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Class 5 English - Lesson 14: Swaminathan's Grandmother.


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Did You Know? (āĻ•িāĻŦা āϜাāύাāύে?)

The character Swaminathan is from a very famous book called 'Swami and Friends' written by the great Indian author R.K. Narayan. The stories take place in a fictional town called Malgudi!

1. Lesson Text & Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)

Swaminathan's grandmother lived with all her belongings in the dark corridor between the front hall and the dining room of their home.

āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāύাāĻĨāύ⧰ āφāχāϤাāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āϏৈāϤে āϘ⧰⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻ–ā§° āĻ•োāĻ া āφ⧰ু āĻ–োā§ąা āĻ•োāĻ াā§° āĻŽাāϜ⧰ āφāύ্āϧাā§° āĻŦাā§°াāύ্āĻĻাāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

Her belongings consisted of a bed made of five carpets, three bed sheets and five pillows.

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻĒাঁāϚāĻ–āύ āĻĻāϞিāϚা, āϤিāύিāĻ–āύ āĻŦিāϚāύা āϚাāĻĻā§° āφ⧰ু āĻĒাঁāϚāϟা āĻ—াā§°ুā§°ে āϏāϜা āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŦিāϚāύা।

Swami felt safe in her room which smelt of cardamoms, cloves and arecanut.

āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•োāĻ াāϤ āύিā§°াāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āϝ'āϤ āχāϞাāϚী, āϞং āφ⧰ু āϤাāĻŽোāϞ⧰ āĻ—োāύ্āϧাāχāĻ›িāϞ।

Swami loved the time that he spent with his grandmother.

āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āφāχāϤাāϕ⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϟোā§ąা āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻ–িāύি āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।

After taking his dinner Swaminathan used to go to his grandmother's room and lie down resting his head on her lap.

ā§°াāϤিā§° āφāĻšাā§° āĻ–োā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāύাāĻĨāύে āφāχāϤাāϕ⧰ āĻ•োāĻ াāϞৈ āĻ—ৈ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•োāϞাāϤ āĻŽূā§° āĻĨৈ āĻļুāχ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।

Swami's grandmother loved to tell him stories from the past. But she mixed up her thoughts and Swami was clearly bored with the stories.

āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীā§° āφāχāϤাāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ…āϤীāϤ⧰ āϏাāϧু āĻ•'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāϜ⧰ āϚিāύ্āϤাāĻŦোā§° āĻ–েāϞিāĻŽেāϞি āϕ⧰ি āĻĒেāϞাāχāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āϏাāϧুāĻŦোā§° āĻļুāύি āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟāĻ­াā§ąে āφāĻŽāύি āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।

Instead, Swami told her various stories about his friends in school. His grandmother listened to them with interest.

āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤে, āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻ•াāĻšিāύী āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āφāχāϤাāĻ•ে āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšেā§°ে āĻļুāύিāĻ›িāϞ।

'Oh, Granny! You don't know what a great fellow Rajam is!' Swami said to his grandmother.

'āĻ…' āφāχāϤা! āϤুāĻŽি āύাāϜাāύা ā§°াāϜāĻŽ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āĻŽāĻšাāύ āϞ'ā§°া!' āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āφāχāϤাāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•'āϞে।

He told her about Rajam- that he had a real police dress.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤাāχāĻ• ā§°াāϜāĻŽā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•'āϞে - āϝে āϤাā§° āϏঁāϚাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে āĻĒুāϞিāϚ⧰ āĻĒোāĻ›াāĻ• āφāĻ›ে।

Swami told her that Rajam got all the marks in arithmetic.

āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āϤাāχāĻ• āĻ•'āϞে āϝে ā§°াāϜāĻŽে āĻ…ংāĻ•āϤ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύāĻŽ্āĻŦā§° āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।

Granny was impressed but she started telling Swami about his grandfather's intelligence.

āφāχāϤাāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ąিāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϤাāχ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻ• āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•āĻ•াāϕ⧰ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•'āĻŦāϞৈ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāϞে।

Swami's grandmother told him how his grandfather sometimes got 200 marks for the brilliant answers that he wrote in examinations.

āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীā§° āφāχāϤাāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•āĻ•াāĻ•ে āĻĒā§°ীāĻ•্āώাāϤ āϞিāĻ–া āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ āύāĻŽ্āĻŦā§° āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।

But then she started rambling. Swami told her about his friend Rajam. Rajam's father was the Police Superintendent.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϤাāχ āĻ…āϏংāϞāĻ—্āύāĻ­াā§ąে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•'āĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে। āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু ā§°াāϜāĻŽā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϤাāχāĻ• āĻ•'āϞে। ā§°াāϜāĻŽā§° āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ• āφ⧰āĻ•্āώী āĻ…āϧীāĻ•্āώāĻ• āφāĻ›িāϞ।

One day Rajam and his father were camping in the forest when two tigers attacked them.

