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Class 5 English - Lesson 16: A Letter to a Friend.


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Did You Know? (āĻ•িāĻŦা āϜাāύাāύে?)

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

āĻ•িā§°িāĻ™া āĻŽিāĻ•িā§° āĻĒāĻĨ, āĻŦā§°āĻŦাā§°ী, āĻ—ুā§ąাāĻšাāϟী-ā§Šā§Ŧ

Dear Himanka,

āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° āĻšিāĻŽাংāĻ•,

How are you? Hope you are fine. I am also fine.

āϤুāĻŽি āĻ•েāύে āφāĻ›া? āφāĻļা āϕ⧰োঁ āϤুāĻŽি āĻ­াāϞে āφāĻ›া। āĻŽāϝ়ো āĻ­াāϞে āφāĻ›োঁ।

We have not written letters to each other for a long time.

āφāĻŽি āχāϜāύে āϏিāϜāύāĻ• āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻĻিāύ āϧ⧰ি āϚিāĻ ি āϞিāĻ–া āύাāχ।

So, today I think of writing a letter to you. Can you guess what I am going to write about?

āĻ—āϤিāĻ•ে, āφāϜি āĻŽāχ āϤোāĻŽাāϞৈ āĻāĻ–āύ āϚিāĻ ি āϞিāĻ–াā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ­াāĻŦিāϞোঁ। āĻŽāχ āĻ•িāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϞিāĻ–িāĻŦ āĻ“āϞাāχāĻ›োঁ āϤুāĻŽি āĻ…āύুāĻŽাāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦাāύে?

Well, you will find out very soon.

āĻŦাā§°ু, āϤুāĻŽি āĻ…āϤি āϏোāύāĻ•াāϞেāχ āĻ—āĻŽ āĻĒাāĻŦা।

Himanka, you already know that my favourite game is badminton. Therefore, I am going to write about this game.

āĻšিāĻŽাংāĻ•, āϤুāĻŽি āχāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝেāχ āϜাāύা āϝে āĻŽোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻ–েāϞ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻŦেāĻĄāĻŽিāĻŖ্āϟāύ। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে, āĻŽāχ āĻāχ āĻ–েāϞāĻŦিāϧ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϞিāĻ–িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ“āϞাāχāĻ›োঁ।

Badminton is a very interesting game. Two or four persons can play this game at a time.

āĻŦেāĻĄāĻŽিāĻŖ্āϟāύ āĻāĻŦিāϧ āĻŦā§° āφāĻŽোāĻĻāϜāύāĻ• āĻ–েāϞ। āĻāĻ•ে āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤে āĻĻুāϜāύ āĻŦা āϚাā§°িāϜāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāϝ়ে āĻāχ āĻ–েāϞ āĻ–েāϞিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।

We use rackets and shuttlecocks to play this game. Shuttlecocks are generally made of feathers of birds.

āφāĻŽি āĻāχ āĻ–েāϞ āĻ–েāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ ā§°েāĻ•েāϟ āφ⧰ু āĻ›াāϟāϞāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰োঁ। āĻ›াāϟāϞāĻ•āĻ• āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āϚ⧰াāχ⧰ āĻĒাāĻ–িā§°ে āϤৈāϝ়াā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়।

Sometimes plastic is also used to make shuttlecocks. But shuttlecocks made of feathers are better to play with.

āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āĻ›াāϟāϞāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦāύাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒ্āϞাāώ্āϟিāĻ•ো āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĒাāĻ–িā§°ে āϤৈāϝ়াā§°ী āĻ›াāϟāϞāĻ•āĻ• āĻ–েāϞি āĻŦেāĻ›ি 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.

āφāĻŽি āĻ–েāϞāĻ–āύ āĻāϟা āĻ•োā§°্āϟ⧰ (āĻ–েāϞāĻĒāĻĨাā§°ā§°) āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āĻ–েāϞিāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে। āĻāϜāύ āĻ–েāϞুā§ąৈāϝ়ে āĻāĻĒিāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻ›াāϟāϞāĻ•āĻ•āϟো āĻŽাā§°ে āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ•্āώ⧰ āĻ–েāϞুā§ąৈāϜāύে āĻ›াāϟāϞāĻ•āĻ•āϟো āϜাāϞ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°েā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ–েāϞুā§ąৈāϜāύāϞৈ āϘূā§°াāχ āĻĒāĻ িāϝ়াāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে।

The net is placed in the middle of the court.

āϜাāϞāĻ–āύ āĻ•োā§°্āϟ⧰ āĻŽাāϜāĻŽāϜিāϝ়াāϤ ā§°āĻ–া āĻšāϝ়।

To score a point the shuttlecock must hit within the parameters of the opponents' court.

āĻĒāχāĻŖ্āϟ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻš'āϞে āĻ›াāϟāϞāĻ•āĻ•āϟো āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ•্āώ⧰ āĻ•োā§°্āϟ⧰ āύিā§°্āĻĻিāώ্āϟ āϏীāĻŽাā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ।

If the shuttlecock hits the net or lands out then a point is awarded to the opponent.

