TESOL Dictionary

N-P 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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

N says n for net

nail nail fingernail

name My name is

Fatima Ali

narrow adj.

narrow wide

nest

There are 5 eggs in the

nest.

new adj.

new building old building

This building is new. This building is old.

newspaper

The lady is

reading the

newspaper.

New Zealand - NZ

night It is night It is day-time

no

None of the shapes is blue

None is blue.

All the shapes are blue.

nothing There’s nothing in the room There’s something in the room

neck/nose

neck

nose

noisy/loud adj. noisy quiet

Volume

10

Volume

1

North, South, East and

West North

Island

South

Island

Numbers (see TESOL Numbers.ppt)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

nuts

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

O says o for on

at the office/at work

The lady is at work.

old adj.

old building new building

This building is new.

It is a new building

This building is old.

It is an old building.

old/young adj

young

boy

old man

olive oil

on The Nintendo DS is on the table The presents are under the tree

open adj.

The shop is open The shop is closed

op shop

optometrist

orange adj. + noun

outside/inside

outdoors/indoors

Jedd is outside.

Jedd is eating.

Jedd is inside.

Jedd is eating.

oven

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

P says p for pen

Palmerston North

pan

paper

paper

bag

paper aeroplane

at a party

passport

pasta

pavement

road

peach

pear

pencil pencils pencil sharpener

penguin

people

pets

at the gas/fuel/petrol station

Ron fills up the car

every week.

Ron pays for the

petrol.

at the pharmacy

picture

pie apple pie meat pie

pig

pillow

pink adj.

pizza

place (somewhere you go)

Wellington is a

place in New

Zealand.

Miramar is a place

in Wellington.

Roxy Cinema is a

place in Miramar.

The playground is a fun

place

plane

plate

playground

111 - police

111 Police

at the pool

poor adj.

poor rich

post box(es)

potatoes

pregnant adj.

The lady is

pregnant.

present birthday present parcel

pumpkin

purple

purse

The

purse is

red.

pyjamas