Chapter- 5
The Snake and the Mirror
đDownload Free PDF
đMCQ Type Online Exam
đPaid Answer (Buy Now)
Thinking about the Text
I. I. Discuss in pairs and answer each question below in a short paragraph (30-40 words).
(āϝোā§°াāϤ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°āĻ āĻā§°ু āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ⧰ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻāĻŽু āĻ āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ (30-40 āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)
1. "The sound was a familiar one." What sound did the doctor hear? What did he think it was? How many times did he hear it? (Find the places in the text.) When and why did the sounds stop?
("āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻāĻা āĻিāύাāĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।" āĻিāĻিā§āϏāĻে āĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύিāĻিāϞ? āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻāĻো āĻি āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ? āϤেāĻঁ āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাā§° āĻāĻāĻো āĻļুāύিāĻিāϞ? (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āϏ্āĻĨাāύāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻাā§°āĻ।) āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻেāϤিāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āĻিāϝ় āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻš'āϞ)
Ans- The Doctor heard the familiar sound of the rats. He thought it was the regular traffic of rats to and from the beam. He heard the sound thrice. The sound stopped when the doctor resumed his seat in the chair with many thoughts passing through his mind.
2. What two "important" and "earth-shaking" decisions did the doctor take while he was looking into the mirror?
(āĻāĻāύাāĻāύāϞৈ āĻাāĻ āĻĨাāĻোāϤে āĻিāĻিā§āϏāĻে āĻি āĻĻুāĻা "āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ" āĻā§°ু "āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āĻঁāĻĒাāĻ āϤুāϞিāĻিāϞ" āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ)
Ans- The doctor took two “important” and “earth-shaking” while he was looking into the mirror First, he decided to shave daily and grow a thin moustache. Second, always to keep an attractive smile on his face.
3. "I looked into the mirror and smiled," says the doctor. A little later he says, "I forgot my danger and smiled feebly at myself." What is the doctor's opinion about himself when: (i) he first smiles, and (ii) he smiles again? In what way do his thoughts change in between, and why?
(āĻিāĻিā§āϏāĻāĻāύে āĻāϝ়, "āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻāύাāĻāύāϞৈ āĻাāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻিāϞোঁ।" āĻ āϞāĻĒ āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϝ়, "āĻŽāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒাāĻšā§°ি āĻৈāĻিāϞোঁ āĻā§°ু āύিāĻāĻে āϞৈ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻিāϞোঁ।" āύিāĻā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāĻিā§āϏāĻā§° āĻŽāϤাāĻŽāϤ āĻি āϝেāϤিāϝ়া: (āĻāĻ) āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽে āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻিāϞ, āĻā§°ু (āĻāĻāĻāĻ) āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻিāϞ? āϤাā§° āĻিāύ্āϤাāĻŦোā§° āĻেāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖে āϏāϞāύি āĻšāϝ়, āĻā§°ু āĻিāϝ়)
Ans- The doctor was appreciating his attractive smile when he first smiled in front of the mirror. Then to look more handsome he decided to keep that smile on his face. In that instance his opinion about himself as he was a bachelor and a doctor too. When he smiled feebly at himself, he had forgotten his danger.
II. This story about a frightening incident is narrated in a humorous way. What makes it humorous? (Think of the contrasts it presents between dreams and reality. Some of them are listed below.)
(āĻāĻা āĻāϝ়াā§ąāĻš āĻāĻāύাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻ āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻো āĻšাāϏ্āϝāĻā§° āĻাā§ąে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে। āĻিāĻšে āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻšাāϏ্āϝāĻā§° āĻā§°ি āϤোāϞে? (āϏāĻĒোāύ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া āĻŦৈāώāĻŽ্āϝāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°āĻ। āϤাā§°ে āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āϤāϞāϤ āϤাāϞিāĻাāĻুāĻ্āϤ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে।)
1. (i) The kind of person the doctor is (money, possessions)
(āĻিāĻিā§āϏāĻāĻāύ āĻেāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি (āϧāύ, āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤ্āϤি)
Ans- In the given story, the character of the doctor is depicted as a person who does not have anything in terms of money and possessions. Even though he is in the medical profession which offers money, power, prestige, this doctor has nothing.
