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Coorg
āĻুā§°্āĻ
Thinking about the text
āĻĒাāĻ āĻোā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°ি
1. Where is coorg?
ā§§. āĻুā§°্āĻ āĻ'āϤ āĻāĻে?
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2. What is the story about the kodavu people's descent?
⧍/ āĻোāĻĄাāĻু āĻāύāĻোāώ্āĻ ীā§° āĻŦংāĻļā§° āĻাāĻšিāύী āĻি?
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3. What are some of the things you know about
ā§Š/ āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻাāύে āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻĨা āĻি āĻি?
(i) the people of coorg?
(i) āĻুā§°্āĻā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°?
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(ii) the main crop of coorg?
(ii) āĻুā§°্āĻā§° āĻŽূāϞ āĻļāϏ্āϝ?
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(iii) the sports it offers to tourists?
(iii) āĻ āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸ়োā§ąা āĻেāϞা-āϧূāϞাāϏāĻŽূāĻš?
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(iv) the animals you are likely to see in Coorg?
(iv) āĻুā§°্āĻāϤ āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻĻেāĻাā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻাā§ąāύা āĻĨāĻা āĻীā§ą-āĻāύ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°?
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(v) its distance from Bangalore,
(v) āĻŦāĻাāĻāĻাঁāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻĻূā§°āϤ্āĻŦ,
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4. Here are six sentences with some words in italics. Find phrases from the text that have the same meaning. (Look in the paragraphs indicated)
ā§Ē/ āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে āϝ'āϤ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻāĻাāϞিāĻ āϞিāĻা āĻāĻে। āĻĒাāĻ āĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻে āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻĨāĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ। (āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া āĻ āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻāĻ)
(i) During monsoons it rains so heavily that tourists do not viisit Coorg. (para 2)
(i) āĻŦাā§°িāώাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻāĻŽাāύেāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻšāϝ় āϝে āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻāĻে āĻুā§°্āĻāϞৈ āύাāϝাāϝ়। (āĻĒ্āϝাā§°া ⧍)
(ii) Some people say that Alexander's army moved south along the coast and settled there (para 3)
(ii) āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύে āĻāϝ় āϝে āĻāϞেāĻāĻেāĻŖ্āĻĄাā§°ā§° āϏৈāύ্āϝāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻূāϞ⧰ āĻাāώেā§°ে āĻĻāĻ্āώিāĻŖāϞৈ āĻৈ āϤাāϤ āĻŦāϏāϤি āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ (āĻĒেā§°া ā§Š)
(iii) The Coorg people are always ready to tell stories of their sons' and fathers' valour. (para 4)
(iii) āĻুā§°্āĻ āĻāύāĻোāώ্āĻ ীāϏāĻāϞে āύিāĻā§° āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻļৌā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ āĻাāĻšিāύী āĻ’āĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āϏাāĻু āĻĨাāĻে। (āĻĒ্āϝাā§°া ā§Ē)
(iv) Even people who normally lead an easy and slow life get smitten by the high-energy adventure sports of Coorg. (para 6)
(iv) āĻāύāĻি āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āϏāĻšāĻ āĻā§°ু āϞেāĻšেāĻŽীāϝ়া āĻীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞেāĻ āĻ’ā§°্āĻā§° āĻāĻ্āĻ āĻļāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ āĻ্ā§°ীāĻĄ়াā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻāĻাāϤāĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϤ āĻšāϝ়। (āĻĒ্āϝাā§°া ā§Ŧ)
(v) The theory of the Arab origin is supported by the long coat with embroidered waist-belt they wear. (para 3)
(v) āĻā§°āĻŦ āĻŽূāϞ⧰ āϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻো āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻĒিāύ্āϧা āĻāĻŽ্āĻŦ্ā§°āϝ়āĻĄাā§°ী āĻঁāĻাāϞ⧰ āĻŦেāϞ্āĻ āĻĨāĻা āĻĻীāĻāϞ āĻোāĻāĻোā§ąে āϏāĻŽā§°্āĻĨāύ āĻā§°ে। (āĻĒ্āϝাā§°া ā§Š)
(vi) Macaques, Malabar squirrels observe you carefully from the tree canopy. (para 7)
(vi) āĻŽাāĻাāĻ, āĻŽাāϞাāĻŦাā§° āĻাāĻāĻŦোā§°ে āĻāĻā§° āĻাāϞিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻŦেāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻā§°ে। (āĻĒ্āϝাā§°া ā§)
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Thinking about language
āĻাāώাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°ি
Collocations
āĻ'āϞāĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāύāϏāĻŽূāĻš
Certain words 'go together '. such word friends' are called collocations. The collocation of a word is 'the company it keeps'.
For example, look at the paired sentences and phrases below. Which is a common collocation, and which one is odd? Strike out the odd sentence or phrase.
āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āύিā§°্āĻĻিāώ্āĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ 'āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āϝাāĻāĻ '। āĻāύে āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦāύ্āϧু'āĻ āĻāϞ'āĻেāĻāύ āĻŦোāϞা āĻšāϝ়। āĻāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻāϞ’āĻেāĻāύ āĻš’āϞ ‘āĻ ā§°āĻা āĻোāĻŽ্āĻĒাāύী’।
āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏ্āĻŦā§°ূāĻĒে, āϤāϞāϤ āϝোā§° āĻā§°া āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻāĻ। āĻোāύāĻো āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻāϞ’āĻেāĻāύ, āĻā§°ু āĻোāύāĻো āĻ āĻĻ্āĻুāϤ? āĻ āĻĻ্āĻুāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļāĻো āώ্āĻ্ā§°াāĻāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ।
(a) ● 'How old are you?'
(āĻ) ● 'āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āĻিāĻŽাāύ?'
● 'How young are you?'
● 'āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻিāĻŽাāύ āϏ⧰ু?'
(b) ● a pleasant person
(āĻ) ● āĻāĻāύ āϏুāĻāĻĻাāϝ়āĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি
● a pleasant pillow
● āĻāĻা āĻŽāύোā§°āĻŽ āĻাā§°ু
1. Here are some nouns from the text.
ā§§/ āĻĒাāĻ ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া āĻš'āϞ।
Work with a partner and discuss which of the nouns can collocate with which of the adjectives given below. The first one has been done for you.
āĻāĻāύ āϏংāĻীā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻ āĻā§°ু āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖā§° āĻোāύāĻো āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϏংāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āϏেāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°āĻ। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻো āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে।
unique (āĻ āύāύ্āϝ) terrible (āĻā§াāύāĻ) unforgettable (āĻ āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽā§°āĻŖীāϝ়) serious (āĻāĻšীāύ) ancient (āĻĒৌā§°াāĻŖিāĻ) wide (āĻŦāĻšāϞ) sudden (āĻāĻāϏ্āĻŽিāĻ) |