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Chapter: Andre

📚 Vocabulary
ENGLISH FOR TODAY Class Six
⭐ Most Important Exam Words
dreamdreamedmotherfatherparentchoosechoicewondershorttallthinstoutawakespringsurprisedgladalwayslastmanybeautiful
📃 Word Formation Rules
â–ē have → had: irregular verb-āĻāϰ past formāĨ¤
â–ē choose → chose → chosen: irregular verb-āĻāϰ present, past āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ past participle formāĨ¤
â–ē spring → sprang → sprung: irregular verb-āĻāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ formāĨ¤
â–ē know → knew → known: irregular verb-āĻāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ formāĨ¤
â–ē wake → woke → woken: irregular verb-āĻāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ formāĨ¤
â–ē feel → felt → felt: irregular verb-āĻ past āĻ“ past participle āĻāĻ•āχāĨ¤
â–ē love → loving: verb-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ -ing āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ present participle āĻŦāĻž adjective āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
â–ē glad → gladness: adjective-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ -ness āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ abstract noun āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
â–ē happy → happiness: y āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ i āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ -ness āϝ⧋āϗ⧇ noun āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
â–ē appear → appearance: verb-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ -ance āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ noun āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
1. Dream and Imagination (8 words)
dream[/driːm/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ
Alt: āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āφāĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§āώāĻž
Example: I had a strange dream last night.
Syn: vision, fantasyAnt: reality
💡 Exam tip: Dream āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ; had a dream āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
dreamed[/driːmd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ
Alt: āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ
Example: She dreamed about her new school.
Syn: imagined, picturedAnt: forgot
💡 Exam tip: Dream-āĻāϰ past form dreamed; British English-āĻ dreamt-āĻ“ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
imagine[/ÉĒˈmÃĻdʒÉĒn/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻž
Example: Can you imagine living on the moon?
Syn: suppose, visualizeAnt: ignore
💡 Exam tip: Imagine-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ noun āĻŦāĻž verb-ing āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
wonder[/ˈwʌndə(r)/]verbmedium
Meaning: āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: I wondered what I should do.
Syn: think, marvelAnt: know
💡 Exam tip: Wonder what, why, where āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
choice[/tʃɔÉĒs/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ
Alt: āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ
Example: Choosing a good friend is an important choice.
Syn: selection, optionAnt: rejection
💡 Exam tip: Choose-āĻāϰ noun form āĻšāϞ⧋ choice; plural form choicesāĨ¤
choose[/tʃuːz/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: I choose my parents with love.
Syn: select, pickAnt: reject
💡 Exam tip: Choose-āĻāϰ past form chose āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ past participle chosenāĨ¤
wondered[/ˈwʌndəd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϞ
Alt: āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝ āĻšāϞ⧋
Example: He wondered about the result.
Syn: thought, questionedAnt: understood
💡 Exam tip: Wondered āĻšāϞ⧋ wonder-āĻāϰ past form; poem-āĻ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
awake[/əˈweÉĒk/]adjeasy
Meaning: āϜāĻžāĻ—ā§āϰāϤ
Alt: āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻšā§€āύ
Example: I was awake before sunrise.
Syn: alert, consciousAnt: asleep
💡 Exam tip: Awake āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ be verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ adjective āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
2. Family and Parents (8 words)
mother[/ˈmĘŒÃ°É™(r)/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŽāĻž
Alt: āϜāύāύ⧀
Example: My mother takes care of me.
Syn: mom, mummyAnt: father
💡 Exam tip: Mother-āĻāϰ plural form mothersāĨ¤
father[/ˈfɑːðə(r)/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž
Alt: āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž
Example: My father works in a bank.
Syn: dad, parentAnt: mother
💡 Exam tip: Father āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ countable noun; one father, two fathersāĨ¤
parent[/ˈpeərənt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž
Alt: āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ•
Example: Every child needs loving parents.
Syn: guardian, caretakerAnt: child
💡 Exam tip: Parent-āĻāϰ plural form parents; poem-āĻ parents āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻž-āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻĻ⧁āϜāύāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
parents[/ˈpeərənts/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž
Alt: āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŦ⧃āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ
Example: They were the parents I always had.
Syn: mother and father, guardiansAnt: children
💡 Exam tip: Parents āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ plural noun; āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ are āĻŦāĻž were āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤
family[/ˈfÃĻməli/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ
Alt: āĻāĻ•āχ āĻŦāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϜāύ
Example: My family lives in Dhaka.
Syn: household, kinAnt: strangers
💡 Exam tip: Family-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇ is āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϞ⧇ are āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
love[/lƌv/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž
Alt: āĻ…āύ⧁āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻŽāϤāĻž
Example: A mother's love is very strong.
Syn: affection, careAnt: hatred
💡 Exam tip: Love noun āĻ“ verb āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
loving[/ˈlƌvÉĒŋ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āύ⧇āĻšāĻļā§€āϞ
Alt: āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
Example: She grew up in a loving family.
Syn: affectionate, caringAnt: unkind
💡 Exam tip: Loving āĻšāϞ⧋ love-āĻāϰ adjective form; loving parents āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ phraseāĨ¤
take[/teÉĒk/]verbeasy
Meaning: āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: I will take this book with me.
Syn: accept, carryAnt: give
💡 Exam tip: Take-āĻāϰ past form took āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ past participle takenāĨ¤
3. Physical Descriptions (8 words)
short[/ʃɔːt/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ–āĻžāĻŸā§‹
Alt: āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ
Example: The short boy stood near the door.
Syn: low, smallAnt: tall, long
💡 Exam tip: Short-āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ tall āĻŦāĻž long āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
tall[/tɔːl/]adjeasy
Meaning: āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž
Alt: āωāĻšā§āϚāĻĻ⧇āĻšā§€
Example: A tall man was waiting outside.
Syn: high, longAnt: short, small
💡 Exam tip: āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ tall āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āĻĻ⧈āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ long āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
thin[/θÉĒn/]adjeasy
Meaning: āϰ⧋āĻ—āĻž
Alt: āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž
Example: The thin girl carried a small bag.
Syn: slim, leanAnt: fat, thick
💡 Exam tip: Thin-āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ fat āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ thick āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
stout[/staƊt/]adjhard
Meaning: āĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻž
Alt: āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨ
Example: A stout man entered the room.
Syn: plump, thicksetAnt: thin, slender
💡 Exam tip: Stout āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
height[/haÉĒt/]nounmedium
Meaning: āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻž
Alt: āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ
Example: The height of the building is impressive.
Syn: altitude, elevationAnt: depth
💡 Exam tip: Height āĻšāϞ⧋ high-āĻāϰ noun form; āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāϪ⧇ gh āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāĨ¤
appearance[/əˈpÉĒərəns/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻŦ
Example: Her appearance was simple and pleasant.
Syn: look, outlookAnt: disappearance
💡 Exam tip: Appearance āĻšāϞ⧋ appear-āĻāϰ noun formāĨ¤
beautiful[/ˈbjuːtÉĒfəl/]adjeasy
Meaning: āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ
Alt: āĻŽāύ⧋āϰāĻŽ
Example: The child had a beautiful smile.
Syn: pretty, lovelyAnt: ugly
💡 Exam tip: Beautiful-āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ very āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇; beautiful-āĻāϰ spelling āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻŦ⧇: beau-ti-fulāĨ¤
different[/ˈdÉĒfərənt/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ
Alt: āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž
Example: People have different appearances.
Syn: unlike, distinctAnt: same, similar
💡 Exam tip: Different from āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ different than—āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ different from āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻāĨ¤
4. Actions in the Poem (8 words)
have[/hÃĻv/]verbeasy
Meaning: āφāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž
Alt: āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: I have a loving family.
Syn: possess, ownAnt: lack
💡 Exam tip: Have-āĻāϰ third-person singular form has; past form hadāĨ¤
had[/hÃĻd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ
Alt: āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ
Example: I had a dream last night.
Syn: possessed, experiencedAnt: lacked
💡 Exam tip: Had āĻšāϞ⧋ have āĻ“ has-āĻāϰ past form; āϏāĻŦ subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ had āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
pick[/pÉĒk/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: Please pick one answer.
Syn: choose, selectAnt: drop, reject
💡 Exam tip: Pick out āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž; pick up āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
spring[/sprÉĒŋ/]verbhard
Meaning: āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž
Alt: āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āωāϠ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋
Example: The cat sprang onto the table.
Syn: jump, leapAnt: sit, fall
💡 Exam tip: Spring-āĻāϰ past form sprang āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ past participle sprungāĨ¤
wake[/weÉĒk/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻž āĻŦāĻž āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋
Alt: āϘ⧁āĻŽ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž
Example: I wake up early every day.
Syn: arouse, awakenAnt: sleep
💡 Exam tip: Wake-āĻāϰ past form woke āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ past participle wokenāĨ¤
awake[/əˈweÉĒk/]verbmedium
Meaning: āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž
Alt: āĻœā§‡āϗ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž
Example: The loud sound awoke the baby.
Syn: awaken, rouseAnt: put to sleep
💡 Exam tip: Awake verb-āĻāϰ past form awoke; adjective āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĻ“ awake āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
know[/nəʊ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϜāĻžāύāĻž
Alt: āĻšā§‡āύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Example: I know my parents love me.
Syn: understand, recognizeAnt: ignore, forget
💡 Exam tip: Know-āĻāϰ past form knew āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ past participle known; k āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
make[/meÉĒk/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āϘāϟāĻžāύ⧋
Example: Good parents make their children happy.
Syn: create, produceAnt: destroy
💡 Exam tip: Make-āĻāϰ past form made; make someone happy āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
5. Feelings and Emotions (8 words)
surprise[/səˈpraÉĒz/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āϘāϟāύāĻž
Example: The gift was a pleasant surprise.
Syn: amazement, astonishmentAnt: expectation
💡 Exam tip: Surprise noun āĻ“ verb āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
surprised[/səˈpraÉĒzd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ
Alt: āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ•
Example: I was surprised by the news.
Syn: amazed, astonishedAnt: calm, expectant
💡 Exam tip: Surprised āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ; surprising āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
glad[/ÉĄlÃĻd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ
Alt: āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ
Example: I am glad to see you.
Syn: happy, pleasedAnt: sad, sorry
💡 Exam tip: Glad-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ to + verb āĻŦāϏ⧇: glad to meetāĨ¤
happy[/ˈhÃĻpi/]adjeasy
Meaning: āϏ⧁āĻ–ā§€
Alt: āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ
Example: The children are happy with their parents.
Syn: joyful, cheerfulAnt: unhappy, sad
💡 Exam tip: Happy-āĻāϰ noun form happiness āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ adverb form happilyāĨ¤
sad[/sÃĻd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ
Alt: āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻŖā§āĻŖ
Example: The sad child began to cry.
Syn: unhappy, sorrowfulAnt: happy, glad
💡 Exam tip: Sad-āĻāϰ comparative sadder āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ superlative saddestāĨ¤
gladness[/ˈɥlÃĻdnəs/]nounmedium
Meaning: āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ
Alt: āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ
Example: Her success filled us with gladness.
Syn: joy, happinessAnt: sadness
💡 Exam tip: Gladness āĻšāϞ⧋ glad-āĻāϰ noun form; -ness āϝ⧋āϗ⧇ abstract noun āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
feel[/fiːl/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Alt: āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: I feel happy with my family.
Syn: sense, experienceAnt: disregard
💡 Exam tip: Feel-āĻāϰ past form felt āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ past participle feltāĨ¤
always[/ˈɔːlweÉĒz/]adveasy
Meaning: āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž
Example: My parents always support me.
Syn: forever, continuallyAnt: never, rarely
💡 Exam tip: Always āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ adverb of frequency; main verb-āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ be verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤
6. Time and Grammar Words (8 words)
last[/lɑːst/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ—āϤ
Alt: āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ
Example: I visited my grandmother last week.
Syn: previous, finalAnt: next, first
💡 Exam tip: Last night āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ—āϤ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇; last-āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ the āĻŦāϏ⧇ āύāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
night[/naÉĒt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āϰāĻžāϤ
Alt: āϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϞ
Example: The stars shine at night.
Syn: evening, darknessAnt: day, morning
💡 Exam tip: At night āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ phrase; night-āĻāϰ k āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāĨ¤
first[/fɜːst/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ
Alt: āϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇
Example: She was the first student to arrive.
Syn: initial, earliestAnt: last, final
💡 Exam tip: First āĻšāϞ⧋ one-āĻāϰ ordinal form; first, second, third āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
before[/bÉĒˈfɔː(r)/]advmedium
Meaning: āφāϗ⧇
Alt: āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇
Example: Wash your hands before eating.
Syn: earlier, previouslyAnt: after, later
💡 Exam tip: Before preposition, conjunction āĻ“ adverb—āϤāĻŋāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
just[/dʒʌst/]advmedium
Meaning: āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ•
Alt: āĻāχāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ
Example: The train has just arrived.
Syn: only, exactlyAnt: nearly, approximately
💡 Exam tip: Just āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ perfect tense-āĻ ‘āĻāχāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°â€™ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
there[/ðeə(r)/]advmedium
Meaning: āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇
Alt: āĻ“āχ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇
Example: There were many people there.
Syn: over there, in that placeAnt: here
💡 Exam tip: There were many people āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ there introductory word āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ there āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
many[/ˈmeni/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•
Alt: āĻŦāĻšā§ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻ•
Example: There were many parents in the hall.
Syn: numerous, plenty ofAnt: few, little
💡 Exam tip: Many countable plural noun-āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇; uncountable noun-āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ much āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
therefore[/ˈðeəfɔː(r)/]advmedium
Meaning: āĻ…āϤāĻāĻŦ
Alt: āϏ⧁āϤāϰāĻžāĻ‚
Example: He worked hard; therefore, he succeeded.
Syn: so, thusAnt: nevertheless
💡 Exam tip: Therefore āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ formal writing-āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
💡 Exam Tips
â€ĸ Poem-āĻāϰ comprehension āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āϕ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧇āύ āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛â€”āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
â€ĸ Present tense āĻ“ past tense āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻšā§‡āύ⧋: have–had, choose–chose, spring–sprang, know–knew, feel–feltāĨ¤
â€ĸ I had a dream last night āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ had āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ dreamed āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
â€ĸ Parents āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ plural; āϤāĻžāχ parents-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ were āĻŦāĻž are āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
â€ĸ Short, tall, thin āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ stout āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
â€ĸ Always āĻšāϞ⧋ adverb of frequency; āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ verb-āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ be verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤
â€ĸ Choose āĻ“ pick āĻāĻ•āχ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ choose-āĻāϰ past form chose āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ pick-āĻāϰ past form pickedāĨ¤
â€ĸ Awake adjective āĻ“ verb āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇; asleep āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤
â€ĸ Synonym āĻ“ antonym āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ word-āĻāϰ part of speech āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤
â€ĸ āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒā§‚āϰāϪ⧇ subject āĻ“ tense āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ have/has/had āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ choose/chose/chosen-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• form āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤

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