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Did You Know? (āĻিāĻŦা āĻাāύাāύে?)
Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary has the highest density of the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros in the entire world, even more than Kaziranga National Park!
1. Lesson Text & Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)
The annual examination is now over.
āĻŦাā§°্āώিāĻ āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώা āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻļেāώ āĻš'āϞ।
Sagar and Karabi are discussing their plans for the winter vacation.
āϏাāĻā§° āĻā§°ু āĻā§°ā§ąীāϝ়ে āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻļীāϤāĻাāϞীāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧ⧰ āĻĒā§°িāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে।
They have a lot of things on their mind.
āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻŽāύāϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻে।
Sagar: Karabi, what are your plans for the winter vacation?
āϏাāĻā§°: āĻā§°ā§ąী, āĻļীāϤāĻাāϞীāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻি?
What will you do?
āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦা?
Karabi: I do not know, Sagar.
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āĻŽāĻ āύাāĻাāύো, āϏাāĻā§°।
My father is busy with his work.
āĻŽোā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤা āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻাāĻŽāϤ āĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤ।
Where will you go?
āϤুāĻŽি āĻāϞৈ āϝাāĻŦা?
Sagar: I will go to Shillong with my parents.
āϏাāĻā§°: āĻŽāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻŽা-āĻĻেāĻāϤাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻļ্āĻŦিāϞāĻāϞৈ āϝাāĻŽ।
Do you know where Shillong is?
āĻļ্āĻŦিāϞং āĻ'āϤ āĻāĻে āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāύাāύে?
Karabi: Yes, Sagar.
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āĻšāϝ়, āϏাāĻā§°।
It is in Meghalaya.
āĻ āĻŽেāĻাāϞāϝ়āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ।
We went there last year.
āĻāĻŽি āϝোā§ąা āĻŦāĻā§° āϤাāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞো।
The natural scenery of Shillong is very beautiful.
āĻļ্āĻŦিāϞāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻৃāϤিāĻ āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ āĻŦā§° āϧুāύীāϝ়া।
But this year we cannot go outside Guwahati.
āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻā§° āĻāĻŽি āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻীā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°োঁ।
My father does not have time.
āĻŽোā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ় āύাāĻ।
Sagar: Oh! That is very sad.
āϏাāĻā§°: āĻ āĻš! āϏেāĻāĻো āĻŦā§° āĻĻুāĻā§° āĻāĻĨা।
Karabi: Sagar, will you go to Shillong only?
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āϏাāĻā§°, āϤুāĻŽি āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻļ্āĻŦিāϞāĻāϞৈāĻে āϝাāĻŦাāύে?
Sagar: No. My mother says that we will go to the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary also.
āϏাāĻā§°: āύāĻšāϝ়। āĻŽোā§° āĻŽাāϝ়ে āĻৈāĻে āϝে āĻāĻŽি āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰া āĻŦāύ্āϝāĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖী āĻ āĻāϝ়াā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϞৈāĻ āϝাāĻŽ।
Karabi: Wow! You are so lucky.
āĻā§°ā§ąী: ā§ąাāĻ! āϤুāĻŽি āĻŦā§° āĻাāĻ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ।
Sagar: Have you ever visited the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary?
āϏাāĻā§°: āϤুāĻŽি āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰া āĻŦāύ্āϝāĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖী āĻ āĻāϝ়াā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϞৈ āĻৈāĻাāύে?
Karabi: No. Where is it?
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āύাāĻ āϝোā§ąা। āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻ'āϤ āĻāĻে?
Sagar: Oh! You don't know.
āϏাāĻā§°: āĻ āĻš! āϤুāĻŽি āύাāĻাāύা।
It is not very far from Guwahati.
āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻীā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦā§° āĻŦেāĻি āĻĻূā§°āϤ āύāĻšāϝ়।
It is situated in the Morigaon district.
āĻ āĻŽā§°িāĻাঁāĻ āĻিāϞাāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ।
It is about 48 kilometres by road from Guwahati.
āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻীā§° āĻĒā§°া ā§°াāϏ্āϤাā§°ে āĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় ā§Ēā§Ž āĻিāϞোāĻŽিāĻাā§° āĻĻূā§°āϤ।
It is located towards the east of Guwahati.
āĻ āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻীā§° āĻĒূāĻŦ āĻĻিāĻļāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ।
If we take a car it will only take about an hour to reach there.
āĻāĻŽি āϝāĻĻি āĻাāĻĄ়ীāϤ āϝাāĻঁ, āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤাāϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻāĻāĻŖ্āĻাāĻšে āϞাāĻিāĻŦ।
Karabi: Tell me more about Pobitora, Sagar.
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰াā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŽোāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻোā§ąাāύা, āϏাāĻā§°।
What can we see there?
āĻāĻŽি āϤাāϤ āĻি āĻি āĻাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ?
Are there tigers?
āϤাāϤ āĻŦাāĻ āĻāĻেāύে?
I love tigers. They are so beautiful!
āĻŽāĻ āĻŦাāĻ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻঁ। āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦā§° āϧুāύীāϝ়া!
Sagar: Yes, tigers are very beautiful.
āϏাāĻā§°: āĻšāϝ়, āĻŦাāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦā§° āϧুāύীāϝ়া।
But there are no tigers in Pobitora.
āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰াāϤ āĻŦাāĻ āύাāĻ।
Karabi: Oh! Then, what can we see there?
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āĻ āĻš! āϤেāύেāĻš'āϞে āĻāĻŽি āϤাāϤ āĻি āĻাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ?
Sagar: Pobitora is famous for the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros.
āϏাāĻā§°: āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰া āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ āĻাā§°āϤীāϝ় āĻāĻļিāĻীāϝ়া āĻঁāĻĄ়ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāύাāĻাāϤ।
The sanctuary has the highest concentration of the one-horned rhinoceros in the world.
āĻāĻ āĻ āĻāϝ়াā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻāύāϤ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤে āϏ⧰্āĻŦাāϧিāĻ āĻāĻļিāĻীāϝ়া āĻঁāĻĄ় āĻĒোā§ąা āϝাāϝ়।
You will also see wild boar, wild buffalo, Asian palm civet, Indian jackal in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary.
āϤুāĻŽি āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰া āĻŦāύ্āϝāĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖী āĻ āĻāϝ়াā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϤ āĻŦāύ⧰ীāϝ়া āĻাāĻšā§°ি, āĻŦāύ⧰ীāϝ়া āĻŽ'āĻš, āĻāĻšাāĻŽাāϞ, āĻā§°ু āĻļিāϝ়াāϞ āĻāĻĻিāĻ āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāĻŦা।
Pobitora was first a reserved forest.
āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϤে āĻāĻāύ āϏংā§°āĻ্āώিāϤ āĻŦāύাāĻ্āĻāϞ āĻāĻিāϞ।
Later in 1987 it was declared a wildlife sanctuary.
āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°্āϤী āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§ āĻāύāϤ āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻŦāύ্āϝāĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖী āĻ āĻāϝ়াā§°āĻŖ্āϝ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻোāώāĻŖা āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়।
Karabi: Wow! So many animals.
āĻā§°ā§ąী: ā§ąাāĻ! āĻāĻŽাāύāĻŦোā§° āĻীā§ą-āĻāύ্āϤু।
Now I also want to go there.
āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽোā§°ো āϤাāϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽāύ āĻৈāĻে।
Sagar: You can come with us Karabi.
āϏাāĻā§°: āϤুāĻŽি āĻāĻŽাā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻšিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°া āĻā§°ā§ąী।
I hope your parents will give you permission if you ask nicely.
āĻŽāĻ āĻাāĻŦোঁ āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāϞāĻৈ āϏুāϧিāϞে āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽা-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻ āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāĻŦ।
Karabi: Sure Sagar, I will ask my parents tonight.
