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BSL vocabulary covered in "Introducing British Sign Language"

Lesson 1


  • Letters A-Z
  • Fingerspelling
  • Numbers 1-10


Lesson 2


  • Numbers 11-100
  • Colour
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Grey
  • Orange
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • Silver
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Organisation
  • Interpreter
  • Charity
  • Support
  • Volunteer
  • Help me
  • Help you


Lesson 3


  • Hello
  • Bye
  • How are you?
  • I'm feeling good.
  • I'm not feeling good.
  • Please
  • Thank you
  • Nice to meet you
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Right
  • Wrong
  • Well done
  • What is your name?
  • My name is _.
  • How old are you?
  • I am ___ years old.
  • Where do you live?
  • I live in __.
  • What job do you have?
  • I work as a __.
  • Question
  • Ask
  • What?
  • Where?
  • When?
  • Why?
  • How?
  • Who?
  • Which?
  • How many?
  • How old?
  • Birmingham
  • Brighton
  • Bristol
  • Britain
  • Cardiff
  • Carlisle
  • Dublin
  • Edinburgh
  • Exeter
  • England
  • Glasgow
  • Guernsey
  • Ireland
  • Jersey
  • Leeds
  • Liverpool
  • London
  • Manchester
  • Newcastle
  • Scotland
  • Wales
  • America (US)
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • China
  • Europe
  • France
  • Germany 
  • Italy
  • New York
  • Paris
  • Boss
  • Builder
  • Bus driver
  • Doctor
  • Interpreter
  • Nurse
  • Mechanic
  • Police officer
  • Priest / vicar
  • Shop assistant
  • Social worker
  • Taxi driver
  • Teacher
  • Teaching assistant
  • Work


Lesson 4


  • Alligator
  • Bear
  • Bird
  • Butterfly
  • Cat
  • Caterpillar
  • Cow
  • Crocodile
  • Deer
  • Dinosaur
  • Dog
  • Dolphin
  • Donkey
  • Duck
  • Elephant
  • Farm
  • Fox
  • Giraffe
  • Guinea Pig
  • Hamster
  • Hippo
  • Horse
  • Kangaroo
  • Lion
  • Mouse
  • Monkey
  • Octopus
  • Owl
  • Parrot
  • Penguin
  • Pet
  • Pig
  • Pigeon
  • Rabbit
  • Rat
  • Reindeer
  • Shark
  • Sheep
  • Snail
  • Snake
  • Spider
  • Tiger
  • Tortoise
  • Turtle
  • Wolf
  • Whale
  • Zebra
  • Alarm
  • Address
  • Bath
  • Bathroom
  • Bedroom
  • Bin
  • Chair
  • Door
  • Facebook
  • Fire
  • Fire alarm
  • Flower
  • Garden
  • Home
  • House
  • Kitchen
  • Light
  • Recycle
  • Room
  • Table
  • Toilet
  • Tree
  • Twitter
  • Wash
  • Window
  • Bag
  • Coat
  • Dress
  • Gloves
  • Hat
  • Hat (1)
  • Hat (cap)
  • Jumper
  • Shirt
  • Shoe
  • Skirt
  • Socks
  • T-shirt
  • Trousers
  • Beach
  • Church
  • Hill
  • Farm
  • Flower
  • Lake
  • Mountain
  • Park
  • River
  • Road
  • Tree
  • Town
  • Traffic lights
  • Alarm
  • Appointment
  • Art
  • Bad
  • Bag
  • Best
  • Better
  • Bin
  • Book
  • Break (rest)
  • Brilliant
  • Colleague
  • College
  • Computer
  • Course
  • Desk
  • Disabled
  • Don't understand
  • Email
  • English
  • Exam
  • Facebook
  • Finish
  • Fire
  • Fire alarm
  • Friend
  • Geography
  • Good
  • Have to (must)
  • History
  • Homework
  • Laptop
  • Learn
  • Lesson
  • Math
  • Meeting
  • Mobile (phone)
  • Not allowed
  • Overtime
  • P.E.
  • Pen
  • Pencil
  • Phone
  • Play
  • Playground
  • Practice
  • Quiet
  • Reading
  • Reception
  • Research
  • Right (correct)
  • Rubber (eraser)
  • School
  • Science
  • Self confidence
  • Sit down!
  • Sport
  • Start
  • Stop
  • Student
  • Study
  • Teach / Teacher
  • Teach / Teacher
  • Tell me
  • Think
  • Time
  • Toilet
  • Twitter
  • Understand
  • University
  • Wage
  • Watch me (individual)
  • Watch me (group)
  • Well done
  • Word
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Wrong


