Chapter: Unit 4: Who's First?, Alphabet - Telling the Time
đ Vocabulary
English for Today Class Four
â Most Important Exam Words
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đ Word Formation Rules
âē Ordinal numbers usually take -th: six-sixth, seven-seventh, ten-tenth.
âē Some ordinal numbers are irregular: one-first, two-second, three-third, five-fifth, eight-eighth, nine-ninth.
âē Add -er to a verb to make a person noun: run-runner.
âē Add -s to most singular nouns to make plurals: girl-girls, boy-boys, letter-letters.
âē The word weekday is formed from week + day.
âē The word weekend is formed from week + end.
âē Use capital letters for the days of the week: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
1. Ordinal Numbers and Position (10 words)
first[/fÉËrst/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ
Alt: āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: Fazle is first in the race.
Syn: number oneAnt: last
đĄ Exam tip: First is used for position 1.
second[/ËsekÉnd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: Tamanna is second in the race.
Syn: number twoAnt: first
đĄ Exam tip: The spelling is second, not secound.
third[/θÉËrd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ
Alt: āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: Samir is third in the race.
Syn: number threeAnt: first
đĄ Exam tip: Third begins with the sound /θ/.
fourth[/fÉËrθ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻĨ
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: Today is the fourth day of the week.
Syn: number fourAnt: first
đĄ Exam tip: Four changes to fourth; do not write fourst.
fifth[/fÉĒfθ/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻŽ
Alt: āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: Thursday is the fifth day of the school week.
Syn: number fiveAnt: first
đĄ Exam tip: Five changes to fifth; the spelling drops the v.
sixth[/sÉĒksθ/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻˇāĻˇā§āĻ
Alt: āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: Friday is the sixth day of the week.
Syn: number sixAnt: first
đĄ Exam tip: The correct spelling is sixth.
seventh[/ËsevÉnθ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻŽ
Alt: āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: Saturday is the seventh day of the week.
Syn: number sevenAnt: first
đĄ Exam tip: Seven changes to seventh.
eighth[/eÉĒtθ/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻ
āĻˇā§āĻāĻŽ
Alt: āĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: He finished eighth in the race.
Syn: number eightAnt: first
đĄ Exam tip: The correct spelling is eighth, not eightth.
ninth[/naÉĒnθ/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻ¨āĻŦāĻŽ
Alt: āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: She came ninth in the competition.
Syn: number nineAnt: first
đĄ Exam tip: Nine changes to ninth; remove the e.
tenth[/tenθ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻĻāĻļāĻŽ
Alt: āĻĻāĻļ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: The tenth runner crossed the line.
Syn: number tenAnt: first
đĄ Exam tip: Ten changes to tenth.
2. Race and Competition (10 words)
race[/reÉĒs/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž
Example: There are eight people in the race.
Syn: competitionAnt: rest
đĄ Exam tip: Race can be a noun or a verb.
runner[/ËrĘnÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ
Alt: āĻ¯ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: The fastest runner won the race.
Syn: athleteAnt: spectator
đĄ Exam tip: Runner is formed from run + er.
fast[/fÉËst/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤
Alt: āĻ¯ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ˛ā§
Example: Fazle is very fast.
Syn: quickAnt: slow
đĄ Exam tip: Fast is both an adjective and an adverb.
slow[/sloĘ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ§ā§āĻ°
Alt: āĻ¯ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§
Example: The slow runner came last.
Syn: unhurriedAnt: fast
đĄ Exam tip: Use slow to describe a person or movement.
shirt[/ĘÉËrt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ
Alt: āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻ
Example: Fazle has got a blue shirt.
Syn: top
đĄ Exam tip: Remember the spelling sh + ir + t.
behind[/bÉĒËhaÉĒnd/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āĻāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§
Example: The other runners are far behind.
Syn: at the backAnt: ahead
đĄ Exam tip: Far behind means āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§.
ahead[/ÉËhed/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§
Example: The fastest runner is ahead.
Syn: in frontAnt: behind
đĄ Exam tip: Ahead is the opposite of behind.
people[/ËpiËpÉl/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻāĻ¨
Alt: āĻāĻāĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
Example: How many people are in the race?
