Packing 

Chapter- 7

 Thinking about the Text

(āĻĒাāĻ āϟোā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰া)


I. Discuss in pairs and answer each question below in a short paragraph (30-40 words).

(āϝোā§°āĻ•ৈ āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰āĻ• āφ⧰ু āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϟো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ⧰ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāϟা āϚুāϟি āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻāϤ (ā§Šā§Ļ-ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ) āϕ⧰āĻ•)


1. How many characters are there in the narrative? Name them. (Don't forget the dog!).

(āφāĻ–্āϝাāύāϤ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύāϟা āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§° āφāĻ›ে? āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻ–া। (āĻ•ুāĻ•ুā§°āϟোāĻ• āύাāĻĒাāĻšā§°িāĻŦ!)

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2. Why did the narrator (Jerome) volunteer to do the packing?

(āĻ•িāϝ় āĻ•āĻĨāĻ•āϜāύে (āϜেā§°āĻŽ) āϏ্āĻŦেāϚ্āĻ›াāχ āĻĒেāĻ•িং āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ)

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3. How did George and Harris react to this? Did Jerome like their reaction?

(āĻāχ āĻ•āĻĨাāϤ āϜ⧰্āϜ āφ⧰ু āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āĻ•েāύে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ? āϜেā§°āĻŽে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ āύেāĻ•ি)

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 4. What was Jerome's real intention when he offered to pack?

(āϜেā§°āĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤ āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āĻ•ি āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒেāĻ• āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻĸ়াāχāĻ›িāϞ)

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5. What did Harris say after the bag was shut and strapped? Why do you think he waited till then to ask? 

(āĻŦেāĻ—āϟো āĻŦāύ্āϧ āφ⧰ু āώ্āϟ্ā§°েāĻĒ āϕ⧰াā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āĻ•ি āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ? āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•িāϝ় āĻ­াāĻŦে āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏুāϧিāĻŦāϞৈ āϤেāϤিāϝ়াāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻĒেāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?)

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6. What "horrible idea" occurred to Jerome a little later?

(āĻ…āϞāĻĒ āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϜেā§°āĻŽā§° āĻŽāύāϞৈ āĻ•ি "āĻ­āϝ়ংāϕ⧰ āϧাā§°āĻŖা" āφāĻšিāϞ)

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7. Where did Jerome finally find the toothbrush?

(āĻ…ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ āϜেā§°āĻŽে āϟুāĻĨāĻŦ্ā§°াāĻ›āϟো āĻ•’āϤ āĻĒাāϞে)

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8. Why did Jerome have to reopen the packed bag?

(āĻ•িāϝ় āϜেā§°āĻŽে āĻĒেāĻ• āϕ⧰া āĻŦেāĻ—āϟো āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻ–ুāϞিāĻŦāϞāĻ—ীāϝ়া āĻš’āϞ)

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9. What did George and Harris offer to pack and why?

(āϜ⧰্āϜ āφ⧰ু āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āĻ•ি āĻĒেāĻ• āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻĸ়াāχāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻ•িāϝ়)

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 10. While packing the hamper. George and Harris do a number of foolish and funny things. Tick the statements that are true.

(āĻšেāĻŽ্āĻĒাā§° āĻĒেāĻ• āϕ⧰াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ। āϜ⧰্āϜ āφ⧰ু āĻšেā§°িāĻ›ে āĻ•েāχāĻŦাāϟাāĻ“ āĻŽূā§°্āĻ– āφ⧰ু āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰ে। āϝিāĻŦোā§° āĻŦāĻ•্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āϏঁāϚা āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āϟিāĻ• āϕ⧰āĻ•)

 

(i) They started with breaking a cup.

(āĻ•াāĻĒ āĻāϟা āĻ­াāĻ™ি āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāϞে āϏিāĻšঁāϤে)


(ii) They also broke a plate.

(āĻĒ্āϞেāϟ āĻāĻ–āύো āĻ­াāĻ™িāϞে)


(iii) They squashed a tomato.

(āϟāĻŽেāϟো āĻāϟা āϚেāĻĒি āϧ⧰িāϞে)


(iv) They trod on the butter.

(āϘিāωāϟোāϤ āĻ­ā§°িā§°ে āĻ—āϚāĻ•িāϞে)


(v) They stepped on a banana.

(āĻ•āϞ āĻāϟাāϤ āĻ­ā§°ি āĻĻিāϞে)


(vi) They put things behind them, and couldn't find them.

(āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āĻĢাāϞে āĻĨৈ āĻĻিāϞে, āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āύাāĻĒাāϞে)


(vii) They stepped on things.

(āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻ­ā§°ি āĻĻিāϞে)


(viii) They packed the pictures at the bottom and put heavy things on top.

(āϤāϞāϤ āĻ›āĻŦিāĻŦোā§° āĻĒেāĻ• āϕ⧰ি āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ—āϧুā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻĨৈ āĻĻিāϞে)


(ix) They upset almost everything. 

(āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāϚāϞিāϤ āϕ⧰ি āĻĒেāϞাāϞে)


(x) They were very good at packing.

