Check your english vocabulary for rawdon Wyatt

topic-specific vocabulary
89
For reference, see the 
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(978 0 7475 6624 3)
A. Put the words in the box into their appropriate category in the table beneath. Some words
can go into more than one category. 
modernist • reinforced concrete • practical • post-modern • standardised
skyscraper • well-designed • porch • façade • traditional • walls
an eyesore • timber • elegant • stone • steel • functional • ugly
glass • concrete • low-rise apartments • high-tech • controversial
high-rise apartments • pleasing geometric forms • art deco
multi-storey car park • international style • energy-efficient • foundations
Building materials 
(6 words / expressions)
Aesthetic perception 
(how we feel about a building)
(6 words / expressions)
Types of building 
(4 words / expressions)
Architectural style
(6 words / expressions)
Parts of a building 
(4 words / expressions)
Features (that make the building easy
to live or work in) 
(4 words / expressions)

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topic-specific vocabulary
90
For reference, see the 
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(978 0 7475 6624 3) 
Don’t forget to keep a record of the words and expressions that you have learnt, review
your notes from time to time and try to use new vocabulary items whenever possible.
Architecture
B. (Level: Intermediate / Upper-intermediate): Complete these sentences with an appropriate
word or expression from A, B or C. 
1. The building is ________________________ . It’s been ruined and abandoned for years.