Vocabulary Bank

affordable, walkable, unbreathable, reliable

afford → affordable, walk → walkable, breathe → breathable.

useful/useless, careful/careless, hopeful/hopeless

pollution, migration, regeneration, urbanisation

modern → modernise, urban → urbanise, private → privatise.

walkable → walkability, liveable → liveability, stupid → stupidity.

happiness, cleanliness, friendliness

pollute → pollution, urbanise → urbanisation, regenerate → regeneration.

unaffordable — no 's' in English

Uncountable. 'A piece of…' if you must count.

so full of traffic it can hardly move

moving up to better jobs and positions

the state of having no home

disorganised, disadvantage, dislike

the gap between rich and poor

forced to leave your home, often by conflict or disaster

useful services — hospitals, shops, gyms

uncountable → IS + no 's'

parks, gardens, tree-lined streets

many different people & cultures together

Singular verb. Never 'an information / an advice'.

roads, water, power, transport (all uncountable)

the legal right to occupy or use a piece of land

a bank or person who lends money (e.g. for a house)

How liveable / walkable a place is. -ABILITY nouns describe quality.

an urban area with more than 10 million people

misuse, misunderstand, mismanage

misuse, mismanage, misunderstand, misinform.

housing, shops and offices in the same district

modern + -ise (to make modern — verb)

'The news IS shocking.' — singular verb despite -s.

overcrowded, overrated, overpriced, overpopulated.

too many people living in too little space

plural-only → ARE

'People ARE friendly.' — always plural verb.

plural-only → ARE

'The police ARE here.' — always plural verb.

'air pollution', 'noise pollution'

buses, trams, metro — a system

redevelop, regenerate, rebuild, redesign, reorganise.

renewing a run-down area

uncountable → IS + no 'a'

'the traffic is', not 'the traffics are'

'The traffic IS terrible.' — uncountable, singular verb, no 'a'.

unaffordable, unbreathable, inefficient, impossible.

un- + afford + -able (opposite)

so polluted the air is difficult to breathe

underdeveloped, underestimated, underappreciated, underused

the movement of people from countryside to cities

Movement of people from countryside to cities. Stress: urbaniSAtion.

how easy it is to get around on foot