TESOL Dictionary

D-H Mainly nouns and adjectives (including opposites).

For verbs: see TESOL Verbs

• For topics eg ‘At the doctor’ see TESOL TOPICS

• For phonics: see TESOL phonics

• For the alphabet: see TESOL alphabet

• For numbers: see TESOL Numbers/Time etc

• For readers: see TESOL Reader1 etc

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D says d for dog

Dad with son

dangerous adj.

dangerous safe

guard

dark adj.

dark blue light blue

Daughter with Mum

Days of the week Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

To-day is Friday Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday is to-day

Saturday

Sunday

Yesterday was Thursday Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Yesterday was Thursday

Friday is to-day

Saturday

Sunday

Tomorrow will be Saturday Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday is to-day

Tomorrow will be Saturday

Sunday

at the dairy (NZ)

day-time It is day-time It is night

dead adj.

The fishes are dead

and the leaves are

dead.

delicious/tasty adj.

The toast is delicious The toast is horrible/burnt

dentist He is a dentist She is at the dentist’s

West Coast Dental

Kaitaia NZ

departures

desk

dice (pl. die)

different adj./the same

difficult/hard adj.

difficult easy Ef2=MCy3.14

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dinner

dirty adj

dirty clean

This plate is dirty. These plates are

clean

dishwasher

division / Division / divided by

10 / 5 =2

at the docks

doctor • The girl is at the

doctor’s • He is a doctor

doll

dollar $1 = 100 cents

How much is it?

How much is the pen?

$2

$2.00

dominoes

door

down

dress

dry adj.

He has dry hair He has wet hair

duck

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E says e for egg

ear

early/ late adj.

Fatima’s appointment is at 12 o’clock. Fatima is early.

It’s quarter to 12.

Fatima is late.

It’s quarter past 12.

easy adj.

easy sum difficult Ef2=MCy3.14

29[2pr/10bx)

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electricity socket

plug

elephant big elephant little elephant

empty adj.

The bowl is empty The bag is full

energetic adj.

energetic lazy

envelope

eraser

expensive adj. expensive cheap

$10

$10,000

Entry and Exit (way in and way out)

eye eye eyes

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F says f for fish

at the fabric shop

face

Family : Grandma and Grandad x 2

Mum and Dad Children (sons)

fan

farm

fast adj.

This car is fast This car is slow

fat adj.

fat thin

finger

fingernail

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first / last adj.

She is first in the race

He is last in the race

fish and chip shop

flowers

fly

food

foot foot feet

footpath

forest

fridge-freezer

fruit

full adj.

The bag is full The petrol tank is empty

fun Jumping

is fun!

This is fun!

funny/amusing adj.

The boy’s

hat is very

funny!

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G says g for gas

generous adj

generous share mean share

girl Daisy is a girl Daisy is Morag’s daughter

Morag is Daisy’s Mum

glasses

goggles

good/nice/awesome adj.

good weather bad weather

gold

grass

green adj.

grey adj.

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H says h for hat

hair hair at the hairdresser’s

hammer

nail

hand left hand right

My

right

hand

My left

hand

handrail

happy adj.

I feel happy I feel sad

hard adj.

The hat is hard The hat is soft

heart heart-shaped = love

healthy adj.

healthy ill/sick

heater

heavy adj.

The boxes are heavy It is as light as a feather

hen (UK)

hill

home

I’m at

home

horizontal adj.

vertical

horizontal

horrible/burnt adj.

The toast is horrible/burnt The toast is delicious

horse

hose

hospital

hot adj.

hot cold

house

hungry adj.

husband and wife