Chapter: The Concert for Bangladesh
đ Vocabulary
ENGLISH FOR TODAY Class Six
â Most Important Exam Words
concerthumanistliberationcausehistoricaudiencesufferingdistressdisastercrisissupportrelievestand besideraise moneyrelief fundbe grateful tomake awarelend a handperformvictim
đ Word Formation Rules
âē sing + er = singer: a person who sings
âē organise + er = organiser: a person who organises
âē music + ian = musician: a person connected with music
âē human + ist = humanist: a person who values humanity
âē liberate + ion = liberation: the act of becoming free
âē suffer + ing = suffering: pain or hardship experienced by someone
âē perform + ance = performance: an act of performing
âē contribute + ion = contribution: something given to help
âē relieve + f = relief: reduction of pain or suffering
âē aware + ness = awareness: knowledge or understanding of something
âē historic + al = historical: related to history
âē disaster + ous = disastrous: causing great damage or suffering
1. The Concert for Bangladesh: People and Roles (8 words)
singer[/ËsÉĒÅÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Example: George Harrison was a famous singer from England.
Syn: vocalistAnt: listener
đĄ Exam tip: Singer is formed from sing + er.
foreigner[/ËfÉrÉnÉr/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋ
Alt: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ
Example: Fahmida was thrilled to see a foreigner singing about Bangladesh.
Syn: outsiderAnt: native
đĄ Exam tip: Use foreigner for a person from another country.
humanist[/ËhjuËmÉnÉĒst/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ¤āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§
Alt: āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Example: George Harrison was not only a singer but also a great humanist.
Syn: philanthropistAnt: inhuman person
đĄ Exam tip: A humanist shows concern for humanity.
musician[/mjuËËzÉĒĘÉn/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§
Alt: āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻ°āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Example: Several famous musicians performed at the concert.
Syn: artistAnt: non-performer
đĄ Exam tip: Musician means a person skilled in music.
organiser[/ËÉËrÉĄÉnaÉĒzÉr/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ
Alt: āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Example: George Harrison was one of the organisers of the concert.
Syn: coordinatorAnt: participant
đĄ Exam tip: Organiser is the British spelling; organizer is the American spelling.
audience[/ËÉËdiÉns/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ-āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨
Example: An audience of about forty thousand people attended the concert.
Syn: spectatorsAnt: performers
đĄ Exam tip: Audience is usually treated as a collective noun.
friend[/frend/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§
Alt: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻ°
Example: George Harrison helped his friend during the war.
Syn: companionAnt: enemy
đĄ Exam tip: The plural form is friends.
victim[/ËvÉĒktÉĒm/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ
Example: The concert raised money for the war victims of Bangladesh.
Syn: suffererAnt: survivor
đĄ Exam tip: War victim means a person harmed by war.
2. War, Crisis and Suffering (8 words)
liberation[/ËlÉĒbÉËreÉĒĘÉn/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
Alt: āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻ˛āĻžāĻ
Example: The Concert for Bangladesh was held during our Liberation War.
Syn: freedomAnt: oppression
đĄ Exam tip: Liberation is a noun formed from liberate.
war[/wÉËr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§
Alt: āĻ¸āĻļāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤
Example: Many people suffered during the Liberation War of 1971.
Syn: conflictAnt: peace
đĄ Exam tip: The phrase Liberation War should begin with capital letters.
cause[/kÉËz/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ
Example: Harrison fought for the cause of Bangladesh.
Syn: purposeAnt: result
đĄ Exam tip: Cause can be a noun meaning purpose or a verb meaning make happen.
suffering[/ËsĘfÉrÉĒÅ/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ
Alt: āĻāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖāĻž
Example: The concert made the world aware of the sufferings of Bangladesh.
Syn: distressAnt: comfort
đĄ Exam tip: Suffering is often used as an uncountable noun.
disaster[/dÉĒËzÉËstÉr/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧ
Alt: āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻš āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸
Example: The song describes the great disaster in Bangladesh.
Syn: catastropheAnt: success
đĄ Exam tip: Disastrous is the adjective form.
distress[/dÉĒËstres/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻž
Alt: āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž
Example: The singer had never seen such distress before.
Syn: anguishAnt: happiness
đĄ Exam tip: Distress may refer to both mental pain and serious difficulty.
crisis[/ËkraÉĒsÉĒs/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻ
Alt: āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: The concert helped people understand the crisis in Bangladesh.
Syn: emergencyAnt: stability
đĄ Exam tip: The plural of crisis is crises.
die[/daÉĒ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: Many people were dying fast during the disaster.
Syn: pass awayAnt: live
đĄ Exam tip: Dying is the present participle; died is the past form.
3. Helping and Supporting Others (8 words)
help[/help/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Harrison helped the people of Bangladesh during the war.
Syn: assistAnt: hinder
đĄ Exam tip: Help can be used as both a noun and a verb.
support[/sÉËpÉËrt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The concert won huge support from people around the world.
Syn: backAnt: oppose
đĄ Exam tip: Support may be used as a noun or a verb.
relieve[/rÉĒËliËv/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Example: The money was used to relieve the suffering of the victims.
Syn: easeAnt: intensify
đĄ Exam tip: Relief is the related noun.
save[/seÉĒv/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The singer asked people to help save some lives.
