Chapter 5
The Hare and the Tortoise
1. Answer the following:
i) Where did the hare and the tortoise live?
Answer: In a green forest.
ii) What did the hare do one sunny day?
Answer: The hare challenged the tortoise to a race.
iii) Who was faster, the hare or the tortoise?
Answer: The hare was faster.
iv) Why did the hare take a nap?
Answer: Because he thought the tortoise was far behind.
v) Who won the race?
Answer: The tortoise won the race.
1. Who were friends in the story?
Answer: The hare and the tortoise were friends.
2. What did the hare challenge the tortoise to?
Answer: The hare challenged the tortoise to a race.
3. Who accepted the challenge?
Answer: The tortoise accepted the challenge.
4. What did the hare think about the race?
Answer: The hare thought he would easily win the race.
5. What did the hare do during the race?
Answer: The hare took a nap under a shady tree.
6. What did the tortoise do while the hare was sleeping?
Answer: The tortoise walked steadily and reached the finish line.
7. Who won the race?
Answer: The tortoise won the race.
8. Why did the hare lose the race?
Answer: The hare lost the race because he slept during the race.
9. Why did the tortoise win the race?
Answer: The tortoise won the race because he walked slowly but steadily.
10. Who invited the animals to watch the race?
Answer: The hare invited the animals to watch the race.
11. How did the tortoise feel after winning?
Answer: The tortoise felt happy and smiled at the finish line.
12. Where did the hare sleep during the race?
Answer: The hare slept under a shady tree.
13. What lesson does the story teach us?
Answer: The story teaches us that slow and steady wins the race.
14. Who ran fast in the beginning?
Answer: The hare ran fast in the beginning.
15. Did the tortoise stop during the race?
Answer: No, the tortoise did not stop during the race.
16. What did the hare do after waking up?
Answer: The hare rushed to the finish line.
17. What did the hare see at the finish line?
Answer: The hare saw the tortoise waiting with a big smile.
18. Why did the hare take a nap?
Answer: The hare thought the tortoise was far behind and he could still win.
19. What kind of animal is the tortoise in the story?
Answer: The tortoise is a slow but steady and wise animal.
20. What kind of animal is the hare in the story?
Answer: The hare is a fast but overconfident animal.
2. Say True or False:
i) The tortoise ran faster than the hare. — False
ii) The hare invited all animals to the race. — True
iii) The hare did not sleep during the race. — False
iv) The tortoise walked slowly but steadily. — True
3. Fill in the blanks:
i) The hare lived in a _______ forest. → green
ii) The tortoise moved _______ until he reached the finish line. → steadily
iii) The hare slept under a _______ tree. → shady
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Lesson 5
Little Raindrops
āϏ⧰ু āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻোāĻĒাāϞ
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1. Let's practise rhyming words. Listen to the first two words in each row and find another one from the box:
ā§§/ āĻāύ্āĻĻāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻ āĻ্āϝাāϏ āĻā§°োঁ āĻāĻšāĻ। āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻো āĻļাā§°ীāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻুāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύি āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāύ āĻāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻāĻ:
It is raining heavily. Raju, Preeti and Mina are at Mrinal's house. They are inside the house. They are making paper boats. They are waiting for the rain to stop. They will then sail paper boats in the rain water.
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻĻি āĻāĻে। ā§°াāĻু, āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤি āĻā§°ু āĻŽিāύা āĻŽৃāĻŖাāϞ⧰ āĻā§°āϤ। āĻā§°ā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻে। āĻাāĻāĻā§° āύাāĻ āĻŦāύাāĻ āĻāĻে। āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻšোā§ąাāϞৈ āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻĒাāύীāϤ āĻাāĻāĻā§° āύাāĻ āĻāϞাāĻŦ।
3. Let's see how much we have understood:
ā§Š/ āĻাāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻŽি āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒাāĻāĻো:
a) What are the children waiting for?
āĻ) āϞ’ā§°া-āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§°ে āĻিāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে?
b) Where will they sail the paper boats?
āĻ) āĻাāĻāĻā§° āύাāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻ’āϤ āĻāϞাāĻŦ?
