Lesson12
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Leonardo da Vinci
(āϞিāĻ 'āύাā§°্āĻĄো āĻĻা āĻিāĻ্āĻি)
Comprehension
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1) Answer the following questions in complete
sentences.
ā§§) āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ⧰ে āĻĻিāĻŦ।
a) When was Leonardo Da Vinci born?
āĻ) āϞিāĻ ’āύাā§°্āĻĄো āĻĄা āĻিāĻ্āĻিā§° āĻāύ্āĻŽ āĻেāϤিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?
Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci born on 15 April 1452.
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ : ā§§ā§Ēā§Ģ⧍ āĻāύ⧰ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāĻĒ্ā§°িāϞāϤ āĻāύ্āĻŽāĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°া āϞিāĻ ’āύাā§°্āĻĄো āĻĄা āĻিāĻ্āĻিā§° āĻāύ্āĻŽ।
b) Where did Leonardo spend his early years?
āĻ) āϞিāĻ ’āύাā§°্āĻĄোā§ąে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻā§°āĻŦোā§° āĻ’āϤ āĻāĻাāϝ়?
Answer: Leonardo spend his early years with his grand-
parents.
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰: āϞিāĻ ’āύাā§°্āĻĄোā§ąে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻā§°āĻŦোā§° āĻāĻা-āĻāĻāϤাāĻā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻাāϝ়।
c) Under
whom did Leonardo’s father send him to apprentice?
āĻ) āϞিāĻ ’āύাā§°্āĻĄোā§° āĻĒিāϤৃāϝ়ে āĻাā§° āĻ āϧীāύāϤ āĻāĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŖ্āĻিāĻāϞৈ āĻĒāĻ িāϝ়াāĻāĻিāϞ?
Answer: Leonardo’s father send him to apprentice
under. Andrea did Verrocchio.
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰: āϞিāĻ ’āύাā§°্āĻĄোā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŖ্āĻিāĻāϞৈ āĻĒāĻ িāϝ়াāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻ āϧীāύāϤ। āĻāύ্āĻĻ্ā§°েāϝ়াāĻ āĻেā§°’āĻিāĻ ’ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
d) Name the two masterpieces of Leonardo.
āĻ) āϞিāĻ ’āύাā§°্āĻĄোā§° āĻĻুāĻা āĻŽাāώ্āĻাā§°āĻĒিāĻā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা।
Answer: The two masterpieces are- ‘The mona Lisa” and
‘The last Supper”.
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āĻŽাāώ্āĻাā§°āĻĒিāĻ āĻĻুāĻা āĻš’āϞ- ‘āĻĻ্āϝ āĻŽোāύাāϞিāĻা” āĻā§°ু ‘āĻĻ্āϝ āϞাāώ্āĻ āĻাāĻĒাā§°”।
e) What did Leonardo created on the shield?
āĻ) āϞিāĻ ’āύাā§°্āĻĄোā§ąে āĻĸাāϞāϤ āĻি āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer: Leonardo created a terrifying image of a dragon
like monster on the shield.
f) Who was Mona Lisa?
āĻ) āĻŽোāύাāϞিāĻা āĻোāύ āĻāĻিāϞ?
Answer: Mona Lisa was a rice Merchants wife.
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰: āĻŽোāύাāϞিāĻা āĻāĻā§°াāĻী ā§°াāĻāĻ āĻŽাā§°্āĻেāĻŖ্āĻāĻā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী āĻāĻিāϞ।
g) Where is Mona Lisa preserved now?
āĻ) āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽোāύাāϞিāĻা āĻ’āϤ āϏংā§°āĻ্āώিāϤ āĻšৈ āĻāĻে?
Answer: Mona is now preserved at Louvre museum Paris framce.
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āĻŽোāύা āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϞুāĻ্ā§° āĻŽিāĻāĻিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻĒেā§°িāĻ āĻĢ্ā§°াāύ্āϏāϤ āϏংā§°āĻ্āώিāϤ āĻšৈ āĻāĻে।
2) How do you know that Leonardo loved animals?
⧍) āϞিāĻ ’āύাā§°্āĻĄোā§ąে āϝে āĻীā§ą-āĻāύ্āϤু āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āϏেāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻাāύে?
Answer: Leonardo loved animals that’s why he never
ate- meat. He bought caged them free.
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰: āϞিāĻ ’āύাā§°্āĻĄোā§ąে āĻীā§ą-āĻāύ্āϤু āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āϏেāĻāĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ āϤেāĻঁ āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āύাāĻাāϝ়- āĻŽাংāϏ। āϏি āϏিāĻšঁāϤāĻ āĻŦিāύাāĻŽূāϞীāϝ়াāĻৈ āĻĒিāĻ্āĻā§°াāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻā§°ি āĻিāύিāĻিāϞ।
3) What did Leonardo do as an anatomist?
