TOGETHERNESS 

Chapter 7

Let's see how much we have understood:
(āφāĻŽি āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āĻŦুāϜিāϞো āϚাāĻ“ঁ āφāĻšাঃ)

Q.1. Answer the following questions:
(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϕ⧰াঃ)

(a) Which flower is compared to a friend in the poem?
(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§° āĻ•োāύāϟো āĻĢুāϞāĻ• āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āϤুāϞāύা āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে?)

Ans. In the poem, a rose is compared to a friend. (āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোāϤ āĻ—োāϞাāĻĒāĻ• āĻāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤুāϞāύা āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে।)

(b) Which bird is mentioned as “beautiful and wise” in the poem?
(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোāϤ āĻ•োāύāϟো āϚ⧰াāχāĻ• “āϧুāύী⧟া āφ⧰ু āϜ্āĻžাāύী” āĻŦুāϞি āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে?)

Ans. The poem mentions the owl as a bird that is “beautiful and wise.” (āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোāϤ āĻĢেঁāϚাāĻ• “āϧুāύী⧟া āφ⧰ু āϜ্āĻžাāύী” āϚ⧰াāχ āĻŦুāϞি āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে।)

(c) What does the poem say about a friend’s heart?
(āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āĻšৃāĻĻāϝāύ্āϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώ⧟ে āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§ąে āĻ•ি āĻ•ā§Ÿ?)

Ans. The poem says that a friend’s heart stays strong and faithful till the end. (āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§ąে āĻ•ā§Ÿ āϝে āĻāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āĻšৃāĻĻ⧟ āĻļেāώāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏী āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻ•ে।)

(d) Why are friends important according to the poem?
(āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦোā§° āĻ•ি⧟ āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ?)

Ans. According to the poem, friends are important because they stand by us in both joyful and difficult times. (āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦোā§° āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ, āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϏুāĻ– āφ⧰ু āĻĻুāĻ– āĻĻু⧟ো āϏāĻŽā§ŸāϤে āφāĻŽাā§° āĻ•াāώāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•ে।)

Q.2. Which words from the poem rhyme with the ones given below? (āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻি⧟া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§° āĻ•োāύāĻŦোā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻ…āύ্āϤ্āϝāĻŽিāϞ āφāĻ›ে?)

wise :______                 end :________

Ans. wise: dies; end : friend 


Q.3. Write 'T' for the correct statement and 'F' for the incorrect statement in the space provided against each sentence: (āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϟো āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ⧰ āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ•্āώে āĻĻি⧟া āϏ্āĻĨাāύāϤ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āωāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে 'T' āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āωāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে 'F' āϞিāĻ–াঃ)

(a) The poet compares a friend to a rose.
Ans:
T


(b) The gate mentioned in the poem is old.
Ans:
F


(c) The owl in the poem is described as strong.

Ans: F


Q.5.(b) Fill in the blanks using appropriate determiners: (āωāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻĄিāϟাā§°āĻŽিāύাā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχ āĻĒূā§°োā§ąাঃ)


(i) He has ____ books on this topic. (any/some)

(ii) Do you have ____ idea? (any/many)

(iii) We need ____ help. (some/many)

(iv) He has ____ things to discuss. (any/a lot of)

Ans. (i) some, (ii) any, (iii) some, (iv) a lot of 


Q.5.(c) Complete the paragraph by choosing the appropriate determiners given in brackets: (āĻŦāύ্āϧāύীāϤ āĻĻি⧟া āωāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻĄিāϟাā§°āĻŽিāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻ›ি āϞৈ āĻĻāĻĢাāϟো āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰াঃ)


My friend has ______(a lot of/any) story books on her shelf. She reads ______(some/any) books before going to bed every night. She has a collection of ______ (many/ any) adventure and magic stories. I asked her if she has ______ (any/many) comic book in her collection.


