Lesson- 13 

Somebody's Mother

    

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Word meaning:


Ragged : in torn cloths

ā§°েāĻ—āĻĄ : āĻĢāϟা āĻ•াāĻĒোā§°āϤ

Chill : coldness

āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা : āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা āĻšোā§ąা

Throng : crowd

āĻ­িā§° : āĻ­িā§°

Heeded : paid attention

āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ— āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ : āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ— āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ

Hastened : hurried

āĻ–ā§°āĻ–েāĻĻা : āĻ–ā§°āĻ–েāĻĻাāĻ•ৈ

Meek : humble

āύāĻŽ্ā§° : āύāĻŽ্ā§°

Glance : quick look

āϚāĻ•ু : āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤ āϚাāĻ“āĻ•

Fellow : a man/person who is in the same group

āϏāĻšāϕ⧰্āĻŽী : āĻāĻ•েāϟা āĻ—্ā§°ুāĻĒāϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻāϜāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻš/āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি


Working with the poem

1.Fill in the blanks using phrases from the poem: 

(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟিāϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ…ংāĻļāϏāĻŽূāĻšেā§°ে āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰া)

 a) The woman was .. 

Ans: The woman was old and ragged and grey. 

(āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻŦুā§ী, āĻĢāϟা āϏাāϜ āĻĒাā§° āĻĒিāύ্āϧা āφ⧰ু āĻĻুঃāĻ–িāϤ āφāĻ›িāϞ।)


b) Somebody's another ... 

Ans: Somebody's mother, boys, you know. 

(āĻļুāύা āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϏāĻ•āϞ, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•াā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻŽাāϤৃ āĻšā§Ÿ)


c) The   of all group 

Ans: The gayest laddie of all the group. 

(āĻĻāϞāϟোā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āϏāĻ•āϞোāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻĢুā§°্āϤিā§ąাāύ āϞ’ā§°াāϜāύ)


d) Somebody's mother... 

 Ans: Somebody's mother' bowed her head. 

(āĻ•াā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻŽাāϤৃāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী⧟ে āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ āϜāύাāϞে)


2.Find out as many adjectives as you can from the poem

(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāϚি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা)

 Ans: Old,ragged,grey,wet,aged,slow,long,anxious,white,deep,meek,timid,afraid,slippery,merry,gayest,low,strong,trembling,proud,firm,happy,pride,joy.

āĻŦুāĻĸ়া,ā§°েāĻ—āĻĄ,āϧূāϏ⧰,āĻ­িāϜা,āĻŦāϝ়āϏীāϝ়া,āϧীā§°,āĻĻীāϘāϞ,āωāĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ—্āύ,āĻŦāĻ—া,āĻ—āĻ­ীā§°,āύāĻŽ্ā§°,āĻ­ীā§°ু,āĻ­āϝ়,āĻĒিāĻ›āϞ,āωāϞ্āϞাāϏিāϤ,āĻ—েāϝ়েāώ্āϟ,āύিāĻŽ্āύ,āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী,āĻ•ঁāĻĒāύি,āĻ—ৌā§°ā§ąাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ,āĻĻৃāĻĸ়,āϏুāĻ–ী,āĻ—ৌā§°ā§ą,āφāύāύ্āĻĻ।


3.. Find out the words connected to winter, in the poem.

(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟিāϤ āĻļীāϤāĻ•াāϞ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ• āĻĨāĻ•া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāϚি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা)

Ans: Words connected to winter are chill, snow, white, hailing, slippery. 

āĻļীāϤ⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤ āϜāĻĄ়িāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻš’āϞ āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা, āĻŦā§°āĻĢ, āĻŦāĻ—া, āĻļিāϞাāĻŦৃāώ্āϟি, āĻĒিāĻ›āϞ।


a) Did the women get help to cross the street? 

(āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻ—ā§°āĻ•ী⧟ে ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϟো āĻĒাā§° āĻšোā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšা⧟ āĻĒাāϞেāύে?)

Ans: Yes. She got help from a boy to cross the street. 

