Class 9: English, lesson -7, Tom Loses a Tooth’ -Mark Twain

Tom Loses a Tooth
(Part 1: Monday Morning Blues)

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

Text: Tom always found Monday mornings to be miserable. Monday began another week’s slow suffering in school. Tom lay thinking. Presently, he wished that he was sick: then he could stay away from school.
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āϟāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿāχ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻĻ⧁āσāϖ⧇āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϤ⧋āĨ¤ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āχ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āφāϰ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āĨ¤ āϟāĻŽ āĻļā§ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļā§ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇, āϏ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϤ⧋: āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĨ¤


Text: He investigated his body with the hope of finding some ailment. He thought that he had found symptoms of stomach ache. He began to grow hopeful. However, the symptoms soon grew feeble and wholly went away.
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āϏ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ– āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āφāĻļāĻžā§Ÿ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āφāĻļāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤ āϝāĻžāχāĻšā§‹āĻ•, āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒ⧜āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤


Text: Tom thought further. Suddenly he discovered something. One of his upper front teeth was loose. He felt lucky. He was about to groan when it occurred to him that if Aunt Polly was to know she would surely pull it out and that would hurt.
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āϟāĻŽ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĨ¤ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ āύ⧜āĻŦā§œā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύāχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻžāϤāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇, āϤāĻ–āύāχ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϞ⧋ āϝ⧇ āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻž āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻ“āϟāĻž āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϤ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤


Text: Tom thought he would hold the tooth in reserve for the present. He remembered hearing from a doctor that a certain ailment could lay up a patient for three days and make him lose a finger. He eagerly drew his sore toe from under the sheet and held it up for inspection.
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āϟāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϞ āφāĻĒāĻžāϤāϤ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤāϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āϜāĻŽāĻž (āϰāĻŋāϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­) āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĒ⧜āϞ āĻāĻ• āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ– āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€āϕ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻ¯ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϙ⧁āϞāĻ“ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻĻāϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϚ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ (Word Nest)

Word Meaning (Bengali)
Miserable āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āϜāύāĻ• / āĻļā§‹āϚāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ
Suffering āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ / āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ
Investigated āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ / āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ
Ailment āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ– / āϰ⧋āĻ—
Feeble āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ / āĻ•ā§āώ⧀āĻŖ
Groan āĻ•āĻžāϤāϰāĻžāύ⧋ / āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž
Sore toe āĻ•ā§āώāϤāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϤ⧁āϰ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ

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

i. Tom always found Monday mornings to be —

  • (a) pleasant
  • (b) miserable
  • (c) exciting
  • (d) boring
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) miserable


ii. Tom hoped to find symptoms of —

  • (a) headache
  • (b) toothache
  • (c) stomach ache
  • (d) fever
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) stomach ache


iii. Tom decided to hold the tooth in reserve because —

  • (a) it was not loose enough
  • (b) he liked the tooth
  • (c) Aunt Polly would pull it out and it would hurt
  • (d) he wanted to show it to his friends
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) Aunt Polly would pull it out and it would hurt


iv. Tom drew his sore toe from under the —

  • (a) pillow
  • (b) blanket
  • (c) sheet
  • (d) bed
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) sheet

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

i. Tom investigated his body with the hope of __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: finding some ailment.


ii. A doctor had said that a certain ailment could __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: lay up a patient for three days and make him lose a finger.

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

i. Tom felt happy on Monday mornings.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)
S.S: “Tom always found Monday mornings to be miserable.”


ii. Tom’s lower front tooth was loose.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)
S.S: “One of his upper front teeth was loose.”

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

i. Why did Tom wish he was sick?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Tom wished he was sick so that he could stay away from school.


ii. What was the first ailment Tom thought he had discovered?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The first ailment Tom thought he had discovered was a stomach ache.



Tom Loses a Tooth
(Part 2: The Acting and The Reaction)

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

Text: Tom groaned with considerable spirit. But Sid slept on unconscious. Tom groaned louder. He fancied that he began to feel pain in the toe. No result from Sid. Tom was panting with his exertions by this time. He took a rest and then swelled himself up and fetched a succession of admirable groans.
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āϟāĻŽ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇āχ āĻ•āĻžāϤāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāĻŋāĻĄ āĻ…āĻ˜ā§‹āϰ⧇ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϰāχāϞāĨ¤ āϟāĻŽ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϤāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϏāĻŋāĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϏāĻžā§œāĻž āύ⧇āχāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āϟāĻŽ āĻāϤāĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāĻĒāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āϞāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡-āĻĢāĻžāρāĻĒāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻ•āϤāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧁āĻŖ āφāĻ°ā§āϤāύāĻžāĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤


Text: Sid snored on. Tom became aggravated. He said, “Sid, Sid!” and shook him. This course worked well. Sid yawned, then raised himself on his elbow and stared at Tom. Tom went on groaning.
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āϏāĻŋāĻĄ āύāĻžāĻ• āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āχ āϚāϞāϞāĨ¤ āϟāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ (āĻŦāĻž āϰ⧇āϗ⧇) āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ, “āϏāĻŋāĻĄ, āϏāĻŋāĻĄ!” āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻžāρāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāχ āωāĻĒāĻžā§ŸāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϏāĻŋāĻĄ āĻšāĻžāχ āϤ⧁āϞāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻ•āύ⧁āĻ‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ­āϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āωāĻ āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϟāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϰāχāϞāĨ¤ āϟāĻŽ āĻ•āĻžāϤāϰāĻžāϤ⧇āχ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞāĨ¤


Text: Sid said, “Tom! Say Tom!” No response. “Here, Tom! Tom! What is the matter, Tom?” Sid shook him and looked in his face anxiously. Tom moaned out: “Oh, don’t, Sid. Don’t joggle me.”
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āϏāĻŋāĻĄ āĻŦāϞāϞ, “āϟāĻŽ! āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧋ āϟāĻŽ!” āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤ “āĻāχ āϝ⧇ āϟāĻŽ! āϟāĻŽ! āϕ⧀ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āϟāĻŽ?” āϏāĻŋāĻĄ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻžāρāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āύ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϖ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞāĨ¤ āϟāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ: “āωāσ, āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻž āϏāĻŋāĻĄāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āύāĻžāĨ¤”


Text: “Tom, I must call Auntie.” “No, never mind. It’ll be over by and by, maybe. Don’t call anybody.” “But I must! Don’t groan so, Tom, it’s awful. How long have you been this way?” “Hours. Ouch! Oh, don’t stir so, Sid. You’ll kill me.”
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: “āϟāĻŽ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāχ āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻŦāĨ¤” “āύāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻž āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϏ⧇āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āϕ⧋ āύāĻžāĨ¤” “āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻŦāχ! āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϤriāĻ“ āύāĻž āϟāĻŽ, āĻāϟāĻž āϭ⧟āĻžāύāĻ•āĨ¤ āĻ•āϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϧāϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇?” “āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇āĻ• āϧāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āωāĻĢ! āĻ“āĻš, āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύ⧜āĻžāϚ⧜āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻž āϏāĻŋāĻĄāĨ¤ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇āχ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤”


Text: Sid flew downstairs and said: “Oh, Aunt Polly, come! Tom’s dying!” “Dying?” “Yes’m. Don’t wait, come quick!” “Rubbish! I don’t believe it!” But she fled upstairs nevertheless, with Sid and Mary at her heels. Her face grew pale and her lips trembled.
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āϏāĻŋāĻĄ āĻāĻ•āϛ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāϞāϞ: “āĻ“āĻš, āĻĒāϞāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āĻāϏ⧋! āϟāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇!” “āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇?” “āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ āĻ—ā§‹āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻž, āϤāĻžā§œāĻžāϤāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻāϏ⧋!” “āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž! āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ“āϏāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž!” āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§Œā§œā§‡ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āĻ›āύ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĄ āφāϰ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ ā§‹āρāϟ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĒāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ (Word Nest)

Word Meaning (Bengali)
Considerable spirit āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇
Aggravated āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧋ / āϰāĻžāĻ— āĻšāϞ⧋
Joggle āĻāĻžāρāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž
Anxiously āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇
Awful āϭ⧟āĻžāύāĻ• / āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ
Rubbish āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž / āφāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϜāύāĻž
Trembled āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĒāĻ›āĻŋāϞ
Mortified āĻĒāĻšā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϟāĻŽ āύāĻžāϟāĻ•ā§€ā§ŸāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇)

