My School Days class 5 Bengali Meaning and Question Answer West Bengal Board

CLASS V ENGLISH
LESSON : 5
MY SCHOOL DAYS

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Let’s begin…

â€ĸ Do you love to go to school ?

â€ĸ Which subject do you like the most ?

â€ĸ Can you guess whose school days we are going to read about ?

Let’s read…

One morning I went to Ballygunge Government High School with my maternal uncle.

āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ—āĻžā§āϜ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

The class teacher gave me a few questions to answer and also a few sums to solve.

āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āϟāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

I wrote the answers, solved the sums and showed them to the teacher.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

He went through the answers and nodded.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āύāĻžā§œāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

His gesture indicated that my answers were correct and thus I was admitted to the school.

āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻŽāĻž āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāχāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ­āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

Ballygunge Government High School was on the eastern side of the Beltala Road Police Station.

āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϗ⧁āĻžā§āϜ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϞāϤāϞāĻž āϰ⧋āĻĄ āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

The southern part of the school was our playground.

āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĨ¤

It was surrounded by a lofty wall.

āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

When seen from above, the school looked like the English letter “T”.

āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞāϟāĻŋ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ “T” āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

The vertical part of the “T” was the hall of the school and the horizontal part of the letter was formed by the row of classrooms.

“āϟāĻŋ” āĻāϰ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ / āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻšāϞāϘāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• / āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻžāϞ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

The annual prize distribution ceremony was held in this hall, which had a gallery as well.

āĻāχ āĻšāϞāϘāϰāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āώāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ⧀āĻ“ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

Feasts, on occasion of Saraswati Puja, were also arranged here.

āϏāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϤ⧀ āĻĒā§‚āϜāĻž āωāĻĒāϞāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϜ āĻāϰ āĻ†ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāύāĻ“ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

I still remember the experience of watching a Shakespearean play in this hall.

āĻāχ āĻšāϞ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏāĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āύāĻžāϟāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤

The play was The Merchant of Venice, a few scenes from which were performed by a couple of foreign actors called Greenberg and Salim.

āύāĻžāϟāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻšā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ…āĻĢ āϭ⧇āύāĻŋāϏ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāύāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ— āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻŽ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

A Charlie Chaplin movie was also screened here once.

āϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϞāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϞāĻŋāύ āĻ›āĻžā§ŸāĻžāĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāĻ“ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

Word Trove

vertical – going straight up on a flat base

gallery – an upper floor of seats in a theatre

foreign- belonging to a country other than one’s own

Let’s do…

ACTIVITY 1

Let’s answer the following questions :

(a) To which school was the author admitted ?

Ans: The author was admitted to Ballygunge Government High School.

(b) What was the school hall used for ?

Ans: The school hall was used for the annual prize distribution ceremony, feasts, on the occasion of Saraswati Puja, and showing plays and movies.

(c) What was the name of the Shakespearean play that was performed in the hall ?

Ans: The name of the Shakespearean play that was performed in the hall was “The Merchant of Venice”.

(d) Name the two foreign actors mentioned by the author.

Ans: Greenberg and Salim are the two foreign actors mentioned by the author.

ACTIVITY 2

Write T for true and F for false statements in the given boxes:

(a) The author went to Ballygunge Government High School with his mother. [F]

(b) The Ballygunge Government High School is on the eastern side of Beltala Police Station. [T]

(c) The southern part of the school was the playground. [T]

(d) When seen from above the author’s school looked like the English letter “L”. [F]

ACTIVITY 3

Let’s match the words in column A with their meanings in Column B :

A B
(a) sums Someone who belongs to another country
(b) nodded encircled
(c) surrounded movie
(d) foreigner mathematical problems
(e) cinema moving the head of hindaun to say yes

Ans:

A B
(a) sums mathematical problem
(b) nodded moving the head up and down to say yes
(c) surrounded encircled
(d) foreigner someone who belongs to another country
(e) cinema movie

ACTIVITY 4

Let’s fill in the following chart with suitable verb forms:

Present Past Past Participle
Went
look
Text gave
shown
use

Ans:

Present Past Past Participle
go Went gone
look looked looked
give gave given
see show shown
use used used

ACTIVITY 5

From sentences of your own with the following verbs: went, looked, give, show, use

◆ went—

(i) She went to the park with her friends.