Lesson 5


  • Family
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Parents
  • Brother
  • Sister
  • Daughter
  • Son
  • Grandmother
  • Grandfather
  • Friend
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Boy
  • Girl
  • Children
  • Aunt
  • Uncle
  • I have a large family.
  • I have got 4 brothers and 1 sister.
  • My mum is called Sarah.
  • My dad is called David.
  • My grandfather is old.
  • Relationship
  • Single
  • Dating
  • Engaged
  • Married
  • Separated
  • Divorced
  • Wife
  • Husband
  • Children
  • Bisexual
  • Gay
  • Lesbian
  • Straight
  • I am married and have 2 children.
  • I am engaged.
  • My wife is Deaf, I am hearing.
  • I am single.
  • My parents have been married for 30 years.
  • Short
  • Tall
  • Thin
  • Fat
  • Old
  • Young
  • Baby
  • Hair
  • Eye
  • Nose
  • Mouth
  • Beard
  • My brother has black hair.
  • My grandmother is 73 years old.
  • My mother is thin.
  • I have green eyes.
  • My sister is tall.
  • Hair (medium length)
  • Hair (long)
  • Hair (long & curly)


Lesson 6


  • I like swimming.
  • I like reading books.
  • I like tennis.
  • I like the cinema.
  • I don't like running.
  • I don't like dancing.
  • I don't like cricket.
  • I love football.
  • I love swimming.
  • Art
  • Art gallery
  • Basketball
  • Bird watching
  • Car racing
  • Computer games / games console
  • Computer
  • Cricket
  • Cycling
  • Dancing
  • Driving
  • Fishing
  • Football
  • Going to a restaurant
  • Going to the cinema
  • Golf
  • Kayaking
  • Listening to the radio
  • Meeting a friend
  • Music
  • Guitar
  • Piano
  • Reading
  • Reading books
  • Relaxing
  • Rugby
  • Running
  • Sailing
  • Sewing
  • Signing
  • Sign language
  • Singing
  • Skiing
  • Surfing
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Theatre
  • Walking
  • Watching DVD
  • Watching TV
  • Writing
  • Are you Deaf or hearing?
  • I'm not Deaf, I'm hearing.
  • I'm Deaf.
  • Sign language
  • British Sign Language
  • BSL
  • Sorry, please can you repeat that?
  • Please go more slowly.


Lesson 7


  • YESTERDAY
  • TOMORROW
  • TODAY
  • BEFORE
  • NOW
  • AFTER
  • EARLIER
  • LATER
  • MORNING
  • AFTERNOON
  • EVENING
  • DAY
  • NIGHT
  • THIS MORNING
  • THIS AFTERNOON
  • THIS EVENING
  • YESTERDAY I WENT SWIMMING
  • TODAY I AM GOING SWIMMING
  • TOMORROW I AM GOING SWIMMING
  • THIS MORNING I MET MY FRIEND
  • TONIGHT I AM MEETING MY FRIEND
  • SEE YOU THIS AFTERNOON
  • TOMORROW I AM GOING ON HOLIDAY
  • TIME
  • 1 - 12 O'CLOCK
  • QUARTER PAST
  • HALF PAST
  • QUARTER TO
  • 25 PAST
  • WHAT TIME IS IT?
  • THE TIME IS 7 O'CLOCK
  • MONEY
  • 20p, 30p, 55p (ETC.)
  • £1, £3, £5 (ETC.)
  • £1.50, £3.25 (ETC.)
  • £1 - £100
  • HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST?
  • CHEAP
  • EXPENSIVE
  • POOR
  • RICH
  • MONDAY
  • TUESDAY
  • WEDNESDAY
  • THURSDAY
  • FRIDAY
  • SATURDAY
  • SUNDAY
  • WEEKEND
  • NEXT
  • NEXT MONDAY
  • NEXT WEEK
  • IN 2 WEEKS
  • IN 3 WEEKS
  • MONTH
  • JANUARY - DECEMBER
  • SPRING
  • SUMMER
  • AUTUMN
  • WINTER
  • WEATHER
  • CLOUD
  • FOG
  • HAIL
  • LIGHTENING
  • RAIN
  • RAIN (heavy)
  • RAINBOW
  • SNOW
  • SUN
  • THUNDER
  • WINDY
  • BIRTHDAY
  • CALENDAR
  • CHRISTMAS
  • CLOCK
  • EASTER
  • EVERY DAY
  • FESTIVAL
  • FIREWORKS
  • HALLOWEEN
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY
  • HAPPY NEW YEAR
  • MOTHER'S DAY
  • YEAR
  • AGE NUMBERS (from nose)
  • TIME NUMBERS (twist wrsit)
  • ORDER NUMBERS (1st, 2nd, etc.)
  • MONEY NUMBERS (from mouth)
  • NUMBER RANGE (e.g 1-5)


