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Class 6 English - Lesson 16: Children's Day Celebration


Welcome to PoraGhar Axom! Here you will find the complete and accurate notes for Assam Jatiya Bidyalay Class 6 English - Lesson 16: Children's Day Celebration. In this post, we provide the Assamese translation of the chapter, vocabulary, comprehension Q&A, and a very detailed explanation of grammar rules along with activity solutions.

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Lesson 16 is about the "Children's Day" celebration at Sarobar Academy on 14th November, the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru (Chacha Nehru). During the event, students Vivek and Amit deliver speeches on two of Assam's most renowned literary figures who wrote for children: Navakanta Barua ('Ekhud Kokaideu') and Nirmal Prabha Bardoloi. The chapter beautifully introduces students to their significant contributions to Assamese literature.

1. Line-by-Line Assamese Translation

Sarobar Academy is going to celebrate the Children's Day on 14 November.

āϏ⧰োāĻŦā§° āĻāĻ•াāĻĄেāĻŽীāϝ়ে ā§§ā§Ē āĻ¨ā§ąেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°āϤ āĻļিāĻļু āĻĻিā§ąāϏ āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ“āϞাāχāĻ›ে।

The school has arranged many programmes for this special day.

āĻāχ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻĻিāύāϟোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়āĻ–āύে āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻ•াā§°্āϝāϏূāϚীā§° āφāϝ়োāϜāύ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে।

Besides the other cultural programmes the Principal Mr Kanak Deka has given Vivek and Amit the responsibility to speak a few lines on two renowned authors of Assam who had written for children.

āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āϏাংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āĻ•াā§°্āϝāϏূāϚীā§° āωāĻĒā§°িāĻ“, āĻ…āϧ্āϝāĻ•্āώ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻ•āύāĻ• āĻĄেāĻ•াāχ āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻŽিāϤāĻ• āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĻুāϜāύ āĻŦিāĻļিāώ্āϟ āĻļিāĻļু āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝিāϕ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ•েāχāĻļাā§°ীāĻŽাāύ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•োā§ąাā§° āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻিāĻ›ে।

Both Vivek and Amit are preparing their speeches with the help of their guardians and teachers.

āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻŽিāϤ āĻĻুāϝ়োā§ąে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻ…āĻ­িāĻ­াā§ąāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻļিāĻ•্āώāϕ⧰ āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻ­াāώāĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤুāϤ āϕ⧰ি āφāĻ›ে।

Vivek has decided to speak a few lines on Navakanta Barua and Amit will speak about Nirmal Prabha Bardoloi.

āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻ•ে āĻ¨ā§ąāĻ•াāύ্āϤ āĻŦā§°ুā§ąাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•েāχāĻļাā§°ীāĻŽাāύ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•োā§ąাā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻ›ে āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻŽিāϤে āύিā§°্āĻŽāϞāĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­া āĻŦā§°āĻĻāϞৈā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•'āĻŦ।

On 14 November the Principal of the school Mr Deka inaugurates the programme of 'Children's Day'.

ā§§ā§Ē āĻ¨ā§ąেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°āϤ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻ…āϧ্āϝāĻ•্āώ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĄেāĻ•াāχ 'āĻļিāĻļু āĻĻিā§ąāϏ'ā§° āĻ•াā§°্āϝāϏূāϚী āωāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āϕ⧰ে।

He delivers the welcome speech.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāĻĻā§°āĻŖি āĻ­াāώāĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āϕ⧰ে।

Mr Deka: My dear children. Today is 14 November and it is the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru who was the first Prime Minister of independent India.

āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĄেāĻ•া: āĻŽোā§° āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°-āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°ীāϏāĻ•āϞ। āφāϜি ā§§ā§Ē āĻ¨ā§ąেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§° āφ⧰ু āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύ āĻ­াā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্ā§°ী āĻœā§ąাāĻšā§°āϞাāϞ āύেāĻšā§°ুā§° āϜāύ্āĻŽāĻŦাā§°্āώিāĻ•ী।

This day is celebrated as the Children's Day all over India every year.

āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻŦāϛ⧰ে āϏāĻŽāĻ—্ā§° āĻ­াā§°āϤāĻŦā§°্āώāϤে āĻāχ āĻĻিāύāϟো āĻļিāĻļু āĻĻিā§ąāϏ āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āĻĒাāϞāύ āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়।

He was very fond of children and had great affection for them. He liked to be among children.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļিāĻļুāĻ• āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।

Children called him Chacha Nehru to show their love and respect.

āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻ•āϞে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āφ⧰ু āĻļ্ā§°āĻĻ্āϧা āϜāύাāĻŦāϞৈ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϚাāϚা āύেāĻšā§°ু āĻŦুāϞি āĻŽাāϤিāĻ›িāϞ।

To remember Chacha Nehru we celebrate the Children's Day every year.

āϚাāϚা āύেāĻšā§°ুāĻ• āϏুঁā§ąā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻŽি āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻŦāϛ⧰ে āĻļিāĻļু āĻĻিā§ąāϏ āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰োঁ।

(After the speech of the Principal some children perform many programmes like singing, dancing, recitation etc. Now it's turn for Vivek and Amit to deliver their speeches. Vivek comes first.)

(āĻ…āϧ্āϝāĻ•্āώ⧰ āĻ­াāώāĻŖā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°-āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°ীāϝ়ে āĻ—ীāϤ, āύৃāϤ্āϝ, āφāĻŦৃāϤ্āϤি āφāĻĻি āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļāύ āϕ⧰ে। āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻŽিāϤ⧰ āĻ­াāώāĻŖ āĻĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻĒাāϞ। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽে āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻ• āφāĻšে।)

Vivek: Hello everyone. Today I am going to speak a few lines on Navakanta Barua.

āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻ•: āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻ•ে āύāĻŽāϏ্āĻ•াā§°। āφāϜি āĻŽāχ āĻ¨ā§ąāĻ•াāύ্āϤ āĻŦā§°ুā§ąাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•েāχāώাā§°āĻŽাāύ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ“āϞাāχāĻ›োঁ।

He was born on 29 December 1926 in Guwahati and died on 14 July 2002. He was a prominent Assamese poet and novelist.

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϜāύ্āĻŽ ⧧⧝⧍ā§Ŧ āϚāύ⧰ ⧍⧝ āĻĄিāϚেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°āϤ āĻ—ুā§ąাāĻšাāϟীāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧍ āϚāύ⧰ ā§§ā§Ē āϜুāϞাāχāϤ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻŦিāĻļিāώ্āϟ āĻ…āϏāĻŽীāϝ়া āĻ•āĻŦি āφ⧰ু āĻ”āĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏিāĻ• āφāĻ›িāϞ।

He is popularly known as 'Ekhud Kokaideu'. He took up writings for children in the form of short stories and novels.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ 'āĻāĻ–ুāĻĻ āĻ•āĻ•াāχāĻĻেāω' āύাāĻŽেā§°ে āϜāύāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϚুāϟিāĻ—āϞ্āĻĒ āφ⧰ু āωāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏ⧰ ā§°ূāĻĒāϤ āϞিāĻ–া-āĻŽেāϞা āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

He wrote many books for children. He wrote eight books for children including 'Akharar Jakhala', 'Shiyalee Palegoi Ratanpur', 'Bhat Ukare Bhu', 'Kishor Ramayan', 'Kishor Upanishad' and 'Omala Gharar Puthi'.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļিāĻļুā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒ āϞিāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻļিāĻļুā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে 'āφāĻ–ā§°ā§° āϜāĻ–āϞা', 'āĻļিāϝ়াāϞী āĻĒাāϞেāĻ—ৈ ā§°āϤāύāĻĒুā§°', 'āĻ­াāϟ āωāĻ•াā§°ে āĻ­ূ', 'āĻ•িāĻļোā§° ā§°াāĻŽাāϝ়āĻŖ', 'āĻ•িāĻļোā§° āωāĻĒāύিāώāĻĻ' āφ⧰ু 'āĻ“āĻŽāϞা āϘ⧰⧰ āĻĒুāĻĨি'āĻ•ে āϧ⧰ি āφāĻ āĻ–āύ āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒ āϞিāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ।

In 1975 he won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book 'Kokadeutar Har'. He served as the president of Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1990.

