Chapter 3
We All Belong
3.Questions from the Poem
Q1. What are the different ways of greeting each other?(āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻাāώāĻŖ āĻāύোā§ąাā§° āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻāĻĒাāϝ়āĻŦোā§° āĻি āĻি?)
Ans: The different ways of greeting each other mentioned in the poem are saying “namaste” and “hello, friend”. (āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϤ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻাāώāĻŖ āĻāύোā§ąাā§° āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻāĻĒাāϝ়āĻŦোā§° āĻš’āϞ “āύāĻŽāϏ্āĻাā§°” āĻā§°ু “āĻšেāϞ্āϞ’ āĻŦāύ্āϧু” āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা।)
Q2. What food items are mentioned in the poem? (āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϤ āĻি āĻি āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে?)
Ans: The food items mentioned in the poem are “ladoos” and “pithas”. (āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϤ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া āĻাāĻĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻš’āϞ “āϞাāĻĄ়ু” āĻā§°ু “āĻĒিāĻ া”।)
Q3. What is the poem about? (āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻো āĻিāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে?)
Ans: The poem is about finding joy in diversity and how everyone belongs together despite their differences. (āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻো āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύāϤাā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąা āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤো āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āĻĨাāĻে, āϤাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে।)
Q4. How does friendship grow? (āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻāĻĸ়ি āĻāĻ ে?)
Ans : Friendship grows when hearts are near. (āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়āĻŦোā§° āĻāĻā§° āĻাāĻĒিāϞে āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻāĻĸ়ি āĻāĻ ে।)
Q5. Where can we find joy? (āĻāĻŽি āĻ’āϤ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻঁ?)
Ans: We can find our joy in diversity. (āĻāĻŽি āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύāϤাā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻঁ।)
4. Find words from the poem that rhyme with the following words: (āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āϤāϞ⧰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāύ্āĻĻ āĻŽিāϞা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা:)
a) blend – friend
b) near – clear
c) dance – chance
(d) song – belong
(e) share – there
(f) far – star
5. b) Read the following sentences. Choose the correct word or group of words from the box and complete the sentences given below. One is done for you.(āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻĒāĻĸ়া। āĻŦাāĻāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻোāĻ āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা āĻā§°ু āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°া। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻা āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে।)
Words in the box (āĻŦাāĻāĻāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°):
colourful garden, garden of flowers, shining star, angel
Ans: 1) Our school has a garden of flower . (āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻĢুāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻিāĻা āĻāĻে।)
2) Our garden is a colorful garden with many different flowers. (āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻিāĻাāĻāύāϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āύাāύাāύ āĻĢুāϞেā§°ে āĻāĻāύ ā§°āĻীāύ āĻŦাāĻিāĻা āĻšৈ āĻāĻে।)
3) The pole star is a shining star . (āϧ্ā§°ুā§ą āϤ⧰া āĻāĻা āĻিāϞিāĻি āĻĨāĻা āϤ⧰া।)
4) Sita looks like an angel. (āϏীāϤা āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻāύী āĻĒā§°ীā§°ā§° āύিāĻিāύা)
6. Given below are some words that you can make with the letters of the word DIVERSITY. Talk with your partner, and add more to the list:(āϤāϞāϤ ‘DIVERSITY’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻāĻā§°āĻŦোā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ি āĻŦāύাāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϞāĻā§°ীāϝ়াā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤা āĻā§°ু āϤাāϞিāĻাāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϝোāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া:)
Ans: Here are some more words you can make from the word DIVERSITY:
(DIVERSITY āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāύাāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āĻā§°ু āĻেāĻāĻাāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻš’āϞ:)
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3-letter |
4-letter |
5-letter |
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red (ā§°āĻা) |
ride (āĻāϞোā§ąা) |
drive (āĻাāĻĄ়ী āĻāϞোā§ąা) |
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tie (āĻŦাāύ্āϧা) |
