Chapter 1

When the Forest Got Friendly

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

a) Q: Where did Golu live?(āĻ—āϞু āĻ•’āϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?)  

Ans: Golu, a baby elephant, lived with his mother in a lush, green forest.(āĻ—āϞু āύাāĻŽā§° āĻšাāϤী āĻĒোā§ąাāϞিāϟোā§ąে āϤাā§° āĻŽাāϕ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻ–āύ āϏেāωāϜীāϝ়া, āĻ—āĻ­ীā§° āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।)  

b) Q: What did Golu do with the other young animals?(āĻ—āϞুā§ąে āφāύ āϏ⧰ু āϜীā§ą-āϜāύ্āϤুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?)  

Ans: Golu often used to visit the valley to play with the other young animals, and roamed around the forest in search of juicy and tasty fruits.(āĻ—āϞুā§ąে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়ে āφāύ āϏ⧰ু āϜীā§ą-āϜāύ্āϤুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ–েāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āωāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻ•াāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু ā§°āϏাāϞ āφ⧰ু āϏোā§ąাāĻĻāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻĢāϞ⧰ āϏāύ্āϧাāύāϤ āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϤ āϘূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।)  

c) Q: Who told Golu to be careful? (āĻ—āϞুāĻ• āĻ•োāύে āϏাā§ąāϧাāύ āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ?)  

Ans: Swarnaraj, the leader of the flock of swans, told Golu to be careful. (ā§°াāϜāĻšাঁāĻšā§° āϜাāĻ•āϟোā§° āĻĻāϞāĻĒāϤি āϏ্āĻŦā§°্āĻŖā§°াāϜে āĻ—āϞুāĻ• āϏাā§ąāϧাāύ āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ।)  

d) Q: Why was Golu frightened? (āĻ—āϞু āĻ•িāϝ় āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›িāϞ?)  

Ans: Golu was frightened because he realised that he had gone too far from home and the forest was left behind. (āĻ—āϞুā§ąে āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϏি āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦ্āϧি āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϏি āϘ⧰⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻĻূā§°āϞৈ āĻ—ুāϚি āĻ—ৈāĻ›ে āφ⧰ু āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ ā§°ৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›ে।)  

e) Q: How did the villagers help Golu?(āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻ—āϞুāĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?)  

Ans: The villagers brought Golu water, sweet bananas, and many more things, and then guided him back to the forest.(āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āϤাāĻ• āĻĒাāύী, āĻŽিāĻ া āĻ•āϞ āφ⧰ু āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻ–াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϤাāĻ• āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϞৈ āϘূā§°ি āϝোā§ąাāϤ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।) 

2. Say ‘True’ or ‘False’ (‘āϏঁāϚা’ āύে ‘āĻŽিāĻ›া’ āĻ•োā§ąা):

a) Q: Golu loved to explore the forest every day.(āĻ—āϞুā§ąে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻĻিāύে āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ–āύ āϘূā§°ি āϚাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।)  

Ans: True (āϏঁāϚা)  

b) Q: The flock of swans guided Golu back to the forest.(ā§°াāϜāĻšাঁāĻšā§° āϜাāĻ•āϟোā§ąে āĻ—āϞুāĻ• āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϞৈ āϘূā§°ি āϝোā§ąাāϤ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāχāĻ›িāϞ।)  

Ans: False (āĻŽিāĻ›া) (Note: The villagers guided him back. / āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšেāĻšে āϤাāĻ• āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāχāĻ›িāϞ।)  

c) Q: Golu was glad to find his mother.(āĻ—āϞুā§ąে āĻŽাāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒাāχ āφāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।)  

Ans: True (āϏঁāϚা)  

d) Q: Golu called out for his mother loudly.(āĻ—āϞুā§ąে āĻŽাāĻ•āĻ• āĻĄাāϙ⧰āĻ•ৈ āĻŽাāϤিāĻ›িāϞ।)  

Ans: True (āϏঁāϚা) 

3. Choose the correct answer from the options (āĻŦিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰āϟো āĻŦাāĻ›ি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা):

a) Q: Where did Golu often go to play with the other young animals?(āĻ—āϞুā§ąে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়ে āφāύ āϏ⧰ু āϜীā§ą-āϜāύ্āϤুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ–েāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•’āϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ?)

i) the village (āĻ—াঁā§ąāϞৈ)  ii) the lake (āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāϞৈ)  iii) the valley (āωāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻ•াāϞৈ)  iv) the hut (āϜুāĻĒুā§°ীāϞৈ)

Ans: iii) the valley (āωāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻ•াāϞৈ)

b) Q: “We’ll help you.” Who is ‘you’ referred to here?(“āφāĻŽি āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻŽ।” āχāϝ়াāϤ ‘āϤোāĻŽাāĻ•’ āĻŦুāϞিāϞে āĻ•াāĻ• āĻŦুāϜোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›ে?)

i) Golu (āĻ—āϞুāĻ•)  ii) Golu’s mother (āĻ—āϞুā§° āĻŽাāĻ•āĻ•)  iii) Swarnaraj (āϏ্āĻŦā§°্āĻŖā§°াāϜāĻ•)  iv) the villagers (āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻ•)

