| A | B |
| niffler | fuzzy magical creature attracted to shiny objects |
| Professor Snape | Potions teacher |
| Professor Trelawny | Divination teacher |
| Quidditch | popular wizard sport |
| Lord Voldemort | an evil dark leader |
| Ron Weasley | very poor, one of Harry's best friends |
| Hogsmeade | a little town into which only third years can go |
| Hagrid | care of magical creatures teachers, a good friend of Harry |
| Dudley Dursley | Harry's obese cousin |
| Hermione Granger | very smart, one of Harry's best friends |
| Golden Snitch | the ball that must be caught to end a game of Quidditch |
| Queerditch Marsh | the place where the game of Quidditch was born |
| James Potter | Harry's dead father |
| Sorting Hat | sorts 1st years into the appropriate house |
| Professor Lupin | one of harry's favorite teachers that had to quit due to the fact that he is a werewolf |
| Scabbers | Ron's old pet rat |
| Percy Weasley | Ron's older brother |
| Fred and George Weasley | these twins play beaters on the Gryffindor Quidditch team |