| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| pretence | pretext, simulation, feint |
| pretend | to make believe |
| pretty | lovely; beautiful |
| prevail | to gain the superiority or victory, to gain over by presuasion, to have upperhand |
| prevent | to stop something from happening |
| previous | happening or occurring before some other event |
| prey | a bird or animal that is hunted for food by another bird of animal |
| price | how much money you have to pay for something |
| prick | to make a tiny hole with something sharp. You must be careful not to prick your finger with a needle when you are sewing |
| prickle | a sharp point growing on the stem of a plant or on an animal. The thorns on a rosebush are prickles, and so are the stiff hairs on a hedgehog |
| pride | a high opinion of how clever you are and how nice you look. Sometimes it means a feeling of pleasure about something you have done well |
| priest | a man in charge of a church who leads the prayers there |
| primary | first of all |
| primrose | a small pale yellow wildflower that is one of the earliest to bloom in spring |
| prince | the son of a king or queen |
| princess | the daughter of a king or queen |
| to press words and pictures on paper with a heavy machine | |
| prison | a place where people who do things against the law have to stay for a period of time |
| prisoner | someone who has been captured in war or who is locked up in a prison because he has done something wrong |
| privacy | seclusion, secrecy, state of being private |
| private | belonging to one person or group of people. The same word also means a soldier in the army |
| prize | a reward for doing something well |
| probable | likely to happen |
| problem | a question that is difficult to answer or decide |
| proceed | to go ahead; to go on |
| procession | a large number of people or vehicles moving along in a line |
| prod | to poke |
| produce | to make; to cause; to bring into being |
| producer | someone who produces something especially a film or play |
| profession | a kind of work that needs special study and training, such as the nursing profession or the teaching profession |
| profit | gain; the money left over after you have paid all your expenses |
| programme | a printed paper giving information about a performance |
| progress | movement forward or onward; improvement |
| prohibit | to forbid or prevent |
| promise | to say that you will or will not do something, without fail |
| prompt | quick; at once; with no delay |
| prong | one of the sharp spikes on a fork |
| pronounce | to speak or sound out words |
| pronunciation | utterance, mode of pronouncing, uttering |
| proof | a way of showing that what is said is true |
| prop | a long piece of wood or metal that is put under something to keep it from falling down |
| propel | to drive forward |
| propeller | the part of a ship or aeroplane that drives it forward |
| proper | right; as it should be |
| properly | in the right way |
| property | something that belongs to someone |
| prophecy | what someone says will happen in the future |
| prophesy | to say what will happen in the future |
| propose | to suggest something, such as a plan of action or way or going about things |
| prosecute | to speak against someone in a court of law because he is supposed to have done something wrong |
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.