Chapter 1
When the Forest Got Friendly
1. Answer the following questions (āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়া):
a) Q: Where did Golu live?(āĻāϞু āĻ’āϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Golu, a baby elephant, lived with his mother in a lush, green forest.(āĻāϞু āύাāĻŽā§° āĻšাāϤী āĻĒোā§ąাāϞিāĻোā§ąে āϤাā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻāύ āϏেāĻāĻীāϝ়া, āĻāĻীā§° āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
b) Q: What did Golu do with the other young animals?(āĻāϞুā§ąে āĻāύ āϏ⧰ু āĻীā§ą-āĻāύ্āϤুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
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.(āĻāϞুā§ąে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়ে āĻāύ āϏ⧰ু āĻীā§ą-āĻāύ্āϤুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻেāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু ā§°āϏাāϞ āĻā§°ু āϏোā§ąাāĻĻāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻĢāϞ⧰ āϏāύ্āϧাāύāϤ āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϤ āĻূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
c) Q: Who told Golu to be careful? (āĻāϞুāĻ āĻোāύে āϏাā§ąāϧাāύ āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Swarnaraj, the leader of the flock of swans, told Golu to be careful. (ā§°াāĻāĻšাঁāĻšā§° āĻাāĻāĻোā§° āĻĻāϞāĻĒāϤি āϏ্āĻŦā§°্āĻŖā§°াāĻে āĻāϞুāĻ āϏাā§ąāϧাāύ āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ।)
d) Q: Why was Golu frightened? (āĻāϞু āĻিāϝ় āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Golu was frightened because he realised that he had gone too far from home and the forest was left behind. (āĻāϞুā§ąে āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϏি āĻāĻĒāϞāĻŦ্āϧি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏি āĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻĻূā§°āϞৈ āĻুāĻি āĻৈāĻে āĻā§°ু āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻāύ āĻĒিāĻāϤ ā§°ৈ āĻৈāĻে।)
e) Q: How did the villagers help Golu?(āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻāϞুāĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The villagers brought Golu water, sweet bananas, and many more things, and then guided him back to the forest.(āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āϤাāĻ āĻĒাāύী, āĻŽিāĻ া āĻāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϤাāĻ āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϞৈ āĻূā§°ি āϝোā§ąাāϤ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
2. Say ‘True’ or ‘False’ (‘āϏঁāĻা’ āύে ‘āĻŽিāĻা’ āĻোā§ąা):
a) Q: Golu loved to explore the forest every day.(āĻāϞুā§ąে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻĻিāύে āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻāύ āĻূā§°ি āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।)
Ans: True (āϏঁāĻা)
b) Q: The flock of swans guided Golu back to the forest.(ā§°াāĻāĻšাঁāĻšā§° āĻাāĻāĻোā§ąে āĻāϞুāĻ āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϞৈ āĻূā§°ি āϝোā§ąাāϤ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻāĻিāϞ।)
Ans: False (āĻŽিāĻা) (Note: The villagers guided him back. / āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšেāĻšে āϤাāĻ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻāĻিāϞ।)
c) Q: Golu was glad to find his mother.(āĻāϞুā§ąে āĻŽাāĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।)
Ans: True (āϏঁāĻা)
d) Q: Golu called out for his mother loudly.(āĻāϞুā§ąে āĻŽাāĻāĻ āĻĄাāĻā§°āĻৈ āĻŽাāϤিāĻিāϞ।)
Ans: True (āϏঁāĻা)
3. Choose the correct answer from the options (āĻŦিāĻāϞ্āĻĒāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻো āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা):
a) Q: Where did Golu often go to play with the other young animals?(āĻāϞুā§ąে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়ে āĻāύ āϏ⧰ু āĻীā§ą-āĻāύ্āϤুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻেāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ’āϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ?)
i) the village (āĻাঁā§ąāϞৈ) ii) the lake (āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāϞৈ) iii) the valley (āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϞৈ) iv) the hut (āĻুāĻĒুā§°ীāϞৈ)
Ans: iii) the valley (āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϞৈ)
b) Q: “We’ll help you.” Who is ‘you’ referred to here?(“āĻāĻŽি āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻŽ।” āĻāϝ়াāϤ ‘āϤোāĻŽাāĻ’ āĻŦুāϞিāϞে āĻাāĻ āĻŦুāĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে?)
