Chapter: Unit 6: In the Park, Present Continuous - Clap your Hands
đ Vocabulary
English for Today Class Four
â Most Important Exam Words
parkplaygroundbenchgrasspondrunwalksitstandjumpflyeatlookplaycookreadwritesingdancewatchsmileclaphandraisestampturnmovelistenfollowbirdduckchildfriendhappyfastslowlybeautifulbusyquietneartogether
đ Word Formation Rules
âē Present continuous tense: subject + am/is/are + verb-ing, for example, I am playing.
âē Use am with I: I am running.
âē Use is with he, she, or it: She is reading.
âē Use are with you, we, or they: They are singing.
âē Add -ing to most verbs: play becomes playing and read becomes reading.
âē Remove final e before adding -ing: write becomes writing, dance becomes dancing, and smile becomes smiling.
âē Double the final consonant in some short verbs: sit becomes sitting, run becomes running, and clap becomes clapping.
âē Use a plural noun after numbers greater than one: one bird, two birds.
âē Irregular plural forms: child becomes children, man becomes men, and woman becomes women.
1. In the Park (8 words)
park[/pÉËrk/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ
Alt: āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨
Example: The children are playing in the park.
Syn: gardenAnt: building
đĄ Exam tip: Use in the park, not on the park.
playground[/ËpleÉĒÉĄraĘnd/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ
Alt: āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨
Example: The boys are running in the playground.
Syn: playing fieldAnt: classroom
đĄ Exam tip: Playground means a place for playing.
bench[/bentĘ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ
Alt: āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ¸āĻ¨
Example: Grandmother is sitting on a bench.
Syn: seatAnt: floor
đĄ Exam tip: The usual phrase is sit on a bench.
tree[/triË/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻ
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻ āĻļāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻ
Example: A bird is sitting in the tree.
Syn: plantAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Use in a tree for a bird and under a tree for a person.
flower[/ËflaĘÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĢā§āĻ˛
Alt: āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻāĻļ
Example: The girl is looking at a flower.
Syn: blossomAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Plural form: flowers.
grass[/ÉĄrÉËs/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻ¸
Alt: āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸āĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻ
Example: The children are sitting on the grass.
Syn: turfAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Grass is usually an uncountable noun.
path[/pÉËθ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻĨ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž
Alt: āĻ¸āĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž
Example: The man is walking along the path.
Syn: way, trackAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Plural form: paths.
pond[/pÉnd/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ°
Alt: āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻļāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: The ducks are swimming in the pond.
Syn: poolAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Use in the pond when talking about swimming.
2. Actions Happening Now (8 words)
run[/rĘn/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻž
Example: The boy is running fast.
Syn: dashAnt: walk
đĄ Exam tip: For he, she, or it: is running.
walk[/wÉËk/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻž
Example: The girl is walking on the path.
Syn: strollAnt: run
đĄ Exam tip: Present continuous: walk becomes walking.
sit[/sÉĒt/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻŦāĻ¸āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: They are sitting under a tree.
Syn: restAnt: stand
đĄ Exam tip: Sit changes to sitting with double t.
stand[/stÃĻnd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
Example: The teacher is standing near the children.
Syn: remain uprightAnt: sit
đĄ Exam tip: Present continuous: stand becomes standing.
jump[/dĘĘmp/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻāĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: The children are jumping happily.
Syn: leapAnt: land
đĄ Exam tip: Jump takes -ing without changing its spelling.
fly[/flaÉĒ/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻāĻžāĻļā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻž
Example: The birds are flying in the sky.
Syn: soarAnt: land
đĄ Exam tip: Fly changes to flying in the present continuous.
eat[/iËt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The children are eating mangoes.
Syn: haveAnt: fast
đĄ Exam tip: Eat becomes eating; do not write eateing.
look[/lĘk/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: She is looking at the flowers.
Syn: watch, seeAnt: ignore
đĄ Exam tip: Use look at before the object.
3. Present Continuous Verbs (8 words)
play[/pleÉĒ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The children are playing football.
Syn: enjoyAnt: work
đĄ Exam tip: Structure: subject + am/is/are + playing.
cook[/kĘk/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Mother is cooking in the kitchen.
Syn: prepareAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Cook becomes cooking by adding -ing.
read[/riËd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž
Example: The boy is reading a book.
Syn: studyAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: The spelling is read + ing: reading.
write[/raÉĒt/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: She is writing a sentence.
Syn: recordAnt: erase
đĄ Exam tip: Remove final e before adding -ing: write becomes writing.
sing[/sÉĒÅ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž
Example: The children are singing a song.
Syn: chantAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Sing becomes singing.
dance[/dÉËns/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§ āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: The girls are dancing in the park.
Syn: moveAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Remove final e before adding -ing: dance becomes dancing.
watch[/wÉtĘ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž
Alt: āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: We are watching the birds.
Syn: observeAnt: ignore
đĄ Exam tip: Watch becomes watching.
smile[/smaÉĒl/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻž
Alt: āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The baby is smiling at her mother.
Syn: grinAnt: frown
đĄ Exam tip: Remove final e before adding -ing: smile becomes smiling.
4. Clap Your Hands and Instructions (8 words)
clap[/klÃĻp/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Clap your hands, please.
