STILL SINGING INSIDE

Chapter 6


Q.1. Read Nimi's diary entry and answer the following questions. Write in full sentences. (āύিāĻŽিā§° āĻĻিāύāϞিāĻĒি āĻĒā§া āφ⧰ু āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻি⧟া। āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϤ āϞিāĻ–িāĻŦা।)

(a) What caused the fire in Nimi's house? (āύিāĻŽিā§° āϘ⧰āϤ āĻ•িāĻšে āϜুāχ⧰ āϏৃāώ্āϟি āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?) Ans: A short circuit was the reason behind the fire in Nimi's house. (āύিāĻŽিā§° āϘ⧰āϤ āĻšোā§ąা āϜুāχ⧰ āĻŽূāϞ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻāϟা āĻļ্āĻŦā§°্āϟ āϚাāϰ্āĻ•িāϟ।)


(b) Which poem helped Nimi hold on to hope? (āφāĻļাāϤ āĻ–াāĻŽুāϚি āϧ⧰ি āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•োāύāϟো āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāχ āύিāĻŽিāĻ• āϏāĻšা⧟ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans. The poem “Hope is the thing with feathers” written by Emily Dickinson helped Nimi stay hopeful. (āĻāĻŽিāϞি āĻĄিāĻ•িāύ্‌āĻ›āύ⧰ “Hope is the thing with feathers” āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§ąে āύিāĻŽিāĻ• āφāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻšা⧟ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।)


(c) Why do the nights feel the hardest for Nimi? (āύিāĻŽিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে ā§°াāϤিāĻŦোā§° āĻ•ি⧟ āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ•āĻ িāύ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āĻšā§Ÿ?)

Ans. The nights seem the hardest for Nimi because everything became very silent after the fire accident. (āύিāĻŽিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে ā§°াāϤিāĻŦোā§° āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ•āĻ িāύ āϞাāĻ—ে, āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ—্āύিāĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āύিā§°্āϜāύ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।)


(d) "Maybe that's where I can begin."What does this tell you about Nimi's thoughts or feelings? (“āĻšā§ŸāϤো āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°াāχ āĻŽāχ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ।” āύিāĻŽিā§° āĻ­াāĻŦ āĻŦা āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ąā§° āĻŦিāώ⧟ে āχ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ•ি āĻ•ā§Ÿ?) Ans. This line shows that Nimi wants to move forward and rebuild her life with hope and courage.

(āĻāχ āĻ•āĻĨাāϟোā§ąে āĻŦুāϜা⧟ āϝে āύিāĻŽি⧟ে āφāĻļা āφ⧰ু āϏাāĻšāϏেā§°ে āύিāϜ⧰ āϜীā§ąāύ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻ—ā§ি āϤুāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻ—āĻŦাā§িāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে।)

(e) Have you ever been in a situation where you felt everything was lost? What helped you feel better or hopeful again? (āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•েāϤি⧟াāĻŦা āĻāύে āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›াāύে, āϝ'āϤ āϤুāĻŽি āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻšেā§°ুāĻ“ā§ąা āĻŦুāϞি āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞা? āĻ•িāĻšে āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āφāĻ—āϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ­াāϞ āĻŦা āφāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰াāϤ āϏāĻšা⧟ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans. Yes, I once faced a situation where I felt that I had lost everything. Reading some inspiring poems by Nilamani Phukan made me feel hopeful again. (āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻŽāχ āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻāύে āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻ–ীāύ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞোঁ āϝ’āϤ āĻŽāχ āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāχ āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা āϝেāύ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞোঁ। āύীāϞāĻŽāĻŖি āĻĢুāĻ•āύ⧰ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ…āύুāĻĒ্ā§°েā§°āĻŖাāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āĻ•āĻŦিāϤা āĻĒā§ি āĻŽāχ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āφāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞোঁ।)


(f) What do you think will happen when Nimi and her mother visit the bank and the school? (āύিāĻŽি āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻŦেংāĻ• āφ⧰ু āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻ•ি āĻš'āĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āϤুāĻŽি āĻ­াāĻŦা?)