Syn: rescueAnt: endanger
đĄ Exam tip: Save has several meanings; use the context to choose the correct one.
lend[/lend/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: The song asks people to lend their hands to Bangladesh.
Syn: loanAnt: borrow
đĄ Exam tip: Lend means give temporarily; borrow means take temporarily.
stand[/stÃĻnd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: We should stand beside the people in need.
Syn: supportAnt: abandon
đĄ Exam tip: In the song, stand beside means support.
care[/keÉr/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻšā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: We should care for the victims of war.
Syn: look afterAnt: neglect
đĄ Exam tip: Care for means look after someone.
contribute[/kÉnËtrÉĒbjuËt/]verbhard
Meaning: āĻ
āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Many musicians contributed to the success of the concert.
Syn: giveAnt: withhold
đĄ Exam tip: Contribution is the noun form of contribute.
4. Events, Places and Money (8 words)
concert[/ËkÉnsÉrt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨
Alt: āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨
Example: The Concert for Bangladesh was held in New York.
Syn: musical performanceAnt: silence
đĄ Exam tip: Concert is the central word of this lesson.
historic[/hÉĒËstÉrÉĒk/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ
Alt: āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
Example: The Concert for Bangladesh was a historic event.
Syn: importantAnt: unimportant
đĄ Exam tip: Historic means important in history; historical means related to history.
perform[/pÉrËfÉËrm/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: Famous musicians performed in front of a large audience.
Syn: presentAnt: fail
đĄ Exam tip: Performance is the noun form.
live[/laÉĒv/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ
Alt: āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨
Example: The musicians performed in a live concert.
Syn: directAnt: recorded
đĄ Exam tip: Here live is pronounced /laÉĒv/, not /lÉĒv/.
hold[/hoĘld/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž
Example: The concert was held on 1 August 1971.
Syn: organiseAnt: cancel
đĄ Exam tip: The past form and past participle of hold are held.
fund[/fĘnd/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ¤āĻšāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛
Alt: āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨ
Example: The concert raised money for the UNICEF relief fund.
Syn: financeAnt: debt
đĄ Exam tip: Fund can also be used as a verb meaning finance.
raise[/reÉĒz/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The concert raised millions of dollars.
Syn: collectAnt: lower
đĄ Exam tip: Raise is transitive; it normally takes an object.
dollar[/ËdÉlÉr/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĄāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻāĻ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻž
Example: The concert raised millions of dollars for relief work.
Syn: currency
đĄ Exam tip: Use dollars after numbers greater than one.
5. Feelings, Awareness and Response (8 words)
thrilled[/θrÉĒld/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻ
āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤
Alt: āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¤
Example: Fahmida was thrilled to hear a foreigner singing about Bangladesh.
Syn: excitedAnt: bored
đĄ Exam tip: Thrilled is stronger than happy.
glad[/ÉĄlÃĻd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤
Alt: āĻā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻˇā§āĻ
Example: Fahmida was glad that her father told her the story.
Syn: pleasedAnt: sad
đĄ Exam tip: Glad is commonly followed by a that-clause.
grateful[/ËÉĄreÉĒtfÉl/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ¤āĻā§āĻ
Alt: āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻ
Example: We should be grateful to George Harrison and his friends.
Syn: thankfulAnt: ungrateful
đĄ Exam tip: The correct preposition is grateful to someone for something.
aware[/ÉËweÉr/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ¤āĻ¨
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤
Example: The concert made the world aware of the crisis in Bangladesh.
Syn: consciousAnt: unaware
đĄ Exam tip: Use aware of, not aware about, in standard English.
understand[/ËĘndÉrËstÃĻnd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻŦā§āĻāĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The song asks people to understand the suffering of Bangladesh.
Syn: comprehendAnt: misunderstand
đĄ Exam tip: The past form of understand is understood.
remember[/rÉĒËmembÉr/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž
Example: We should remember the friends who helped Bangladesh.
Syn: recallAnt: forget
đĄ Exam tip: Remember to do means not forget a future duty.
feel[/fiËl/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The singer could not feel the pain of the people directly.
Syn: senseAnt: ignore
đĄ Exam tip: The past form of feel is felt.
appeal[/ÉËpiËl/]verbhard
Meaning: āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The singer appealed to everyone to save lives.
Syn: requestAnt: refuse
đĄ Exam tip: Appeal to someone means make an urgent request to that person.
đĄ Exam Tips
âĸ Remember that George Harrison was an English singer and a great humanist, not an American singer.
âĸ The Concert for Bangladesh was held on 1 August 1971 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
âĸ Use held as the past and past participle of hold.
âĸ The concert included George Harrison and other famous musicians; Harrison was not the only performer.
âĸ Audience means the people who watch or listen to a performance, while performers are the people who perform.
âĸ Use grateful to a person and grateful for a thing: We are grateful to Harrison for his help.
âĸ Distinguish lend and borrow: lend means give temporarily, while borrow means take temporarily.
âĸ In the song, lend your hand means give help, and stand beside means support.
âĸ For a True or False question, correct the whole false statement rather than writing only False.
âĸ In summary completion, choose words according to both meaning and grammar: support us, problems, stand beside, and come forward.
âĸ Use make someone aware of something in sentence transformation.
âĸ The central purposes of the concert were to create worldwide awareness of Bangladesh's suffering and to raise money for UNICEF relief work.