(āĻĒেāĻ•িং āϕ⧰াāϤ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ­াāϞ āφāĻ›িāϞ)


II. What does Jerome say was Montmorency's ambition in life? What do you think of Montmorency and why?

(āϜেā§°āĻŽে āĻ•āϝ় āϝে āϜীā§ąāύāϤ āĻŽāĻŖ্āϟāĻŽā§°েāύ্āϏীā§° āωāϚ্āϚাāĻ•াংāĻ•্āώা āĻ•ি āφāĻ›িāϞ? āĻŽāĻŖ্āϟāĻŽā§°েāύ্āϏীā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•ি āĻ­াāĻŦে āφ⧰ু āĻ•িāϝ়)

 

III. Discuss in groups and answer the following questions in two or three paragraphs (100-150 words)

(āĻ—োāϟāϤ āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰ি āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻুāϟা āĻŦা āϤিāύিāϟা āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻāϤ (ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ-ā§§ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)


1. Of the three, Jerome, George and Harris, who do you think is the best or worst packer? Support your answer with details from the text. 

(āϤিāύিāϜāύ⧰ āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āϜেā§°āĻŽ, āϜ⧰্āϜ āφ⧰ু āĻšেā§°িāϛ⧰ āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•োāύāĻ• āĻļ্ā§°েāώ্āĻ  āĻŦা āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒেāĻ•াā§° āĻŦুāϞি āĻ­াāĻŦে? āϞিāĻ–āύীā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦিā§ąā§°āĻŖā§° āϏৈāϤে āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§°্āĻĨāύ āϕ⧰āĻ•)

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2. How did Montmorency 'contribute to the packing?

(āĻŽāĻŖ্āϟāĻŽā§°েāύ্āϏীāϝ়ে āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ ‘āĻĒেāĻ•িāĻ™āϤ āĻ…ā§°িāĻšāĻŖা āϝোāĻ—াāχāĻ›িāϞ)

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3. Do you find this story funny? What are the humorous elements in it? (Pick out at least three, think about what happens, as well as how it is described.)

(āĻāχ āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟো āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া āĻŦুāϞি āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ›েāύে? āχāϝ়াāϤ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি āĻšাāϏ্āϝ⧰āϏāĻŽāϝ়ী āωāĻĒাāĻĻাāύ āφāĻ›ে? (āĻ…āύ্āϤāϤঃ āϤিāύিāϟা āĻŦাāĻ›ি āωāϞিāϝ়াāĻ“āĻ•, āĻ•ি āĻšāϝ়, āϞāĻ—āϤে āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে āϏেāχ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰āĻ•)

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I. Match the words/phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.

           (āĻ• āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ­āϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ/āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦোā§° āĻ– āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŽিāϞাāχ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•)



II. Use suitable words or phrases from Column A above to complete the paragraph given below.

(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻāϟো āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻ• āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§° āĻĒā§°া āωāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰āĻ•)


A Traffic Jam

 

During power cuts, when traffic lights go off, there is utter ______________ at crossroads. Drivers add to the confusion by ______________ over their right of way, and nearly come to blows. Sometimes passers-by, seeing a few policemen ________________ at regulating traffic, step in to help. This gives them a feeling of having _______________ something.

(āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝুā§Ž āϕ⧰্āϤāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϟ্ā§°েāĻĢিāĻ• āϞাāχāϟ āύুāĻŽাāχ āϝাāϝ়, āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻ•্ā§°āϛ⧰োāĻĄāϤ āύিā§°āĻĒেāĻ•্āώ ______________ āĻšāϝ়। āĻĄ্ā§°াāχāĻ­াā§°āϏāĻ•āϞে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ ā§°াāχāϟ āĻ…ā§ą ā§ąেāĻ• āϞৈ ______________ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻŦিāĻ­্ā§°াāύ্āϤি āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āϕ⧰ে, āφ⧰ু āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āφāϘাāϤ⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻ–ীāύ āĻšāϝ়। āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āĻĒāĻĨāϚাā§°ীāϏāĻ•āϞে āϝাāύ-āϜঁāϟ āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰াāϤ āĻ•েāχāϜāύāĻŽাāύ āφ⧰āĻ•্āώীāĻ• ________________ āĻĻেāĻ–ি āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ–োāϜ āĻĻিāϝ়ে। āχāϝ়াā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• _______________ āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻāϟা āĻĨāĻ•াā§° āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āĻšāϝ়)


III. Look at the sentences below. Notice that the verbs (italicised) are all in their bare form.

(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϚাāĻ“āĻ•। āĻŽāύ āϕ⧰āĻ• āϝে āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়াāĻĒāĻĻāĻŦোā§° (āχāϟাāϞিāĻ• āϕ⧰া) āϏāĻ•āϞো āύিāϜ⧰ āωāĻĻং ā§°ূāĻĒāϤ āφāĻ›ে)


●Simple commands:

(āϏ⧰āϞ āφāĻĻেāĻļ)


- Stand up!

(āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻ•āĻ•)


- Put it here!

