A Visit to Kaziranga and Sivasagar
Thinking about the Text
I. Choose the right answer: (āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা)
(i) When something is conserved, it is preserved/ destroyed
Answer: When something is conserved, it is preserved.
(āĻোāύো āϏাāĻŽāĻ্ā§°ী āϏংā§°āĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻā§°া āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš’āϞ āϤাāĻ āϏāϝāϤāύে ā§°āĻা)
(ii) Herbivorous animals eat flesh/ grass
Answer: Herbivorous animals eat grass.
(āϤৃāĻŖāĻোāĻী āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖীā§ে āĻাঁāĻš āĻাā§)
(iii) When you excavate, you dig out/ cover up something.
Answer: When you excavate, you dig out something.
(āĻāύāύ āĻā§°া āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš’āϞ āĻাāύ্āĻĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা)
(iv) When you visit a historical site, you see new/ old monuments.
Answer: When you visit a historical site, you see old monuments.
(āĻোāύো āĻāϤিāĻšাāϏিāĻ āĻ াāĻ āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻā§°িāϞে āĻāĻŽি āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāĻিāĻš্āύ āϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāĻঁ)
(v) When you play an indigenous game, it is a foreign/local game.
Answer: When you play an indigenous game, it is a local game
(āĻোāύো āĻāύāĻাāϤীā§ āĻেāϞ āĻেāϞাā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš’āϞ āĻĨāϞুā§ąা āĻেāϞ āĻেāϞা)
II. Answer these questions in one or two short sentences:
(āĻāĻা āĻŦা āĻĻুāĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϤ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া)
1. Why did the children wake up early in the morning?
(āϞ’ā§°া āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§° āĻিā§ āĻļুāύāĻাāϞে āĻļুāĻ āĻāĻ িāĻিāϞ?)
Answer: The children wake up early in the morning because they were too excited to sleep.
(āϞ’ā§°া āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§° āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšী āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞ āϏেāĻāĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻļুāύāĻাāϞি āĻļুāĻ āĻāĻ িāĻিāϞ)
2. Why is Assam unique? (āĻ āϏāĻŽ āĻিā§ āĻ āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ?)
Answer: Assam is unique with land with tea gardens, ancient temples, national parks, historical monuments etc.
(āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻ āύেāĻ āĻাāĻš-āĻŦাāĻিāĻা,āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻŽāĻ āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§°,ā§°াāώ্āĻ্ā§°ীā§ āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύ āĻāĻĻি āĻāĻে āϝিā§ে āĻ āϏāĻŽāĻ āĻ āύāύ্āϝ ā§°ূāĻĒ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°িāĻে)
3. What is a national park? (ā§°াāώ্āĻ্ā§°ীā§ āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύ āĻŽাāύে āĻি?)
Answer: A national park is a park that is used for conservation purposes.
(āϝিāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύ āϏংā§°āĻ্āώāĻŖā§° āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝে āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšā§, āϤাāĻেāĻ ā§°াāώ্āĻ্ā§°ীā§ āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύ āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা āĻšā§)
4. When was Kaziranga designated a National Park?
(āĻাāĻিā§°āĻাāĻ āĻেāϤিā§া ā§°াāώ্āĻ্ā§°ীā§ āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύ⧰ āĻāĻ্āϝা āĻĻিā§া āĻšā§?)
Answer: Kaziranga was designated National Park in 1985.
(āĻাāĻিā§°āĻাāĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ ā§°াāώ্āĻ্ā§°ীā§ āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύ⧰ āĻāĻ্āϝা āĻĻিā§া āĻšā§)
5.What is the full form of the UNESCO?
