| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| admission | entrance, confession |
| admit | to agree that something is so. The same word means to allow someone to come in |
| ado | trouble, fuss, difficulty |
| adopt | to take and accept as a child, embrace |
| adore | to love intensely, worship |
| adorn | to beautify, embellish, deck |
| adult | a person who is fully grown up |
| advance | to move forward |
| advantage | gain, favourable condition, benefit |
| adventure | an exciting or dangerous thing that you do or that happens to you |
| advertise | to announce, publish, inform |
| advice | counsel, personal opinion, personal view |
| advocate | barrister, pleader, lawyer in favour |
| aerial | the metal rods or wires which receive or send radio or television signals |
| aeroplane | a flying machine |
| afar | from a distance, at a distance |
| affair | a happening or an event |
| affect | to do something that causes a change |
| affection | great liking; fondness |
| afford | to have enough money for something you want to buy |
| afield | in or on the field |
| afloat | floating on the water |
| afoot | on foot, on the move, in action |
| afraid | frightened; full of fear |
| after | later; behind; following on |
| after-wards | at a later time |
| afternoon | the time between midday and sunset |
| again | once more |
| against | in an opposite direction to; on the opposite side to |
| age | the number of years something or someone has been alive, or has existed |
| agenda | things to be done, issues to be discussed and passed, matters to be discussed and decided |
| aghast | terrified, struck with fear, amazed |
| agile | lively; nimble |
| ago | past, gone by |
| agony | extreme pain of body or mind, pangs of death |
| agree | to consent to something, or to think the same as someone else |
| agreeable | friendly; easy to get on with |
| agriculture | cultivation of soil; cultivating-ground |
| aground | stuck on the sand or rocks. Ships sometimes run aground and cannot move without help |
| ahead | in front; before |
| air | the mixture of gases which we breathe and which surrounds the earth |
| air force | aircraft used for fighting and the people who control them |
| aircraft | any machine that can rise in the air and move through it |
| airfield | a place where aircraft can land and take off |
| airgun | a gun in which the bullet is shot by the force of compressed air |
| airm | to point a gun or other weapon steadily at the thing you want to hit |
| airman | a man who flies or helps to fly aircraft |
| airport | the place where aeroplanes come in to land and take off |
| airtight | closed so tightly that air cannot get in or out |
| aisle | a pathway between rows of seats in a church, a cinema or theatre |
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.