অষ্টম শ্রেণির ইংরেজি প্রথম পত্র : ইউনিট-১, লেসন-১

সুপ্রিয় অষ্টম শ্রেণির শিক্ষার্থী বন্ধুরা, শুভেচ্ছা নিয়ো। আজ তোমাদের ইংরেজি প্রথম পত্রের Unit-One : A glimpse of our culture-এর Lesson-1 : Our folk songs থেকে Questions no-1, 2, 3-এর প্রশ্ন ও উত্তর নিয়ে আলোচনা করব। ইংরেজি ভাষা শিখতে আমাদের ৪টি বিষয়ে দক্ষতা থাকতে হবে। সেগুলো হলো-

১. Listening, ২. Speaking, ৩. Reading & ৪. Writing.

So to learn English we all should practice these four skills.

শিক্ষার্থী বন্ধুরা ইংরেজি প্রথম পত্রের ইউনিট ও লেসন ভিত্তিক Questions no-1, 2, 3-এর প্রশ্নের উত্তর করার জন্য তোমাদের নিচের বিষয়গুলো গুরুত্ব দিয়ে মনে রাখতে হবে-

1. Go through the text very carefully, 2. Learn the new vocabularies, 3. Get the main points of the text.

Read the text and answer questions 1 and 2.

Folk songs are songs sung in the traditional style of a community or country. Here the traditional style includes the themes, words and tunes of the songs that have existed for a long time among the common people.

We have a rich history and collection of folk songs in Bangladesh. Of them Palligiti, Bhatiali, Bhawaiya, Jari, Sari, Gambhira, Lalongiti, Palagaan and songs of Hason Raja are very popular. The traditional musical instruments are usually played with these songs.

1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1 x 7=7

(a) The synonym of the word ‘traditional’ is---.

(i) tribal (ii) common (iii) conventional (iv) exceptional

(b) The antonym of the word ‘community’ is---.

(i) solitude (ii) collection (iii) gathering (iv) society

(c) What does the word ‘themes’ mean here?

(i) text (ii) ode (iii) object (iv) lyric

(d) What is the opposite meaning of the word ‘exist’?

(i) cease (ii) go (iii) breathe (iv) survive

(e) Folk songs are songs of --- people.

(i) aristocratic (ii) urban (iii) rural (iv) common

(f) Bangladesh is rich in---.

(i) traditional things (ii) folk songs (iii) country songs (iv) resources

(g) Folk songs need--- instruments.

(i) modern (ii) traditional (iii) foreign (iv) western

2. Answer the following questions. 2 x 4=8

(a) Give some names of folk songs.

(b) What are folk songs?

(c) What do you know about the traditional style of folk songs?

(d) How are folk songs played?

3. Read the following text and fill in the gaps with textual/appropriate words to make it a meaningful one. 1 x 5=5

The ethnic people in Bangladesh (a)--- a very important place in the (b)--- of the country. The (c)--- of these people live in the Chattogram Hill Tracts. The others live in the (d)--- of Mymensing, Rajshahi and Sylhet. They live in forest areas, in the hills and in (e)--- areas.

Answer to the questions no– 1

(a) (iii) conventional, (b) (i) solitude, (c) (iii) object, (d) (i) cease, (e) (iv) common, (f) (ii) folk songs, (g) (ii) traditional.

Answer to the questions no– 2

(a) We have a rich history and collection of folk songs in Bangladesh. Some of the folk songs are Palligiti, Bhatiali, Bhawaiya, Jari, Sari etc.

(b) Folk songs are songs sung in the traditional style of a community or country.

(c) Traditional style of folk songs includes the themes, words and tunes of the songs that have existed for a long time among the common people.

(d) Folk songs are songs of common people and traditional musical instruments are usually played with these songs.

Answer to the questions no– 3

(a) hold, (b) culture, (c) majority, (d) regions, (e) rural.

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