Chapter- 5

 The Snake and the Mirror 

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Thinking about the Text 

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

(āϝোā§°াāϤ āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰āĻ• āφ⧰ু āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϟো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ⧰ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāϟা āϚāĻŽু āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻāϤ 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?

 ("āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻāϟা āϚিāύাāĻ•ি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āφāĻ›িāϞ।" āϚিāĻ•িā§ŽāϏāĻ•ে āĻ•ি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύিāĻ›িāϞ? āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāχāϟো āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϞি āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ›িāϞ? āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাā§° āĻāχāϟো āĻļুāύিāĻ›িāϞ? (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āϏ্āĻĨাāύāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāϚাā§°āĻ•।) āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া āφ⧰ু āĻ•িāϝ় 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?

 (āφāχāύাāĻ–āύāϞৈ āϚাāχ āĻĨাāĻ•োāϤে āϚিāĻ•িā§ŽāϏāĻ•ে āĻ•ি āĻĻুāϟা "āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ" āφ⧰ু "āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āĻ•ঁāĻĒাāχ āϤুāϞিāĻ›িāϞ" āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ)

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?

 (āϚিāĻ•িā§ŽāϏāĻ•āϜāύে āĻ•āϝ়, "āĻŽāχ āφāχāύাāĻ–āύāϞৈ āϚাāχ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ›িāϞোঁ।" āĻ…āϞāĻĒ āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•āϝ়, "āĻŽāχ āĻŽোā§° āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒাāĻšā§°ি āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞোঁ āφ⧰ু āύিāϜāĻ•ে āϞৈ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ›িāϞোঁ।" āύিāϜ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚিāĻ•িā§ŽāϏāϕ⧰ āĻŽāϤাāĻŽāϤ āĻ•ি āϝেāϤিāϝ়া: (āφāχ) āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽে āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ, āφ⧰ু (āφāχāφāχ) āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ? āϤাā§° āϚিāύ্āϤাāĻŦোā§° āĻ•েāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖে āϏāϞāύি āĻšāϝ়, āφ⧰ু āĻ•িāϝ়)

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.)

 (āĻāϟা āĻ­āϝ়াā§ąāĻš āϘāϟāύাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāχ āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟো āĻšাāϏ্āϝāϕ⧰ āĻ­াā§ąে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে। āĻ•িāĻšে āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻšাāϏ্āϝāϕ⧰ āϕ⧰ি āϤোāϞে? (āϏāĻĒোāύ āφ⧰ু āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąā§° āĻŽাāϜāϤ āχ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰া āĻŦৈāώāĻŽ্āϝāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰āĻ•। āϤাā§°ে āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āϤāϞāϤ āϤাāϞিāĻ•াāĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে।)


1.       (i) The kind of person the doctor is (money, possessions) 

       (āϚিāĻ•িā§ŽāϏāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ•েāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি (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)

     (āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•েāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āĻš'āĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে (āϚেāĻšেā§°া, āωāϚ্āϚাāĻ•াংāĻ•্āώা)

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2. (i) The person he wants to marry 

(āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŦিāϝ়া āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚ⧰া āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāϜāύ)

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(ii) The person he actually marries

 (āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤāϤে āĻŦিāϝ়া āϕ⧰া āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāϜāύ)

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3. (i) His thoughts when he looks into the mirror

(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāχāύাāĻ–āύāϞৈ āϚাāϞে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϚিāύ্āϤা)

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 (ii) His thoughts when the snake is coiled around his arm

 (āϏাāĻĒāϟো āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦাāĻšুā§° āϚাā§°িāĻ“āĻĢাāϞে āĻ•ুāĻŖ্āĻĄāϞী āĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻ•িāϞে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϚিāύ্āϤা)

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Write short paragraphs on each of these to get your answer.

 (āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāχāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϟোāϤ āϚāĻŽু āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻ āϞিāĻ–āĻ•)


Thinking about Language

 (āĻ­াāώাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰া)


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.

