ইংরেজি ১ম পত্র

ইউনিট-১, লেসন-৫(বি)
প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থী, আজ ইংরেজি পাঠ্যবইয়ের ইউনিট-১, লেসন-৫(বি) নিয়ে আলোচনা করা হলো।

Read the text carefully and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3.
Bangladeshi cuisine is rich and varied with the use of many spices. We have delicious and appetizing food, snacks and sweets. Boiled rice is our staple food. It is served with a variety of vegetables, curry, lentil soups, fish and meat. Fish is the main source of protein. Fishes are now cultivated in ponds. Also we have fresh-water fishes in the lakes and rivers. More than 40 types of fishes are common. Some of them are carp, rui, katla, magur catfish, chingri prawn or shrimp. Shutki or dried fishes are popular. Hilsha is very popular among the people of Bangladesh.
Panta ilish is a traditional platter of Panta bhat. It is steamed rice soaked in water and served with a fried hilsha slice, often together with dried fish, pickles, lentil soup, green chilies and onion. It is a popular dish on the Pohela Boishakh.
The people of Bangladesh are very fond of sweets. Almost all Bangladeshi women prepare some traditional sweets. Pitha, a type of sweets made from rice flour, sugar syrup, molasses and sometimes milk, is a traditional food loved by the entire population. During winter Pitha Utsab, meaning pitha festival, is organized by different groups of people.Sweets are distributed among close relatives when there is good news like births, weddings, promotions, etc. Sweets of Bangladesh are mostly milk-based. The common ones are roshgulla, sandesh, rasamalai, gulap jamun, kalo jamun and chom-chom. There are hundreds of different varieties of sweet preparations. Sweets are therefore an important part of the day-to-day life of Bangladeshi people.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives.
a. The term ‘cuisine’ is connected to ╛.
i. fishing ii. eating iii. playing iv. cooking
b. The word ‘variety’ means ╛.
i. diversity ii. capacity iii. abundance iv. monotonous
c. Fish contains lots of ╛.
i. vitamins ii. minerals iii. protein iv. carbohydrate
d. Pitha Utsab is celebrated in ╛.
i. summer i. rainy season iii. winter iv. autumn
e. Panta ilish is a popular dish on the ╛.
i. Pitha Utsab ii. Pohela Boishakh
iii. Shutki Utsab iv. Hilsa Utsab
f. The word ‘delicious’ is most closely connected to ╛.
i. smell i. appetite iii. rice iv. taste
g. The most popular dish on the Pohela Boishakh is ╛.
i. Hilsa ii. Pitha iii. Panta ilish iv. Chom-chom
h. Bangladeshi cuisine is rich and ╛.
i. spicy ii. expensive iii. poor iv. dull
i. Pitha is a ╛ food of Bangladesh.
i. modern ii. traditional iii. main iv. staple
j. ‘Sweets are distributed among close relatives.’ Here, the word ‘close’ means
i. to shut up ii. to stop╛
.iii. strongly connected iv. to enclose
Answer to the question no. 1
a. iv. cooking; b. i. diversity; c. iii. protein;
d. iii. winter; e. ii. Pohela Boishakh; f. iv. taste;
g. iii. Panta ilish; h. i. spicy; i. ii. traditional;
j. iii. strongly connected.
2. Give short answers to the following questions.
a. What is the main food of Bangladeshi people?
b. What is the main source of protein?
c. What has made Bangladeshi food so special?
d. Where do we get the fishes from?
e. Apart from fish, what other foods do we eat with rice?
f. How is Bangladeshi cuisine?
g. How is boiled rice served?
h. What is the most popular dish on the Pohela Boishakh?
i. What is ‘Panta ilish’?
j. What are some of the common sweets of Bangladesh?
Answer to the question no. 2
a. Boiled rice is the main food of Bangladeshi people.
b. Fish is the main source of protein.
c. The variation with the use of many spices has made Bangladeshi food so special.
d. We get the fishes from ponds, lakes and rivers.
e. Apart from fish, we eat vegetables, curry, lentil soups and meat with rice.
f. Bangladeshi cuisine is rich and varied with the use of many spices.
g. Boiled rice is served with a variety of vegetables, curry, lentil soups, fish and meat.
h. The most popular dish on the Pohela Boishakh is Panta ilish.
i. ‘Panta ilish’ is steamed rice soaked in water and served with a fried hilsha slice, often together
with dried fish, pickles, lentil soup, green chilies and onion.
j. Some of the common sweets of Bangladesh are roshgulla, sandesh, rasamalai, gulap jamun, kaljamun and chom-chom.
3. Read the text in A again. Now, write the summary of it in around 50 words.
Answer to the question no. 3
The passage deals with Bangladeshi food. Our main food is boiled rice. All the people of Bangladesh take rice. Rice is eaten with fish, meat, vegetables, lentil and others. Many varieties of fish are available here in Bangladesh. Hilsha is our most tasty fish. People love to take hilsha. It’s our national fish. Panta bhat is taken in all the families in rural areas. It is a popular dish on the Pohela Boishakh. Sweets are very popular among the people of our country.
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