.
Do you know any (nejaké) good clubs? Did you buy any (nejaké) meat?
I don’t eat any (žiadne) cakes. There isn’t any (žiadna) cola.
No používame pred poèítate¾nými podstatnými menami v množnom èísle a pred nepoèítate¾nými
podstatnými menami:
- I’ve got no money at all. (Nemám vôbec žiadne peniaze.)
- There are no students in the classroom. (V triede nie sú žiadni študenti.)
Pozn.: Táto veta by mohla tiež znie There aren’t any students...
- I’ve got no problems at all. (Nemám vôbec žiadne problémy.)
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A lot of používame pred poèítate¾nými podstatnými menami v množnom èísle a pred nepoèítate¾nými
podstatnými menami:
- We’ve got a lot of friends. (Máme ve¾a priate¾ov.)
- They earn a lot of money. (Zarábajú ve¾a peòazí.)

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Neurèité zámená - Indefinite pronouns
(Module 6, strana 63)
Použitie a forma:
Neurèité zámená sú: somebody (niekto), something (nieèo), somewhere (niekde), anybody
(niekto, nikto), anything (nieèo, niè), anywhere (niekde, nikde), nobody (nikto), nothing (niè),
nowhere (nikde), everybody (všetci), everywhere (všade), everything (všetko).
Somebody, anybody, everybody a nobody používame, keï hovoríme o ¾uïoch.
Something, anything, everything používame, keï hovoríme o veciach.
Somewhere, anywhere, everywhere a nowhere používame, keï hovoríme o miestach
Zámená zaèínajúce na some - (somebody, something, somewhere) používame v kladnej
oznamovacej vete:
- Somebody brought a salad. (Niekto priniesol šalát.)
- There are sandwiches somewhere in the kitchen. (Niekde v kuchyni sú sendvièe.)
Zámená zaèínajúce na any - (anybody, anything, anywhere) používame v otázke a v zápore - v otázke
vo význame niekto / nieèo / niekde, so záporom vo význame nikto / niè / nikde:
- Is there anything to eat? (Je tu nieèo na zjedenie?)
- I can’t see anybody! (Nikoho nevidím.)

POZOR!
Nobody, nothing a nowhere majú záporný význam - ak sa objavia vo vete,
už nedávame žiadny ïalší zápor:

- Nobody likes it. / NIE Nobody doesn’t like it./ (Nikomu sa to nepáèi.)
- There’s nothing left. / NIE There isn’t nothing left./ (Niè nezostalo.)

Po všetkých neurèitých zámenách je tvar slovesa v jednotnom èísle:


- Everybody is in the garden. (Všetci sú v záhrade.)
- There is nobody at the door. (Za dverami nik nie je.)

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Modálne slovesá can, can’t, have to, not have to
(Module 7, strana 66)

can (smie, môc), can’t (nesmie, nemôc),


have to (musie), not have to (nemusie)
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Použitie:
Can používame na vyjadrenie nieèoho, èo je dovolené alebo možné:
- You can leave now. (Teraz môžeš odís.)
- In football you can touch the ball with your head. (Vo futbale sa smiete dotknú lopty
hlavou.)
Can’t používame na vyjadrenie nieèoho, èo nie je dovolené, alebo nie je možné:
- You can’t go there. (Nemôžete tam ís.)
- In football you can’t touch the ball with your hands. (Vo futbale sa nesmiete lopty dotknú
rukou.)
Can’t sa tiež používa na vyjadrenie nieèoho, èo nevieme / nedokážeme:
- I can’t drive. (Neviem šoférova.)
Have to používame na vyjadrenie nieèoho, èo je potrebné /nutné:
- You have to do your homework. (Musíš si robi domáce úlohy.)
- She has to go there. (Musí tam ís.)
Not have to používame na vyjadrenie nieèoho, èo nie je potrebné / nutné:
- We don’t have to get up early at the weekend. (Cez víkend nemusíme skoro vstáva.)
- He doesn’t have to stay here. (Nemusí tu zosta.)
Forma:
Can a can’t používame s neurèitkom bez to:
- We can go now. (Teraz môžete ís.)
- You can’t be late. (Nesmiete prís neskoro.)

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Použitie slovesa will pre predpovede
Will for predictions
(Module 8, strana 76)
Použitie:
Will a won’t používame pre budúci èas, ak chceme vyjadri predpoveï:
- Your boyfriend will love this present. (Tvojmu prite¾ovi sa ten darèek bude ve¾mi páèi.)
- Don’t worry, you won’t be ill. (Neboj sa, nebudeš chorý.)
Forma:
Po will a won’t používame infinitív bez to:
Kladná oznamovcia veta
- In the future, people will stop going to the cinema. (V budúcnosti ¾udia prestanú
chodi do kina.)
- There will be more electronic equipment in our homes. (V našich domovoch bude
viac elektrických prístrojov.)
Zápor
- There won’t be many traditional TV sets. (Nebude ve¾a tradièných televízorov.)
- We won’t buy many books. (Nebudeme kupova ve¾a kníh.)
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Zisovacie otázky /(áno/nie) Krátke odpovede
Will shopping on the Internet become more popular?
Yes, it will. No, it won’t.
(Stane sa nakupovanie na internete populárnejšie?)