(āĻšā§Ÿ। āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী⧟ে ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϟো āĻĒাā§° āĻšোā§ąাāϤ āĻāϜāύ āϞ’ā§°াā§° āϏāĻšা⧟ āĻĒাāϞে)


b) Who helped her? 

(āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ•োāύে āϏāĻšা⧟ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?) 

Ans: The gayest boy of the troop helped her.

(āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻĻāϞāϟোā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āϏāĻ•āϞোāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻĢুā§°্āϤিā§ąাāύ āϞ’ā§°াāϜāύে āϏāĻšা⧟ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ)


c) What did the young boy tell his friends? Give in reported speech. 

(āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°াāϜāύে āϤাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϏāĻ•āϞāĻ• āĻ•ি āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ ? āĻĒā§°োāĻ•্āώ āωāĻ•্āϤিāϤ āϞিāĻ–া)

eg. He told his friends that

Ans: He told his friends that the aged, poor and slow woman is somebody's mother. He wished that of his own mother ever get poor, old and grey she might get some help from someone.

(āϞ’ā§°াāϜāύে āϤাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϏāĻ•āϞāĻ• āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϏেāχ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ,āĻĻুāĻ–ী⧟া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻ•াā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻŽাāϤৃ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āϏি āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ āϝাāϤে āϤাā§° āύিāϜ⧰ āĻŽাāĻ•েāĻ“ āϝāĻĻি āĻ•েāϤি⧟াāĻŦা āĻĻুāĻ–ী⧟া āφ⧰ু āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšā§Ÿ āφ⧰ু āϏি āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āύাāĻĨাāĻ•ে āϤেāϤি⧟া āϝেāύ āĻ…āύ্āϝ āĻ•াā§°োāĻŦাā§° āϏāĻšা⧟ āĻĒাāĻ“ঁāĻ•।)


Working with language

1.Make sentences with the following pairs of words so as to show the difference in meaning:

(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āĻšোā§ąাāĻ•ৈ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ ā§°āϚāύা āϕ⧰া)

Ans:

sheep: The sheep is a meek animal.

(āĻ­ে⧜া āĻāĻ• āĻļাāύ্āϤ āϜāύ্āϤু)

ship: The ship was anchored at the sea-port.

(āϜাāĻšাāϜāĻ–āύ āϘাāϟāϤ ā§°āĻ–াāχ āĻĨোā§ąা āφāĻ›ে)

 deep: His poems have deep emotions.

(āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāĻŦোā§° āĻ—āĻ­ীā§° āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ąāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ)

 dip :She dipped her biscuit in the tea.

(āϤাāχ āĻŦিāϏ্āĻ•ুāϟāϟো āϚাāĻšāϤ āĻĻি⧟াāϞে) 

feet: The woman's feet were dry and cracky due to the cold.

(āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ীā§° āĻ­ā§°িāĻšাāϞ āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄাāϤে āĻļুāĻ•াāύ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻĢাāϟিāĻ›িāϞ)

fit : This dress fits me very well.

(āĻāχ āĻ•াāĻĒোā§°āϝোā§°ে āĻŽোāĻ• āĻ–ুāĻŦ āϧুāύী⧟াāĻ•ৈ āĻ–াāĻĒ āĻ–া⧟) 

law: Every citizen in a country is bound to follow the law.

(āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĻেāĻļā§° āϏāĻ•āϞো āύাāĻ—ā§°িāĻ•ে āφāχāύ āĻŽাāύি āϚāϞাāϟো āĻŦাāϧ্āϝāϤাāĻŽূāϞāĻ•)

low: The level of his hard work is very low.

(āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻŽাāĻŖ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ•āĻŽ) 

land: The plane is about to land.

(āω⧰াāϜাāĻšাāϜāĻ–āύ āĻ…ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰াā§° āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻšৈāĻ›ে)

lend: Please lend me your pencil.

(āĻ…āύুāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āϕ⧰ি āĻŽোāĻ• āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻĒেāύ্āϏিāϞāĻĄাāϞ āϧাā§°āϞৈ āĻĻি⧟া।)

Far: He went too far.

(āϏি āĻŦāĻšু āĻĻুā§°āϞৈ āĻ—ুāϚি āĻ—’āϞ)

Fur: This jacket with the fur-cap is really comfortable.

(āĻāχ āύোāĻŽাāϞ āϟুāĻĒী āĻĨāĻ•া āϜেāĻ•েāϟāϟো āĻ–ুāĻŦ āφ⧰াāĻŽāĻĻা⧟āĻ•)


2.Fill in the blanks using suitable collective nouns .

(āϏāĻŽāώ্āϟিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ⧰ে āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰া)

Ans: 

i) a band of musicians.(āĻŦাāĻĻ্āϝāϝāύ্āϤ্ā§°ā§ąā§° āĻĻāϞ)

ii) a bunch of keys.(āϚাāĻŦিā§° āĻ•োāϚা) 

iii) a herd of elephant.(āĻšাāϤীā§° āϜাāĻ•) 

iv) a hive of bees.(āĻŽৌ āĻŽাāĻ–িā§° āĻŦাāĻš) 

v) a gang of robbers.(āĻĄāĻ•াāχāϤ⧰ āĻĻāϞ) 


3.Give some of the adjectives used to describe the old woman.

(āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ীā§° āĻŦিā§ąā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ āϞিāĻ–া)

Ans: The adjectives used to describe the old woman are old, ragged, aged, poor, grey.

āĻŦুāĻĸ়ীāĻ• āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖāĻŦোā§° āĻš’āϞ āĻŦুāĻĸ়া, ā§°āĻ—āϜ, āĻŦāϝ়āϏীāϝ়াāϞ, āĻĻুāĻ–ীāϝ়া, āϧূāϏ⧰।


Word meaning:

Grey- āϧোঁā§ąা āĻŦā§°āĻŖ।

Bent- āĻ­াঁāϜ।

Winter- āĻļীāϤāĻ•াāϞ।

Chill- āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা।

Street- ā§°াāώ্āϟা।

Wet- āĻ­িāϜা।

Recent- āĻļেāĻšāϤী⧟া।

Snow- āϤুāώাā§°।

Aged- āĻŦ⧟āϏী⧟াāϞ।

Alone- āĻ…āĻ•āϞāĻļā§°ী⧟া।

Uncared- āĻ…āύাāĻ•াংāĻ•্āώিāϤ।

Throng- āĻ­িā§°।

Glance- āĻĻৃāώ্āϟি।

Anxious- āωāĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ—্āύ।

Shout- āϚিāĻžā§°া।

Flock- āϜাāĻ•।

Pile- āϏ্āϤূāĻĒ।

Deep- āĻ—āĻ­ীā§°।

Hastened- āĻ–ā§°āĻ–েāĻĻা āϕ⧰া।

Meek- āύāĻŽ্ā§°।

Timid- āϭ⧟াāϤুā§°।

Afraid- āϭ⧟ āϕ⧰া।

Stir- āϞ⧰োā§ąা।

Carriage- āĻ—াāĻĄ়ী।

Crowd- āĻ­িā§°।

Slippery- āĻĒিāĻ›āϞ।

Whisper- āĻĢুāϚāĻĢুāϚাāχ āĻ•োā§ąা।

Wish- āĻŦাāĻž্āϚা āϕ⧰া।

Harm- āĻ•্āώāϤি।

Guided- āύিā§°্āĻĻেāĻļিāϤ।

Trembling- āĻ•āĻĒিঁ āĻĨāĻ•া।

Proud- āĻ…āĻšংāĻ•াā§°ী।

Firm- āĻĻৃāĻĸ়।

Fellow- āϏāĻšāϕ⧰্āĻŽী।

Lend- āϧাā§°āϞৈ āĻĻি⧟া।

Prayer- āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা।

Pride- āĻ—ৌā§°ā§ą।


 


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Word meaning by- Punya Hazarika.

Himadri Borah

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