4. Work in pairs. Arrange the word cards according to the present (now) and past time (then). Write the words in column A and in column B:
ā§Ē/ āϝোā§°āĻৈ āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°া। āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ (āĻāϤিāϝ়া) āĻā§°ু āĻ āϤীāϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝ় (āϤেāϤিāϝ়া) āĻ āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻাā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻাāĻāĻ। āĻ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āϞিāĻা:
5. When Raju came home late, his mother asked him a few questions. Read what Raju said. Now, complete the questions that Raju's mother asked. You can choose words from the box. One is done for you:
ā§Ģ/ ā§°াāĻু āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĻেā§°িāĻৈ āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ, āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽাāĻে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻেāĻāĻাāĻŽাāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। ā§°াāĻুā§ąে āĻি āĻāϞে āĻĒāĻĸ়āĻ। āĻāϤিāϝ়া ā§°াāĻুā§° āĻŽাāĻে āϏোāϧা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ। āĻŦাāĻāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦাāĻি āϞ’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦ। āĻāĻা āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে:
6. b) Preeti does something else in the Spring season. Look at the pictures and write what she does in Spring. You can take help from the sentences in the frame. One is done for you:
ā§Ŧ) āĻ) āĻŦāϏāύ্āϤ āĻাāϞāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤিāϝ়ে āĻāύ āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āĻā§°ে। āĻāĻŦিāĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻāĻ āĻā§°ু āϞিāĻāĻ āϤাāĻ āĻŦāϏāύ্āϤāϤ āĻি āĻā§°ে। āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻŽāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻĒুāύি āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϞ’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻāĻা āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে:
7. Here are some things we do in winter and summer. Choose the right words from the box and fill in the blanks:
ā§/ āĻļীāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻ্ā§°ীāώ্āĻŽāĻাāϞāϤ āĻāĻŽি āĻā§°া āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻাāĻŽ āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া āĻš'āϞ। āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻি āϞāĻāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻāĻিāύি āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ:
a) What do you wear?
āĻ) āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻি āĻĒিāύ্āϧে?
We wear sweateris.
āĻāĻŽি āĻুā§ąেāĻাā§°ী āĻĒিāύ্āϧো।
b) What do children drink?
āĻ) āĻļিāĻļুā§ąে āĻি āĻĒাāύ āĻā§°ে?
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c) What do we do in winter?
āĻ) āĻļীāϤāĻাāϞāϤ āĻāĻŽি āĻি āĻā§°ো?
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d) Where do we sit?
āĻ) āĻāĻŽি āĻ’āϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻĨাāĻো?
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10.It is a hot day. Mina is talking about what she likes to do on a hot day. Look at the pictures and write in the bubbles what Mina does:
ā§§ā§Ļ.āĻā§°āĻŽā§° āĻĻিāύ। āĻā§°āĻŽā§° āĻĻিāύāϤ āĻি āĻā§°ি āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāϝ় āϏেāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻৈ āĻāĻে āĻŽিāύাāĻ। āĻāĻŦিāĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦুāĻĻāĻŦুāĻĻāĻŦোā§°āϤ āϞিāĻāĻ āĻŽিāύাāĻ āĻি āĻā§°ে:
11. Did you know there is one more season called 'Autumn'? Match the pictures with the seasons. One is done for you:
ā§§ā§§) 'āĻļā§°ā§' āύাāĻŽā§° āĻā§°ু āĻāĻা āĻāϤু āĻāĻে āĻাāύেāύে? āĻāϤুā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻŦিāĻŦোā§° āĻŽিāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ। āĻāĻা āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে:
12. Listen to a story:
⧧⧍) āĻāĻা āĻাāĻšিāύী āĻļুāύা:
13. a) Read the story, find and write words beginning with 'f' and 's:
ā§§ā§Š) āĻ) āĻāϞ্āĻĒāĻো āĻĒāĻĸ়āĻ, ‘āĻĢ’ āĻā§°ু ’āĻ ā§°ে āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻšোā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ āĻā§°ু āϞিāĻāĻ:
14. Let's see how much we have understood:
ā§§ā§Ē) āĻাāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻŽি āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒাāĻāĻো:
a) Who built a nest in the paddy field?