ā§Š) āĻļā§°ীā§°āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύী āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āϞিāĻ ’āύাā§°্āĻĄোā§ąে āĻি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer: As an anatomist Leonardo disserted animals and
humans cadavers to find their mechanism . his notes and drawing of his findings
have helped scientist to understand humans anatomy better
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰: āĻāĻāύ āĻļā§°ীā§°āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύী āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āϞিāĻ 'āύাā§°্āĻĄোā§ąে āĻীā§ą-āĻāύ্āϤু āĻā§°ু āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻā§ąেāώāĻŖা āĻā§°ি āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻোāĻা āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āϤāĻĨ্āϝ⧰ āĻ ংāĻāύে āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύীāĻ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻļā§°ীā§°āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦুāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻে
Build up your vocabulary
āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻাāĻŖ্āĻĄাā§° āĻāĻĸ়ি āϤোāϞāĻ
Prefix
( āĻāĻĒāϏ⧰্āĻ)
(a letter or group letters added to the
beginning of a word to change its meaning)
(āĻāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖিāϤে āϝোāĻ āĻā§°া āĻāĻা āĻāĻā§° āĻŦা āĻোāĻā§° āĻāĻā§°)
i) anti+ national = anti-national ( āĻŦিā§°োāϧী+ āĻাāϤীāϝ় = āĻŦিā§°োāϧী )
ii) anti+ social = antisocial ( āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āĻŦিā§°োāϧী = āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āĻŦিā§°োāϧী )
iii) auto+ biography = autobiography ( āϏ্āĻŦāϝ়ং+ āĻীā§ąāύী = āĻāϤ্āĻŽāĻীā§ąāύী )
iv) co+ operation= co-operation ( āϏāĻšāϝোāĻিāϤা+ āĻাā§°্āϝ্āϝ= āϏāĻšāϝোāĻিāϤা )
v) un+ natural = unnatural ( āĻāύ+ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻৃāϤিāĻ = āĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻৃāϤিāĻ )
vi) un+ able= unable ( āĻāύ+ āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ= āĻ āĻ্āώāĻŽ )
vii) vice+ president = vice- president ( āĻāĻĒ+ āϏāĻাāĻĒāϤি = āĻāĻĒ- āϏāĻাāĻĒāϤি)
viii) vice+ principal= vice-principal ( āĻাāĻāĻ+ āĻĒ্ā§°িāύ্āϏিāĻĒাāϞ= āĻাāĻāĻ-āĻĒ্ā§°িāύ্āϏিāĻĒাāϞ )
ix) un+ willing= unwilling ( āĻāύ+ āĻāĻ্āĻুāĻ= āĻ āύিāĻ্āĻুāĻ )
x) ultra+ modern= ultramodern ( āĻ āϤি+ āĻāϧুāύিāĻ= āĻ āϤি āĻāϧুāύিāĻ )
xi) ultra+ violet= ultraviolet ( āĻ āϤি+ āĻŦেāĻুāύীāϝ়া= āĻ āϤিāĻŦেāĻুāύীāϝ়া )
xii) to+ night= tonight ( ā§° āĻĒā§°া+ āύিāĻļা= āĻāĻি ā§°াāϤি )
xiv) post+mortem= postmortem ( āĻŽā§°āĻŖোāϤ্āϤ⧰+āĻŽā§°āĻŖোāϤ্āϤ⧰= āĻŽā§°āĻŖোāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώা)
xv) mis+ use= misuse ( āĻুāϞ+ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°= āĻ āĻĒāĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° )
xvii) fore+ father= forefather (āĻĒূā§°্āĻŦ+ āĻĒিāϤৃ= āĻĒূā§°্āĻŦāĻĒুā§°ুāώ )
xviii) im+possible= impossible ( āĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą+āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą= āĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą )
xix) ir+regular= irregular ( āĻā§°+ā§°েāĻুāϞাā§°= āĻ āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়া )
suffix
( āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝāϝ় )
(a letter or group of letters added to the end
of a world make another world)
(āĻāĻāύ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻļেāώāϤ āϝোāĻ āĻā§°া āĻিāĻ ি āĻŦা āĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻোāĻ āĻāĻাāĻ āĻāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āĻŦāύাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়ে)
I) Hunt + er = Hunter ( āĻšাāύ্āĻ + āĻā§° = āĻিāĻাā§°ী )
ii) read+er=reader ( āĻĒāĻĸ়া+āĻā§°=ā§°িāĻĄাā§° )
iii) fight+ er= fighter ( āϝুঁāĻ+ āĻā§°= āϝুঁāĻাā§°ু )
iv) inform+ ation= information ( āĻāύāĻĢā§°্āĻŽ+ āĻāĻāύ= āϤāĻĨ্āϝ )
v) kid+ ness= kindness ( āĻļিāĻļু+ āύেāĻ= āĻĻāϝ়া )
vi) work + er = worker ( āĻাāĻŽ + āĻā§° = āĻā§°্āĻŽী )
vii) paint + er = painter ( ā§°ং + āĻā§° = āĻিāϤ্ā§°āĻā§°)
viii) speak + er = speaker. ( āĻোā§ąা + āĻā§° = āĻŦāĻ্āϤা। )
ix) exam + ation= examination ( āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώা + āĻāĻāύ= āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώা )
x) il + legal = illegal ( āĻāĻāĻāϞ + āĻāĻāύী = āĻ āĻŦৈāϧ)
4) Match the following
Ans: anatomist – an expert in the scientific study of the structure of human oranimal bodies.
cartographer – one who draws or makes maps.
sculptor- one who creates things with clay, wood, stone etc.
engineer – one who designs buildings, bridges, monuments etc.
