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Did You Know? (āĻিāĻŦা āĻাāύাāύে?)
Badminton is officially the fastest racket sport in the world! A professional player's smash can send the shuttlecock traveling at speeds over 490 km/h, which is faster than a Formula 1 racing car!
1. Lesson Text & Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)
Kiringa Mikir Path, Borbari, Guwahati-36
āĻিā§°িāĻা āĻŽিāĻিā§° āĻĒāĻĨ, āĻŦā§°āĻŦাā§°ী, āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻী-ā§Šā§Ŧ
Dear Himanka,
āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° āĻšিāĻŽাংāĻ,
How are you? Hope you are fine. I am also fine.
āϤুāĻŽি āĻেāύে āĻāĻা? āĻāĻļা āĻā§°োঁ āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāϞে āĻāĻা। āĻŽāϝ়ো āĻাāϞে āĻāĻোঁ।
We have not written letters to each other for a long time.
āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύāĻ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻĻিāύ āϧ⧰ি āĻিāĻ ি āϞিāĻা āύাāĻ।
So, today I think of writing a letter to you. Can you guess what I am going to write about?
āĻāϤিāĻে, āĻāĻি āĻŽāĻ āϤোāĻŽাāϞৈ āĻāĻāύ āĻিāĻ ি āϞিāĻাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻাāĻŦিāϞোঁ। āĻŽāĻ āĻিāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϞিāĻিāĻŦ āĻāϞাāĻāĻোঁ āϤুāĻŽি āĻ āύুāĻŽাāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦাāύে?
Well, you will find out very soon.
āĻŦাā§°ু, āϤুāĻŽি āĻ āϤি āϏোāύāĻাāϞেāĻ āĻāĻŽ āĻĒাāĻŦা।
Himanka, you already know that my favourite game is badminton. Therefore, I am going to write about this game.
āĻšিāĻŽাংāĻ, āϤুāĻŽি āĻāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝেāĻ āĻাāύা āϝে āĻŽোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻেāϞ āĻšৈāĻে āĻŦেāĻĄāĻŽিāĻŖ্āĻāύ। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে, āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻ āĻেāϞāĻŦিāϧ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϞিāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāϞাāĻāĻোঁ।
Badminton is a very interesting game. Two or four persons can play this game at a time.
āĻŦেāĻĄāĻŽিāĻŖ্āĻāύ āĻāĻŦিāϧ āĻŦā§° āĻāĻŽোāĻĻāĻāύāĻ āĻেāϞ। āĻāĻে āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤে āĻĻুāĻāύ āĻŦা āĻাā§°িāĻāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϝ়ে āĻāĻ āĻেāϞ āĻেāϞিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।
We use rackets and shuttlecocks to play this game. Shuttlecocks are generally made of feathers of birds.
āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻ āĻেāϞ āĻেāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ ā§°েāĻেāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻাāĻāϞāĻāĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°োঁ। āĻাāĻāϞāĻāĻ āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻā§°াāĻā§° āĻĒাāĻিā§°ে āϤৈāϝ়াā§° āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়।
Sometimes plastic is also used to make shuttlecocks. But shuttlecocks made of feathers are better to play with.
āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āĻাāĻāϞāĻāĻ āĻŦāύাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒ্āϞাāώ্āĻিāĻো āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒাāĻিā§°ে āϤৈāϝ়াā§°ী āĻাāĻāϞāĻāĻ āĻেāϞি āĻŦেāĻি āĻাāϞ।
We have to play the game inside a court. One player serves the shuttlecock from one side and the opponent needs to send the shuttlecock back to the first player over the net.
āĻāĻŽি āĻেāϞāĻāύ āĻāĻা āĻোā§°্āĻā§° (āĻেāϞāĻĒāĻĨাā§°ā§°) āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻেāϞিāĻŦ āϞাāĻে। āĻāĻāύ āĻেāϞুā§ąৈāϝ়ে āĻāĻĒিāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻাāĻāϞāĻāĻāĻো āĻŽাā§°ে āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ্āώ⧰ āĻেāϞুā§ąৈāĻāύে āĻাāĻāϞāĻāĻāĻো āĻাāϞ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°েā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻেāϞুā§ąৈāĻāύāϞৈ āĻূā§°াāĻ āĻĒāĻ িāϝ়াāĻŦ āϞাāĻে।
The net is placed in the middle of the court.