⧧⧝⧭ā§Ģ āϚāύāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° 'āĻ•āĻ•াāĻĻেāωāϤাā§° āĻšাāĻĄ়' āĻ—্ā§°āύ্āĻĨā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āĻ…āĻ•াāĻĄেāĻŽি āĻŦঁāϟা āϞাāĻ­ āϕ⧰ে। ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ļ āϚāύāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āϏāĻ­াā§° āϏāĻ­াāĻĒāϤি āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āĻ•াā§°্āϝāύিā§°্āĻŦাāĻš āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

His book 'Kapilipariya Sadhu' was translated into fourteen languages by National Book Trust.

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° 'āĻ•āĻĒিāϞীāĻĒā§°ীāϝ়া āϏাāϧু' āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒāĻ–āύ āύেāϚāύেāϞ āĻŦুāĻ• āϟ্ā§°াāώ্āϟে āϚৌāĻĻ্āϧāϟা āĻ­াāώাāϞৈ āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

With this I would like to conclude my short speech. Thank you all.

āχāϝ়াā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŽāχ āĻŽোā§° āϚāĻŽু āĻ­াāώāĻŖ āϏাāĻŽā§°āĻŖি āĻŽাā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°োঁ। āφāĻĒোāύাāϞোāĻ• āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻ•ে āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ।

(Now it's Amit's turn)

(āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻ…āĻŽিāϤ⧰ āĻĒাāϞ)

Amit: Hello everyone present here. Today I will speak a few lines on Nirmal Prabha Bardoloi.

āĻ…āĻŽিāϤ: āχāϝ়াāϤ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻ•ে āύāĻŽāϏ্āĻ•াā§°। āφāϜি āĻŽāχ āύিā§°্āĻŽāϞāĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­া āĻŦā§°āĻĻāϞৈā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•েāχāώাā§°āĻŽাāύ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•'āĻŽ।

She was born on 20 June 1933 in Sivasagar and died on 1 June 2004. She was an eminent poetess, lyricist and writer.

ā§§ā§¯ā§Šā§Š āϚāύ⧰ ⧍ā§Ļ āϜুāύāϤ āĻļিā§ąāϏাāĻ—ā§°āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϜāύ্āĻŽ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ē āϚāύ⧰ ā§§ āϜুāύāϤ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻŦিāĻļিāώ্āϟ āĻ•āĻŦি, āĻ—ীāϤিāĻ•াā§° āφ⧰ু āϞেāĻ–িāĻ•া āφāĻ›িāϞ।

She was the president of Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1991. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 for her collection of poems 'Sudirgha Din Aru Ritu'.

⧧⧝⧝⧧ āϚāύāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āϏāĻ­াā§° āϏāĻ­াāύেāϤ্ā§°ী āφāĻ›িāϞ। ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§Š āϚāύāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•āĻŦিāϤা āĻĒুāĻĨি 'āϏুāĻĻীā§°্āϘ āĻĻিāύ āφ⧰ু āĻ‹āϤু'ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āĻ…āĻ•াāĻĄেāĻŽি āĻŦঁāϟা āϞাāĻ­ āϕ⧰ে।

She also wrote several children's fictions. She was honoured with the President Award in 1967 for children's literature for her book 'Chil Chil Chila Bagi Chilmila'.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•েāχāĻŦাāĻ–āύো āĻļিāĻļু āωāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏো āϞিāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ। ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§­ āϚāύāϤ āĻļিāĻļু āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে 'āϚিāϞ āϚিāϞ āϚিāϞা āĻŦāĻ—ী āϚিāϞāĻŽিāϞা' āĻ—্ā§°āύ্āĻĨā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• ā§°াāώ্āϟ্ā§°āĻĒāϤি āĻŦঁāϟাā§°ে āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύিāϤ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।

Her notable works are 'Bon Faringar Rong', 'Samipeshu', 'Antaranga', 'Asamar Loka Sanskriti', 'Shiva', 'Asamar Loka Kabita'. That's all. Thank you.