Ans. a lot of, some, many, any


Q.4.(a) Let's practise a few more similes. Match Column 'A' with Column 'B' (āφ⧰ু āĻ•েāχāϟিāĻŽাāύ āĻ›িāĻŽিāϞিā§° āĻ…āύুāĻļীāϞāύ āϕ⧰োঁ āφāĻšা। āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ­ 'A'āĻ• āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ­ 'B' /ā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻŽিāϞোā§ąা।) 

Column ‘A’

Column ‘B’

 (i)  as sweet as

 (ii)  as wise as

 (iii) as cunning as

 (iv) runs like 

 (v) as deep as

 (vi) sparkle like 

      (i)  an ocean

     (ii)  diamonds

     (iii)  a cheetah

     (iv)  an owl

     (v)a fox

      (vi) honey


Ans:

Column ‘A’

Column ‘B’

(i)  as sweet as

 (ii)  as wise as

 (iii) as cunning as 

 (iv) runs like 

 (v) as deep as

 (vi) sparkle like 

       (vi) honey

       (iv)  an owl

       (v)a fox

       (iii)  a   cheetah

       (i)  an ocean

       (ii)  diamonds


Q.6.(c) Fill in the blanks using words from the box to complete each simile : (āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϟো āĻ›িāĻŽিāϞি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦাāĻ•āϚ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχ āĻĒূā§°োā§ąাঃ)

honey     fox    cheetah     bee     diamonds


(i) Neha is a busy girl. She is as busy as a______. Ans. bee.

(ii) John is a cunning man. He is as cunning as a____. Ans. fox.

(iii) The mango is very tasty. It is as sweet as_____. Ans. honey.

(iv) Sujit is a good athlete. He runs like a______. Ans.(iv) cheetah.

(v) Mrinalini is brilliant in her studies. Her achievements sparkle like_____. Ans. diamonds. 


Q.5. Dictionary work: (āĻ…āĻ­িāϧাāύ⧰ āĻ•াā§°্āϝঃ)

INSTRUCTION: (āύিāϰ্āĻĻেāĻļāύাঃ)

(i) Read the words in the box taken from the poem 'A Friend': ('A Friend' āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোā§° āĻĒā§°া āϞোā§ąা āĻŦাāĻ•āϚāϤ āĻĻি⧟া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĒā§াঃ)

wise     beautiful      strong     unlatch


(ii) Use a dictionary to find at least two synonyms for each word. (āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϟো āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ•āĻŽেāĻ“ āĻĻুāϟাāĻ•ৈ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻ­িāϧাāύ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া।)

(iii) Write down the synonyms in your notebook. (āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦāĻšীāϤ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āϞিāĻ–া।)

Ans.


(a) wise  :  intelligent, learned

(b) beautiful  :  preety, attractive

(c) strong  :  powerful, muscular

(d) unlatch : unlock, open 


Q.10. Listen to the transcript and answer the questions orally:
(āĻĒাāĻ ্āϝāύ্āϤ⧰āϟো āĻļুāύা āφ⧰ু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŽৌāĻ–িāĻ•āĻ­াā§ąে āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻি⧟াঃ)

1. For whom is the classroom rearranged?
(āĻ•াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻ•োāĻ াāϟো āĻĒুāύāϰ্āϏāϜ্āϜিāϤ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে?)

Ans. The classroom has been rearranged for Pankaj.
(āĻĒংāĻ•āϜ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻ•োāĻ াāϟো āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϏāϜোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›ে।)

2. Who takes the lead in making the classroom a more welcoming space?
(āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻ•োāĻ াāϟোāĻ• āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āφāĻĻā§°āĻŖিāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āϏ্āĻĨাāύ āĻŦāύাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•োāύে āύেāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans. Aditi takes the initiative to make the classroom more welcoming. (āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻ•োāĻ াāϟোāĻ• āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āφāĻĻā§°āĻŖিāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āϕ⧰ি āϤুāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āĻĻিāϤি⧟ে āφāĻ—āĻ­াāĻ— āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ।)

3. What specific changes did Aditi and her friends make in the classroom to help Pankaj?
(āĻĒংāĻ•āϜāĻ• āϏāĻšা⧟ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āĻĻিāϤি āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦোā§°ে āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻ•োāĻ াāϤ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϏāϞāύি āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans. Aditi and her friends removed the dustbin to widen the entrance, rearranged the desks, and made a clear path for Pankaj. (āĻ…āĻĻিāϤি āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦোā§°ে āĻĄাāώ্āϟāĻŦিāύ āφঁāϤ⧰াāχ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦেāĻļāĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°āϟো āĻŦāĻšāϞ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ, āĻĄেāϏ্āĻ•āĻŦোā§° āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϏāϜাāχāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻĒংāĻ•āϜ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāϟা āĻ–াāϞী āĻĒāĻĨ āϤৈ⧟াā§° āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।)

4. What theme is highlighted through the story of Aditi and her classmates?
(āĻ…āĻĻিāϤি āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āϏāĻšāĻĒাāĻ ীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟোā§° āĻŽাāϜেā§°ে āĻ•ি āĻŦিāώ⧟āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āϚিāĻš্āύিāϤ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে?)