Syn: persons
đĄ Exam tip: People is the plural of person.
girl[/ÉĄÉËrl/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§
Alt: āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻļā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§
Example: There are three girls in the race.
Syn: female childAnt: boy
đĄ Exam tip: The plural form is girls.
boy[/bÉÉĒ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ˛ā§
Alt: āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻ
Example: There are five boys in the race.
Syn: male childAnt: girl
đĄ Exam tip: The plural form is boys.
3. Days of the Week (10 words)
Saturday[/ËsÃĻtÉrdeÉĒ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻļāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Example: Saturday is the seventh day of the week.
đĄ Exam tip: Saturday and Sunday are weekend days.
Sunday[/ËsĘndeÉĒ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Example: Sunday is the first day of the week.
đĄ Exam tip: In this textbook, Sunday is the first day of the week.
Monday[/ËmĘndeÉĒ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Example: We go to school on Monday.
đĄ Exam tip: Use on before a day: on Monday.
Tuesday[/ËtjuËzdeÉĒ/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻŽāĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Example: Tuesday is a weekday.
đĄ Exam tip: Tuesday is spelled with ue.
Wednesday[/ËwenzdeÉĒ/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Example: Wednesday comes after Tuesday.
đĄ Exam tip: The d is silent in pronunciation.
Thursday[/ËθÉËrzdeÉĒ/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻŦā§āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Example: Thursday comes before Friday.
đĄ Exam tip: Thursday begins with the /θ/ sound.
Friday[/ËfraÉĒdeÉĒ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻļā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻˇāĻˇā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Example: Friday is the last school day of the week.
đĄ Exam tip: Friday comes after Thursday.
weekday[/ËwiËkdeÉĒ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¸
Alt: āĻļāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Example: Monday is a weekday.
Syn: working dayAnt: weekend
đĄ Exam tip: The weekdays are Monday to Friday.
weekend[/ËwiËkËend/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Alt: āĻļāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Example: We do not go to school at the weekend.
Syn: holidayAnt: weekday
đĄ Exam tip: Weekend means Saturday and Sunday in this lesson.
week[/wiËk/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻš
Alt: āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻ˛
Example: There are seven days in a week.
Syn: seven-day period
đĄ Exam tip: Learn the seven days in the correct order.
4. Telling the Time (10 words)
clock[/klÉk/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ
Alt: āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°
Example: The clock has two hands.
Syn: timepiece
đĄ Exam tip: A clock tells us the time.
time[/taÉĒm/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
Alt: āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻ˛
Example: What is the time?
Syn: hour
đĄ Exam tip: Ask What is the time? or What's the time?
hand[/hÃĻnd/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ
Example: The clock has two hands.
Syn: pointer
đĄ Exam tip: Clock hand means āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, not a body hand.
short[/ĘÉËrt/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽ
Example: The short hand shows the hour.
Syn: smallAnt: long
đĄ Exam tip: The short hand is the hour hand.
long[/lÉÅ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ
Example: The long hand shows the minutes.
Syn: lengthyAnt: short
đĄ Exam tip: The long hand is the minute hand.
hour[/aĘÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž
Alt: āĻˇāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻ˛
Example: There are sixty minutes in an hour.
Syn: sixty minutes
đĄ Exam tip: The hour hand shows the hour.
minute[/ËmÉĒnÉĒt/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ
Alt: āĻāĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻˇāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
Example: There are sixty minutes in an hour.
Syn: sixtieth of an hour
đĄ Exam tip: The minute hand is usually the long hand.
o'clock[/ÉËklÉk/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§
Alt: āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: It is five o'clock.
Syn: exactly at the hour
đĄ Exam tip: Use o'clock after a whole hour, such as seven o'clock.
a.m.[/ËeÉĒ Ëem/]advmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛
Alt: āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: The class starts at 9 a.m.
Syn: morningAnt: p.m.
đĄ Exam tip: Write a.m. for morning time.
p.m.[/ËpiË Ëem/]advmedium
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻž
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: The programme starts at 4 p.m.
Syn: afternoon or eveningAnt: a.m.
đĄ Exam tip: Write p.m. for afternoon and evening time.