āĻāĻĻিāύ ā§°াāϜāĻŽ āφ⧰ু āϤাā§° āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ•ে āĻšাāĻŦিāϤ āϤāĻŽ্āĻŦু āϤ⧰ি āĻĨাāĻ•োঁāϤে āĻĻুāϟা āĻŦাāϘে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āφāĻ•্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

Rajam took up his gun and shot the tigers dead.

ā§°াāϜāĻŽে āύিāϜ⧰ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻুāĻ•āϟো āϞৈ āĻŦাāϘ āĻĻুāϟাāĻ• āĻ—ুāϞীāϝ়াāχ āĻŽাā§°িāϞে।

After telling her this story of Rajam's courage, Swami asked his grandmother if she liked it.

ā§°াāϜāĻŽā§° āϏাāĻšāϏ⧰ āĻāχ āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟো āĻ•োā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āφāχāϤাāĻ•āĻ• āϏুāϧিāϞে āϝে āϤাāχ āĻāχāϟো āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϞে āύেāĻ•ি।

Swami was not happy with his grandmother's response. To test her, he asked, "How many tigers were there?"

āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āφāχāϤাāϕ⧰ āϏঁāĻšাā§°িāϤ āϏুāĻ–ী āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχāĻ• āĻĒā§°ীāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āϤাāϤ āĻ•েāχāϟা āĻŦাāϘ āφāĻ›িāϞ?"

He was angry as she could not answer him correctly.

āϤাāχ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ–ং āωāĻ িāĻ›িāϞ।

Swami rebuked her for not paying attention to the important story he was telling her.

āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āϤাāχāĻ• āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•োā§ąা āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϏাāϧুāϟোāϤ āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ— āύিāĻĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤিā§°āϏ্āĻ•াā§° āϕ⧰িāϞে।

He felt that she was sleeping and dreaming when he took so much pain to tell her the story.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāϞে āϝে āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āχāĻŽাāύ āĻ•āώ্āϟ āϕ⧰ি āϏাāϧুāϟো āĻ•ৈ āφāĻ›িāϞ, āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤাāχ āĻļুāχ āφāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϏāĻĒোāύ āĻĻেāĻ–ি āφāĻ›িāϞ।

But then his granny said, "He is a lovely little boy."

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āφāχāϤাāĻ•ে āĻ•'āϞে, "āϏি āĻāϟা āĻŽā§°āĻŽāϞāĻ—া āϏ⧰ু āϞ'ā§°া।"

She had never seen Rajam, but Swami was now pleased.

āϤাāχ ā§°াāϜāĻŽāĻ• āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻĻেāĻ–া āύাāĻ›িāϞ, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϏুāĻ–ী āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।

2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)

belongings: āĻŦāϏ্āϤু-āĻŦাāĻšাāύি (Bostu-bahani)
corridor: āĻŦাā§°াāύ্āĻĻা / āϞুংāϞুāĻ™ীāϝ়া āĻŦাāϟ (Baranda)
bored: āφāĻŽāύি āĻĒোā§ąা (Amoni powa)
response: āϏঁāĻšাā§°ি (Xohari)
intelligence: āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা (Buddhimotta)
fellow: āϞ'ā§°া / āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ী (L'ra / Xongi)
rebuked: āϤিā§°āϏ্āĻ•াā§° āϕ⧰িāϞে (Tiroskar korile)
cardamom: āχāϞাāϚী (Ilasi)
clove: āϞং (Long)
arecanut: āϤাāĻŽোāϞ (Tamol)
various: āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ (Bibhinno)
camping: āϤāĻŽ্āĻŦু āϤ⧰ি āĻĨāĻ•া (Tombu tori thoka)
courage: āϏাāĻšāϏ (Xahox)
pleased: āφāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ / āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āϟ (Anondito / Xontusto)
rambling: āĻ…āϏংāϞāĻ—্āύ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•োā§ąা (Oxonglogno kotha kowa)

3. Comprehension Solutions

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

a) What did grandmother's room smell of?
Ans: Grandmother's room smelt of cardamoms, cloves and arecanut.

b) Who was Rajam?
Ans: Rajam was Swami's friend in school.

c) What was Rajam's father?
Ans: Rajam's father was the Police Superintendent.

d) What were Rajam and his father doing when the tiger attacked them?
Ans: Rajam and his father were camping in the forest when two tigers attacked them.

e) How did Rajam kill the tigers?
Ans: Rajam took up his gun and shot the tigers dead.

2. Write whether the following statements are true or false.
  • a) Swami loved the time that he spent with his grandmother. → True
  • b) Swami told his grandmother various stories about his friends. → True
  • c) Rajam's father was a doctor. → False (He was a Police Superintendent)
  • d) Swami's grandfather sometimes got 300 marks for his answers in examinations. → False (He got 200 marks)

4. Activities Solutions & Grammar

Grammar Tip: Prepositions

A Preposition is a word used before a noun or pronoun to show direction, time, place, or location. Words like in, on, at, inside, to, and along are common prepositions.

