Amanda (NCERT class X English)

1.How old do you think Amanda is?

Ans- Amanda is a school going girl.She is about 9  or 10 year old girl.Amanda was given some instructions by her mother which are given to 9 or 10 year old children.

2.Who do you think is speaking to her?

Ans - Amanda's mother is speaking to her.

3.What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?

 Ans-Amanda could live alone and drift blissfully in the sea if were a mermaid.

4.What is asked Amanda not to bite?

Ans-Amanda is asked not to bite her nails.

5.Is Amanda a student?How do you know?

Ans-Yes,Amanda is a student.Amanda is asked if she has finished her homework.It proves that she is a student.

6.How is Amanda asked to sit?

Amanda is asked to sit straight without slouching.

7.What does Amanda imagine herself?

Ans-Amanda imagines herself as a mermaid and an orphan.She also compares herself with Rapunzel,a beautiful girl with lovely long hair.

8.What questions were asked to Amanda?

Ans-Amanda was asked if she had finished her homework,tidied her room and cleaned her shoes.

9.Where does Amanda  roam?

Ans:- Amanda roams in the street.

10.How are the silence and the freedom?

Ans:-The silence is golden and the freedom is sweet.

11.Why was Amanda asked not to eat chocolate?

Ans:- Amanda was asked not to eat chocolate because of her acne.

12.Is Amanda an orphan? Why does she say so?

Ans:-No,Amanda is not an orphan.She says so because she wants freedom and wants to live alone.She wants to roam around the street and pattern dust with her bare feet.

13.What does Amanda do with her bare feet?

Ans:- Amanda Patterns soft dust with her bare feet.

Determiners

1.Few/a few/the few 

(সংখ্যা বুজাবলৈ ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা হয়।)

Few - প্ৰায় নথকা বুজায়।

A  Few - অলপ সংখ্যক থকা বুজায়।

The Few - যি আছে তাকে নিৰ্দিষ্টকৈ বুজায় ।

examples:-

a.He has few marbles.

b.I have a few marbles.

c.Please give me the few marbles you have in your hand.

2.Little/a little/the little

(পৰিমাণ বুজাবলৈ ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা হয়।

Little - প্ৰায় নথকা বুজায়।

A Little - অলপ পৰিমাণ থকা বুজায়।

The Little - যি অলপআছে তাকেই নিৰ্দিষ্টকৈ বুজায়। 

examples:-

a.There is little water in the glass.

b.There is only a little water in the glass.

c.Please give me the little water you have in the jug.

3.Some/ Any

some (কিছুমান,কিছুসংখ্যক,অলপ) - সংখ্যা আৰু পৰিমাণ বুজায়।

Any (যিকোনো) - সাধাৰণতে Negative আৰু Interrogative বাক্যত any ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা হয়।

exanple:-

a.There are some books on the desk.

b.please give me some water.

c.Do you have any good book? 

d.I have not any good book.

Question-Answers

1.Do you want any help from me?(any / some/many)

2.There are some boys in the room.(some/few/any)

3.I have not any money with me.(some/any/many)

4.There are only a few mangoes in the basket.(Few/a few/the few)

5.He spent the little money he had.(little/a little/the little)

6.There are just a few apples left.(few/a few/the few)

7.Do you need any help from me?(some/any/many)

8.There is some milk in the pot.(some/few/any)

9.He has to feed his family with the little money he  earns.( little/a little/ the little)

10.A busy person has little time to waste.(little/a little/the little)

11.can you help me with a little money?(little/a little/the little)

12.I can not spare the few rupees I have.(little/few/the few)

13.You may meet me any time you like.(Some/any/many)

14.There are only a few students in the classroom.(few/a few/the few)

15.I want some milk.(many/any/some)

16.Can you lend me some money?(any /many/some)

17.He will stay here for a little while.(little/a little/the little)

18.I cannot give you any money.(any/some/a little)

19.Our principal is a man of few words.(few/a few/the few)

20.A little learning is a dangerous thing.(little/a little/the little)

Dererminers

Determiners কি?

Ans-Determiners হৈছে কিছুমান শব্দ যিবোৰ Noun ৰ আগত বহে আৰু Noun ক clarify কৰে,অৰ্থাৎ Noun  ক স্পষ্টকৈ ব্যাখ্যা কৰে। Determiners বোৰ Noun ৰ আগত বহি সেই Noun পদবিলাকৰ সংংখ্যা, পৰিমাণ আদি নিৰ্ণয় কৰে।

 All determiners are used to clarify a noun or a noun phrase.