5) Look up the meaning of the following words in a dictionary and write them.
(astonished, fantasy, portrait, prodigious, diversity)
Ans: astonished – greatly surprised or impressed; amazed.
Fantasy – the activity of imagining impossible or improbable things.
Portrait – a painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.
Prodigious – remarkably or impressively great in extent, size,
Diversity – he practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders.
GRAMMAR
Activity 1
Find out the phrases in the following sentences and write them.
i) I saw an elephant with very long tusks.
Ans: very long tusks.
ii) She is a girl of sweet voice.
Ans: sweet voice.
iii) He spoke in a brave manner.
Ans: brave manner.
iv) This book is not available at present.
Ans: at present.
v) To win a prize in the competition was not an easy task for me.
Ans: To win a prize
vi) Drawing an elephant is impossible for Rohan.
Ans: impossible for Rohan
vi) Instead of wearing the blue frock I chose the red one.
Ans: blue frock
vii) He opted for Sanskrit in lieu of Hindi.
Ans: Sanskrit in lieu of Hindi
Activity 2
Pick out the clauses from the following sentences and write them.
i) Please give me the book which is on the table.
Ans: Please give me the book
ii) They were talking when he came.
Ans: They were
ii) He told me that he did not know about the incident.
Ans: He told me
iv) I was absent because I was ill.
Ans: I was absent
v) I will not go out if it rains.
Ans: I will not go out
vi) He is tall but his brother is average.
Ans: He is tall
vii) I know the reason why he came here.
Ans: I know the reason
vii) You must hurry or you will miss the train.
Ans: You must hurry
ix) He is not only intelligent but also brave.
Ans: He is not only intelligent
x) I know the place where he lives.
Ans: I know the place
Activity 3
Correct the following sentences.
1) The cattle is grazing in the pasture.
Ans: The cattle are grazing in the pasture.
2) The folk is coming back home from the concert.
Ans: The folk are coming back home from the concert.
3) We bought home some new furnitures.
Ans: We bought home some new furniture.
4) My friends gave me all the relevant informations about the quiz competition.
Ans: My friends gave me all the relevant information about the quiz competition.
5) Rice are an important crop in our country.
Ans: Rice is an important crop in our country.
6) All my luggage are in that room.
Ans: All my luggage is in that room.
7) My spectacles is on the table.
Ans: My spectacles are on the table.
8) His shoes is costly.
Ans: His shoes are costly.
9) This pair of shoes need mending.
Ans: This pair of shoes needed mending.
10) Her socks is white.
Ans: Her socks are white.
11) This pair of socks are lovely.
Ans: This pair of socksis lovely.
12) His trousers needs ironing.
Ans: His trousers need ironing.
13) This pair of carry trousers were bought from that shop.
Ans: This pair of carry trousers was bought from that shop.
14) The news were not true.
Ans: The news was not true.
15) An epidemic of measles have broken out in the village.
Ans: An epidemic of measles has broken out in the village.
16) A species are a class of plants or animals.
Ans: A species is a class of plants or animals.
17) Some useful equipments for the kitchen was bought.
Ans: Some useful equipment for the kitchen was bought.
WRITING SKILLS
Activity
a) Write an article on the topic Water is precious, save water. You can take helpof the following points.
Answer:
Water is a natural resource which is found in abundance on the planet Earth. The Earth is made up of 61% of water. It is the most important natural resource for survival of life. Life cannot be imagined without water as it is essential for the true existence of life. Over 3/4th of the Earth us covered with water. Water is used for drinking; washing clothes and utensils; agriculture to grow good quality crops; and to produce electricity. Basically, water is used for day-to-day activities.
Nowadays, quantity of clean water is declining day by day, and is becoming very low. And, if water is not saved today, it might lead to create major issues in future.
We must be careful and pay close attention when using water, so that water doesn’t get wasted. We should stop misuse of water. We must save water from getting polluted. While taking shower we should use a bucket of water instead of using showers, and join hands together in saving water and using it effectively.
Water is an essential component of life and must be conserved for future generations. Water is most important for survival of human beings and other species and plays a key role in preserving the biodiversity of a place.
b) Write an article on the topic Reduce the use of plastic. You can take help ofthe following points.
Answer:
Plastic is a synthetic material which is low in cost. It is light weight and can be easily handled. Plastics serve many purposes. It is manufactured very easily and has replaced the use of wood, stone, leather and even glass.
On the other hand, plastic is very harmful for the environment. Almost every products used by people nowadays are made if plastic which triggers a serious environmental risk. It even affects our health by permanently harming the metabolism of every human coming in contact with it, directly or indirectly.
We must take care of the environment and ourselves too by eradicating use of plastic. We must use eco-friendly material in place of plastic like – wood, steel, cane, jute, paper. Plastic bags must be totally eradicated and should be replaced by paper bags or canvas bags for our everyday activities.