Unit-21
Lessons-1-2
Read the passage and answer ques tions 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Las t January I went to a cub camporee. It was my firs t visit to a cub camporee and it was my firs t time away from home! A camporee is a gathering of cubs from different parts of Bangladesh. Cubs all over the world have their own camporee.
The cub camporee took place in Sreemangal. To get there, we firs t travelled from Dhaka to Sylhet. From Sylhet, we took a train to Sreemangal. We arrived in the morning, so the weather was nice. We walked to our camp from the train s tation. There were 10 of us and two leaders. We were a big group, so we didn’t take any rickshaws. We walked together in our group. It wasn’t very far. At the camp, we cleaned up the area, set up our tents and prepared our breakfas t. After breakfas t, we played games with cubs from other parts of Bangladesh. Then we had lunch. We cooked rice and chicken. In the afternoon and evening, we sang songs and recited poems. It was fun. At night, we slept in our tents.
1. Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B. Two extra meanings are given in Column B.
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Column A |
Column B |
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(a) Visit |
(i) not the same |
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(b) Tent |
(ii) to say a piece of writing aloud |
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(c) Take place |
(iii) the time when someone goes to a place |
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(d) Weather |
(iv) to go from one place to another |
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(e) Recite |
(v) pavilion |
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(vi) to occur somewhere |
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(vii) the condition of the atmosphere |
Answer
(a + iv) Visit + to go from one place
to another
(b+v) Tent + pavilion
(c+vi) Take place + to occur somewhere
(d+vii) Weather + the condition of the
atmosphere
(e+ii) Recite + to say a piece of writing aloud
2. Read the following s tatements. Write ‘True’ for correct s tatement or ‘False’ for incorrect s tatement.
(a) The cubs were travelling from Sylhet to
Sreemangal in the evening.
(b) The camporee team went to Sreemangal by train.
(c) The group consis ted of 10 members.
(d) At firs t, the cubs cleaned up the area after reaching the camp.
(e) Young people participate in a cub camporee.
(f) The passage is about a journey by train.
Answer
(a) False. The cubs were travelling from Sylhet to Sreemangal at night.
(b) True.
(c) False. The group consis ted of 12 members.
(d) True.
(e) False. Both young and senior people participate in a cub camporee.
(f) False. The passage is about cub camporee.
3. Answer the following ques tions in a sentence or sentences.
(a) What is a camporee?
(b) When and where did the cub camporee take place?
(c) How did they reach the camp from the train s tation?
(d) Why didn’t they take rickshaw?
(e) How did they enjoy?
(f) Describe their activities in the camp.
Answer
(a) A camporee is a gathering of cubs from different parts of Bangladesh.
(b) The cub camporee took place in the las t January. It was held in Sreemangal.
(c) They walked to the camp from the train s tation.
(d) They were a big group of 12 members. So they did not take any rickshaw.
(e) They enjoyed by playing games, singing songs and reciting poems.
(f) After reaching the camp, they cleaned up the area, set up tents and ate breakfas t. Then they played, had lunch, and in the evening, they sang and recited poems.
4. Write a short composition about ‘A Cub Camporee in Sreemangal’ at leas t in five sentences. (Remember to use capital letter, full-s top and correct spelling.)
Answer
A Cub Camporee in Sreemangal
A cub camporee took place in Sreemangal. Cubs from different parts of the country participated in it. The cubs set up tents in the camp. They played different games together. They also enjoyed by singing songs and reciting poems. They slept in the tents at night.
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