Class 9: English, lesson: 1 ‘Tales of Bhola Grandpa’

Tales of Bhola Grandpa
(Part 1: The Grandson Incident – Complete Q&A)

📖 āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻ“ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation)

Text: Bhola Grandpa and his wife lived at the western end of our village. A large bokal tree overshadowed their hut.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āĻŦāϕ⧁āϞ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āϤāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧁āĻā§œā§‡āϘāϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ›āĻžā§ŸāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤāĨ¤


Text: One moonlit night, we were returning from a festival. The road was long and foggy.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻāĻ• āĻœā§āĻ¯ā§‹ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§āύāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ⧇, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύāĨ¤


Text: Suddenly, Bhola Grandpa let out a loud wail… He remembered his grandson and let out a loud wail.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž, āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āϕ⧇āρāĻĻ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ⧇āύ… āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āύāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ (Word Nest)

Word Meaning (Bengali)
Overshadowed āĻ›āĻžā§ŸāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž / āĻĸ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž
Troop āĻĻāϞ (Group)
Foggy āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ
Wail āωāĻšā§āϚāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž / āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻĒ
Cozy shelter āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻ• āφāĻļā§āϰ⧟

A. āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ (MCQ)

1. Bhola Grandpa and his wife lived at the — end of the village.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) western


2. In the bokal tree there lived a small troop of —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) monkeys


3. The road from the festival was —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (d) long and foggy


4. Bhola Grandpa was tightly holding on to the — of his grandson.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: two fingers


5. The narrator was riding on the village —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: chowkidar’s shoulders


6. The large tree that overshadowed Bhola Grandpa’s hut was a —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: bokal tree


7. The incident of losing the grandson happened on a —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: moonlit night


8. Bhola Grandpa’s grandson was found —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: before long (āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ)

B. āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧋ (Complete the Sentences)

9. Bhola Grandpa let out a loud wail when __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: he remembered his grandson and realized that he had lost him.


10. The grandson was found sheltered __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: under a cow’s belly.


11. Everyone in the party was surprised when __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Bhola Grandpa suddenly let out a loud wail.


12. The narrator’s father chose two sharp-eyed men to __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: go back with Bhola Grandpa to the festival to find his lost grandson.

C. āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ/āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāϰ⧂āĻĒāĻŖ (True/False with Supporting Statement)

13. Bhola Grandpa was returning alone from the festival.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)

S.S: “Everyone in our party was surprised.” / “We were returning from a festival.”


14. The grandson had taken shelter under a tree.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)

S.S: “He had taken a cozy shelter under a cow’s belly.”


15. The monkeys lived in a banyan tree.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)

S.S: “In the bokal tree lived a small troop of monkeys.”


16. The narrator was walking beside Bhola Grandpa.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)

S.S: “I was riding on the village chowkidar’s shoulders.”

D. āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ (Short Answer Questions)

17. When did Bhola Grandpa realize he had lost his grandson?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Bhola Grandpa realized that he had lost his grandson when someone asked him what he was gripping, and he found his hand empty.


18. What did enquiry reveal about Bhola Grandpa’s wail?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Enquiry revealed that Bhola Grandpa had taken his grandson to the festival and had lost him as his fingers slipped out of his grip unnoticed.


19. Why did the narrator’s father choose ‘sharp-eyed’ men?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The father chose sharp-eyed men so that they could easily spot and locate the lost grandson in the crowded festival or on the foggy road.


20. How was the road when they were returning?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The road was long and foggy.



Tales of Bhola Grandpa
(Part 2: The Royal Bengal Tiger Incident)

📖 āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻ“ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation)

Text: A few days later, a group of men from our village went to the Sunderbans jungle. People took care to move about only in groups, particularly after sundown. Royal Bengal tigers freely roamed the dense jungles of the Sunderbans.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāϞ āϞ⧋āĻ• āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āĻĻāϞāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāϞāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĨ¤ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϘāύ āϜāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ⧇ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϞ āĻŦ⧇āĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ āϟāĻžāχāĻ—āĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦā§‡ā§œāĻžāϤāĨ¤


Text: One morning, Bhola Grandpa was wandering far from the others. Suddenly, at a distance of about five yards behind him, he heard the growl of a Royal Bengal tiger. Bhola Grandpa turned and found the bright gaze of the tiger on his face.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇, āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦā§‡ā§œāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž, āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻ—āϜ āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϞ āĻŦ⧇āĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ āϟāĻžāχāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āϘ⧁āϰāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻžāϘāϟāĻŋāϰ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŽā§āϖ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤

[Image of Royal Bengal Tiger]


Text: Bhola Grandpa instantly climbed up a nearby banyan tree. The tiger roared and circled the tree about a hundred times. Then it settled down under a bush without taking its eyes off him. With nightfall, the forest grew dark and silent. Bhola Grandpa could hear the tiger beating its tail on the dry leaves.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻžā§Ž āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϟāĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇ āωāϠ⧇ āĻĒ⧜āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāϘāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āĻļāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϞ (āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻāϞ)āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āϏ⧇ āĻšā§‹āĻ– āύāĻž āϏāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āχ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻā§‹āĻĒ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧜āϞāĨ¤ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϜāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ“ āύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϧ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤ āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻžāϘāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āύ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āϞ⧇āϜ āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤


Text: Hours passed. Dawn broke with the cooing of doves. Bhola Grandpa came down. There was a group of men on a mound a little away. Bhola Grandpa climbed the mound and requested the first man he saw for some water to drink. The man had seen the tiger waiting. He was much bewildered. “What is your secret that you simply walked past the hungry beast and it did nothing?” he asked Bhola Grandpa.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤ āϘ⧁āϘ⧁ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰ āĻĄāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϰ āĻšāϞ⧋āĨ¤ āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āĻāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϟāĻž āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĸāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāϞ āϞ⧋āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āĻĸāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϝāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϜāϞ āϚāĻžāχāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϘāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻšāϤāĻ­āĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁āϕ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āϏ āĻ•āϰāϞ, “āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝāϟāĻž āϕ⧀ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ“āχ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āϧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻļ⧁āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϚāϞ⧇ āĻāϞ⧇āύ āφāϰ āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āĻ•āϰāϞ āύāĻž?”


Text: The tiger was stretching its limbs and yawning. Then, Bhola Grandpa remembered the tiger and looked at it. Bhola Grandpa almost lost his senses in fear. He ran back home.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻŦāĻžāϘāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ†ā§œāĻŽā§‹ā§œāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāĻžāχ āϤ⧁āϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤāĻ–āύ, āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϘāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒ⧜āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ­ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋āĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§Œā§œā§‡ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ (Word Nest)

Word Meaning (Bengali)
Dense āϘāύ / āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋ⧜
Growl āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϜāύ (āĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡āϰ)
Instantly āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻžā§Ž / āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇
Circled āϚāĻ•ā§āĻ•āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ / āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϞ
Mound āĻĸāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋ / āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ
Bewildered āĻšāϤāĻ­āĻŽā§āĻŦ / āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§‚āĻĸāĻŧ
Limbs āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ™ā§āĻ— (āĻšāĻžāϤ-āĻĒāĻž)

A. āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ (MCQ)

1. In the Sunderbans, men moved about in groups particularly after —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) sundown (āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ)


2. Bhola Grandpa climbed up a —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) banyan tree (āĻŦāϟāĻ—āĻžāĻ›)


3. The tiger was at a distance of about — behind Bhola Grandpa.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (d) five yards


4. The tiger beat its tail on the —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (a) dry leaves


5. Dawn broke with the cooing of —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) doves (āϘ⧁āϘ⧁ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ)

B. āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧋ (Complete the Sentences)

6. The tiger circled the tree about __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: a hundred times.


7. Bhola Grandpa climbed the mound and requested __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: the first man he saw for some water to drink.


8. Bhola Grandpa almost lost his senses in fear when __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: he remembered the tiger and looked at it.

C. āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ/āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāϰ⧂āĻĒāĻŖ (True/False with Supporting Statement)

9. Bhola Grandpa saw the tiger in the evening.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)

S.S: “One morning, Bhola Grandpa was wandering far from the others.”


10. The tiger settled down under a bush.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: True (T)

S.S: “Then it settled down under a bush without taking its eyes off him.”


11. The man on the mound was very happy to see Bhola Grandpa.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)

S.S: “He was much bewildered.”

D. āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ (Short Answer Questions)

12. Why did people move in groups in the Sunderbans?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: People moved in groups because Royal Bengal tigers freely roamed the dense jungles of the Sunderbans.


13. What did the tiger do after Bhola Grandpa climbed the tree?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The tiger roared, circled the tree about a hundred times, and then settled down under a bush to wait for him.


14. Why did Bhola Grandpa almost lose his senses?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Bhola Grandpa almost lost his senses in fear when he remembered the tiger and looked at it stretching its limbs and yawning.



Tales of Bhola Grandpa
(Part 3: The Funny Ending)

📖 āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻ“ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation)

Text: Half a century later, Bhola Grandpa left us forever one morning at the age of ninety-five.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧāĻļāϤāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§€ (ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ) āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻāĻ• āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĒāρāϚāĻžāύāĻŦā§āĻŦāχ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦ⧟āϏ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ›ā§‡ā§œā§‡ āϚāĻŋāϰāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ (āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ)āĨ¤


Text: His eighty-year-old wife lamented much. She said with a sigh, “The old man must have forgotten to breathe.”

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āϤāĻžāρāϰ āφāĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦ⧟āϏ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ (āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ)āĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ, “āĻŦā§ā§œā§‹ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāϟāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚ⧟āχ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤”

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ (Word Nest)

Word Meaning (Bengali)
Half a century āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧāĻļāϤāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§€ (ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ)
Ninety-five āĻĒāρāϚāĻžāύāĻŦā§āĻŦāχ (95)
Lamented āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϞ / āĻļā§‹āĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞ
Sigh āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ
Breathe āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

A. āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ (MCQ)

1. Bhola Grandpa died at the age of —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) ninety-five (⧝ā§Ģ)


2. Bhola Grandpa’s wife was — years old when he died.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) eighty (ā§Žā§Ļ)


3. According to his wife, Bhola Grandpa must have forgotten to —.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (a) breathe

B. āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧋ (Complete the Sentences)

4. Bhola Grandpa left the narrator’s family forever one morning at __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: the age of ninety-five.


5. The eighty-year-old wife lamented much because __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Bhola Grandpa had died / left them forever.

C. āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ/āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāϰ⧂āĻĒāĻŖ (True/False with Supporting Statement)

6. Bhola Grandpa died a century later.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)

S.S: “Half a century later, Bhola Grandpa left us forever…”


7. Bhola Grandpa’s wife was older than him.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)

S.S: Bhola Grandpa was 95 and his wife was 80. (Text implies he was older).

D. āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ (Short Answer Questions)

8. Why did Bhola Grandpa’s wife think that he had forgotten to breathe?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Bhola Grandpa was a very forgetful person by nature. So, when he died, his wife humorously commented that he must have forgotten to perform the basic act of breathing.



Textual Exercises
(Exercise 1, 2 & 3)

Exercise 1: MCQ (Tick the correct answer)

1. In the bokal tree there lived —

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) monkeys


2. On the way back from the festival, Bhola Grandpa tightly held on to the two fingers of his —

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) grandson


3. A gang of pirates were burying a large box under —

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (d) the sand dunes


4. Bhola Grandpa was returning from the —

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) weekly market

(Note: āĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ• āĻšāĻžāϟ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤)


5. Bhola Grandpa died at the age of —

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) ninety-five

Exercise 2: Short Answer Questions (within 15 words)

1. When did Bhola Grandpa let out a loud wail?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Bhola Grandpa let out a loud wail when he realized that his grandson had slipped out from his grip.


2. Where had the grandson found a cozy shelter?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The grandson had found a cozy shelter under a cow’s belly.


3. What request did Bhola Grandpa make to the first man he saw on the mound?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Bhola Grandpa requested the first man he saw on the mound for some water to drink.


4. How old was Bhola Grandpa’s wife when he died?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Bhola Grandpa’s wife was eighty years old when he died.

Exercise 3: Answer within 25 words

1. Why was no real treasure found under the sand dunes?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: No real treasure was found because the story of the pirates burying the treasure was just a midday dream that Bhola Grandpa had seen during his nap.


2. What did the tiger do after Bhola Grandpa had climbed up the banyan tree?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The tiger roared and circled the tree about a hundred times. Then it settled down under a bush without taking its eyes off him.


3. What was the reason of Bhola Grandpa’s death according to his wife?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: According to Bhola Grandpa’s wife, the reason for his death was his forgetfulness. She believed that he must have forgotten to breathe.



Grammar in Use
(Textual Grammar & Extra Practice)

A. Narration Change (Exercise 4)

Instruction: Change the mode of narration of the following sentences.

1. Bulbul said to his friend, “Will you come tomorrow?”

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Bulbul asked his friend if he would go the next day.

(Note: Interrogative sentence āϤāĻžāχ ‘asked’ āĻŦāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ ‘come’ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ ‘go’ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ‘tomorrow’ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ ‘the next day’ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤)


2. Pauli says, “I am fine.”

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Pauli says that she is fine.

(Note: Reporting verb ‘says’ (Present Tense)-āĻ āφāϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāχ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇āϰ Tense-āĻāϰ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻšā§ŸāύāĻŋāĨ¤)


3. The teacher said to the students, “Keep quiet.”

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The teacher ordered the students to keep quiet.

(Note: āĻāϟāĻŋ Imperative Sentence āĻŦāĻž āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ, āϤāĻžāχ ‘ordered’ āĻŦāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤)


4. My mother said to me, “May your dreams come true.”

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: My mother wished that my dreams might come true.

(Note: āĻāϟāĻŋ Optative Sentence āĻŦāĻž āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāϏ⧂āϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĨ¤ ‘May’ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ ‘Might’ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤)


5. The students said, “Sir, please allow us to play in the field.”

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The students requested their teacher to allow them to play in the field.

(Note: ‘Please’ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ‘Sir’ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧀āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ, āϤāĻžāχ ‘requested’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤)

B. Voice Change (Exercise 5)

Instruction: Change the voice of the following sentences.

6. Nila has bought a book.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: A book has been bought by Nila.

(Note: Present Perfect Tense. Structure: Obj + have/has + been + V3 + by + Sub)


7. They will have seen the cricket match.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The cricket match will have been seen by them.

(Note: Future Perfect Tense. ‘Will have’ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ ‘Will have been’ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤)


8. Bhola Grandpa saw a tiger.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: A tiger was seen by Bhola Grandpa.

(Note: Past Indefinite Tense. ‘Was/Were’ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤)

C. Articles and Prepositions (Textual Practice)

Instruction: Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.

9. He lived ___ the western end ___ our village.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: at, of

(He lived at the western end of our village.)


10. He climbed ___ the banyan tree.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: up

(He climbed up the banyan tree.)


11. It was ___ moonlit night.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: a

(It was a moonlit night.)


Writing Activities
(Exercise 6 & 7)

A. Dialogue Writing (Exercise 6)

Question: Write a dialogue within 100 words between two friends on the feelings of a student who has just appeared for the Madhyamik Examination.

(āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ āϞ⧇āĻ–ā§‹āĨ¤)

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹ (Click to Reveal Answer)

Samir: Hello Rahul! How are you?

Rahul: I am fine, and to be honest, I feel so relieved now!

Samir: Same here. The pressure of the Madhyamik Examination was too much. How was your last paper?

Rahul: It was good, but Physical Science was a bit tough. How about you?

Samir: I did well in all subjects, but Math was quite lengthy. Anyway, exams are over. What are your plans for the vacation?

Rahul: I will go to my grandmother’s house in Darjeeling. I just want to relax and sleep.

Samir: That sounds great! I plan to learn drawing and read storybooks.

Rahul: Nice idea. Let’s enjoy our freedom before the results come out!

Samir: Absolutely! See you later.


B. Story Writing (Exercise 7)

Question: Write a story within 100 words using the given hints. Give a title to the story.

Hints: returning from fair — forest — dark night — sudden storm — took shelter under a tree — tree struck by lightning — one friend climbed a tree — the other could not climb — lay down on the ground — bear came — smelt him — thought him to be dead — left — moral.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹ (Click to Reveal Answer)

A False Friend / Two Friends and a Bear

Once upon a time, two friends were passing through a dense forest. They promised to help each other in danger. Suddenly, a large bear appeared in front of them.

One of the friends, who knew how to climb, quickly climbed up a nearby tall tree. He did not think about his friend. The other friend did not know how to climb a tree. He was helpless. But he knew that bears do not touch dead bodies. So, he lay flat on the ground and held his breath.

The bear came near him, sniffed his face and ears, and thought he was dead. So, it went away. After some time, the first friend came down and asked jokingly, “What did the bear whisper in your ear?” The other friend replied, “The bear told me not to trust a friend who leaves you in danger.”

Moral: A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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