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āύিāĻļ্āĻāϝ় āϏাāĻā§°, āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻি ā§°াāϤি āĻŽোā§° āĻŽা-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āϏুāϧিāĻŽ।
Ok, tell me more.
āĻ িāĻ āĻāĻে, āĻā§°ু āĻোā§ąাāĻোāύ।
Are there any birds in Pobitora?
āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰াāϤ āĻā§°াāĻ-āĻিā§°িāĻāĻি āĻāĻেāύে?
Sagar: Yes Karabi, there are different types of birds in Pobitora.
āϏাāĻā§°: āĻšāϝ় āĻā§°ā§ąী, āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰াāϤ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§°ā§° āĻā§°াāĻ āĻāĻে।
You will also see migratory birds there.
āϤুāĻŽি āϤাāϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻ্ā§°āĻŽী āĻā§°াāĻāĻ āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāĻŦা।
Karabi: What are migratory birds, Sagar?
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āĻĒā§°িāĻ্ā§°āĻŽী āĻā§°াāĻ āĻŽাāύে āĻি, āϏাāĻā§°?
Sagar: Some birds come to Pobitora from other parts of the earth.
āϏাāĻā§°: āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻā§°াāĻ āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰াāϞৈ āĻāĻšে।
Some come from different parts of India and some others come from outside India.
āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻাā§°āϤ⧰ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻšে āĻā§°ু āĻāύ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻাā§°āϤ⧰ āĻŦাāĻšিā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻšে।
I do not know much about them.
āĻŽāĻ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦেāĻি āύাāĻাāύো।
My father knows a lot about them.
āĻŽোā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻাāύে।
He also knows the names of the birds.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻā§°াāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āύাāĻŽো āĻাāύে।
Karabi: That's great.
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āĻŦāĻĸ়িāϝ়া āĻāĻĨা।
Do you remember the names of those birds?
āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϏেāĻ āĻā§°াāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻŽāύāϤ āĻāĻেāύে?
Sagar: I know some.
āϏাāĻā§°: āĻŽāĻ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻাāύো।
Some local birds found in Pobitora are barn swallow, lesser adjutant stork, kingfisher, owl, hoopoe, parrot, myna, black drongo, woodpecker etc.
āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰াāϤ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻā§°াāĻ āĻš’āϞ- āĻŦাā§°্āĻŖ āĻ্āĻেāϞো (āϤাāϤী āĻā§°াāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻāĻŦিāϧ āĻā§°াāĻ), āĻŦā§°āĻোāĻোāϞা, āĻŽাāĻā§°োāĻা, āĻĢেঁāĻা, āĻšুāĻĻু, āĻাāĻৌ, āĻļাāϞিāĻা, āĻĢেঁāĻু, āĻাāĻ ā§°োāĻা āĻāĻĻি।
Karabi: That's interesting Sagar.
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽোāĻĻāĻāύāĻ āϏাāĻā§°।
You really know a lot about Pobitora.
āϤুāĻŽি āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰াā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻাāύা।
Sagar: My father knows more.
āϏাāĻā§°: āĻŽোā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦেāĻি āĻাāύে।
Karabi, you know you can ride on elephants in Pobitora.
āĻā§°ā§ąী, āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāύাāύে āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰াāϤ āĻšাāϤীā§° āĻĒিāĻ িāϤ āĻāĻ িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি।
The elephants will take you inside the sanctuary.
āĻšাāϤীāĻŦোā§°ে āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻ āĻāϝ়াā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϞৈ āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦ।
Karabi: That will be fun Sagar.
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āĻŦā§° āϧেāĻŽাāϞি āĻš’āĻŦ āϏাāĻā§°।
Sagar: We can also take a jeep safari to go inside the sanctuary.
āϏাāĻā§°: āĻāĻŽি āĻ āĻāϝ়াā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻীāĻĒ āĻাāĻĢাā§°ীāĻ āϞ’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ।
We can all go together then.
āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻŽি āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āϝাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŽ।
Oh! I forgot to tell you.