rest (āĻিā§°āĻŖি) |
tired (āĻাāĻā§°ুā§ąা) |
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sir (āĻাā§°/āĻŽāĻšাāĻļāϝ়) |
very (āĻŦāĻšুāϤ) |
tires (āĻাāϝ়াā§°āĻŦোā§°) |
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try (āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°া) |
diet (āĻāĻšাā§°) |
river (āύāĻĻী) |
7. When you visit a fair, you meet many people, taste different food items and hear different languages. Think and write, in the following columns, different dresses, food items and languages that you come across. One is done for you. (āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤুāĻŽি āĻāĻāύ āĻŽেāϞাāϞৈ āϝোā§ąা, āϤুāĻŽি āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻŽাāύুāĻš āϞāĻ āĻĒোā§ąা, āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ⧰ āϏোā§ąাāĻĻ āϞোā§ąা āĻā§°ু āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻাāώা āĻļুāύা। āϤুāĻŽি āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āϏাāĻ-āĻĒাā§°, āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āĻাāώাāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻাāĻŦা āĻā§°ু āϤāϞ⧰ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻāĻŦোā§°āϤ āϞিāĻা। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻা āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে।)
Ans:
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Different dresses
you have seen |
Different food
you have tasted |
Different
languages you have heard |
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Mekhela Chador |
Paratha |
Assamese |
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Salwar Kurti |
Momo |
Hindi |
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Saree |
Jalebi |
Bengali |
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Shirt and Jeans |
Samosa |
English |
8. b) Write a paragraph on the picture given above. You may begin the paragraph with the following sentence. The beginning and the concluding sentence is written for you. (āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻāĻŦিāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻা āĻĻāĻĢা āϞিāĻা। āϤুāĻŽি āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻোā§°ে āĻĻāĻĢাāĻি āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°া। āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖি āĻā§°ু āϏাāĻŽā§°āĻŖিā§° āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻো āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϞিāĻি āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে।)
Words given in the bin to help you (āϏāĻšাāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦাāĻāĻāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°):
different food (āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ)
colourful dresses (ā§°āĻীāύ āϏাāĻ-āĻĒাā§°)
together (āĻāĻেāϞāĻে)
sharing (āĻāĻাāĻ āϞোā§ąা)
culture (āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤি)
Ans : People are enjoying the food fair. The men, women and children are colorfully dressed and enjoying the day. There are many shops selling different foods. Everyone is spending time together. Along with sharing the delicious food, they are also sharing their beautiful culture with each other. People are happy to be together.(āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻŽেāϞাāĻāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে। āĻĒুā§°ুāώ-āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āĻā§°ু āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻāϞে ā§°āĻীāύ āϏাāĻ-āĻĒোāĻাāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϧাāύ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāύāĻো āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে। āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ীā§° āĻĻোāĻাāύ। āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻāĻাāĻŦ āϧ⧰িāĻে। āϏুāϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻু āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻাāĻ āĻā§°াā§° āϞāĻāϤে āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύ⧰ āϞāĻāϤ āύিāĻā§° āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিāĻ āĻাāĻ āĻā§°ি āϞৈāĻে। āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āĻĨাāĻি āϏুāĻী।)
9. Gurpreet is a new student who has joined class IV at Gyandeep Academy.(āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤ āĻāĻāύ āύāϤুāύ āĻাāϤ্ā§° āϝিāϝ়ে āĻ্āĻাāύāĻĻীāĻĒ āĻāĻাāĻĄেāĻŽীā§° āĻāϤুā§°্āĻĨ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āύাāĻŽāĻā§°্āϤি āĻā§°িāĻে।)
Let’s read and find out how his teacher helped him make new friends.(āĻāĻšāĻ āĻāĻŽি āĻĒāĻĸ়োঁ āĻā§°ু āĻাāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°োঁ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āύāϤুāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻŦāύোā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
Gurpreet is a nine-year-old boy.(āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤ āĻāĻāύ āύ āĻŦāĻā§°ীāϝ়া āϞ’ā§°া।)