āĻাāϞāĻāύ āĻোā§°্āĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāĻŽāĻিāϝ়াāϤ ā§°āĻা āĻšāϝ়।
To score a point the shuttlecock must hit within the parameters of the opponents' court.
āĻĒāĻāĻŖ্āĻ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻš'āϞে āĻাāĻāϞāĻāĻāĻো āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ্āώ⧰ āĻোā§°্āĻā§° āύিā§°্āĻĻিāώ্āĻ āϏীāĻŽাā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ।
If the shuttlecock hits the net or lands out then a point is awarded to the opponent.
āϝāĻĻি āĻাāĻāϞāĻāĻāĻো āĻাāϞāϤ āϞাāĻে āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āĻĒā§°ে āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ্āώ⧰ āĻেāϞুā§ąৈāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻা āĻĒāĻāĻŖ্āĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়।
The player who scores 21 points wins the game.
āϝিāĻāύ āĻেāϞুā§ąৈāϝ়ে ⧍⧧ āĻĒāĻāĻŖ্āĻ āĻĒাāϝ় āϤেā§ąেঁāĻ āĻেāϞāĻāύāϤ āĻিāĻে।
Himanka, do you know the names of famous badminton players of India?
āĻšিāĻŽাংāĻ, āϤুāĻŽি āĻাā§°āϤ⧰ āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ āĻŦেāĻĄāĻŽিāĻŖ্āĻāύ āĻেāϞুā§ąৈāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻাāύাāύে?
My favourite players are P. V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa.
āĻŽোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻেāϞুā§ąৈāϏāĻāϞ āĻš'āϞ āĻĒি. āĻি. āϏিāύ্āϧু, āĻাāĻāύা āύেāĻšā§ąাāϞ, āĻ্āĻŦāϞা āĻুāĻ্āĻা āĻā§°ু āĻ āĻļ্āĻŦিāύী āĻĒোāύ্āύাāĻĒ্āĻĒা।
Chetan Anand and Pullella Gopichand are also famous badminton players of India.
āĻেāϤāύ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻĒুāϞ্āϞেāϞা āĻোāĻĒীāĻāύ্āĻĻো āĻাā§°āϤ⧰ āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ āĻŦেāĻĄāĻŽিāĻŖ্āĻāύ āĻেāϞুā§ąৈ।
Do you know Himanka, P. V. Sindhu got the Silver Medal in the Rio Olympics held in Brazil in 2016?
āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāύাāύে āĻšিāĻŽাংāĻ, āĻĒি. āĻি. āϏিāύ্āϧুā§ąে ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻিāϞāϤ āĻ āύুāώ্āĻ িāϤ ā§°িāĻ ' āĻ āϞিāĻŽ্āĻĒিāĻāϤ ā§°ূāĻĒā§° āĻĒāĻĻāĻ āϞাāĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Well, Himanka, I only know this much about badminton. No more for today.
āĻŦাā§°ু āĻšিāĻŽাংāĻ, āĻŽāĻ āĻŦেāĻĄāĻŽিāĻŖ্āĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽাāύেāĻ āĻাāύো। āĻāĻিāϞৈ āĻā§°ু āύাāĻ।
Please write to me about your favourite game. I will be eagerly waiting for your letter.
āĻ āύুāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ি āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻেāϞāĻŦিāϧ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŽোāϞৈ āϞিāĻিāĻŦা। āĻŽāĻ āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻিāĻ িāϞৈ āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšেā§°ে āĻŦাāĻ āĻাāĻ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŽ।
Please convey my regards to your parents. Reply soon.
āĻ āύুāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ি āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽা-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāϞৈ āĻŽোā§° āϏেā§ąা āĻāύোā§ąা। āϏোāύāĻাāϞে āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻŦা।
Your loving friend, Jyotirmoyee
āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু, āĻ্āϝোāϤিā§°্āĻŽāϝ়ী
2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)
3. Comprehension Solutions
a) Who wrote the letter to Himanka?
Ans: Jyotirmoyee wrote the letter to Himanka.
b) What was the subject of the letter?
Ans: The subject of the letter was Jyotirmoyee's favourite game, Badminton.
c) Who is Jwala Gutta?
Ans: Jwala Gutta is a famous badminton player of India.
d) What is Jyotirmoyee's favourite game?
