Chapter: Story: Why Does the Frog Croak?
đ Vocabulary
English for Today Class Five
â Most Important Exam Words
froganimalvoicebeautifulsongsingcroakjarpiecebreakfallsearchfindpick upsharesuddenlyoutsidemorningafternoongrounddarksmalltiredcarefullyfinallyhearleavewake upgo homecome backto this day
đ Word Formation Rules
âē Add -ly to an adjective to form an adverb: careful â carefully, beautiful â beautifully, sudden â suddenly, final â finally.
âē Add -ing to a verb to form a present participle or gerund: sing â singing, croak â croaking, search â searching.
âē Add -s or -es to form plural nouns: frog â frogs, piece â pieces, fox â foxes, animal â animals.
âē Add -ness to an adjective to form an abstract noun: dark â darkness, kind â kindness.
âē Add -ful to a noun to form an adjective meaning full of: beauty â beautiful, care â careful.
âē Use irregular past forms: break â broke â broken, fall â fell â fallen, find â found â found, hear â heard â heard, leave â left â left.
âē Add -er or -est for comparison: small â smaller â smallest, dark â darker â darkest, beautiful â more beautiful â most beautiful.
1. Characters and Animals (8 words)
frog[/frÉÉĄ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ
Alt: āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: The frog can only say croak.
Syn: amphibian
đĄ Exam tip: Remember the plural form: frogs.
animal[/ËÃĻnÉĒmÉl/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Alt: āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻāĻžā§āĻž āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻž
Example: The animals went home together.
Syn: creature
đĄ Exam tip: Animals is the plural form of animal.
fox[/fÉks/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻļāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛
Alt: āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻļā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: The fox wanted his piece.
Syn: wild dog
đĄ Exam tip: The plural of fox is foxes.
rat[/rÃĻt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻāĻĻā§āĻ°
Alt: āĻāĻ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: The rat asked for his piece.
Syn: rodent
đĄ Exam tip: Rat is a common singular countable noun.
bird[/bÉËd/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋ
Alt: āĻĄāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: The birds saw the little pieces.
Syn: fowl
đĄ Exam tip: Use birds when referring to more than one bird.
frog[/frÉÉĄ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ
Alt: āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: Bluster was a proud frog.
Syn: amphibian
đĄ Exam tip: Use frog in questions about the story title.
creature[/ËkriËtĘÉ/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āĻŦ
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§
Example: Every creature has special qualities.
Syn: animal
đĄ Exam tip: Creature can mean any living being.
Bluster[/ËblĘstÉ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°; āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ
Alt: āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻāĻŖā§āĻ ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ
Example: Bluster had a beautiful voice.
Syn: frog
đĄ Exam tip: Write names of characters with capital letters.
2. Voice and Music (8 words)
voice[/vÉÉĒs/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°
Alt: āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
Example: Bluster shared his beautiful voice.
Syn: soundAnt: silence
đĄ Exam tip: Voice is an uncountable noun when it means sound from the throat.
beautiful[/ËbjuËtÉĒfÉl/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŽ
Example: The birds sang a beautiful song.
Syn: lovely, prettyAnt: ugly
đĄ Exam tip: The adverb form is beautifully.
song[/sÉÅ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻ¨
Alt: āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĨāĻž
Example: A beautiful song came from the trees.
Syn: melody
đĄ Exam tip: Song and sing are related words but different parts of speech.
sing[/sÉĒÅ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The birds sing in the trees.
Syn: chantAnt: be silent
đĄ Exam tip: Past form: sang; past participle: sung.
croak[/krÉĘk/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻļ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The frogs can only croak.
Syn: make a harsh soundAnt: sing
đĄ Exam tip: Croak can be both a verb and a noun.
sound[/saĘnd/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ
Example: We heard a strange sound at night.
Syn: noiseAnt: silence
đĄ Exam tip: Sound may also be used as a verb meaning āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž.
beautifully[/ËbjuËtÉĒfÉli/]advmedium
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§
Alt: āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
Example: The birds sang beautifully.
Syn: lovelyAnt: badly
đĄ Exam tip: Beautifully is formed from beautiful by adding -ly.
singing[/ËsÉĒÅÉĒÅ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ
Example: The birds were singing in the trees.
Syn: chantingAnt: silence
đĄ Exam tip: Singing is the -ing form of sing.
3. Objects and Actions (8 words)
jar[/dĘÉË/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻŽ
Alt: āĻ¤āĻ°āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°
Example: They put the voice in a glass jar.
Syn: container
đĄ Exam tip: Glass jar is a common noun phrase from the story.
piece[/piËs/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻāĻ°āĻž
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ āĻ
āĻāĻļ
Example: The animals wanted a piece of the voice.
Syn: part, bitAnt: whole
đĄ Exam tip: The plural of piece is pieces.
break[/breÉĒk/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The jar fell and broke.
Syn: shatterAnt: repair
đĄ Exam tip: Past form of break is broke; past participle is broken.
fall[/fÉËl/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž
Example: The jar fell to the ground.
Syn: dropAnt: rise
đĄ Exam tip: Past form: fell; past participle: fallen.
search[/sÉËtĘ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The animals searched for the pieces.
Syn: look for, seekAnt: ignore
đĄ Exam tip: Search for is a useful phrasal combination.
find[/faÉĒnd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Example: They could not find the pieces.
Syn: discoverAnt: lose
đĄ Exam tip: Past form and past participle of find is found.
pick[/pÉĒk/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The birds carefully picked up the pieces.
Syn: collectAnt: drop
đĄ Exam tip: Pick up means āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž.
share[/ĘeÉ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The animals wanted Bluster to share his voice.
Syn: divide, giveAnt: keep
đĄ Exam tip: Share something with someone is the correct pattern.
4. Time, Place and Condition (8 words)
suddenly[/ËsĘdÉnli/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻšāĻ āĻžā§
Alt: āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§
Example: Suddenly, the jar fell to the ground.
Syn: unexpectedlyAnt: gradually
đĄ Exam tip: Suddenly often appears at the beginning of a sentence.
outside[/ËaĘtËsaÉĒd/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§
Alt: āĻāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ°ā§
Example: They took the jar outside.
Syn: outdoorsAnt: inside
đĄ Exam tip: Outside can be an adverb, adjective, noun, or preposition.
morning[/ËmÉËnÉĒÅ/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛
Alt: āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻ
Example: We will come back in the morning.
Syn: dawnAnt: night
đĄ Exam tip: Use in the morning, not on the morning, in general expressions.
afternoon[/ËÉËftÉËnuËn/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: That afternoon, the animals woke up.
Syn: later dayAnt: morning
đĄ Exam tip: That afternoon can introduce a past event.
night[/naÉĒt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤
Alt: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ
Example: The animals went to sleep at night.
Syn: eveningAnt: day
đĄ Exam tip: At night is the usual prepositional phrase.
ground[/ÉĄraĘnd/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ
Alt: āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ
Example: The jar fell to the ground.
Syn: earth, soil
đĄ Exam tip: To the ground indicates movement towards the ground.
dark[/dÉËk/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻžāĻ°
Alt: āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻšā§āĻ¨
Example: It was too dark to see the pieces.
Syn: unlitAnt: bright
đĄ Exam tip: The comparative form is darker.
small[/smÉËl/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ
Alt: āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ
Example: The pieces were too small.
Syn: little, tinyAnt: big, large
đĄ Exam tip: Comparative: smaller; superlative: smallest.
5. Feelings, Qualities and Important Expressions (8 words)
tired[/taÉĒÉd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤
Alt: āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨
Example: The animals were very tired.
Syn: wearyAnt: energetic
đĄ Exam tip: Tired is commonly followed by from or after.
carefully[/ËkeÉfÉli/]advmedium
Meaning: āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§
Alt: āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§
Example: The birds carefully picked up the pieces.
Syn: cautiouslyAnt: carelessly
đĄ Exam tip: Carefully is the adverb form of careful.
finally[/ËfaÉĒnÉli/]adveasy
Meaning: āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇā§
Alt: āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤
Example: The animals finally woke up.
Syn: at lastAnt: initially
đĄ Exam tip: Finally often shows the last event in a sequence.
alone[/ÉËlÉĘn/]advmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻāĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
Example: The frog was left alone with his croak.
Syn: separatelyAnt: together
đĄ Exam tip: Do not confuse alone with lonely.
voice[/vÉÉĒs/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°
Alt: āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻž
Example: Everyone should use their voice wisely.
Syn: speechAnt: silence
đĄ Exam tip: In the story, voice is the central vocabulary word.
want[/wÉnt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The animals wanted Blusterâs voice.
Syn: wish, desireAnt: dislike
đĄ Exam tip: Want is followed by to plus verb: want to learn.
hear[/hÉĒÉ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻž
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: They heard a beautiful song.
Syn: listen toAnt: ignore
đĄ Exam tip: Past form and past participle of hear is heard.
leave[/liËv/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
Example: The birds did not leave one piece behind.
Syn: depart, abandonAnt: take, stay
đĄ Exam tip: Past form and past participle of leave is left.
đĄ Exam Tips
âĸ Read the story in sequence and identify who did each action.
âĸ Remember the main cause and effect: the jar fell, so it broke into pieces.
âĸ For multiple-choice questions, distinguish between Blusterâs voice and the broken glass.
âĸ Learn irregular verb forms such as break-broke-broken, fall-fell-fallen, find-found-found, and leave-left-left.
âĸ Use quotation marks around the exact words spoken by a character.
âĸ Use commas after introductory words such as Suddenly and before or after spoken clauses when appropriate.
âĸ In sentence completion, check the meaning of the whole story rather than choosing only a familiar word.
âĸ Use share with someone when describing giving part of something to another person.
âĸ For question answers, write complete sentences beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
âĸ The moral idea of the story is that the birds received and used the beautiful voice while the frogs were left with only croaks.