Lesson 9


  • ARE YOU HUNGRY?
  • I AM HUNGRY
  • WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT?
  • I WOULD LIKE A CHEESE SANDWICH PLEASE
  • ARE YOU THIRSTY?
  • I AM THIRSTY
  • WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRINK?
  • I WOULD LIKE A COFFEE PLEASE
  • I DON'T LIKE FISH
  • I LIKE ORANGES
  • DRINK
  • FOOD
  • APPLE
  • BACON
  • BANANA
  • BISCUIT
  • BREAD
  • BREAKFAST
  • CABBAGE
  • CAKE
  • CARROT
  • CHEESE
  • CHERRIES
  • CHICKEN
  • CHIPS
  • CHOCOLATE
  • COOK
  • CREAM
  • CRISPS
  • DINNER
  • EGG
  • EGG (1)
  • FISH
  • FLOUR
  • FRUIT
  • GARLIC
  • HAMBURGER
  • ICE CREAM
  • KETCHUP
  • LEMON
  • LETTUCE
  • MEAT
  • MUSHROOM
  • NUT
  • ONION
  • ORANGE
  • PEAR
  • PASTA
  • PIZZA
  • POTATO
  • SALAD
  • SALT
  • SANDWICH
  • SAUSAGES
  • SOUP
  • STEAK
  • STRAWBERRY
  • SUGAR
  • TOMATO
  • VEG
  • VEGETABLES
  • BEER
  • COFFEE
  • KETTLE
  • LEMONADE
  • MILK
  • ORANGE JUICE
  • SUGAR
  • TEA
  • WATER
  • WINE
  • BOIL
  • FAVOURITE
  • FORK
  • FULL-UP
  • HUNGRY
  • KNIFE
  • SPOON
  • THIRSTY
  • WAITER
  • DAIRY FREE
  • EGG FREE
  • GLUTEN FREE
  • HALAL
  • KOSHER
  • NUT FREE
  • VEGAN
  • VEGETARIAN


Lesson 9


  • ANGRY
  • CRY
  • DEPRESSED
  • EXCITED
  • FRUSTRATED
  • HAPPY
  • INTERESTED
  • LAUGH
  • LONELY
  • SAD
  • TIRED
  • ARRANGE
  • ASLEEP
  • AWAKE
  • BUSY
  • CAN (ABLE TO)
  • CAN'T
  • CONTINUE
  • DIFFERENT
  • DISCUSS
  • DOWN
  • FAST
  • FIND
  • GO
  • HAPPEN
  • HAVE
  • IMPORTANT
  • JUMP
  • LEFT (DIRECTION)
  • LIKE (SAME)
  • LONG (DISTANCE)
  • LOOK
  • MAKE
  • MAYBE
  • MINE
  • MORE
  • MOVE
  • MY
  • NEED
  • NEW
  • NICE
  • NOW ALLOWED
  • OLD
  • PAIR
  • PASSPORT
  • PRACTICE
  • RIGHT (CORRECT)
  • RIGHT (DIRECTION)
  • SAME
  • SHORT (DISTANCE)
  • SLEEP
  • START
  • SMALL
  • STOP
  • TALK
  • THING
  • TRY
  • WANT
  • WITH
  • WRONG
  • YOURS
  • ACHE
  • ANTIBIOTIC
  • APPOINTMENT
  • BANDAGE
  • BEFORE FOOD
  • BLOOD
  • BROKEN
  • BRUISE
  • CHECK UP
  • COLD (TEMPERATURE)
  • COLD (ILLNESS)
  • COUGH
  • DENTIST
  • DIARRHEA
  • DISABLED
  • DOCTOR
  • DRESSING
  • EVERY DAY
  • FAST (NOT EAT)
  • HEADACHE
  • HOSPITAL
  • HOT
  • ICE
  • INJECTION
  • ITCHY
  • MEDICINE
  • NURSE
  • OPERATION
  • PAIN
  • PAIN (DULL)
  • PAIN (SHARP)
  • PHYSIOTHERAPY
  • PRESCRIPTION
  • PULSE
  • RECEPTION
  • RECEPTION ROOM
  • REFERRAL
  • REST (AS IN "YOU NEED TO REST")
  • TABLET
  • TEST
  • TOILET
  • URINE SAMPLE
  • VOMIT
  • WAIT
  • WAITING ROOM
  • WASH
  • WHEELCHAIR
  • WHERE DOES IT HURT?
  • WITH FOOD
  • X-RAY
  • AEROPLANE
  • AIRPORT
  • BEACH
  • BICYCLE
  • BOAT
  • BUS
  • BUS STATION
  • BUS STOP
  • CAMERA
  • CAR
  • CAR PARK
  • CASTLE
  • CENTRE
  • DISABLED
  • HELICOPTER
  • HOLIDAY
  • HOTEL
  • LORRY
  • MOTORBIKE
  • MUSEUM
  • ROCKET
  • SWIMMING POOL
  • TAXI
  • TOWN
  • TRAIN
  • TRAIN STATION
  • TRAVEL
  • WHEELCHAIR
  • BAG
  • BANK
  • CHEAP
  • CREDIT CARD
  • DISABLED
  • EXPENSIVE
  • PAY
  • POST BOX
  • POST OFFICE
  • PRICE
  • SHOP
  • TROLLEY

Updated on: 19/12/2020

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