Ans: Jyotirmoyee's favourite game is badminton.
e) What do we use to play badminton?
Ans: We use rackets and shuttlecocks to play badminton.
f) Who got the Silver Medal in badminton in the Rio Olympics held in Brazil in 2016?
Ans: P. V. Sindhu got the Silver Medal in badminton in the Rio Olympics held in Brazil in 2016.
g) Where does Himanka live?
Ans: Himanka lives in Vill- Ghilamara, P.O.-Ghilamara, Dist-Lakhimpur, PIN-787053.
h) Where does Jyotirmoyee live?
Ans: Jyotirmoyee lives at Kiringa Mikir Path, Borbari, Guwahati-36.
- a) Himanka wrote the letter. → False
- b) Four persons can play the game of badminton at a time. → True
- c) Saina Nehwal is a badminton player of India. → True
- d) Himanka's father wrote the letter to him. → False
- e) Shuttlecocks are made of feathers of birds. → True
4. Activities Solutions & Grammar
Grammar Tip: Subject, Predicate, and Object
A sentence generally follows the SVO pattern. The Subject (S) is who or what the sentence is about. The Verb (V) tells the action. The Object (O) is the person or thing receiving the action. Everything in the sentence except the subject is known as the Predicate.
a) Q: I love my parents.
Ans: Subject: I | Predicate: love my parents.
b) Q: We should respect our elders.
Ans: Subject: We | Predicate: should respect our elders.
c) Q: They are playing football.
Ans: Subject: They | Predicate: are playing football.
d) Q: She wrote a story.
Ans: Subject: She | Predicate: wrote a story.
e) Q: Children play in the park.
Ans: Subject: Children | Predicate: play in the park.
f) Q: Uday likes to play badminton.
Ans: Subject: Uday | Predicate: likes to play badminton.
g) Q: They are running in the field.
Ans: Subject: They | Predicate: are running in the field.
h) Q: The bird is flying over the tree.
Ans: Subject: The bird | Predicate: is flying over the tree.
a) Q: The boy gave me a book.
Ans: The boy gave me a book.
b) Q: She can run fast.
Ans: She can run fast.
c) Q: He is reading a book.
Ans: He is reading a book.
d) Q: Rashmita keeps her schoolbag on the table.
Ans: Rashmita keeps her schoolbag on the table.
e) Q: I know him well.
Ans: I know him well.
f) Q: They are playing kabaddi.
Ans: They are playing kabaddi.
a) Q: playing football in the field he is
Ans: He is playing football in the field.
b) Q: know me they
Ans: They know me.
c) Q: should we love parents our
Ans: We should love our parents.
d) Q: Raju Biju are friends and good
Ans: Raju and Biju are good friends.
e) Q: goes to school foot he on
Ans: He goes to school on foot.
Pattern 1: SV (Subject + Verb)
- Birds fly.
- The baby cries.
- Dogs bark.
- Sunita smiles.
- The train arrived.
Pattern 2: SVO (Subject + Verb + Object)
- Rahul plays cricket.
- My mother cooks food.
- The teacher asked a question.
- We love our country.
- I am drinking water.
a) Q: They are working in the garden.
Ans: No object.
b) Q: I have a car.
Ans: a car
c) Q: She loves mangoes.
Ans: mangoes
d) Q: Raghu plays cricket with his friends.
Ans: cricket
e) Q: He is writing a letter.
Ans: a letter
f) Q: I love my teachers.
Ans: my teachers
g) Q: He bought a book.
Ans: a book
Drafting the Letter:
Borbari, Guwahati-36
Dear Friend,
I love to read books. My favourite book is Panchatantra. The writer of the book is Vishnu Sharma. This book is about animals who can speak like humans. I like the moral stories of the book very much. This book tells interesting things about friendship, wisdom, and daily life situations.
Your loving friend,
[Your Name]
5. FAQs on the Chapter
Q. What is the main subject discussed in the letter from Jyotirmoyee to Himanka?
Ans: The main subject of the letter is Jyotirmoyee's favourite game, which is badminton. She shares interesting facts about how the game is played and mentions some famous Indian players.
Q. What are the key grammar topics covered in Class 5 English Lesson 16?
Ans: Lesson 16 teaches students about the Subject, Predicate, and Object in English sentences. It also introduces the SV (Subject + Verb) and SVO (Subject + Verb + Object) sentence patterns.
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