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Did You Know? (āĻিāĻŦা āĻাāύাāύে?)
The story of Robinson Crusoe, written by Daniel Defoe in 1719, is actually based on the real-life experiences of a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk, who lived alone on a deserted island for over 4 years!
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This exciting story is about an English sailor named Robinson Crusoe. His ship gets destroyed in a terrible storm, and he is the only survivor, washing up on a lonely, unknown island. For years, he lives completely alone, building a house, growing food, and taming animals to survive. One day, he saves a man from savage attackers and names him 'Friday' because he rescued him on that day. Friday becomes his loyal companion. Finally, after living on the island for over 28 years, Crusoe and Friday manage to escape back to England on a passing English ship.
1. Lesson Text & Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)
Robinson Crusoe
ā§°āĻŦিāύāĻāύ āĻ্ā§°ুāĻো
On the seashore of a lovely island, there stood a man.
āĻāĻāύ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒā§° āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞ।
He was still dizzy as he had just regained his consciousness.
āϤেāĻঁ āϤেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻŽূā§° āĻূā§°াāĻ āĻĨāĻা āϝেāύ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝিāĻšেāϤু āϤেāĻঁ āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻ্āĻাāύ āĻূā§°াāĻ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।
He looked very tired and sad.
āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻŦā§° āĻাāĻā§°ুā§ąা āĻā§°ু āĻĻুāĻী āĻĻেāĻা āĻৈāĻিāϞ।
He remembered vaguely how a violent storm had hit their ship and it was wrecked.
āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻāĻাā§ąে āĻŽāύāϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻāĻ āĻāϝ়ংāĻā§° āϧুāĻŽুāĻšাāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻাāĻšাāĻāĻāύāϤ āĻāĻাāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
He thought that he might have been swept away by the wave to that lovely island.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻĸৌā§ąে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻুā§ąাāĻ āύি āϏেāĻ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻোāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻে।
This shipwrecked sailor was Robinson Crusoe.
āĻāĻ āĻাāĻšাāĻ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻšোā§ąা āύাā§ąিāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻিāϞ ā§°āĻŦিāύāĻāύ āĻ্ā§°ুāĻো।
Robinson loved to travel on the sea.
ā§°āĻŦিāύāĻāύে āϏাāĻā§°āϤ āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।
On 1 September, 1659, he along with some of his friends began a journey by the sea for trade.
ā§§ā§Ŧā§Ģ⧝ āĻāύ⧰ ā§§ āĻেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°āϤ, āϤেāĻঁ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŦেāĻĒাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏাāĻā§°ীāϝ় āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
But luck did not favour them and their ship was wrecked.
āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻাāĻ্āϝāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āϞāĻ āύিāĻĻিāϞে āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻাāĻšাāĻ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻš'āϞ।
Robinson was the only survivor.
ā§°āĻŦিāύāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻীā§ąিāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ।
He started his new life in that island.
āϤেāĻঁ āϏেāĻ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻোāϤ āύিāĻā§° āύāϤুāύ āĻীā§ąāύ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
The wrecked ship was stuck in some rocks about a mile away from the seashore.
āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻšোā§ąা āĻাāĻšাāĻāĻāύ āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻāĻŽাāĻāϞ āĻĻূā§°āϤ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻļিāϞāϤ āĻā§ąāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞ।
Robinson made a raft and went to the ship.
ā§°āĻŦিāύāĻāύে āĻāĻāύ āĻুā§° āϏাāĻিāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻাāĻšাāĻāĻāύāϞৈ āĻ'āϞ।
He brought some useful goods from the ship to the island.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻšাāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻোāϞৈ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻĻā§°āĻাā§°ী āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āϞৈ āĻāĻšিāϞ।
Among those, there were a cat and a dog who gave him company in the island.
āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻা āĻŽেāĻুā§°ী āĻā§°ু āĻāĻা āĻুāĻুā§° āĻāĻিāϞ āϝিāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻোāϤ āϏংāĻ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ।
Robinson built a small house and tried to make his life as secure and comfortable as he could.
ā§°āĻŦিāύāĻāύে āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āĻā§° āϏাāĻিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āύিāĻā§° āĻীā§ąāύ āϝিāĻŽাāύ āĻĒাā§°ে āϏিāĻŽাāύ āϏুā§°āĻ্āώিāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻā§°াāĻŽāĻĻাāϝ়āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
He also tamed goats and cultivated a small plot of land to fulfil his need of food.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻāϞীāĻ āĻĒুāĻšিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻুāĻুā§°া āϏ⧰ু āĻŽাāĻিāϤ āĻেāϤি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
Time went on. One day Crusoe was standing near his house on the shore looking at the sea.
āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻĒাā§° āĻšৈ āĻৈ āĻĨাāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻĻিāύ āĻ্ā§°ুāĻো āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻা āύিāĻā§° āĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āϏাāĻā§°āϞৈ āĻাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।
He was eagerly waiting that a ship would come towards the island.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšেā§°ে āĻŦাāĻ āĻাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻāĻāύ āĻাāĻšাāĻ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻোā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻāĻšিāĻŦ।
But there wasn't any.
āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤাāϤ āĻোāύো āĻাāĻšাāĻ āύাāĻিāϞ।
Suddenly, Crusoe saw some savages on the seashore.
āĻšāĻ াāϤে, āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻ āϏāĻ্āϝ āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻĻেāĻিāϞে।
They were dragging two of their companions as if they were their prisoners.
āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻĻুāĻāύ āϏংāĻীāĻ āĻāύেāĻৈ āĻাāύি āύি āĻāĻিāϞ āϝেāύ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻীāĻšে।
Crusoe wondered, "Who are they? What are they going to do with them?"
āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āĻাāĻŦিāϞে, "āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻোāύ? āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āϞāĻāϤ āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻāϞাāĻāĻে?"
Crusoe hid himself behind a bush and noticed that the savages had killed one of their prisoners while the other escaped.
āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āύিāĻāĻে āĻāĻা āĻোāĻĒোāĻšাā§° āĻঁā§°āϤ āϞুāĻুā§ąাāĻ ā§°াāĻিāϞে āĻā§°ু āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻā§°িāϞে āϝে āĻ āϏāĻ্āϝ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻীāĻ āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻāύāĻšাāϤে āĻāύāĻāύ āĻĒāϞাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ।
He ran towards the island. Two other men followed him.
āϏি āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻোā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻĻৌā§°ি āĻ'āϞ। āĻāύ āĻĻুāĻāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āϤাāĻ āĻ āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°িāϞে।
The poor man reached the place where Crusoe was hiding.
āĻŦেāĻেā§°া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύ āĻ্ā§°ুāĻো āϞুāĻাāĻ āĻĨāĻা āĻ াāĻāĻāύ āĻĒাāϞেāĻৈ।
Crusoe decided to save the man. Before the two men could catch him, he knocked them down.
āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύāĻ āĻŦāĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ'āϞে। āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻĻুāĻāύে āϤাāĻ āϧ⧰াā§° āĻāĻāϤেāĻ, āϤেāĻঁ āϏিāĻšঁāϤāĻ āĻŦāĻā§°াāĻ āĻĒেāϞাāϞে।
The man was so shocked at the sudden happenings that he could not even utter a single word.
āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύ āĻšāĻ াāϤে āĻāĻা āĻāĻāύাāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻāĻŽাāύেāĻ āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏি āĻāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ āĻāĻ্āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ।
From that day the man stayed with Crusoe.
āϏেāĻāĻĻিāύাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύ āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻĨাāĻিāϞ।
After a long time of loneliness, Crusoe at last had a companion.
āĻŦāĻšু āĻĻিāύ āĻ āĻāϞāĻļā§°ে āĻĨāĻাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ, āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ āĻāĻāύ āϏংāĻী āĻĒাāϞে।
Crusoe named him 'Friday' as he was rescued on a Friday.
āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āϤাā§° āύাāĻŽ 'āĻĢ্ā§°াāĻāĻĄে' (āĻļুāĻ্ā§°āĻŦাā§°) ā§°াāĻিāϞে āϝিāĻšেāϤু āϤাāĻ āĻļুāĻ্ā§°āĻŦাā§°ে āĻāĻĻ্āϧাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
Friday became the only companion of Crusoe during his stay in that island.
āϏেāĻ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻোāϤ āĻĨāĻা āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻোā§ąাāϤ āĻĢ্ā§°াāĻāĻĄে āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§° āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āϏংāĻী āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāϞ।
Crusoe taught him the English language and all those things of a civilized life.
āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āϤাāĻ āĻংā§°াāĻী āĻাāώা āĻā§°ু āϏāĻ্āϝ āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āϏāĻāϞো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻļিāĻাāĻāĻিāϞ।
One day Friday came running to Crusoe. He shouted, "Master! They have come."
āĻāĻĻিāύ āĻĢ্ā§°াāĻāĻĄে āĻĻৌā§°ি āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§° āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻšিāϞ। āϏি āĻিāĻā§°িāϞে, "āĻŽাāϞিāĻ! āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻāĻšিāĻে।"
Crusoe asked him who had come. Friday pointed to the sea.
āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āϤাāĻ āϏুāϧিāϞে āĻোāύ āĻāĻšিāĻে। āĻĢ্ā§°াāĻāĻĄে āϏাāĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻুāϞিāϝ়াāϞে।
Crusoe saw that a ship with an English flag was coming towards the island.
āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āĻĻেāĻিāϞে āϝে āĻংā§°াāĻā§° āĻĒāϤাāĻা āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻāύ āĻাāĻšাāĻ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻোā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻāĻšি āĻāĻে।
He said to Friday, "Don't go near them now. We do not know if they are our friends or enemies."
āϤেāĻঁ āĻĢ্ā§°াāĻāĻĄেāĻ āĻ'āϞে, "āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āύাāϝাāĻŦা। āĻāĻŽি āύাāĻাāύো āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু āύে āĻļāϤ্ā§°ু।"
The ship was an English ship. Crusoe somehow convinced the members of the ship to carry him and Friday to England.
āĻাāĻšাāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻংā§°াāĻā§° āĻাāĻšাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āϝেāύেāϤেāύে āĻাāĻšাāĻāĻāύ⧰ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāϏāĻāϞāĻ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻĢ্ā§°াāĻāĻĄেāĻ āĻংāϞেāĻŖ্āĻĄāϞৈ āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽাāύ্āϤি āĻā§°াāϞে।
Crusoe was very excited and on a fine sunny day, they made the preparation to leave the island.
āĻ্ā§°ুāĻো āĻŦā§° āĻā§āϏাāĻšিāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻা āϧুāύীāϝ়া ā§°ৌāĻĻ্ā§°োāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞ āĻĻিāύāϤ, āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻো āĻā§°ি āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤুāϤি āĻāϞাāϞে।
Crusoe took with him a large goat skinned cap and a large umbrella which he had made himself during his stay in the island.
āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āϤেāĻঁā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻাāĻāϞীā§° āĻাāϞ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻুāĻĒী āĻā§°ু āĻāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻাāϤি āϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝিāĻো āϤেāĻঁ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻোāϤ āĻĨāĻা āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āύিāĻেāĻ āϏাāĻি āϞৈāĻিāϞ।
It was 19 November 1686; Crusoe and Friday left the island forever.
āϏেāĻāĻো āĻāĻিāϞ ā§§ā§Ŧā§Žā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ ⧧⧝ āĻ¨ā§ąেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°; āĻ্ā§°ুāĻো āĻā§°ু āĻĢ্ā§°াāĻāĻĄে āĻিā§°āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻো āĻā§°ি āĻৈāĻিāϞ।
Robinson Crusoe had lived in the island for 28 years 2 months and 16 days.
ā§°āĻŦিāύāĻāύ āĻ্ā§°ুāĻোā§ąে āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻোāϤ ā§¨ā§Ž āĻŦāĻā§° ⧍ āĻŽাāĻš āĻā§°ু ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻĻিāύ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
What an adventurous life he had in the island for such a long time!
āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻĻীāĻāϞীāϝ়া āϏāĻŽāϝ় āϧ⧰ি āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāĻোāϤ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻি āĻāĻ āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ āĻীā§ąāύ āĻāĻিāϞ!
About the Author
Daniel Defoe was born in London. His father was a butcher.
āĻĄেāύিāϝ়েāϞ āĻĄিāĻĢোā§° āĻāύ্āĻŽ āϞāĻŖ্āĻĄāύāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।
He used to write articles for magazines and edited a weekly magazine 'The Review'.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϞোāĻāύীāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦāύ্āϧ āϞিāĻিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāύ āϏাāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšিāĻ āĻāϞোāĻāύী 'āĻĻ্āϝ ā§°িāĻিāĻ' āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻĻāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
In 1719 Defoe's book Robinson Crusoe was published.
ā§§ā§ā§§ā§¯ āĻāύāϤ āĻĄিāĻĢোā§° āĻিāϤাāĻĒ ā§°āĻŦিāύāĻāύ āĻ্ā§°ুāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
It was based on the experience of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor.
āĻāĻāĻো āĻāϞেāĻāĻেāĻŖ্āĻĄাā§° āĻেāϞāĻাā§°্āĻ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻāύ āϏ্āĻāĻিāĻ āύাā§ąিāĻā§° āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāϧাā§°িāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ।
The sailor landed on an uninhabited island of the Coast of Chile.
āύাā§ąিāĻāĻāύ āĻিāϞিā§° āĻāĻĒāĻূāϞ⧰ āĻāĻা āύিā§°্āĻāύ āĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
The realistic account of his adventure became popular and changed Defoe into a writer of established reputation.
āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ āĻ āĻিāϝাāύ⧰ āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻāύāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĄিāĻĢোāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāώ্āĻ িāϤ āĻ্āϝাāϤিāϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāύ্āύ āϞেāĻāĻāϞৈ āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
His other famous books are Moll Flanders, Roxana and Captain Singleton etc.
āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāύ āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ āĻিāϤাāĻĒāĻŦোā§° āĻš'āϞ āĻŽāϞ āĻĢ্āϞেāĻŖ্āĻĄাā§°্āĻ, ā§°োāĻ্āϏাāύা āĻā§°ু āĻেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻāύ āĻিংāĻāϞāĻāύ āĻāĻĻি।
2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)
3. Comprehension Solutions
a) What is the name of the shipwrecked sailor?
Ans: The name of the shipwrecked sailor is Robinson Crusoe.
b) When did he begin his journey by the sea for trade?
Ans: He began his journey by the sea for trade on 1 September, 1659.
c) Who gave him company in the island at the beginning?
Ans: A cat and a dog gave him company in the island at the beginning.
d) What did Crusoe call the man whom he had rescued?
Ans: Crusoe called the man 'Friday'.
e) Which language did Crusoe teach Friday?
Ans: Crusoe taught Friday the English language.
Ans: Crusoe somehow convinced the members of an English ship that came towards the island to carry him and Friday to England.
- a) Robinson Crusoe did not love to travel on the sea. → False
- b) Robinson Crusoe was the only survivor. → True
- c) Robinson tamed horse. → False (He tamed goats)
- d) Friday was rescued on a Sunday. → False (He was rescued on a Friday)
- e) Robinson Crusoe went back to England on an English ship on 19 November, 1686. → True
4. Activities Solutions & Grammar
Grammar Tip: Be Verbs and Do Verbs
We use am/is/are for actions happening right now (Present Continuous Tense) and was/were for actions that happened in the past (Past Continuous Tense). We use do/does/did as helping verbs to make negative sentences or ask questions.
- i) The birds are flying in the sky now.
- ii) Rupak is reading; don't disturb him.
- iii) Look! I am reading a book written by Chetan Bhagat.
- iv) At this moment, my father is drinking tea.
- v) The women are busy because they are washing clothes.
- i) The girl was dancing on the stage when they saw her.
- ii) The women were wearing traditional dresses then.
- iii) Lalita was swimming in the pool at that time.
- iv) The children were eating oranges at that moment.
- v) When my mother saw him, he was riding a bicycle.
- i) Robin has already bought the novel.
- ii) You have opened the window just now.
- iii) She has just cut her finger.
- iv) The dried leaves have already fallen from the tree.
- v) The monkey has eaten all the bananas just now.
- i) She did not teach us English last year.
- ii) Leena and Seema do not like to drink milk.
- iii) I do not quarrel with my friends.
- iv) Smita did not go to school yesterday.
- v) My pet dog does not bark at strangers.
- i) Did she teach them Hindi last year?
- ii) Does Reena like to eat apples?
- iii) Do you go to school by bus?
- iv) Does Simanta come here every Sunday?
- v) Did they go to library last Saturday?
Questions framed based on the paragraph:
- Q1: When and where was Gautam Buddha born?
- Q2: What was his father's name?
- Q3: What was his mother's name?
- Q4: What was another name of Gautam Buddha?
- Q5: Which religion was founded on his teachings?
- Q6: By what other name is he also called?
- Q7: When and where did he die?
5. Build Up Your Vocabulary
Synonyms & Antonyms (āϏāĻŽāĻā§°্āĻĨāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)
Synonyms (āϏāĻŽāĻā§°্āĻĨāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ):
Antonyms (āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ):
6. FAQs on the Chapter
Q. Who was Robinson Crusoe and what happened to him?
Ans: Robinson Crusoe was a sailor who loved to travel. During a journey by sea for trade on 1 September 1659, a violent storm wrecked his ship. He was the only survivor and washed up on a lovely but uninhabited island.
Q. How did Friday become Robinson Crusoe's companion?
Ans: One day, Crusoe saw some savages dragging two prisoners. While one was killed, the other escaped towards Crusoe. Crusoe saved this man from the savages. Since he rescued him on a Friday, he named the man 'Friday', and he became Crusoe's loyal companion.
Q. For how long did Robinson Crusoe live on the island?
Ans: Robinson Crusoe lived on that lonely island for 28 years, 2 months, and 16 days before he and Friday finally left for England on 19 November 1686.
Final Thoughts
The amazing survival story of Robinson Crusoe teaches us that with courage, patience, and hard work, a person can overcome the most difficult situations in life. We hope these Assam Jatiya Bidyalay Class 6 English Lesson 1 notes have helped you understand the story of Robinson Crusoe. Keep learning, and if you have any questions, feel free to drop a comment below!
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