Words about words

You like something if you find it enjoyable. Most people like chocolate, they like their pets and they like their friends. The boy in the picture likes icecream. When you really really like someone or something, you can say you love them.
Like is also another word for similar or alike.

To listen means to pay attention to sounds with your ears. You listen when someone talks, sings, or makes a noise.

Listening often means trying to hear and understand what is being said.

Someone is literate if they can read and write. Someone who cannot read or write is called illiterate.

Little is another word for small.

Something is long if it goes for a considerable way in one direction. Something goes for a long time if it happens for an extended period.
The lizard in the picture has a very long tail.
The opposite of long is short.

You lop something when you cut it off. You usually lop branches off trees.

If you lose something, you do not know where it is. If you are lost, you do not know where you are. The picture is of a teddy bear someone has lost. Lose is not the same as loose.
The opposite of lose is find or win.
The past tense of lose is lost.

Something is loud if it makes noise that has a high volume and can be heard clearly a long way away.
Things that are loud include jet engines, many kinds of machinery, and some parties.

Made is the past tense of make.

The woman in the picture has made two elephants.

You maintain something when you keep it in its current state. For example, you might maintain a friendship with someone, or maintain your house to keep it in good condition. This is called carrying out maintenance.
The soldiers in the picture are maintaining grave sites.