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ–āϝোāĻ—্āϝ āϞেāĻ–াāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻš'āϞ 'āĻŦāύ āĻĢā§°িংā§° ā§°ং', 'āϏāĻŽীāĻĒেāώু', 'āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰ংāĻ—', 'āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϞোāĻ• āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤি', 'āĻļিā§ą', 'āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϞোāĻ• āĻ•āĻŦিāϤা'। āϏিāĻŽাāύেāχ। āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ।

(After Amit's speech, the programme comes to an end. The Principal, Mr Deka proposes the vote of thanks.)

(āĻ…āĻŽিāϤ⧰ āĻ­াāώāĻŖā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻ•াā§°্āϝāϏূāϚীā§° āĻ…āύ্āϤ āĻĒā§°ে। āĻ…āϧ্āϝāĻ•্āώ āĻļ্ā§°ীāϝুāϤ āĻĄেāĻ•াāχ āĻļāϞাāĻ—ā§° āĻļā§°াāχ āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻĸ়াāϝ়।)

2. Word Notes & Remember the Words (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)

Word Notes:

renowned: widely acclaimed and highly honored -> āĻĒ্ā§°āϏিāĻĻ্āϧ: āĻŦāĻšুāϞāĻ­াā§ąে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļংāϏিāϤ āφ⧰ু āωāϚ্āϚ āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύিāϤ

prominent: widely and popularly known -> āĻŦিāĻļিāώ্āϟ: āĻŦāĻšুāϞāĻ­াā§ąে āφ⧰ু āϜāύāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়āĻ­াā§ąে āĻĒā§°িāϚিāϤ

lyricist: a writer of lyrics (lyrics: the words of a song) -> āĻ—ীāϤিāĻ•াā§°: āĻ—ীāϤ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āϞিāĻ–োঁāϤা

Remember the Words:

celebrate: āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰া
preparing: āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤুāϤ āϕ⧰া
renowned: āĻĒ্ā§°āϏিāĻĻ্āϧ
arranged: āφāϝ়োāϜāύ āϕ⧰া
guardians: āĻ…āĻ­িāĻ­াā§ąāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞ
inaugurates: āωāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āϕ⧰ে
delivers: āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āϕ⧰ে (āϝেāύে- āĻ­াāώāĻŖ)
anniversary: āĻŦাā§°্āώিāĻ•ী
independent: āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύ
affection: āĻŽā§°āĻŽ / āϏ্āύেāĻš
respect: āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ / āĻļ্ā§°āĻĻ্āϧা
perform: āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļāύ āϕ⧰া
recitation: āφāĻŦৃāϤ্āϤি
prominent: āĻŦিāĻļিāώ্āϟ
novelist: āĻ”āĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏিāĻ•
popularly: āϜāύāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়āĻ­াā§ąে
translated: āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻিāϤ
languages: āĻ­াāώাāϏāĻŽূāĻš
eminent: āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ–্āϝাāϤ / āĻŦিāĻļিāώ্āϟ
poetess: āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āĻ•āĻŦি / āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়িāϤ্ā§°ী
lyricist: āĻ—ীāϤিāĻ•াā§°
fiction: āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāĻ•াāĻšিāύী / āĻļিāĻļু āωāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏ
honoured: āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύিāϤ
notable: āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ–āϝোāĻ—্āϝ

3. Comprehension Solutions

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

a) When do we celebrate the Children's Day?
Answer: We celebrate the Children's Day on 14 November.

b) Whom do we remember on the Children's Day?
Answer: We remember Chacha Nehru (Jawaharlal Nehru) on the Children's Day.

c) How is Navakanta Barua popularly known as?
Answer: Navakanta Barua is popularly known as 'Ekhud Kokaideu'.

d) For which book did Navakanta Barua win the Sahitya Akademi Award?
Answer: Navakanta Barua won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book 'Kokadeutar Har'.

e) When was Nirmal Prabha Bardoloi honored with the President Award?
Answer: Nirmal Prabha Bardoloi was honoured with the President Award in 1967.

f) For which book did Nirmal Prabha Bardoloi win the Sahitya Akademi Award?
Answer: She won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her collection of poems 'Sudirgha Din Aru Ritu'.

