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Did You Know? (āĻিāĻŦা āĻাāĻ¨াāĻ¨ে?)
It takes exactly 365.2422 days for the Earth to orbit the Sun! That extra fraction of a day is why we need to add an extra day to February every four years (Leap Year) to keep our calendar accurate.
1. Lesson Text & Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻŦাāĻĻ)
Thirty days hath September
āĻেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§° āĻŽাāĻšāĻ¤ āĻ¤্ā§°িāĻļ āĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻĨাāĻে (September mahot trish din thake)
April, June and November
āĻāĻĒ্ā§°িāĻ˛, āĻুāĻ¨ āĻā§°ু āĻ¨ā§ąেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§° (April, June aaru November)
All the rest have thirty-one,
āĻŦাāĻী āĻ¸āĻāĻ˛োāĻŦোā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻāĻ¤্āĻ°িāĻļ āĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻĨাāĻে, (Baki xokoloborot ekotrish din thake,)
Excepting February alone,
āĻেā§ąāĻ˛ āĻĢেāĻŦ্ā§°ুā§ąাā§°ীāĻ āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĻি, (Kewol Februaryk baad di,)
And that has twenty-eight days clear
āĻā§°ু āĻ¤াāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻāĻ াāĻāĻļ āĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻĨাāĻে (Aaru tat xompurno athaish din thake)
And twenty-nine in each leap year.
āĻā§°ু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ¤িāĻো āĻ āĻ§িāĻŦā§°্āĻˇāĻ¤ (āĻ˛িāĻĒ āĻāĻ¯়েā§°āĻ¤) āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤্ā§°িāĻļ āĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻĨাāĻে। (Aaru protito odhiborshot/leap year-ot unotrish din thake.)
2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāĻ°্āĻĨ)
3. Comprehension Solutions
a) Which months have thirty days according to the poem?
Ans: According to the poem, September, April, June, and November have thirty days.
b) How many days do the rest of the months have?
Ans: All the rest of the months have thirty-one days, except for February.
c) How many days does February usually have?
Ans: February usually has twenty-eight clear days.
d) What happens to February in a leap year?
Ans: In a leap year, February has twenty-nine days instead of twenty-eight.
e) How often does a leap year occur?
Ans: A leap year occurs one year in every four years.
4. Activities Solutions & Grammar
Grammar Tip: Proper Nouns & Old English
The names of months (e.g., September, April) and days of the week are Proper Nouns, so they always begin with a Capital Letter. Also, the word 'Hath' is an old-fashioned English word meaning 'Has'.
Question: Write the names of the days of the week in order based on the calendar shown.
Answer: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Question: Identify the month that is an exception to the 30 and 31 days rule.
Answer: February.
5. Build Up Your Vocabulary
Words Related to the Calendar
6. FAQs on the Chapter
Q. Why is the poem "Thirty Days Hath September" useful?
Ans: This popular traditional poem is very helpful for students and adults alike to easily remember the exact number of days in each month of the calendar year without having to look it up.
Q. Which are the four months that have exactly thirty days?
Ans: According to the poem, the four months that have exactly thirty days are September, April, June, and November.
Q. What is special about February?
Ans: February is a unique month because it is the only one that does not have 30 or 31 days. It usually has 28 days, but every four years during a leap year, it has 29 days.
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