His father is Punjabi and his mother is Assamese.(āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§ąী āĻā§°ু āĻŽাāĻ āĻ āϏāĻŽীāϝ়া।)
His father works in the Army and was recently transferred to Assam.(āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϏেāύাāϤ āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°ে āĻā§°ু āĻļেāĻšāϤীāϝ়াāĻৈ āĻ āϏāĻŽāϞৈ āĻŦāĻĻāϞি āĻšৈ āĻāĻšিāĻে।)
Gurpreet joined Class IV at Gyandeep Academy in Assam.(āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤে āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ্āĻাāύāĻĻীāĻĒ āĻāĻাāĻĄেāĻŽীā§° āĻāϤুā§°্āĻĨ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āύাāĻŽāĻā§°্āϤি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
His parents wanted him to learn Assamese language.(āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽাāĻ-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏি āĻ āϏāĻŽীāϝ়া āĻাāώা āĻļিāĻāĻ।)
At school, Gurpreet was hesitant to talk to his classmates because he couldn’t understand their languages.(āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়āϤ, āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤে āϤাā§° āϏāĻšāĻĒাāĻ ীāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻŦāϞৈ āϏংāĻোāĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϏি āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻাāώা āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ।)
He felt nervous and unsure.(āϏি āĻāϝ় āĻā§°ু āĻ āύিāĻļ্āĻāϝ়āϤাāϤ āĻুāĻিāĻিāϞ।)
He found it hard to follow the lessons and didn’t speak much in the class.(āϏি āĻĒাāĻ āĻŦোā§° āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒোā§ąাāϤ āĻাāύ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āĻŦেāĻি āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ।)
When others played during recess, he sat quietly all by himself.(āĻিā§°āĻŖিā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāύāĻŦোā§°ে āĻেāϞিāĻিāϞ, āϏি āĻ āĻāϞে āύীā§°ā§ąে āĻŦāĻšি āĻāĻিāϞ।)
One day, he tried to speak in Assamese with his friends.(āĻāĻĻিāύাāĻāύ, āϏি āϤাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽীāϝ়াāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻ’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāϞে।)
A few of his friends laughed at him when he spoke.(āϏি āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻঁāϤে āϤাā§° āĻেāĻāĻāύāĻŽাāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āϤাāĻ āĻোāĻাāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšিāϞে।)
Gurpreet felt embarrassed and upset.(āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤে āϞাāĻ āĻĒাāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻĻুāĻ āĻā§°িāϞে।)
He felt like he doesn’t belong to this class.(āϤাā§° āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻš’āϞ āϝেāύ āϏি āĻāĻ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻোāĻ াāĻোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āύāĻšāϝ়।)
Madam Preeti, their class teacher noticed that Gurpreet was not getting along with his classmates.(āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖী āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤি āĻŦাāĻāĻĻেā§ąে āĻŽāύ āĻā§°িāϞে āϝে āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤে āϏāĻšāĻĒাāĻ ীāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āϞāĻāϤ āĻŽিāϞি āϝাāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻ। )
When she saw him sitting alone in the class, she spoke to him.(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āϤাāĻ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āĻ āĻāϞে āĻŦāĻšি āĻĨāĻা āĻĻেāĻিāϞে, āϤেāĻঁ āϤাā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāϞে।)
In her next class, she narrated a story about kindness and understanding and asked everyone to make a greetings card in their own language to welcome Gurpreet.(āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°্āϤী āĻ্āϞাāĻāϤ, āϤেāĻঁ āĻĻāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦুāĻিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻা āϏাāϧু āĻ’āϞে āĻā§°ু āϏāĻāϞোāĻে āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤāĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻāϤāĻŽ āĻāύাāĻŦāϞৈ āύিāĻā§° āύিāĻā§° āĻাāώাāϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻļুāĻেāĻ্āĻা āĻাā§°্āĻĄ āĻŦāύাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ’āϞে।)
Sumi created a greetings card in Assamese, Shilpi in Bengali, Dwithun in Bodo and Prem in Nepali.(āϏুāĻŽিāϝ়ে āĻ āϏāĻŽীāϝ়াāϤ, āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒীāϝ়ে āĻŦāĻাāϞীāϤ, āĻĻ্āĻŦৈāĻĨুāύে āĻŦāĻĄ়ো āĻাāώাāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŽে āύেāĻĒাāϞী āĻাāώাāϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻļুāĻেāĻ্āĻা āĻাā§°্āĻĄ āĻŦāύাāϞে।)
Gurpreet was surprised and happy to see the cards in different languages.(āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻাāώাāϤ āĻাā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻি āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤ āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻš’āϞ āĻā§°ু āϏুāĻী āĻš’āϞ।)
