My Childhood
Chapter -6
Thinking about Language
(āĻাāώাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°া)
I. Find the sentences in the text where these words occur:
(āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āϏংāĻāĻিāϤ āĻšোā§ąা āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ)
Look these words up in a dictionary which gives examples of how they are used. Now answer the following questions.
(āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻ āĻিāϧাāύāĻāĻāύāϤ āĻাāĻāĻ āϝিāϝ়ে āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ় āϤাā§° āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāϝ়ে। āĻāϤিāϝ়া āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ)
1 1. What are the things that can erupt? Use examples to explain the various meanings of erupt. Now do the same for the word surge. What things can surge?
(āĻŦিāϏ্āĻĢোā§°āĻŖ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āĻি? āĻŦিāϏ্āĻĢোā§°āĻŖā§° āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°āĻ। āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻাā§°্āĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦেāĻāĻে āĻā§°āĻ। āĻি āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻŦাāĻĸ়িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে)
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2. What are the meanings of the word trace and which of the meanings is closest to the word in the text?
(āĻ্ā§°েāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻি āĻā§°ু āĻোāύāĻো āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻāĻā§°āϤ)
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3. Can you find the word undistinguished in your dictionary? (If not, look up the word distinguished and say what undistinguished must mean.)
(āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻ āĻিāϧাāύāϤ āĻ āĻāϞāĻļā§°ীāϝ়া āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে? (āϝāĻĻি āύāĻšāϝ়, āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻাāĻঁāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻঁāĻ āϝে āĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻŽাāύে āĻি āĻš'āĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ)
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II. 1. Match the phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.
(āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ āĻ-ā§° āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦোā§° āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ āĻŦি-āϤ āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŽিāϞাāĻāĻ।)
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2. Study the words in italics in the sentences below. They are formed by prefixing un-or in-to their antonyms (words opposite in meaning).
(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻāĻাāϞিāĻā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻ āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ āĻā§°āĻ। āĻāĻāĻŦোā§° āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŦা āĻāύ-āĻĢিāĻ্āϏিং āĻā§°ি āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ় (āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāϤ āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)
• I was a short boy with rather undistinguished looks. (un + distinguished)
(āĻŽāĻ āĻ āϞāĻĒ āϞ⧰া āĻāĻিāϞোঁ āϝ'āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻ্āĻ āĻ āϤুāϞāύীāϝ় āĻেāĻšেā§°া āĻāĻিāϞ। (āĻāύ + āĻŦিāĻļিāώ্āĻ)
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• My austere father used to avoid all inessential comforts. (in + essential)
(āĻŽোā§° āĻāĻ োā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āϏāĻāϞো āĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύীāϝ় āĻā§°াāĻŽ āĻĒā§°িāĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। (+ āĻ āϤ্āϝাā§ąāĻļ্āϝāĻীāϝ়)
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• The area was completely unaffected by the war.(un + affected)
(āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞāĻো āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ąিāϤ āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ। (āĻāύ + āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ąিāϤ)
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• He should not spread the poison of social inequality and communal intolerance. (in + equality, in + tolerance)
(āϤেāĻঁ āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āĻŦৈāώāĻŽ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āϏাāĻŽ্āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāϝ়িāĻ āĻ āϏāĻšিāώ্āĻŖুāϤাā§° āĻŦিāώ āĻŦিāϝ়āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϤ āύāĻšāϝ়। (+ āϏāĻŽāϤাāϤ, + āϏāĻšāύāĻļীāϞāϤাāϤ)
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Now form the opposites of the words below by prefixing un- or in-. The prefix in can also have the forms il-, ir-, or im- (for example: illiterate-il + literate, impractical-im + practical, irrational-ir + rational). You may consult a dictionary if you wish.
(āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻāύ-āĻŦা āĻāύ-āĻĢিāĻ্āϏিং āĻā§°ি āϤāϞ⧰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°āĻ। āĻāĻĒāϏ⧰্āĻāĻোāϤ āĻāĻāĻāϞ-, āĻā§°-āĻŦা āĻāĻāĻāĻŽ- āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§°āĻŦোā§°ো āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে (āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āϏ্āĻŦā§°ূāĻĒে: āύিā§°āĻ্āώ⧰-āĻāϞ + āϏাāĻ্āώ⧰, āĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°িāĻ-āĻāĻŽ + āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°িāĻ, āĻ āϝৌāĻ্āϤিāĻ-āĻā§° + āϝুāĻ্āϤিāϏāĻ্āĻāϤ)। āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāĻ্āĻা āĻā§°িāϞে āĻ āĻিāϧাāύ āĻāĻাā§° āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āϞ'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে)
III. Passive Voice
(āύিāώ্āĻ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻāĻŖ্āĻ āϏ্āĻŦā§°)
Study these sentences:
(āĻāĻ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻ āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ āĻā§°āĻ)
• My parents were regarded as an ideal couple.
(āĻŽোā§° āĻŽা-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻĻā§°্āĻļ āĻĻāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤি āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻāĻŖ্āϝ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
• I was asked to go and sit on the back bench.
(āĻŽোāĻ āĻৈ āĻĒিāĻāĻĢাāϞ⧰ āĻŦেāĻ্āĻāϤ āĻŦāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
• Such problems have to be confronted.
(āĻāύে āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻš'āĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ)
Question Type By- Maiur Rani Kashyap
Post ID:DABP002090

