TO ERR IS HUMAN
LESSON 14
Exercise:
Comprehension
1. Answer the following questions in single sentences from your text.
a) Why have Rashmi’s friends gathered in her house?
কিয় তাইৰ ঘৰত ৰশ্মিৰ বন্ধু-বান্ধৱী গোট খাইছে?
Ans: Rashmi’s friends Rahul, Nitin, Mrinal, Rubi and Radha, have gathered there for Rashmi’s birthday.
ৰশ্মিৰ জন্মদিনৰ বাবে তাত সমবেত হৈছে ৰশ্মিৰ বন্ধু ৰাহুল, নীতিন, মৃণাল, ৰুবি আৰু ৰাধা।
b) What does Rahul wish Rashmi while presenting her theneem’ sapling?
ৰাহুলে ৰশ্মীক থেনিমৰ গছপুলি উপহাৰ দিওঁতে কি কামনা কৰে?
Ans: Rahul wish Rashmi, many happy returns of this day, while presenting her theneem’ sapling.
ৰাহুলে ৰশ্মীক শুভেচ্ছা জনাইছে, এই দিনটোৰ বহু সুখৰ উভতি অহাৰ কামনা কৰিছে, লগতে তেওঁৰ থেনীম’ গছপুলিটো উপহাৰ দিছে
c) Why has Mini not come to Rashmi’s house to attend the birthday party?
জন্মদিনৰ পাৰ্টিত অংশগ্ৰহণ কৰিবলৈ মিনি কিয় ৰশ্মিৰ ঘৰলৈ অহা নাই?
Ans: Mini does not like mixup with friends and she likes to stay aloof so she has not come to Rashmi’s house to attend the birthday party.
মিনিয়ে বন্ধুৰ লগত মিক্সআপ ভাল নাপায় আৰু তাই আঁতৰি থাকি ভাল পায় গতিকে তাই জন্মদিনৰ পাৰ্টিত অংশগ্ৰহণ কৰিবলৈ ৰশ্মিৰ ঘৰলৈ অহা নাই।
d) What was Mini doing in her room when Rubi went to meether?
ৰুবীয়ে মিথাৰলৈ যোৱাৰ সময়ত মিনিয়ে তাইৰ ৰুমত কি কৰি আছিল?
Ans: Mini was watching a movie in her room when Rubi went to meether.
মিনিয়ে নিজৰ কোঠাত চিনেমা চাই আছিল যেতিয়া ৰুবীয়ে মিথাৰলৈ গ’ল।
e) Why does Mini like to watch horror film?
মিনিয়ে কিয় হৰৰ ছবি চাবলৈ ভাল পায়?
Ans: Mini like to watch horror films because it used to give her much thrill and excitement.
মিনিয়ে হৰৰ ছবি চাই ভাল পায় কাৰণ ইয়াৰ ফলত তাইক বহুত ৰোমাঞ্চ আৰু উত্তেজনা দিছিল।
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f) What bad habit has Mini started?
মিনিৰ কি বেয়া অভ্যাস আৰম্ভ হৈছে?
Ans: Mini has started a bad habit of talking inside the classroom.
মিনিয়ে শ্ৰেণীকোঠাৰ ভিতৰত কথা পতাৰ এটা বেয়া অভ্যাস আৰম্ভ কৰিছে।
g) What did Mini do when she was asked to solve a sum onthe board?
ব’ৰ্ডত এটা ৰাশি সমাধান কৰিবলৈ কোৱাত মিনিয়ে কি কৰিলে?
Ans: Mini complained of a headache when their teacher asked her to solve a sum on the board.
মিনিয়ে মূৰৰ বিষৰ অভিযোগ কৰিছিল যেতিয়া তেওঁলোকৰ শিক্ষকে তাইক বৰ্ডত থকা এটা ৰাশি সমাধান কৰিবলৈ ক’লে।
h) Why did Rashmi and her friends try to solve the problem secretly?
ৰশ্মি আৰু তাইৰ বন্ধুসকলে কিয় সমস্যাটো গোপনে সমাধান কৰিবলৈ চেষ্টা কৰিছিল?
Ans: Rashmi and her friends try to solve the problem secretly or else there would have been an unnecessary gossip in the school.
ৰশ্মী আৰু তাইৰ বন্ধুসকলে গোপনে সমস্যাটো সমাধান কৰিবলৈ চেষ্টা কৰে নহ’লে স্কুলত অপ্ৰয়োজনীয় গুজৱ হ’লহেঁতেন।
i) Why is Mini happy?
মিনি কিয় সুখী?
Ans: Mini was happy because she realized her fault and saved from going astray and being ruined.
মিনি সুখী আছিল কাৰণ তাই নিজৰ দোষটো উপলব্ধি কৰিছিল আৰু বিপথে পৰিচালিত হৈ নষ্ট হোৱাৰ পৰা ৰক্ষা কৰিছিল।
j) What new plan does Rahul talk about?