(UNESCOā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ ā§°ূāĻĒ āĻি)
Answer: Full form of the UNESCO is United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
(UNESCOā§°āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒāĻš’āϞ āϏংāϝুāĻ্āϤ ā§°াāώ্āĻ্ā§°ā§° āĻļৈāĻ্āώিāĻ,āĻŦৈāĻ্āĻাāύিāĻ āĻā§°ু āϏাংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিāĻ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা)
6. Why was Kaziranga Game Sanctuary renamed Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary?
(āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻেāϞ āĻ āĻā§াā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ āĻিā§ āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻ āĻā§াā§°āĻŖ্āϝ āύাāĻŽ āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
Answer: Kaziranga Game Sanctuaries named Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary because the ' game' also means animals hunted for sport and food which is not appropriate for a park to conserve animals.
(āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻেāϞ āĻ āĻā§াā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻ āĻā§াā§°āĻŖ্āϝ āύাāĻŽ āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻেāϞ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§ąে āĻীā§ą āĻāύ্āϤুā§° āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāύোāĻĻāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻিāĻাā§° āĻā§°াāĻোāĻ āĻŦুāĻাāĻ āϝি āĻāĻāύ āĻীā§ą āĻāύ্āϤু āϏংā§°āĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻā§°া āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āύāĻšā§)
7. What does the rhinoceros eat? (āĻā§েঁ āĻি āĻাā§?)
Answer: The rhinoceros eats only grasses. (āĻā§েঁ āĻাঁāĻš āĻাā§)
8. "On their way to Sivasagar, they crossed a stone bridge." What is the name of this bridge?
(āĻļিā§ąāϏাāĻā§°āϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒāĻĨāϤ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻāύ āĻļিāϞ⧰ āĻĻāϞং āĻĒাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ৷ āĻĻāϞংāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Answer: The name of this bridge is Silor Saaku or Namdang Stone Bridge. (āĻĻāϞংāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻāĻিāϞ āύাāĻŽāĻĻাāĻā§° āĻļিāϞ⧰ āϏাāĻোঁ)
9. Name the three temples on the bank of the Sivasagar tank.
(āĻļিā§ąāϏাāĻā§° āĻĒুāĻুā§°ীā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§° āϤিāύিāĻাā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা)
Answer: The three temples on the bank of the Sivasagar tank are Shiva Dole, Vishnu Dole and Devi Dole.
(āĻļিā§ąāϏাāĻā§° āĻĒুāĻুā§°ীā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§° āϤিāύিāĻাā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻš’āϞ āĻļিā§ą āĻĻৌāϞ,āĻŦিāώ্āĻŖু āĻĻৌāϞ, āĻĻেā§ąী āĻĻৌāϞ)
10. Who built the Rang-ghar? (ā§°ংāĻā§° āĻোāύে āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Answer: Ahom King Pramatta Singha built the Rang-ghar.
(āĻāĻšোāĻŽ ā§°āĻা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽāϤ্āϤ āϏিংāĻšāĻ ā§°ংāĻā§° āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
III. Fill in the blanks: (āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°া)
1. Well, in 1904 _______ visited Kaziranga.
Answer: Well, in 1904 Mary Curzon visited Kaziranga.
(āĻŦাā§°ু, ⧧⧝ā§Ļā§Ē āĻāύāϤ āĻŽেā§°ী āĻাā§°্āĻāύে āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
2. The Namdang Stone Bridge was built by the Ahom king _____
Answer: The Namdang Stone Bridge was built by the Ahom king Rudra Singha.
(āύাāĻŽāĻĻাāĻā§° āĻļিāϞ⧰ āϏাāĻোঁ āĻāĻšোāĻŽ ā§°āĻা ā§°ুāĻĻ্ā§°āϏিংāĻšāĻ āϏাāĻিāĻিāϞ)
3. Siu-Ka-Pha made ______ his first capital .
Answer: Siu-Ka-Pha made Charaideo his first capital.
