ENGLISH FOR TODAY Class Six - Holding Hands - Vocabulary

Meaning: হাতি; a very large animal with a trunk

Alt: বিশাল ও শক্তিশালী প্রাণী

Example: The elephant is walking along the trail.

💡 Exam tip: Remember that elephant is a countable noun: one elephant, two elephants.

Meaning: হাঁটা; moving on foot

Alt: ধীরে ধীরে অগ্রসর হওয়া

Example: The elephants are walking along the trail.

💡 Exam tip: Walking is the present participle of walk and is used with am, is, or are.

Meaning: পথ বা চলার রাস্তা; a path

Alt: পিছনে পড়ে থাকা চিহ্ন বা দাগ

Example: The animals walked along the forest trail.

💡 Exam tip: Trail means a narrow path in this poem, but it can also mean a mark left behind.

Meaning: বরাবর বা ধরে; from one end to another

Alt: এগিয়ে বা সামনে

Example: They walked along the river.

💡 Exam tip: Use along before a place or line, such as along the road or along the river.

Meaning: ধরা বা ধরে রাখা; to keep something in the hand

Alt: আয়োজন করা বা ধারণ করা

Example: Please hold my hand tightly.

💡 Exam tip: The past and past participle forms are held, not holded.

Meaning: ধরে রাখা; keeping something in the hand

Alt: আঁকড়ে থাকা বা সংযুক্ত থাকা

Example: The children are holding hands.

💡 Exam tip: Holding is formed by adding -ing to hold; do not write holdling.

Meaning: লেজ; the back part of an animal

Alt: সারি বা দলের শেষ অংশ

Example: The elephant has a long tail.

💡 Exam tip: Tail is a noun in the poem, but it can also be used as a verb meaning to follow.

Meaning: শুঁড়; the long nose of an elephant

Alt: গাছের কাণ্ড বা গাড়ির মাল রাখার স্থান

Example: An elephant uses its trunk to drink water.

💡 Exam tip: In this poem, trunk means an elephant's long nose, not a tree stem or a box.

Meaning: উপযোগী বা কাজে লাগে এমন; useful

Alt: হাতের কাছে থাকা; convenient

Example: A trunk and a tail are handy things for an elephant.

💡 Exam tip: Handy is an adjective; its noun form is handiness.

Meaning: বস্তু বা বিষয়; an object or matter

Alt: ঘটনা বা ব্যাপার

Example: A good book is a useful thing.

💡 Exam tip: The plural of thing is things, not thinges.

Meaning: হাঁটা; to move on foot

Alt: হেঁটে বেড়ানো

Example: We walk to school every day.

💡 Exam tip: Walk is a regular verb: walk, walked, walked.

Meaning: ব্যর্থ হওয়া; not to succeed

Alt: ঘটতে না ব্যর্থ হওয়া বা বাদ দেওয়া

Example: It never fails when the elephants hold tails.

💡 Exam tip: In the phrase never fails, fail means does not stop happening or always happens.

Meaning: কখনো নয়; not at any time

Alt: কোনোভাবেই নয়

Example: He never tells a lie.

💡 Exam tip: Never already has a negative meaning, so avoid using another negative with it.

Meaning: সার্কাস; a show with performers and trained animals

Alt: সার্কাসের দল বা প্রতিষ্ঠান

Example: We watched a circus show yesterday.

💡 Exam tip: The plural of circus is circuses.

Meaning: বৃত্তাকার প্রদর্শনীর স্থান; a round area for performances

Alt: আংটি বা গোলাকার বস্তু

Example: The elephants walked in the circus ring.

💡 Exam tip: Ring has several meanings; here it means an area where animals perform.

Meaning: প্রদর্শন করা; to entertain an audience

Alt: কাজ সম্পাদন করা

Example: The elephants perform tricks in the ring.

💡 Exam tip: The noun form is performance and the performer is the person who performs.

Meaning: গোলাকার স্থান; a confined circular area

Alt: আংটি; a circular piece of jewellery

Example: The boxer stood inside the ring.

💡 Exam tip: Identify the meaning from context: circus ring means arena, while gold ring means jewellery.

Meaning: হাতির শুঁড়; an elephant's long nose

Alt: গাছের কাণ্ড বা গাড়ির পেছনের মাল রাখার স্থান

Example: The tree trunk is very thick.

💡 Exam tip: Use trunk of an elephant for শুঁড় and trunk of a tree for কাণ্ড.

Meaning: প্রাণীর লেজ; the rear part of an animal

Alt: সারির শেষ ব্যক্তি বা অংশ

Example: The dog wagged its tail.

💡 Exam tip: Tail can be a noun or a verb: The dog has a tail; The boy tailed his friend.

Meaning: হাত; the part of the body below the wrist

Alt: সহায়তা বা কর্মী; help or a worker

Example: The two friends held hands.

💡 Exam tip: In holding hands, hands is plural and means the body parts used for holding.

Meaning: হাঁটা; an act of moving on foot

Alt: পথ বা হাঁটার দূরত্ব

Example: We went for a walk in the park.

💡 Exam tip: Walk is both a verb and a noun: They walk daily; We took a walk.

Meaning: গোলাকার; shaped like a circle

Alt: একটি পর্যায় বা পালা

Example: The circus ring is round.

💡 Exam tip: Round may describe shape or mean a turn in a competition.

Meaning: শিল্পী বা প্রদর্শনকারী; a person who performs

Alt: কাজ সম্পাদনকারী ব্যক্তি

Example: The performer entertained the audience.

💡 Exam tip: Performer is formed from perform by adding -er.

Meaning: উপহার; a gift

Alt: বর্তমান সময় বা উপস্থিত ব্যক্তি

Example: She gave me a birthday present.