কি নতুন পৰিকল্পনাৰ কথা কয় ৰাহুলে?
Ans: Rahul discussed to form a new science group in their school.
ৰাহুলে তেওঁলোকৰ স্কুলত এটা নতুন বিজ্ঞান গোট গঠন কৰিবলৈ আলোচনা কৰিলে।
2) Give brief answers to the following questions.
a) What did Rubi experience in Mini’s room?
মিনিৰ কোঠাত ৰুবীয়ে কি অনুভৱ কৰিলে?
Ans: Rubi found the atmosphere of the room very suffocating. The light were off, and curtains were drawn inside the room.
ৰুবীয়ে কোঠাটোৰ পৰিৱেশটো বৰ শ্বাসৰুদ্ধ কৰি তুলিছিল। লাইট বন্ধ হৈ আছিল, কোঠাটোৰ ভিতৰত পৰ্দা টানিছিল।
b) What did Nitin say about Mini?
নিতিনে মিনিৰ বিষয়ে কি ক’লে?
Ans: Nitin did not like to talk about Mini as she has changed completely. He said that she doesn’t look at them and she shows herself to be more intelligent than anybody else.
সম্পূৰ্ণ সলনি হৈ যোৱাৰ বাবে নিতিনে মিনিৰ কথা ক’বলৈ ভাল নাপালে। তেওঁ ক’লে যে তাই সিহঁতৰ ফালে নাচায় আৰু তাই নিজকে আন সকলোতকৈ বেছি বুদ্ধিমান বুলি দেখুৱায়।
c) What information does Rashmi get about Mini? Who does she tell it?
ৰশ্মিয়ে মিনিৰ বিষয়ে কি তথ্য পায়? তাই কাক কয়?
Ans: Rashmi got an information that Mini and her friends exchanged different types of VCDs and books and many other things secretly, which she had already told Rubi.
ৰশ্মিয়ে এটা তথ্য পাইছিল যে মিনি আৰু তাইৰ বন্ধুসকলে বিভিন্ন ধৰণৰ ভিচিডি আৰু কিতাপ আৰু বহুতো কথা গোপনে আদান-প্ৰদান কৰিছিল, যিটো তাই ইতিমধ্যে ৰুবীক জনাইছিল।
d) What lesson does Mini learn? Why is she grateful towards her friends?
মিনিয়ে কি পাঠ শিকে? বন্ধু-বান্ধৱীৰ প্ৰতি তাই কিয় কৃতজ্ঞ?
Ans: Mini learned that one should always keep good company and it is very bad to spend much time in watching films and reading useless books.
She is very grateful towards her friends because only because of them she has been saved from being ruined.
মিনিয়ে শিকিলে যে সদায় ভাল সংগ ৰাখিব লাগে আৰু ছবি চোৱা আৰু অসাৰ কিতাপ পঢ়াত বহু সময় কটোৱাটো অতি বেয়া।
বন্ধু-বান্ধৱীৰ প্ৰতি তাই অতিশয় কৃতজ্ঞ কাৰণ তেওঁলোকৰ বাবেই তাইক ধ্বংস হোৱাৰ পৰা ৰক্ষা পৰিছে।
e) What does Nitin say about the responsibility of a student towards the society?
এজন ছাত্ৰৰ সমাজৰ প্ৰতি থকা দায়িত্ব সম্পৰ্কে নীতিনে কি কয়?
Ans: Nitin said that it was the time to form and shape their character. They should never ignore their duty. They also have a responsibility towards the society, as the juniors would follow them. So, as seniors they had to show them what is good and what is bad.
নীতিনে কয় যে তেওঁলোকৰ চৰিত্ৰ গঠন আৰু গঢ় দিয়াৰ সময় আহি পৰিছে। তেওঁলোকে কেতিয়াও নিজৰ কৰ্তব্যক আওকাণ কৰা উচিত নহয়। সমাজৰ প্ৰতিও তেওঁলোকৰ দায়িত্ব আছে, কিয়নো জুনিয়ৰসকলেও তেওঁলোকক অনুসৰণ কৰিব। গতিকে, চিনিয়ৰ হিচাপে তেওঁলোকে তেওঁলোকক কি ভাল আৰু কি বেয়া দেখুৱাব লাগিছিল।
3) What does Mini realize after giving up the bad company? What does she decide to do now?
বেয়া কোম্পানীটো এৰি দিয়াৰ পিছত মিনিয়ে কি উপলব্ধি কৰে? তাই এতিয়া কি কৰাৰ সিদ্ধান্ত লয়?
Ans: After giving up the bad company Mini realizes that one should always keep good company otherwise one may have gone astray and ruined. Moreover she realized that it is very bad to spend much time in watching films and reading useless books. Even she felt very weak both physically and mentally, When she indulged herself in the harmful activities and ignored her study.
বেয়া কোম্পানীটো এৰি দিয়াৰ পিছত মিনিয়ে উপলব্ধি কৰে যে সদায় ভাল সংগ ৰাখিব লাগে অন্যথা হয়তো বিপথে পৰিচালিত হৈ ধ্বংস হৈ গৈছে। তদুপৰি তাই উপলব্ধি কৰিলে যে চিনেমা চোৱা আৰু অসাৰ কিতাপ পঢ়াত বহু সময় কটোৱাটো বৰ বেয়া। আনকি তাইও শাৰীৰিক আৰু মানসিক দুয়োটা দিশতে অতি দুৰ্বল অনুভৱ কৰিছিল, যেতিয়া তাই ক্ষতিকাৰক কামবোৰত লিপ্ত হৈছিল আৰু পঢ়া-শুনাক আওকাণ কৰিছিল।
4) Write whether the following statements are true of false.
a) Rashmi’s friends present her a book on her birthday.
Ans: True
b) Rahul wants to wait for Mini.
Ans: False
c) Rubi finds the atmosphere of Mini’s room very suffocating.
Ans: True
d) Rashmi’s mother does not enjoy the chatting of children.
Ans: False
e) The children are going to take their examination after fifteen days.
Ans: true
f) They had to fix a date for the next meeting of the Science Club.
Ans: False
Grammar and usage
5) Answer the following questions.
(a) Rani: I am hungry now.
Question: What did Rani say?
Ans: Ranisaid that she was hungry then.
(b) Teacher: Saurav in the best boyin my class.
Question: What did the teacher say?
Ans: The teacher said that Saurav was the best boy in his class
(c) Mohan: Are the grapes sour?
Question: What did Mohan ask?
Ans: Mohan asked if the grapes were sour.
(d) The guest: Does the dog bite?
Question: What did the guest ask?
Ans:The guest asked if the dog bite.
(e) Father: Why is the child crying?
Question: What did the father ask?
Ans: The father asked why the child was crying
Now rewrite the following sentences in the direct speech.
(a) Mother warned me not to run in the sun.
Ans: Mother said to me, don’t run in the sun.
(b) We all wished that our motherland might prosper.
Ans: We all said, “May our motherland prosper.”
(c) The priest prayed that God might bless me.
Ans: The priest said, “May God bless you,”
(d) The little girl exclaimed with wonder that the butterfly was very beautiful.
Ans: The little girl said, “How beautiful the butterfly is!”
(e) Father requested me to bring him a glass of water.
Ans: Father said to me, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
Vocabulary
7) Choose the correct meaning of the sentences from the alternatives given.
a) She’s a very good student.
i) She is a very good student.ii) She has a very good student.
Ans: i
b) He’d have a glass of milk every morning.
i) He had have a glass of milk every morning.ii) He would have a glass of milk every morning
Ans: ii
c) Who’s your favorite singer?
i) Whose your favorite singer?ii) Who is your favorite singer?
Ans: ii
d) Mitu’s gone out.
i) Mitu is gone out.ii) Mitu has gone out
Ans: ii
Composition
8) You four are very good friends. One of your group has suddenly met with an accident and hurt one of his / her legs very badly. He / She won’t be able to appear in the Half-yearly Examination and that is why very sad.
How will the three of you console and encourage your friend? Write your discussion in dialogues.
Ans:
(Ram, Sham, Bam are the three friends, who are discussing how they could console and encourage their friend Lakhsay)
Ram: I think we should bring some of his favorite food for him.
Sham: His parents already did that. Don’t you guys have any other plans?
Bam: Well, we could just bring the play station and play games at his house.
Ram: We have our exams next week. Our parents wont allow us to play games!
Sham: I have an idea!
Ram: What?
Sham: We could bring some of his favorite food, and watch the new ‘Marvel’ movie. In that way, he would gain some excitement, and we could also leave his house by 2 hours, so that we could go home and study.
Bam: That’s impressive Sham, let’s do it. Do you agree Ram?
Ram: I loved the plan. Let’s go!
(Ram, Sham, and Bam depart)1. What is the meaning of chat ?
EXTRA QUETION ANSWER
2. What is the meaning of attire ?
Ans: Clothes .
3. What is the meaning of sapling ?
Ans: A young tree .
4. What is the meaning of stand aloof ?
Ans: To show no friendship towards others .
5. What is the meaning of indifferent ?
Ans: Not having interest .
6. What is the meaning of unbolt ?
Ans; To open a window or door by sliding a bolt across .
7. What is the meaning gloomy ?
Ans: Sad and without hope .
8. What is the meaning of suffocation ?
Ans: making it difficult to breadth normally .
9. What is the meaning of thrill ?
Ans: A strong feeling of excitement and pleasure .
10. What is the meaning of gossip ?
Ans: To talk about other people's private lives .
Khyatam kakati
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