āĻ āĻš! āĻŽāĻ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻ’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāĻšā§°িāϝ়েāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞো।
We can also see the Hadug Hanging Bridge there.
āĻāĻŽি āϤাāϤ āĻšাāĻĄুāĻ āĻāϞāĻŽা āĻĻāϞংāĻāύো āĻাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŽ।
Karabi: That will be great Sagar.
āĻā§°ā§ąী: āϏেāϝ়া āĻŦā§° āĻাāϞ āĻš’āĻŦ āϏাāĻā§°।
But, I will ask my parents first.
āĻিāύ্āϤু, āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽে āĻŽāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻŽা-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āϏুāϧিāĻŽ।
I hope they will give me permission to go to Pobitora with you.
āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻļা āĻā§°োঁ āϤেāĻāϞোāĻে āĻŽোāĻ āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ⧰াāϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāĻŦ।
It will be a good experience.
āĻāĻāĻো āĻāĻা āĻাāϞ āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা āĻš'āĻŦ।
2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)
3. Comprehension Solutions
a) Where will Sagar go during his winter vacation?
Ans: Sagar will go to Shillong and the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary with his parents during his winter vacation.
b) Where is Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary?
Ans: Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Morigaon district, towards the east of Guwahati.
c) Which animal does Karabi love?
Ans: Karabi loves tigers.
d) For which animal is Pobitora famous?
Ans: Pobitora is famous for the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros.
e) What is the name of the hanging bridge in Pobitora?
Ans: The name of the hanging bridge in Pobitora is Hadug Hanging Bridge.
Ans: The animals found in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary are Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, wild boar, wild buffalo, Asian palm civet, and Indian jackal.
Ans: The birds found in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary are barn swallow, lesser adjutant stork, kingfisher, owl, hoopoe, parrot, myna, black drongo, and woodpecker.
- a) Pobitora is famous for the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros. -> True
- b) Sagar is Karabi's brother. -> False
- c) Pobitora is a National Park. -> False
- d) Sagar will go to Shillong with his parents. -> True
- e) Karabi will also go to Shillong with Sagar. -> False
- f) We can ride on elephants in Pobitora. -> True
4. Activities Solutions & Grammar
Grammar Tip
Use "There" to introduce the existence of something (e.g., "There is a bird"). Use "It" to talk about time, weather, or to identify a specific thing (e.g., "It is raining", "It is 10 o'clock").
a) ___ are ten boys in the room.
Answer: There are ten boys in the room.
b) ___ is ten o' clock now.
Answer: It is ten o' clock now.
c) ___ is a big basket in my room.
Answer: There is a big basket in my room.
d) ___ are no girls in our class.
Answer: There are no girls in our class.
e) ___ is very hot today.
Answer: It is very hot today.
f) ___ is a library in our school.
Answer: There is a library in our school.
g) ___ is good to get up early in the morning.
Answer: It is good to get up early in the morning.
h) ___ is a holiday today.
Answer: It is a holiday today.
a) Question: It are forty students in our class.
Answer: There are forty students in our class.
b) Question: There is seven bananas in the basket.
Answer: There are seven bananas in the basket.
c) Question: There a beautiful bird in the tree.
Answer: There is a beautiful bird in the tree.
d) Question: It Tuesday.
Answer: It is Tuesday.
e) Question: There is raining.
Answer: It is raining.
Answer I (Elephant):
This is an elephant. It is a big animal. It is grey in colour. It has big ears and small eyes. It has a long trunk and a short tail. The elephant loves to eat banana leaves.
Answer II (Parrot):
This is a parrot. It is a very beautiful bird. It is green in colour. It has a long tail and a strong, curved beak.
5. Build Up Your Vocabulary
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6. FAQs on the Chapter
Q. What is Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary famous for in Assam Jatiya Bidyalay Class 5 English Lesson 11?
Ans: According to the lesson "Pobitora Calling," Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for having the highest concentration of the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros in the world. Visitors can also see animals like wild boars, wild buffaloes, and various local and migratory birds.
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