Vocabulary, A2 Level

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Across
  1. 4. It's a kind of competition. In this competition, the winner is the fastest person (or team). To win means to finish first.
  2. 6. This word means 'buying and using something'. For example, 'Germany's _______ of nuclear energy is lower than it was 10 years ago, because we closed our nuclear power plants'.
  3. 7. It's the past form of 'grow'. We can use it to talk about data, as in "Our spending on salaries _______ by 15% this year, because we opened a new department".
  4. 9. Complete with two words: My cousin is really _______ ___ learning languages. He learned French in two months! (2 words)
  5. 11. Complete with two words: "I've been _______ ___ dogs since I was a child. That's because a big dog tried to attack my mum when I was 7 years old."
  6. 14. This word means 'go down'. It's the opposite of 'increase'. For example, "We think that our sales will _______ a bit this month, because we've lost one of our biggest customers".
  7. 15. This is a group of sports. In some of these sports, you run around a track. In others, you throw things very far, or try to jump very high or very far.
  8. 17. Complete the sentence with one word. "I didn't want to buy anything in the shop. I just wanted to look _______, to see what they have".
  9. 18. It's a very large boat for passengers. There are many of these in Europe - they can take you, for example, from Germany to Sweden, or from The Netherlands to The UK.
  10. 20. Complete the sentence with one word. "I'm looking _______ my sunglasses. Have you seen them?"
  11. 21. Finish the sentence with one word: "Sometimes I find it difficult to _______ all my deadlines".
Down
  1. 1. At the end of your career, when you leave your last job, we say you _______ .
  2. 2. This is a movement which you do with your foot. When you play football, you do this to the ball.
  3. 3. Coal and oil gas are _______ fuels. That means they come from under the Earth. It took millions of years to create them, from things which were alive in the far past.
  4. 5. Complete the sentence with two words. "You need to _______ _______ that t-shirt. You can't wear it anymore - it has holes in it!" (2 words)
  5. 8. It means 'to make something less'. For example, we can say 'The government wants to _______ air pollution in our cities, by creating more areas where you can't drive your car'.
  6. 10. Complete with two words: "Berlin is _______ ___ its landmarks, like the Brandenburg Gate, The Reichstag building and the TV tower at Alexanderplatz".
  7. 12. It's the past form of 'fall'. We can use it to discuss data, as in "Inflation _______ by almost one per cent last month".
  8. 13. Finish the sentence with two words: "I always try to arrive ___ _______ for meetings". (2 words)
  9. 16. (UK English) It's a kind of transport. It transports things, not people, by road. In American English, it's called a truck.
  10. 19. Complete the sentence with one word. "My brother is going away this weekend, and he asked me to look _______ his cat while he's gone."