ACTIVITIES
1. Lets see how much you have understood the story. Answer the questions:
(a) Who was the leader of the boys in their adventure on uruka night?
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(b) What were the names of Mahen’s friends?
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(c) What did they propose to Mahen on uruka night?
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(d) What was the age old custom that Mahen was referring to?
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(e) What was Mahen’s reaction to their proposal?
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(f) What did the boys do after the feast?
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(g) Who was Shantiram?
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(h) Why was Shantiram sitting wrapped in a black blanket? where was Shantiram sitting?
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(i) What was the black heap of garbage that Mahen noticed?
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(j) What made the night appear more haunting?
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(k) Why did the boys run away from the garden?
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(l) What happened when the boys were about to pick the vegetables?
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(m) Who did the boys think chased them?
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2. Here are some of the events that happened on the uruka night, but they are not arranged in the proper order.
Arrange the sentences in the proper sequence and them read the lesson to check your answer.
(a) Mahen saw something like a black heap of garbage in the middle of the garden.
(b) Shantiram ran towards the boys when the boys were about to pick the vegetables.
(c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, Rumon, and Mahen planned adventure on uruka night.
(d) The boys ran frantically out of the garden, scared that the ghost was after them.
(e) Just past midnight, the five boys headed towards Shantiram’s vegetable garden.
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3. Look at the words in the two boxes below. One contains the names and the other contains their descriptions. Match the words to their descriptions and write them in notebooks.
| a. Uruka ক. উৰুকা b. Shantiram খ. শান্তিৰাম c Sanju, Nantu, Rinku and Rumon গ. সঞ্জু, নান্টু, ৰিংকু আৰু ৰুমন d. Mahendra ঘ. মহেন্দ্ৰ e. The Nightjar ঙ. দ্য নাইটজাৰ f. Nongola চ. নংগোলা | i. The four friends of Mahendra i . মহেন্দ্ৰৰ চাৰিজন বন্ধু ii. A small species of owl. ii. এবিধ সৰু প্ৰজাতিৰ উই পৰুৱা। iii. The leader of the adventure on uruka night iii. উৰুকা নিশাৰ দুঃসাহসিক অভিযানৰ নেতা iv. a retired army man who was interested in farming iv. খেতিৰ প্ৰতি আগ্ৰহী এজন অৱসৰপ্ৰাপ্ত সেনাবাহিনীৰ লোক v. A bamboo gate v. এখন বাঁহৰ গেট vi. The annual feast ahead of Magh Bihu vi. মাঘ বিহুৰ পূৰ্বে বাৰ্ষিক ভোজ |
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4. Here are some words from the lesson. Match the words with their meaning to check your understanding.
| Propose প্ৰস্তাৱ দিয়ক Restless অস্থিৰ Custom অনুকুলন কৰা Feast ভোজ frantically উন্মাদভাৱে | Unable to say still এতিয়াও ক’ব পৰা নাই A large or special meal, especially for a lot of people বিশেষকৈ বহুত মানুহৰ বাবে এটা ডাঙৰ বা বিশেষ খাদ্য To suggest a plan, an idea etc. এটা পৰিকল্পনা, এটা ধাৰণা আদিৰ পৰামৰ্শ দিবলৈ। Done quickly and with a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized দ্ৰুতভাৱে আৰু বহুত কাৰ্যকলাপৰ সৈতে কৰা হৈছে, কিন্তু এনেদৰে যিটো বৰ ভালদৰে সংগঠিত নহয় An accepted way of behaving or of doing things in society সমাজত আচৰণ বা কাম কৰাৰ এক গ্ৰহণযোগ্য পদ্ধতি |
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(5) Read the lesson once again and write in the box the name(s) of the person \people who said the lines given below. In which paragraph does each sentence occur
(i) ”oh yes It is our age old custom.”…………………….
(ii) ”We will spend the night in our bhelaghar.”………………..
(iii) ”What will we carry the vegetables in?”……………………
(iv) ”Never mind. We’ll carry as much as possible in each hand.”…………………
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6. Let’s learn some grammar:
(a) Read the following two sentences:
(i) We will spend the night in our bhelaghar.
(ii) We’ll carry as much vegetables as possible.
Note the following:
(i) We can write we will as we’ll.
(ii) We’ll is a shorter from of we will.
Now rewrite the following sentences using the short form of will.
(i) Mahen said, ”We will make a bhelaghar.”
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(ii) They will spend the night in the bhelaghar.
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(iii)Sanju thought, ”When everyone is asleep, I will pick vegetables.”
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(iv) Mahen said, ”we will help each other to cook the food.”
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(v) They will have an uruka adventure.
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Now read the following sentences:
(i) We’ll carry as much as possible in our hands.
(ii) I shall wait to see who comes to steal my vegetables.
We use words like will and shall to talk about something that is going to happen in the future.
Note the difference in meaning between the first two sentences and the third:
(i) We will spend the night in the bhelaghar.
(ii) We shall go and pick vegetables.
(iii) We spent the night in the bhelaghar.
The fist two sentences express future time and the third sentence expresses past time.
Note the forms of negative sentences:
(i) We will not spend the night in the bhelaghar.
(ii) We did not spend the night in the bhelaghar.
We use will not or did not or didn’t to express a negative meaning.
Now check your grammar. Rewrite these sentences by changing the underlined verbs to express
(i) Mahen called his friends to his house.
(ii) Mahen jumped up in joy.
(iii) They decided to celebrate Uruka together.
(iv) They planned to hold the feast in Mahen’s house.
(v) We went to pick vegetables from Shantiram’s garden.