Lesson 1.
Tales of Bhola Grandpa
[Textual Questions]
Exercise-1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives :
1. In the bokal tree there lived
a. crows
b. monkeys ✓
c. tigers
d. sparrows
2. On the way back from the festival, Bhola Grandpa tightly held on to the two fingers of his
a. son
b. cousin
c. grandson ✓
d. nephew
3. A gang of pirates were burying a
a. large box ✓
b. small box
c. large bag
d. small bag
4. Bhola Grandpa was returning from the
a. yearly market
b. monthly market
c. daily market
d. weekly market ✓
5. Bhola Grandpa died at the age of
a. eight-five
b. ninety-five ✓
c. fifty-five
d. seventy-five
Exercise -2
Answer the following questions within fifteen words:
a. When did Bhola Grandpa let out a loud wail?
b. Where had the grandson found a cosy shelter?
c. What request did Bhola Grandpa make to the first man he saw on the mound?
d. How old was Bhola Grandpa’s wife when he died?
Exercise-3
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
a. Why was no real treasure found under the sand dunes?
b. What did the tiger do after Bhola Grandpa had climbed up the banyan tree?
c. What was the reason of Bhola Grandpa’s death according to his wife?
Exercise-4
Change the mode of narration of the following sentences:
a. Bulbuli said to his friend,”Will you come tomorrow ?”
Bulbuli asked her friend if / whether he / she would go the next day.
b. Paulami says,”I am fine.”
Paulami says that she is fine.
c. The teacher said to the students, “Keep quiet.”
The teacher ordered the students to keep quiet.
d. My mother said to me,”May your dreams come true.”
My mother prayed/wished that my dreams might come true.
e. The students said,”Sir,please allow us to play in the field.”
The students requested their sir to allow them to play in the field.
Exercise-5
In each of the sentences of the following passage some articles and prepositions are used in an incorrect manner. Underline them and replace them with the appropriate ones:
On an winter night I was aboard a boat. It was a moonlit night full on stars. The boat was anchored up a great river. I was thrilled to see a beauty of nature.
Composition :
Exercise-6
Write a dialogue within 100 words on the need to ban the use of animals like tigers and lions as circus attractions :
c. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two: 1×2=2
What type of man was Bhola Grandpa ?
Who is the writer of this story?
[2] Read the following text and answer to the questions :
I remember another funny incident about Bhola Grandpa related by my father. It had been a rainy afternoon. Bhola Grandpa, wild with excitement, told my father and his friends that he had seen a gang of pirates. They were burying a large box under one of the sand dunes on the seashores by our village. At once father and his friends started looking for the hidden treasure. Evening passed on to night. Moonlight came in through the clouds. A pack of jackals were howling. It was past midnight. At this point of time, Bhola Grandpa confessed that there was no real treasure. It was all a dream which he had during his midday nap.
Once Bhola Grandpa had a great adventure in the Sunderbans. In those days Royal Bengal tigers freely roamed the dense jungles of the Sunderbans. People took care to move about only in groups, particularly after sundown.
One evening, Bhola Grandpa was returning from the weekly market. Suddenly at a distance of about five yards behind him, he heard the growl of a Royal Bengal tiger. Bhola Grandpa turned and found the bright gaze of the tiger on his face.
a. Write True (Т) ог False (F): 1×4=4
b. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two: 1×4=4
What were the pirates doing?
What happened with the hidden treasure ?
What did Bhola Grandpa see on his way returning from market?
Why did people use to take care to move in the Sunderbans area?
c. Tick(✓) the correct alternative: 1×2=2
The word 'nap' means
(i) sleep ✓
(ii) dream
(iii) shout
The box was
(i) small
(ii) middle sited
(iii) large ✓
[3] Read the following passage from your text and answer to the questions that follow :
Bhola Grandpa instantly climbed up a nearby banyan tree. The tiger roared and circled the tree about a hundred times. Then it settled down under a bush without taking its eyes off him. With nightfall, the forest grew dark and silent. Bhola Grandpa could hear the tiger beating its tail on the dry leaves. Hours passed.
Dawn broke with the cooing of doves. Bhola Grandpa came down. There was a group of men on a mound a little away. Bhola Grandpa climbed the mound and requested the first man he saw for some water to drink. The man had seen the tiger waiting. He was much bewildered. "What is your secret that you simply walked past the hungry beast and it did nothing?" he asked Bhola Grandpa.
The tiger stretching its limbs and yawning. Then, Bhola Grandpa remembered the tiger and looked at it. Bhola Grandpa almost lost his senses in fear. He ran back home.
Half a century later, Bhola Grandpa left us forever one morning at the age of ninety-five. His eighty-year old wife lamented much. She said with a sigh, "The old man must have forgotten to breathe."
a. Complete the sentences with a word or two : 1×4=4
roared and circled the tree about a hundred times.
(ii) In the dark night the tiger was
beating its tail on the dry leaves.
(iii) When Bhola Grandpa remembered the tiger, he almost lost his senses.
(iv) Bhola Grandpa was 95 and his wife was 80 years old.
b. Rearrange the sentences: 1×4=4 (i) Bhola Grandpa climbed up a banyan tree. (ii) Bhola Grandpa climbed the mound. (iii) Bhola Grandpa must have found a Royal Bengal tiger. (iv) Night passed and dawn broke.
1. উত্তরহীন প্রশ্ন ও উত্তর সেখানে দেখা যাবে
2 বিনামূল্যে উত্তর পান থেকে এটি প্রয়োগ করুন
