ACTIVITIES
- Lets 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: In their adventure on uruka night Mahen was the leader of the boys.
or
Mahen was the leader of the boys in their adventure on uraka night.
(b) What were the names of Mahen’s friends?
Ans: The Name’s of Mahen friends, There were Sanju, Nantu, Rinku and Rumon.
or
Mahen friends name was Sanju, Nantu, Rinku and Rumon.
(d) What was the age old custom that Mahen was referring to?
Ans: The age old custom that Mahen was referring to was they pickup vegetables when people went to home.
(e) What was Mahen’s reaction to their proposal?
Ans: Mahen was jumpe up excitedly at their proposal.
(f) What did the boys do after the feast?
Ans: After the feast the boys went to Shantiram’s house for the pickup vegetables.
(g) Who was Shantiram?
Ans: Shantiram was a retired Army man.
(h) Why was Shantiram sitting wrapped in a black blanket? where was Shantiram
sitting?
Ans: Shantiram was sitting wrapped in a black blanket because he knew someone might pick up his vegetables. Shantiram was sitting in the middle of the vegetable garden.
(i) What was the black heap of garbage that Mahen noticed?
Ans: The black heap of garbage that Mahen noticed was Shantiram warred in the black blanket.
(j) What made the night appear more haunting?
Ans: The screeching owl at regular intervals made the night more haunting.
Or
The night appear more haunting a screeching owl.
Or
The screeching of the “nightjar” at regular intervals made the night more haunting
(k) Why did the boys run away from the garden?
Ans: The boy run away from the garden because they saw a ghosts.
(l) What happened when the boys were about to pick the vegetables?
Ans: When the boys tried to pick up the vegetables, a pile of garbage jerked and moved towards him.
(m) Who did the boys think chased them?
Ans: The boys thought that a ghost chased them.
- Here are some of the events that happened on the uruka night, but they are not arranged in the proper order.
- Arrange the sentences in the proper sequence and them read the lesson to check your answer.
(a) Mahen saw something like a black heap of garbage in the middle of the garden.
(b) Shantiram ran towards the boys when the boys were about to pick the vegetables.
(c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, Rumon, and Mahen planned adventure on uruka night.
(d) The boys ran frantically out of the garden, scared that the ghost was after them.
(e) Just past midnight, the five boys headed towards Shantiram’s vegetable garden.
Ans:
1st (c) Sanju, Nantu, Rinku, Rumon, and Mahen planned adventure on uruka night.
2nd (e) Just past midnight, the five boys headed towards Shantiram’s vegetable garden.
3rd (a) Mahen saw something like a black heap of garbage in the middle of the garden.
4th (b) Shantiram ran towards the boys when the boys were about to pick the vegetables.
5th (d) The boys ran frantically out of the garden, scared that the ghost was after them.
- Look at the words in the two boxes below. One contains the names and the other contains their descriptions. Match the words to their descriptions and write them in notebooks.
a. Uruka b. Shantiram
c Sanju, Nantu, Rinku and Rumon
d. Mahendra
e. The Nightjar
f. Nongolai. The four friends of Mahendra
ii. A small species of owl.
iii. The leader of the adventure on uruka night
iv. a retired army man who was interested in farming
v. A bamboo gate
vi. The annual feast ahead of Magh Bihu
Ans:-
(a) Uruka vi. The annual feast ahead of Magh Bihu
(b) Shantiram iv. a retired army man who was intersted 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
- Here are some words from the lesson. Match the words with their meaning to check your understanding.
Propose
Restless
Custom
Feast
frantically
Unable to say still
A large or special meal, especially for a lot of people
To suggest a plan, an idea etc.
Done quickly and with a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized
An accepted way of behaving or of doing things in society
Ans:
Propose – To suggest a plan, an idea etc.
restless – Unable to say still
custom – An accepted way of behaving or of doing things in society
feast – Done quickly and with a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized
(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.”…………………….
(ii) ”We will spend the night in our bhelaghar.”………………..
(iii) ”What will we carry the vegetables in?”……………………
(iv) ”Never mind. We’ll carry as much as possible in each hand.”…………………
- 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 from of we will.
Now rewrite the following sentences using the short form of will.
(i) Mahen said, ”We will make a bhelaghar.”
(ii) They will spend the night in the bhelaghar.
(iii)Sanju thought, ”When everyone is asleep, I will pick vegetables.”
(iv) Mahen said, ”we will help each other to cook the food.”
(v) They will have an uruka adventure.
(vi) 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.
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.
(ii) We spent the night in the bhelaghar.
The fist 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 did not or didn’t to express a negative meaning.
Now check your grammar. Rewrite these sentences by changing the underlined verbs to express
(i) Mahen called his friends to his house.
(ii) Mahen jumped up in joy.
(iii) They decided to celebrate Uruka together.
(iv) They planned to hold the feast in Mahen’s house.
(v) We went to pick vegetables from Shantiram’s garden.
Check by- Mukesh Borah