Ans. The story of Aditi and her classmates highlights the importance of unity and cooperation. (āĻ…āĻĻিāϤি āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āϏāĻšāĻĒাāĻ ীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟোā§ąে āĻāĻ•āϤা āφ⧰ু āϏāĻšāϝোāĻ—িāϤাā§° āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāχāĻ›ে।)

Q.12.(b) Think and discuss:
(āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰া āφ⧰ু āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰াঃ)

(i) What would you do if you were in Raktim’s place?
(āϤুāĻŽি ā§°āĻ•্āϤিāĻŽā§° āĻ াāχāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•িāϞে āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāϞাāĻšেঁāϤেāύ?)

Ans. If I were in Raktim’s place, I would guide the class with unity and responsibility. āĻŽāχ ā§°āĻ•্āϤিāĻŽā§° āĻ াāχāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•িāϞে āϐāĻ•্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻĻা⧟িāϤ্āĻŦāĻŦোāϧেā§°ে āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϟোāĻ• āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āϕ⧰িāϞোঁāĻšেঁāϤেāύ।)

(ii) What values do you think are important for a team to work effectively?
(āĻāϟা āĻĻāϞে āĻĻāĻ•্āώāϤাā§°ে āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি āĻŽূāϞ্āϝāĻŦোāϧ āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύী⧟ āĻŦুāϞি āϤুāĻŽি āĻ­াāĻŦা?)

Ans. I think cooperation, care and unity are important values for a team to work successfully.
(āĻŽāχ āĻ­াāĻŦো āϏāĻšāϝোāĻ—িāϤা, āϝāϤ্āύ āφ⧰ু āĻāĻ•āϤা āĻāϟা āĻĻāϞে āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­াā§ąে āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύী⧟ āĻŽূāϞ্āϝāĻŦোāϧ।)

(iii) If you were part of the class, what would you suggest for the Independence Day celebration?
(āϤুāĻŽি āϝāĻĻি āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϟোā§° āĻāϟা āĻ…ংāĻļ āĻš'āϞাāĻšেঁāϤেāύ, āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা āĻĻিāĻŦāϏ āωāĻĻ্āϝাāĻĒāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•ি āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āφāĻ—āĻŦā§াāϞাāĻšেঁāϤেāύ?)

Ans. If I were a member of the class, I would suggest organising a cultural programme based on India’s freedom struggle. (āĻŽāχ āϝāĻĻি āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϟোā§° āĻāϜāύ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝ āĻš’āϞোঁāĻšেঁāϤেāύ, āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻ­াā§°āϤ⧰ āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা āϏংāĻ—্ā§°াāĻŽā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ­িāϤ্āϤি āϕ⧰ি āĻāϟা āϏাংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ āĻ†ā§ŸোāϜāύ āϕ⧰াā§° āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϞোঁāĻšেঁāϤেāύ।)

Q.12.(c) Read the skit and find out the simile. Write it down in your notebook.
(āϚুāϟি āύাāϟāĻ•āĻ–āύ āĻĒā§া āφ⧰ু āĻāϟা āĻ›িāĻŽিāϞি āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦāĻšীāϤ āĻ‡ā§ŸাāĻ• āϞিāĻ–া।)

Ans. “A true leader, like a candle in the dark, shines brighter and lights up the surroundings.”
(“āĻāϜāύ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤ āύেāϤা āφāύ্āϧাā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻŽāĻŽāĻŦাāϤিā§° āĻĻā§°ে, āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āωāϜ্āĻŦāϞāĻ­াā§ąে āϜ্āĻŦāϞি āωāĻ ে āφ⧰ু āϚাā§°িāĻ“āĻĢাāϞ āĻĒোāĻšā§°াāχ āϤোāϞে।” )