He was happy.(āϏি āϏুāĻী āĻāĻিāϞ। )
He also made a colourful ‘Thank You’ card in Punjabi.(āϏি āύিāĻেāĻ āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§ąী āĻাāώাāϤ āĻāĻāύ ā§°āĻীāύ ‘āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ’ āĻাā§°্āĻĄ āĻŦāύাāϞে। )
As days passed by, Gurpreet tried to speak in Assamese and started making friends.(āĻĻিāύ āϝোā§ąাā§° āϞāĻে āϞāĻে, āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤে āĻ āϏāĻŽীāϝ়াāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻ’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻŦāύাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāϞে।)
Soon, he became confident in speaking Assamese.(āϏোāύāĻাāϞেāĻ, āϏি āĻ āϏāĻŽীāϝ়াāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąাāϤ āĻāϤ্āĻŽāĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏী āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāϞ।)
At the school’s annual function, he even performed a group Bihu dance.(āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাā§°্āώিāĻ āĻ āύুāώ্āĻ াāύāϤ, āϏি āĻāύāĻি āĻāĻা āĻĻāϞীāϝ় āĻŦিāĻšু āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻ āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļāύ āĻā§°িāϞে।)
His friends helped him learn the steps.(āϤাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦোā§°ে āϤাāĻ āύৃāϤ্āϝ⧰ āĻোāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻļিāĻাāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāϞে।)
All his friends and teachers cheered for him.(āϤাā§° āϏāĻāϞো āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻā§°ু āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻে āϤাāĻ āĻā§āϏাāĻšিāϤ āĻā§°িāϞে।)
It was a memorable moment for Gurpreet.(āĻāĻāĻো āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻ āϏ্āĻŽā§°āĻŖীāϝ় āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤ āĻāĻিāϞ।)
The celebration ended on a happy note with a beautiful message, “We are All Children of God.”(“āĻāĻŽি āϏāĻāϞো āĻāĻā§ąাāύ⧰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύ” āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻŦাā§°্āϤাā§°ে āĻāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύāĻোā§° āĻāĻ āϏুāĻā§° āϏাāĻŽā§°āĻŖি āĻĒā§°িāϞ।)
We are different, yet equal.(āĻāĻŽি āĻŦেāϞেāĻ, āϤāĻĨাāĻĒিāĻ āϏāĻŽাāύ।)
By respecting each other’s uniqueness, we can create a kind, strong, and united world.(āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύ⧰ āϏ্āĻŦāĻীāϝ়āϤাāĻ āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āĻāύাāĻ āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻāύ āĻĻāϝ়াāϞু, āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāϤ্ā§°িāϤ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āĻāĻĸ়িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ।)
10. a) Write ‘true’ or ‘false’ in the given boxes:(āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻĨāĻা āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻŦোā§°āϤ ‘āϏঁāĻা’ (true) āύে ‘āĻŽিāĻা’ (false) āϞিāĻা:)
i) Gurpreet was from Nepal.
Ans: False
ii) Gurpreet was not hesitant to talk to his classmates because he could understand their language.
Ans: False
iii) Gurpreet performed a group Bihu dance.
Ans: True
iv) Madam Preeti asked the children to make a poster.
Ans: False
v) The class teacher narrated a story about kindness and understanding.
Ans: True
vi) We can create a united world by respecting each other’s uniqueness.
Ans: True
11. b) Answer the following questions: (āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়া:)
a) Who was Gurpreet?
Ans: Gurpreet was a nine-year-old boy who joined Class IV at Gyandeep Academy. (āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤ āĻāĻāύ āύ āĻŦāĻā§°ীāϝ়া āϞ’ā§°া āĻāĻিāϞ āϝিāϝ়ে āĻ্āĻাāύāĻĻীāĻĒ āĻāĻাāĻĄেāĻŽীā§° āĻāϤুā§°্āĻĨ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āύাāĻŽāĻā§°্āϤি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
b) What was the name of his class teacher?
Ans : The name of his class teacher was Madam Preeti. (āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖী āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤি āĻŦাāĻāĻĻেāĻ ।)
c) Why was Gurpreet hesitant to speak Assamese?
Ans : Gurpreet was hesitant to speak Assamese because he couldn’t understand his classmates’ languages, and when he tried to speak, a few of his friends laughed at him.(āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤে āĻ āϏāĻŽীāϝ়াāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻ’āĻŦāϞৈ āϏংāĻোāĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϏি āϤাā§° āϏāĻšāĻĒাāĻ ীāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻাāώা āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ, āĻā§°ু āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϏি āĻāĻĨা āĻ’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ, āϤাā§° āĻেāĻāĻāύāĻŽাāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āϤাāĻ āĻোāĻাāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻিāϞ।)
d) Why did Gurpreet make a colourful ‘Thank You’ card in Punjabi?
