Chapter -3
The Little Girl
Thinking about the text
I. Given below are some emotions that Kezia felt. Match the emotions in Column A with the items in Column B.
(āϤāϞāϤ āĻেāĻিāϝ়াāĻ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°া āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻā§ąেāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে। āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ āĻŦি-ā§° āĻāĻāĻেāĻŽāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ āĻ-ā§° āĻā§ąেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŽিāϞাāĻāĻ)
II. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences.
(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāĻা āĻŦা āĻĻুāĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϤ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ)
1. Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
(āĻেāĻিāϝ়াāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻিāϝ় āĻāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
Ans- Kezia was afraid of her father because of his harsh behavior. He was aggressive and he had a habit of finding out her mistakes.
2. Who were the people in Kezia's father?
(āĻেāĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻোāύ āĻāĻিāϞ)
Ans- In all there were four members in Kezia's family – her strict father, her stern mother, a loving grandmother and Kezia herself.
3. What was Kezia's father's routine
(āĻেāĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° ā§°ুāĻিāύ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ)
(i) before going to his office?
(āϤাā§° āĻ āĻĢিāĻāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻāϤে)
Ans- Before going to his office, Kezia's father usually went into her room to give her a casual kiss.
(ii) after coming back from his office?
(āϤাā§° āĻ āĻĢিāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻāϤি āĻ āĻšাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ)
Ans- After coming back from his office, he ordered for tea to be brought into the drawing room.
(iii) on Sundays?
(āĻĻেāĻāĻŦাā§°ে)
Ans- On Sunday, Kezia's father would stretch out on the sofa.
4. In what ways did Kezia's grandmother encourage her to get the know her father better?
(āĻেāĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻāĻāϤাāĻ āĻি āϧ⧰āĻŖে āϤাāĻāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻাāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§āϏাāĻšিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
Ans- Kezia's grandmother encouraged her to get to know her father better by sending her to the drawing room to talk to her parents on Sundays. She also suggested Kezia to make a pin cushion out of a beautiful piece of yellow silk as a gift for her father's birthday.
III. Discuss these questions in class with your teacher and then write down your answers in two or three paragraphs each.
(āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°āĻ āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻŦোā§° āĻĻুāĻা āĻŦা āϤিāύিāĻা āĻ āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻāϤ āϞিāĻāĻ)
1. Kezia's efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much. How did this happen?
(āĻেāĻিāϝ়াāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻেāώ্āĻাā§° āĻĢāϞāϏ্āĻŦā§°ূāĻĒে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻāĻো āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻš'āϞ)
Ans- One day when her father looked for the papers, he did not find them. After some time, he came to know that Kezia had torn them into pieces to make a pin-cushion. He got infuriated and beat her with a ruler. Thus, her efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.
2. Kezia decides that there are "different kinds of fathers". What kind of father was Mr Macdonald, and how was he different from kezia's father?
(āĻেāĻিāϝ়াāĻ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞāϝ় āϝে "āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒিāϤৃ" āĻāĻে। āĻŽিঃ āĻŽেāĻāĻĄāύাāϞ্āĻĄ āĻেāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ, āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁ āĻেāĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ)
Ans- Macdonald was different from her father. He was not strict, played with his children and they laughed all the while. On the other hand, Kezia's father was always angry at her. He remained busy with work and later, was too tired that he slept most of the time.
3. How does kezia begin to see her father as a human being who needs her sympathy?
(āĻেāĻিāϝ়াāĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°ে āϝাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āϏāĻšাāύুāĻূāϤিā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύ)
Ans- The girl thought that there was no one to look after him. She thought that he works so hard all day for the family. So he does not get any time to play with her. Thus, she begins to see her father as a human being who needs her sympathy.
Thinking about Language
(āĻাāώাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°া)
I. Look at the following sentence.
(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻো āĻাāĻāĻ)
There was a glad sense of relief when she heard the noise of the carriage growing fainter . . .
(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤাāĻ āĻাāĻĄ়ীāĻāύ āĻ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°াā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύিāĻিāϞ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āϏāĻাāĻš āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ. . .)
Here, glad means happy about something.
(āĻāϝ়াāϤ, āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻŽাāύে āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏুāĻী)
Glad, happy, pleased, delighted, thrilled and overjoyed are synonyms (words or expressions that have the same or nearly the same meaning.) However. they express happiness in certain ways.
(āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ, āϏুāĻী, āϏুāĻী, āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ, ā§°োāĻŽাāĻ্āĻিāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻে āϏāĻŽাā§°্āĻĨāĻ (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦা āĻ āĻিāĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āϝাā§° āĻāĻে āĻŦা āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻāĻে āĻংāĻিāϤ āĻāĻে।) āĻ ā§ąāĻļ্āϝে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āϧ⧰āĻŖে āϏুāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°ে)
Read the sentences below.
(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻĒāĻĸ়āĻ)
● She was glad when the meeting was over.
(āϏāĻা āĻļেāώ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϤাāĻ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
● The chief guest was pleased to announce the name of the winner.