(ii) The kind of person he wants to be (appearance, ambition)
(āϤেāĻঁ āĻেāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻš'āĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে (āĻেāĻšেā§°া, āĻāĻ্āĻাāĻাংāĻ্āώা)
Ans-
2. (i) The person he wants to marry
(āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦিāϝ়া āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻā§°া āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻāύ)
Ans-
(ii) The person he actually marries
(āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤāϤে āĻŦিāϝ়া āĻā§°া āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻāύ)
Ans-
3. (i) His thoughts when he looks into the mirror
(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻāύাāĻāύāϞৈ āĻাāϞে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻিāύ্āϤা)
Ans-
(ii) His thoughts when the snake is coiled around his arm
(āϏাāĻĒāĻো āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦাāĻšুā§° āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞে āĻুāĻŖ্āĻĄāϞী āĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻিāϞে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻিāύ্āϤা)
Ans-
Write short paragraphs on each of these to get your answer.
(āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻোāϤ āĻāĻŽু āĻ āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻ āϞিāĻāĻ)
Thinking about Language
(āĻাāώাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°া)
I. Here are some sentences from the text. Say which of them tell you, that the author: (a) was afraid of the snake, (b) was proud of his appearance, (c) had a sense of humour, (d) was no longer afraid of the snake.
(āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻোāύāĻāύে āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻāϝ়, āϞেāĻāĻে āĻāĻāĻĻā§°ে āĻৈāĻিāϞ: (āĻ) āϏাāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ, (āĻ) āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻেāĻšেā§°াāĻ āϞৈ āĻৌā§°ā§ąাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ, (āĻ) āĻšাāϏ্āϝ⧰āϏ⧰ āĻাā§ą āύাāĻিāϞ, (āĻ) āϏাāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ় āĻā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ)
Ans-
1. I was turned to stone.
(āĻŽোāĻ āĻļিāϞāϞৈ āĻূā§°াāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
2. I was no mere image cut in granite.
(āĻŽāĻ āĻ্ā§°েāύাāĻāĻāϤ āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻāĻŦি āĻāĻা āύাāĻিāϞোঁ)
3. The arm was beginning to be drained of strength.
(āĻŦাāĻšুāĻো āĻļāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻĒā§°া āύিāώ্āĻাāĻļিāϤ āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāĻিāϞ)
4. I tried in my imagination to write in bright letters outside my little heart the words, 'O God'.
(āĻŽāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύাāϤ āĻŽোā§° āϏ⧰ু āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻā§°āϤ 'āĻšে āĻāĻļ্āĻŦā§°' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āϞিāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞো)
5. I didn't tremble. I didn't cry out..
(āĻŽāĻ āĻঁāĻĒি āύাāĻিāϞো। āĻŽāĻ āĻাāύ্āĻĻি āύাāĻিāϞো)
6. I looked into the mirror and smiled. It was an attractive smile.
(āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻāύাāĻāύāϞৈ āĻাāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšিāϞো। āĻāĻāĻো āĻāĻা āĻāĻā§°্āώāĻŖীāϝ় āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻāĻিāϞ)
7. I was suddenly a man of flesh and blood.
(āĻŽāĻ āĻšāĻ াāϤে āĻŽাংāϏ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻāĻিāϞোঁ)
8. I was after all a bachelor, and a doctor too on top of it!
(āĻŽāĻ āϏ⧰্āĻŦোāĻĒā§°ি āĻ āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻšিāϤ āĻāĻিāϞোঁ, āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻিāĻিā§āϏāĻো āĻāĻিāϞোঁ)
9. The fellow had such a sense of cleanliness...! The rascal could have taken it and used it after washing it with soap and water.
(āϏāĻšāĻā§°্āĻŽীāĻāύ⧰ āĻāύে āĻĒā§°িāώ্āĻাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻ্āĻāύ্āύāϤাā§° āĻ āύুāĻূāϤি āĻāĻিāϞ...! āĻŦāĻĻāĻŽাāĻļāĻāύে āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻাāĻŦোāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāύীā§°ে āϧোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻāϝ়াāĻ āϞ'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞেāĻšেঁāϤেāύ āĻā§°ু āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞেāĻšেঁāϤেāύ)
10. Was it trying to make an important decision about growing a moustache or using eye shadow and mascara or wearing a vermilion spot on its forehead.
(āĻ āĻোঁāĻĢ āĻāĻাāĻŦা āĻŦা āĻāĻুā§° āĻাঁ āĻā§°ু āĻŽাāϏ্āĻাā§°া āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻŦা āĻāĻĒাāϞāϤ āϏিঁāĻĻুā§°ā§° āĻĻাāĻ āĻĒিāύ্āϧাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻা āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āύেāĻি)
II. Expressions used to show fear
(āĻāϝ় āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšৃāϤ āĻ āĻিāĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি)
Can you find the expressions in the story that tell you that the author was frightened? Read the story and complete the following sentences.
(āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻোā§° āĻ āĻিāĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻŦিāϞাāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে āϝিāϝ়ে āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻāϝ় āϝে āϞেāĻāĻ āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ? āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻো āĻĒāĻĸ়āĻ āĻā§°ু āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ)
1. I was turned ________________________________________________________________
(āĻŽোāĻ āĻূā§°াāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
2. I sat there holding ____________________________________________________________
(āĻŽāĻ āϤাāϤ āϧ⧰ি āĻŦāĻšি āĻāĻিāϞো)
3. In the light of the lamp I sat there like _____________________________________________
(āĻাāĻিā§° āĻĒোāĻšā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻ āϤাāϤ āĻāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦāĻšি āĻিāϞো)
III. In the sentences given below some words and expressions are italicised. They are variously mean that one
(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻ āĻিāĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻাāϞিāĻাāĻāĻ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে। āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύāϧ⧰āĻŖে āĻŦুāĻাāϝ় āϝে āĻāĻা)
● is very frightened.
(āĻŦā§° āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻāĻে)
● is too scared to move.
(āϞ⧰āĻā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻāϝ় āϞাāĻে)
● is frightened by something that happens suddenly.
(āĻšāĻ াāϤে āĻāĻা āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻাā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻāĻে)
● makes another feel frightened.
(āĻāύ āĻāĻāύে āĻāϝ় āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°াāϝ়)
Match the meanings with the words/expressions in italics, and write the appropriate meaning next to the sentence. The first one has been done for you.
(āĻāĻাāϞিāĻā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ/āĻ āĻিāĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāĻŦোā§° āĻŽিāϞাāĻāĻ, āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻোā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āϞিāĻāĻ। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻো āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে)
1. 1. I knew a man was following me, I was scared out of my wits. (very frightened)
(āĻŽāĻ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞো āϝে āĻāĻāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻŽোāĻ āĻ āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে, āĻŽāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻāĻিāϞো। (āĻ āϤি āĻāϝ়াāϤুā§°)
2. I got a fright when I realised how close I was to the cliff edge.
(āĻŽāĻ āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻāĻিāϞো āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽāĻ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞো āϝে āĻŽāĻ āĻļিāϞ⧰ āĻাāώ⧰ āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻāĻোঁ)
3. He nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw the bull coming towards him.
(āώাঁāĻĄ়āĻো āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻ āĻšা āĻĻেāĻি āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻাāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻঁāĻĒিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ)
4. You really gave me a fright when you crept up behind me like that.
(āĻāĻĒুāύি āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻŽোāĻ āĻāϝ় āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻŽোā§° āĻĒিāĻāĻĢাāϞে āϤেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ)
5. Wait until I tell his story - it will make your hair stand on end.
(āĻŽāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻাāĻšিāύী āĻোā§ąাāϞৈāĻে āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻā§°āĻ - āĻ āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻুāϞি āĻļেāώāϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāĻŦ)
6. Paralysed with fear, the boy faced his abductors.
(āĻāϝ়āϤ āĻĒāĻ্āώাāĻাāϤāĻ্ā§°āϏ্āϤ āĻšৈ āϞ⧰া āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ āĻĒāĻšā§°āĻŖāĻাā§°ীāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽুāĻাāĻŽুāĻি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
7. The boy hid behind the door, not moving a muscle.
(āϞ⧰া āĻĻুā§ąাā§°ā§° āĻĒিāĻāĻĢাāϞে āϞুāĻাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ, āĻĒেāĻļী āϞ⧰āĻā§° āĻā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ)
IV. Reported questions
(āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻিāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāϏāĻŽূāĻš)
Study these sentences:
(āĻāĻ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻ āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ āĻā§°āĻ)
• His friend asked, "Did you see the snake the next day, doctor?" His friend asked the doctor whether/if he had seen the snake the next day.
(āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ, "āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻĒিāĻāĻĻিāύা āϏাāĻĒāĻো āĻĻেāĻিāĻিāϞāύে, āĻĄাāĻ্āϤ⧰?" āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āĻিāĻিā§āϏāĻāĻ āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻĒিāĻāĻĻিāύা āϤেāĻঁ āϏাāĻĒāĻো āĻĻেāĻিāĻিāϞ āύেāĻি/āϝāĻĻি āϤেāĻঁ)
• The little girl wondered, "Will I be home before the TV show begins?" The little girl wondered if/whether she would be home before the TV show began.
(āϏ⧰ু āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύীāϝ়ে āĻাāĻŦিāϞে, "āĻিāĻি āĻ āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻāϤে āĻŽāĻ āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻŽ āύেāĻি?" āϏ⧰ু āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύীāϝ়ে āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻিāĻি āĻ āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻāϤে āϤাāĻ āĻā§°āϤ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āύেāĻি/)
• Someone asked, "Why has the thief left the vest behind?" Someone asked why the thief had left the vest behind.
(āĻোāύোāĻŦাāĻ āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āĻোā§°ে āĻেāĻ্āĻিāĻো āĻিāϝ় āĻā§°ি āĻĨৈ āĻৈāĻে?" āĻোāύোāĻŦাāĻ āϏুāϧিāϞে āĻোā§°ে āĻেāĻ্āĻিāĻো āĻিāϝ় āĻā§°ি āĻĨৈ āĻৈāĻে)
The words if/whether are used to report questions which begin with: do, will, can, have, are etc. These questions can be answered 'yes' or 'no'.
(āϝāĻĻি/āĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻšোā§ąা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়: āĻā§°িāĻŦ, āĻā§°িāĻŦ, āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে, āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে, āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি। āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ 'āĻšāϝ়' āĻŦা 'āύāĻšāϝ়' āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি)
Questions beginning with why/when/where/how/which/what are reported using these same words.
(āĻāĻ āĻāĻেāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ি āĻিāϝ়/āĻেāϤিāϝ়া/āĻ'āϤ/āĻোāύ/āĻোāύ/āĻি āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻে āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻšোā§ąা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°)
The reporting verbs we use in questions with if/whether/why/when etc. are: ask, inquire and wonder.
(āϝāĻĻি/āĻি/āĻেāϤিāϝ়া/āĻেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻিā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāϤ āĻāĻŽি āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়াāĻŦোā§° āĻšৈāĻে: āϏোāϧāĻ, āϏোāϧা āĻā§°ু āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻšোā§ąা)
Report these questions using if/whether or why/when/where/how/which/what. Remember the italicised verbs change into the past tense.
(āϝāĻĻি/āĻšāĻāĻ/āĻিāϝ়/āĻেāϤিāϝ়া/āĻ'āϤ/āĻেāύেāĻৈ/āĻোāύ/āĻি āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ি āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻā§°āĻ। āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°াāĻিāĻŦ āĻāĻাāϞিāĻাāĻāĻāĻĄ āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়াāĻŦোā§° āĻ āϤীāϤ āĻাāϞāϞৈ āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āĻšāϝ়)
1. Meena asked her friend, "Do you think your teacher will come today?"
(āĻŽীāύাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻ āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻাāĻŦেāύে āϝে āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻ āĻāĻি āĻāĻšিāĻŦ)
Ans-
2. David asked his colleague, "Where will you go this summer?"
(āĻĄেāĻিāĻĻে āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏāĻšāĻā§°্āĻŽীāĻ āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ, "āĻāĻ āĻ্ā§°ীāώ্āĻŽāϤ āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻ'āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦ)
Ans-
3. He asked the little boy, "Why are you studying English?"
(āϤেāĻঁ āϏ⧰ু āϞ⧰া āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻংā§°াāĻী āĻিāϝ় āĻĒāĻĸ়ি āĻāĻে)
Ans-
4. She asked me, "When are we going to leave?"
(āϤাāĻ āĻŽোāĻ āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ, "āĻāĻŽি āĻেāϤিāϝ়া āϝাāĻŽ)
Ans-
5. Pran asked me, "Have you finished reading the newspaper?"
(āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖে āĻŽোāĻ āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻŦাāϤ⧰ি āĻাāĻāϤ āĻĒāĻĸ়া āĻļেāώ āĻā§°িāĻে āύেāĻি)
Ans-
6. Seema asked her, "How long have you lived here?"
(āϏীāĻŽাāĻ āϤাāĻāĻ āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ, "āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻĻিāύ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻে)
Ans-
7. Sheila asked the children, "Are you ready to do the work?"
(āĻļীāϞাāĻ āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻāϞāĻ āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻাāĻŽāĻো āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏাāĻু āύেāĻি)
Ans-
Question Type By- Maiur Rani Kashyap
Post ID:DABP002087