đ Vocabulary
English for Today Class Four
â Most Important Exam Words
accidentafraidbeautifulbeginborrowbreakfastcarefulcrossdeliciousdriverexcitedfamilyforestjourneyneighbourovertaketraffic lightusuallyvegetableszebra crossing
đ Word Formation Rules
âē Add -er to a verb to make a person noun: teach â teacher, work â worker, drive â driver.
âē Add -er to a verb to make an instrument noun: sharpen â sharpener.
âē Add -ful to a noun to make an adjective: care â careful, beauty â beautiful.
âē Add -less to a noun to make an adjective meaning without: care â careless.
âē Add -ly to an adjective to make an adverb: careful â carefully, careless â carelessly.
âē Add -ness to an adjective to make a noun: happy â happiness, kind â kindness.
âē Use the prefix un- to make an opposite adjective: clean â unclean, happy â unhappy.
âē Compound words are formed by joining two words: boat + man â boatman, traffic + light â traffic light.
1. People and Family (10 words)
family[/ËfÃĻmÉli/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻŦāĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ ā§
Example: My family lives in a village.
Syn: household
đĄ Exam tip: Family is a collective noun for parents and children.
mother[/ËmĘðÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§
Example: My mother cooks delicious food.
Syn: mum
đĄ Exam tip: The opposite gender word is father.
brother[/ËbrĘðÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻ
Alt: āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻšā§āĻĻāĻ°
Example: My brother is a good student.
Syn: male siblingAnt: sister
đĄ Exam tip: Remember: brother means a male sibling.
sister[/ËsÉĒstÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦā§āĻ¨
Alt: āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻšā§āĻĻāĻ°
Example: My sister reads a book.
Syn: female siblingAnt: brother
đĄ Exam tip: Sister is the feminine form related to brother.
cousin[/ËkĘzÉn/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§, āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻĢā§āĻĢāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ-āĻŦā§āĻ¨
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: Rina is my cousin.
Syn: relative
đĄ Exam tip: Cousin can refer to either a boy or a girl.
grandfather[/ËÉĄrÃĻndËfÉËðÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻž
Alt: āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻš āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻš
Example: My grandfather tells me stories.
Syn: grandpa
đĄ Exam tip: Grandfather means the father of one's mother or father.
neighbour[/ËneÉĒbÉr/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļā§
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
Example: Our neighbour is very kind.
Syn: nearby resident
đĄ Exam tip: British spelling is neighbour; American spelling is neighbor.
teacher[/ËtiËtĘÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ¨
Example: Our teacher helps us learn English.
Syn: educatorAnt: student
đĄ Exam tip: Teacher is formed from teach plus the suffix -er.
student[/ËstjuËdÉnt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§
Example: Every student should be punctual.
Syn: learnerAnt: teacher
đĄ Exam tip: Student means a person who studies.
worker[/ËwÉËrkÉr/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŋāĻ
Alt: āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§
Example: The worker is sewing a shirt.
Syn: employeeAnt: employer
đĄ Exam tip: Worker is formed from work plus -er.
2. Food and Daily Life (10 words)
breakfast[/ËbrekfÉst/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻļāĻ¤āĻž
Alt: āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Example: I eat bread at breakfast.
Syn: morning meal
đĄ Exam tip: Breakfast is the meal eaten in the morning.
lunch[/lĘntĘ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻā§āĻ
Example: We have lunch at midday.
Syn: midday meal
đĄ Exam tip: Lunch is usually eaten around midday.
dinner[/ËdÉĒnÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Example: They eat dinner at eight o'clock.
Syn: evening meal
đĄ Exam tip: Dinner commonly means the evening meal.
vegetables[/ËvedĘtÉbÉlz/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋ
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°
Example: Mother cooks mixed vegetables.
Syn: greens
đĄ Exam tip: Vegetables is usually used in the plural form.
delicious[/dÉĒËlÉĒĘÉs/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§
Alt: āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ°
Example: The mango is delicious.
Syn: tastyAnt: tasteless
đĄ Exam tip: Use delicious to describe food that tastes very good.
fresh[/freĘ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ
Example: These fish are fresh.
Syn: newAnt: stale
đĄ Exam tip: Fresh is commonly used before food nouns.
clean[/kliËn/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¤
Example: Keep your room clean.
Syn: tidyAnt: dirty
đĄ Exam tip: Clean can be both an adjective and a verb.
dirty[/ËdÉËrti/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤
Example: Do not wear dirty clothes.
