New York City
Unit 1: The Comic Story
Vocabulary
American or British?
Gerunds
100

This famous green park is in the middle of Manhattan.

What is Central Park? 

100

These are the names of the three kids in the Unit 1 Comic story.

Who are Tyler, Jasmine and Alex?

100

This English word means “klasse” or “großartig”.

What is awesome?

100

This is the British English word for the American English word “apartment”.

What is flat?

100

This -ing form completes the sentence: “I enjoy ___ computer games.”

What is playing?

200

This famous statue stands on Liberty Island.

What is the Statue of Liberty?

200

This is something Jasmine likes doing.

What is drawing?

200

This phrasal verb means “abhängen” or “Zeit miteinander verbringen”.

What is to hang out?

200

This is the British English word for the American English word “elevator”.

What is lift?

200

This -ing form completes the sentence: “She is interested in ___ pictures.”

What is drawing?

300

This famous New York square is known for its huge screens and advertisements.

What is Times Square?

300

Alex does not want to get close to these animals in Washington Square Park.

What are pigeons?

300

This phrase means “wild auf etwas sein” or “etwas sehr mögen”.

What is to be keen on something?

300

This is the British English word for the American English word “subway”.

What is underground?

300

In the sentence “Laughing is good for you”, “laughing” has this function.

What is a gerund as subject?

400

This New York borough is connected to Manhattan by the Brooklyn Bridge.

What is Brooklyn?

400

Tyler and Jasmine talk about the Twin Towers at this place.

What is the 9/11 Memorial?

400

This phrasal verb means “etwas abreißen”.

What is to tear something down?

400

This is the British English word for the American English word “sidewalk”.

What is pavement?

400

This is the correct version of the sentence: “I’m interested in play basketball.”

What is “I’m interested in playing basketball”?

500

Central Park, Times Square and the Statue of Liberty are three examples of these.

What are places / sights in New York City?

500

This person tells Tyler to move back when he leans over the edge of the memorial.

Who is the police officer?

500

In a presentation, this verb means to mention something or to connect what you say to something else.


What is to refer to something?

500

This is the British English word for the American English word “line” when people are waiting.

What is queue?

500

In the sentence “I’m interested in visiting New York”, “visiting” is this type of gerund.

What is a gerund after a preposition?