Ans. I think that after visiting the bank and the school, Nimi and her mother will begin completing the necessary formalities and arrangements. (āĻŽāχ āĻ­াāĻŦোঁ āϝে āĻŦেংāĻ• āφ⧰ু āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āύিāĻŽি āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύী⧟ āĻ•াāĻ—āϜ-āĻĒāϤ্ā§° āφ⧰ু āφāύ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāĻŦোā§° āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦ।)


Q.4. You have come across that some words have the same spelling and pronunciation, but they have different meanings. Here are a few such words. Let's look at them: (āϤুāĻŽি āĻĒাāϞা āϝে āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻāĻ•ে āĻŦাāύাāύ āφ⧰ু āωāϚ্āϚাā§°āĻŖ āĻĨাāĻ•ে, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ— āĻŦেāϞেāĻ— āĻšā§Ÿ। āĻ‡ā§ŸাāϤ āĻāύে āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĻি⧟া āĻšৈāĻ›ে। āĻāχāĻŦিāϞাāĻ•āϞৈ āϚাāĻ“ঁ āφāĻšাঃ) 



Word

Meaning 1

Meaning 2

Bear

To endure (āϏāĻš্⧟ āϕ⧰া)

A large animal with strong claws (āĻ­াāϞুāĻ•)

Break

to separate into pieces(āĻ­āĻ™া)

A pause from doing something (āĻŦিā§°āϤি)


Now, find out more such words. Look up the dictionary or ask a partner. Write down the meanings. (āĻāϤি⧟া āĻāύে āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা। āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻ­িāϧাāύ āϚোā§ąা āĻŦা āϏংāĻ—ী āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ীāĻ• āϏোāϧা। āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨāĻŦোā§° āϞিāĻ–া।)


Ans. 


Word

Meaning 1

Meaning 2

Close 

To stop (āĻŦāύ্āϧ āϕ⧰া)

nearby (āĻ“āϚ⧰⧰)

Can

used for showing that it is possible for somebody or something to do something (āϏাāĻŽā§°্āĻĨ āĻŦুāϜোā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)

a metal container (āĻāĻŦিāϧ āϧাāϤুā§° āĻĒাāϤ্ā§°)


Q.3.(a) Complete these sentences. (āĻāχ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোেā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰া।)


Write one helpful idea for each situation. (āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϟো āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāϟা āωāĻĒāĻ•াā§°ী āϧাā§°āĻŖা āϞিāĻ–া।)


(a) If there is a fire at school, you should ______.


(b) If there is smoke in the room, you shouldn't ______.


(c) To help my friends during a fire, I should ______.


(d) To keep calm, I should ______.


Ans. 


(a) If there is a fire at school, you should alert others immediately.


(b) If there is smoke in the room, you shouldn't stay inside.


(c) To help my friends during a fire, I should call the fire department.


(d) To keep calm, I should meditate


Q.5.(c) What would you suggest in each of the following situations? (āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϟো āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤ āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•ি āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāĻŦা?)

Make a sentence using should and another using shouldn't. (should āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻāϟা āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āφ⧰ু shouldn't āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি āφāύ āĻāϟা āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āϞিāĻ–া।)

(i) I always feel tired these days. What do you think I should do?
You should ______.
You shouldn't ______.

(ii) I have a terrible toothache. What should I do?
You should ______.
You shouldn't ______.

(iii) Nimi is nervous about going to school alone. What's your advice?
She should ______.
She shouldn't ______.
Ans.


(i) I always feel tired these days. What do you think I should do?

You should take sufficient rest.
You shouldn't overwork.

(ii) I have a terrible toothache. What should I do?

You should visit a dentist.
You shouldn't eat sweets.

(iii) Nimi is nervous about going to school alone. What's your advice?

She should go with her mother.
She shouldn't overthink the matters.