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

i. Sid was sleeping —

  • (a) consciously
  • (b) unconsciously
  • (c) peacefully
  • (d) lightly
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) unconsciously (or snoring on)


ii. Tom shook Sid because —

  • (a) Sid was late for school
  • (b) Sid was having a bad dream
  • (c) Sid was snoring and did not wake up
  • (d) Tom wanted to play
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) Sid was snoring and did not wake up


iii. According to Tom, he had been groaning for —

  • (a) days
  • (b) hours
  • (c) minutes
  • (d) weeks
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) hours


iv. Sid flew downstairs to call —

  • (a) the doctor
  • (b) Mary
  • (c) Aunt Polly
  • (d) the teacher
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) Aunt Polly


v. Aunt Polly’s initial reaction to Sid’s news was —

  • (a) she started crying
  • (b) she fainted
  • (c) she called a doctor
  • (d) she did not believe it
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (d) she did not believe it


vi. When Aunt Polly went upstairs, her face grew —

  • (a) red
  • (b) pale
  • (c) angry
  • (d) dark
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) pale

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

i. Tom fetched a succession of __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: admirable groans.


ii. Sid raised himself on his elbow and __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: stared at Tom.


iii. Tom told Sid not to call anybody because __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: he claimed it would be over by and by (and he wanted to create more drama).


iv. Aunt Polly fled upstairs with __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Sid and Mary at her heels.

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

i. Sid woke up as soon as Tom started groaning.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)
S.S: “Tom groaned with considerable spirit. But Sid slept on unconscious.”


ii. Sid believed that Tom was dying.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: True (T)
S.S: “Oh, Aunt Polly, come! Tom’s dying!”


iii. Tom complained that his toe was mortified.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: True (T)
S.S: “Oh, auntie, my sore toe’s mortified!”


iv. Aunt Polly laughed and cried at the same time.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: True (T)
S.S: “She laughed a little, then cried a little, then did both together.” (Text-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āφāϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāχ āĻ•āύāĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŸā§‡ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤)

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

i. What was the result of Tom’s groaning on Sid initially?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Initially, Tom’s groaning had no effect on Sid; he continued to sleep unconsciously and snored on.


ii. How did Sid react when he finally woke up?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: When Sid woke up, he yawned, stared at Tom, and seeing Tom groan, he became anxious and shook him to ask what the matter was.


iii. Why did Aunt Polly’s face turn pale?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Aunt Polly’s face turned pale because she was scared and worried hearing Sid’s news that Tom was dying.


iv. What did Tom say when Aunt Polly asked what was the matter?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Tom said, “Oh, auntie, my sore toe’s mortified!” trying to make his fake illness sound serious.



Tom Loses a Tooth
(Part 3: The Extraction)

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

Text: “What is the matter with you child?” “Oh, auntie, my sore toe’s mortified!” The old lady sank into a chair. She laughed a little, then cried a little. Then she said, “Tom, what a shock you gave me! Now shut up that nonsense and climb out of this.” The groans ceased. The pain vanished from the toe.
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: “āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϕ⧀ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻž?” “āĻ“āĻš, āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϤ⧁āϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞāϟāĻž āĻĒāĻšā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇!” āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϧāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻšā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧜āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻšāĻžāϏāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ, “āϟāĻŽ, āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϕ⧀ āϭ⧟āϟāĻžāχ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇! āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ“āϏāĻŦ āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻŦāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ“āĻ ā§‹āĨ¤” āφāĻ°ā§āϤāύāĻžāĻĻ āĻĨ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āωāϧāĻžāĻ“ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤


Text: Tom felt a little foolish and said, “Auntie, my tooth hurts. The pain is more than that in my toe.” “Your tooth, indeed! What’s the matter with your tooth?” “One of them is loose and it aches, awfully.”
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āϟāĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāϞāϞ, “āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϟāĻž āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤” “āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ, āϤāĻžāχ āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ! āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ⧇āϰ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϕ⧀ āĻšāϞ⧋?” “āĻ“āϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āύ⧜āĻŦā§œā§‡ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤”


Text: “Open your mouth and let me see,” said his aunt. “Yes, there is a loose one, but you’re not going to die for that. Mary, get me a silk thread, and a chunk of fire from the kitchen.” Tom said, “Oh, please auntie, don’t pull it out. It doesn’t hurt anymore. I don’t want to stay home from school.”
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: “āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–āϟāĻž āĻ–ā§‹āϞ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“,” āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ “āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ āύ⧜āϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻŸā§‡, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āϏāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āϤ⧋ āφāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ• āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•ā§ŸāϞāĻž āĻāύ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĨ¤” āϟāĻŽ āĻŦāϞāϞ, “āĻ“āĻš, āĻĻā§‹āĻšāĻžāχ āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āĻ“āϟāĻž āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ“āϟāĻžā§Ÿ āφāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ āύāĻžāĨ¤”


