"Elementary Vocabulary" teaches, practises and tests the basic vocabulary of English needed by learners at elementary level. The varied and enjoyable exercises include gap-filling, matching, identifying and word-building. Over 1500 lexical items are introduced. "Elementary Vocabulary" can be used both in the classroom and by learners studying independently. Features include: dictionary practice. 16 topic areas including money, work, how to use a cassette player. related word groups such as basic adjectives, action verbs, opposites. practice in word-building, such as verbs from adjectives, compound nouns, suffixes. a section on common idioms such as verb phrases and prepositional phrases. a miscellaneous section with exercises on spelling, abbreviations, punctuation, reading numbers and dates. word games. Elementary Vocabulary includes an answer key.