Ans: Gurpreet made a colourful ‘Thank You’ card in Punjabi because he was surprised and happy to see the welcome cards in different languages made by his friends.(āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤে āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§ąী āĻাāώাāϤ āĻāĻāύ ā§°āĻীāύ ‘āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ’ āĻাā§°্āĻĄ āĻŦāύাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦোā§°ে āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻাāώাāϤ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āϏ্āĻŦাāĻāϤāĻŽ āĻাā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻি āϏি āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻā§°ু āϏুāĻী āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।)
e) How did Gurpreet become confident to perform the group Bihu dance?
Ans : Gurpreet became confident to perform the group Bihu dance because his friends helped him learn the steps.(āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤ āĻĻāϞীāϝ় āĻŦিāĻšু āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāϤ্āĻŽāĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏী āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦোā§°ে āϤাāĻ āύৃāϤ্āϝ⧰ āĻোāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻļিāĻাāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
12. b) Fill in the blanks using ‘was’ and ‘were’ and complete the paragraph: (āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻāĻŦোā§°āϤ ‘was’ āĻā§°ু ‘were’ āĻŦāĻšুā§ąাāĻ āĻĻāĻĢাāĻি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°া:)
Ans: Gurpreet was sitting alone in the classroom. His friends were outside in the garden. They were playing hide and seek. Sumi noticed that Gurpreet was upset. She invited Gurpreet to join them. Gurpreet was happy.
13. b) Find out more adjectives. Write them in the empty balloon given below. (āĻā§°ু āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ āĻŦা āĻুāĻŖ āĻŦুāĻোā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা। āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻাāϞী āĻŦেāϞুāύāĻোāϤ āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āϞিāĻা।)
Ans: You can write any of these adjectives in the empty balloon:
- tall
- short
- polite
- playful
- brave
14. Write five sentences to describe one of your friends. You may take help of the words given in the box: tall, short, loud, quite, playful, smart, polite, beautiful, pretty, shy, charming, joyful (āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°ি āĻĒাঁāĻāĻļাā§°ী āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āϞিāĻা। āϤুāĻŽি āĻŦাāĻāĻāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϞ’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°া:)
Ans :
- My friend’s name is Suman, and he is very tall.
- He is a smart student and always helps me with my studies.
- He is very polite to everyone he meets.
- Suman has a playful nature and loves to play football.
- He is a joyful person who always keeps a smile on his face.
15. b) Complete this greetings card with suitable words and sentences. (āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ⧰ে āĻāĻ āĻļুāĻেāĻ্āĻা āĻাā§°্āĻĄāĻāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°া।)
Ans:
Dear Gurpreet,
We warmly welcome you to our class. We are happy to have you as our new friend. We can talk about our food habits, festivals and learn about your culture. We hope you will love our school.
With love and warm wishes,
Yours friends.
(āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻুā§°āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤ,
āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻ্āϞাāĻāϞৈ āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻĒোāύাāϞোāĻāĻ āĻāώ্āĻŽ āĻāĻĻā§°āĻŖি āĻāύাāĻāĻো। āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻāĻŽাā§° āύāϤুāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻĒাāĻ āĻāĻŽি āϏুāĻী। āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻাāĻĻ্āϝাāĻ্āϝাāϏ, āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ো āĻā§°ু āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻাāύিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ো। āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়āĻāύ āĻāĻĒোāύাāϞোāĻে āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻļা āĻā§°িāĻো।)
āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°ু āĻāώ্āĻŽ āĻাāĻŽāύাā§°ে,
āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϏāĻāϞ।
16. a) Read and complete the following paragraph. It tells us about an event that already happened. Choose the correct form of the words given in brackets to complete the paragraph. (āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĻāĻĢাāĻি āĻĒāĻĸ়া āĻā§°ু āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°া। āĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāĻি āϝোā§ąা āĻāĻা āĻāĻāύাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϝ়। āĻĻāĻĢাāĻি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦāύ্āϧāύীā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ ā§°ূāĻĒāĻো āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা।)
Ans : Yesterday, our class formed (formed/form) teams. We played (play/played) a game together. We shared (share/shared) our ideas and helped (helped/help) each other in the team. That day we enjoyed (enjoy/enjoyed) a lot.(āϝোā§ąাāĻাāϞি āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϝ়ে āĻĻāϞ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āĻāĻা āĻেāϞ āĻেāϞিāĻিāϞোঁ। āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻŽাā§° āϧাā§°āĻŖাāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻাāĻ āϞৈāĻিāϞোঁ āĻā§°ু āĻĻāϞāϤ āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύāĻ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞোঁ। āϏেāĻāĻĻিāύা āĻāĻŽি āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞোঁ।)
17. b) Work in pairs. Read the words given in the box below. Write the words that speak about present time in column A and the words that speak about past time in column B. One is done for you: (āϝোā§° āĻĒাāϤি āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°া। āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻāĻāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĒāĻĸ়া। āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻাāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻোā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° ‘A’ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻāϤ āϞিāĻা āĻā§°ু āĻ āϤীāϤ āĻাāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻোā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° ‘B’ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻāϤ āϞিāĻা। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻা āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে:)
Words in the box (āĻŦাāĻāĻāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°):
coloured, cared, shared, cheer, learn, perform, smile, enjoyed, blend, helped.
