A2 English Nouns: People, Health & Food
This page covers A2 level nouns for three key topics: words for People & Professions like architect and chef, vocabulary for the Body & Health such as illness and injury, and common nouns for Food & Drink like recipe and biscuit.
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People & Professions
| Word | Example Sentence | IPA (UK) |
|---|---|---|
| architect | An architect designs buildings. | /ˈɑːkɪtekt/ |
| army | He joined the army.
Word Partners: join the army
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/ˈɑːmi/ |
| assistant | She is a shop assistant.
Word Partners: shop assistant, personal assistant
|
/əˈsɪstənt/ |
| athlete | He is a professional athlete.
Word Partners: professional athlete
|
/ˈæθliːt/ |
| audience | The audience clapped. | /ˈɔːdiəns/ |
| author | He is a famous author.
Word Partners: famous author
|
/ˈɔːθə(r)/ |
| boss | I need to ask my boss for a day off. | /bɒs/ |
| buddy | His old buddy from university visited. | /ˈbʌdi/ |
| businessman | He is a successful businessman.
Word Partners: successful businessman
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/ˈbɪznəsmən/ |
| celebrity | He is a TV celebrity. | /səˈlebrəti/ |
| character | He is the main character in the book.
Word Partners: main character, strong character
|
/ˈkærəktə(r)/ |
| chef | He is the head chef.
Word Partners: head chef
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/ʃef/ |
| coach | Our coach trains us every day. | /kəʊtʃ/ |
| colleague | She is a work colleague.
Word Partners: work colleague
|
/ˈkɒliːɡ/ |
| cook | The cook prepared a delicious meal which we all enjoyed. | /kʊk/ |
| couple | A couple of friends came.
Word Partners: couple of, young couple
|
/ˈkʌpl/ |
| dentist | You should go to the dentist.
Word Partners: go to the dentist, see a dentist
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/ˈdentɪst/ |
| designer | She is a fashion designer.
Word Partners: fashion designer, web designer
|
/dɪˈzaɪnə(r)/ |
| detective | He is a private detective.
Word Partners: private detective
|
/dɪˈtektɪv/ |
| director | She is the director of the company which employs 200 people. | /dəˈrektə(r)/ |
| employee | She is a new employee.
Word Partners: new employee
|
/ɪmˈplɔɪiː/ |
| employer | He is a good employer. | /ɪmˈplɔɪə(r)/ |
| engineer | My sister is an engineer. | /ˌendʒɪˈnɪə(r)/ |
| fan | I am a football fan.
Word Partners: football fan, big fan
|
/fæn/ |
| guest | We have a special guest.
Word Partners: special guest, have a guest
|
/ɡest/ |
| guide | The guide showed us around the museum which was very interesting. | /ɡaɪd/ |
| guy | Do you know that guy, Tony? | /ɡaɪ/ |
| hero | He is a national hero.
Word Partners: national hero, local hero
|
/ˈhɪərəʊ/ |
| idiot | He called his brother a complete idiot and there was a big argument.
Word Partners: complete/utter idiot
|
/ˈɪdiət/ |
| instructor | He is a driving instructor.
Word Partners: driving instructor, ski instructor
|
/ɪnˈstrʌktə(r)/ |
| journalist | That journalist writes articles for a magazine. | /ˈdʒɜːnəlɪst/ |
| kid | She is a clever kid and goes to a good school. | /kɪd/ |
| king | The king lives in a palace on a hill. | /kɪŋ/ |
| lady | There is a lady waiting to speak to you. | /ˈleɪdi/ |
| lawyer | A lawyer can help you if you get into trouble with the police. | /ˈlɔːjə(r)/ |
| leader | He is the team leader.
Word Partners: team leader, leader of the party
|
/ˈliːdə(r)/ |
| listener | She is a good listener.
Word Partners: good listener
|
/ˈlɪsənə(r)/ |
| manager | I need to speak to the manager. | /ˈmænɪdʒə(r)/ |
| musician | He is a talented musician.
Word Partners: talented musician, professional musician
|
/mjuˈzɪʃn/ |
| officer | She is a police officer.
Word Partners: police officer, army officer
|
/ˈɒfɪsə(r)/ |
| owner | He is the owner of the shop.
Word Partners: owner of
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/ˈəʊnə(r)/ |
| painter | He was a famous painter.
Word Partners: famous painter
|
/ˈpeɪntə(r)/ |
| passenger | The passenger has a ticket. | /ˈpæsɪndʒə(r)/ |
| patient | The doctor treated the patient.
Word Partners: treat a patient
|
/ˈpeɪʃnt/ |
| pilot | A pilot flies a plane but it needs a lot of training. | /ˈpaɪlət/ |
| pirate | The pirate attached the large ships. | /ˈpaɪrət/ |
| population | What is the population of France?
Word Partners: world population, population of
|
/ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn/ |
| president | She became the president of the organisation. | /ˈprezɪdənt/ |
| professor | He is a university professor.
Word Partners: university professor
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/prəˈfesə(r)/ |
| queen | She was the queen for nearly thirty years. | /kwiːn/ |
| reporter | The news reporter wrote an article.
