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ENGLISH FOR TODAY Class Six - Are you listening?-2 - Vocabulary

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Class 6 to 8ENGLISH FOR TODAY Class Six - Are you listening?-2 - Vocabulary

Chapter: Are you listening?-2

📚 Vocabulary
ENGLISH FOR TODAY Class Six
⭐ Most Important Exam Words
toughboughcoughdoughthroughalivefivewriteheardbearddeadbeadmeatgreatthreatmothmotherbothbothertheredearbearlosepronunciationstressintonationsyllablerhymealoudbeware
📃 Word Formation Rules
â–ē ough āĻāĻ•āχ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻšāϞ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ /ƌf/, /aƊ/, /ɒf/, /əʊ/, /ƌ/, /uː/ āĻŦāĻž āύ⧀āϰāĻŦ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
â–ē i-e, igh āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ y āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ i āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ /aÉĒ/ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇: five, light, cryāĨ¤
â–ē āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ -ful āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ adjective āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšā§Ÿ: dread + ful = dreadfulāĨ¤
â–ē āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ -tion āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ noun āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇: pronounce + ation = pronunciationāĨ¤
â–ē āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ -ing āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ verb-āĻāϰ continuous form āĻŦāĻž gerund āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšā§Ÿ: spell + ing = spellingāĨ¤
â–ē āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ -ly āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ adverb āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšā§Ÿ: loud + ly = loudlyāĨ¤
â–ē āĻāĻ•āχ pronunciation āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ spelling āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϕ⧇ homophone āĻŦāϞ⧇: there/their, bear/bareāĨ¤
1. Tricky Words from The Chaos (8 words)
tough[/tƌf/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ; āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ
Alt: āĻĻā§ƒā§ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻšāύāĻļā§€āϞ
Example: This job is tough.
Syn: difficultAnt: easy
💡 Exam tip: āϤough-āĻ ough-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /ƌf/āĨ¤
bough[/baƊ/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧜ āĻĄāĻžāϞ
Alt: āĻļāĻžāĻ–āĻž
Example: A bird sat on a bough.
Syn: branch
💡 Exam tip: bough-āĻ ough-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /aƊ/āĨ¤
cough[/kɒf/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž
Alt: āĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: He began to cough badly.
Syn: hack
💡 Exam tip: cough-āĻ ough-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /ɒf/āĨ¤
dough[/dəʊ/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄ; āĻ–āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϰ
Alt: āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ
Example: Mother made dough for bread.
Syn: paste
💡 Exam tip: dough-āĻ ough-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /əʊ/āĨ¤
hiccough[/ˈhÉĒkƌp/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻšā§‡āρāϚāĻ•āĻŋ
Alt: āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
Example: The child had a hiccough.
Syn: hiccup
💡 Exam tip: hiccough-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ hiccup-āĻ“ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤
thorough[/ˈθʌrə/]adjhard
Meaning: āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ; āĻĒ⧁āĻ™ā§āĻ–āĻžāύ⧁āĻĒ⧁āĻ™ā§āĻ–
Alt: āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ-āϏāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: She made a thorough search.
Syn: completeAnt: incomplete
💡 Exam tip: thorough āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ ough āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻžāĨ¤
slough[/slaƊ/]nounhard
Meaning: āϜāϞāĻžāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋ; āĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ
Alt: āϜāϞāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āϜāĻŽāĻŋ
Example: The cattle crossed the slough.
Syn: swamp
💡 Exam tip: āĻāχ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžā§Ÿ slough-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /slaƊ/āĨ¤
through[/θruː/]prepmedium
Meaning: āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡; āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡
Alt: āĻāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇
Example: We walked through the gate.
Syn: acrossAnt: around
💡 Exam tip: through-āĻ ough-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /uː/āĨ¤
2. Words with the Long i Sound (8 words)
alive[/əˈlaÉĒv/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāϤ
Alt: āϏāĻœā§€āĻŦ
Example: The injured bird is still alive.
Syn: livingAnt: dead
💡 Exam tip: alive-āĻ i-e-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /aÉĒ/āĨ¤
five[/faÉĒv/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ
Alt: ā§Ģ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž
Example: I have five pencils.
Syn: pentad
💡 Exam tip: five-āĻ i-e-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /aÉĒ/āĨ¤
write[/raÉĒt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž
Alt: āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: Please write your name.
Syn: recordAnt: erase
💡 Exam tip: write-āĻ w āύ⧀āϰāĻŦ; āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /raÉĒt/āĨ¤
child[/tʃaÉĒld/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁
Alt: āϛ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡
Example: The child is playing.
Syn: kidAnt: adult
💡 Exam tip: child-āĻ i-āĻāϰ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ /aÉĒ/āĨ¤
drive[/draÉĒv/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋
Alt: āĻ—āĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: My father can drive a car.
Syn: operateAnt: stop
💡 Exam tip: drive-āĻ i-e-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /aÉĒ/āĨ¤
flight[/flaÉĒt/]nounmedium
Meaning: āωāĻĄā§āĻĄā§Ÿāύ; āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž
Alt: āĻ‰ā§œā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ
Example: Our flight leaves at noon.
