4000 Essential English Words is a sixbook series that is designed to focus on practical highfrequency words to enhance the vocabulary of learners from high beginning to advance levels. The series presents a variety of words that cover a large percentage of the words that can be found in many spoken or written texts. Thus, after mastering these target words, learners will be able to fully understand vocabulary items when they encounter them in written and spoken form. Each unit presents 20 words which are defined and used in sample sentences. The activities in the books are designed to present the words in different uses so that learners can fully see how they can be utilized. Also at the end of each unit there is a story whch contains the units target words to give learners further examples of the words in use. Each level properly prepares the learner for the next which progressively challenges the learner with more sophisticated vocabulary and stories. Key Features (1) Clear, easy to understand definitions and examples (2) Various activities to reinforce target vocabulary (3) Progressive development of vocabulary across levels (4) Original stories which utilize target words (5) Useful color images that illustrate each target word (6) Free downloadable supplemental audio recordings of target word lists and stories to aid in listening and pronunciation
4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit Exercise 1 rapid / rate contemporary / vary humid / toxic texture / aroma cluster / combined subtle / soothing cultivated / odor palate / beverage condensed / divine 10 paradise / plantations Exercise Part A i e c g b a f h d 10 j Part B g 2.i h a j e 7.f 8.c d 10 b Reading Comprehension Part A T T F The Aztecs cultivated chocolate trees on plantations T F The first chocolate beverages were made by the Mayans and Aztecs T Part B a c d c 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key c b Unit Exercise Part A a d d b b Part B c b a b d Exercise admiral sour Kerosene conscience grapefruits steward fiery string hay 10.hoop Exercise stake flesh wreck accident character Reading Comprehension Part A T T F The admiral put branches with sharp thorns in the monkey’s cages F The steward had a good conscience F The steward was horrified because the monkeys were thin and weak T Part B b b 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit Part B d b a a Exercise 1 option / idiot torment / admonished pinpoint / echoed brag / perfect switch / beware eventual / pastime awesome / disagreed audible /conscious immense / indirect 10 hint / thorough Exercise Part A b j f a i e d g h 10 c Part B e j h i a c d g b 10 f Reading Comprehension Part A T T T F When the young man had an option of two trails, he always chose the more difficult of the two T F When the young man arrived home, he knew that he had acted like an idiot 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit Exercise Part A a c b a c b a a d 10 b Exercise perish / oblivious roost / fond rim / pit soars / flight moan / weep typical / immoral except / beak trivial / disapprove utterly / ivy 10 slippery / damp Reading Comprehension Part A T F Eagle had a roost near the pit T T F Fox was oblivious to the hidden animals T Part B b c d d 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit Part B c a b b Exercise 1 operate / cyberspace recent / global ignorant / weird essays / edit semester / index fainted / lecture typewritten / highlighted resolution / gymnasium moral / awhile 10 evaluated / private Exercise Part A g e a i c b j h f 10 d Part B e g c j i b f h d 10 a Reading Comprehension Part A T F The private study rooms were downstairs F The computers in the private study rooms were operating correctly T F The geography test was worth seventy percent of the final grade T 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key F When Jack Frost set fire to the food, the butter started to melt Unit Exercise Part A b a c b a Part B a d b c Part B b a a d c Exercise Part A g c b j f i d a e 10 h Part B e c j b f d h a i 10 g Reading Comprehension Part A F Jack Frost likes playing tricks on folks T F Jack Frost’s role is to decorate everything with frost and ice T T 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key d Unit Exercise Part A b a c b d Part B c d b a c Exercise a c b d d Exercise resources rally memorable offense account obliged proclaimed volunteered habitat 10 gratitude Reading Comprehension Part A F The architect wanted to build a new office building T T T F The people could not conceal their gratitude, so they cheered T Part B b c a 