(āĻ্āϝু-āĻা-āĻĢাāĻ āĻā§°াāĻāĻĻেāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°াāĻāϧাāύী āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāώ্āĻ া āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
IV. Answer these questions in a short paragraph:
(āĻāĻŽু āĻোāĻা āϞিāĻা)
I. Write briefly the history of Kaziranga as a protected area.
(āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āϏংā§°āĻ্āώিāϤ āĻāϞেāĻাā§° āĻāϤিāĻšাāϏ⧰ āĻāĻŽু āĻŦিā§ąā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিā§া)
Answer: The history of Kaziranga as a protected area can be traced back to 1904.In 1904 Mary Curzon, wife of Lord Curzon , Viceroy of India visited Kaziranga. She had heard that Kaziranga was famous for rhinos. But she could not find a single rhino there. She requested her husband to take measures immediately to protect the rhinos. Soon after, in 1905, the Kaziranga Proposed Reserve Forest was created. Slowly, the park grew in size. In 1916, it was named Kaziranga Game Sanctuary. Visitors were allowed to enter the park. Hunting was strictly prohibited. Then in 1950 the name was again changed because 'game' also means animals hunted for sport and food which's not appropriate for a park taco nerves animals. Then it was renamed as Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary in 1950 by P. D. Strachey, the forest conservationist of that time. It was in 1974 only that Kaziranga was designated a National Park.
(āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āϏংā§°āĻ্āώিāϤ āĻāϞেāĻাā§° āĻāϤিāĻšাāϏ ⧧⧝ā§Ļā§Ē āĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°াāĻ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি। āĻŽেā§°ী āĻাā§°্āĻāύ, āϏেāĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§° āĻŦ্ā§°িāĻিāĻ āĻāĻ্āĻ āĻŦিāώā§া āϞ⧰্āĻĄ āĻাā§°্āĻāύ⧰ āĻĒāϤ্āύীā§ে āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻā§ঁā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ āĻŦুāϞি āĻļুāύিāĻিāϞ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻঁ āϤাāϤ āĻāĻাāĻ āĻā§ঁ āĻĻেāĻা āύাāĻĒাāϞে। āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻ āϤā§āĻ্āώāĻŖাāϤ āĻā§ঁā§° āϏংā§°āĻ্āώāĻŖā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা āĻšাāϤāϤ āϞ’āĻŦā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ āύুā§°োāϧ āĻā§°িāϞে ৷ āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤে ⧧⧝ā§Ļā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤাā§ąিāϤ āϏংā§°āĻ্āώিāϤ āĻŦāύাāĻ্āĻāϞ⧰ āĻāĻ āύ āĻĒā§°ি āĻšā§। āϞাāĻšে āϞাāĻšে āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύ⧰ āĻāĻাā§° āĻŦাā§ি āĻāĻšিāϞ। ⧧⧝⧧ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻā§াāĻ āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻেāϞ āĻ āĻā§াā§°āĻŖ্āϝ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āύাāĻŽাāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻĒā§°া āĻš’āϞ। āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύাā§°্āĻĨীāĻ āϏোāĻŽাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āĻিāĻাā§° āĻā§°াā§° āĻ āύুāĻŽāϤি āύাāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻৌ ⧧⧝ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻāύāϤ āĻā§াā§° āύাāĻŽ āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻেāϞ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§ąে āĻীā§ą āĻāύ্āϤুā§° āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāύোāĻĻāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻিāĻাā§° āĻā§°াāĻোāĻ āĻŦুāĻাāĻ āϝি āĻāĻāύ āĻীā§ą āĻāύ্āϤু āϏংā§°āĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻā§°া āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āύāĻšā§। āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻā§াāĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻāύāϤ āϏেāĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§° āĻŦāύাāĻ্āĻāϞ āϏংā§°āĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻā§°োāϤা āĻĒি. āĻĄি. āώ্āĻ্ā§°েāĻীā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻ āĻā§াā§°āĻŖ্āϝ āύাāĻŽেā§°ে āĻĒুāύ⧰াāĻ āύাāĻŽাāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°া āĻšā§। ⧧⧝ā§ā§ĒāϤ āĻšে āĻাāĻিā§°āĻাāĻ ā§°াāώ্āĻ্ā§°ীā§ āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύ ā§°ূāĻĒে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϏ্āĻĨা āĻā§°া āĻšā§।)