Syn: air journeyAnt: landing
💡 Exam tip: flight-āĻ igh-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /aÉĒ/āĨ¤
light[/laÉĒt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āφāϞ⧋
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋ
Example: The light is very bright.
Syn: lampAnt: darkness
💡 Exam tip: light-āĻ igh-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /aÉĒ/āĨ¤
choose[/tʃuːz/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž
Alt: āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: Choose the correct answer.
Syn: selectAnt: reject
💡 Exam tip: choose-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /tʃuːz/, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ chose-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /tʃəʊz/āĨ¤
3. Words with Different Vowel Sounds (8 words)
heard[/hɜːd/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ; āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āϛ⧇
Alt: hear-āĻāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āϰ⧂āĻĒ
Example: I heard a strange sound.
Syn: listened toAnt: ignored
💡 Exam tip: heard-āĻ ear-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /ɜː/āĨ¤
beard[/bÉĒəd/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻĻāĻžā§œāĻŋ
Alt: āĻŽā§āϖ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻŦ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻ—āϜāĻžāύ⧋ āϞ⧋āĻŽ
Example: His beard is long.
Syn: facial hair
💡 Exam tip: beard āĻ“ bird-āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧇āĻ“ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĨ¤
dead[/ded/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻŽā§ƒāϤ
Alt: āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻšā§€āύ
Example: The tree is dead.
Syn: lifelessAnt: alive
💡 Exam tip: dead-āĻāϰ ea-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /e/, bead-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ /iː/ āύ⧟āĨ¤
bead[/biːd/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻĒ⧁āρāϤāĻŋ
Alt: āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ—ā§‹āϞ āĻ…āϞāĻ‚āĻ•āĻžāϰ
Example: She wore a bead necklace.
Syn: ornament
💡 Exam tip: bead-āĻ ea-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /iː/āĨ¤
meat[/miːt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ
Alt: āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻš
Example: We bought fresh meat.
Syn: flesh
💡 Exam tip: meat-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ suite āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŽā§‡āϞ⧇āĨ¤
great[/ÉĄreÉĒt/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύ; āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ
Alt: āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧜ āĻŦāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
Example: She is a great singer.
Syn: excellentAnt: poor
💡 Exam tip: great-āĻ ea-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /eÉĒ/āĨ¤
threat[/θret/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ
Alt: āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻļāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻž
Example: The storm is a threat to the village.
Syn: dangerAnt: safety
💡 Exam tip: threat-āĻ ea-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /e/āĨ¤
rose[/rəʊz/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻžāĻĒ
Alt: āĻāĻ• āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻĢ⧁āϞ
Example: A red rose bloomed in the garden.
Syn: flower
💡 Exam tip: rose āĻ“ rows-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻ•, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĨ¤
4. Meaning and Pronunciation Contrasts (8 words)
moth[/mɒθ/]nounmedium
Meaning: āϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϚāϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻž
Alt: āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ⧜ āύāĻˇā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻž
Example: A moth flew near the lamp.
Syn: insect
💡 Exam tip: moth āĻ“ mother-āĻāϰ th āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āύ⧟āĨ¤
mother[/ˈmĘŒÃ°É™/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻž
Alt: āϜāύāύ⧀
Example: My mother helps me study.
Syn: parent
💡 Exam tip: mother-āĻ th āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ /ð/; moth-āĻ /θ/āĨ¤
both[/bəʊθ/]deteasy
Meaning: āωāϭ⧟; āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋāχ
Alt: āĻĻ⧁āχāϜāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇
Example: Both answers are correct.
Syn: the twoAnt: neither
💡 Exam tip: both-āĻ th-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /θ/āĨ¤
bother[/ˈbɒðə/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āύ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž
Example: Do not bother your sister.
Syn: annoyAnt: please
💡 Exam tip: bother-āĻ th-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /ð/āĨ¤
there[/ðeə/]adveasy
Meaning: āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇
Alt: āĻ“āχ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇
Example: Put the book there.
Syn: in that placeAnt: here
💡 Exam tip: there āĻ“ their āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻ•; āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĨ¤
dear[/dÉĒə/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋ⧟
Alt: āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻžāϰ
Example: She is my dear friend.
Syn: belovedAnt: hated
💡 Exam tip: dear-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ fear āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŽā§‡āϞ⧇āĨ¤
bear[/beə/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧁āĻ•
Alt: āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧜ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€
Example: The bear lives in the forest.
Syn: animal
💡 Exam tip: bear āĻ“ bare-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻ•, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĨ¤
lose[/luːz/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋
Alt: āĻœā§Ÿā§€ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž
Example: Try not to lose your pen.
Syn: misplaceAnt: find
💡 Exam tip: lose-āĻāϰ s-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /z/; loose-āĻāϰ s-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /s/āĨ¤
5. Pronunciation and Speech Terms (8 words)
sound[/saƊnd/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ; āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
Alt: āĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ
Example: The bell made a loud sound.