(āχāϝ়াāϤ ā§°াāĻ–āĻ•)


● Directions: (to reach your home)

(āύিā§°্āĻĻেāĻļāύা: (āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āϘ⧰āϤ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ)


 Board Bus No.121 and get down at Sagar Restaurant. From there turn right and walk till you reach a book shop. My home is just behind the shop.

(⧧⧍⧧ āύং āĻŦাāĻ›āϤ āωāĻ ি āϏাāĻ—ā§° ā§°েāώ্āϟুā§°েāĻŖ্āϟāϤ āύাāĻŽিāĻŦ। āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āϏোঁāĻĢাāϞে āϘূā§°ি āĻ–োāϜ āĻ•াāĻĸ়ি āĻ—ৈ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒā§° āĻĻোāĻ•াāύ āĻĒোā§ąাāϞৈāĻ•ে āϝাāĻŦ। āĻŽোā§° āϘ⧰āϟো āĻĻোāĻ•াāύ⧰ āĻ িāĻ• āĻĒিāĻ›āĻĢাāϞে)


● Dos and don'ts:

(āĻĄāĻ› āφ⧰ু āĻĄāύāϟāĻ›)


 - Always get up for your elders. 

(āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦāϝ়োāϜ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āωāĻ ি āĻĨাāĻ•āĻ•)


- Don't shout in class.

(āĻ•্āϞাāĻ›āϤ āϚিāĻžā§°িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে)


● Instructions for making a fruit salad:

(āĻĢāϞ⧰ āϚাāϞাāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąাā§° āύিā§°্āĻĻেāĻļāύা)


Ingredients

(āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ীāϏāĻŽূāĻš)


Oranges - 2

(āĻ•āĻŽāϞা - ⧍)


Pineapple - one large piece

(āφāύাā§°āϏ - āĻāϟা āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āϟুāĻ•ুā§°া)


Cherries - 250 grams

(āϚেā§°ী - ⧍ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻ—্ā§°াāĻŽ)


Bananas - 2

(āĻ•āϞ - ⧍)


Any other fruit you like

(āφāύ āϝিāĻ•োāύো āĻĢāϞ āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻ­াāϞ āϞাāĻ—ে)


Wash the fruit. Cut them into small pieces. Mix them well. Add a few drops of lime juice. Add sugar to taste. Now add some cream (or ice cream if you wish to make fruit salad with ice cream.)

(āĻĢāϞāĻŦোā§° āϧুāχ āĻĒেāϞাāĻ“āĻ•। āϏ⧰ু āϏ⧰ুāĻ•ৈ āĻ•াāϟি āϞāĻ“āĻ•। āĻ­াāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻŽিāĻšāϞাāχ āϞāĻ“āĻ•। āϚূāĻŖā§° ā§°āϏ āĻ•েāχāϟোāĻĒাāϞāĻŽাāύ āĻĻিāĻŦ। āϏোā§ąাāĻĻ āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰ি āϚেāύি āĻĻিāĻŦ। āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻ…āϞāĻĒ āĻ•্ā§°ীāĻŽ (āĻŦা āφāχāϚāĻ•্ā§°ীāĻŽā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĢāϞ⧰ āϚাāϞাāĻĄ āĻŦāύাāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāϞে āφāχāϚāĻ•্ā§°ীāĻŽ āĻĻিāĻŦ)


1. Now work in pairs. Give

(āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϝোā§°āĻ•ৈ āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰āĻ•। āĻĻি⧟া)


(i) two commands to your partner.

(āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āϏংāĻ—ীāĻ• āĻĻুāϟা āφāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•)

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(ii) two do's and don'ts to a new student in your class.

(āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āύāϤুāύ āĻ›াāϤ্ā§° āĻāϜāύāĻ• āĻĻুāϟা āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞāĻ—ীāϝ়া āφ⧰ু āύāϕ⧰িāĻŦ)

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(iii) directions to get to each other's houses.

(āχāϜāύে āϏিāϜāύ⧰ āϘ⧰āϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĻিāĻļ āύিā§°্āĻĻেāĻļāύা)

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(iv) instructions for moving the body in an exercise or a dance, or for cooking something.

(āĻŦ্āϝাāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻŦা āύৃāϤ্āϝāϤ āĻļā§°ীā§° āϞ⧰āϚ⧰ āϕ⧰াā§° āύিā§°্āĻĻেāĻļāύা, āĻŦা āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻāϟা ā§°āύ্āϧা)

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2. The table below has some proverbs telling you what to do and what not to do. Fill in the blanks and add a few more such proverbs to the table.

(āϤāϞ⧰ āϤাāϞিāĻ•াāĻ–āύāϤ āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে āφ⧰ু āĻ•ি āύāϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে āϏেāχ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻĢāϕ⧰া-āĻĒোāώāĻ•āϤা āφāĻ›ে। āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχāĻ–িāύি āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰ি āϟেāĻŦুāϞāϤ āφ⧰ু āĻ•েāχāϟাāĻŽাāύ āĻāύে āĻĢāϕ⧰া āϝোāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•)


 






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