i) Golu (āĻāϞুāĻ) ii) Golu’s mother (āĻāϞুā§° āĻŽাāĻāĻ) iii) Swarnaraj (āϏ্āĻŦā§°্āĻŖā§°াāĻāĻ) iv) the villagers (āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻ)
Ans: i) Golu (āĻāϞুāĻ)
c) Q: Which of the following means – “A large area of land that is thickly covered with trees”(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻোāύāĻোā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻšৈāĻে – “āĻāĻ-āĻāĻāύিā§°ে āĻĄাāĻ āĻৈ āĻā§ąā§°ি āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻূāĻŽি”)
i) valley (āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻা) ii) forest (āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ/āĻšাāĻŦি) iii) lake (āĻš্ā§°āĻĻ) iv) village (āĻাঁāĻ)
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 āĻā§°ু āĻোā§ąা: āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻāϞুā§ąে āĻেāύে āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻŦুāϞি āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāĻŦা? āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻোāύোāĻŦাāĻ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°া āĻোāύো āϏāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āĻāĻĨা āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāĻŦিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°াāύে? āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻেāύে āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
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.
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 āϏাāϧুāĻোāϤ ‘lush’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻāĻা। āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ ‘lush’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে – “āĻāϞু āύাāĻŽā§° āĻšাāϤী āĻĒোā§ąাāϞিāĻোā§ąে āϤাā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻāύ āϏেāĻāĻীāϝ়া, āĻāĻীā§° (lush) āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।” āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ āϧিāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąা āĻāύ āϤিāύিāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϏাāϧুāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা। āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻেāĻāĻা āϞিāĻা।)
Answer: The three other words from the story that describe the forest are: green, cool, and shady.
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰: āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া āϏাāϧুāĻোā§° āĻāύ āϤিāύিāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻš’āϞ: green (āϏেāĻāĻীāϝ়া), cool (āĻļীāϤāϞ), āĻā§°ু shady (āĻাঁ āĻĒā§°ি āĻĨāĻা)।
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?(āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°া āϝে āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āĻāĻāύ āύāϤুāύ āĻাāϤ্ā§° āĻŦা āĻাāϤ্ā§°ীāϝ়ে āύাāĻŽāĻā§°্āϤি āĻā§°িāĻে। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϞāĻā§°ীāϝ়াā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°া। āĻĒাāϞ āĻĒাāϤি āύāϤুāύ āĻাāϤ্ā§° āĻŦা āĻাāϤ্ā§°ী āĻšোā§ąা। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϤে, āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻাāώāĻŖ āĻāύোā§ąা। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ, āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āϏোāϧা āĻā§°ু āϏেāĻ āĻ āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়া। āϤুāĻŽি āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϞ’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°া: • āϤোāĻŽাā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻি? • āϤুāĻŽি āĻ’āϤ āĻĨাāĻা? • āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻā§°ু āĻি āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒোā§ąা?)
Answer: Student A: Hello! Welcome to our class.(āĻাāϤ্ā§° āĻ: āύāĻŽāϏ্āĻাā§°! āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϞৈ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻāϤāĻŽ।)
Student B: (New Student): Hello! Thank you.(āĻাāϤ্ā§° āĻ (āύāϤুāύ āĻাāϤ্ā§°): āύāĻŽāϏ্āĻাā§°! āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ।)
Student A: What is your name?(āĻাāϤ্ā§° āĻ: āϤোāĻŽাā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻি?)
Student B: My name is Rohan. What is your name?(āĻাāϤ্ā§° āĻ: āĻŽোā§° āύাāĻŽ ā§°োāĻšāύ। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻি?)
Student A: I am Rahul. Where do you live?(āĻাāϤ্ā§° āĻ: āĻŽāĻ ā§°াāĻšুāϞ। āϤুāĻŽি āĻ’āϤ āĻĨাāĻা?)