2. Write a short note on Talatal Ghar.
(āϤāϞাāϤāϞ āĻā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āϞিāĻা)
Answer: Talatal Ghar is situated at Sivasagar district. It was an ancient palace of Ahom and largest of all Ahom architecture of which only remains are left. The foundation of Talatal Ghar was laid by King Rudra Singha. It had four stories above ground and three stories under ground. There were two secret tunnels. One, which was 16 kilometers long, led to the Gurgaon Palace and the other, which was 3 kilometer's long, led to the Dikkop river.
( āϤāϞাāϤāϞ āĻā§° āĻļিā§ąāϏাāĻā§° āĻিāϞাāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ। āĻ āĻāĻšোāĻŽ āϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻāĻ ā§°াāĻāĻšাāĻāϞি āĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϏāĻŽāĻ্ā§° āĻāĻšোāĻŽ āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻāϞাā§° āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āϝাā§° āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώ āϏāĻŽূāĻšāĻšে āĻĒোā§ąা āϝাā§। āĻā§াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāώ্āĻ া āĻāĻšোāĻŽ ā§°āĻা ā§°ুāĻĻ্ā§°āϏিংāĻšāĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻā§াā§° āĻাā§°িāĻা āĻŽāĻšāϞা āĻŽাāĻিā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻā§°ু āϤিāύিāĻা āĻŽাāĻিā§° āϤāϞāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻā§াāϤ āĻĻুāĻা āĻোāĻĒāύ āϏুā§°ংāĻāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ , āĻāĻা ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻিঃ āĻŽিঃ āĻĻীāĻāϞ āϝি āĻā§ঁāĻাঁāĻāϤ āϏংāϝোāĻ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāύāĻো ā§Š āĻিঃ āĻŽিঃ āĻĻীāĻāϞ āϝি āĻĻিāĻৌ āύৈāϤ āϏংāϝোāĻ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
3. Write a note on Charaideo Maidam.
(āĻā§°াāĻāĻĻেāĻā§° āĻŽৈāĻĻাāĻŽ āϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝে āϞিāĻা)
Answer: Maidam was a burial ground of the Ahom kings and nobles. Many royal graveyards still exist in this place. The hillock of Charaideo was considered to be sacred by the people of the Ahom dynasty. They believed this place to be the home of their ancestral gods. These have tomb vaults just like the pyramids in Egypt. Maidam's are fascinating Ahom architecture.
(āĻŽৈāĻĻাāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻšোāĻŽ ā§°āĻা āĻā§°ু āĻāĻ্āĻ āĻĒāĻĻāϏ্āĻĨ āĻŦিāώā§াāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽৃāϤāĻŽāĻŽāĻĻেāĻš āĻĒোāϤা āϏ্āĻĨাāύ৷ āĻāĻ āĻ াāĻāϤ āĻāϤিā§াāĻ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো ā§°াāĻāĻীā§ āĻāĻŦā§° āĻĒোā§ąা āϝাā§৷ āĻā§°াāĻāĻĻেāĻ āĻĒাāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻিāϞাāϤো āĻāĻšোāĻŽāϏāĻāϞে āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŖ্āϝ āĻā§°ে৷ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻ āĻ াāĻāĻĄোāĻā§° āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĒূā§°্āĻŦāĻĒুā§°ুāώ⧰ āĻŦাāϏāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°ে৷ āĻāĻ āĻোāĻ াāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻŽৈāĻĻাāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻāĻিāĻĒ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒিā§°াāĻŽিāĻĄā§° āĻĻā§°ে৷ āĻŽৈāĻĻাāĻŽāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻāĻ āĻāĻā§°্āώāĻŖীā§ āĻāĻšোāĻŽ āϏ্āĻšাāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻāϞা)
Thinking about Language
I. Change the following sentences from direct to indirect speech:
(āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝāĻ্āώ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĒā§°োāĻ্āώ āĻāĻ্āϤিāϞৈ āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°া)
1. "Do you know Kaziranga is a World Heritage Site?" their father said.