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit Part B a b a b Exercise 1 replace / conduct influenced / laws gripped / snapped enclosed / whatsoever impending / constantly cracks / tends device / mode halted / access 9.valid / version 10 perspired / sly Exercise Part A f a e b j d g c h 10 i Part B h i e f b a d c j 10 g Reading Comprehension Part A F Janie thought constantly about a device that played music T F Janie found the player when she reached into the bag T F When Linda put the player to “on” mode, it didn’t work T 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit Exercise Part A a c b a d Part B b a d a d Exercise alongside assist rumor wages smashed feeble efficient subject outraged 10 forgave Exercise b c b a b Reading Comprehension Part A T T F George was a strong boy with a large appetite T F George was a lazy student who didn’t like any subjects T Part B a b c d 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit 10 Exercise1 Part A a d c b c Part B a b c a d Exercise particle / animate numerous / handy classify / upright longing, plea worthwhile, sophisticated concept, review isolate, diagram constructed, decades ferry, concede 10 refrain, surrender Reading Comprehension Part A T F Anton had a longing to become famous T T F Anton drew diagrams of the bacteria F The scientists took a ferry to Holland Part B d b d a 10 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key d b b Unit 16 Exercise 1 misfortune, negative bruise, altogether sake, per pleaded, disobedient source, glimpsed hoop, stitched bound, custom stern, ripped thump, scraped 10 foresee, vehement Exercise Part A i c f b h j a e d 10 g Part B d i h j g c b f a 10 e Reading Comprehension Part A T T F There were six girls per team T F Stephanie asked Gwen to try her best for the sake of the team T Part B b 16 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit 17 Exercise 1 lid / convenient folded / shield urban / exit mighty / civilization swayed / stormy waded / reeds flock / dew poison / drastic den / mushrooms 10 native / loomed Exercise poison mushrooms dew native shield den folded flock lid 10 exit Exercise c b d b d Reading Comprehension Part A F Tracy invites Kara to go camping with her family T T T F The weather is sunny on the second day T Part B d a c d 17 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit 18 Part B b b c b Exercise Part A b c a c d Part B a b d b b Exercise Part A e j d a g b c h i 10 f Part B i b e g a f c j d 10 h Reading Comprehension Part A F The title of the script was The Lost Glove T F Peter declined Robby’s offer to practice together T T T 18 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key F Isaac was still scared after the shaking stopped F The pilot stated that the conditions in the atmosphere were bad T Unit 19 Exercise 1 b a b b a Part B b d a 10 c Unit 20 Exercise atmosphere stated chapters notified tray afflicted etc aisle breakdown 10 author Exercise 1 a a d b b Exercise Part A f c g i d e b j a 10 h Exercise sole pray choked ceased mass dent distrust rife betrayed 10 cross Exercise blast / choke fort / treachery sweep / tuck 4.sole / lining distrust / betray founded / ceased commented / civil bracelet / dent mass / cross 10 rife / pray Reading Comprehension Part A F The land near the King’s fort was rife with enemies F When Clara and Susie met, Susie was sweeping the path T Part B e g c h j b d i a 10 f Reading Comprehension Part A T F Isaac listened to music and read a book by his favorite author T 19 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key T F Clara commented to her father that he shouldn’t distrust people T Part B d b a b 20 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key from a poisonous snake T F Three of her coworkers were scratching their hands and arms T Unit 21 Exercise 1 sum vein relate chronicles copper millennium background venom trustworthy 10 update Part B d b c d Unit 22 Exercise c d a a a Exercise 1 mocking, temper scribes, unity hitchhiked, cozy charity, goods heeded, neutral empire, commerce victor, throne reduced, pity persecuted, economy 10 depleted, condemned Exercise Part A f i j e b a h c d 10 g Exercise goods depleted charity persecuted victors hitchhiked mock reduced unity 10 empire Part B e d b f i a h c j 10 g Exercise c b d a c Reading Comprehension Part A T F The trees were important to the western areas' economy T Reading Comprehension Part A F A teller at a bank thought her fellow employees were stealing T F The venom was taken 21 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key F The emperor sat upon his throne, and the scribe stood in front of him