Types of Determiners:-

1.Article:-a,an,the

2.Demonstrative:-This,that,these,those 

3.Quantitatives and Numbers:-

 i)Quantitatives:-Few,little,some,any,much,many,some,

several etc.

(ii)Numbers:-ইয়াক দুটা ভাগত ভাগ কৰা হয়।

(a)Cardinals:-One,Two,Three etc.

(b)Ordinals:-First,second,third etc.

4.Possessive:-My,our,your,his,her,their etc.

আমি তলৰ Determiners বিলাকৰ ওপৰত আলোচনা  কৰিম যিহেতু পৰীক্ষাত এইকেইটা Determiners ৰ ওপৰতেই প্ৰশ্ন অহা দেখা যায়।

a)a,an,the.

b)Few,a few,the few.

c)Little,a little,the little.

d)Much,more,many.

e)Some,any.

f)each,every.

1.a,an,the

A ৰ ব্যৱহাৰ:-

@ Consonant ৰে আৰম্ভ হোৱা শব্দৰ  আগত a article বহে।যেনে

-a man,a pen,a mango etc.

@Double vowel  ৰ উচ্চাৰণ হ'লে বা শব্দৰ আৰম্ভণিতে ইউ,ওৱা,ৱা আদিৰ দৰে উচ্চাৰণ হ'লে  a article বহে।যেনে-A union,a university,a unanimius decision,a European lady,a one rupee note,a one eyed man etc.

an ৰ ব্যৱহাৰ:-

@শব্দৰ প্ৰথম আখৰ vowel হ'লে an article বহে।(vowel-a,e,i,o,u.)।যেনে-An apple,an ant,an elephant etc.

@শব্দৰ আৰম্ভণিতে consonant  থাকিলেও যদি consonant টোৰ উচ্চাৰণ নহয়,যদি শব্দটো উচ্চাৰণ কৰোঁ‌তে আৰম্ভণিতে vowel উচ্চাৰণ হয়,তেতিয়া an article বহে।যেনে -

an honest man,an honourable person,an hour ago etc.

@সংক্ষিপ্তাকাৰ কিছুমান শব্দৰ আগত an article বহে । এইবিলাক শব্দৰ আৰম্ভণিতে vowel উচ্চাৰণ হয়।যেনে -an M.L.A ,an  MBBS doctor,An Mp,An M.A etc

@@@The  Article ৰ ব্যৱহাৰ@@@-

পৰ্বতশ্ৰেণীৰ নামৰ আগত-

 The Himalayas,The Alps etc

পাহাৰ - The Nilachal hill,

নদী -The Brahmaputra,The Ganga etc.

সাগৰ -  The Arabian sea.,

মহাসাগৰ -The pacific ocean, The Atlantic Ocean,The Indian ocean etc

গ্নন্থ,,ধৰ্মগ্ৰন্থ,মহাকাব্য -The Ramayana,The Mahabharata,The Bible,The Koran etc.

বিশ্ববিখ্যাত সংস্থা- U.N.O (United Nations Organisation),

বাতৰি কাকত -The Assam Tribune,

বিশেষ অৰ্থপূৰ্ণ দেশ,প্ৰদেশ -The U.S.A ,The U.K , The Punjab etc.

এটা বস্তুৰ অস্তিত্ব - the sun,the moon,the earth,the sky etc

জাতিৰ নামৰ আগত - The Assamese,the English,The French etc,

ঐতিহাসিক ঘটনা,যুদ্ধ - The French Revolution,The First World War etc.

বিশ্ববিখ্যাত অট্টালিকা,প্ৰাসাদ -

 The Tajmahal,

নিৰ্দিষ্টকৈ বুজবলৈ- This is the man I met Yesterday .(অৰ্থাৎ কালি মই লগ পোৱা মানুহ জন এইজনেই।ইয়াত মনুহজনক নিৰ্দিষ্টকৈ দেখুৱাই দিছে ।)

Superlative Degree r শব্দৰ আগত - 

i)He is the best boy in our class.

ii)The Brahmaputra is the longest river in assam..

Project ii(festival celebration.)

   Project ii(festival celebration.) 

Locality:No 2 Balijan gaon,Marangi,Golaghat.
   

