অষ্টম শ্রেণি: ইংরেজি ১ম পত্র। Unit 3 Lesson 8 B

Read the text carefully and answer the questions 1 and 2

Ms Subarna Saha, the class teacher, has just entered the classroom. She is now talking to the students. “Why is the classroom so dirty?” asks Ms Saha. “I know the school cleaner is absent today. So what? Can’t we ourselves keep our classroom clean?” says Ms Saha. “Sorry, teacher,” Shafiq, the class captain, says politely. “This is our classroom. If you clean it, you will do physical work and feel good. Also it is our responsibility to keep it clean and tidy.” says Ms Saha.

“Okay, teacher,” says Shafiq, “We’ll do it from now on.” “First, you can make a forum, and select a leader,” the class teacher suggests. “Then divide the cleaning activities among different groups.”

“It’s really a great idea, teacher,” says Shafiq. “We’ll make the committee now and start working immediately.”

After this, a committee is formed by class 8 students under the leadership of their class captain. The students are divided into several groups and a work plan is made for cleaning. The students decided to make some ground rules. Here is a list of some of the rules:

# Do not spit in the class.

# Do not drop litter in the class.

# Use the bin for trash.

# Keep the desks and chairs in place.

# All the students of class 8 are very excited to be involved in this activity at school.

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives.

a. ‘Politely’ means .

i. harshly ii. gently

iii. crudely iv. happily

b. The word ‘select’ refers to .

i. choose ii. identify

iii. consider iv. confirm

c. ‘Captain’ is synonymous of .

i. leader ii. director

iii. player iv. speaker

d. ‘Different’ refers to .

i. same ii. identical

iii. several iv. varied

e. ‘Immediately’ means .

i. instantly ii. slowly

iii. factually iv. at once

f. In line-3 of paragraph-1, the word ‘ourselves’ is .

i. a reflexive pronoun

ii. an emphatic pronoun

iii. a relative pronoun

iv. a distributive pronoun

g. ‘Responsibility’ means .

i. response ii. responsive

iii. liability iv. reliability .

Answer to the question no 1.

a.ii. gently; b.i. choose; c.i. leader;

d.iv. varied; e.i. instantly. f.ii. an emphatic pronoun; g.ii. responsive;

2. Give short answers to the following questions.

a. Why was the classroom dirty?

b. Who was the class teacher?

c. What was she talking about?

d. How was the forum formed?

Answer to the question no 2.

a. The classroom was dirty because the cleaner was absent.

b. Ms Subarna Saha was the class teacher.

c. She is talking about the cleaning activities of classroom.

d. The forum was formed by class 8 students under the leadership of their class captain.

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