āĻ) āϧাāύāύি āĻĒāĻĨাā§°āϤ āĻোāύে āĻŦাāĻš āϏাāĻিāĻিāϞ?
b) Who came to the paddy field and with whom?
āĻ) āϧাāύāύি āĻĒāĻĨাā§°āϞৈ āĻোāύ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻাā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ?
c)Tomorrow I'll go to my neighbour's house," who said?
āĻ)āĻাāĻāϞৈ āĻুāĻŦুā§°ীāϝ়াā§° āĻā§°āϞৈ āϝাāĻŽ," āĻোāύে āĻ'āϞে?
15. Write a few sentences about the picture:17. Choose the words from the brackets and fill up the blanks:
ā§§ā§) āĻŦāύ্āϧāύীā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻি āϞāĻāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ:
a) Raju, Preeti, Mina and Mrinal went to Pobitora. _____ liked the place a lot. (He/She/They/lt)
āĻ) ā§°াāĻু, āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤি, āĻŽিāύা āĻā§°ু āĻŽৃāĻŖাāϞ āĻĒāĻŦিāϤোā§°াāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ। _____ āĻ াāĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻাāϞ āϞাāĻিāϞ। (āϤেāĻঁ/āϤাāĻ/āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে/lt)
b) Pobitora is a beautiful place. _____ is a picnic spot too.(They/He/She/It)
āĻ) āĻĒāĻŦিāϤোā§°া āĻāĻāύ āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻ াāĻ। _____ āĻāĻা āĻĒিāĻāύিāĻ āϏ্āĻĒāĻāĻ।(āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে/āϤেāĻঁ/āϤাāĻ/āĻ)
c) Mina likes oranges._____ ate the orange that Raju gave her. (They/He/She/It)
āĻ) āĻŽিāύাāĻ āĻāĻŽāϞা āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়।_____ ā§°াāĻুā§ąে āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻāĻŽāϞাāĻো āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ। (āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে/āϤেāĻঁ/āϤাāĻ/āĻāϝ়া)
d) Mrinal likes fruit juice. _____ was happy to see the juice that his mother brought with her. (He/She/They/)
āĻ) āĻŽৃāĻŖাāϞে āĻĢāϞ⧰ ā§°āϏ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়। āĻŽাāĻে āϞāĻāϤ āϞৈ āĻ āĻšা ā§°āϏāĻো āĻĻেāĻি _____ āϏুāĻী āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। (āϤেāĻঁ/āϤাāĻ/āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ/)
18. Rewrite the following passage using capital letters and full stops:
ā§§ā§Ž) āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻāĻā§° āĻā§°ু āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻু āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ি āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ ংāĻļāĻো āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϞিāĻা:
19. Think and write what you will take if you go for a picnic:
⧧⧝) āĻĒিāĻāύিāĻāϞৈ āĻ’āϞে āĻি āϞ’āĻŦ āϏেāĻāĻো āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°ি āϞিāĻāĻ:
20. Here are some things that we should avoid in the rainy seasoon. Put a tick() on the pictures to show what you should do and put a cross (X) on the pictures to show what you shouldn't do:
⧍ā§Ļ) āĻŦাā§°িāώা āĻŦāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻŽি āĻā§°াāĻ āĻāϞা āĻāĻিāϤ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻĨা āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া āĻš’āϞ। āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻŦিāϏāĻŽূāĻšāϤ āĻāĻা āĻিāĻ() ā§°াāĻāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻে āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻŦিāϏāĻŽূāĻšāϤ āĻāĻা āĻ্ā§°āĻ (X) ā§°াāĻāĻ:
Now, say one more thing that we should not do in the rainy season.
āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āĻā§°ু āĻāĻা āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻāĻ āϝিāĻো āĻāĻŽি āĻŦাā§°িāώা āĻাāϞāϤ āĻā§°া āĻāĻিāϤ āύāĻšāϝ়।
21. Let's learn new words:
⧍⧧) āύāϤুāύ āύāϤুāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļিāĻো āĻāĻšāĻ: