| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| vinegar | an acid-tasting liquid used in salads and pickles |
| violent | very rough; forceful |
| violet | a small wild plant with purple or white flowers |
| violin | a musical instrument with four stings. It is held under the chin and played with a special stick called a bow |
| virtu | moral goodness, morality, chastity, merit |
| visibility | the clearness with which things can be seen. In a fog or mist the visibility is bad because you cannot see far |
| visible | able to be seen |
| vision | the ability to see; eyesight |
| visit | to go to see someone at his house |
| vitamin | something in foods that is good for you because it keeps you healthy. Milk and oranges both have vitamins that you need |
| vivid | very bright; brilliant |
| vixen | a female fox |
| vocabulary | all the words you can speak and write: a selected list of words, usually in alphabetical order |
| voice | the sound that comes from people’s mouths when they speak or sing |
| volcano | a cone-shaped mountain that throws out hot ashes or liquid rock from an opening in the top |
| volume | a book. The same word also means the amount, quantity or bulk of something |
| volunteer | to offer to do something that you donot have to do |
| vote | to say which person you would choose to be in charge of something or to be a member of a committee or similar group of people |
| vow | a solemn promise |
| vowel | the sounds of a language which are not consonants. Usually vowels are written with the letters a e i o u |
| voyage | a long journey by sea |
| vulgar | rude; not very polite |
| vulture | a large bird of prey that eats dead flesh |
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.