Activity 1: Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions

a) Q: The books are ........ the almirah. (on/inside/at)

Ans: The books are inside the almirah.

b) Q: My best friend lives ........ Punjab. (at/in/on)

Ans: My best friend lives in Punjab.

c) Q: Are you coming ........ our shop today? (to/from/for)

Ans: Are you coming to our shop today?

d) Q: The poet was walking ........ the road. (to / in / along)

Ans: The poet was walking along the road.

e) Q: The man went ........ meet his son. (for/in/to)

Ans: The man went to meet his son.

Activity 2: Match the three parts and write five sentences

1. Match: My friend's pen fell + off + the table.

Ans: My friend's pen fell off the table.

2. Match: Pompi visits her grandparents + in + December every year.

Ans: Pompi visits her grandparents in December every year.

3. Match: Anup is nice + to + all.

Ans: Anup is nice to all.

4. Match: Stuti sits to study + at + six in the morning.

Ans: Stuti sits to study at six in the morning.

5. Match: There is a market + near + our school.

Ans: There is a market near our school.

Activity 3: Look at the picture and complete the sentences
  • a) A fly enters the room through the door.
  • b) It goes under the chair.
  • c) It flies around the telephone.
  • d) It goes into the drawer.
  • e) It goes out of the window.
Writing Activity: Complete their dialogues

Completed Dialogues:

Sweta: Sukanya, we can ask our mothers to give us some extra tiffin.
Sukanya: You are right. My mother will be very glad that I want to know to help them.
Sweta: Of course! We can also give some clothes and toys too.
Sukanya: Surely. I have many. I will be happy if I can give some of them to the poor children.
Sweta: Then we must hurry.
Sukanya: Ok, let us go.

5. Build Up Your Vocabulary

Collective Nouns (āϏāĻŽāώ্āϟিāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ)

An album of photographs: āĻĢāϟোāĻ—্ā§°াāĻĢā§° āĻāϞāĻŦাāĻŽ (Photograph-or album)
A herd of cattle: āĻ—ā§°ু-āĻŽ'āĻšā§° āϜাāĻ• (Goru-moh-or jak)
A band of musicians: āĻŦাāĻĻāϕ⧰ āĻĻāϞ (Badok-or dol)
A pride of lions: āϏিংāĻšā§° āϜাāĻ• (Xingho-r jak)
A pack of dogs: āĻ•ুāĻ•ুā§°ā§° āϜাāĻ• (Kukur-or jak)
A pack of thieves: āϚোā§°ā§° āĻĻāϞ (Sur-or dol)
A team of players: āĻ–েāϞুā§ąৈā§° āĻĻāϞ (Kheluwoi-r dol)
A bouquet of flowers: āĻĢুāϞ⧰ āĻĨোāĻĒা (Phul-or thopa)
A forest of trees: āĻ—āϛ⧰ āĻšাāĻŦি / āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ (Gos-or habi)
A galaxy of stars: āϤ⧰াā§° āύāĻ•্āώāϤ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ্āĻĄāϞ (Tora-r nokkhotromondol)
A flock of birds: āϚ⧰াāχ⧰ āϜাāĻ• (Sorai-r jak)
A crowd of people: āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻ­িā§° / āϜুāĻŽ (Manuh-or bhir)
A loaf of bread: āĻĒাāω⧰ুāϟিā§° āϟুāĻ•ুā§°া (Pauruti-r tukura)
A fleet (flock) of sheep: āĻ­েāĻĄ়াā§° āϜাāĻ• (Bhera-r jak)
A swarm of bees: āĻŽৌāĻŽাāĻ–িā§° āϜাāĻ• (Moumakhi-r jak)
A shoal of fish: āĻŽাāϛ⧰ āϜাāĻ• (Mas-or jak)
A range of mountains: āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤāĻŽাāϞা (Porbotmala)
A bunch of keys: āϚাāĻŦিā§° āĻ•োāĻ›া (Sabi-r kosa)
A parliament of owls: āĻĢেঁāϚাā§° āϜাāĻ• (Phesa-r jak)
A train of camels: āωāϟ⧰ āĻļাā§°ী / āϜাāĻ• (Ut-or xari)

6. FAQs on the Chapter

Q. Where did Swaminathan's grandmother live?

Ans: Swaminathan's grandmother lived in the dark corridor located between the front hall and the dining room of their home, along with all her belongings.

Q. Who was Rajam in Lesson 14 Class 5 English?

Ans: Rajam was a school friend of Swami. Swami admired him greatly because Rajam's father was a Police Superintendent and Rajam himself scored full marks in arithmetic.

Q. Why did Swami get angry with his grandmother during the story?

Ans: Swami became angry when he asked his grandmother a question about his story to test her attention, and she answered incorrectly. He felt she was not paying attention to his important story about Rajam's courage.

We hope these Assam Jatiya Bidyalay Class 5 English notes were helpful. If you have any doubts regarding Lesson 14: Swaminathan's Grandmother, please drop a comment below!

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