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Did You Know? (āĻিāĻŦা āĻাāύাāύে?)
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⧰ āĻāĻāϤাāĻে āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏāĻāϞো āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻā§°ā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻā§° āĻোāĻ া āĻā§°ু āĻোā§ąা āĻোāĻ াā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻāύ্āϧাā§° āĻŦাā§°াāύ্āĻĻাāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
Her belongings consisted of a bed made of five carpets, three bed sheets and five pillows.
āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻĒাঁāĻāĻāύ āĻĻāϞিāĻা, āϤিāύিāĻāύ āĻŦিāĻāύা āĻাāĻĻā§° āĻā§°ু āĻĒাঁāĻāĻা āĻাā§°ুā§°ে āϏāĻা āĻāĻāύ āĻŦিāĻāύা।
Swami felt safe in her room which smelt of cardamoms, cloves and arecanut.
āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻোāĻ াāϤ āύিā§°াāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝ'āϤ āĻāϞাāĻী, āϞং āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻŽোāϞ⧰ āĻোāύ্āϧাāĻāĻিāϞ।
Swami loved the time that he spent with his grandmother.
āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āĻāĻāϤাāĻā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻোā§ąা āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻিāύি āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।
After taking his dinner Swaminathan used to go to his grandmother's room and lie down resting his head on her lap.
ā§°াāϤিā§° āĻāĻšাā§° āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāύাāĻĨāύে āĻāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻোāĻ াāϞৈ āĻৈ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻোāϞাāϤ āĻŽূā§° āĻĨৈ āĻļুāĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ।
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§° āĻāĻāϤাāĻে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻ āϤীāϤ⧰ āϏাāϧু āĻ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻিāύ্āϤাāĻŦোā§° āĻেāϞিāĻŽেāϞি āĻā§°ি āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āϏাāϧুāĻŦোā§° āĻļুāύি āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻāĻাā§ąে āĻāĻŽāύি āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।
Instead, Swami told her various stories about his friends in school. His grandmother listened to them with interest.
āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤে, āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻাāĻšিāύী āĻৈāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻāϤাāĻে āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšেā§°ে āĻļুāύিāĻিāϞ।
'Oh, Granny! You don't know what a great fellow Rajam is!' Swami said to his grandmother.
'āĻ ' āĻāĻāϤা! āϤুāĻŽি āύাāĻাāύা ā§°াāĻāĻŽ āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻŽāĻšাāύ āϞ'ā§°া!' āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āĻāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻ'āϞে।
He told her about Rajam- that he had a real police dress.
āϤেāĻঁ āϤাāĻāĻ ā§°াāĻāĻŽā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ'āϞে - āϝে āϤাā§° āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻĒুāϞিāĻā§° āĻĒোāĻাāĻ āĻāĻে।
Swami told her that Rajam got all the marks in arithmetic.
āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻ'āϞে āϝে ā§°াāĻāĻŽে āĻ ংāĻāϤ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύāĻŽ্āĻŦā§° āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।
Granny was impressed but she started telling Swami about his grandfather's intelligence.
āĻāĻāϤাāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ąিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϤাāĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻাāĻā§° āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāϞে।
Swami's grandmother told him how his grandfather sometimes got 200 marks for the brilliant answers that he wrote in examinations.
āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীā§° āĻāĻāϤাāĻে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻাāĻে āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώাāϤ āϞিāĻা āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ āύāĻŽ্āĻŦā§° āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।
But then she started rambling. Swami told her about his friend Rajam. Rajam's father was the Police Superintendent.
āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϤাāĻ āĻ āϏংāϞāĻ্āύāĻাā§ąে āĻāĻĨা āĻ'āĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে। āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু ā§°াāĻāĻŽā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻ'āϞে। ā§°াāĻāĻŽā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻā§°āĻ্āώী āĻ āϧীāĻ্āώāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।
One day Rajam and his father were camping in the forest when two tigers attacked them.
āĻāĻĻিāύ ā§°াāĻāĻŽ āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻšাāĻŦিāϤ āϤāĻŽ্āĻŦু āϤ⧰ি āĻĨাāĻোঁāϤে āĻĻুāĻা āĻŦাāĻে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
Rajam took up his gun and shot the tigers dead.
ā§°াāĻāĻŽে āύিāĻā§° āĻŦāύ্āĻĻুāĻāĻো āϞৈ āĻŦাāĻ āĻĻুāĻাāĻ āĻুāϞীāϝ়াāĻ āĻŽাā§°িāϞে।
After telling her this story of Rajam's courage, Swami asked his grandmother if she liked it.
ā§°াāĻāĻŽā§° āϏাāĻšāϏ⧰ āĻāĻ āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻো āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āĻāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āϏুāϧিāϞে āϝে āϤাāĻ āĻāĻāĻো āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāϞে āύেāĻি।
Swami was not happy with his grandmother's response. To test her, he asked, "How many tigers were there?"
āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āĻāĻāϤাāĻā§° āϏঁāĻšাā§°িāϤ āϏুāĻী āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ। āϤাāĻāĻ āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώা āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϤেāĻঁ āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āϤাāϤ āĻেāĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ?"
He was angry as she could not answer him correctly.
āϤাāĻ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻং āĻāĻ িāĻিāϞ।
Swami rebuked her for not paying attention to the important story he was telling her.
āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϝ়ে āϤাāĻāĻ āϤেāĻঁ āĻোā§ąা āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϏাāϧুāĻোāϤ āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ āύিāĻĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤিā§°āϏ্āĻাā§° āĻā§°িāϞে।
He felt that she was sleeping and dreaming when he took so much pain to tell her the story.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāϞে āϝে āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻāώ্āĻ āĻā§°ি āϏাāϧুāĻো āĻৈ āĻāĻিāϞ, āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤাāĻ āĻļুāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϏāĻĒোāύ āĻĻেāĻি āĻāĻিāϞ।
But then his granny said, "He is a lovely little boy."
āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻāϤাāĻে āĻ'āϞে, "āϏি āĻāĻা āĻŽā§°āĻŽāϞāĻা āϏ⧰ু āϞ'ā§°া।"
She had never seen Rajam, but Swami was now pleased.
āϤাāĻ ā§°াāĻāĻŽāĻ āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĻেāĻা āύাāĻিāϞ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϏুāĻী āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)
3. Comprehension Solutions
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.
- 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.
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.
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.
- 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.
Completed Dialogues:
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 (āϏāĻŽāώ্āĻিāĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ)
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.
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