2. Write a few lines on Navakanta Barua.

Answer: Navakanta Barua, popularly known as 'Ekhud Kokaideu', was a prominent Assamese poet and novelist born on 29 December 1926. He wrote many books for children, including 'Akharar Jakhala', and won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975 for 'Kokadeutar Har'. He also served as the president of Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1990.

3. Write a few lines on Nirmal Prabha Bardoloi.

Answer: Nirmal Prabha Bardoloi was an eminent Assamese poetess, lyricist, and writer born on 20 June 1933. She wrote several children's fictions and won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 for her collection of poems 'Sudirgha Din Aru Ritu'. She was also the president of Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1991.

4. Fill in the blanks.
  • a) Children called Nehru Chacha Nehru.
  • b) Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India.
  • c) Navakanta Barua was born on 29 December 1926.
  • d) 'Samipeshu' was written by Nirmal Prabha Bardoloi.
  • e) 'Kapilipariya Sadhu' was translated into fourteen languages.
  • f) Navakanta Barua served as the president of Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1990.

4. Grammar and Usage (Rules & Activities)

Detailed Grammar Explanation (Assamese Translation)

A. Modal Auxiliary Verbs / Modal Auxiliary / Modal Verb / Modal

Explanation: Modal auxiliary verb āĻāύেāĻ•ুā§ąা āĻāϟা verb āϝি āφāύ āĻāϟা main verb ā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻšি āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­াā§ąāύা (possibility), āĻ…āύুāĻŽāϤি (permission), āĻŦা āĻŦাāϧ্āϝāĻŦাāϧāĻ•āϤা (obligation) āφāĻĻি āĻŦুāϜাāϝ় । Third person singular number ā§° āĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āχāϝ়াāϤ 's' āϝোāĻ— āύāĻšāϝ় । āχāϝ়াā§° 'ing' āĻŦা 'ed' form āύাāĻĨাāĻ•ে ।

  • 1. 'can' ā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°: āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻŦা āĻ­ā§ąিāώ্āϝāϤ⧰ āϏাāĻŽā§°্āĻĨ্āϝ (ability) āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦāϞৈ 'can' āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻšāϝ় ।
    Example: Mina can play on violin. (āχāϝ়াāϤ āĻŽিāύাāχ āĻŦেāĻšেāϞা āĻŦāϜাāĻŦ 'āĻĒাā§°ে' āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨাā§Ž āϤাāχ⧰ āϏাāĻŽā§°্āĻĨ্āϝ āφāĻ›ে āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦুāϜোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›ে।)
    Example: Can I have a pen? (āĻ…āύুā§°োāϧ āĻŦা request āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ)।
  • 2. 'must' ā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°: āĻ•োāύো āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰াāϟো āĻ…āϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় (necessary) āĻŦা āϕ⧰াāϟো āϏāĻ িāĻ• āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦāϞৈ 'must' āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻšāϝ় ।
    Example: You must read regularly. (āχāϝ়াāϤ āύিāϝ়āĻŽীāϝ়াāĻ•ৈ āĻĒāĻĸ়াāϟো āĻ…āϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦāϞৈ 'must' āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে ।)
  • 3. 'should' ā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°: āĻ•ি āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰াāϟো āωāϚিāϤ (right thing to do) āϏেāϝ়া āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦāϞৈ 'should' āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻšāϝ় ।
    Example: We should respect our elders. (āφāĻŽি āĻĄাāϙ⧰āĻ• āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āϕ⧰াāϟো 'āωāϚিāϤ' āĻ•াāĻŽ, āϏেāϝ়ে āχāϝ়াāϤ 'should' āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻšৈāĻ›ে।)
  • 4. 'may' ā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°: āĻ•োāύো āĻ•āĻĨা āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ąāĻĒā§° (possible) āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦা āĻ…āύুāĻŽāϤি (permission) āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ 'may' āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻšāϝ় ।
    Example: It may rain tonight. (āφāϜি ā§°াāϤি āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻ…āĻšাā§° 'āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­াā§ąāύা' āφāĻ›ে āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦুāϜোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›ে।)
    Example: May I come in, sir? (āĻ…āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ)।
B. Same word can be used as different parts of speech