              The 'Basanta Utsab' ceremony was celebrated in our locality on 5 th & 6 th May 2018)(21 & 22 Bohag,Saturday and Sunday).On 1st  day the ceremony was inaugurated by the ' Huchori'' of 'Semoniya Huchori Dol' of  Amarjyoti Club,Fallangani.After the flag hosting at 9 am a large number of audience gathered there.All are in a festive mood on that day.The cultural functions were begun from 10 am.Bihugeet ,Bongeet,Jhumur,Sristihil nritya competitions were held on that day.A huge number of competitors performed in the competitions.That was indeed a very good function. Everybody enjoyed it very much.From evening 'Horu Bihuwoti' and 'Bor Bihuwoti' competitions were begun.The function was continued till 11.30 pm.Several competitors of 'Bor Bihuwoti' and 'Horu Bihuwoti' came from different places like Sibasagor,Jorhat,Golaghat Dergaon and Guwahati etc.They performed very nicely.

      On next day also gathered a large number of audience. 'huchori',and 'jheng bihu'competions were held thatday.At 3 pm the 'Mukoli Meeting' was begun.

In the evening the 'Cultural Night' function was begun from 9.30 pm.The bihu committee invited the famous  singer named Bipin Chaudang to perform the Cultural Night.Thousands of audience gatered there to enjoy the programme.They  sang and danced happily.the function was over so peacefully that all admired the bihu committee for organise the function so nicely.

Class ix English peem-A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

1.Who wrote the poem ' A slumber Did My Spirit Seal'?(A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal কবিতা টো কোনে লিখিছিল?)
Ans:-William Wordsworth Wrote the poem ' A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal'.

2.What Does 'Slumber' refers to in the first line?(প্ৰথম শাৰীত 'Slumber' শব্দটোৱে
কি বুজাইছে?
Ams:-'Slumber' means deep sleep.Here 'slumber' refers the death of the loved one of the poet.

3.What could She not feel?(তাই কি অনুভৱ কৰিব নোৱাৰে?
Ans:-She could not feel the touch of earthly years.

4.What is 'earthly' years as mentioned in the fourth line?(চতুৰ্থ শাৰীত উল্লেখ কৰা 'earthly' years মানে কি?
Ans:-The 'earthly' years mentioned in the fourth line means the day-to-day course of the earth.

Class ix/Moments/NCERT sollution (A House is not a home)

1.What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon?What is his mother's reaction?What does she do? (লেখকে এদিন দেওবাৰে আবেলি কি দেখা পাইছিল?তেখেতৰ মাকৰ প্ৰতিক্ৰিয়া কি আছিল?তাই কি কৰিছিল?

Ans:-One Sunday afternoon,the author was doing homework in the dining room table.His mother was stoking the fire to keep the house nice and warm.Suddenly he smelled something strange and then he noticed that smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling.The smoke began to fill the room so quickly that they could barely see.They all ran out into the front yard.Then they saw that the whole roof was engulfed in flames and it was spreading quickly.

            His mother's reaction was that she couludn't think what to do in such a situation and  suddenly ran into the house and ran out of the house carrying a small metal box full of important documents.She dropped the case on the lawn and in a crazed state,she again ran back into the house to rescue her husband's pictures and letters.These were the only things that she had to remember her husband after his death.The author wanted to follow his mother into the house but a fireman prevented him and after sometime his mother was brought out from the house by a fireman.

2.Why does the author break down in tears after the fire?(লেখকে অগ্নিকাণ্ড ৰ পিছত কিয় শোকত ভাগি পৰিছিল?

Ans:-The house of the author was totally destroyed by the fire.After five hours later though the fire was finally out,the house was almost completely burned down.Then the author suddenly thought about his lovely cat.He realised that she was nowhere to be found.He hadnot seen her anywhere.Then all the happenings at once began to hit him-the new school,the fire,the cat etc.So he broke down in tears and cried and cried.He was suffering loss,big time.

3.Whty is the author deeply embarrased the next day in school?which words show his fear and insecurity?(লেখকে কিয় পিছদিনা বিদ্যালয়ত গভীৰভাবে বিব্ৰত হৈ পৰিছিল?কোনকেইটা শব্দই তেওঁ‌ৰ ভয় আৰু অসুৰক্ষিত অৱস্থাক দেখাইছে?
                           or 
How did the author feel when he went to school after the fire?(অগ্নিকাণ্ড ৰ পিছত যেতিয়া লেখকে বিদ্যালয়লৈ গৈছিল,তেওঁ‌ৰ কেনে  অনুভৱ হৈছিল?
Ans:-The author is deeply embarrased the next day in school.Because he had no school dress,bag and shoes.The cloth he was wearing looked weired.When the fire broke out he was still wearing the dress which he had worn to church that norning.He had no books and homeworks and his backpack was gone.He kept all his important things in his backpack.He didnot want to go to school but his mother wouldn'd hear of it.He borrowed some tennis shoes from his aunt and went to school as like a zombie as he was totally embarrased by everything.
                The following lines shows his fear and insecurity-
"Was I destined to be an outcast and a geek all my life?Thats's what he felt like.I didnot want to grow up,change or have to handle life if it was going to be this way.I just wanted to curl up and die."