Text: “So all this was because you wanted to stay home from school and go fishing? Tom, Tom, I love you so much and you try to break my heart in every way with your naughtiness!” By this time the dental instruments were ready. The old lady fastened one end of the silk thread to Tom’s tooth and the other end to the bedpost.
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: “āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻāχ āϏāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇? āϟāĻŽ, āϟāĻŽ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāϤ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āφāϰ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻŦāϰāĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšā§ƒāĻĻ⧟ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋!” āϤāϤāĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇ āĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤāϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āϤ⧋āϰ āĻāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϟāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϰ āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤


Text: She seized the chunk of fire and suddenly thrust it almost into the boy’s face. Tom jerked backwards. The instrument was ready in its place. The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost.
āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϗ⧁āύ⧇āϰ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋āϟāĻŋ (āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŸā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡) āϧāϰāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§āϖ⧇āϰ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āϭ⧟ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϟāĻŽ āĻāϟāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞāĨ¤ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϰ āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻā§āϞāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ (Word Nest)

Word Meaning (Bengali)
Sank into āϧāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧜āϞ⧇āύ
Vanished āωāϧāĻžāĻ“ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ
Chunk of fire āφāϗ⧁āύ⧇āϰ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ / āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•ā§ŸāϞāĻž
Fastened āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāϞ⧇āύ
Bedpost āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϰ āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋ
Thrust āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϠ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž / āĻāĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž
Dangling āĻā§āϞāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ

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

i. Aunt Polly asked Mary to bring a —

  • (a) piece of rope
  • (b) silk thread
  • (c) cotton thread
  • (d) metal wire
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) silk thread


ii. Tom wanted to stay home from school to —

  • (a) play football
  • (b) sleep
  • (c) go fishing
  • (d) read books
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) go fishing


iii. The old lady fastened one end of the silk thread to —

  • (a) the window
  • (b) the door handle
  • (c) Tom’s finger
  • (d) Tom’s tooth
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (d) Tom’s tooth


iv. Aunt Polly thrust the chunk of fire into —

  • (a) the fireplace
  • (b) the boy’s face
  • (c) the water
  • (d) the bed
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) the boy’s face (almost into his face)


v. Finally, the tooth was hanging by the —

  • (a) silk thread
  • (b) bedpost
  • (c) door
  • (d) ceiling
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) bedpost

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

i. Aunt Polly laughed a little, then cried a little because __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: she was relieved that Tom was not dying but also shocked by his prank.


ii. Tom confessed that he did not want to stay home from school because __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: he was afraid that his aunt would pull out his tooth which would hurt.


iii. Tom jerked backwards when __________.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Aunt Polly thrust the chunk of fire almost into his face.

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

i. Aunt Polly believed Tom’s toe was mortified.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)
S.S: “Now shut up that nonsense and climb out of this.” (āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤)


ii. The dental instruments were a pair of pliers and a hammer.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: False (F)
S.S: “get me a silk thread, and a chunk of fire from the kitchen.” (āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧁āϤ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāϗ⧁āύāĨ¤)


iii. Tom loved his aunt very much.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: True (T)
S.S: Although not explicitly said by Tom here, Aunt Polly says “I love you so much”. (āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āϟāĻŽāĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ⧁āĨ¤) *Note: Strictly based on text provided: Not explicitly stated, but implied relationship.*

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

i. How did the pain in the toe vanish?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The pain in the toe vanished when Aunt Polly caught Tom’s lie and told him to shut up the nonsense.


ii. What were the ‘dental instruments’ mentioned in the text?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The ‘dental instruments’ were a silk thread and a chunk of fire from the kitchen.


iii. How was the tooth finally pulled out?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Aunt Polly tied one end of a silk thread to Tom’s tooth and the other to the bedpost, then thrust a hot coal near his face, causing him to jerk back and pull the tooth out.



Textual Exercises
(Exercise 1, 2 & 3)

Exercise 1: Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives

i. Tom felt miserable on the mornings of —

  • (a) Sunday
  • (b) Monday
  • (c) Thursday
  • (d) Saturday
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (b) Monday


ii. If Aunt Polly was to know that Tom had a loose tooth, she would —

  • (a) call a doctor
  • (b) bring him some medicines
  • (c) surely pull it out
  • (d) tell him to rest
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) surely pull it out


iii. Tom drew his sore toe from under the —

  • (a) sheet
  • (b) blanket
  • (c) pillow
  • (d) mosquito net
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (a) sheet


iv. Sid flew downstairs to call —

  • (a) the doctor
  • (b) Mary
  • (c) the nurse
  • (d) Aunt Polly
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (d) Aunt Polly


v. The thread that Mary got Aunt Polly was made of —

  • (a) cotton
  • (b) jute
  • (c) silk
  • (d) wool
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: (c) silk

Exercise 2: Answer the following questions within 15 words

i. Which one of Tom’s teeth was loose?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: One of Tom’s upper front teeth was loose.


ii. How are Sid and Mary related to Tom?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Sid is Tom’s brother and Mary is his cousin.

