Read the following passage and write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed.
Set 9
The year before last year, Lipi, a 14 year old girl, had been in class 9 in a rural school in Rangpur. Lipi is the eldest of five children-three daughters and two sons. Their father is a day laborer working on other people’s land and mother is a homemaker and a part time worker at other people’s houses. The parents, particularly the mother, found it real difficulty to raise five children on the small income the father could earn. Perhaps that is why Lipi’s father wanted to marry her off. But Lipi was not ready to accept what her parents wanted to impose on her. She wanted to pursue her education. So long her mother stood by her, though secretly. But when her father arranged her marriage with Tara Mia, the only son of a farmer in the same village, she became a little upset. Tara Mia was a widower illiterate, but well off. His father had a few acres of arable land and was influential in the village. The marriage seemed to be inevitable.
Words: a. last (antonym) b. eldest (antonym) c. part-time (antonym) d. real (synonym) e. difficult (antonym) f. earn (antonym) g. accept (antonym) h. secret (synonym) i. same (antonym) j. widower (antonym).
Answer
Set 9: a. first b. youngest c. full-time d. true e. easy f. spend g. reject h. hidden i. different j. widow.
মনোয়ারুল ইসলাম, সহকারী অধ্যাপক, ঢাকা স্টেট কলেজ, ঢাকা