Student B: I live in Bokakhat. What do you like and dislike?(āĻাāϤ্ā§° āĻ: āĻŽāĻ āĻŦোāĻাāĻাāϤāϤ āĻĨাāĻোঁ। āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻā§°ু āĻি āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒোā§ąা?)
Student A: I like playing football and I dislike eating bitter gourd. What about you?(āĻাāϤ্ā§° āĻ: āĻŽāĻ āĻĢুāĻāĻŦāϞ āĻেāϞি āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻঁ āĻā§°ু āϤিāϤা āĻেā§°েāϞা āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒাāĻঁ। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąাāĻোāύ?)
Student B: I like reading storybooks and I dislike staying in the dark.(āĻাāϤ্ā§° āĻ: āĻŽāĻ āϏাāϧুāĻāĻĨাā§° āĻিāϤাāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸ়ি āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻঁ āĻā§°ু āĻāύ্āϧাā§°āϤ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻĒাāĻঁ।)
7. b) Q: Now, fill in the blanks with appropriate collective nouns.(āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āϏāĻŽāώ্āĻিāĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ⧰ে āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻ āĻĒূā§° āĻā§°া।)
i) Puja gave me a bar of chocolate yesterday.(āĻĒূāĻাāĻ āĻাāϞি āĻŽোāĻ āĻāĻা āĻāĻāϞেāĻ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ।)
ii) A pack of wolves howled at the moon.(āĻāĻাāĻ āĻুāĻুā§°āύেāĻীāϝ়াāĻ āĻোāύāĻোāϞৈ āĻাāĻ āĻšোā§ąা āĻĻিāĻিāϞ।)
iii) A swarm of bees has made a hive in the house.(āĻāĻাāĻ āĻŽৌāĻŽাāĻিāϝ়ে āĻā§°āĻোāϤ āĻŦাāĻš āϏাāĻিāĻে।)
iv) A flock of swans were swimming in the pond.(āĻāĻাāĻ ā§°াāĻāĻšাঁāĻšে āĻĒুāĻুā§°ীāĻোāϤ āϏাঁāϤুā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ।)
8. a) Q: Now, write down the action word in the box below by adding ‘-d’ or ‘-ed’:
(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ: āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻোāϤ āĻাā§°্āϝ āĻŦুāĻোā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϞāĻāϤ ‘-d’ āĻŦা ‘-ed’ āϝোāĻ āĻā§°ি āϞিāĻা:)
- live + ‘d’ = lived (āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
- roam + ‘ed’ = roamed (āĻূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻিāϞ)
- love + ‘d’ = loved (āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ)
- walk + ‘ed’ = walked (āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়িāĻিāϞ)
- call + ‘ed’ = called (āĻŽাāϤিāĻিāϞ)
9. b) Q: Fill in the blanks with the correct word to complete the following sentences to show what happened to Golu:(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ: āĻāϞুā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āϏেāϝ়া āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§°ে āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻ āĻĒূā§° āĻā§°ি āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°া:)
Golu played (play/played) with the other animals in the forest.(āĻāϞুā§ąে āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϤ āĻāύ āĻীā§ą-āĻāύ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻেāϞিāĻিāϞ।)
Swarnaraj talked (talk/talked) to Golu and warned (warn/warned) him to be careful (āϏ্āĻŦā§°্āĻŖā§°াāĻে āĻāϞুā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻ āϏাā§ąāϧাāύ āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻীāϝ়াāĻ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ।)
Golu walked (walk/walked) into the forest alone.(āĻāϞুā§ąে āĻ āĻāϞে āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϞৈ āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়ি āĻৈāĻিāϞ।)
The villagers helped (help/helped) Golu find his way back home.(āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻāϞুāĻ āϤাā§° āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻূā§°ি āϝোā§ąা āĻĒāĻĨ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
Golu’s mother thanked (thank/thanked) the villagers for their kindness.(āĻāϞুā§° āĻŽাāĻে āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°āĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĻāϝ়াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻāύাāĻāĻিāϞ।)