| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| grown-up | fully grown, adult |
| grub | a soft fat new-born insect |
| grudge | a feeling of unfriendliness or dislike for someone |
| gruff | rough in manner; stern |
| grumble | to find fault and say you are not satisfied |
| grunt | to make a noise like a pig |
| guard | to look after someone or something and see that nothing harms it, or is harmed by it |
| guardian | someone who guards or looks after someone or something |
| guess | to answer a question without knowing for sure that it is the right answer |
| guest | a visitor; someone you invite to your house, or to restaurant |
| guffaw | burst of boisterous laughter |
| guidance | explaining or showing the way to someone |
| guide | someone who shows people the way. He leads and helps them |
| guild | a society with common object, society off merchants or tradesmen |
| guillotine | machine for beheading |
| guilt | a feeling of having done something wront |
| guinea | one pound and one shilling or one pound and five new pence |
| guinea-pig | a small furry animal with short ears and tail, often kept as a pet |
| guitar | a musical instrument. It has strings which you pluck to make music |
| gulf | a very large bay that cuts into the land: a very deep hollow in the earth |
| gulp | to take a quick deep swallow of food or air |
| gum | sticky stuff which you use to fasten things together. The same word also means a soft sweet which you chew but do not swallow |
| gun | a machine which shoots bullets |
| gunpowder | a special powder which explodes when you set light to it |
| gurgle | to make a bubbly sound, as when water is let out of a bath |
| gush | to rush out suddenly, as when water rushes out of burst pipe |
| gust | a sudden burst or rushing out of wind or laughter |
| gutter | a narrow hollow for draining off rain water, usually on a roof or at the roadside |
| guzzle | eat or drink greedily |
| gymnasium | a large room fitted with ropes, bars and all kinds of equipment for exercise |
| gypsy | another way of spelling gipsy |
Tenses
The verb shows time by changing its form. These forms are called tenses.