 (āχāϝ়াāϤ āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻ•োāύāϜāύে āφāĻĒোāύাāĻ• āĻ•āϝ়, āϞেāĻ–āĻ•ে āĻāχāĻĻā§°ে āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ: (āĻ•) āϏাāĻĒāϟোāĻ• āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ, (āĻ–) āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϚেāĻšেā§°াāĻ• āϞৈ āĻ—ৌā§°ā§ąাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ āφāĻ›িāϞ, (āĻ—) āĻšাāϏ্āϝ⧰āϏ⧰ āĻ­াā§ą āύাāĻ›িāϞ, (āϘ) āϏাāĻĒāϟোāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰া āύাāĻ›িāϞ)

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1. I was turned to stone. 

(āĻŽোāĻ• āĻļিāϞāϞৈ āϘূā§°াāχ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ)


2. I was no mere image cut in granite.

(āĻŽāχ āĻ—্ā§°েāύাāχāϟāϤ āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āĻ›āĻŦি āĻ•āϟা āύাāĻ›িāϞোঁ)


3. The arm was beginning to be drained of strength.

 (āĻŦাāĻšুāϟো āĻļāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻĒā§°া āύিāώ্āĻ•াāĻļিāϤ āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ)


4. I tried in my imagination to write in bright letters outside my little heart the words, 'O God'.

(āĻŽāχ āĻŽোā§° āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাāϤ āĻŽোā§° āϏ⧰ু āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āωāϜ্āϜ্āĻŦāϞ āφāĻ–ā§°āϤ 'āĻšে āψāĻļ্āĻŦā§°' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āϞিāĻ–িāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞো)


5. I didn't tremble. I didn't cry out..

(āĻŽāχ āĻ•ঁāĻĒি āύাāĻ›িāϞো। āĻŽāχ āĻ•াāύ্āĻĻি āύাāĻ›িāϞো)

6. I looked into the mirror and smiled. It was an attractive smile.

 (āĻŽāχ āφāχāύাāĻ–āύāϞৈ āϚাāχ āĻšাঁāĻšিāϞো। āĻāχāϟো āĻāϟা āφāϕ⧰্āώāĻŖীāϝ় āĻšাঁāĻšি āφāĻ›িāϞ)


7. I was suddenly a man of flesh and blood. 

(āĻŽāχ āĻšāĻ াāϤে āĻŽাংāϏ āφ⧰ু āϤেāϜ⧰ āĻŽাāύুāĻš āφāĻ›িāϞোঁ)


8. I was after all a bachelor, and a doctor too on top of it!

(āĻŽāχ āϏ⧰্āĻŦোāĻĒā§°ি āĻ…āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻšিāϤ āφāĻ›িāϞোঁ, āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāϜāύ āϚিāĻ•িā§ŽāϏāĻ•ো āφāĻ›িāϞোঁ)


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.

(āϏāĻšāϕ⧰্āĻŽীāϜāύ⧰ āĻāύে āĻĒā§°িāώ্āĻ•াā§° āĻĒā§°িāϚ্āĻ›āύ্āύāϤাā§° āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤি āφāĻ›িāϞ...! āĻŦāĻĻāĻŽাāĻļāϜāύে āχāϝ়াāĻ• āϚাāĻŦোāύ āφ⧰ু āĻĒাāύীā§°ে āϧোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āχāϝ়াāĻ• āϞ'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞেāĻšেঁāϤেāύ āφ⧰ু āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি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.

(āχ āĻ—োঁāĻĢ āĻ—āϜাāĻŦা āĻŦা āϚāĻ•ুā§° āĻ›াঁ āφ⧰ু āĻŽাāϏ্āĻ•াā§°া āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻŦা āĻ•āĻĒাāϞāϤ āϏিঁāĻĻুā§°ā§° āĻĻাāĻ— āĻĒিāύ্āϧাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϟা āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ'āĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āύেāĻ•ি)


II. Expressions used to show fear

(āĻ­āϝ় āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšৃāϤ āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি)


Can you find the expressions in the story that tell you that the author was frightened? Read the story and complete the following sentences.

(āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟোā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻŦিāϞাāĻ• āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে āϝিāϝ়ে āφāĻĒোāύাāĻ• āĻ•āϝ় āϝে āϞেāĻ–āĻ• āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›িāϞ? āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟো āĻĒāĻĸ়āĻ• āφ⧰ু āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻ–িāϤ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻ•)


1. I was turned ________________________________________________________________

(āĻŽোāĻ• āϘূā§°াāχ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ)


2. I sat there holding ____________________________________________________________

(āĻŽāχ āϤাāϤ āϧ⧰ি āĻŦāĻšি āφāĻ›িāϞো)


3. In the light of the lamp I sat there like _____________________________________________

(āϚাāĻ•িā§° āĻĒোāĻšā§°āϤ āĻŽāχ āϤাāϤ āĻāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦāĻšি āĻ›িāϞো)


III. In the sentences given below some words and expressions are italicised. They are variously mean that one

(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āχāϟাāϞিāϚাāχāϜ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে। āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύāϧ⧰āĻŖে āĻŦুāϜাāϝ় āϝে āĻāϟা)

● is very frightened.

 (āĻŦā§° āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›ে)


● is too scared to move.

(āϞ⧰āϚ⧰ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ­āϝ় āϞাāĻ—ে)


● is frightened by something that happens suddenly. 

(āĻšāĻ াāϤে āϘāϟা āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻāϟাā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›ে)


● makes another feel frightened.

(āφāύ āĻāϜāύে āĻ­āϝ় āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰া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.

(āχāϟাāϞিāϕ⧰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ/āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāĻŦোā§° āĻŽিāϞাāĻ“āĻ•, āφ⧰ু āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϟোā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āωāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āϞিāĻ–āĻ•। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϟো āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে)


1.      1. I knew a man was following me, I was scared out of my wits. (very frightened)

 (āĻŽāχ āϜাāύিāĻ›িāϞো āϝে āĻāϜāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻŽোāĻ• āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰ি āφāĻ›ে, āĻŽāχ āĻŽোā§° āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›িāϞো। (āĻ…āϤি āĻ­āϝ়াāϤুā§°)


2. I got a fright when I realised how close I was to the cliff edge.

(āĻŽāχ āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›িāϞো āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽāχ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞো āϝে āĻŽāχ āĻļিāϞ⧰ āĻ•াāώ⧰ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āφāĻ›োঁ)


 3. He nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw the bull coming towards him.

(āώাঁāĻĄ়āϟো āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻ…āĻšা āĻĻেāĻ–ি āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻ›াāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϜঁāĻĒিāϝ়াāχ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ)


4. You really gave me a fright when you crept up behind me like that. 

(āφāĻĒুāύি āϏঁāϚাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে āĻŽোāĻ• āĻ­āϝ় āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āφāĻĒুāύি āĻŽোā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āĻĢাāϞে āϤেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϏোāĻŽাāχ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ)


5. Wait until I tell his story - it will make your hair stand on end.

(āĻŽāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•াāĻšিāύী āĻ•োā§ąাāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻĒেāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰āĻ• - āχ āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āϚুāϞি āĻļেāώāϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āϕ⧰ি āĻĻিāĻŦ)


6. Paralysed with fear, the boy faced his abductors.

(āĻ­āϝ়āϤ āĻĒāĻ•্āώাāϘাāϤāĻ—্ā§°āϏ্āϤ āĻšৈ āϞ⧰া āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ…āĻĒāĻšā§°āĻŖāĻ•াā§°ীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻŽুāĻ–াāĻŽুāĻ–ি āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ)


7. The boy hid behind the door, not moving a muscle.

(āϞ⧰া āĻĻুā§ąাā§°ā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āĻĢাāϞে āϞুāĻ•াāχ āφāĻ›িāϞ, āĻĒেāĻļী āϞ⧰āϚ⧰ āϕ⧰া āύাāĻ›িāϞ)


IV. Reported questions 

(āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻিāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāϏāĻŽূāĻš)


Study these sentences:

(āĻāχ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻ…āϧ্āϝāϝ়āύ āϕ⧰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.

(āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āϏুāϧিāĻ›িāϞ, "āφāĻĒুāύি āĻĒিāĻ›āĻĻিāύা āϏাāĻĒāϟো āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞāύে, āĻĄাāĻ•্āϤ⧰?" āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āϚিāĻ•িā§ŽāϏāĻ•āĻ• āϏুāϧিāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āĻĒিāĻ›āĻĻিāύা āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏাāĻĒāϟো āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ āύেāĻ•ি/āϝāĻĻি āϤেāĻ“ঁ)


• 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⧰ু āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāϜāύীāϝ়ে āĻ­াāĻŦিāϞে, "āϟিāĻ­ি āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āφāĻ—āϤে āĻŽāχ āϘ⧰āϞৈ āφāĻšিāĻŽ āύেāĻ•ি?" āϏ⧰ু āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāϜāύীāϝ়ে āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϟিāĻ­ি āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āφāĻ—āϤে āϤাāχ āϘ⧰āϤ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āύেāĻ•ি/)


• Someone asked, "Why has the thief left the vest behind?" Someone asked why the thief had left the vest behind.

(āĻ•োāύোāĻŦাāχ āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āϚোā§°ে āĻ—েāĻž্āϜিāϟো āĻ•িāϝ় āĻā§°ি āĻĨৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›ে?" āĻ•োāύোāĻŦাāχ āϏুāϧিāϞে āϚোā§°ে āĻ—েāĻž্āϜিāϟো āĻ•িāϝ় āĻā§°ি āĻĨৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›ে)


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/āĻ•ি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āĻšোā§ąা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়: āϕ⧰িāĻŦ, āϕ⧰িāĻŦ, āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে, āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে, āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি। āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ 'āĻšāϝ়' āĻŦা 'āύāĻšāϝ়' āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি)


Questions beginning with why/when/where/how/which/what are reported using these same words.

(āĻāχ āĻāĻ•েāϟা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻ•িāϝ়/āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া/āĻ•'āϤ/āĻ•োāύ/āĻ•োāύ/āĻ•ি āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āĻšোā§ąা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°)

 

The reporting verbs we use in questions with if/whether/why/when etc. are: ask, inquire and wonder.

(āϝāĻĻি/āĻ•ি/āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া/āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻিā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāϤ āφāĻŽি āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়াāĻŦোā§° āĻšৈāĻ›ে: āϏোāϧāĻ•, āϏোāϧা āφ⧰ু āφāϚ⧰ি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/āĻšāĻ“āĻ•/āĻ•িāϝ়/āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া/āĻ•'āϤ/āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ/āĻ•োāύ/āĻ•ি āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āϕ⧰āĻ•। āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°াāĻ–িāĻŦ āχāϟাāϞিāĻ•াāχāϜāĻĄ āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়াāĻŦোā§° āĻ…āϤীāϤ āĻ•াāϞāϞৈ āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āĻšāϝ়)


1. Meena asked her friend, "Do you think your teacher will come today?"

(āĻŽীāύাāχ āϤাāχ⧰ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻ• āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ­াāĻŦেāύে āϝে āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āφāϜি āφāĻšিāĻŦ) 

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2. David asked his colleague, "Where will you go this summer?"

(āĻĄেāĻ­িāĻĻে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϏāĻšāϕ⧰্āĻŽীāĻ• āϏুāϧিāĻ›িāϞ, "āĻāχ āĻ—্ā§°ীāώ্āĻŽāϤ āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•'āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦ)

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3. He asked the little boy, "Why are you studying English?"

(āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏ⧰ু āϞ⧰া āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āφāĻĒুāύি āχংā§°াāϜী āĻ•িāϝ় āĻĒāĻĸ়ি āφāĻ›ে)

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4. She asked me, "When are we going to leave?"

(āϤাāχ āĻŽোāĻ• āϏুāϧিāĻ›িāϞ, "āφāĻŽি āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া āϝাāĻŽ)

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5. Pran asked me, "Have you finished reading the newspaper?"

(āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖে āĻŽোāĻ• āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āφāĻĒুāύি āĻŦাāϤ⧰ি āĻ•াāĻ•āϤ āĻĒāĻĸ়া āĻļেāώ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে āύেāĻ•ি)

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6. Seema asked her, "How long have you lived here?"

(āϏীāĻŽাāχ āϤাāχāĻ• āϏুāϧিāĻ›িāϞ, "āφāĻĒুāύি āχāϝ়াāϤ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āĻĻিāύ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে)

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7. Sheila asked the children, "Are you ready to do the work?"

(āĻļীāϞাāχ āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻ•āϞāĻ• āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•াāĻŽāϟো āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏাāϜু āύেāĻ•ি)

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Question Type By- Maiur Rani Kashyap 





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