Ans: i) Golu (āĻ—āϞুāĻ•)

c) Q: Which of the following means – “A large area of land that is thickly covered with trees”(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ•োāύāϟোā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻšৈāĻ›ে – “āĻ—āĻ›-āĻ—āĻ›āύিā§°ে āĻĄাāĻ āĻ•ৈ āĻ†ā§ąā§°ি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻ­ূāĻŽি”)

i) valley (āωāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻ•া)  ii) forest (āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ/āĻšাāĻŦি)  iii) lake (āĻš্ā§°āĻĻ)  iv) village (āĻ—াঁāĻ“)

Ans: ii) forest (āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ/āĻšাāĻŦি)

4. Think and say: Guess how Golu might have felt when the villagers helped him? Can you think of a time when someone helped you? How did it make you feel? (āĻ­াāĻŦা āφ⧰ু āĻ•োā§ąা: āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻ—āϞুā§ąে āĻ•েāύে āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āĻŦুāϞি āϤুāĻŽি āĻ­াāĻŦা? āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ•োāύোāĻŦাāχ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰া āĻ•োāύো āϏāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āϤুāĻŽি āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°াāύে? āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻ•েāύে āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ?)   

Answer: Golu might have felt very happy, safe, and grateful when the kind villagers helped him.
        Yes, I remember a time when I lost my pencil box in school, and my friend helped me find it. It made me feel very happy and thankful.  
āωāϤ্āϤ⧰: āĻĻāϝ়াāϞু āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻ—āϞুā§ąে āĻšāϝ়āϤো āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āϏুāĻ–ী, āϏুā§°āĻ•্āώিāϤ āφ⧰ু āĻ•ৃāϤāϜ্āĻž āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।
    āĻšāϝ়, āĻŽোā§° āĻŽāύāϤ āφāĻ›ে āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻŽāχ āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞāϤ āĻŽোā§° āĻĒেāĻž্āϚিāϞ āĻŦাāĻ•āϚāϟো āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāχāĻ›িāϞোঁ, āφ⧰ু āĻŽোā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āĻŽোāĻ• āϏেāχāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āχāϝ়াā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻŽāχ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āϏুāĻ–ী āφ⧰ু āĻ•ৃāϤāϜ্āĻž āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞোঁ।  

5. You have found the word ‘lush’ in the story. The word ‘lush’ is used to describe the forest – “Golu, a baby elephant, lived with his mother in a lush, green forest.” Now, find three other words from the story which say more about the forest. Write down the words.(āϤুāĻŽি āϏাāϧুāϟোāϤ ‘lush’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒাāχāĻ›া। āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ–āύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ ‘lush’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে – “āĻ—āϞু āύাāĻŽā§° āĻšাāϤী āĻĒোā§ąাāϞিāϟোā§ąে āϤাā§° āĻŽাāϕ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻ–āύ āϏেāωāϜীāϝ়া, āĻ—āĻ­ীā§° (lush) āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।” āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ–āύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•োā§ąা āφāύ āϤিāύিāϟা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϏাāϧুāϟোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা। āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ•েāχāϟা āϞিāĻ–া।)  

Answer: The three other words from the story that describe the forest are: green, cool, and shady.  

āωāϤ্āϤ⧰: āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ–āύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰া āϏাāϧুāϟোā§° āφāύ āϤিāύিāϟা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻš’āϞ: green (āϏেāωāϜীāϝ়া), cool (āĻļীāϤāϞ), āφ⧰ু shady (āĻ›াঁ āĻĒā§°ি āĻĨāĻ•া)।  

6. b) Now, imagine a new student has joined your class. Work with your partner. Take turns being the new student. First, greet each other. Then, ask questions to each other and respond accordingly. You may take help of the questions given below: • What is your name? • Where do you live? • What do you like and dislike?(āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰া āϝে āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āĻāϜāύ āύāϤুāύ āĻ›াāϤ্ā§° āĻŦা āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°ীāϝ়ে āύাāĻŽāĻ­ā§°্āϤি āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϞāĻ—ā§°ীāϝ়াā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰া। āĻĒাāϞ āĻĒাāϤি āύāϤুāύ āĻ›াāϤ্ā§° āĻŦা āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°ী āĻšোā§ąা। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϤে, āχāϜāύে āϏিāϜāύāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­াāώāĻŖ āϜāύোā§ąা। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ, āχāϜāύে āϏিāϜāύāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āϏোāϧা āφ⧰ু āϏেāχ āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰ি āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়া। āϤুāĻŽি āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϞ’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°া: • āϤোāĻŽাā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻ•ি? • āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•’āϤ āĻĨাāĻ•া? • āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•ি āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āφ⧰ু āĻ•ি āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒোā§ąা?) 

