The Drum
(দ্য ড্ৰাম)
Chapter 5
Comprehension
বোধগম্যতা
1) Answer the
following questions in complete sentences.
১) তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ সম্পূৰ্ণ বাক্যৰে দিব।
a) What
did Lakshmi live?
ক) লক্ষ্মীয়ে কি জীয়াই আছিল?
Answer:- Lakshmi lived in a small village in Rajasthan.
উত্তৰ:- ৰাজস্থানৰ এখন সৰু গাঁৱত লক্ষ্মী বাস কৰিছিল
b) What
did Lakshmi do to earn her living?
খ) জীৱিকা উপাৰ্জনৰ বাবে লক্ষ্মীয়ে কি কৰিছিল?
Answer:- she ground guains for people to earn
her living .
উত্তৰ:- মানুহে জীৱিকা উপাৰ্জন কৰিবলৈ মাটিৰ শস্যবোৰ ৷
c) What
did her did son ask her to bring from the What market?
গ) তাইক কি আনিবলৈ ক’লে পুতেকে কি বজাৰৰ পৰা?
Answer:- Her son asked her to bring Drum form the market.
উত্তৰ:- তাইৰ পুতেকে তাইক বজাৰৰ পৰা ড্ৰাম আনিবলৈ কৈছিল।
d) What
did Lakshmi by the market?
ঘ) বজাৰৰ দ্বাৰা লক্ষ্মীয়ে কি কৰিলে?
Answer:- Lakshmi bought some meessarry
things like flour and satt from the market .
উত্তৰ:- লক্ষ্মীয়ে বজাৰৰ পৰা আটা নিমখৰ দৰে প্ৰয়োজনীয় কিছুমান বস্তু কিনিছিল ৷
e) What
did the she bring for her son instead of a drum?
ঙ) ঢোলৰ সলনি তাই পুত্ৰৰ বাবে কি আনিছিল?
Answer:-she bring two nice pieces of wood
on the rood and picked drum up for her son.
উত্তৰ:-তাই ৰুডত দুটা ধুনীয়া কাঠৰ টুকুৰা আনি পুতেকৰ বাবে ঢোল তুলি লৈছিল।
f) Why
was the potter’s child crying?
চ) মৃৎশিল্পীৰ সন্তানটোৱে কিয় কান্দি আছিল?
\Ans: The potter’s child was crying because he was hungry and the potter’s wife did not have anything to feed her child.
উত্তৰঃ মৃৎশিল্পীৰ সন্তানে ভোকত থকাৰ বাবে কান্দি আছিল আৰু মৃৎশিল্পীৰ পত্নীৰ সন্তানক খুৱাবলৈ একো নাছিল।
g) To
whom did the boy give the shawl?
ছ) ল’ৰাজনে চাদৰখন কাক দিছিল?
Ans: The boy give the shawlto a man who was shivering with cold on the bridge.
উত্তৰঃ দলঙৰ ওপৰত ঠাণ্ডাত কঁপি থকা মানুহ এজনক ল’ৰাটোৱে চাদৰখন দিয়ে।
2. who
were quarrelling and why?
২/ কোনে কাজিয়া কৰিছিল আৰু কিয়?
Ans: A washer man and his wife were quarrelling near the river because the washer man’s wife had broken his only pot, and he had no pot to boil his clothes in.
উত্তৰঃ আৱাশ্বাৰমেন আৰু তেওঁৰ পত্নীয়ে নদীৰ ওচৰত কাজিয়া কৰি আছিল কাৰণ ধোৱকৰ পত্নীয়ে তেওঁৰ একমাত্ৰ পাত্ৰটো ভাঙি পেলাইছিল, আৰু তেওঁৰ কাপোৰ উতলাবলৈ কোনো পাত্ৰ নাছিল।
৩) বিয়া পাৰ্টিৰ মানুহবোৰক কিয় দুখী যেন লাগিল?
Ans: The people of the wedding party look sad because, the man who was supposed to arrange the horse for the groom didn’t arrive on time, and the groom’s family was getting late. The feared that they would miss the auspicious hour of the wedding.
উত্তৰঃ বিয়াৰ পাৰ্টিৰ মানুহবোৰ দুখী যেন লাগে কাৰণ, দৰাৰ বাবে ঘোঁৰাৰ ব্যৱস্থা কৰিব লগা মানুহজন সময়মতে আহি পোৱা নাছিল, আৰু দৰাৰ পৰিয়ালটোও দেৰি হৈছিল। বিয়াৰ শুভ ঘণ্টাটো তেওঁলোকে হেৰুৱাব বুলি ভয় কৰিছিল।
4) Choose the correct options from the brackets and rewrite the sentences.
