Vocabulary Unit 3

Word	Part of Speech	Example
planet	Noun	Our planet is an amazing place.
Earth	Noun	The name of our planet is Earth.
geography	Noun	Geography was my favourite class in high school.
background	Noun	We give background information of a story in past continuous.
interrupt	Verb	Please close the door.  I don't want anyone to interrupt this meeting.
North America	Noun	North America has a lot of oil.
South America	Noun	Most countries in South America speak Spanish.
Europe	Noun	Europe has had many wars.
Asia	Noun	Asia grows a lot of rice.
Antarctica	Noun	Almost nobody lives in Antarctica because of the weather.
Oceania	Noun	The biggest country in Oceania is Australia.
continent	Noun	There are five continents in the world.
explorer	Noun	Christopher Columbus was a famous explorer.
discover	Verb	Columbus discovered America.
The Pacific	Noun, Adjective	The Pacific Ocean is the largest in the world.
The Arctic Ocean	Noun, Adjective	Many bears live in the arctic.
The Atlantic	Noun, Adjective	New York is close to the Atlantic.
The Indian Ocean	Adjective	The Indian Ocean is warm.
The Southern Ocean / The Antarctic Ocean	Noun	Some countries call this ocean the Southern Ocean, and some countries call this the Antarctic Ocean.
southern	Adjective	Southern USA has a lot of delicious food.
northern	Adjective	She is from northern Europe.
western	Adjective	Western Canada has beautiful mountains.
eastern	Noun	Eastern USA has a lot of big cities.
south of	Phrase	My home is south of the city.
north of	Phrase	Canada is north of USA.
west of	Phrase	West of Korea is China.
east of	Phrase	East of Toronto is Montreal.
ship	Noun	There were many ships in the water.
sail	Verb	They had sailed a long time when the storm came.
strait	Noun	Sailing in a strait is usually safer than the ocean.
journey	Noun	The journey from my country to Canada took almost 22 hours.
coast	Noun	In the future, I want to live somewhere on the coast.
direction	Noun	What direction is the wind blowing?
frightened	Adjective	The animals were frightened so they ran away.
half	Noun	More than half the people in the world are women.
quarter	Noun	A quarter hour is 15 minutes.
century	Noun	Canada became a country in the 19th century.
population	Noun	The population of the city is under one million.
increase	Verb	Because of the war, the price of gas increased.
decrease	Verb	The population of the beach town decreases in the winter.
earthquake	Noun	The earthquake shook our house.
damage	Noun, Verb	The damage from the storm was too much.
cause	Noun, Verb	The cause of the injury was strange.
injure	Verb	He injured his leg in the fire.
injury	Noun	I have never had a serious injury.
The Richter Scale	Noun	The earthquake measured 6.5 on the Richter Scale.
measure	Verb	You can measure the age of a tree by counting its rings.
repair	Verb	I need to repair my barbecue for the summer.
wave	Noun	The waves were huge during the tsunami.
ground	Noun	The ground shook during the earthquake.
shake	Verb	Why is the table shaking?
occur	Verb	A terrible and serious tsunami occured in Thailand and Indonesia in the early 2000s.
storm	Noun	The storm damaged many buildings.
natural	Adjective	There are many natural causes of cancer.
nature	Noun	I want to live close to nature.
disaster	Noun	The disaster killed many people.
tsunami	Noun	A tsunami is a dangerous and large wave.
landslide	Noun	A landslide damaged the highway.
blizzard	Noun	The blizzard closed the schools.
drought	Noun	Lots of countries don't have enough rain to grow food. This is called drought.
volcano	Noun	The volcano erupted last night.
erupt	Verb	The volcano erupted last night.
hurricane	Noun	The hurricane destroyed many farms.
typhoon	Noun	A typhoon is a strong wind storm.
flood	Noun	The rain was so strong floods started to rise.
rescue	Verb	The man rescued the lost girl.