Doplòovacie otázky / (wh-)


Where will people buy clothes? (Kde si budú ¾udia kupova obleèenie?)

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Budúce podmienkové súvetia - Future Conditional
(Module 8, strana 83)

Použitie:
Budúce podmienkové súvetia používame, keï hovoríme o možných budúcich udalostiach,
ktoré závisia od iných budúcich javov:
- If the rain stops, the match will begin. (Ak prestane prša, zápas zaène.)
- You will get fat if you don’t do any sport. (Budeš tuèný, ak nebudeš športova..)
Forma:
Veta s if Hlavná veta
If + jednoduchý prítomný èas ! will / won’t + infinitív bez to

If you arrive late, they won’t let you in.


(Ak prídete neskoro, nepustia vás dnu.)

Hlavná veta Veta s if


will / won’t + infinitív bez to if + jednoduchý prítomný èas !

I won’t go out tonight if I have a lot of homework.


(Nepôjdem dnes vonku, ak budem ma ve¾a domácich úloh.)
Všimnite si, že èiarku používame len ak súvetie zaèína vetou s if.

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Predprítomný èas - Present Perfect
(Module 9, strana 86)

Použitie:
Predprítomný èas používame na vyjadrenie dejov, ktoré sa odohrali v minulosti, ale priniesli výsledky
alebo majú následky v prítomnosti.
- The teacher has gone out. (Uèite¾ odišiel – už tu nie je, žiaci zostali sami.)
- He hasn’t cut his hair. (Neostrihal si vlasy – má ich stále dlhé.)
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Forma:
Oznamovcia veta kladná
cleaned the house.
I/ We/ You/ They have /’ve
seen a ghost.
played football.
He/ She/ It has /’s lost the ball.
Zápor
cleaned the house.
I/ We/ You/ They have not / havent’t
seen a ghost.
played football.
He/ She/ It has not / hasn’t
lost the ball.
Zisovacie otázky /(áno/nie) Krátke odpovede
Have I/ you/ we/ painted the walls? Yes, I/ we/ you / No, I/ we/ you/ they
they had lunch? they have. haven’t.
Has he/ she/ it talked to you? Yes, he/ she /it No, he/ she/ it
build a shelf? has. hasn’t.

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Vyjadrenie zámerov a plánov - Intentions and arrangements
(Module 10, strana 97)

Použitie:
Na vyjadrenie našich plánov do budúcnosti používame väzbu be going to:
- I’m going to change my hairstyle. (Chystám se zmeni úèes.)
- My parents are going to move to Italy. (Moji rodièia sa budú sahova do Talianska.)

Na vyjadrenie plánov, ktoré sú už zariadené a na 100% sa stanú, používame prítomný priebehový


èas:
- I’m starting a new job in June. (V júni zaèínam novú prácu. - všetko je už zariadené)
- We’re going to the theatre tonight. (Veèer ideme do divadla. - už máme vstupenky)

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Otázky - Questions
(Module 10, strana 103)

Forma:
Zisovacie otázky (s odpoveïou áno/nie) zaèínajú pomocným slovesom:
- Are you Czech? (Si Èech?)
- Do you come from Australia? (Pochádzaš z Austrálie?)
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Doplòujúce otázky majú na zaèiatku opytovacie zámeno zámenom what, which, who, when,
where, why, how:
- What do you usually have for breakfast? (Èo obvykle raòajkuješ?)
- Where are you going? (Kam ideš?)

V otázkách na množstvo používame:


how much – ak sa pýtame na nepoèítate¾né podstatné mená
how many – ak sa pýtame na poèítate¾né podstatné mená
- How much sugar do you put in your tea? (Ko¾ko cukru si dávaš do èaju?)
- How many good friends do you have? (Ko¾ko dobrých priate¾ov máš?)

Otázky na podmet majú na zaèiatku zámená who alebo what. Slovosled je ako v oznamovacej
vete.
- Who bought this cake? (Kto kúpil ten koláè?)
- What happened to you? (Èo sa ti stalo?)

Porovnajte otázky na podmet s otázkami na predmet:

Peter likes Lucy.. (Peter má rád Luciu.)


Peter (podmet – kto, èo) likes Lucy (predmet A - koho, èo).

- Who likes Lucy? (Kto má rád Luciu?) – odpoveï je Peter (t.j. podmet)
- Who does Peter like? (Koho má Peter rád?) - odpoveï je Lucy (t.j.predmet)
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