Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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porridge | a cooked breakfast food made from ground-up oats |
port | a harbour, or a town with a harbour |
portable | not bulky or heavy, that may be carried |
porter | a man who caries your luggage. The same word also means someone who lets people in or out of a door or a gate at the entrance to a building |
portion | a part; a helping of food |
portrait | a painting or drawing of a person |
positive | meaning yes; absolutely sure |
posses | to own or to have |
possession | ownership, occupancy, land, estate, goods possessed |
possible | able to be done or to happen |
post | a long piece of wood or metal, fastened in the ground so that it stands up straight. The same word also means letters and parcels sent and delivered; another word for mail |
post office | the place where you buy stamps and licences. It is also the place where all letters and parcels are sorted before they are delivered |
post-haste | haste or speed |
postcard | a piece of thin cardboard on which you can write to your friends. Most postcards have a picture on the back |
poster | a large notice or picture that tells you about something going to happen. Some posters show you pictures or things you can buy, like food or clothes |
postman | a man who collects and delivers the post |
postpone | to put off to another time |
posy | a small bunch of flowers |
pot | any deep dish for cooking. The same word also means or clay containers for plants |
potato | a vegetable that grows under the ground |
potter | someone who makes pots and other things out of clay. The same word also means to do things in a rather lazy way |
pottery | crockery, ornaments and other things made out of baked clay |
pouch | a small bag |
pounce | to spring or jump; down on something suddenly |
pound | a measure of weight: a piece of paper money. The same word also means to hit something with very heavy blows, like pounding on a locked door |
pour | to make liquid run out of a container by tipping it forward |
pout | to close your lips and push them out to show that you are not pleased |
powder | very tiny dustlike bits of something. Flour and cocoa are powders |
practical | useful |
practice | something done over and over until you are good at it, like throwing a ball, or playing a musical instrument |
practise | to do something often, so that you become good at it |
prairie | a large area of flat grassy land with very few trees |
praise | to say very nice words about someone or something |
pram | a four-wheeled vehicle for babies and very young children, pushed by hand. The word is short for perambulator |
pray | to ask God for help; to request humbly |
prayer | the act of praying |
preach | to speak to others about being good, usually in church |
precious | very valuable; worth a lot of money |
precipice | a steep cliff |
predict | to foretell, to prophesy |
preface | a short beginning to a book to explain what it is about |
prefer | to like one thing better than another |
prefix | a syllable at the beginning of a word which changes its meaning. If you put un before the word pleasant it changes the meaning to not pleasant |
pregnant | carrying a baby or babies not yet born |
prepare | to make or get something ready |
present | something that is given to you. The same word also means at this time; now |
presently | soon, forthwith, immediately, speedily |
president | the chief person in the government of a country that has not a king or queen. The same word also means the most important man in a club or business |
press | to push against or push down. The same word also means all newspapers and magazines and the people who write what is printed in them |
pressure | force or weight pushing against something |
Modal auxiliaries Vs Primary auxiliaries
Primary auxiliaries are be, do, have. They are used to form tenses and to frame short answers.
Modal auxiliaries are will, would, may, might, shall, should, can, could, must, dare, need, used, ought. They are used to express moods.