Lexical sets
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Hello
and
welcome
to
Six
Minute
Vocabulary
.
I'm
Catherine
,
and
I'm
.
Hello
.
Today's
program
is
all
about
lexical
sets
.
That's
right
,
lexical
sets
help
us
to
learn
words
by
grouping
them
together
by
topic
or
word
type
.
So
more
on
that
later
.
But
first
,
here's
Dave
.
He's
talking
about
a
flood
that
happened
in
his
hometown
recently
.
And
here's
a
question
to
answer
while
you
listen
.
What
happened
to
all
of
Dave's
possessions
?
Well
,
we
had
so
much
rain
,
it
said
on
the
news
.
We
got
a
month's
rainfall
.
In
just
one
day
,
the
water
level
rose
so
high
that
the
river
burst
its
banks
and
water
poured
into
everyone's
houses
.
It's
terrible
.
My
house
was
flooded
.
All
my
things
were
completely
soaked
and
the
carpets
are
still
waterlogged
and
.
Oh
,
dear
Dave
.
Yes
.
We
asked
you
what
happened
to
Dave's
possessions
,
and
he
said
all
his
things
were
completely
soaked
.
They
were
covered
in
water
and
now
they're
all
wet
and
damaged
.
Dave
also
used
a
few
different
words
to
talk
about
the
flood
and
its
effects
.
He
talks
about
the
rain
and
rainfall
.
Now
,
that's
a
way
to
describe
the
water
that
falls
as
rain
over
a
period
of
time
.
And
he
talked
about
water
level
.
That's
the
height
of
the
water
in
rivers
and
lakes
.
And
Dave
said
it
got
very
high
.
It
did
.
And
that's
what
caused
the
floods
.
Now
,
floods
,
water
level
,
water
,
rainfall
and
rain
,
these
are
all
on
the
topic
of
rain
and
floods
.
And
they
are
also
all
the
same
type
of
word
.
They're
all
nouns
.
So
we
can
group
these
words
into
a
lexical
set
.
That's
right
.
A
lexical
set
is
a
group
of
words
which
are
all
about
the
same
topic
and
which
all
belong
to
the
same
part
of
speech
.
They're
all
nouns
or
verbs
or
adjectives
.
So
to
make
a
lexical
set
for
activities
on
a
beach
holiday
,
for
example
,
you
might
think
of
swimming
,
sunbathing
and
surfing
.
But
what
do
you
like
doing
on
a
beach
holiday
?
.
I
like
sunbathing
and
eating
ice
cream
.
Oh
yes
.
Yeah
,
yeah
.
And
lovely
.
And
swimming
,
sunbathing
,
eating
ice
cream
and
surfing
are
all
.
That's
made
from
verbs
.
Exactly
.
So
same
topic
,
same
word
type
.
That's
a
lexical
set
.
Lots
of
people
find
it
useful
to
learn
words
in
groups
like
this
.
They
seem
to
stick
in
your
mind
more
easily
.
That's
right
.
And
by
learning
words
and
lexical
sets
,
you'll
also
have
more
words
to
choose
from
when
you're
talking
about
a
topic
.
Let's
hear
Dave
again
and
see
if
you
can
spot
another
lexical
set
.
My
house
was
flooded
,
all
my
things
were
completely
soaked
and
the
carpets
are
still
waterlogged
.
Did
you
get
it
?
Dave
said
his
house
was
flooded
full
of
water
.
All
his
things
were
soaked
,
completely
wet
,
and
his
carpets
still
have
lots
of
water
in
them
.
They
are
waterlogged
.
The
words
flooded
,
soaked
and
waterlogged
are
all
adjectives
here
,
and
they're
all
about
flooding
.
So
there's
our
next
lexicons
that
there
it
is
.
You're
listening
to
BBC
Learning
English
,
and
we're
talking
about
lexical
sets
,
groups
of
words
related
to
the
same
topic
that
come
from
the
same
part
of
speech
,
like
nouns
,
verbs
,
adjectives
,
gerunds
.
That's
right
.
And
it's
time
for
a
quiz
.
My
favorite
.
Right
.
I'll
say
three
words
and
you
decide
if
they
make
a
lexical
set
or
not
.
And
then
we'll
tell
you
the
answers
.
Ready
?
Number
one
,
tea
,
coffee
,
water
,
lexical
set
or
not
?
Well
,
they're
all
drinks
,
so
the
same
topic
and
they're
all
nouns
.
So
there
are
lexical
set
.
They
are
another
one
,
swimming
,
cleaning
,
sunbathing
.
And
that's
not
a
lexical
set
.
They're
all
.
But
the
topic
seems
to
be
holiday
activities
like
swimming
and
sunbathing
and
cleaning
doesn't
really
fit
with
that
group
.
Not
on
not
on
my
holidays
anyway
,
either
.
So
well
.
If
you
got
those
right
at
home
.
And
we've
just
got
time
for
a
quick
vocabulary
tip
thing
.
OK
,
right
here
you
go
find
a
friend
and
play
a
game
of
lexical
set
tennis
.
It
goes
like
this
.
You
choose
a
topic
like
sport
and
then
choose
a
word
group
like
nouns
,
and
then
you
take
it
in
turns
to
say
words
in
the
set
.
All
right
,
,
should
we
try
this
?
Yeah
.
Yeah
,
common
.
The
topic
is
sport
.
And
I'll
start
with
football
,
rugby
and
boxing
.
Basketball
?
Uh
oh
,
no
.
This
is
more
about
this
at
ABC
Learning
English
dot
com
.
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us
again
soon
for
more
six
minute
vocabulary
.
And
I've
got
another
one
.
Come
on
then
.
Golf
.