āϝāĻĻি āĻ›াāϟāϞāĻ•āĻ•āϟো āϜাāϞāϤ āϞাāĻ—ে āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āĻĒā§°ে āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ•্āώ⧰ āĻ–েāϞুā§ąৈāϜāύāĻ• āĻāϟা āĻĒāχāĻŖ্āϟ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়।

The player who scores 21 points wins the game.

āϝিāϜāύ āĻ–েāϞুā§ąৈāϝ়ে ⧍⧧ āĻĒāχāĻŖ্āϟ āĻĒাāϝ় āϤেā§ąেঁāχ āĻ–েāϞāĻ–āύāϤ āϜিāĻ•ে।

Himanka, do you know the names of famous badminton players of India?

āĻšিāĻŽাংāĻ•, āϤুāĻŽি āĻ­াā§°āϤ⧰ āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āĻŦেāĻĄāĻŽিāĻŖ্āϟāύ āĻ–েāϞুā§ąৈāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āϜাāύাāύে?

My favourite players are P. V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa.

āĻŽোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻ–েāϞুā§ąৈāϏāĻ•āϞ āĻš'āϞ āĻĒি. āĻ­ি. āϏিāύ্āϧু, āĻ›াāχāύা āύেāĻšā§ąাāϞ, āϜ্āĻŦāϞা āĻ—ুāϟ্āϟা āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻļ্āĻŦিāύী āĻĒোāύ্āύাāĻĒ্āĻĒা।

Chetan Anand and Pullella Gopichand are also famous badminton players of India.

āϚেāϤāύ āφāύāύ্āĻĻ āφ⧰ু āĻĒুāϞ্āϞেāϞা āĻ—োāĻĒীāϚāύ্āĻĻো āĻ­াā§°āϤ⧰ āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āĻŦেāĻĄāĻŽিāĻŖ্āϟāύ āĻ–েāϞুā§ąৈ।

Do you know Himanka, P. V. Sindhu got the Silver Medal in the Rio Olympics held in Brazil in 2016?

āϤুāĻŽি āϜাāύাāύে āĻšিāĻŽাংāĻ•, āĻĒি. āĻ­ি. āϏিāύ্āϧুā§ąে ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ŧ āϚāύāϤ āĻŦ্ā§°াāϜিāϞāϤ āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ িāϤ ā§°িāĻ…' āĻ…āϞিāĻŽ্āĻĒিāĻ•āϤ ā§°ূāĻĒā§° āĻĒāĻĻāĻ• āϞাāĻ­ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?

Well, Himanka, I only know this much about badminton. No more for today.

āĻŦাā§°ু āĻšিāĻŽাংāĻ•, āĻŽāχ āĻŦেāĻĄāĻŽিāĻŖ্āϟāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āχāĻŽাāύেāχ āϜাāύো। āφāϜিāϞৈ āφ⧰ু āύাāχ।

Please write to me about your favourite game. I will be eagerly waiting for your letter.

āĻ…āύুāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āϕ⧰ি āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻ–েāϞāĻŦিāϧ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŽোāϞৈ āϞিāĻ–িāĻŦা। āĻŽāχ āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϚিāĻ িāϞৈ āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšেā§°ে āĻŦাāϟ āϚাāχ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŽ।

Please convey my regards to your parents. Reply soon.

āĻ…āύুāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āϕ⧰ি āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽা-āĻĻেāωāϤাāϞৈ āĻŽোā§° āϏেā§ąা āϜāύোā§ąা। āϏোāύāĻ•াāϞে āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻŦা।

Your loving friend, Jyotirmoyee

āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু, āϜ্āϝোāϤিā§°্āĻŽāϝ়ী

2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)

Shuttlecock: āĻ›াāϟāϞāĻ•āĻ•
Rackets: ā§°েāĻ•েāϟ
Feather: āĻĒাāĻ–ি
Court: āĻ–েāϞāĻĒāĻĨাā§° / āĻ•োā§°্āϟ
Eagerly: āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšেā§°ে
Convey: āϜ্āĻžাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰া / āϜāύোā§ąা
Regards: āĻļ্ā§°āĻĻ্āϧা / āϏেā§ąা
Reply: āωāϤ্āϤ⧰

3. Comprehension Solutions

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

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.

2. Write whether the following statements are true or false.
  • 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.

Activity 1: Find out the subjects and predicates

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.

Activity 2: Underline the predicates

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.

Activity 3: Write words in order and underline subjects

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.

Activity 4: Sentence Patterns (SV & SVO)

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.
Activity 5: Find out the objects

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

Writing Activity: Write a letter about your favourite book

Drafting the Letter:

Kiringa Mikir Path,
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.

We hope these Assam Jatiya Bidyalay Class 5 English notes were helpful. If you have any doubts regarding Lesson 16: A Letter to a Friend, please drop a comment below!

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