| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| tournament | a sports competition which several teams try to win, to see which is the best |
| tow | (rhymes with go) to pull something along by a rope |
| towards | in the direction of |
| towel | a piece of thick cloth or paper that you use to dry things that are wet |
| tower | a building or part of a building that is very high and narrow |
| town | a lot of houses and buildings together. It is larger than a village |
| toy | something children play with |
| trace | to copy a drawing by putting transparent paper over it and going over the lines with a pencil |
| track | a rough path through woods or fields. The same word also means a railway line |
| tractor | a heavy motor with wheels that pulls something along |
| trade | to buy and sell: to exchange. The same word also means a particular kind of business, like hairdressing or dressmaking |
| traffic | cars, buses and vans moving along the streets |
| tragedy | a disaster; a terribly sad happening |
| trail | footprints or other sings that have been left by something or someone moving ahead of you |
| trailer | any wheeled vehicle drawn behind a motor car or lorry |
| train | a lot of carriages pulled along a railway by an engine. The same word also means to teach |
| trainer | someone who teaches a person or animal to do something well, like swimming or running in a race |
| trait | a feature, peculiarity, Characteristic, touch, stroke |
| traitor | someone who betrays his friends or country |
| tramp | to walk heavily. The same word also means a person who wanders from place to place, often sleeping out of doors and begging for money from other people |
| trample | to tread heavily on something |
| transact | to perform, manage, carry through |
| transfer | to carry or send something or someone from one place to another |
| transform | to change the way something looks, as a caterpillar is transformed into a butterfly |
| translate | to express the meaning of words in one language in another language |
| transparent | easily seen through. Window glass is transparent |
| transplant | to remove a plant from the ground and plant it somewhere else. The same word also means a kind of surgery in which diseased part of the body is removed and healthy part put in its place |
| transport | to carry something from one place to another |
| trap | a way of catching animals or birds |
| trapdoor | a door in the floor or ceiling |
| trapeze | a kind of swing with only a thin bar for a seat |
| travel | to make a journey; to go from place to place |
| trawler | a special fishing boat that drags a large net along the bottom of the sea |
| tray | a flat piece of wood, metal or plastic, on which you can carry light things, such as cups and saucers and food |
| treacherous | not to be trusted; likely to betray |
| treacle | a thick dark sticky food which comes from sugar cane |
| tread | to step or walk |
| tream | a kind of bus which runs on rails and works by electricity |
| treasure | a collection of money or jewels. The same word also means anything which is valuable or much loved |
| treat | to act in a certain way towards someone or something. The same word also means a special outing or present for which you do not have to pay |
| treble | three fold, triple |
| tree | a very large plant with leaves and branches |
| tremble | to shake or shiver |
| tremendous | very large; enormous; huge |
| trench | a deep ditch |
| trepass | to go on someone else’s land or property without permission |
| trial | to test to see if something works well: the judging of a person in a court of law |
| triangle | an area with three straight sides |
| tribe | a group of families who all live together with one chief who rules them |
| trick | something clever. Some people can do magic tricks and others can do tricks like walking on a wire, or standing on a horse when it is running |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.