F The emperor condemned the citizens of the western areas to starve T Part B b c d a 22 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key genetic material of mosquitoes in fossils T Unit 23 Exercise 1 b d a a d c d d c 10 a Part B d a b a Exercise Part A g d f h j e b i a 10 c Part B b e j f c i d g a 10 h Reading Comprehension Part A T F A tiny insect may have been the biggest factor in the death of these huge creatures T F A vast majority of dinosaurs, from the vegetarians to the meat eaters, died F In addition, scientists have found the 23 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit 24 Exercise Part A c b a d d Part B c d b d a Exercise cherish / moderation growl / predator sane / compassion snatch / saucer core / foster cunning / grind tumbled / dizzy withhold / consent tense / stumble 10 equilibrium / stagger Reading Comprehension Part A T F The innkeeper staggered outside T T F He did not want to withhold the truth any longer He just wanted to foster happiness T Part B d b d a 24 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key a Unit 25 Exercise Part A c a d c d Part B c c b b b Exercise b b b b d Exercise hardy / traverse celebrity / institute migrate / aircraft jealousy / esteemed extinct / swamp species / secluded decisive / ethical zoology / nurture rural / overhead 10 principle / concrete Reading Comprehension Part A F The journey on the aircraft to Australia took twenty hours F Gilbert was a professor of zoology F Gilbert was hardier than Eliza T T T Part B b c a 25 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key F The couple searched for help in the forest for three days F The forest people led Wilbur and Mary through the trees and they promptly arrived at a small town Unit 26 Exercise Part A b b c a b Part B a a c b Part B c d c b a Unit 27 Exercise Part A e h i a j c f g d 10 b Exercise Part A b c a c b Part B a b a b a Part B h g d e c f i b j 10 a Exercise wooded distributed federal objective exotic oxygen comprehensive equator comparative 10 beneficial Reading Comprehension Part A T F It was impossible for the colonel to extinguish the fire on the plane F The plane did not have any gasoline left after the crash T Exercise d a b d a Reading Comprehension Part A 26 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key F Rainforests provide much of the world’s oxygen supply T T F These humid, wooded mountaintops are mainly in African and Central and South American countries T T Part B a a c d 27 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit 28 Exercise Part A d d a a c Part B c a c b d Exercise riot / shrine paraphrased / defined presently / expand avail / solitude fundamental / worsen scribble / linger horrifying / dreaded incredulous / stark summon / organism 10 random / plague Reading Comprehension Part A F In 430 BCE, a horrifying plague broke out in Athens T T F Thucydides was incredulous that the plague was caused by the gods T T Part B b c d b 28 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit 29 Exercise 1 candidate / enhance era / solar pollute / incorporate corporate / confidential phenomenon / mobile automobile / parallel transportation / ridiculed guidelines / intervals modify / territories 10 tournament / interact Exercise pollute tournament parallel modify ridiculed era interact incorporate automobiles 10 candidate Exercise d c b b a Reading Comprehension Part A T T F The cars incorporate solar panels onto the outside that lie parallel to each other F These cars drive over 3,000 kilometers across the Australian territories T F They must stop at certain intervals to charge their batteries Part B c a d a 29 4000 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit 30 Exercise 1 a a d b d d a c b 10 d Exercise Part A i 2.d b j g e 7.f a c 10 h Part B j h e a f b i c g 10.d Reading Comprehension Part A F Martin was a farmer who grew organic ginseng and poultry T T F Tom’s stance on discipline was too strong T F The brothers could not see the land’s boundary Part B 30 c d a d ... favorite author T 19 40 00 Essential English Words – Answer Key T F Clara commented to her father that he shouldn’t distrust people T Part B d b a b 20 40 00 Essential English Words – Answer Key... the bacteria F The scientists took a ferry to Holland Part B d b d a 10 40 00 Essential English Words – Answer Key T F In 1 940 , armed soldiers entered Paris T T Unit 11 Exercise 1 c b d a b Part... wanted to eat something nutritious for breakfast T T T Part B b c b a 13 40 00 Essential English Words – Answer Key Unit 14 Exercise 1 a b a c b Exercise d a b b d Exercise lump / brick uttering