(ii) The family went to the beach for vacation.

(iii) We went to the zoo and saw many animals.

◆ looked—

(i) I looked for my book but couldn’t find it.

(ii) The food looked delicious on the plate.

(iii) The teacher looked at the students with a smile.

◆ give—

(i) Please give me a pencil.

(ii) The teacher will give us homework.

(iii) Can you give me some advice ?

◆ show—

(i) Can you show me where the library is ?

(ii) The magician will show us a magic trick.

(iii) The map will show the way to the park.

◆ use—

(i) I use my phone to call my mom.

(ii) We use a map to find our way.

(iii) Can you use this tool to open the box ?

Let’s continue…

There were quite a number of good teachers in our school.

āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϜāύ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

B.D Roy taught us English.

āĻŦāĻŋ.āĻĄāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

He was a small man who took great care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āχāĻ‚āϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻž āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤

One day he told us the story of The Ox and The Frog from Aesop’s fables.

āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āχāϏāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āώāĻžāρ⧜ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϙ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

Before telling us the story, he taught us how the pronunciation of ‘the’ depends on whether the following word begins with a vowel or a consonant.

āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ “the” āĻāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžā§āϜāύāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰāĨ¤

I fondly remember our head pandit, Bhattacharya Sir, for his excellent handwriting.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŋāϤ āĻ­āĻŸā§āϟāĻžāϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āύ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤

I don’t think anybody else could write Bengali more beautifully on the blackboard.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āφāϰ āϕ⧇āω āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āĻ…āϤ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž āϞāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

I was not very good at sports.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϧ⧁āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻžāĨ¤

But I could draw very well.

āϤāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āφāρāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

As a result, I became the favourite of our drawing teacher, Ashubabu.

āĻĢāϞāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ•āύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āφāĻļ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧁āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āĻŋāĨ¤

He was given the charge of decorating the hall for the annual prize-distribution ceremony.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āώāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ-āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻšāϞāϘāϰ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

He also conducted an event called ‘Music drawing’.

āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ ‘āĻŽāĻŋāωāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ•āύ’ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻ“ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

For this event, there would be a blackboard and coloured chalks on a table.

āĻāχ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϰāĻ™āĻŋāύ āϚāĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

A student would sing a song and another would draw a picture on the blackboard, trying to capture in lines and colour the essence of the song.

āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ—āĻžāχāϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϜāύ āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āφāρāĻ•āϤ, āϞāĻžāχāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻ™ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤

In this way, through many such happy and memorable episodes, I spent six years of my school life.

āĻāχāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻāχ āϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻ›āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

Ten years after leaving school, I went back there just once, probably to attend a reunion of ex-students.

āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇āĨ¤

As I entered the hall, I noted with surprise that I could not recognize it.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϤāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻžāĨ¤

The hall which had seemed enormous earlier, did not seem to be quite that big then.

āϝ⧇ āĻšāϞāϟāĻŋ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧜ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāϤāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĨ¤

Not only the hall, but even the doors, the classrooms, the benches and the corridor appeared to be much smaller.

āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻšāϞāϘāϰ āύāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž, āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ, āĻŦ⧇āĻžā§āϚ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĻĄā§‹āϰāĻ“ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

This feeling was natural, though.

āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻāχ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

I was five feet three inches tall when I left school and now I have grown to about six and a half feet.

āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻĢ⧁āϟ āϤāĻŋāύ āχāĻžā§āϚāĻŋ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĨ¤

I have grown a lot in all these years, but my school has not.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāχ āϏāĻŦ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻŦāĻžā§œā§‡āύāĻŋāĨ¤

I have never gone back to my school since then.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āφāϰ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤

It is indeed a pleasure to look back and relive the past moments of joy.

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āϰāĨ¤

—[Adapted from Satyajit Ray’s Jokhon choto chilam]

Word Trove

pronounced – uttered

excellent – extremely good

favourite – one who is loved the most

recognise – to locate and identify

enormous – huge

Let’s do…

ACTIVITY 6

Let’s complete the following sentences with information from the text:

(a) The subject that B.D. Roy was ___________________.

Ans: taught English.

(b) The author remembers the head pandit Bhattacharya Sir for his ____________________________.

Ans: excellent handwriting.

(c) Ashubabu conducted an event called ____________________.

Ans: ‘Music drawing’.

(d) The time span of the author’s school-life was ____________________________.

Ans: happy and memorable.

(e) The author went back to his school one more time to attend _____________________________.

Ans: a reunion of ex-students.

ACTIVITY 7

Let’s answer the following question:

(a) How did B.D. Roy teach the pronunciation of ‘the’ ?

Ans: B.D. Roy taught that the pronunciation of ‘the’ depends on whether the following word begins with a vowel or a consonant.

(b) How did the author get to be Ashubabu’s favourite ?

Ans: The author could draw very well and Ashubabu was the drawing teacher of the school. In this way, the author got to be Ashubabu’s favourite.

(c) What was ‘Music drawing’ ?

Ans: ‘Music drawing’ was an event conducted by drawing teacher Ashubabu. In this event, there would be a blackboard and coloured chalks on a table. A student would sing a song and another would draw a picture on the blackboard, trying to capture in lines and colour the essence of the song.

(d) Why did everything seem much smaller to the author when he went back to school after ten years ?

Ans: The author seemed much smaller when he went back to the school after ten years because when he left the school he was five feet three inches tall and now he has grown to about six and a half feet.

(e) What is ‘a pleasure’ according to the author ?

Ans: According to the author ‘A pleasure’ is indeed to look back and relive the past moments of joy.

ACTIVITY 8

Let’s fill in the blanks with words from the box:

(1) Sachin Tendulkar is my _____________ cricketer.

Ans: favourite

(2) When Rip Van Winkle came back to the village the next morning, he could not ____________ it.

Ans: recognize

(3) Most people have sweet _____________ of childhood.

Ans: memories

(4) The student could not ______________ the word correctly.

Ans: pronounce

(5) Mr. Das is an ____________ teacher.

Ans: excellent

[pronounce, excellent, favourite, memories, recognize]

ACTIVITY 9(a)

Let’s identify the subject and predicate in the following sentences:

(1) One day he told us the story ‘The Ox and The Frog’ from Aesop’s fables.

(2) B.D. Roy taught us English.

(3) He was a small man and he took great care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly.

(4) But I could draw very well.

(5) Ashubabu was given the charge of decorating the hall for the annual prize distribution ceremony.

ACTIVITY 9(b)

Let’s split the sentences mentioned in Activity 9(a) into subject and predicate, and fill in the given chart:

Subject Predicate
One day he told us the story ‘The Ox and The Frog’ from Aesop’s fables.
B.D. Roy taught us English.
He was a small man and took great care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly.
But I could draw very well.
Ashu Babu was given the charge of decorating the hall for the annual prize distribution ceremony.

Let’s learn…

Let’s look at the following sentences:

◆ Ravi is playing football.

◆ The children are singing.

◆ I am writing a letter.

All the coloured words are written in the present continuous tense.

ACTIVITY 10

Fill in the blanks with present continuous tense of the given verbs in brackets.

(1) What are you doing (do) tonight?

(2) John is ___________ (read) a book now.

Ans. reading

(3) Ali and Sudip are _________ (work) late today.

Ans. working

(4) Mita is __________ (listen) to music.

Ans. listening

(5) Raju is _________ (sit) next to Sunil.

Ans. sitting

(6) How many other students are _________ (study) with you ?

Ans. studying

(7) The phone is ________ (ring).

Ans. ringing

ACTIVITY 11

Write five sentences to describe yourself with the following hints:

Answer:

◆ Your name and age : My name is Adrija and I am 10 years old.

◆ The place you live in : I live in Tufanganj.

◆ The name of your school : My school name is Andaranfulbari Harirdham High School.

◆ Your hobbies, likes and dislikes : My hobbies are drawing, reading books and I do not like fighting.

◆ What you want to be when you grow up : I want to be a Doctor in the future.

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