Words for English A2 Pre-Intermediate

Once you have mastered everything you need for A1, learned how to use the basic word list, determined what you need to know for A2 - it's time to get acquainted with Pre-Intermediate words. Vocabulary level A2 assumes a previously formed vocabulary that can and should be combined with new words and expressions.

What words do you need to know at level A2?

At this stage, you understand the meaning and context for 1500–2000 words. You can communicate without difficulty on all entry-level topics, to which are added:

• The use of technology in everyday life, social networks, the Internet.
• Communication with foreign friends, friendship.
• Participation in festivals, holidays, challenges, corporate events.
• Travel and the new realities of travel in the era of a pandemic.
• Social problems: gender inequality, racial discrimination, ethical aspects.
• Ecology and climate change, protection of nature and animals, environmental pollution.
• Entertainment and recreation, favorite activities, hobbies.
• Relationships with the opposite sex, living together, household chores.
• Dreams, plans, an ideal picture of the world.
• Career, interviewing, relationships with colleagues.
• Modern society, youth trends.
• Star World: trendsetters, fame, success, music and film awards.
• Changes in consumption: economical use of resources, smart purchases.
• Literary genres, favorite books and characteristics of the main characters.
• Basic principles of relationships: trust, honesty, help.
• Health care: research, diagnoses, general course of treatment.
• Media: titles, themes, features of headings.

At the second level of English, you can make up about 20-30 simple phrases, the meaning of which you can also convey with the help of other synonyms and expressions. You can complicate easy phrases with Pre-Intermediate.

170 Pre-intermediate level verbs

In addition to the previously studied verbs, new ones are added. So that you do not forget either old or new units of speech - practice every day, choosing the type of activity that you like best: listening, retelling, reading, writing, passing online tests (for example, an English level test ).

With purposeful daily practice, you will form an active lexical set for each life event in 4–6 months. Do not forget that it is imperative to combine fresh verbs with previously learned nouns, adjectives, etc. Write down all possible phrases in your notebook, indicate the translation, and practice using expressions in practice.

Keep checking the dictionary for all the words you come across at work, while listening to music or watching a movie. What you select yourself is usually the most memorable.

You can also study topics that are especially close to you or related to your professional activities: marketing, accounting, pedagogy, beauty or trade. So you will level up as a specialist, and gradually improve your English.

An excellent training will be watching videos without subtitles in order to identify by ear units of speech already familiar to you and write out unknown ones. Do not focus on the level of the video, select by a captivating title:

• Doing sport vs. watching sport.
• How to deal with the loss of motivation?
• Top 20 phrases you shouldn't use in a date.
• How to work fruitfully with a cat on your knees.
• Pandemic - new challenge or ordeal for a society?

Here are sample topics that may be easy enough to understand and interesting at the same time. You can find blogs of famous personalities and follow their updates. Another fun option is to read the fangroups of your favorite shows. You can significantly replenish your vocabulary with live phraseological units and slang by reading the opinions of ordinary fans in the comments or by starting a dialogue with them about the brightest hero.

List of A2 level nouns

Nouns are easiest to remember based on logical grouping or emotional coloring. There is also associative memory. It is worth deciding which method suits you best and not be lazy to use it.

Words on the topic "Career and professional development"

This list is especially important for those who want to work with foreign customers remotely or perform their duties in the office. Of course, this set will be replenished every day, and your task is to apply each word as intensively as possible and track the context of application and the emotional coloring of the phrase.

Like any other language, English has an incredible number of synonyms. At first, you will make mistakes with the choice of the word, but remember that this is absolutely normal. After a while, you will clearly understand the difference between an activity, an exercise, a work, a training, a practice.

Give yourself time to understand this fascinating question and find live, real, human language in any convenient way: forums, social media, platforms with questions and answers like Quora, American or British reviews, comments on movies or Instagram. Subscribe to CNN, BBC, Financial Times, Discovery, Animal Planet, NASA. It will be very informative and helpful!

We are sure that any way of contact with a foreign language can be a great option, whether it is a review of horror films planned for 2022 in English, or a “how to” video where an American fixes a motorcycle himself, or funny life hacks from a British mother of many children - Today, anything that resonates is possible.

Words on the topic "Entertainment and Recreation"

This selection varies depending on your preferences. If you are fond of mountaineering, then you should do an additional analysis of the right words. We also recommend learning how to work with a dictionary and look for wanted words there. At the same time, you can see which units of speech are used at one level or another.