5. Alphabet and Handwriting (9 words)
alphabet[/ËÃĻlfÉbet/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻž
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ
Example: There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
Syn: letters
đĄ Exam tip: The English alphabet has 26 letters.
letter[/ËletÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ°
Alt: āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨
Example: A is the first letter of the alphabet.
Syn: character
đĄ Exam tip: Letter can also mean āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ, depending on context.
cursive[/ËkÉËrsÉĒv/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋ
Example: Write the small letters in cursive.
Syn: joined handwritingAnt: printed
đĄ Exam tip: Cursive letters are written in a joined style.
small[/smÉËl/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ
Alt: āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽ; āĻā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°
Example: Write the cursive small letters.
Syn: littleAnt: large
đĄ Exam tip: Small letters are also called lowercase letters.
capital[/ËkÃĻpÉĒtÉl/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ°
Example: Write a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence.
Syn: uppercaseAnt: small
đĄ Exam tip: Names and sentences begin with capital letters.
word[/wÉËrd/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
Alt: āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦā§āĻ§āĻ āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ°āĻ¸āĻŽāĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ
Example: Write the word for each picture.
Syn: term
đĄ Exam tip: A word is made of one or more letters.
write[/raÉĒt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Write the days of the week.
Syn: recordAnt: erase
đĄ Exam tip: The past form of write is wrote.
read[/riËd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž
Example: Read the dialogue again.
Syn: studyAnt: ignore
đĄ Exam tip: The present pronunciation of read is /riËd/.
say[/seÉĒ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž
Alt: āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Say the times aloud.
Syn: speakAnt: be silent
đĄ Exam tip: Use say for words or sentences that are spoken.
6. Pronunciation and Everyday Words (10 words)
cup[/kĘp/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻĒ
Alt: āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°
Example: There is a cup on the table.
Syn: mug
đĄ Exam tip: Cup has the short vowel sound /Ę/.
hut[/hĘt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻ°
Alt: āĻā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°
Example: There is a hut in the sun.
Syn: cottageAnt: palace
đĄ Exam tip: Hut and cup have the same vowel sound /Ę/.
cut[/kĘt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Can you cut the bun?
Syn: sliceAnt: join
đĄ Exam tip: Cut is pronounced with the /Ę/ sound.
bun[/bĘn/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ
Alt: āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ
Example: The boy cuts the bun.
Syn: roll
đĄ Exam tip: Bun rhymes with sun and fun.
father[/ËfÉËðÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž
Alt: āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ
Example: Father looks at the car.
Syn: dadAnt: mother
đĄ Exam tip: Father begins with the /f/ sound.
car[/kÉËr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ¨
Example: The car is near the park.
Syn: automobile
đĄ Exam tip: Car and park have a similar /ÉËr/ sound.
near[/nÉĒÉr/]prepeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻā§
Alt: āĻ
āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§
Example: The car is near the park.
Syn: close toAnt: far
đĄ Exam tip: Near is followed by a place or person.
park[/pÉËrk/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ
Alt: āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨
Example: Children play in the park.
Syn: playground
đĄ Exam tip: Park can be a noun or a verb.
top[/tÉp/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŽ
Alt: āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž
Example: I have got a spinning top.
Syn: toyAnt: bottom
đĄ Exam tip: Top can also mean the highest part.
stop[/stÉp/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻāĻ˛āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Do not stop my top.
Syn: haltAnt: start
đĄ Exam tip: Stop and top differ by the initial /s/ sound.
đĄ Exam Tips
âĸ Memorize the ordinal numbers from first to tenth and check their spellings carefully.
âĸ In the textbook sequence, Sunday is the first day and Saturday is the seventh day of the week.
âĸ Use on before a day: on Monday, on Friday.
âĸ Use a.m. for morning time and p.m. for afternoon or evening time.
âĸ The short hand of a clock shows the hour, and the long hand shows the minutes.
âĸ Use o'clock only when the minute hand is at twelve and the time is an exact hour.
âĸ Remember that Wednesday has a silent d in pronunciation.
âĸ For fill-in-the-blank questions, write days and ordinal numbers in words when instructed.
âĸ Learn opposite pairs such as fast-slow, near-far, ahead-behind, short-long and start-stop.
âĸ Practise the /Ę/ sound in cup, hut, cut and bun.