Syn: applaudAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Clap becomes clapping with double p.
hand[/hÃĻnd/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻšāĻžāĻ¤
Alt: āĻāĻŦāĻāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ
Example: Raise your hand.
Syn: palmAnt: foot
đĄ Exam tip: Plural form: hands.
raise[/reÉĒz/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻž
Example: The students are raising their hands.
Syn: liftAnt: lower
đĄ Exam tip: Raise means lift something up.
stamp[/stÃĻmp/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻĒāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻĒāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž
Example: Stamp your feet.
Syn: thumpAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Stamp becomes stamping with double p.
turn[/tÉËrn/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The children are turning around.
Syn: rotateAnt: stop
đĄ Exam tip: Turn around means āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§.
move[/muËv/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ¨āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Move your body to the music.
Syn: shiftAnt: stop
đĄ Exam tip: Move becomes moving; remove final e.
listen[/ËlÉĒsÉn/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž
Example: Listen to the song carefully.
Syn: hearAnt: ignore
đĄ Exam tip: Use listen to, not listen the song.
follow[/ËfÉloĘ/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Follow the teacher's instructions.
Syn: obeyAnt: lead
đĄ Exam tip: Follow means do what someone says or does.
5. Nature and People (8 words)
bird[/bÉËrd/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋ
Alt: āĻĄāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: A bird is flying over the tree.
Syn: fowlAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Plural form: birds.
duck[/dĘk/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻšāĻžāĻāĻ¸
Alt: āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋ
Example: The ducks are swimming in the pond.
Syn: waterfowlAnt: â
đĄ Exam tip: Duck can be a noun or a verb.
child[/tĘaÉĒld/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§
Alt: āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§
Example: The child is playing with a ball.
Syn: kidAnt: adult
đĄ Exam tip: Plural form: child becomes children.
boy[/bÉÉĒ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ˛ā§
Alt: āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§
Example: The boy is running fast.
Syn: ladAnt: girl
đĄ Exam tip: Use a boy for one and boys for more than one.
girl[/ÉĄÉËrl/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§
Alt: āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§
Example: The girl is reading a book.
Syn: lassAnt: boy
đĄ Exam tip: Plural form: girls.
man[/mÃĻn/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ˛ā§āĻ
Alt: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ
Example: The man is walking on the path.
Syn: maleAnt: woman
đĄ Exam tip: Plural form: man becomes men.
woman[/ËwĘmÉn/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž
Alt: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§
Example: The woman is sitting on a bench.
Syn: ladyAnt: man
đĄ Exam tip: Plural form: woman becomes women.
friend[/frend/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§
Alt: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§
Example: I am playing with my friend.
Syn: companionAnt: enemy
đĄ Exam tip: A friend is a person we like and trust.
6. Describing Actions and Places (8 words)
happy[/ËhÃĻpi/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻļāĻŋ
Alt: āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤
Example: The children are happy in the park.
Syn: glad, joyfulAnt: sad
đĄ Exam tip: Opposite of happy is sad.
fast[/fÃĻst/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§
Alt: āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ
Example: The boy is running fast.
Syn: quicklyAnt: slowly
đĄ Exam tip: Fast can describe how an action happens.
slowly[/ËsloĘli/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§
Alt: āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§
Example: The old man is walking slowly.
Syn: graduallyAnt: quickly
đĄ Exam tip: Slowly is an adverb made from slow.
beautiful[/ËbjuËtÉĒfÉl/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŽ
Example: The park is beautiful.
Syn: pretty, lovelyAnt: ugly
đĄ Exam tip: Use beautiful before a noun: a beautiful park.
busy[/ËbÉĒzi/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
Example: The park is busy today.
Syn: activeAnt: quiet
đĄ Exam tip: Busy means full of activity.
quiet[/ËkwaÉĒÉt/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤
Alt: āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻšā§āĻ¨
Example: The park is quiet in the morning.
Syn: silent, calmAnt: noisy
đĄ Exam tip: The opposite of noisy is quiet.
near[/nÉĒÉr/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻā§
Alt: āĻ
āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§
Example: The children are standing near the pond.
Syn: closeAnt: far
đĄ Exam tip: Near is often followed by a place or person.
together[/tÉËÉĄeðÉr/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§
Alt: āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§
Example: They are singing together.
Syn: jointlyAnt: apart
đĄ Exam tip: Together means with one another.
đĄ Exam Tips
âĸ Remember the present continuous structure: subject + am/is/are + verb-ing.
âĸ Choose am for I, is for he/she/it, and are for you/we/they.
âĸ Use the present continuous for actions happening now.
âĸ In negative sentences, place not after am, is, or are: He is not running.
âĸ In questions, place am, is, or are before the subject: Are they playing?
âĸ Use look at before a person or thing: She is looking at the flower.
âĸ Learn the spelling changes before adding -ing, especially sit-sitting, run-running, clap-clapping, write-writing, and dance-dancing.
âĸ Read the Bengali meaning, but write the English word correctly in the examination.
âĸ Learn opposite pairs such as happy-sad, fast-slowly, near-far, quiet-noisy, and together-apart.
âĸ For picture-based questions, identify the subject first and then select the correct am/is/are form.