4.The cat and the author are very fond of each other.How has this been shown in the story?Where was the cat after the fire?Who bring it back and how?(লেখকে মেকুৰীটোক আৰু মেকৰীটোৱে লেখকক বহুত ভাল পায়।এই কথা সাধুটোত কেনেকৈ দেখুওৱা হৈছে?অগ্নিকাণ্ড ৰ পিছত মেকুৰীটো ক'ত আছিল?কোনে ইয়াক ঘূৰাই আনিলে আৰু কেনেকৈ?
Ans:-The cat and the author are very fond of each other.The cat was never far from the author.He had rescued her when she was a kitten,and somehow she knew that he was the one responsible for giving her 'the good life'.The cat was lying on the top of the papers of the author when the fire broke out.The author loved the cat very much.So he cried after the fire having not found the cat anywhere.The author thought only about the cat.He wanted to see the cat if she was alive or dead.He went to see the cat if he would find it in the debris of his burned house.The cat also loved the author very much.When the author get out of his bed,the cat climbed up his robe and crowled into his pocket and fell asleep.
           When the fire broke out,the cat had been so frigtened that it went away about a mile.It was found by a woman.
                 The woman who found the cat brought it back to the author.She worked hard to find out whose cat it was.She realised  that It was a pet and loved by someone and sorely missed.She brought it in her lap and gave back to the author.

5.What actions of the schoolmates changed the author's understanding of life and people and comfort him emotionally? How does his loneliness vanish and how does he start participating in life?(সহপাঠীসকলৰ কি কাৰ্যাৱলীয়ে লেখকৰ জীৱন আৰু জনতা সম্পৰ্কে ধাৰণাৰ পৰিবৰ্তন ঘটাইছিল আৰু আবেগিকভাবে তেওঁ‌ক আৰাম দিছিল? তেওঁ‌ৰ নিসংগতা কেনেকৈ অন্তৰ্ধ্যান হ'ল আৰু কেনেকৈ  জীৱনৰ কাৰ্যসমূহত ভাগ লবলৈ আৰম্ভ কৰিছে?
                           (or)
What role did the author's friends play in rebuilding his life?(লেখকৰ বন্ধুসকলে তেখেতৰ জীৱনটো পুনৰ সজোৱাৰ বাবে কেনেধৰণৰ ভূমিকা পালন কৰিছিল?

Ans:-The author broke down having lost everything in fire.All his hopes were vanished and he thought to finish his life.The next day he went to school like a zombie.But his friends and classmates made him surprised and miling around him.They forced him to the gym.They had taken up a collection and brought school supplies,notebooks,all kind  of different clothes-jeans,tops,sweatsuits etc for him and kept them on a table.It was like christmas.He was overcome by emotion.People who had never spoken to him before were coming up to him to introduce themselves.The author got all kinds of invitations to their houses.
        Such kind of behaviour really touched him.These actions of his clasmates changed his understanding of life and people and he felt comfort emotionally.He breathed a sigh of relief.
                 The Classmates and friends of the author expressed their love to him and offered all kind of help to him.He made many friends that day.Thus his loneliness vanished and he started participating in life.
              

Class ix (Moments) Weathering the Srorm in Ersama,NCTE sollution

1.What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?(উৰিশ্যা ৰ জনজীৱনৰ ওপৰত ঘূৰ্ণীবতাহে কি ধৰণৰ ধ্বংসলীলা ৰ সৃষ্টি কৰিছিল? 

Ans:- The super cyclone has wreaked a great havoc in the life of the people of Orissa.The super cyclone hit Orissa on 27 th October 1999.In the evening a dark and menacing storm began to blow.Winds beat against the houses with a speed and fury.Heavy and incessant rain filled the darkness.Ancient trees were uprooted and crashed to the earth.Screams rent the air as people and houses were swiftly washed away.Trees were uprooted and fallen on the houses and damaged the roofs and walls.people have to take shelter on the roof of the buildings and have to servive several days eating green coconuts.Carcasses of animals and human corpses floated everywhere.There could barely see a house standing.Homeless people took shelter in relief camps.we can guess how dangerous was the super cyclone and how people have to lose everything including their belongings from the example of the Prashant's village.There were 2500 strong crowd of  Prashant's village in the Red Cross Shelter.Eighty 

six lives were lost in the village.All the ninety- six houses had been washed away.

