Lesson 5 My School Days

Activity 1

Let’s answer the following questions :

1. To which school was the author admitted?

The author was admitted to Ballygunge Government High School.

2. What was the school hall used for?

The school hall was used for the annual prize distribution ceremony and the feasts on the occasion of Saraswati Puja.

3. What was the name of the Shakespearean play that was performed in the hall?

The name of the play was ‘The Merchant of Venice’.

4. Name the two foreign actors mentioned by the author?

The two foreign actors were Greenberg and Salim.

Activity-2

Write T for True and F for False statements in the given boxes :

1. The author went to Ballygunge Government High School with his mother. [F]

Supporting sentences: He went to Ballygunge Government High School with his maternal uncle.

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

Supporting sentences: The Ballygunge Government High School was on the eastern side of the Beltala Road Police Station

3. The southern part of the school was the playground. [T]

Supporting sentences: The southern part of the school was our playground

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

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

Activity 3

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

A	B
a. sums	(iv) Mathematical problems
b. nodded	(v) moving the head up and down to say yes
c. surrounded	(ii) encircled
d. foreigner	(i) someone who belongs to another country
e. cinema	(iii) movie

Activity 4

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

Present	Past	Past Participle
go	went	gone
look	looked	looked
give	gave	given
show	showed	shown
use	used	used

Activity 5

Form sentences of your own with the following verbs :

went = Krishna went to Puri last week.

looked = The child looked at us in astonishment

give = Please give a glass of water

show = The magician will show a few tricks to the kids.

use = We must use our knowledge for the betterment of our society.

Activity 6

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

a. The subject that B.D. Roy taught, was English.

b. The author remembers the head Pandit Bhattacharya Sir for his excellent Bengali hand writing.

c. Ashubabu conducted an event called Music Drawing.

d. The time span of the author’s school life was six years.

e. The author went back to his school one more time to attend a reunion of ex-students.

Activity 7

Let’s answer the following questions:

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

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 Ashu Babu’s favourite?

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

c. What was ‘Music drawing’?

‘Music drawing’ is an event where 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?

After ten years everything seemed much smaller because the author has grown much taller within these ten years.

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

According to the author, to look back and relive past moments of joy is a pleasure.

Activity 8

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

1. Sachin Tendulkar is my favourite cricketer.

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

3. Most people have sweet memories of childhood.

4. The student could not pronounce the word correctly.

5. Mr. Das is an excellent teacher.

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 he took great care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly
But I	could draw very well
Ashubabu	was given the charge of decorating the hall for the annual prize distribution ceremony

Activity 10

Fill in the blanks with the present continuous tense of the given verbs in brackets. One is done for you :

1. What are you doing (do) tonight?

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

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

4. Mita is listening (listen) to music.

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

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

7. The phone is ringing (ring).

Activity 11

Write five sentences to describe yourself with the following hints :

Your name and age :

The place you live in :

The name of your school :

Your hobby, likes and dislikes :

What you want to be when you grow up :

My name is Sankha Pal. I am 11 years old. I live at Nimo, a small village in Purba Bardhaman. The name of my school is Memari V.M Institution (Unit 1). Reading Science fiction is my hobby. I like to travel and eat different types of foods. I don’t like to waste time on social media. I want to be a scientist in future.

Thank you

LESSON 5 MY SCHOOL DAYS | TEXTUAL QUESTION ANSWERS

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