Syn: uncleanAnt: clean
đĄ Exam tip: Dirty is the opposite of clean.
cook[/kĘk/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
Example: My father can cook rice.
Syn: prepare
đĄ Exam tip: Cook can be used as both a verb and a noun.
drink[/drÉĒÅk/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: Please drink some water.
Syn: sip
đĄ Exam tip: Drink has the past form drank and past participle drunk.
3. Time and Routine (10 words)
morning[/ËmÉËrnÉĒÅ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛
Alt: āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: I get up early in the morning.
Syn: dawnAnt: evening
đĄ Exam tip: Use in before morning: in the morning.
evening[/ËiËvnÉĒÅ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻž
Alt: āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: We play in the evening.
Syn: duskAnt: morning
đĄ Exam tip: The common phrase is good evening.
today[/tÉËdeÉĒ/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻāĻ
Alt: āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Example: Today is Monday.
Syn: this dayAnt: yesterday
đĄ Exam tip: Today refers to the present day.
tomorrow[/tÉËmÉroĘ/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛
Alt: āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Example: We will visit the park tomorrow.
Syn: the next dayAnt: yesterday
đĄ Exam tip: Tomorrow refers to the day after today.
yesterday[/ËjestÉrdeÉĒ/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ˛
Alt: āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Example: I went to school yesterday.
Syn: the previous dayAnt: tomorrow
đĄ Exam tip: Yesterday is often used with the simple past tense.
early[/ËÉËrli/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻ°ā§
Alt: āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§
Example: He gets up early every day.
Syn: before timeAnt: late
đĄ Exam tip: Early is the opposite of late.
usually[/ËjuËĘuÉli/]advmedium
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤
Alt: āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: I usually walk to school.
Syn: normallyAnt: rarely
đĄ Exam tip: Usually generally comes before the main verb.
sometimes[/ËsĘmtaÉĒmz/]advmedium
Meaning: āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§
Alt: āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ
Example: Sometimes I read storybooks.
Syn: occasionallyAnt: always
đĄ Exam tip: Sometimes may come at the beginning or middle of a sentence.
weekend[/ËwiËkËend/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨
Alt: āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: We visit our village at the weekend.
Syn: holidayAnt: weekday
đĄ Exam tip: In Bangladesh, Friday and Saturday are weekend days.
minute[/ËmÉĒnÉĒt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ
Alt: āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻˇāĻžāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĄ
Example: Wait for five minutes.
Syn: moment
đĄ Exam tip: There are sixty minutes in one hour.
4. Travel and Traffic (10 words)
accident[/ËÃĻksÉĒdÉnt/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻž
Example: The accident happened on the road.
Syn: crash
đĄ Exam tip: Traffic accident means a road accident.
traffic light[/ËtrÃĻfÉĒk laÉĒt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ
Alt: āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¤
Example: Stop at the red traffic light.
Syn: signal
đĄ Exam tip: Red means stop, yellow means wait, and green means go.
intersection[/ËÉĒntÉrËsekĘÉn/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤āĻ¤ā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛
Example: Turn left at the intersection.
Syn: crossroads
đĄ Exam tip: Intersection is a place where roads cross.
careful[/ËkeÉrfÉl/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ
Alt: āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: Be careful while crossing the street.
Syn: cautiousAnt: careless
đĄ Exam tip: The phrase be careful is used to warn someone.
carelessly[/ËkeÉrlÉsli/]advmedium
Meaning: āĻ
āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻŦā§
Alt: āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§
Example: He drives carelessly.
Syn: recklesslyAnt: carefully
đĄ Exam tip: Carelessly is the adverb form of careless.
overtake[/ËoĘvÉrËteÉĒk/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻĒā§āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Do not overtake near a turn.
Syn: pass
đĄ Exam tip: No overtaking is a common traffic instruction.
cross[/krÉs/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: Look both ways before you cross the road.
Syn: go across
đĄ Exam tip: Use cross the road, not cross in the road.
driver[/ËdraÉĒvÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ
Alt: āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: The driver stopped the bus.
Syn: motorist
đĄ Exam tip: Driver is formed from drive plus -er.
journey[/ËdĘÉËrni/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: Our journey was enjoyable.
Syn: trip
đĄ Exam tip: Journey and trip are often used as synonyms.
boatman[/ËboĘtmÉn/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ
Alt: āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: The boatman took us across the river.
Syn: boat operator
đĄ Exam tip: Boatman is a compound word: boat plus man.
5. Nature and Animals (10 words)
animal[/ËÃĻnÉĒmÉl/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Alt: āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: The lion is a wild animal.
