(उरुका एडभेन्सार)
(उरुकानि गोमोथाव)
1. Let's 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?
Ans: Mahen (Mahendra) was the leader.
(b) What were the names of Mahen's friends?
Ans: Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, and Rumon.
Ans: They proposed that Mahen should lead them on an uruka adventure.
(d) What was the age old custom that Mahen was referring to?
Ans: The age-old custom Mahen referred to was spending the night in a Bhelaghar and picking vegetables when everyone is asleep.
(e) What was Mahen's reaction to their proposal?
Ans: He jumped up excitedly and looked at his friends with an air of authority. He was ready for any adventure.
Ans: When everyone left, the boys stayed behind, huddling around the big fire. Later at midnight, they went to Shantiram’s house to steal vegetables from his garden.
Ans: Shantiram was a retired army man and a farmer.
(h) Why was Shantiram sitting wrapped in a black blanket? Where was Shantiram sitting?
(शान्तिरामआ गावनि बिबारबारिनिफ्राय मैगंफोर खावनो फैनाय मानसिखौ हमनो थाखाय गोसोम कम्बलाव जोख्लोबनानै जिरायना दंमोन। बियो गावनि बिबारबारिनि गेजेराव जिरायना दंमोन।)
(i) What was the black heap of garbage that Mahen noticed?
Ans: The black heap of garbage that Mahen noticed was Shantiram.
(j) What made the night appear more haunting?
Ans: The silence of the cold January night and the nightjar (owl) screeching eerily at regular intervals made the night appear more haunting.
(k) Why did the boys run away from the garden?
Ans: The boys ran away from the garden because Shantiram, whom they thought was a ghost, dashed towards them at great speed.
Ans: When the boys stretched their hands to pick the vegetables, the black heap (Shantiram) suddenly jerked up and dashed towards them at great speed.
(m) Who did the boys think chased them?
Ans: The boys thought a ghost was chasing them.
are not arranged in the proper order.
Arrange the sentences in the proper sequence and then read the lesson
to check your answer.
(b) Shantiram ran towards the boys when the boys were about to pick the vegetables.
(d) The boys ran frantically out of the garden, scared that the ghost was after them.
1. (c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, Rumon and Mahen planned an adventure on uruka night.
3. (a) Mahen saw something like a black heap of garbage in the middle of the garden.
the other contains their descriptions. Match the words to their descriptions and write them in your notebooks.
|
(a) Uruka |
(i) the four friends of
Mahendra |
|
(b) Shantiram |
(ii) a small species of
owl |
|
(c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku
and Rumon |
(iii) the leader of the
adventure on uruka night |
|
(d) Mahendra |
(iv) a retired army man
who was interested in farming |
|
(e) The Nightjar |
(v) a bamboo gate |
|
(f) Nongola |
(vi) the annual feast
ahead of MaghBihu |
Ans:
|
(a) Uruka |
(vi) the annual feast
ahead of Magh Bihu |
|
(b) Shantiram |
(iv) a retired army man
who was interested in farming |
|
(c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku
and Rumon |
(i) the four friends of
Mahendra |
|
(d) Mahendra |
(iii) the leader of the
adventure on uruka night |
|
(e) The Nightjar |
(ii) a small species of
owl |
|
(f) Nongola |
(v) a bamboo gate |
to check your understanding.
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propose |
unable to stay still |
|
restless |
a large or special
meal, especially for a lot of people |
|
custom |
to suggest a plan, an
idea etc. |
|
feast |
done quickly and with
a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized |
|
frantically |
an accepted way of
behaving or of doing things in society |
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." …………………………
Ans: Mahen, Paragraph- 3
(ii) "We will spend
the night in our bhelaghar." ..………………………..
Ans: Sanju, Paragraph- 2
(iii) "What will we
carry the vegetables in?" …………………………
Ans: Mahen, Paragraph- 5
(iv) "Never mind.
We'll carry as much as possible
………………………….
in each hand."
Ans: The friends,
Paragraph- 5
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 form of we will.
Now rewrite the
following sentences using the short form of will.
(i) Mahen said, "We
will make a bhelaghar."
Ans: Mahen said, "We’ll
make a bhelaghar."
(ii) They will spend the
night in the bhelaghar.
Ans: They’ll spend the
night in the bhelaghar.
(iii) Sanju thought,
"When everyone is asleep, I will pick vegetables."
Ans: Sanju thought,
"When everyone is asleep, I’ll pick vegetables."
(iv) Mahen said, "We
will help each other to cook the food."
Ans: Mahen said, "We’ll
help each other to cook the food."
(v) They will have an
uruka adventure.
Ans: They’ll have an uruka
adventure.
(b) 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.
Note the following:
We use
words like will and shall to talk about something that is going to
happen
in the future.
(c) 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 first two sentences
express future time and the third sentence
expresses past time.
(d) 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 won't
and did not or didn't to express a negative meaning.
Now check your grammar.
Rewrite these sentences by changing the
underlined verbs to
express future time.
(i) Mahen called
his friends to his house.
Ans: Mahen will call
his friends to his house
(ii) Mahen jumped
up in joy.
Ans: Mahen will jump
up in joy.
(iii) They decided
to celebrate Uruka together.
Ans: They will decide
to celebrate Uruka together.
(iv) They planned
to hold the feast in Mahen's house.
Ans: They will plann
to hold the feast in Mahen's house.
(v) We went to pick
vegetables from Shantiram's garden.
Ans: We shall go to
pick vegetables from Shantiram's garden.
(will go)
7. Read the story and
write down the words ending with - ly. One is done for you.
Ans: (a) excitedly (b) lovingly (c) gleefully (d) quietly (e) eerily (f) suddenly (g) frantically
Now look'up the dictionary
and write the meanings of these words. Use
the words in sentences of
your own.
8. (a) Read the
paragraphs given below carefully. They describe what the
friends
did on uruka night.
All
the words highlighted in italics bold refer to actions that took
place
in the past.
Mahen and his friends decided
to hold a feast together. They planned to hold
the feast at Mahen's
compound. Mahen and Sanju said that they would do the
shopping for the feast
at the nearby market. Mahen's friends Nantu and Rinku
suggested that they should cook
for the feast themselves.
Rumon offered
to cook the vegetables and the fish. Sanju and Nantu said that
they would cook the
rice, the lentils and the chicken. The five friends proposed
that they would spend
the entire night at Mahen's compound.
As planned earlier, the
five boys built a big shed using straw and bamboo.
Rumon's uncle helped
them with the task. The boys joyfully cooked for the
feast with a little
supervision and help from Mahen's mother. When the feast
was over, Mahen commanded
his friends to follow him on their nocturnal
adventure. They made
straight for Shantiram's house at the end of the lane. The
five friends tiptoed
into his garden after crossing the nongola. Suddenly, they
saw a black heap of
garbage in the middle of the rows of vegetables. They
thought it was inert and
harmless. But when the boys stretched their hands to
pick the vegetables,
the heap suddenly moved. To their utter horror, they
discovered it was none other than
Shantaram himself, covered in a black blanket.
Terrified, they fled
from the scene. What a narrow escape they had!
Now sit in groups.
Then, using verbs in similar forms, tell the group how
you celebrated one of
your festivals this year. Did you have an adventure
like Mahen or was it a
rather ordinary experience for you?
Remember to include the
following points to describe your experience:
· How you planned for the
festival
· With whom you
celebrated it
· What was prepared for
the festival
· What you ate and who
did the cooking
· What adventures you had
with your friends
(b) Name a festival
that all Indians celebrate in the month ofDiscuss with your partner and write a
few lines on it.
9. Read the verbs in
column A and write their past forms in column B, asshown in the example:
|
A |
B |
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buy |
Bought |
|
catch |
|
|
teach |
|
|
bring |
|
|
fight |
|
|
A |
B |
|
buy |
bought |
|
catch |
caught |
|
teach |
taught |
|
bring |
brought |
|
fight |
fought |
10. What did you notice
about the words in column B above?
Notice that the 'ght'
in all the past forms is pronounced as the 't' is
pronounced in 'cot'.
Can you think of more
words ending with 'ght'? Work with a friend.
Practise saying aloud
the words you have listed.
11. Look at the
pictures in box A and read the dialogue in the bubble. Now
choose the correct
response from those in box B to fill up the bubble C.
