Class IV
English
Lesson 3
Taste of Bengal
1) Gogol visited Kolkata one summer with his parents.(āĻোāĻāϞ āϤাāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা-āĻŽাā§েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻāĻ āĻ্āϰীāώ্āĻŽে āĻāϞāĻাāϤা āĻŦেā§াāϤে āĻিā§েāĻিāϞ।)
2) Gogol taught his cousins to play badminton.(āĻোāĻāϞ āϤাāϰ āĻাāĻāĻŦোāύāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĄāĻŽিāύ্āĻāύ āĻেāϞāϤে āĻļিāĻিā§েāĻিāϞ।)
3) Gogol was delighted to learn ludo and carrom from them.(āĻোāĻāϞ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻাāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āϞুāĻĄো āĻāĻŦং āĻ্āϝাāϰāĻŽ āĻļিāĻāϤে āĻĒেāϰে āĻুāĻŦ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšā§েāĻিāϞ।)
4) A warm relationship quickly developed among the cousins.(āĻাāĻāĻŦোāύāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻুāĻŦ āĻĻ্āϰুāϤ āĻāĻāĻি āĻāώ্āĻŖ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ āϤৈāϰি āĻšā§েāĻিāϞ।)
5) Gogol lived abroad.(āĻোāĻāϞ āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļে āĻĨাāĻāϤ।)
6) Gogol's cousins were Rivu and Gouri.(āĻোāĻāϞেāϰ āĻাāĻāĻŦোāύ āĻিāϞ āĻāĻু āĻāĻŦং āĻৌāϰী।)
7) Gogol was always full of joy and energy.(āĻোāĻāϞ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖāĻļāĻ্āϤিāϤে āĻāϰāĻĒুāϰ āĻĨাāĻāϤ।)
8) Gogol was not particularly fond of rice, roti or dal.(āĻোāĻāϞ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻāϰে āĻাāϤ, āϰুāĻি āĻŦা āĻĄাāϞ āĻĒāĻāύ্āĻĻ āĻāϰāϤ āύা।)
9) Gogol had spent a week in his cousins' home.(āĻোāĻāϞ āϤাāϰ āĻাāĻāĻŦোāύāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাā§িāϤে āĻāĻ āϏāĻĒ্āϤাāĻš āĻাāĻিā§েāĻিāϞ।)
10) Rivu's father planned a tour to Joynagar.(āĻāĻুāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা āĻā§āύāĻāϰে āĻāĻāĻি āĻ্āϰāĻŽāĻŖেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻāϰেāĻিāϞেāύ।)
11) Grandma had white hair.(āĻ াāĻুāϰāĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻĻা āĻুāϞ āĻিāϞ।)
12) Gogol did not try any Bengali dish at his cousins' house. [F](āĻোāĻāϞ āϤাāϰ āĻাāĻāĻŦোāύāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাā§িāϤে āĻোāύো āĻŦাāĻাāϞি āĻাāĻŦাāϰ āĻেāĻে āĻĻেāĻেāύি। [āĻŽিāĻĨ্āϝা])
13) Rivu and Gouri liked the taste of Hilsa fish. [T](āĻāĻু āĻāĻŦং āĻৌāϰী āĻšিāϞāϏা āĻŽাāĻেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĒāĻāύ্āĻĻ āĻāϰāϤ। [āϏāϤ্āϝ])
14) Gogol saw a lot of green in Joynagar. [T](āĻোāĻāϞ āĻā§āύāĻāϰে āĻ āύেāĻ āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻĻেāĻেāĻিāϞ। [āϏāϤ্āϝ])
15) Gogol's grandmother did not welcome them. [F](āĻোāĻāϞেāϰ āĻ াāĻুāĻŽা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻāϤ āĻাāύাāύāύি। [āĻŽিāĻĨ্āϝা])
16) Gogol had spent a month in his cousin's house. [F](āĻোāĻāϞ āϤাāϰ āĻাāĻāĻŦোāύেāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϤে āĻāĻ āĻŽাāϏ āĻাāĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ। [āĻŽিāĻĨ্āϝা])
17) What did the children do after having breakfast?(āϏāĻাāϞেāϰ āύাāϏ্āϤা āĻāϰাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦাāĻ্āĻাāϰা āĻী āĻāϰেāĻিāϞ?)
ANS: After breakfast, the children played in the courtyard.(āϏāĻাāϞেāϰ āύাāϏ্āϤা āĻāϰাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦাāĻ্āĻাāϰা āĻāĻ োāύে āĻেāϞেāĻিāϞ।)
18) What did Gogol have for lunch?(āĻোāĻāϞ āĻĻুāĻĒুāϰেāϰ āĻাāĻŦাāϰে āĻী āĻেā§েāĻিāϞ?)