Syn: creature
đĄ Exam tip: Animal is a common noun for living creatures other than plants.
forest[/ËfÉËrÉĒst/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻ¨
Alt: āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻž
Example: Many animals live in the forest.
Syn: woodland
đĄ Exam tip: Forest is a place where many trees grow.
river[/ËrÉĒvÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¨āĻĻā§
Alt: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ˛āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻž
Example: The river flows beside our village.
Syn: waterway
đĄ Exam tip: River is a countable noun: a river, many rivers.
flower[/ËflaĘÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĢā§āĻ˛
Alt: āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻ
āĻāĻļ
Example: The garden has many beautiful flowers.
Syn: bloom
đĄ Exam tip: Flower and flour have different meanings and spellings.
grow[/ÉĄroĘ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Plants grow with water and sunlight.
Syn: developAnt: shrink
đĄ Exam tip: The past form of grow is grew.
plant[/plÃĻnt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ
Alt: āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: We plant trees beside the road.
Syn: vegetation
đĄ Exam tip: Plant can be both a noun and a verb.
lion[/ËlaÉĒÉn/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš
Alt: āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: The lion roars loudly.
Syn: big cat
đĄ Exam tip: The feminine form is lioness.
mouse[/maĘs/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻāĻĻā§āĻ°
Alt: āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: The mouse ran under the table.
Syn: rodent
đĄ Exam tip: The plural of mouse is mice.
sheep[/ĘiËp/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ˛ā§āĻŽāĻļ āĻā§āĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: The sheep are eating grass.
Syn: woolly animal
đĄ Exam tip: Sheep has the same form in singular and plural.
zebra[/ËziËbrÉ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§-āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: A zebra has black and white stripes.
Syn: striped animal
đĄ Exam tip: Zebra crossing is a marked place for pedestrians.
6. Actions, Qualities and Classroom Words (10 words)
ask[/ÉËsk/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: I want to ask a question.
Syn: questionAnt: answer
đĄ Exam tip: Ask a question is a common examination phrase.
borrow[/ËbÉroĘ/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: May I borrow your pencil?
Syn: take on loanAnt: lend
đĄ Exam tip: Borrow means receive temporarily; lend means give temporarily.
bring[/brÉĒÅ/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻž
Example: Please bring your book tomorrow.
Syn: carry hereAnt: take
đĄ Exam tip: The past form of bring is brought.
begin[/bÉĒËÉĄÉĒn/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: Let us begin the lesson.
Syn: startAnt: finish
đĄ Exam tip: The past form is began and the past participle is begun.
finish[/ËfÉĒnÉĒĘ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: I finish my homework before dinner.
Syn: completeAnt: begin
đĄ Exam tip: Finish is the opposite of begin or start.
beautiful[/ËbjuËtÉĒfÉl/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŽ
Example: The flower is beautiful.
Syn: lovelyAnt: ugly
đĄ Exam tip: The noun form is beauty and the adverb form is beautifully.
afraid[/ÉËfreÉĒd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ¤
Alt: āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: The child is afraid of the dark.
Syn: scaredAnt: brave
đĄ Exam tip: Use afraid of before the thing that causes fear.
excited[/ÉĒkËsaÉĒtÉĒd/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻšā§
Example: The children are excited about the trip.
Syn: thrilledAnt: bored
đĄ Exam tip: Use excited about for an upcoming event.
quiet[/ËkwaÉĒÉt/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŦ
Alt: āĻāĻŽ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤
Example: Please be quiet in the classroom.
Syn: silentAnt: noisy
đĄ Exam tip: Be quiet is a classroom instruction.
sharpener[/ËĘÉËrpÉnÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°
Example: I keep a sharpener in my pencil case.
Syn: pencil sharpener
đĄ Exam tip: Sharpener is formed from sharpen plus -er.
đĄ Exam Tips
âĸ Learn each word with its Bengali meaning, pronunciation, part of speech and an example sentence.
âĸ In fill-in-the-blank questions, check whether the blank needs a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.
âĸ Remember common opposites: cleanâdirty, carefulâcareless, beginâfinish, earlyâlate and borrowâlend.
âĸ Use in the morning, in the evening, at midday and at the weekend correctly.
âĸ Use the simple past with yesterday and the future form with tomorrow.
âĸ For traffic rules, remember: red means stop, yellow means wait and green means go.
âĸ Revise irregular forms: bringâbrought, beginâbeganâbegun, growâgrew and mouseâmice.
âĸ Check spelling carefully, especially neighbour, beautiful, delicious, vegetables and Wednesday.