Q.5.(d). Let's think of some other times when we need advice - like before exams, during a misunderstanding with a friend, or when we're feeling nervous. (āφāύ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ­াāĻŦো āφāĻšা āϝেāϤি⧟া āφāĻŽাāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻĻেāĻļā§° āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύ āĻšā§Ÿ- āϝেāύে āĻĒā§°ীāĻ•্āώাā§° āφāĻ—āϤ, āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻāϜāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻ­ুāϞ āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦুāϜি āĻšোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϤ, āĻŦা āϝেāϤি⧟া āφāĻŽি āωāĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ—্āύ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰োঁ।)


Choose any one situation from above and write 2-3 sentences to give advice to someone using should and shouldn't. (āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āϝিāĻ•োāύো āĻāϟা āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻŦাāĻ›ি āϞোā§ąা āφ⧰ু should āφ⧰ু shouldn't āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻ•াā§°োāĻŦাāĻ• āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ 2-3 āϟা āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āϞিāĻ–া।)

Ans. During a misunderstanding with a friend. (āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ­ুāϞ āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦুāϜি āĻšোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϤঃ)

(i) You should talk calmly and try to understand your friend’s feelings.
(āϤুāĻŽি āĻļাāύ্āϤāĻ­াā§ąে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•োā§ąা āφ⧰ু āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤি āĻŦুāϜিāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰া āωāϚিāϤ।)

(ii) You shouldn’t get angry or stop talking to your friend.
(āϤুāĻŽি āĻ–ং āϕ⧰া āĻŦা āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāύ্āϧ āϕ⧰া āωāϚিāϤ āύāĻšā§Ÿ।)



Q.10.(a) Answer the following questions. (āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϕ⧰া।)

(i) What does the poet compare ‘hope’ to in the poem?
(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোāϤ āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āφāĻļাāĻ• āĻ•াā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āϤুāϞāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে?)

Ans. In the poem, the poet compares ‘hope’ with a small bird that keeps singing.
(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোāϤ āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āφāĻļাāĻ• āϏāĻĻা⧟ āĻ—াāύ āĻ—াāχ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻāϟা āϏ⧰ু āϚ⧰াāχ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϤুāϞāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে।)

(ii) Where does the poet say the bird of hope lives?
(āφāĻļাā§° āϚ⧰াāχāϜāύীāϝ়ে āĻ•'āϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰ে āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•ৈāĻ›ে?)

Ans. The poet says that the bird of hope stays inside the human soul.
(āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•ৈāĻ›ে āϝে āφāĻļাā§° āϚ⧰াāχāϜāύী⧟ে āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āφāϤ্āĻŽাā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰ে।)

(iii) In what kind of situation does the poet say ‘hope’ is present?
(āĻ•েāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤ āφāĻļা āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•ৈāĻ›ে?)

Ans. The poet says that hope remains present even during difficult and painful times. (āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•ৈāĻ›ে āϝে āĻĻুāĻ–-āĻ•āώ্āϟ āφ⧰ু āĻ•āĻ িāύ āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϤো āφāĻļা āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•ে।)

(iv) How does the poet describe the power of ‘hope’ in storms and in hard times? (āϧুāĻŽুāĻšা āφ⧰ু āĻ•āĻ িāύ āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϤ āφāĻļাā§° āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻ• āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে?)
Ans.
The poet explains that in storms and hard times, hope sounds even sweeter and it cannot be easily defeated. (āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে āϝে āϧুāĻŽুāĻšা āφ⧰ু āĻ•āĻ িāύ āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϤ āφāĻļাā§° āϏুā§° āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āĻŽāϧুā§° āĻšā§Ÿ āφ⧰ু āĻ‡ā§ŸাāĻ• āϏāĻšāϜে āĻĒā§°াāϜিāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ি।)

(v) Find out the line in the poem that shows ‘hope’ is strength. (āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§° āϏেāχ āĻļাā§°ীāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা āϝি⧟ে āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąা⧟ āϝে āφāĻļাāχ āĻļāĻ•্āϤি।)
Ans.
“And sweetest in the Gale - is heard -”

(vi) Has the poet ever lost hope according to the poem? (āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•েāϤি⧟াāĻŦা āφāĻļা āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāχāĻ›েāύে?)
Ans.
According to the poem, the poet never lost hope in any situation. (āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•োāύো āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤেāχ āφāĻļা āĻšেā§°ুā§ąোā§ąা āύাāχ।)

Q.10.(b) Let's build our word power. (āφāĻŽাā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻļāĻ•্āϤি āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰োঁ āφāĻšা।)

Open your dictionary (or use an online one with your teacher's help). Find the word 'hope'. [āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāϧাāύāĻ–āύ āĻ–োāϞা (āĻŦা āĻļিāĻ•্āώāϕ⧰ āϏāĻšা⧟āϤ āĻ…āύāϞাāχāύ āĻ…āĻ­িāϧাāύ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া।) 'hope' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা।]

Now, write the following: (āĻāϤি⧟া āϤāϞ⧰āĻŦোā§° āϞিāĻ–াঃ)

(i) What does 'hope' mean? ('hope' ⧟ে āĻ•ি āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āϕ⧰ে?)