(āĻŽুāĻ্āϝ āĻ āϤিāĻĨিāĻāύে āĻŦিāĻāϝ়ীā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻোāώāĻŖা āĻā§°ি āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
1. Use an appropriate word from the synonyms given above in the following sentences. Clues are given in brackets.
(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āϏāĻŽাā§°্āĻĨāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻা āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°āĻ। āĻ্āϞুāĻŦোā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧāύীāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়)
(i) She was _______________ by the news of her brother's wedding. (very pleased)
Ans: elated
(āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāϝ়েāĻā§° āĻŦিāϝ়াā§° āĻāĻŦā§°ā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻāĻিāϞ। (āĻ āϤি āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻ)
(ii) I was _______________ to be invited to the party. (extremely pleased and excited about)
Ans: thrilled
(āĻŽোāĻ āĻĒাā§°্āĻিāϞৈ āύিāĻŽāύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖ āĻāύোā§ąা āĻš'āĻŦ। (āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻā§āϏাāĻšিāϤ)
(iii) She was _______________ at the birth of her granddaughter. (extremely happy)
Ans: overjoyed
(āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āύাāϤিāύীā§° āĻāύ্āĻŽā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻāĻিāϞ। (āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āϏুāĻী)
(iv) The coach was ______________ with his performance. (satisfied about)
Ans: satisfied
(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻিāϞ। (āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻ)
(v) She was very ______________ with her results. (happy about something that has happened)
Ans: pleased
(āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻĢāϞাāĻĢāϞ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ। (āϝি āĻāĻিāĻে āϤাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏুāĻী)
2. Study the use of the word big in the following sentence.
(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻোāϤ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻ āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ āĻā§°āĻ।)
He was so big __ his hands and his neck, especially his mouth . . .
(āĻĄাāĻā§° __ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻ āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ āĻā§°āĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻšাāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻĄিāĻি, āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻৈ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽুāĻ. . .)
Here, big means large in size.
(āĻāϝ়াāϤ, āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻাā§°āϤ āĻĄাāĻā§°)
Now, consult a dictionary and find out the meaning of big in the following sentences. The first one has been done for you.
(āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āĻ āĻিāϧাāύ āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āϞāĻঁāĻ āĻā§°ু āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻĄাāĻā§°ā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻো āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে)
(i) You are a big girl now. Older
(āĻāĻ) āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻāύী āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻোā§ąাāϞী। āĻāϞ্āĻĄে)
(ii) Today you are going to take the biggest decision of your career. ______________
(āĻāĻি āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻেā§°িāϝ়াā§°ā§° āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻĄাāĻā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈ āĻāĻে)
(iii) Their project is full of big ideas. _______________
(āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāϞ্āĻĒāĻো āĻĄাāĻā§° āϧাā§°āĻŖাā§°ে āĻĒā§°িāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ)
(iv) Cricket is a big game in our country. _______________
(āĻ্ā§°িāĻেāĻ āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻĻেāĻļāϤ āĻāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻেāϞ)
(v) I am a big fan of Lata Mangeskar. _________________
(āĻŽāĻ āϞāϤা āĻŽংāĻেāϏ্āĻাā§°ā§° āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻ āύুā§°াāĻী)
(vi) You have to cook a bit more as my friend is a big eater. ______________
(āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻ āϞāĻĒ āĻŦেāĻি ā§°াāύ্āϧিāĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ āĻিāϝ়āύো āĻŽোā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻāĻāύ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻোāĻāύāĻাā§°ী)
(vii) What a big heart you’ve got, Father dear. _____________
(āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻি āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ় āĻĒাāĻāĻে, āĻĻেāĻāϤা āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়)
II. Verbs of Reporting
(āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ⧰ āĻাā§°্āĻŦāϏāĻŽূāĻš)
Study the following sentences.
(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻ āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ āĻā§°āĻ)
• “What!” screamed Mother.
("āĻি!" āĻŽাāϝ়ে āĻিāĻā§°ি āĻāĻ িāϞ)
• “N-n-no”, she whispered.
("āĻāύ-āĻāύ-āύা", āϏে āĻĢিāϏāĻĢিāϏ āĻāϰে āĻŦāϞāϞ)
• “Sit up,” he ordered.
("āĻŦāĻšা," āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ)
The italicised words are verbs of reporting. We quote or report what someone has said or thought by using a reporting verb. Every reporting clause contains a reporting verb. For example:
(āĻāĻাāϞিāĻাāĻāĻāĻĄ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻšৈāĻে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ⧰ āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়া। āĻāĻŽি āĻোāύোāĻŦাāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ি āĻি āĻৈāĻে āĻŦা āĻাāĻŦিāĻে āϤাāĻ āĻāĻĻ্āϧৃāϤ āĻŦা āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻā§°োঁ। āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āϧাā§°াāϤ āĻāĻা āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻĨাāĻে। āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏ্āĻŦā§°ূāĻĒে)
• He promised to help in my project.
(āϤেāĻঁ āĻŽোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāϞ্āĻĒāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āĻĻিāĻিāϞ)
• “How are you doing?” Seema asked.
("āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻেāύে āĻāĻে?" āϏীāĻŽাāĻ āϏুāϧিāϞে)
We use verbs of reporting to advise, order, report statements, thoughts, intentions, questions, requests, apologies, manner of speaking and so on. 1. Underline the verbs of reporting in the following sentences.
(āĻāĻŽি āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ, āĻ ā§°্āĻĄাā§°, āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻŦিāĻŦৃāϤি, āĻিāύ্āϤা, āĻ āĻিāĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়, āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ, āĻ āύুā§°োāϧ, āĻ্āώāĻŽা āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা, āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąাā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖ āĻāĻĻিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ⧰ āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°োঁ। 1. āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻā§°াā§° āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়াāĻŦোā§° ā§°েāĻাāĻ্āĻিāϤ āĻā§°āĻ)
(i) He says he will enjoy the ride.
(āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϝ় āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āϝাāϤ্ā§°াāĻো āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ)
(ii) Father mentioned that he was going on a holiday.
(āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦāύ্āϧāϤ āĻৈ āĻāĻিāϞ)
(iii) No one told us that the shop was closed.
(āĻোāύেāĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻĻোāĻাāύāĻāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻāĻিāϞ)
(iv) He answered that the price would go up.
(āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻĻাāĻŽ āĻŦাāĻĸ়িāĻŦ)
(v) I wondered why he was screaming.
(āĻŽāĻ āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞো āϤেāĻঁ āĻিāϝ় āĻিāĻā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ)
(vi) Ben told her to wake him up.
(āĻŦেāύে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻāĻাāĻ āϤুāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ)
(vii) Ratan apologised for coming late to the party.
(ā§°āϤāύে āĻĒাā§°্āĻিāϞৈ āĻĒāϞāĻŽāĻৈ āĻ āĻšাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ্āώāĻŽা āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ)
2. Some verbs of reporting are given in the box. Choose the appropriate verbs and fill in the blanks in the following sentences.
(āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻোāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ⧰ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়া āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে। āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়াāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻŦাāĻāύি āĻā§°āĻ āĻā§°ু āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ)
(i) "I am not afraid,"____________ the woman.
Ans: replied .
("āĻŽāĻ āĻāϝ় āύāĻā§°োঁ," āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻā§°াāĻী)
(ii) "Leave me alone," my mother_____________
Ans: Shouted .
("āĻŽোāĻ āĻ āĻāϞে āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ," āĻŽোā§° āĻŽা)
(iii) The children____________ that the roads were crowded and noisy.
Ans: complaining.
(ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻিā§° āĻā§°ু āĻোāϞাāĻš āĻĻিāϝ়াāϞ āĻšোā§ąা āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻāϞ)
(iv) "Perhaps he isn't a bad sort of a chap after all,"___________ the master.
Ans: Remarked .
("āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ąāϤঃ āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦেāϝ়া āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āϞোāĻ āύāĻšāϝ়," āĻŽাāώ্āĻাā§°āĻāύে)
(v) "Let's go and look at the school ground,"____________ the sports teacher.
Ans: suggested .
("āĻāĻšāĻ āĻৈ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻেāϞāĻĒāĻĨাā§°āĻāύ āĻাāĻঁ," āĻ্ā§°ীāĻĄ়া āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāĻāύে)
(vi) The traffic police__________ all the passers-by to keep off the road.
Ans: ordered .
(āĻ্ā§°েāĻĢিāĻ āĻĒুāϞিāĻে āϏāĻāϞো āĻĒāĻĨāĻাā§°ীāĻ ā§°াāϏ্āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻঁāϤ⧰াāĻ ā§°াāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ)
Speaking
(āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąা)
Form pairs or groups and discuss the following questions.
(āϝোā§° āĻŦা āĻোāĻ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°āĻ āĻā§°ু āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§° āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°āĻ)
1. This story is not an Indian story. But do you think there are fathers, mothers and grandmothers like the ones portrayed in the story in our own country?
(āĻāĻ āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻো āĻোāύো āĻাā§°āϤীāϝ় āĻাāĻšিāύী āύāĻšāϝ়। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻাāĻŦেāύে āϝে āĻāĻŽাā§° āύিāĻā§° āĻĻেāĻļāϤ āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻোāϤ āĻĻেāĻুāĻā§ąাā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻĒিāϤৃ, āĻŽাāϤৃ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāϤা āĻāĻে)
2. Was Kezia's father right to punish her? What kind of a person was he? What kind of a person was he? You might find some of these words useful in describing him:
(āĻেāĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻĻিāϝ়াāĻো āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āύেāĻি? āϤেāĻঁ āĻেāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ? āϤেāĻঁ āĻেāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ? āĻāĻĒুāύি āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°াāϤ āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻĒāϝোāĻী āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে)
Question Type By- Mayur Rani Kashyap
Post ID:DABP002083