Explanation: āχংā§°াāϜীāϤ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻ•েāϟা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāχ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻšোā§ąাā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āύিā§°্āĻ­ā§° āϕ⧰ি Noun (āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ) āĻŦা Verb (āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া) āĻĻুāϝ়ো āϧ⧰āĻŖে āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে ।

  • Example 1: Book
    As Noun: I have a book. (āĻŽোā§° āĻāĻ–āύ 'āĻ•িāϤাāĻĒ' āφāĻ›ে - āχāϝ়াāϤ book āύাāĻŽāĻŦাāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)।
    As Verb: He booked two tickets for the movie. (āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟিāĻ•āϟ 'āĻŦুāĻ•' āϕ⧰িāϞে - āχāϝ়াāϤ āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰া āĻŦুāϜাāχāĻ›ে)।
  • Example 2: Advice / Advise
    As Noun (Advice): I always follow his advice. (āĻŽāχ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° 'āωāĻĒāĻĻেāĻļ' āĻŽাāύি āϚāϞোঁ)।
    As Verb (Advise): My teacher advised me to read. (āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•ে āĻŽোāĻ• āĻĒāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ 'āωāĻĒāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻিāϞে')।
C. Transitive and Intransitive verbs
  • Transitive Verb (āϏāĻ•āĻŽā§°্āĻ• āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া): āϝিāϟো verb ā§° āĻāϟা object (āϕ⧰্āĻŽ) āĻĨাāĻ•ে ।
    Example: I drink milk. (āχāϝ়াāϤ 'drink' verb āϟোā§ąে 'milk' object āϟো āĻ—্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে। āϏেāϝ়ে āχ Transitive verb)।
  • Intransitive Verb (āĻ…āĻ•āĻŽā§°্āĻ• āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া): āϝিāϟো verb ā§° āĻ•োāύো object (āϕ⧰্āĻŽ) āύাāĻĨাāĻ•ে ।
    Example: Birds fly. (āχāϝ়াāϤ 'fly' verb āϟোā§° āĻ•োāύো object āύাāχ। āϏেāϝ়ে āχ Intransitive verb)।
  • Note: āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ verb āϏāĻĻাāϝ় Intransitive āĻšāϝ় (āϝেāύে- be verbs, go, come), āφ⧰ু āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে ।
Activity 1: Fill in the blanks with can, should, must or may.
  • i) We must (or should) obey our parents.
  • ii) Haren can make beautiful bags.
  • iii) I should take an umbrella, it may rain soon.
  • iv) They should help the poor children.
  • v) I can ride a bicycle.
  • vi) May I take this pen, madam?
  • vii) We must complete our homework now.
  • viii) Barun should apologise to his teacher for his bad behaviour.
Activity 2: Use the following words in sentences taking each of them once as a verb and once as a noun.
visit:
(Noun) My visit to the zoo was full of fun.
(Verb) I will visit my grandparents tomorrow.
shout:
(Noun) Suddenly, we heard a loud shout from the next room.
(Verb) Please do not shout in the library.
request:
(Noun) The teacher accepted my request for a leave.
(Verb) I request you to complete this task quickly.
hope:
(Noun) There is still a ray of hope left for his recovery.
(Verb) I hope you will do well in the exams.
help:
(Noun) I need your help to lift this heavy box.
(Verb) He always likes to help the poor.
board:
(Noun) The teacher wrote the answers on the black board.
(Verb) The passengers will board the train at 5 PM.
Activity 3: Find out the transitive and intransitive verbs from the following sentences.
  • i) They go to school. -> go = intransitive verb
  • ii) Smriti was drawing a picture. -> was drawing = transitive verb
  • iii) The sun gives us light and heat. -> gives = transitive verb
  • iv) The baby is sleeping. -> is sleeping = intransitive verb
  • v) I feed my pet dog. -> feed = transitive verb
  • vi) He comes here every day. -> comes = intransitive verb
  • vii) They booked four tickets for the movie. -> booked = transitive verb
  • viii) She broke the glass. -> broke = transitive verb