Syn: noiseAnt: silence
💡 Exam tip: sound āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻļā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤
spelling[/ˈspelÉĒŋ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ
Alt: āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ
Example: Check the spelling of the word.
Syn: orthography
💡 Exam tip: āĻāĻ•āχ spelling-āĻāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ pronunciation āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
pronunciation[/prəˌnƌnsiˈeÉĒʃən/]nounmedium
Meaning: āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ
Alt: āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ
Example: Her pronunciation is clear.
Syn: enunciationAnt: mispronunciation
💡 Exam tip: pronunciation āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ noun-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ pronunciation āϞāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ, pronounciation āύ⧟āĨ¤
stress[/stres/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻœā§‹āϰ; āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻœā§‹āϰ
Alt: āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āϚāĻžāĻĒ
Example: Put stress on the first syllable.
Syn: emphasisAnt: weakness
💡 Exam tip: āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ syllable-āĻ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϕ⧇ word stress āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤
intonation[/ˌÉĒntəˈneÉĒʃən/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ
Alt: āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻ āĻžāύāĻžāĻŽāĻž
Example: Her intonation sounds natural.
Syn: voice modulationAnt: monotone
💡 Exam tip: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ intonation-āĻāϰ āĻ“āĻ āĻžāύāĻžāĻŽāĻž āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
syllable[/ˈsÉĒləbəl/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ
Alt: āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ
Example: The word 'alive' has two syllables.
Syn: word part
💡 Exam tip: alive = a-live, āϤāĻžāχ āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ syllable āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
rhyme[/raÉĒm/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŽā§‡āϞāĻž
Alt: āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž
Example: Light rhymes with night.
Syn: sound alike
💡 Exam tip: rhyme āĻ“ rhythm āĻāĻ• āύ⧟; rhyme āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
aloud[/əˈlaʊd/]adveasy
Meaning: āωāĻšā§āϚāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇
Alt: āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇
Example: Read the poem aloud.
Syn: loudlyAnt: silently
💡 Exam tip: read aloud āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧜āĻžāĨ¤
6. Words for Reading Practice (8 words)
beware[/bÉĒˈweə/]verbmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž
Alt: āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž
Example: Beware of the slippery floor.
Syn: be carefulAnt: ignore
💡 Exam tip: beware of-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤
dreadful[/ˈdredfəl/]adjmedium
Meaning: āϭ⧟āĻ‚āĻ•āϰ
Alt: āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ
Example: It was a dreadful mistake.
Syn: terribleAnt: wonderful
💡 Exam tip: dreadful-āĻāϰ noun dread āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϭ⧟āĨ¤
stumble[/ˈstʌmbəl/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻšā§‹āρāϚāϟ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž
Alt: āĻĒ⧜āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧜āϤ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: Do not stumble while reading.
Syn: tripAnt: walk steadily
💡 Exam tip: stumble āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāĻ—āĻ¤â€”āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤
match[/mÃĻtʃ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻŋāϞ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž
Alt: āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āωāĻĒāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž
Example: This colour does not match that one.
Syn: correspondAnt: differ
💡 Exam tip: match for āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ āύāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžā§Ÿ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤
differ[/ˈdÉĒfə/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ• āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž
Example: These two words differ in pronunciation.
Syn: varyAnt: agree
💡 Exam tip: differ from āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤
language[/ˈlÃĻÅ‹ÉĄwÉĒdʒ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž
Alt: āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ
Example: English is an international language.
Syn: tongue
💡 Exam tip: language āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ gu-āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ /ÉĄw/āĨ¤
learn[/lɜːn/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻž
Alt: āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: We learn English at school.
Syn: studyAnt: forget
💡 Exam tip: learn-āĻāϰ past āĻ“ past participle āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ learned āĻŦāĻž learnt āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤
write[/raÉĒt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž
Alt: āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: Write the answer clearly.
Syn: composeAnt: delete
💡 Exam tip: write, wrote, written—āĻ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧁āύāĨ¤
💡 Exam Tips
â€ĸ āĻāĻ•āχ letter combination āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ pronunciation āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧁āύāĨ¤
â€ĸ silent letter āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ: write-āĻ w āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ heard-āĻ h āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ vowel sound āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĨ¤
â€ĸ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ pronunciation āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ IPA āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ syllable stress āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
â€ĸ alive, five, write, child, drive, flight āĻ“ light-āĻ /aÉĒ/ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
â€ĸ dead, bead, meat, great āĻ“ threat-āĻāϰ vowel sound āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧜⧁āύāĨ¤
â€ĸ moth, mother, both āĻ“ bother-āĻ th-āĻāϰ /θ/ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ /ð/ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧁āύāĨ¤
â€ĸ rhyme āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŖā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ spelling āύ⧟, āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ sound āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
â€ĸ Read aloud āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇ pronunciation, word stress āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ intonation—āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋāχ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
â€ĸ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ falling intonation āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ-āύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇ rising intonation āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤
â€ĸ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ÿ synonym, antonym, fill in the blanks, matching āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ pronunciation-based āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ word list āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

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