Lesson- 13
Somebody's Mother
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Word meaning:
Ragged : in torn cloths
ā§°েāĻāĻĄ : āĻĢāĻা āĻাāĻĒোā§°āϤ
Chill : coldness
āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা : āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা āĻšোā§ąা
Throng : crowd
āĻিā§° : āĻিā§°
Heeded : paid attention
āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ : āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ
Hastened : hurried
āĻā§°āĻেāĻĻা : āĻā§°āĻেāĻĻাāĻৈ
Meek : humble
āύāĻŽ্ā§° : āύāĻŽ্ā§°
Glance : quick look
āĻāĻু : āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤ āĻাāĻāĻ
Fellow : a man/person who is in the same group
āϏāĻšāĻā§°্āĻŽী : āĻāĻেāĻা āĻ্ā§°ুāĻĒāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻš/āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি
Working with the poem
1.Fill in the blanks using phrases from the poem:
(āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻ ংāĻļāϏāĻŽূāĻšেā§°ে āϤāϞ⧰ āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°া)
a) The woman was ..
Ans: The woman was old and ragged and grey.
(āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻā§°াāĻী āĻŦুā§ী, āĻĢāĻা āϏাāĻ āĻĒাā§° āĻĒিāύ্āϧা āĻā§°ু āĻĻুঃāĻিāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ।)
b) Somebody's another ...
Ans: Somebody's mother, boys, you know.
(āĻļুāύা āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϏāĻāϞ, āϤেāĻঁ āĻাā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻŽাāϤৃ āĻšā§)
c) The of all group
Ans: The gayest laddie of all the group.
(āĻĻāϞāĻোā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āϏāĻāϞোāϤāĻৈ āĻĢুā§°্āϤিā§ąাāύ āϞ’ā§°াāĻāύ)
d) Somebody's mother...
Ans: Somebody's mother' bowed her head.
(āĻাā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻŽাāϤৃāĻā§°াāĻীā§ে āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻāύাāϞে)
2.Find out as many adjectives as you can from the poem.
(āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§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§°েāĻāĻĄ,āϧূāϏ⧰,āĻিāĻা,āĻŦāϝ়āϏীāϝ়া,āϧীā§°,āĻĻীāĻāϞ,āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ্āύ,āĻŦāĻা,āĻāĻীā§°,āύāĻŽ্ā§°,āĻীā§°ু,āĻāϝ়,āĻĒিāĻāϞ,āĻāϞ্āϞাāϏিāϤ,āĻেāϝ়েāώ্āĻ,āύিāĻŽ্āύ,āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী,āĻঁāĻĒāύি,āĻৌā§°ā§ąাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ,āĻĻৃāĻĸ়,āϏুāĻী,āĻৌā§°ā§ą,āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ।
3.. Find out the words connected to winter, in the poem.
(āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিāϤ āĻļীāϤāĻাāϞ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ āĻĨāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা)
Ans: Words connected to winter are chill, snow, white, hailing, slippery.
āĻļীāϤ⧰ āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻĄ়িāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻš’āϞ āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা, āĻŦā§°āĻĢ, āĻŦāĻা, āĻļিāϞাāĻŦৃāώ্āĻি, āĻĒিāĻāϞ।
a) Did the women get help to cross the street?
(āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻā§°āĻীā§ে ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāĻো āĻĒাā§° āĻšোā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšাā§ āĻĒাāϞেāύে?)
Ans: Yes. She got help from a boy to cross the street.
(āĻšā§। āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻā§°াāĻীā§ে ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāĻো āĻĒাā§° āĻšোā§ąাāϤ āĻāĻāύ āϞ’ā§°াā§° āϏāĻšাā§ āĻĒাāϞে)
b) Who helped her?
(āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻোāύে āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The gayest boy of the troop helped her.
(āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĻāϞāĻোā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āϏāĻāϞোāϤāĻৈ āĻĢুā§°্āϤিā§ąাāύ āϞ’ā§°াāĻāύে āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
c) What did the young boy tell his friends? Give in reported speech.
(āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°াāĻāύে āϤাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻি āĻৈāĻিāϞ ? āĻĒā§°োāĻ্āώ āĻāĻ্āϤিāϤ āϞিāĻা)
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§°াāĻāύে āϤাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏেāĻ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ,āĻĻুāĻীā§া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻā§°াāĻী āĻাā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻŽাāϤৃ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āϏি āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝাāϤে āϤাā§° āύিāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻেāĻ āϝāĻĻি āĻেāϤিā§াāĻŦা āĻĻুāĻীā§া āĻā§°ু āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšā§ āĻā§°ু āϏি āĻāĻā§°āϤ āύাāĻĨাāĻে āϤেāϤিā§া āϝেāύ āĻ āύ্āϝ āĻাā§°োāĻŦাā§° āϏāĻšাā§ āĻĒাāĻঁāĻ।)
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 āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ āĻšোā§ąাāĻৈ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ ā§°āĻāύা āĻā§°া)
Ans:
sheep: The sheep is a meek animal.
(āĻেā§া āĻāĻ āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻāύ্āϤু)
ship: The ship was anchored at the sea-port.
(āĻাāĻšাāĻāĻāύ āĻাāĻāϤ ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻĨোā§ąা āĻāĻে)
deep: His poems have deep emotions.
(āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻীā§° āĻ āύুāĻā§ąāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ)
dip :She dipped her biscuit in the tea.
(āϤাāĻ āĻŦিāϏ্āĻুāĻāĻো āĻাāĻšāϤ āĻĻিā§াāϞে)
feet: The woman's feet were dry and cracky due to the cold.
(āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻā§°িāĻšাāϞ āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄাāϤে āĻļুāĻাāύ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĢাāĻিāĻিāϞ)
fit : This dress fits me very well.
(āĻāĻ āĻাāĻĒোā§°āϝোā§°ে āĻŽোāĻ āĻুāĻŦ āϧুāύীā§াāĻৈ āĻাāĻĒ āĻাā§)
law: Every citizen in a country is bound to follow the law.
(āĻāĻāύ āĻĻেāĻļā§° āϏāĻāϞো āύাāĻā§°িāĻে āĻāĻāύ āĻŽাāύি āĻāϞাāĻো āĻŦাāϧ্āϝāϤাāĻŽূāϞāĻ)
low: The level of his hard work is very low.
(āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻŽাāĻŖ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻāĻŽ)
land: The plane is about to land.
(āĻā§°াāĻাāĻšাāĻāĻāύ āĻ ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°াā§° āϏāĻŽā§ āĻšৈāĻে)
lend: Please lend me your pencil.
(āĻ āύুāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ি āĻŽোāĻ āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻĒেāύ্āϏিāϞāĻĄাāϞ āϧাā§°āϞৈ āĻĻিā§া।)
Far: He went too far.
(āϏি āĻŦāĻšু āĻĻুā§°āϞৈ āĻুāĻি āĻ’āϞ)
Fur: This jacket with the fur-cap is really comfortable.
(āĻāĻ āύোāĻŽাāϞ āĻুāĻĒী āĻĨāĻা āĻেāĻেāĻāĻো āĻুāĻŦ āĻā§°াāĻŽāĻĻাā§āĻ)
2.Fill in the blanks using suitable collective nouns .
(āϏāĻŽāώ্āĻিāĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ⧰ে āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°া)
Ans:
i) a band of musicians.(āĻŦাāĻĻ্āϝāϝāύ্āϤ্ā§°ā§ąā§° āĻĻāϞ)
ii) a bunch of keys.(āĻাāĻŦিā§° āĻোāĻা)
iii) a herd of elephant.(āĻšাāϤীā§° āĻাāĻ)
iv) a hive of bees.(āĻŽৌ āĻŽাāĻিā§° āĻŦাāĻš)
v) a gang of robbers.(āĻĄāĻাāĻāϤ⧰ āĻĻāϞ)
3.Give some of the adjectives used to describe the old woman.
(āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻŦিā§ąā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ āϞিāĻা)
Ans: The adjectives used to describe the old woman are old, ragged, aged, poor, grey.
āĻŦুāĻĸ়ীāĻ āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖāĻŦোā§° āĻš’āϞ āĻŦুāĻĸ়া, ā§°āĻāĻ, āĻŦāϝ়āϏীāϝ়াāϞ, āĻĻুāĻীāϝ়া, āϧূāϏ⧰।
Word meaning:
Grey- āϧোঁā§ąা āĻŦā§°āĻŖ।
Bent- āĻাঁāĻ।
Winter- āĻļীāϤāĻাāϞ।
Chill- āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা।
Street- ā§°াāώ্āĻা।
Wet- āĻিāĻা।
Recent- āĻļেāĻšāϤীā§া।
Snow- āϤুāώাā§°।
Aged- āĻŦā§āϏীā§াāϞ।
Alone- āĻ āĻāϞāĻļā§°ীā§া।
Uncared- āĻ āύাāĻাংāĻ্āώিāϤ।
Throng- āĻিā§°।
Glance- āĻĻৃāώ্āĻি।
Anxious- āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ্āύ।
Shout- āĻিāĻā§°া।
Flock- āĻাāĻ।
Pile- āϏ্āϤূāĻĒ।
Deep- āĻāĻীā§°।
Hastened- āĻā§°āĻেāĻĻা āĻā§°া।
Meek- āύāĻŽ্ā§°।
Timid- āĻā§াāϤুā§°।
Afraid- āĻā§ āĻā§°া।
Stir- āϞ⧰োā§ąা।
Carriage- āĻাāĻĄ়ী।
Crowd- āĻিā§°।
Slippery- āĻĒিāĻāϞ।
Whisper- āĻĢুāĻāĻĢুāĻাāĻ āĻোā§ąা।
Wish- āĻŦাāĻ্āĻা āĻā§°া।
Harm- āĻ্āώāϤি।
Guided- āύিā§°্āĻĻেāĻļিāϤ।
Trembling- āĻāĻĒিঁ āĻĨāĻা।
Proud- āĻ āĻšংāĻাā§°ী।
Firm- āĻĻৃāĻĸ়।
Fellow- āϏāĻšāĻā§°্āĻŽী।
Lend- āϧাā§°āϞৈ āĻĻিā§া।
Prayer- āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা।
Pride- āĻৌā§°ā§ą।
Check by - Mukesh Borah
Word meaning by- Punya Hazarika.
Himadri Borah
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