            In this way the super cyclone had made a severe destruction in the life of the people of Orissa.

                         or(নাইবা)

               The devastating super cyclone wreaked in the life of people of orissa severely.It destroyed many villages,uprooted trees,destroying buildings,and killing people and animals.Heavy rainfall caused flood and flood water entered the houses.Strong wind was blown whole the night.Dead animals and people were seen floating on water.Children lost their parents,women became widows and parents lost their children.

2.How has Prashant,a teenager,been able to help the people of his village?(প্ৰশান্ত,এজন কিশোৰে,কেনেকৈ গাৱৰ লোকসকলক সহায় কৰিবলৈ সক্ষম হৈছিল? 

Ans:-Prashant wanted to help the people of his village.He decided to step in as the leader of his village.He organised a group of youths and elders.They pressurised the merchant to part with his rice.This time they became succeeded and returned joyfully.They could be able to collect food for entire shelter for the first time.No one cared that the rice was already rotting.Prashant organised a team of youth volunteers to clean the shelter of filth,urine,vomit and floating carcasses.They would help the people who had been injured,having fractures and wounds.By making the children lie on the sand putting empty utensils in the stomach prashant made the military helicoprers to regular drop food and other essential materials for the people.Prashant mobilised the women to look after the orphaned children.He persuaded the women to start working in food for work programme started by an NGO.He organised cricket matches for the children.Prashant engaged with other volunteers,in helping the widows and children to pick up the broken pieces of their lives.

                             or(নাইবা)

                  Prasant was in his friend' s house when the super cyclone was occured.After two days later he arrived at his vilage.He took the lead to help the victims of the cyclone.He organised the youths and the elders and brought rice from the merchant.He also gathered the orphaned children and made them stay in a shelter made of polythene and engaged women to look after them.He arranged cricket match for the children.He engaged volunteers to clean the camp.Thus Prasant  has been able to help the people of his village.

3.How have the people of the community helped one another ?What role do the women of Kalikuda play during these days?(সম্প্ৰদায়ৰ লোকসকলে ইজনে সিজনক কেনেকৈ সহায় কৰিছিল?এই সময়ছোৱাত কালিকুডা ৰ মহিলাসকলে কেনেধৰণৰ ভূমিকা পালন কৰিছিল?
Ans:-The people of the community of Prashant's village helped one another.When Prashant organised the group of youths and elders they came out in a body to help each other they collected rice from the merchant and The youth volunteers helped the suffering people who had been injured,wounded and frectured.They cleaned the vomits,urine and floating carcassess.
             The women of Kalikuda also played important role during these days.They were mobilesed to look after the orphaned children while the men secured food and materials for the shelter.Prashant persuaded the women to start working in the food- for- work programme started by an NGO so that they wouldn't sink deeper in their grief.

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                  The people of the community have helped one another by working together.Everyone has co-operated to get rid of their difficulties.They built a shelter for the orphans while men worked for collecting food and other things.Women looked after the orphans.They also joined the 'food for work' programme.

4.Why do Prashant and other vokunnteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows?What alternatives do they cosider?(প্ৰশান্ত আৰু অন্যান্য স্বেচ্চাসেৱক সকলে কিয় মাউৰা আৰু বিধবাসকলৰ বাবে অনুষ্ঠান প্ৰতিষ্ঠা ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত বাধা প্ৰদান কৰিছিল?অন্য কি বিকল্প তেওঁ‌লোকে বাচি লৈছিল?
Ans:-The initial government  planned to set up institutions for orphans and widows.But Prashant and other volunteers resisted it. Because they thought that in such institutions,children would grow up without love and widows would suffer from stigma and loneliness.
    Prashant's group believed that orphans should be resettled in  their own community itself,possibly in new foster families made up of childless widows and children without adult care.

5.Do you think Prashant is a good leader?Do you think young people can get together to help people during natural calamities?(প্ৰশান্ত এজন ভাল নেতা বুলি তুমি ভাবানে?তুমি ভাবানে যে প্ৰাকৃতিক দুৰ্যোগ ৰ সময়ত ডেকা যুৱক সকলে সহায় ৰ হাত আগবঢ়াবৰ বাবে ওলাই আহিব লাগে?

Ans:-In Fact,Prashant was not a leader.But he came out in that situation as no one had come out to lead and he proved that he was a good leader.Because he organised the youths and also the elders together to help the victims.
             Yes I think young people can get together to help people during natural calamities as was the case with the people of Ersama.