("āϤোāĻŽাāϞোāĻে āĻাāύাāύে āϝে āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻāĻ āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻ াāĻ ?"āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϏুāϧিāϞে।)
Answer: Their father asked whether they knew Kaziranga was a World Heritage Site.
(āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āĻাāĻিā§°āĻা āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻāĻ āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝ āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻ াāĻ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāύেāύে৷)
2. "On our way we can stay for a night at Kaziranga," their mother suggested.
("āĻāĻŽি āϝাāĻঁāϤে āĻā§°াāϤি āĻাāĻিā§°āĻাāϤ āĻāĻাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ৷"āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻŽাāĻে āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϞে৷)
Answer: Their mother suggested that they could stay for a night at Kaziranga on their way.
(āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āϝাāĻঁāϤে āĻā§°াāϤি āĻাāĻিā§°āĻাāϤ āĻāĻাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āĻŦুāϞি āĻŽাāĻে āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϞে)
3. "Can we go to see the rhino now?" Lohit asked.
("āĻāĻŽি āĻā§ঁ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāϤিā§া āϝাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োāύে?"āϞোāĻšিāϤে āϏুāϧিāϞে৷
Answer: Lohit asked if they could go to seethe rhino then.
(āϞোāĻšিāϤে āϏুāϧিāϞে āϝে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϤেāϤিā§া āĻā§ঁ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āϝাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°েāύে৷)
4. "I wish there was really a sagar here!" Lohit said.
("āĻŽāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ো āĻā§াāϤ āϏāĻাঁāĻ āĻāĻāύ āϏাāĻā§° āĻĨāĻা āĻš'āϞে"āϞোāĻšিāϤে āĻ’āϞে
Answer: Lohit wished there was really a sagar there.(āϞোāĻšিāϤে āϤাāϤ āĻāĻāύ āϏāĻাঁ āϏাāĻā§° āĻĨāĻাāϤো āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ)
II. Here are some sentences from the piece. Choose the words from the brackets which can be substituted for the italicized words in the sentence:
(āϤāϞāϤ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļ āĻĻিā§া āĻāĻে। āϤাāϤ āĻŦেāĻাāĻৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§°ে āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°ি āϞিāĻা)
1. They checked in at a hotel that had a large compound. ( registered, corrected)
(āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻšোāĻেāϞāϤ āϏোāĻŽাāϞে)
Answer: They registered at a hotel that had a large compound.
(āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āĻāĻāύ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻšোāĻেāϞāϤ āĻĒāĻ্āĻীāϝ়āύ āĻā§°িāϞে)
2. She requested her husband to take measures immediately to protect the rhinos. (take steps, calculate).
Answer: She requested her husband to take steps immediately to protect the rhinos.
(āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻ āϤā§āĻ্āώāĻŖাāϤ āĻā§ঁ āϏংā§°āĻ্āώāĻŖā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা āĻšাāϤāϤ āϞ’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āύুā§°োāϧ āĻā§°িāϞে)
3.Further in, they spotted a deer. (dotted, saw) .
Answer: Further in, they saw a deer.
(āĻিāϤ⧰āϞৈ āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻা āĻšā§°িāĻŖা āĻĻেāĻিāϞে)
4. ln the heart of the town was the Sivasagar tank. (centre of, mind of)
Answer: In the centre of the town was the Sivasagar tank.
(āĻāĻšā§°āĻāύ⧰ āĻŽাāĻāĻŽāĻিā§াāϤ āĻļিā§ąāϏাāĻā§° āĻĒুāĻুā§°ীāĻো āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ)
5. The Maidam's have tomb vaults just like the pyramids in Egypt. (burial chambers, Jumps)
Answer: The Maidam's have tomb burial chambers just like the pyramids in Egypt.
(āĻŽৈāĻĻাāĻŽāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻāĻŦā§° āĻĻিā§াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻিāĻĒ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒিā§°াāĻŽিāĻĄāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻোāĻ াāϞী āĻāĻিāϞ)
(III) Verbs of reporting are used to order, report statements, thoughts, intentions, questions, apologies, requests and so on.
(āĻāĻĻেāĻļ,āĻŦāĻ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ,āĻিāύ্āϤা,āĻŽāύোāĻাā§ą,āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ,āĻ্āώāĻŽা,āĻ āύুā§°োāϧ āĻāĻĻি āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻā§°া āĻ্ā§°িā§া)
Underline the verbs of reporting in the following sentences:
(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§া āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻšāϤ āϤেāύে āĻ্ā§°িā§াāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা)
1. Their father had explained to them, "This bridge is named after the Ahom General Kolia Bhomora Phukan."
(āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϏিāĻšঁāϤāĻ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻĻিāϞে,"āĻāĻ āĻĻāϞংāĻāύ āĻāĻšোāĻŽ āϏেāύাāĻĒāϤি āĻāϞীā§া āĻোāĻŽোā§°াā§° āύাāĻŽেā§°ে āύাāĻŽাāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে)
Answer: Their father had explained to them, "This bridge is named after the Ahom General Kolia Bhomora Phukan.
2. "What's there to see in Sivasagar? Let's go to uncle's house in Tezpur instead." Lohit pleaded.
("āĻļিā§ąāϏাāĻā§°āϤ āĻাāĻŦāϞāĻীā§া āĻি āĻāĻে? āϤাāϤāĻৈ āϤেāĻāĻĒুā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻুā§°াāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻā§°āϞৈāĻে āϝাāĻঁ" āϞোāĻšিāϤে āĻ āύুā§°োāϧ āĻā§°িāϞে)
Answer: "What's there to see in Sivasagar? Let's go to uncle's house in Tezpur instead." Lohit pleaded.
3. "On our way we can stay for a night at Kaziranga," their mother suggested.
("āĻāĻŽি āϝাāĻঁāϤে āĻā§°াāϤি āĻাāĻিā§°āĻাāϤ āĻāĻাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ৷" āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻŽাāĻে āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϞে৷)
Answer: "On our way we can stay for a night at Kaziranga," their mother suggested.
4. "Can we go to see the rhino now?" Lohit asked.
("āĻāĻŽি āĻā§ঁ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāϤিā§া āϝাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োāύে?" āϞোāĻšিāϤে āϏুāϧিāϞে৷)
Answer "Can we go to see the rhino now?" Lohit asked.
5. "Look, look," Lohit shouted excitedly, "there's a rhino.
("āĻোā§ąা! āĻোā§ąা! āϞোāĻšিāϤে āĻā§āϏাāĻšেā§°ে āĻিāĻā§°িāϞে।"āϤাāϤ āĻāĻা āĻā§ঁ āĻāĻে)
Answer: "Look, look," Lohit shouted excitedly, "there's a rhino."
6. "Wow!" Trisha exclaimed, looking through the binocular. "There's another rhino in the water."
("ā§ąাāĻš! āϤৃāώ্āĻŖাāĻ āĻĻূā§°āĻŦীāĻŖেā§°ে āĻাāĻ āĻāĻাāĻš āĻĒাā§°ি āĻāĻ িāϞ। "āĻĒাāύীāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻা āĻā§ঁ āĻāĻে")
Answer: "Wow!" Trisha exclaimed, looking through the binocular. "There's another rhino in the water."
7. "I will take you to Charaideo," said their father.
("āĻŽāĻ āϤোāĻŽাāϞোāĻāĻ āĻā§°াāĻāĻĻেāĻāϞৈ āϞৈ āϝাāĻŽ" āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻ’āϞে)
Answer: "I will take you to Charaideo," said their father.
Re-Arrange By Dipawali Bora
Author Himadri Borah