💡 Exam tip: As a noun, present means উপহার; as an adjective, it may mean বর্তমান or উপস্থিত.

Meaning: এবং; used to join words or sentences

Alt: আরও বা তারপর

Example: The elephant has a trunk and a tail.

💡 Exam tip: And is a coordinating conjunction used to join similar words, phrases, or clauses.

Meaning: দ্বারা বা দিয়ে; showing the method or agent

Alt: কাছে বা পাশে

Example: The elephants hold each other by their tails.

💡 Exam tip: In by holding tails, by shows the method of holding.

Meaning: যখন; at the time that

Alt: কখন; asking about time

Example: When elephants walk, they hold tails.

💡 Exam tip: When can introduce a time clause: When it rains, we stay indoors.

Meaning: হয় বা আছে; present form of be for plural subjects

Alt: তুমি বা আপনার সঙ্গে ব্যবহৃত be verb

Example: The elephants are holding tails.

💡 Exam tip: Are is used with you, we, they, and plural nouns in the present tense.

Meaning: তারা; pronoun for more than one person or animal

Alt: লিঙ্গ-নিরপেক্ষ একবচন সর্বনামও হতে পারে

Example: They are walking together.

💡 Exam tip: They is a subject pronoun; its object form is them and possessive form is their.

Meaning: তাদের; showing possession

Alt: একজন ব্যক্তির লিঙ্গ না জানলেও ব্যবহৃত possessive word

Example: The elephants move their tails.

💡 Exam tip: Do not confuse their with there or they're.

Meaning: এগিয়ে বা সামনে; forward

Alt: সঙ্গে করে বা সাথে

Example: Come along with us.

💡 Exam tip: Along may work as a preposition or an adverb depending on the sentence.

Meaning: একসঙ্গে; with each other

Alt: একত্রে বা একই সময়ে

Example: The elephants walk together.

💡 Exam tip: Together is an adverb; the opposite word is apart.

Meaning: দীর্ঘ; having great length

Alt: দীর্ঘস্থায়ী বা অনেক সময়ের

Example: An elephant has a long trunk.

💡 Exam tip: The noun form is length and the adverb form is long.

Meaning: উপকারী; helpful or practical

Alt: কাজে লাগার উপযোগী

Example: The trunk is a useful body part.

💡 Exam tip: Useful is formed from use plus -ful; its opposite is useless.

Meaning: ঘনিষ্ঠ বা কাছাকাছি; near or intimate

Alt: বন্ধ করা; to shut

Example: The elephants stay close to one another.

💡 Exam tip: Close can be an adjective or a verb; pronunciation changes slightly in the verb form.

Meaning: নিরাপদ; free from danger

Alt: ক্ষতিহীন বা সুরক্ষিত

Example: The elephants feel safe when they stay together.

💡 Exam tip: The noun form is safety and the adverb form is safely.

Meaning: বন্ধুত্বপূর্ণ; kind and pleasant

Alt: বন্ধুসুলভ বা সাহায্যপ্রবণ

Example: The elephants look friendly.

💡 Exam tip: Friendly is formed from friend plus -ly, but it is an adjective, not an adverb here.

Meaning: সংযুক্ত; joined together

Alt: সম্পর্কযুক্ত বা যোগাযোগযুক্ত

Example: The elephants remain connected by their tails.

💡 Exam tip: Connected comes from connect; use connected with or connected to in sentences.

Meaning: দল; a number of people or animals together

Alt: শ্রেণি বা সমষ্টি

Example: A group of elephants walked through the forest.

💡 Exam tip: A group of elephants is a collective noun phrase.

Meaning: সহায়তা করা; to help or hold up

Alt: সমর্থন করা বা পক্ষে থাকা

Example: The elephants support one another while walking.

💡 Exam tip: Support may be used as both a verb and a noun: They support him; He needs support.

Meaning: কবিতা; a piece of writing in lines

Alt: ছন্দযুক্ত সাহিত্যকর্ম

Example: Holding Hands is a short poem about elephants.

💡 Exam tip: The person who writes a poem is called a poet.

Meaning: কবি; a person who writes poems

Alt: কাব্যরচয়িতা

Example: Leonore M. Link is the poet of Holding Hands.

💡 Exam tip: Poet is a person, while poem is the literary work.

Meaning: আবৃত্তি করা; to say a poem aloud from memory

Alt: উচ্চস্বরে পাঠ করা

Example: The students recite the poem in groups.

💡 Exam tip: The noun form is recitation and the person may be called a reciter.

Meaning: কবিতার পঙ্‌ক্তি; a row of words in a poem

Alt: সারি বা রেখা

Example: The poem has several short lines.

💡 Exam tip: Do not confuse a line of a poem with a line of people.

Meaning: অর্থ; what a word or sentence expresses

Alt: উদ্দেশ্য বা তাৎপর্য

Example: What is the meaning of the word trunk?

💡 Exam tip: Meaning is the noun of mean; write the meaning clearly in Bengali or English.

Meaning: দর্শক বা শ্রোতা; people watching or listening to a performance

Alt: শ্রোতৃমণ্ডলী

Example: The audience clapped after the performance.

💡 Exam tip: Audience is usually treated as a collective noun and is followed by a singular verb in many exam sentences.

Meaning: প্রতিযোগিতা; a contest

Alt: প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতা বা প্রতিযোগিতামূলক অবস্থা

Example: The animals performed in a competition.

💡 Exam tip: The adjective form is competitive and the verb form is compete.

Meaning: সহযোগিতা; working together

Alt: পারস্পরিক সাহায্য

Example: Holding hands shows cooperation among the elephants.

💡 Exam tip: Cooperation is formed from cooperate; it is an important theme of the poem.