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two teams played against one another.

      age noun ages

      Your age is the number of years that you have lived.

      ago

      You use ago to talk about a time in the past.

      She left two weeks ago.

      agree verb agrees, agreeing, agreed

      If you agree with someone, you think the same as they do about something.

      I agree with you about him.

      ahead

      Someone who is ahead of another person is in front of them.

      My brother ran ahead of us.

      air noun

      Air is the mixture of gases all around us that we breathe.

      I opened the window and let in some air.

      aircraft noun aircraft

      An aircraft is any vehicle which can fly.

      airport noun airports

      An airport is a place where aeroplanes fly from and land.

      alarm noun alarms

      An alarm is a piece of equipment that warns you of danger by making a noise.

      The car alarm woke us up.

      alien noun aliens

      In stories and films, an alien is a creature from another planet.

      alike adjective

      If people or things are alike, they are the same in some way.

      The two cats looked alike.

      alive adjective

      If a person, an animal or a plant is alive, they are living and not dead.

      all

      You use all to talk about everything, everyone, or the whole of something.

      Did you eat all of it?

      alligator noun alligators

      An alligator is a large reptile with a long body, a long mouth and sharp teeth. Alligators’ mouths are in the shape of a letter U.

      allow verb allows, allowing, allowed

      If you allow someone to do something, you let them do it.

      Mum allowed us to go out and play.

      all right or alright adjective

      If you say that something is all right, you mean that it is good enough.

      I thought the film was all right.

      almost

      Almost means very nearly.

      I almost missed the bus.

      alone adjective

      When you are alone, you are not with any other people.

      She was alone in the room.

      along

      1 If you walk along a road or other place, you move towards one end of it.

      We walked along the street.

      2 If you bring something along when you go somewhere, you bring it with you.

      She brought a present along to the party.

      aloud

      When you read or talk aloud, you read or talk so that other people can hear you.

      She read the story aloud to us.

      alphabet noun alphabets

      An alphabet is a set of letters that is used for writing words. The letters are arranged in a special order.

      A is the first letter of the alphabet.

      already

      You use already to show that something has happened before the present time.

      She is already here.

      also

      You use also to give more information about something.

      I’m cold, and I’m also hungry.

      always

      If you always do something, you do it every time or all the time.

      She’s always late for school.

      am

       Look at be.

      I am six years old.

      amazing adjective

      You say that something is amazing when it is a surprise and you like it.

      We had an amazing holiday.

      ambulance noun ambulances

      An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to hospital.

      amount noun amounts

      An amount of something is how much there is of it.

      We only have a small amount of food.

      amphibian noun amphibians

      An amphibian is an animal that lives both on land and in water, for example a frog or a toad.

      ancient adjective

      Ancient means very old, or from a long time ago.

      They lived in an ancient castle.

      angry adjective angrier, angriest

      When you are angry, you feel very upset about something.

      She was angry at her brother for breaking the window.

      animal noun animals

      An animal is any creature that is alive, but not a plant or a person.

      ankle noun ankles

      Your ankle is the part of your body where your foot joins your leg.

      I fell and twisted my ankle.

      annoy verb annoys, annoying, annoyed

      If something annoys you, it makes you angry and upset.

      It annoys me when people are rude.

      another

      You use another to mean one more.

      She