Nouns on the topic "Climate, protection of nature"

Using this kit, you will be able to express your concerns about current climate change and possible negative consequences. Of course, the list can be supplemented by a huge number of nouns that directly and indirectly relate to this topic. If this area is close to you, a good solution is to create a separate section in the dictionary about the environment, which can be updated daily.

Fresh vocabulary A2

We think it's a good idea to combine the latest vocabulary with classic words. Expressions that are actively used in the English-speaking society this year include:

• A covidiot is a person who does not adhere to the norms of social distance, does not wear a mask and does not care about the health of others.
• A Nevuary - February 30 or the day that will never come. It is usually used when discussing the end of quarantine or a protracted project.
• To roffle - rolling on the floor laughing.
• An itchy feet - an incredibly strong desire to travel.
• A food desert is a territory where people do not have the opportunity to buy healthy food.
• An ecoanxiety is a panic about global warming and an overabundance of plastic.
• An ecological grief is the deepest feeling of sadness, similar to depression, due to powerlessness in relation to the ecological situation.
• A techno-optimism is hope and faith in technologies that will help humanity in the future.
• A micro-scheduling is micro-scheduling every minute of the day.
• To ghost - completely ignore someone, do not answer calls and messages.
• To be hangry - a feeling of anger and hunger, combined together, which a person often experiences after a hard day's work.
• A binge watch - Watch all episodes in one go. The expression has become very popular in times of self-isolation.
• A fitspiration is a sudden motivation to take care of yourself: sports, running, fitness. This is especially true for those who plan to go to the gym on Monday or the new year.
• A staycation is a vacation that you spend at home instead of traveling and traveling.
• A sharent is a parent who constantly posts photos of their child on social media.

Now let's get acquainted with other parts of speech, without which it is impossible to fully communicate.

Pre-Intermediate level adjectives

At this stage of learning, you can try to independently form adjectives from other parts of speech using prefixes and suffixes:

• un (unlucky) - unlucky,
• in (invisible) - invisible,
• dis (dishonest) - dishonest,
• Il (illegal) - illegal,
• Ir (irrational) - irrational,
• Im (immortal) - immortal,
• Hyper (hyperactive) - hyperactive,
• Ful (fruitful) - fertile, useful,
• Less (hopeless) - hopeless,
• Ic (iconic) - cult,
• Ous (famous) - famous,
• Y (hungry) - hungry,
• Ish (British) - British.

There are many other prefixes and suffixes in use. This topic is so vast that several lessons are devoted to it. We advise you to carefully study all the ways of forming adjectives from verbs and nouns - this will greatly enrich your speech and simplify the process of memorizing new words.

Verbal adjectives are very actively used by English-speaking people. Thus, you will earn the respect of native speakers if you actively use such complex syntactic constructions.

It is worth noting that 1500 is the mark for which you can praise yourself. A2 is called by some as an advanced beginner.

Many also believe that every 100 words learned is an incredibly steep step towards fluency. But at this stage, it is important not to fall into the trap that those who learned the language before Pre-Intermediate for six months often fall into. The feeling of quick results and real success can play a cruel joke - a person, understanding what they are saying to him and being able to express himself, believes that there is no point in studying further.

However, after the second stage, the most remarkable achievements begin - B1, B2, Advanced, Proficiency, which will give a chance to become an excellent specialist abroad with a salary like that of carriers. Therefore, do not stop there - continue to replenish your vocabulary and study grammar.

A2 level adverbs

We recommend that you do not rush to purchase all possible educational literature, but first decide how you best perceive information. It may happen that you have enough subscription to Netflix and a couple of interesting series.

As a conclusion

Don't take learning English as a boring chore - get creative and feel free to use whatever comes to hand: superhero comics, recipes, advertisements, clips, your school notebooks or your child's notebook. Anything can come in handy! If you have the opportunity to communicate with someone, even in a “broken” language, do not neglect it.

Create your personal to-do-list where you mark fun goals: understand Queen Elizabeth without a dictionary, make pizza according to an American recipe, translate the American anthem without a dictionary, watch Quentin Tarantino films and catch the essence of dialogues. Believe me, the days of boring cramming are over - now everything is possible! And we wish you fast and confident results!