Word Partners: news reporter, sports reporter
|
/rɪˈpɔːtə(r)/ |
| researcher | A researcher studies a subject. | /rɪˈsɜːtʃə(r)/ |
| runner | He is a fast runner and wins many competitions.
Word Partners: fast runner
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/ˈrʌnə(r)/ |
| secretary | My secretary will arrange it for you. | /ˈsekrətri/ |
| sir | Excuse me, sir, can you come this way? | /sɜː(r)/ |
| soldier | My brother is a soldier in the Italian army. | /ˈsəʊldʒə(r)/ |
| speaker | He was the guest speaker.
Word Partners: guest speaker, native speaker
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/ˈspiːkə(r)/ |
| thief | A thief stole my bag when I was on the train. | /θiːf/ |
| traveller | She is an experienced traveller who has visited many countries. | /ˈtrævələ(r)/ |
| twin | She is my identical twin.
Word Partners: identical twin, twin sister
|
/twɪn/ |
| user | Enter your user name.
Word Partners: user name
|
/ˈjuːzə(r)/ |
| winner | Who is the lucky winner?
Word Partners: lucky winner, competition winner
|
/ˈwɪnə(r)/ |
Body & Health
| Word | Example Sentence | IPA (UK) |
|---|---|---|
| ankle | I hurt my ankle.
Word Partners: hurt your ankle
|
/ˈæŋkl/ |
| birth | What is your date of birth?
Word Partners: date of birth, give birth
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/bɜːθ/ |
| blood | The heart pumps blood around the body. | /blʌd/ |
| bone | He broke a bone.
Word Partners: break a bone
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/bəʊn/ |
| brain | Use your brain to think. | /breɪn/ |
| death | The death of the king was sad. | /deθ/ |
| drug | The doctor prescribed a drug which helped me feel better. | /drʌɡ/ |
| finger | She has a ring on her finger. | /ˈfɪŋɡə(r)/ |
| flu | I have the flu.
Word Partners: have the flu, catch the flu
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/fluː/ |
| headache | I have a headache.
Word Partners: have a headache
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/ˈhedeɪk/ |
| heart | Exercise helps your heart. | /hɑːt/ |
| illness | He has a serious illness.
Word Partners: serious illness
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/ˈɪlnəs/ |
| injury | The footballer has an injury which will keep him out for weeks. | /ˈɪndʒəri/ |
| knee | He hurt his knee while playing tennis. | /niː/ |
| medicine | Take your medicine.
Word Partners: take medicine
|
/ˈmedsn/ |
| mind | I can't make up my mind.
Word Partners: make up your mind, change your mind
|
/maɪnd/ |
| neck | I have a pain in my neck.
Word Partners: pain in the neck
|
/nek/ |
| pain | I feel pain in my leg.
Word Partners: feel pain, in pain
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/peɪn/ |
| shoulder | My shoulder hurts so much! | /ˈʃəʊldə(r)/ |
| skin | My sister suffers from dry skin.
Word Partners: dry skin, skin disease
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/skɪn/ |
| stomach | My stomach hurts after that big lunch. | /ˈstʌmək/ |
| toe | I stubbed my big toe on the table.
Word Partners: big toe
|
/təʊ/ |
Food & Drink
| Word | Example Sentence | IPA (UK) |
|---|---|---|
| bean | I like baked beans.
Word Partners: baked beans, coffee beans
|
/biːn/ |
| beef | We had roast beef.
Word Partners: roast beef
|
/biːf/ |
| biscuit | Do you want a biscuit, Caroline? | /ˈbɪskɪt/ |
| bowl | I had a bowl of cereal.
Word Partners: bowl of cereal, bowl of soup
|
/bəʊl/ |
| can | Please open the can of beans which is in the cupboard. | /kæn/ |
| chip | I like fish and chips.
Word Partners: fish and chips, bag of chips
|
/tʃɪp/ |
| fork | Eat with a knife and fork.
Word Partners: knife and fork
|
/fɔːk/ |
| grape | Would you like some grapes?
Word Partners: a bunch of grapes
|
/ɡreɪp/ |
| jam | I like strawberry jam.
Word Partners: strawberry jam
|
/dʒæm/ |
| knife | Be careful, that knife is sharp. | /naɪf/ |
| lemon | Put a slice of lemon in the water.
Word Partners: slice of lemon
|
/ˈlemən/ |
| nut | He is allergic to nuts.
Word Partners: allergic to nuts
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/nʌt/ |
| pear | I bought some apples and pears. | /peə/ |
| plate | Put your food on the plate. | /pleɪt/ |
| recipe | Follow the recipe.
Word Partners: follow a recipe
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/ˈresəpi/ |
| sauce | I want tomato sauce.
Word Partners: tomato sauce
|
/sɔːs/ |
| spoon | Use a spoon to eat the soup. | /spuːn/ |
| strawberry | I'd like strawberry ice cream, please.
Word Partners: strawberry jam
|
/ˈstrɔːbəri/ |