Ans:
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Column A: Present time (āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻাāϞ) |
Column B: Past time (āĻ
āϤীāϤ āĻাāϞ) |
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cheer (āĻāύāύ্āĻĻāϧ্āĻŦāύি āĻā§°া) |
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learn (āĻļিāĻা) |
cared (āϝāϤ্āύ āϞৈāĻিāϞ) |
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perform (āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļāύ āĻā§°া) |
shared (āĻāĻাāĻ āϞৈāĻিāϞ) |
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smile (āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻŽā§°া) |
enjoyed (āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ) |
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blend (āĻŽিāϞি āϝোā§ąা) |
helped (āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ) |
18. Find out meaningful words from the grid given below. Circle the word and write down in the given spaces. One is done for you: Diversity (āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻāĻā§°ā§° āϤাāϞিāĻাāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা। āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤ āĻঁāĻা āĻā§°ু āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻĨāĻা āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻāϤ āϞিāĻা। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻা āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে: Diversity)
Ans : By looking at the grid carefully, we can easily find these meaningful words hidden in the rows:
- DANCE (Hidden in the first row: F S M C D A N C E)
- INDIA (Hidden in the fifth row: I N D I A T Y O L) (Note: You have to circle these words in your textbook grid).
Answer (Assamese / āĻ āϏāĻŽীāϝ়া āĻ āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ): āϤাāϞিāĻাāĻāύ āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻাāϞে āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻļাā§°ীāĻŦোā§°āϤ āϞুāĻাāĻ āĻĨāĻা āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāĻŽ:
ā§§. DANCE (āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻļাā§°ীāϤ āϞুāĻাāĻ āĻāĻে) ⧍. INDIA (āĻĒāĻ্āĻāĻŽ āĻļাā§°ীāϤ āϞুāĻাāĻ āĻāĻে) (āĻোāĻা: āϤুāĻŽি āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻĒাāĻ ্āϝāĻĒুāĻĨিā§° āϤাāϞিāĻাāĻāύāϤ āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻĒেāĻ্āĻিāϞেā§°ে āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤ āĻঁāĻিāĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ)।
19. Write a short paragraph on any one of the following topics.
- Different food you like to eat.
- Different dress you like to wear.
- Different languages you want to learn.
(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āϝিāĻোāύো āĻāĻা āĻŦিāώāϝ়ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻা āĻāĻŽু āĻĻāĻĢা āϞিāĻা।
- āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ।
- āϤুāĻŽি āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āϏাāĻ-āĻĒাā§°।
- āϤুāĻŽি āĻļিāĻিāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻā§°া āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻাāώা।
Ans: Different Food I Like to Eat I love to eat different types of food. My favorite food is traditional Assamese thali, which includes rice, dal, and fish curry. I also like to eat snacks like momos and samosas with my friends. Sweets like ladoo and pitha make me very happy during festivals. Tasting different foods helps me learn about different cultures and brings everyone together.(āĻŽāĻ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ: āĻŽāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻঁ। āĻŽোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻšৈāĻে āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻāϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽীāϝ়া āĻĨাāϞি, āϝ’āϤ āĻাāϤ, āĻĻাāĻāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻāĻ্āĻা āĻĨাāĻে। āĻŽāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻŽ’āĻŽ’ āĻā§°ু āĻিāĻā§°া āĻাāĻŦāϞৈāĻ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻঁ। āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϞাāĻĄ়ু āĻā§°ু āĻĒিāĻ াā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŽিāĻ াāϝ়ে āĻŽোāĻ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āϏুāĻী āĻā§°ে। āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ⧰ āϏোā§ąাāĻĻ āϞ’āϞে āĻŽোāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻļিāĻাāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°ে āĻā§°ু āϏāĻāϞোāĻে āĻāĻেāϞāĻ āĻā§°ে।)