Lesson 6
1. Picture reading based on image :
Q: What are the people doing in the picture?
A: The people are dancing and playing drums. They are celebrating a festival.
Q: What do the women wear in the picture?
A: The women wear traditional dresses like mekhela chador.
Q: What is the man holding in the picture?
A: The man is holding a drum.
2. Let’s talk :
i. What is your favourite festival?
A: My favourite festival is Bihu.
ii. Why do you like this festival?
A: I like this festival because we wear new clothes, sing and dance, and eat delicious food.
iii. What do you do on the festival day?
A: On the festival day, I visit my relatives, eat pithas, and enjoy Bihu dance.
3. Activity-based question from picture :
Q: What are the women doing in the picture?
A: The women are making pithas (traditional rice cakes).
Q: What is the woman doing with the dheki (wooden pounder)?
A: She is pounding rice in the dheki.
Q: What festival do you think is shown in the picture?
A: The picture shows Rongali Bihu
4. b. Write answers to the following questions:
i. What is the main festival of Assam?
Ans: Bihu is the main festival of Assam.
ii. When is Bohag Bihu celebrated?
Ans: Bohag Bihu is celebrated in the month of April.
iii. What is Magh Bihu also known as?
Ans: Magh Bihu is also known as Bhogali Bihu.
6. b. Answer the questions:
i. Who went to Morigaon during Bihu vacation?
Ans: Rupa went to Morigaon during Bihu vacation.
ii. When is the Jonbeel Mela held?
Ans: The Jonbeel Mela is held during the month of Magh.
Additional Notes from Section 5 (for learning purposes):
Some other important festivals of Assam:
Baishagu – Celebrated by the Bodos.
Ali-Ai-Ligang – Celebrated by the Misings.
Me-Dum-Me-Phi – Celebrated by the Ahoms.
Hacha-Kekan – Celebrated by the Karbis..
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9. Let's read these sentences about Hiren and his cow:
Behind Under Between Inside Outside āĻĒিāĻāĻĢাāϞে āĻ āϧীāύāϤ āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻিāϤ⧰⧰ āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ |
b) Read the words aloud:
āĻ) āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻ্āĻāϏ্āĻŦā§°ে āĻĒāĻĸ়āĻ:
town shops big road buildings vehicles
āĻāĻšā§°ā§° āĻĻোāĻাāύāĻŦোā§° āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻĒāĻĨā§° āĻ āĻ্āĻাāϞিāĻাāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻšāύ
Now, fill up the gaps with the words written above:
āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āϞিāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°েā§°ে āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ:
My uncle lives in a ____.The town is 10 km from our village. It
āĻŽোā§° āĻāĻাāĻ ____āϤ āĻĨাāĻে।āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻĒā§°া ā§§ā§Ļ āĻিāϞোāĻŽিāĻাā§° āĻĻূā§°āϤ āĻāĻšā§°āĻāύ। āĻāĻāĻো
has a wide ____. We see many ____ on the road. There are
āĻāĻা āĻŦāĻšāϞ ____ āĻāĻে। āĻāĻŽি ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ ____ āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāĻঁ। āϤাāϤ āĻāĻে
many tall ____ in the town. My uncle lives in a _____ building. There are many____ on both sides of the road.
āĻāĻšā§°āĻāύāϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻāĻ ____। āĻŽোā§° āĻāĻাāĻ āĻāĻা _____ āĻ āĻ্āĻাāϞিāĻাāϤ āĻĨাāĻে। ā§°াāϏ্āϤাā§° āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻাāώে āĻŦāĻšুāϤ____।
12. Let's read:
⧧⧍) āĻĒāĻĸ়āĻ:
Rumi and Sumi are at the village fair. Their grandfather is with them.
āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽেāϞাāϤ āĻāĻে ā§°ুāĻŽী āĻā§°ু āϏুāĻŽী। āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻĻাāĻĻাāĻ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻে।
Rumi wants to buy a balloon in the fair. They go to the balloon seller.
ā§°ুāĻŽীāϝ়ে āĻŽেāϞাāϤ āĻāĻা āĻŦেāϞুāύ āĻিāύিāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে। āĻŦেāϞুāύ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°েāϤাā§° āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āϝাāϝ়।
Now, listen to this conversation:
āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨোāĻĒāĻāĻĨāύ āĻļুāύāĻ:
Rumi: May I have a balloon, grandpa?
ā§°ুāĻŽী: āĻŽোā§° āĻāĻা āĻŦেāϞুāύ āĻāĻে āύেāĻি āĻĻাāĻĻা?
Grandpa: Yes, you may.
āĻĻাāĻĻা: āĻšāϝ়, āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।
13. Pompi is Rani's friend. She wanted to know about Rani's village. Read the questions that Pompi asked and the answers that Rani gave:
ā§§ā§Š) āĻĒāĻŽ্āĻĒী ā§°াāĻŖীā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু। ā§°াāĻŖীā§° āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻাāύিāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ āϤাāĻā§°। āĻĒāĻŽ্āĻĒীāϝ়ে āϏোāϧা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§° āĻā§°ু ā§°াāĻŖীāϝ়ে āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻŦোā§° āĻĒāĻĸ়āĻ:
14. Look at these sentences and ask questions:
ā§§ā§Ē) āĻāĻ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āĻā§°āĻ: