Chapter 7

The Secret Mission 


Question 1:How do you feel while going to an unknown place – say to a jungle/forest, or while climbing up a hill? (āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ…āϚিāύাāĻ•ি āĻ াāχāϞৈ āϝাāĻ“ঁāϤে – āϧ⧰া āĻš’āϞ āĻāĻ–āύ āϜংāϘāϞ/āĻšাāĻŦি, āĻŦা āĻĒাāĻšাā§° āĻŦāĻ—াāĻ“ঁāϤে āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻ•েāύে āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āĻšāϝ়?)

Ans: While going to an unknown place, I feel a mix of excitement and nervousness. I feel happy about the adventure, but also a little scared about the unknown. (āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ…āϚিāύাāĻ•ি āĻ াāχāϞৈ āϝাāĻ“ঁāϤে, āĻŽোā§° āĻŽāύāϤ āωāϤ্āϤেāϜāύা āφ⧰ু āĻ­āϝ়ā§° āĻŽিāĻļ্ā§°িāϤ āĻ­াā§ą āφāĻšে। āĻŽāχ āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ• āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύāϟোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏুāĻ–ী āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰োঁ, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ…āϚিāύাāĻ•ি āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ…āϞāĻĒ āĻ­āϝ়ো āϞাāĻ—ে।)

Question 2:The book provides some word cards describing feelings: scared, excited, nervous, happy. Work with your friend to find two other such words, and write them in the blank cards: (āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŽিāϞি āĻāύেāĻ•ুā§ąা āφāύ āĻĻুāϟা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা, āφ⧰ু āĻ–াāϞী āĻ•াā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§°āϤ āϞিāĻ–া:)

Ans: Two other words describing emotions during an adventure are:

Curious (āĻ•ৌāϤূāĻšāϞী)

Thrilled (ā§°োāĻŽাāĻž্āϚিāϤ)

Activity 1: Fill in the blanks (āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰া)

a) I heard his cry for help. I ________ towards him. (āĻŽāχ āϤাā§° āϏāĻšাāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϕ⧰া āϚিāĻžā§° āĻļুāύিāϞোঁ। āĻŽāχ āϤাā§° āĻĢাāϞে ________।)

Ans: hurried (āϞ⧰াāϞ⧰িāĻ•ৈ āĻ—’āϞোঁ)

b) She was very brave. She ________ to go in the dark.(āϤাāχ āĻŦā§° āϏাāĻšāϏী āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āĻ…āύ্āϧāĻ•াā§°āϤ āϝোā§ąাā§° ________।)

Ans: dared (āϏাāĻšāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ)

c) He ________ the message while I was in the library. (āĻŽāχ āĻĒুāĻĨিāĻ­ঁā§°াāϞāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•োঁāϤে āϏি āĻŦাā§°্āϤাāϟো ________।)

Ans: whispered (āĻĢুāϚāĻĢুāϚাāχ āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ)

d) I will ________ the garden to find different plants. (āĻŽāχ āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻ—āĻ›-āĻ—āĻ›āύি āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāϝ়াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦাāĻ—িāϚাāĻ–āύ ________।)

Ans: explore (āĻ…āύ্āĻŦেāώāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŽ (āĻŦা āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āϚাāĻŽ)

Activity 2: Let’s see how much we have understood (āφāĻšাāϚোāύ āφāĻŽি āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āĻŦুāϜিāϞোঁ āϚাāĻ“ঁ)

a) What were the names of the three friends?(āϤিāύিāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻ•ি āφāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: The names of the three friends were Vinay, Ramesh, and Supriya.(āϤিāύিāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āύাāĻŽ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻŦিāύāϝ়, ā§°āĻŽেāĻļ āφ⧰ু āϏুāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়া।)

b) What did the three friends plan? (āϤিāύিāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āĻ•ি āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: They planned to explore a place near their village, which was their secret mission. (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰⧰ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ াāχ āĻ…āύ্āĻŦেāώāĻŖ āϕ⧰াā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ, āϝিāϟো āφāĻ›িāϞ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻ—োāĻĒāύ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύ।)

c) What did the villagers often talk about? (āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়ে āĻ•িāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: The villagers often talked about a singing rock of that place.(āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়ে āϏেāχ āĻ াāχ⧰ āĻāϟা āĻ—াāύ āĻ—োā§ąা āĻļিāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻ›িāϞ।)

d) Whose idea was it to go to the hillock? (āĻĒাāĻšাā§°āϟোāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āϧাā§°āĻŖাāϟো āĻ•াā§° āφāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: It was Supriya’s idea to go to the hillock.(āĻĒাāĻšাā§°āϟোāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āϧাā§°āĻŖাāϟো āϏুāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়াā§° āφāĻ›িāϞ।)

e) Why did the three friends run away from the place? (āϤিāύিāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āϏেāχ āĻ াāχ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻ•িāϝ় āĻĒāϞাāχ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: They ran away because they heard strange sounds and felt very scared, thinking the rock was talking.(āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āφāϚāĻšুā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύিāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻļিāϞāϟোā§ąে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻ›ে āĻŦুāϞি āĻ­াāĻŦি āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχ āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒāϞাāχ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ।)

f) What helped them find their way back home?(āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āϘ⧰āϞৈ āωāĻ­āϤি āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒāĻĨ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąাāϤ āĻ•িāĻšে āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: Seeing their village post office helped them find their way back home. (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻĄাāĻ•āϘ⧰āϟো āĻĻেāĻ–াā§° āĻĒাāĻ›āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϘ⧰āϞৈ āωāĻ­āϤি āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒāĻĨ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।)

g) Did the three friends find the singing rock? How do you know?(āϤিāύিāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āĻ—াāύ āĻ—োā§ąা āĻļিāϞāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞāύে? āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϜাāύা?)

Ans: No, they did not find the singing rock. We know this because the story says, “But they could not find it,” and then they ran away in fear.(āύাāχ, āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ—াāύ āĻ—োā§ąা āĻļিāϞāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āφāĻŽি āĻāχāϟো āϜাāύো āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϏাāϧুāϟোāϤ āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›ে āϝে “āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϏেāχāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āύাāĻĒাāϞে”, āφ⧰ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ­āϝ়āϤে āĻĒāϞাāχ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ।)

Activity 3: Write ‘T’ for correct statement and ‘F’ for incorrect statement (āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে ‘T’ āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে ‘F’ āϞিāĻ–া)

a) The three friends were happy because their plan was a secret. (āϤিāύিāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āϏুāĻ–ী āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাāϟো āĻāϟা āĻ—োāĻĒāύ āĻ•āĻĨা āφāĻ›িāϞ।)

Ans: F (False / āĻŽিāĻ›া)

(Note: They were happy about the plan, but they were nervous because it was a secret. / āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাāϟোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏুāĻ–ী āφāĻ›িāϞ, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āχ āĻ—োāĻĒāύ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϚিāύ্āϤিāϤāĻšে āφāĻ›িāϞ।)

b) The children planned to go to a place near their village to see a stream. (āϞ’ā§°া-āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāĻ•েāχāϟাāχ āĻāĻ–āύ āϜুā§°ি āϚাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰⧰ āĻ াāχ āĻāĻ–āύāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।)

Ans: F (False / āĻŽিāĻ›া)

(Note: They went to explore and find the singing rock, not just to see a stream. / āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ—াāύ āĻ—োā§ąা āĻļিāϞāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ, āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āϜুā§°ি āϚাāĻŦāϞৈ āύāĻšāϝ়। )

c) The villagers sometimes talked about the singing rock. (āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āĻ—াāύ āĻ—োā§ąা āĻļিāϞāϟোā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻ›িāϞ।)

Ans: F (False / āĻŽিāĻ›া)

(Note: The villagers “often” talked about it, not sometimes. / āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে “āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়ে” āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻ›িāϞ, āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āύāĻšāϝ়। )

d) The three friends heard some known sounds. (āϤিāύিāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āϜāύা-āĻļুāύা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύিāĻ›িāϞ।)

Ans: F (False / āĻŽিāĻ›া)

(Note: They heard strange/unknown sounds. / āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āφāϚāĻšুā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύিāĻ›িāϞ। )

e) The three friends became afraid after hearing the strange sounds. (āφāϚāĻšুā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻļুāύাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϤিāύিāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›িāϞ।)

Ans: T (True / āϏঁāϚা)

Activity 4: Arrange the sentences to get the summary of the story ‘The Secret Mission’. (āϏাāϧুāϟোā§° āϏাā§°াংāĻļ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāϜাāχ āϞিāĻ–া।)

Correct Order of the Sentences (āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ•্ā§°āĻŽ):

1. (d) Ramesh, Vinay and Supriya planned a secret mission.(ā§°āĻŽেāĻļ, āĻŦিāύāϝ় āφ⧰ু āϏুāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়াāχ āĻāϟা āĻ—োāĻĒāύ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।)

2. (h) They wanted to explore a place near their village. (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰⧰ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ াāχ āĻ…āύ্āĻŦেāώāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।) 

3. (b) They went to the place on foot.(āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ–োāϜāĻ•াāĻĸ়ি āϏেāχ āĻ াāχāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ।)

4. (c) They spent some time chasing butterflies. (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻĒāĻ–িāϞা āĻ–েāĻĻি āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻ…āϤিāĻŦাāĻšিāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।)

5. (i) They looked for the singing rock. (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ—াāύ āĻ—োā§ąা āĻļিāϞāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।)

6. (g) They heard some strange sounds. (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āφāϚāĻšুā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।)

7. (a) They ran away from the place. (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϏেāχ āĻ াāχ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĒāϞাāχ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ।)

8. (e) They reached the post office and knew their way home. (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻĄাāĻ•āϘ⧰ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϘ⧰āϞৈ āϝোā§ąা ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϟো āϚিāύি āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।)

9. (f) It was a special day for the three friends a day full of fun, laughter and adventure. (āĻāχāϟো āϤিāύিāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻĻিāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ – āϧেāĻŽাāϞি, āĻšাঁāĻšি āφ⧰ু āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ• āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύেā§°ে āĻ­ā§°া āĻāϟা āĻĻিāύ।)

Activity 5: Who said the following?

Write the names of the speakers in the blank spaces: (āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻ•āĻĨাāĻŦোā§° āĻ•োāύে āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ? āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχāϤ āĻŦāĻ•্āϤাāϜāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻ–া:)

a) “Look! What a beautiful stream!” (āϚোā§ąা! āĻ•ি āϧুāύীāϝ়া āϜুā§°ি!)

Ans: Ramesh (ā§°āĻŽেāĻļ)

b) “It feels so soft!” (āĻāχāϟো āχāĻŽাāύ āĻ•োāĻŽāϞ!)

Ans: Supriya (āϏুāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়া)

c) “Do you think the singing rock is behind that hillock?” (āϤোāĻŽাāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ­াāĻŦাāύে āĻ—াāύ āĻ—োā§ąা āĻļিāϞāϟো āϏেāχ āĻĒাāĻšাā§°āϟোā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āĻĢাāϞে āφāĻ›ে?)

Ans: Supriya (āϏুāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়া)

d) “I am really tired.” (āĻŽāχ āϏঁāϚাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে āĻ­াāĻ—ā§°ি āĻĒā§°িāĻ›োঁ।)

Ans: Vinay (āĻŦিāύāϝ়)

Question 7. b): Have you ever tried to listen carefully to the sounds made by: the falling of rain, the blowing of the wind, the rustling of leaves, the rumbling of thunder. What sounds do they produce? (āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻ•āĻĨাāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ—েā§°ে āĻļুāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰িāĻ›াāύে: āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻĒā§°া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ, āĻŦāϤাāĻš āĻŦāϞাā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ, āĻ—āϛ⧰ āĻĒাāϤ⧰ āĻ–ā§°āĻŽā§°āĻŖি, āĻŽেāϘ⧰ āĻ—াāϜāύি। āĻāχāĻŦোā§°ে āĻ•ি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϏৃāώ্āϟি āϕ⧰ে?)

Ans: Yes, I have tried to listen to them. Here are the sounds they produce:(āĻšāϝ়, āĻŽāχ āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āĻļুāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰িāĻ›োঁ। āϏেāχāĻŦোā§°ে āϏৃāώ্āϟি āϕ⧰া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻš’āϞ:)

The falling of rain (āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻĒā§°া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ): Pitter-patter / Tip-tap (āĻĒিāϟ-āĻĒিāϟ / āϟুāĻĒ-āϟাāĻĒ)

The blowing of the wind (āĻŦāϤাāĻš āĻŦāϞাā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ): Swoosh / Whoosh (āĻļ্āĻŦুāϚ / āĻšুāϚ)

The rustling of leaves (āĻ—āϛ⧰ āĻĒাāϤ⧰ āĻ–ā§°āĻŽā§°āĻŖি): Rustle / Swish (āĻ–ā§°-āĻŽā§° / āĻ›ঁāϝ়-āĻ›ঁāϝ়)

The rumbling of thunder (āĻŽেāϘ⧰ āĻ—াāϜāύি): Rumble / Boom / Crash (āĻ—ুā§°ুāĻŽ-āĻ—ুā§°ুāĻŽ / āĻ—াāϜāύি)

Question 8. d): Write the rhyming words for the following: (āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়াāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āĻŽিāϞোā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦা rhyming words āϞিāĻ–া:)

Ans:

block (āĻŦ্āϞāĻ•) – lock / rock (āϞāĻ• / ā§°āĻ•)

row (ā§°’) – low / bow (āϞ’ / āĻŦ’)

stop (āώ্āϟāĻĒ) – top / hop (āϟāĻĒ / āĻšāĻĒ)

tone (āϟ’āύ) – bone / zone (āĻŦ’āύ / āϜ’āύ)

gold (āĻ—’āϞ্āĻĄ) – cold / told (āĻ•’āϞ্āĻĄ / āϟ’āϞ্āĻĄ)

grow (āĻ—্ā§°’) – throw / know (āĻĨ্ā§°’ / āύ’)

hot (āĻšāϟ) – pot / cot (āĻĒāϟ / āĻ•āϟ)

fog (āĻĢāĻ—) – dog / log (āĻĄāĻ— / āϞāĻ—)

slow (āĻļ্āϞ’) – glow / flow (āĻ—্āϞ’ / āĻĢ্āϞ’)

dot (āĻĄāϟ) – got / lot (āĻ—āϟ / āϞāϟ)

cost (āĻ•āώ্āϟ) – lost (āϞāώ্āϟ)

strong (āώ্āϟ্ā§°ং) – long / song (āϞং / āϚং)

note (āύ’āϟ) – boat / goat (āĻŦ’āϟ / āĻ—’āϟ)

joke (āϜ’āĻ•) – poke / smoke (āĻĒ’āĻ• / āϏ্āĻŽ’āĻ•)

Activity 10. a) Complete the story map (āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া Help Box-ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাāϚি āϞৈ āϏাāϧুāϟোā§° āĻŽেāĻĒāĻ–āύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰া:)

Title (āĻļিā§°োāύাāĻŽ): The Secret Mission (āĻ—োāĻĒāύ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύ)

Setting (Place) / āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļ (āĻ াāχ): Village, the bank of the stream, the village road (āĻ—াঁāĻ“, āϜুā§°িāϟোā§° āĻĒাā§°, āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° ā§°াāϏ্āϤা)

Characters (āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°āϏāĻŽূāĻš): Supriya, Vinay, Ramesh (āϏুāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়া, āĻŦিāύāϝ়, ā§°āĻŽেāĻļ)

Time (āϏāĻŽāϝ়): Morning (ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা)

The beginning (āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŖি): Three friends went to find the singing rock. (āϤিāύিāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āĻ—াāύ āĻ—োā§ąা āĻļিāϞāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ।)

The middle (āĻŽাāϜāĻ­াāĻ—): They heard some strange sounds and got scared. (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āφāϚāĻšুā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύিāϞে āφ⧰ু āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāϞে।)

The end (āĻļেāώāĻ­াāĻ—): They fled from the place and reached their village safely. (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϏেāχ āĻ াāχ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĒāϞাāχ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āύিā§°াāĻĒāĻĻে āύিāϜ⧰ āĻ—াঁāĻ“ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞāĻ—ৈ।)

Activity 10. b) Prepare a story map of a story/book you have read (āϤুāĻŽি āĻĒāĻĸ়া āĻāϟা āϏাāϧু āĻŦা āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒā§° āĻāĻ–āύ āώ্āϟ’ā§°ী āĻŽেāĻĒ āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤুāϤ āϕ⧰া। āϤāϞāϤ āĻāϟা āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻš’āϞ:)

Example: The Thirsty Crow (āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻĒিāϝ়াāĻš āϞāĻ—া āĻ•াāω⧰ীāϟো)

Title (āĻļিā§°োāύাāĻŽ): The Thirsty Crow (āĻĒিāϝ়াāĻš āϞāĻ—া āĻ•াāω⧰ীāϟো)

Setting (Place) / āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļ (āĻ াāχ): A garden (āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŦাāĻ—িāϚা)

Characters (āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§°āϏāĻŽূāĻš): A thirsty crow (āĻāϟা āĻĒিāϝ়াāĻšāϤ āφāϤুā§° āĻ•াāω⧰ী)

Time (āϏāĻŽāϝ়): A hot summer day (āĻ—্ā§°ীāώ্āĻŽā§° āĻāϟা āĻ—ā§°āĻŽ āĻĻিāύ)

The beginning (āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŖি): A thirsty crow was looking for water. (āĻāϟা āĻĒিāϝ়াāĻšāϤ āφāϤুā§° āĻ•াāω⧰ীāϝ়ে āĻĒাāύী āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।)

The middle (āĻŽাāϜāĻ­াāĻ—): It found a pitcher with a little water. It dropped pebbles into the pitcher. (āϏি āĻāϟা āĻ•āϞāĻš āĻĻেāĻ–িāϞে āϝ’āϤ āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাā§°ে āϤāϞāϤ āĻ…āĻ•āĻŖāĻŽাāύ āĻĒাāύী āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϏি āϤাāϤ āĻļিāϞāĻ—ুāϟি āĻĒেāϞাāχ āĻĻিāϞে।)

The end (āĻļেāώāĻ­াāĻ—): The water came up, the crow drank it and flew away happily. (āĻĒাāύীāĻ–িāύি āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϞৈ āωāĻ ি āφāĻšিāϞ, āĻ•াāω⧰ীāϟোā§ąে āĻĒাāύী āĻ–াāχ āφāύāύ্āĻĻā§°ে āω⧰ি āĻ—’āϞ।)

Activity 11. Select a book and complete the table (āĻĒুāĻĨিāĻ­ঁā§°াāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒ āĻŦাāĻ›ি āϞৈ āĻĒāĻĸ়া āφ⧰ু āϤাāϞিāĻ•াāĻ–āύ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰া। āϤāϞāϤ āĻāϟা āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻš’āϞ)

Title/Name of the book(āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒāĻ–āύ⧰ āĻļিā§°োāύাāĻŽ/āύাāĻŽ) What it is about (āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒāĻ–āύ āĻ•িāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে) New words (āύāϤুāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)

The Lion and the Mouse (āϏিংāĻš āφ⧰ু āύিāĻ—āύিāϟো) A small mouse saves a big lion, showing kindness is good. (āĻāϟা āϏ⧰ু āύিāĻ—āύিāϝ়ে āĻāϟা āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āϏিংāĻšā§° āϜীā§ąāύ ā§°āĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰ে, āϝিāϝ়ে āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāϝ় āϝে āĻĻāϝ়া āϕ⧰াāϟো āĻ­াāϞ āĻ•াāĻŽ।) Roar (āĻ—ā§°্āϜāύ), Trapped (āĻ†ā§ąāĻĻ্āϧ), Nibble (āĻ•ুāϟি āĻ•ুāϟি āĻ–োā§ąা)

Activity 12. Complete the questions with question words (ā§°āĻŽেāĻļে āĻŽাāĻ•āĻ• āĻĻিāϝ়া āωāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻŦোā§° āĻļুāύি āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোāϧāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϞিāĻ–ি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰া 🙂

Q.1. Where did you go? (āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•’āϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞা?)

Q.2. Who were with you? (āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ•োāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ?)

Q.3. What did you do? (āϤোāĻŽাāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāϞা?)

Q.4. When are you planning to go? (āϤোāĻŽাāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›া?)

Activity 13. c) Complete the paragraph with appropriate prepositions: (āωāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ Preposition āĻŦা āĻ…āĻŦ্āϝāϝ় āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻĻāĻĢাāϟি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰া:)

Words in the box: in (āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ/āĻšাāϤāϤ), to (āϞৈ), from (āĻĒā§°া), next to (āĻ•াāώāϤ), opposite to (āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤে), between (āĻŽাāϜāϤ), near (āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ).

Completed Paragraph:

The three friends were near the post office. The road opposite to the post office led to their houses. After some time they reached the village library. Their school was next to the library. The library was between their school and the playground. They met their friend Rimpi near the library. Rimpi had a book in her hand. She borrowed the book from the library. The book was a collection of fairy tales.(āϤিāύিāϜāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻĄাāĻ•āϘ⧰āϟোā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ (near) āφāĻ›িāϞ। āĻĄাāĻ•āϘ⧰⧰ āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻĢাāϞ⧰ (opposite to) ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϟোā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āϘ⧰āϞৈ (to) āϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϏāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻĒুāĻĨিāĻ­ঁā§°াāϞāϟো āĻĒাāϞেāĻ—ৈ। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়āĻ–āύ āĻĒুāĻĨিāĻ­ঁā§°াāϞ⧰ āĻ•াāώāϤ (next to) āφāĻ›িāϞ। āĻĒুāĻĨিāĻ­ঁā§°াāϞāϟো āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ় āφ⧰ু āĻ–েāϞāĻĒāĻĨাā§°āĻ–āύ⧰ āĻŽাāϜāϤ (between) āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻŦāύ্āϧু ā§°িāĻŽ্āĻĒিāĻ• āĻĒুāĻĨিāĻ­ঁā§°াāϞ⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āϞāĻ— āĻĒাāϞে। ā§°িāĻŽ্āĻĒিā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ (in) āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒāĻ–āύ āĻĒুāĻĨিāĻ­ঁā§°াāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া (from) āϧাā§°āϞৈ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒāĻ–āύ āϏাāϧুāĻ•āĻĨাā§° āϏংāĻ•āϞāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ।)

Activity 14. c) Let’s make a few such sentences with the help of words given in the post boxes. (Post box-āϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤ āϤেāύেāĻ•ুā§ąা āĻ•েāχāϟাāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āϏাāϜা:)

Words given in the boxes:

Subject (āϕ⧰্āϤা): Supriya, I, They, He

Verb (āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া): ate, saw, chased, heard

Object (āϕ⧰্āĻŽ): flowers, butterflies, guavas, the sound

Sentences (āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻš):

Supriya chased butterflies.(āϏুāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়াāχ āĻĒāĻ–িāϞা āĻ–েāĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ।)

I ate guavas.(āĻŽāχ āĻŽāϧুā§°ীāφāĻŽ āĻ–াāχāĻ›িāϞোঁ।)

They heard the sound.(āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻļুāύিāĻ›িāϞ।)

He saw flowers. (āϏি āĻĢুāϞāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ।)

Activity 14. d) Rearrange the jumbled words to form correct sentences (āϜঁāϟ āϞাāĻ—ি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āϏāϜাāχ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰া)

i) books reads she

Ans: She reads books.(āϤাāχ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒ āĻĒāĻĸ়ে।)

ii) write I letters

Ans: I write letters.(āĻŽāχ āϚিāĻ ি āϞিāĻ–োঁ।)

iii) he apples likes

Ans: He likes apples.(āϏি āφāĻĒেāϞ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়।)

iv) bought bananas Bina

Ans: Bina bought bananas.(āĻŦিāύাāχ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•িāύিāĻ›িāϞ।)

v) football we play

Ans: We play football.āφāĻŽি āĻĢুāϟāĻŦāϞ āĻ–েāϞোঁ।

Activity 15. b) Put a tick (✓) for appropriate words and a cross (✗) for inappropriate words. Write the correct words. (āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে (✓) āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে (✗) āϚিāύ āĻĻিāϝ়া। āĻ–াāϞী āĻ াāχāϤ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āϞিāĻ–া)

i) He told to me where I was going.

Ans: (✗) Correct word: said (He said to me…) (āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŽোāĻ• āϏুāϧিāĻ›িāϞ āĻŽāχ āĻ•’āϞৈ āĻ—ৈ āφāĻ›িāϞোঁ।) (āχāϝ়াāϤ ‘told’ ā§° āϏāϞāύি ‘said’ āĻŦা ‘asked’ āĻš’āĻŦ)।

ii) We said for an hour.

Ans: (✗) Correct word: talked (We talked for an hour.) (āφāĻŽি āĻāϘāĻŖ্āϟা āϧ⧰ি āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻ›িāϞোঁ।)

iii) She saw a frog and cried out.

Ans: (✓) (āϤাāχ āĻāϟা āĻ­েāĻ•ুāϞী āĻĻেāĻ–ি āϚিāĻžā§°ি āωāĻ িāĻ›িāϞ। (āĻāχāϟো āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)।

iv) I talked her the news.

Ans: (✗) Correct word: told (I told her the news.) (āĻŽāχ āϤাāχāĻ• āĻ–āĻŦā§°āϟো āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞোঁ।)

v) She whispered that she had lost her book.

Ans: (✓) (āϤাāχ āĻĢুāϚāĻĢুāϚাāχ āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤাāχ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒāĻ–āύ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāχāĻ›ে। (āĻāχāϟো āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)।

Activity 16. a) Complete the letter from Ramesh to Vinay (ā§°āĻŽেāĻļে āĻŦিāύāϝ়āϞৈ āϞিāĻ–া āϚিāĻ িāĻ–āύ⧰ āĻ…ংāĻļāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻ াāχāϤ āĻŦāĻšুā§ąাāχ āϚিāĻ িāĻ–āύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰া)

Place: Kamarbandha

           Date: 10.02.26

Hi Vinay,

        How are you? I am fine. Our final assessment will be over in a few days. Have you planned anything? I have already made a plan. I will go to a place. There are talking rocks in that place. These rocks talk through letters, symbols and pictures. They talk about people and time of the past. Are you interested to come? Write back soon and let me know.    

    I am winding up for today. Give my regards to uncle and aunt.

Yours loving, Ramesh

    āĻ াāχ: āĻ•āĻŽাā§°āĻŦāύ্āϧা 

           āϤাā§°িāĻ–: ā§§ā§Ļ.ā§Ļ⧍.⧍ā§Ŧ

āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° āĻŦিāύāϝ়,

āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•েāύে āφāĻ›া? āĻŽāχ āĻ­াāϞে āφāĻ›োঁ। āφāĻŽাā§° āϚূāĻĄ়াāύ্āϤ āĻĒā§°ীāĻ•্āώা āĻ•েāχāĻĻিāύāĻŽাāύ⧰ āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤে āĻļেāώ āĻš’āĻŦ। āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›াāύে? āĻŽāχ āχāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāϟা āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›োঁ। āĻŽāχ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ াāχāϞৈ āϝাāĻŽ। āϏেāχ āĻ াāχāĻ–āύāϤ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒāϤা āĻļিāϞ āφāĻ›ে। āĻāχ āĻļিāϞāĻŦোā§°ে āφāĻ–ā§°, āĻĒ্ā§°āϤীāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ›āĻŦিā§° āϜ⧰িāϝ়āϤে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤে। āĻāχāĻŦোā§°ে āĻ…āϤীāϤ⧰ āĻŽাāύুāĻš āφ⧰ু āϏāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•āϝ়। āϤুāĻŽি āφāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšীāύে? āĻŽোāĻ• āϏোāύāĻ•াāϞে āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻি āϜāύাāĻŦা।

    āĻŽāχ āφāϜিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏাāĻŽā§°িāĻ›োঁ। āĻ–ুā§°া āφ⧰ু āĻ–ুā§°ীāϞৈ āĻŽোā§° āϏেā§ąা āϜāύাāĻŦা।

āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§°, ā§°āĻŽেāĻļ

Activity 16. b) Write a reply to Ramesh from Vinay (āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϧ⧰া āĻš’āϞ āϤুāĻŽি āĻŦিāύāϝ়। ā§°āĻŽেāĻļāϞৈ āĻāĻ–āύ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϚিāĻ ি āϞিāĻ–া āϝ’āϤ āϤুāĻŽি āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύāϤ āĻ…ংāĻļ āϞ’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšী āĻŦুāϞি āϜāύাāĻŦা। Help Box ā§° āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϞ’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°া)

Place: Guwahati 

Date: 12.02.26

Hi Ramesh,

Hope you are fine. I am fine. I am happy to receive your letter. Your plan sounds great! I would love to go. The place must be interesting. Who else are coming? Tell me the date.

        Give my regards to uncle and aunt. Write to me soon.

Yours loving,Vinay

āĻ াāχ: āĻ—ুā§ąাāĻšাāϟী 

āϤাā§°িāĻ–: ⧧⧍.ā§Ļ⧍.⧍ā§Ŧ

āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° ā§°āĻŽেāĻļ,

āφāĻļা āϕ⧰োঁ āϤুāĻŽি āĻ­াāϞে āφāĻ›া। āĻŽāχ āĻ­াāϞে āφāĻ›োঁ। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϚিāĻ িāĻ–āύ āĻĒাāχ āĻŽāχ āϏুāĻ–ী āĻšৈāĻ›োঁ। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাāϟো āĻļুāύি āĻŦā§° āĻ­াāϞ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›ে! āĻŽāχ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦā§° āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāĻŽ। āĻ াāχāĻ–āύ āύিāĻļ্āϚāϝ় āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āφāϕ⧰্āώāĻŖীāϝ় āĻš’āĻŦ। āϞāĻ—āϤে āφ⧰ু āĻ•োāύ āĻ•োāύ āφāĻšিāĻŦ? āĻŽোāĻ• āϤাā§°িāĻ–āϟো āϜāύাāĻŦা।

    āĻ–ুā§°া āφ⧰ু āĻ–ুā§°ীāϞৈ āĻŽোā§° āϏেā§ąা āϜāύাāĻŦা। āĻŽোāϞৈ āϏোāύāĻ•াāϞে āϞিāĻ–িāĻŦা।

āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§°, āĻŦিāύāϝ়