(Note: āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŸā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāχ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϜāĻŋāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāϞāĻž āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āχ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ­āĻžāχ-āĻŦā§‹āύāĨ¤)


iii. Why did Tom ask Sid not to stir him?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Tom asked Sid not to stir him to make his fake illness appear serious and painful.


iv. Why did Tom pretend his toe was paining?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Tom pretended his toe was paining to stay home from school and go fishing.

Exercise 3: Answer the following questions within 25 words

i. What did Tom remember hearing from a doctor?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Tom remembered hearing that a certain ailment could lay up a patient for three days and make him lose a finger.


ii. How did Aunt Polly react to the news that Tom was dying?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Aunt Polly did not believe it at first, saying “Rubbish!”, but then fled upstairs with a pale face and trembling lips.


iii. How was Tom’s loose tooth pulled out?

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Aunt Polly tied the tooth to the bedpost with a thread and thrust a hot coal near Tom’s face, making him jerk back and pull the tooth out.


Grammar & Writing
(Exercise 4, 5, 6 & 7)

Exercise 4: Do as directed

i. Rafique was running fast. (Change into an Interrogative Sentence)

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Wasn’t Rafique running fast?
(Note: āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦā§‹āϧāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϞ⧇ Negative-Interrogative āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤)


ii. The boy would never forget the exciting incident. (Change into an Affirmative Sentence)

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: The boy would always remember the exciting incident.
(Note: ‘Never forget’ = ‘Always remember’)


iii. We had a wonderful time last evening. (Change into an Exclamatory Sentence)

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: What a wonderful time we had last evening!
(Note: ‘A’ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ ‘What a’ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤)


iv. He loves to play football. (Change into an Interrogative Sentence)

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Doesn’t he love to play football?


v. Rina tried all her plans. (Change into a Negative Sentence)

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Rina left no plan untried.


vi. Shut the door, Robin. (Change into an Assertive Sentence)

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: Robin is requested to shut the door. / You are requested to shut the door, Robin.
(Note: Imperative Sentence-āϕ⧇ Assertive āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϞ⧇ ‘Should’ āĻŦāĻž ‘Requested’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤)

Exercise 5: Replace the underlined words with suitable Phrasal Verbs

i. The enemy surrendered without a fight.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: gave in


ii. The child recovered in a month.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: came round


iii. The police investigated the case.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: looked into


iv. Puja could understand what her sister said.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: make out


v. The old man could not remember his childhood experiences.

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹

Ans: call up

Exercise 6: Newspaper Report

Question: Write a newspaper report on a road accident within 100 words.
Points: Brake failure of a bus — collided with a truck — 5 injured including a child and a woman — injured sent to hospital — released with first aid — traffic disrupted — police intervened — normalcy restored.

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

5 INJURED IN BUS-TRUCK COLLISION

By a Staff Reporter

Kolkata, May 25: A serious road accident took place yesterday at around 10:00 AM on VIP Road near Ultadanga. A private bus, bound for Barasat, collided head-on with a goods truck due to sudden brake failure. The impact was severe.

Five passengers, including a woman and a child, were injured in the incident. Local people rushed to the spot and rescued the injured. They were immediately sent to the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital. Fortunately, their injuries were not critical, and they were released after first aid.

The accident disrupted traffic for about an hour. Police arrived promptly, removed the damaged vehicles, and restored normalcy.

Exercise 7: Letter to Friend

Question: Write a letter to your friend within 100 words congratulating him/her on his/her success in the examination.

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

Address:
24 Parganas (North)
Date: 26th May, 2024

My dear Rupa,

I was so happy to receive your letter yesterday. My joy knew no bounds when I learned that you have passed the Madhyamik Examination with flying colors. You have secured 90% marks! Please accept my heartiest congratulations on your brilliant success.

I know how hard you worked for this. You truly deserve this result. My parents are also very happy for you. I am sure you will do even better in your future studies. Let us celebrate your success when we meet.

Convey my regards to your parents.

To,
Rupa Das
C/O: S. Das
Station Road, Hooghly

Your loving friend,
Mita

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