ANS: Gogol had rice, rohu curry, rosogollas and sweet curd for lunch.(āĻোāĻāϞ āĻĻুāĻĒুāϰেāϰ āĻাāĻŦাāϰে āĻাāϤ, āϰুāĻ āĻŽাāĻেāϰ āĻোāϞ, āϰāϏāĻোāϞ্āϞা āĻāĻŦং āĻŽিāώ্āĻি āĻĻāĻ āĻেā§েāĻিāϞ।)
19) How did the children enjoy the evening?(āĻŦাāĻ্āĻাāϰা āϏāύ্āϧ্āϝাāĻŦেāϞা āĻীāĻাāĻŦে āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞ?)
ANS: In the evening the children sat around Grandma and heard stories and enjoyed eating peyajis.(āϏāύ্āϧ্āϝাāĻŦেāϞাāϝ় āĻŦাāĻ্āĻাāϰা āĻ াāĻুāĻŽাāϰ āĻাāϰāĻĒাāĻļে āĻŦāϏে āĻāϞ্āĻĒ āĻļুāύেāĻিāϞ āĻāĻŦং āĻĒেঁāϝ়াāĻি āĻেāϝ়ে āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻিāϞ।)
20) Why was the day unforgettable for Gogol?(āĻোāĻāϞেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻĻিāύāĻি āĻ āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽāϰāĻŖীāϝ় āĻেāύ āĻিāϞ?)
ANS: Gogol felt a new interest in Bengali food and saw the actual process of Bengali cooking and enjoyed a lot.(āĻোāĻāϞ āĻŦাāĻাāϞি āĻাāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āύāϤুāύ āĻāĻ্āϰāĻš āĻ āύুāĻāĻŦ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞ āĻāĻŦং āĻŦাāĻাāϞি āϰাāύ্āύাāϰ āĻāϏāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ্āϰিāϝ়া āĻĻেāĻেāĻিāϞ āĻ āĻুāĻŦ āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞ।)
21) Why did Gogol feel interested in Bengali food?(āĻোāĻāϞেāϰ āĻŦাāĻাāϞি āĻাāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻāĻ্āϰāĻš āĻেāύ āĻেāĻেāĻিāϞ?)
ANS: Gogol saw the actual process of Bengali cooking.((āĻোāĻāϞ āĻŦাāĻাāϞি āϰাāύ্āύাāϰ āĻāϏāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ্āϰিāϝ়া āĻĻেāĻেāĻিāϞ।)
22) When did Gogol visit Kolkata?(āĻোāĻāϞ āĻāĻāύ āĻāϞāĻাāϤা āĻŦেā§াāϤে āĻিā§েāĻিāϞ?)
ANS: Gogol visited Kolkata in one summer vacation.(āĻোāĻāϞ āĻāĻ āĻ্āϰীāώ্āĻŽেāϰ āĻুāĻিāϤে āĻāϞāĻাāϤা āĻŦেā§াāϤে āĻিā§েāĻিāϞ।)
23) Who are the cousins of Gogol?(āĻোāĻāϞেāϰ āϤুāϤো āĻাāĻāĻŦোāύ āĻাāϰা?)
ANS: Rivu and Gouri are the cousins of Gogol.(āĻāĻু āĻāĻŦং āĻৌāϰী āĻšāϞ āĻোāĻāϞেāϰ āĻাāĻāĻŦোāύ।)
24) At home, Gogol mostly ate dry meat, eggs and bread.(āĻŦাā§িāϤে āĻোāĻāϞ āĻŦেāĻļিāϰāĻাāĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻļুāĻāύো āĻŽাংāϏ, āĻĄিāĻŽ āĻāĻŦং āϰুāĻি āĻেāϤ।)
25) Grandma lived at Joynagar.(āĻ াāĻুāĻŽা āĻā§āύāĻāϰে āĻĨাāĻāϤেāύ।)
26) Joynagar is a green, little village.(āĻā§āύāĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻি āϏāĻŦুāĻ, āĻোāĻ্āĻ āĻ্āϰাāĻŽ।)
27) Grandma lived in a quiet spot by a still pond.(āĻ াāĻুāĻŽা āĻāĻāĻি āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻাā§āĻাā§ āĻĒুāĻুāϰেāϰ āϧাāϰে āĻĨাāĻāϤেāύ।)
28) Grandma hugged Gogol tightly.(āĻ াāĻুāĻŽা āĻোāĻāϞāĻে āĻļāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰে āĻā§িā§ে āϧāϰেāĻিāϞেāύ।)
29) For breakfast, Grandma had prepared hot luchis and potato curry for them.(āϏāĻাāϞেāϰ āύাāϏ্āϤাā§ āĻ াāĻুāĻŽা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāϰāĻŽ āϞুāĻি āĻāĻŦং āĻāϞুāϰ āϤāϰāĻাāϰি āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰেāĻিāϞেāύ।)
30) The taste of Bengal is closely related with love and care.(āĻŦাংāϞাāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻাāϞোāĻŦাāϏা āĻ āϝāϤ্āύেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻāύিāώ্āĻ āĻাāĻŦে āĻā§িāϤ।)
31) The family returned to Kolkata in the evening.(āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰāĻি āϏāύ্āϧ্āϝাāϝ় āĻāϞāĻাāϤাāϝ় āĻĢিāϰে āĻāϏে।)