Vocabulary

• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• tuck: To put something into a small or safe place
• important: Having power or authority
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• person: Man, woman or child
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• detective: Person who investigates and solves crimes
• pardon: To forgive for some error or fault; let off
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• dinosaur: Reptile that lived millions of years ago
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• dine: To eat
• wee: Scottish and Northern English small; short
• garden: Yard; ground outside your house to grow plants
• bath: Long container you fill with hot water to wash in
• toy: Things children play with, as dolls or small cars
• pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from