(ii) A word that means the same as 'hope' (a synonym): ['hope' āĻŦ āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻ•ে āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āϕ⧰া āĻāϟা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ (āĻāϟা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)]

(iii) A word that means the opposite of 'hope' (an antonym): ['hope' āĻŦ āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āϕ⧰া āĻāϟা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ (āĻāϟা āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)]

Ans. (i)
'Hope' means the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled. ('hope' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟোā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš'āϞ āĻ•োāύো āχāϚ্āĻ›া āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻ• āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą।)

(ii) Expectation

(iii) Despair

Q.10.(c) Discover a poet's word: (āĻāϟা āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻ†ā§ąিāώ্āĻ•াā§° āϕ⧰াঃ)

Look at the last stanza of the poem again. Find the word that sounds like "coldest" but is written differently. You may talk to your partner. (āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§° āĻļেāώ āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ•āϟোāϞৈ āφāĻ•ৌ āϚোā§ąা। 'āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻļীāϤāϞ' āĻŦুāϜোā§ąা āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦেāϞেāĻ— āϧ⧰āĻŖে āϞিāĻ–া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা। āϤুāĻŽি āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϏংāĻ—ীā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°া।)

• Why do you think the poet used this unusual word? (āĻāχ āφāϚāĻš্āĻŦা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āĻ•ি⧟ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ­াāĻŦা?)

• What feeling or image does it give you? Share your ideas with the class. (āχ āĻ•ি āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āĻŦা āĻ›āĻŦি āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āĻĻি⧟ে? āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϧাā§°āĻŖা āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ­াāĻ—-āĻŦাāϟোā§ąাā§°া āϕ⧰া।)

Ans. (i)
The word that sounds like “coldest” but is written in a different way is “chillest”. (‘āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻļীāϤāϞ’ āĻŦুāϜোā§ąা āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦেāϞেāĻ— āϧ⧰āĻŖে āϞিāĻ–া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻš’āϞ “chillest”।)

(ii) I think the poet used this unusual word to create a stronger feeling of coldness and loneliness in the reader’s mind. (āĻŽāχ āĻ­াāĻŦো āĻĒাāĻ āϕ⧰ āĻŽāύāϤ āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা āφ⧰ু āύিঃāϏংāĻ— āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤি āϏৃāώ্āϟি āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āĻāχ āφāϚāĻšুā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে।)

(iii) This word gives me the picture of a very cold, quiet and gloomy place. (āĻāχ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟোā§ąে āĻŽোāĻ• āĻāĻ• āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা, āύিā§°ā§ą āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāώāĻŖ্āĻŖ āĻ াāχ⧰ āĻ›āĻŦি āĻĻি⧟ে।)

Q.11. Nimi finds comfort in the poem. Think about this: (āύিāĻŽি⧟ে āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোāϤ āφ⧰াāĻŽ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒাāχāĻ›ে। āĻ‡ā§Ÿাā§° āĻŦিāώ⧟ে āĻ­াāĻŦাঃ)

(i) What do you think “hope” is being compared to?
(āφāĻļাāĻ• āĻ•িāĻšā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āϤুāϞāύা āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻŦুāϞি āϤুāĻŽি āĻ­াāĻŦা?)

Ans. “Hope” has been compared to a small bird in the poem.
(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোāϤ āφāĻļাāĻ• āĻāϟা āϏ⧰ু āϚ⧰াāχ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϤুāϞāύা āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে।)

(ii) Why do you think the poet talks about a bird when talking about hope?
(āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āφāĻļাā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•āĻ“ঁāϤে āĻ•ি⧟ āĻāϟা āϚ⧰াāχ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•ৈāĻ›ে āĻŦুāϞি āϤুāĻŽি āĻ­াāĻŦা?)

