Packing
Chapter- 7
Thinking about the Text
(āĻĒাāĻ āĻোā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°া)
I. Discuss in pairs and answer each question below in a short paragraph (30-40 words).
(āϝোā§°āĻৈ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°āĻ āĻā§°ু āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ⧰ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻুāĻি āĻ āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻāϤ (ā§Šā§Ļ-ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ) āĻā§°āĻ)
1. How many characters are there in the narrative? Name them. (Don't forget the dog!).
(āĻāĻ্āϝাāύāϤ āĻিāĻŽাāύāĻা āĻā§°িāϤ্ā§° āĻāĻে? āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা। (āĻুāĻুā§°āĻোāĻ āύাāĻĒাāĻšā§°িāĻŦ!)
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2. Why did the narrator (Jerome) volunteer to do the packing?
(āĻিāϝ় āĻāĻĨāĻāĻāύে (āĻেā§°āĻŽ) āϏ্āĻŦেāĻ্āĻাāĻ āĻĒেāĻিং āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
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3. How did George and Harris react to this? Did Jerome like their reaction?
(āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨাāϤ āĻā§°্āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻšেā§°িāĻে āĻেāύে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ? āĻেā§°āĻŽে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āύেāĻি)
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4. What was Jerome's real intention when he offered to pack?
(āĻেā§°āĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒেāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸ়াāĻāĻিāϞ)
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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?
(āĻŦেāĻāĻো āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻā§°ু āώ্āĻ্ā§°েāĻĒ āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻšেā§°িāĻে āĻি āĻৈāĻিāϞ? āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻিāϝ় āĻাāĻŦে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āϏুāϧিāĻŦāϞৈ āϤেāϤিāϝ়াāϞৈāĻে āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
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6. What "horrible idea" occurred to Jerome a little later?
(āĻ āϞāĻĒ āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻেā§°āĻŽā§° āĻŽāύāϞৈ āĻি "āĻāϝ়ংāĻā§° āϧাā§°āĻŖা" āĻāĻšিāϞ)
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7. Where did Jerome finally find the toothbrush?
(āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ āĻেā§°āĻŽে āĻুāĻĨāĻŦ্ā§°াāĻāĻো āĻ’āϤ āĻĒাāϞে)
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8. Why did Jerome have to reopen the packed bag?
(āĻিāϝ় āĻেā§°āĻŽে āĻĒেāĻ āĻā§°া āĻŦেāĻāĻো āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻুāϞিāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻš’āϞ)
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9. What did George and Harris offer to pack and why?
(āĻā§°্āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻšেā§°িāĻে āĻি āĻĒেāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸ়াāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻিāϝ়)
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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 āĻā§°াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ। āĻā§°্āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻšেā§°িāĻে āĻেāĻāĻŦাāĻাāĻ āĻŽূā§°্āĻ āĻā§°ু āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°ে। āϝিāĻŦোā§° āĻŦāĻ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āϏঁāĻা āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻিāĻ āĻā§°āĻ)
(i) They started with breaking a cup.
(āĻাāĻĒ āĻāĻা āĻাāĻি āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāϞে āϏিāĻšঁāϤে)
(ii) They also broke a plate.
(āĻĒ্āϞেāĻ āĻāĻāύো āĻাāĻিāϞে)
(iii) They squashed a tomato.
(āĻāĻŽেāĻো āĻāĻা āĻেāĻĒি āϧ⧰িāϞে)
(iv) They trod on the butter.
(āĻিāĻāĻোāϤ āĻā§°িā§°ে āĻāĻāĻিāϞে)
(v) They stepped on a banana.
(āĻāϞ āĻāĻাāϤ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϞে)
(vi) They put things behind them, and couldn't find them.
(āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āĻĒিāĻāĻĢাāϞে āĻĨৈ āĻĻিāϞে, āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি 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 āĻāĻŦিāĻŦোā§° āĻĒেāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāϧুā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻĨৈ āĻĻিāϞে)
(ix) They upset almost everything.
(āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻāϞিāϤ āĻā§°ি āĻĒেāϞাāϞে)
(x) They were very good at packing.
(āĻĒেāĻিং āĻā§°াāϤ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻাāϞ āĻāĻিāϞ)
II. What does Jerome say was Montmorency's ambition in life? What do you think of Montmorency and why?
(āĻেā§°āĻŽে āĻāϝ় āϝে āĻীā§ąāύāϤ āĻŽāĻŖ্āĻāĻŽā§°েāύ্āϏীā§° āĻāĻ্āĻাāĻাংāĻ্āώা āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ? āĻŽāĻŖ্āĻāĻŽā§°েāύ্āϏীā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻি āĻাāĻŦে āĻā§°ু āĻিāϝ়)
III. Discuss in groups and answer the following questions in two or three paragraphs (100-150 words)
(āĻোāĻāϤ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°ি āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻুāĻা āĻŦা āϤিāύিāĻা āĻ āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻāϤ (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.
(āϤিāύিāĻāύ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻেā§°āĻŽ, āĻā§°্āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻšেā§°িāĻā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻোāύāĻ āĻļ্ā§°েāώ্āĻ āĻŦা āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒেāĻাā§° āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦে? āϞিāĻāύীā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦিā§ąā§°āĻŖā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§°্āĻĨāύ āĻā§°āĻ)
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2. How did Montmorency 'contribute to the packing?
(āĻŽāĻŖ্āĻāĻŽā§°েāύ্āϏীāϝ়ে āĻেāύেāĻৈ ‘āĻĒেāĻিāĻāϤ āĻ ā§°িāĻšāĻŖা āϝোāĻাāĻāĻিāϞ)
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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.)
(āĻāĻ āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻো āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦিāĻেāύে? āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻি āĻি āĻšাāϏ্āϝ⧰āϏāĻŽāϝ়ী āĻāĻĒাāĻĻাāύ āĻāĻে? (āĻ āύ্āϤāϤঃ āϤিāύিāĻা āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ, āĻি āĻšāϝ়, āϞāĻāϤে āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে āϏেāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°āĻ)
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I. Match the words/phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.
(āĻ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ/āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦোā§° āĻ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŽিāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ)
II. Use suitable words or phrases from Column A above to complete the paragraph given below.
(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻ āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻāĻো āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°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§ āĻā§°্āϤāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻ্ā§°েāĻĢিāĻ āϞাāĻāĻ āύুāĻŽাāĻ āϝাāϝ়, āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻ্ā§°āĻā§°োāĻĄāϤ āύিā§°āĻĒেāĻ্āώ ______________ āĻšāϝ়। āĻĄ্ā§°াāĻāĻাā§°āϏāĻāϞে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° ā§°াāĻāĻ āĻ ā§ą ā§ąেāĻ āϞৈ ______________ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°াāύ্āϤি āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āĻā§°ে, āĻā§°ু āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻāĻাāϤ⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻšāϝ়। āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āĻĒāĻĨāĻাā§°ীāϏāĻāϞে āϝাāύ-āĻঁāĻ āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°াāϤ āĻেāĻāĻāύāĻŽাāύ āĻā§°āĻ্āώীāĻ ________________ āĻĻেāĻি āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻোāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়ে। āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ _______________ āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āĻĨāĻাā§° āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻšāϝ়)
III. Look at the sentences below. Notice that the verbs (italicised) are all in their bare form.
(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻāĻ। āĻŽāύ āĻā§°āĻ āϝে āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়াāĻĒāĻĻāĻŦোā§° (āĻāĻাāϞিāĻ āĻā§°া) āϏāĻāϞো āύিāĻā§° āĻāĻĻং ā§°ূāĻĒāϤ āĻāĻে)
●Simple commands:
(āϏ⧰āϞ āĻāĻĻেāĻļ)
- Stand up!
(āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻāĻ)
- Put it here!
(āĻāϝ়াāϤ ā§°াāĻāĻ)
● Directions: (to reach your home)
(āύিā§°্āĻĻেāĻļāύা: (āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻā§°āϤ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ 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 āĻŦাāĻāϤ āĻāĻ ি āϏাāĻā§° ā§°েāώ্āĻুā§°েāĻŖ্āĻāϤ āύাāĻŽিāĻŦ। āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āϏোঁāĻĢাāϞে āĻূā§°ি āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়ি āĻৈ āĻāĻāύ āĻিāϤাāĻĒā§° āĻĻোāĻাāύ āĻĒোā§ąাāϞৈāĻে āϝাāĻŦ। āĻŽোā§° āĻā§°āĻো āĻĻোāĻাāύ⧰ āĻ িāĻ āĻĒিāĻāĻĢাāϞে)
● Dos and don'ts:
(āĻĄāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻĄāύāĻāĻ)
- Always get up for your elders.
(āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦāϝ়োāĻ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻāĻ ি āĻĨাāĻāĻ)
- Don't shout in class.
(āĻ্āϞাāĻāϤ āĻিāĻā§°িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻে)
● Instructions for making a fruit salad:
(āĻĢāϞ⧰ āĻাāϞাāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąাā§° āύিā§°্āĻĻেāĻļāύা)
Ingredients
(āϏাāĻŽāĻ্ā§°ীāϏāĻŽূāĻš)
Oranges - 2
(āĻāĻŽāϞা - ⧍)
Pineapple - one large piece
(āĻāύাā§°āϏ - āĻāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻুāĻুā§°া)
Cherries - 250 grams
(āĻেā§°ী - ⧍ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ)
Bananas - 2
(āĻāϞ - ⧍)
Any other fruit you like
(āĻāύ āϝিāĻোāύো āĻĢāϞ āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻাāϞ āϞাāĻে)
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§° āϧুāĻ āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻ। āϏ⧰ু āϏ⧰ুāĻৈ āĻাāĻি āϞāĻāĻ। āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻŽিāĻšāϞাāĻ āϞāĻāĻ। āĻূāĻŖā§° ā§°āϏ āĻেāĻāĻোāĻĒাāϞāĻŽাāύ āĻĻিāĻŦ। āϏোā§ąাāĻĻ āĻ āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻেāύি āĻĻিāĻŦ। āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻ āϞāĻĒ āĻ্ā§°ীāĻŽ (āĻŦা āĻāĻāĻāĻ্ā§°ীāĻŽā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĢāϞ⧰ āĻাāϞাāĻĄ āĻŦāύাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāϞে āĻāĻāĻāĻ্ā§°ীāĻŽ āĻĻিāĻŦ)
1. Now work in pairs. Give
(āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϝোā§°āĻৈ āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻ। āĻĻিā§া)
(i) two commands to your partner.
(āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āϏংāĻীāĻ āĻĻুāĻা āĻāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ)
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(ii) two do's and don'ts to a new student in your class.
(āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āύāϤুāύ āĻাāϤ্ā§° āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻĻুāĻা āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āύāĻā§°িāĻŦ)
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(iii) directions to get to each other's houses.
(āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύ⧰ āĻā§°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⧰āĻā§° āĻā§°াā§° āύিā§°্āĻĻেāĻļāύা, āĻŦা āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা 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⧰ āϤাāϞিāĻাāĻāύāϤ āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে āĻā§°ু āĻি āύāĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে āϏেāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻĢāĻā§°া-āĻĒোāώāĻāϤা āĻāĻে। āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻāĻিāύি āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ি āĻেāĻŦুāϞāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻেāĻāĻাāĻŽাāύ āĻāύে āĻĢāĻā§°া āϝোāĻ āĻā§°āĻ)
Question Type By- Maiur Rani Kashyap
Post ID:DABP002092