AnswerStudent A: Hello! Welcome to our class.(āĻ›াāϤ্ā§° āĻ•: āύāĻŽāϏ্āĻ•াā§°! āφāĻŽাā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϞৈ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ• āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ—āϤāĻŽ।)

Student B: (New Student): Hello! Thank you.(āĻ›াāϤ্ā§° āĻ– (āύāϤুāύ āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°): āύāĻŽāϏ্āĻ•াā§°! āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ।)

Student A: What is your name?(āĻ›াāϤ্ā§° āĻ•: āϤোāĻŽাā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻ•ি?)

Student B: My name is Rohan. What is your name?(āĻ›াāϤ্ā§° āĻ–: āĻŽোā§° āύাāĻŽ ā§°োāĻšāύ। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻ•ি?)

Student A: I am Rahul. Where do you live?(āĻ›াāϤ্ā§° āĻ•: āĻŽāχ ā§°াāĻšুāϞ। āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•’āϤ āĻĨাāĻ•া?)

Student B: I live in Bokakhat. What do you like and dislike?(āĻ›াāϤ্ā§° āĻ–: āĻŽāχ āĻŦোāĻ•াāĻ–াāϤāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•োঁ। āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•ি āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āφ⧰ু āĻ•ি āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒোā§ąা?)

Student A: I like playing football and I dislike eating bitter gourd. What about you?(āĻ›াāϤ্ā§° āĻ•: āĻŽāχ āĻĢুāϟāĻŦāϞ āĻ–েāϞি āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ āφ⧰ু āϤিāϤা āĻ•েā§°েāϞা āĻ–াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•োā§ąাāϚোāύ?)

Student B: I like reading storybooks and I dislike staying in the dark.(āĻ›াāϤ্ā§° āĻ–: āĻŽāχ āϏাāϧুāĻ•āĻĨাā§° āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸ়ি āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ āφ⧰ু āφāύ্āϧাā§°āϤ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ।)

7. b) Q: Now, fill in the blanks with appropriate collective nouns.(āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āωāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āϏāĻŽāώ্āϟিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ⧰ে āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχ āĻĒূā§° āϕ⧰া।)  

i) Puja gave me a bar of chocolate yesterday.(āĻĒূāϜাāχ āĻ•াāϞি āĻŽোāĻ• āĻāϟা āϚāĻ•āϞেāϟ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ।)  

ii) A pack of wolves howled at the moon.(āĻāϜাāĻ• āĻ•ুāĻ•ুā§°āύেāϚীāϝ়াāχ āϜোāύāϟোāϞৈ āϚাāχ āĻšোā§ąা āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ।)  

iii) A swarm of bees has made a hive in the house.(āĻāϜাāĻ• āĻŽৌāĻŽাāĻ–িāϝ়ে āϘ⧰āϟোāϤ āĻŦাāĻš āϏাāϜিāĻ›ে।)  

iv) A flock of swans were swimming in the pond.(āĻāϜাāĻ• ā§°াāϜāĻšাঁāĻšে āĻĒুāĻ–ুā§°ীāϟোāϤ āϏাঁāϤুā§°ি āφāĻ›িāϞ।)  

8. a) Q: Now, write down the action word in the box below by adding ‘-d’ or ‘-ed’:

(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ: āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ•āϚāϟোāϤ āĻ•াā§°্āϝ āĻŦুāϜোā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ ‘-d’ āĻŦা ‘-ed’ āϝোāĻ— āϕ⧰ি āϞিāĻ–া:)   

  • live + ‘d’ = lived (āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ)  
  • roam + ‘ed’ = roamed (āϘূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ)  
  • love + ‘d’ = loved (āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ)  
  • walk + ‘ed’ = walked (āĻ–োāϜ āĻ•াāĻĸ়িāĻ›িāϞ)  
  • call + ‘ed’ = called (āĻŽাāϤিāĻ›িāϞ)  

9. b) Q: Fill in the blanks with the correct word to complete the following sentences to show what happened to Golu:(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ: āĻ—āϞুā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ•ি āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ āϏেāϝ়া āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§°ে āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχ āĻĒূā§° āϕ⧰ি āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰া:)  

Golu played (play/played) with the other animals in the forest.(āĻ—āϞুā§ąে āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϤ āφāύ āϜীā§ą-āϜāύ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ–েāϞিāĻ›িāϞ।)  

Swarnaraj talked (talk/talked) to Golu and warned (warn/warned) him to be careful (āϏ্āĻŦā§°্āĻŖā§°াāϜে āĻ—āϞুā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϤাāĻ• āϏাā§ąāϧাāύ āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ•ীāϝ়াāχ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ।)  

Golu walked (walk/walked) into the forest alone.(āĻ—āϞুā§ąে āĻ…āĻ•āϞে āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϞৈ āĻ–োāϜ āĻ•াāĻĸ়ি āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ।)  

The villagers helped (help/helped) Golu find his way back home.(āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻ—āϞুāĻ• āϤাā§° āϘ⧰āϞৈ āϘূā§°ি āϝোā§ąা āĻĒāĻĨ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।)  

Golu’s mother thanked (thank/thanked) the villagers for their kindness.(āĻ—āϞুā§° āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°āĻ• āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻĻāϝ়াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ āϜāύাāχāĻ›িāϞ।)  


Question Answer by:- Krishna Saikia