৪) বন্ধনীৰ পৰা শুদ্ধ বিকল্পসমূহ বাছি লৈ বাক্যবোৰ পুনৰ লিখা।
a) Her parents seemed very amiable. (pleasant / rude/ serious)
ক) তাইৰ মাক-দেউতাকক অমায়িক যেন লাগিছিল। (মনোৰম / অভদ্ৰ/ গুৰুতৰ)
Ans: serious
b) This book is necessary for science students (unimportant/ essential / meaningless)
খ) বিজ্ঞানৰ ছাত্ৰ-ছাত্ৰীৰ বাবে এই গ্ৰন্থখন প্ৰয়োজনীয় (অগুৰুত্বপূৰ্ণ/ অপৰিহাৰ্য / অৰ্থহীন)
Ans: essential
c) several people came forward with information. (to offer one’s help/ refuse to help)
গ) কেইবাজনো লোকে তথ্য লৈ আগবাঢ়ি আহিল। (নিজৰ সহায় আগবঢ়োৱা/ সহায় কৰিবলৈ অস্বীকাৰ কৰা
Ans: to offer one’s help
d) he smiled at them with gratitude. (showing disrespect / feeling of being grateful)
ঘ) তেওঁ তেওঁলোকক কৃতজ্ঞতাৰে চাই হাঁহিলে। (অসন্মান দেখুৱাই / কৃতজ্ঞ হোৱাৰ অনুভৱ)
Ans: feeling of being grateful
e) don’t sit outside shivering in such a weather. (to shake/ slightly because of old / remain still)
ঙ) এনে বতৰত কঁপি কঁপি বাহিৰত বহি নাথাকিব। (কঁপোৱা/ বুঢ়া হোৱাৰ বাবে অলপ / স্থিৰ হৈ থকা)
Ans: to shake slightly
GRAMMAR
Activity 1
i) ____ of the boys has done his work.
Ans: Each
ii) ___ of the women was rewarded.
Ans: Each
iii) ____ of the competitors will get a certificate.
Ans: Each
iv) Leap year falls in _____fourth year.
Ans: Every
v) ____ of the students will be given a copy of the book.
Ans: Each
vi) ____ boy of the area is literate.
Ans: Every
vii) _____ building of the city is nicely painted.
Ans: Every
Activity 2
Use the verb ‘play’, ‘write’, ‘read’, ‘eat’, and break’ in Active and Passive Voicesin different forms of past tense and complete the following table. One has been donefor you.
Answer:
Indefinite (Past)
Active – I played football, Passive – Football was played be me.
Continuous (Past)
Active – I was playing football , Passive – Football was being played by me.
Perfect (Past)
Active – I had played football , Passive – Football had been played by me.
Activity 3
Fill in the gaps, using the passive form of the verbs given in the brackets.
Answer: is mixed, are beaten, is being added and blended, is shifted, is combined, is folded into, is used, is taken, is greased, is poured, is placed.
Activity 4
Rewrite the following report on a quiz competition in passive construction wherever applicable.
Answer:
QUIZ COMPETION
By Aryaman Sinha
Dhemaji, 15 November: Gurukul JatiyaBidyalay was organizing a quiz competition yesterday on the occasion of Children’s Day Celebration. A total number of 10 groups from various Jatiya Bidyalayas of Assam was taking part in the quiz competition. Mr Dinesh Choudhury, a famous quiz master was conducting the quiz programme. He was also providing a lot of information to the students. In the preliminary round he was selecting 6 groups for the final round. Arunodaya Jatiya Bidyalay was bagging the first prize, Adarsha Niketan and Vivekananda Vidyapith was bagging the second and the third prize respectively. The Principal of the school Mr Dilip Hazarika was giving away the prizes to the winners. At the end of the programme the quiz master Mr Dinesh Choudhury was delivering an inspirational speech. He was also providing some valuable hints regarding how to preparing for a quiz competition.
Activity 5
Rewrite the following sentences using the past perfect continuous tense form of theverbs given in brackets.
i) We (wait) for him for two hours and then we left.
Ans: We had been waiting for him for two hours and then we left.
ii) The boys (play) football before it rained heavily.
Ans The boys had been playing football before it rained heavily.
iii) Anand (try) to get a job for almost two years before he got one in a company.
Ans: Anandhad been trying to get a job for almost two years before he got one in a company.
iv) Rini (teach) in a private college before she settled in Delhi with her husband.
Ans: Rinihad been teaching in a private college before she settled in Delhi with her husband.
v) Before Sunita left for home, she (work) here for almost 5 hours.
Ans: Before Sunita left for home, she had been working here for almost 5 hours.
WRITING
Activity 6
i) Write a newspaper report on a bus accident.
Ans:
“A Horrific Bus Accident Near Howrah”
Kolkata, February 15: A speeding truck collided head-on with a car yesterday at around 5 p.m. near Howrah, resulting in two fatalities and two injuries.
It was business hour, and the Howrah – Seadahcrossing was as packed as ever. One of the witnesses claimed that a speeding lorry struck a private automobile travelling in the opposite way while passing a bus. Both the driver and the passenger passed away instantly.
Severe injuries were sustained by two passengers in the back seat. Locals flocked to the scene and transported the injured people to the neighbouring hospital. Traffic was halted as a result of the accident. An investigation into how a truck was permitted to operate at that time of day has been requested. The executive branch has committed to looking into the situation.
ii) You are the editor of your school magazine. Write a report on the celebration of the ‘Children’s Day’ at your school for the magazine.
Ans: “Wellamd Gouldsmith High School Celebrated Children’s Day with Joy”
The 16th of November; Wellamd Gouldsmith High School: This year’s Children’s Day was celebrated in a very lovely manner at Wellamd Gouldsmith High School. Children’s Day is typically not observed in a particularly unique way.
This day was also marked with the silver jubilee of WellamdGouldsmith High School.
The morning prayer was conducted by the principles, where each of the students were gifted with chocolates. A sports competition for the boys and a cooking competition organized for the girls to enjoy the auspicious day.
The students gave a bidding farewell to the day by performing a singing event to appreciate the efforts of the principals, teachers, and the organizers.
Author By- Arup Koch
Check By -Mukesh Borah