5. Writing Activity

1. Write a paragraph describing Rina's grandfather with the help of the information given in the box.

The name of Rina's grandfather is Dr. Ramesh Baruah. He is a doctor. He lives in Biswanath Chariali. He is 70 years old but he is very smart and active. His patients have faith in his treatment. He has a happy family with his wife, two sons, one daughter, and five grandchildren. He likes to read novels and work in the garden in his leisure time. He also likes to play chess. His favourite chess player is Viswanathan Anand. Rina's grandfather likes to eat fish and drink tea. He is smartly dressed. He often wears formal shirts and trousers.

2. Now fill in blanks of the following box and write a paragraph about your best friend.

(Sample Output / āύāĻŽুāύা āωāϤ্āϤ⧰)

The name of my best friend is Rahul. He reads in class VI. He lives in Guwahati. His parents are teachers. He has one brother. His hobby is reading storybooks. He likes to eat apples. He likes to play cricket. His favourite subject is English. His ideal person is his father.

6. Build Up Your Vocabulary (Who am I?)

  • I lay eggs in the nests of other birds. I am a cuckoo.
  • I am a horse-like wild animal with dark stripes on my back. I am a zebra (āϜেāĻŦ্ā§°া).
  • I make or repair and deal in jewelry. I am a jeweller (āĻ…āϞংāĻ•াā§° āύিā§°্āĻŽাāϤা / āϏোāĻŖাā§°ী).
  • I take care of sheep. I am a shepherd (ā§°āĻ–ীāϝ়া / āĻŽেā§°ā§°āĻ–ীāϝ়া).
  • I work in a bus, collect fares and sell tickets. I am a conductor (āĻŦাāϛ⧰ āĻ•āĻŖ্āĻĄাāĻ•্āϟ⧰).
  • I am the wife of a king. I am a queen (ā§°াāĻŖী).
  • My children are called kitten. I purr. I am a cat (āĻŽেāĻ•ুā§°ী).
  • I steer a ship or an aeroplane. I am a pilot (āĻŦৈāĻŽাāύিāĻ• / āω⧰াāϜাāĻšাāϜ āϚাāϞāĻ•).
  • I fly from flower to flower. I make honey. I am a bee (āĻŽৌāĻŽাāĻ–ি).
  • I can travel many days without water. I have a hump on my back. I am a camel (āωāϟ).

7. FAQs on the Chapter

Q. What is Assam Jatiya Bidyalay Class 6 English Lesson 16 about?

Ans: Lesson 16, titled "Children's Day Celebration", describes how Sarobar Academy celebrates 14th November. It also provides valuable insights into the lives and works of two prominent Assamese writers, Navakanta Barua and Nirmal Prabha Bardoloi.

Q. Who was Navakanta Barua and what is he known for?

Ans: Navakanta Barua was a prominent Assamese poet and novelist. He is popularly known as 'Ekhud Kokaideu' among children for his numerous children's books and won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975 for 'Kokadeutar Har'.

Q. What grammar topics are covered in Class 6 English Lesson 16?

Ans: The grammar section of Lesson 16 comprehensively covers Modal Auxiliary Verbs (can, must, should, may), identifying the same word as different parts of speech (noun/verb), and the difference between Transitive and Intransitive verbs.

Final Thoughts

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