Ans. I think the poet talks about a bird because hope, like a bird, feels gentle, pleasant and comforting.
(āĻŽāχ āĻ­াāĻŦো āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āĻāϟা āϚ⧰াāχ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•ৈāĻ›ে, āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āφāĻļা āĻāϟা āϚ⧰াāχ⧰ āĻĻā§°েāχ āĻ•োāĻŽāϞ, āϏুāĻ–āĻĻা⧟āĻ• āφ⧰ু āϏাāύ্āϤ্āĻŦāύাāĻĻা⧟āĻ• āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āĻšā§Ÿ।)

(iii) What does hope feel like for you? Can you give an example?
(āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āφāĻļা āĻ•িāĻšā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āĻšā§Ÿ? āϤুāĻŽি āĻāϟা āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°াāύে?)

Ans. For me, hope feels like a light that keeps shining even in darkness.
(āĻŽোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āφāĻļা āĻāύে āĻāĻ• āĻĒোāĻšā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āĻšā§Ÿ, āϝি āφāύ্āϧাā§°āϤেāĻ“ āϜ্āĻŦāϞি āĻĨাāĻ•ে।)

Q.17.(b). Now, read the lines from Nimi's Diary, Underline the 'be' verbs. āĻāϤি⧟া āύিāĻŽিā§° āĻĻিāύāϞিāĻĒিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāχ āĻļাā§°ীāĻŦোā§° āĻĒāĻĸ়া। 'be' āĻ•্ā§°ি⧟াāĻŦিāϞাāϕ⧰ āϤāϞāϤ āφঁāϚ āϟāύা।

(i) It is 3 in the morning, and everything feels so quiet.
(ii) After the fire was out, the firefighters left.
(iii) Maybe tomorrow will be a little easier.
(iv) It is still there somewhere inside me, soft like a bird, still singing. What do you notice about how

Ans.
(i) It is 3 in the morning, and everything feels so quiet.
(ii) After the five was out, the firefighters left.
(iii) Maybe tomorrow will be a little easier.
(iv) It is still there somewhere inside me, soft like a bird, still singing.

 What do you notice about how they are used? Which words show the past, present, or future? (āϏিāĻšঁāϤāĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে āϏেāχ āĻŦিāώ⧟ে āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•ি āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝ āϕ⧰িāĻ›া? āĻ•োāύāĻŦোā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāχ āĻ…āϤীāϤ, āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻŦা āĻ­ā§ąিāώ্āϝāϤāĻ• āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāχāĻ›ে?)

Ans. I noticed that these words are used to show different times such as present, past and future.
(āĻŽāχ āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝ āϕ⧰িāĻ›োঁ āϝে āĻāχ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύ, āĻ…āϤীāϤ āφ⧰ু āĻ­ā§ąিāώ্āϝāϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে।)

‘is’ is used to show the present tense, ‘was’ is used to show the past tense and ‘will’ is used to show the future tense.
(‘is’ āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻ•াāϞ āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ, ‘was’ āĻ…āϤীāϤ āĻ•াāϞ āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āφ⧰ু ‘will’ āĻ­ā§ąিāώ্āϝāϤ āĻ•াāϞ āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে।)

Q.21. Complete these sentences with the correct form of 'be'. ('Be'ā§° āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ ā§°ূāĻĒেā§°ে āĻāχ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰া।)

(a) Nimi _____ upset after the fire.

(b) Her memories _____ still with her.

(c) The family _____ staying with relatives now.

(d) Tomorrow _____ a new beginning.

(e) Hope _____ like a bird inside her.

Ans. (a) was, (b) are, (c) is, (d) will be, (e) is

Q.24. Silent Letter Hunt: Find and list 3 words with silent letters from the diary. (āωāĻš্āϝ āφāĻ–ā§°ā§° āĻ…āύুāϏāύ্āϧাāύ: āĻĻিāύāϞিāĻĒিā§° āĻĒā§°া āωāĻš্āϝ āφāĻ–ā§°āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āϤিāύিāϟা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞি⧟াāχ āϤাāϞিāĻ•াāĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤ āϕ⧰া।)
Ans.
circuit, feathers, aunt