Many hundreds of years ago, Aesop, a Greek slave - Class Six Seen & Unseen
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Many hundreds of years ago, Aesop, a Greek slave, became famous for the fables he told. After so many years, people all over the world still enjoy reading them today as much as the Greeks enjoyed listening to them long, long ago.
Long ago and far away, there was an old farmer who had seven sons. One day, the old farmer was lying on his bed and he thought that he would not live much longer. He called his sons before him. He told a servant to bring in a bundle of seven sticks tied together. He handed the bundle to his oldest son and said to him, "Son, now break the bundle."
The son tried with all his might, but he could not break the bundle. One by one, the other brothers tried. Not one of them was strong enough.
The father smiled, "Now, my sons, untie the bundle. Each of you, take a stick and try to break it." This time they had no difficulty breaking the sticks. In a few moments all the sticks were broken. The old man looked at his sons affectionately and said, "Remember, in unity there is strength." [Chapter — 24(A)]
বঙ্গানুবাদ:
শত শত বছর আগে, ঈশপ নামে গ্রিসের একজন ক্রীতদাস নীতিগল্প বলার কারণে বিখ্যাত হয়েছিলেন। এত বছর পরে, আজও সারা পৃথিবীর লোক সেসব গল্প পড়ে ততখানি আনন্দ উপভোগ করে যতখানি গ্রিকরা অনেক আগে সেই সব শুনে আনন্দ উপভোগ করত।
অনেকদিন আগে বহু দূরে, এক বৃদ্ধ কৃষকের সাতটি ছেলে ছিল। একদা বৃদ্ধ কৃষকটি তার বিছানায় শুয়ে ছিল এবং সে ভাবল সে হয়তো আর বেশি দিন বাঁচবে না। সে তার ছেলেদের তার কাছে ডাকল। সে একজন চাকরকে সাতটি লাঠি একত্রে বেঁধে নিয়ে আসতে বলল। সে আঁটিটি তার বড় ছেলের হাতে তুলে দিল এবং তাকে বলল, “বাবা, এখন আঁটিটি ভাঙো।”
পুত্রটি তার সর্বশক্তি দিয়ে চেষ্টা করল, কিন্তু সে আঁটিটি ভাঙতে পারল না। একে একে অন্য ভাইয়েরা চেষ্টা করল। তাদের মধ্যে কেউই যথেষ্ট শক্তিশালী ছিল না।
বৃদ্ধ পিতা হেসে বলল, “বাবারা, আঁটিটি খুলে ফেল। তোমরা প্রত্যেকে একটা করে লাঠি নাও এবং এটা ভাঙার চেষ্টা কর ।” এবার তাদের লাঠিগুলো ভাঙতে কোনো কষ্টই হলো না। কিছু সময়ের ভেতর সব লাঠি ভেঙে ফেলা হলো। বৃদ্ধ লোকটি স্নেহের সাথে তার পুত্রদের দিকে তাকালো এবং বলল, “স্মরণ রাখবে, একতাই বল।”
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives.
a. Aesop was a —— .
(i) king
(ii) teacher
(iii) slave
(iv) servant
(b) Aesop was famous —— .
(i) for his fables
(ii) for his intellect
(iii) as an emperor
(iv) as a farmer
(c) How many sons did the farmer have?
(i) four
(ii) three
(iii) eight
(iv) seven
(d) How did the old man look at his sons?
(i) Affectionately
(ii) Angrily
(iii) Rudely
(iv) Irritatingly
(e) What was the advice of the old man?
(i) Break the bundle
(ii) Untie the bundle
(iii) Take a stick and try to break it
(iv) In unity there is strength
(f) ago
(i) earlier
(ii) again
(iii) entirely
(iv) out
(g) famous
(i) notorious
(ii) fabulous
(iii) eminent
(iv) fantastic
(h) strong
(i) powerful
(ii) weak
(iii) lame
(iv) unable
(i) gather
(i) accumulate
(ii) remind
(iii) show
(iv) wither
(j) remember
(i) forget
(ii) recall
(iii) ignore
(iv) overlook
Ans.
(a)-iii.; (b)-i.; (c)-iv.; (d)-i.; (e)-iv. ; (f)—(i); (g)—(iii); (h)—(i); (i)—(i); (j)—(ii).
Set 2
Choose the best answer.
a. The old man looked at his sons —.
i. angrily ii. with affection iii. happily iv. sadly
b. The farmer thought that he —.
i. would be sick ii. will die iii. would see his sons iv. would die
c. Who was a famous story-teller?
i. Newton ii. The Greek iii. Aesope iv. The old man
d. What is the moral of the above story?
i. None can break a bundle of sticks ii. It is easy to break a single stick iii. Sticks are strong in a bundle iv. Unity is strength
e. Read the following statements:
i. A farmer wanted to break the sticks. ii. The farmer wanted to test the strength of his sons. iii. The farmer wanted to teach his sons a lesson
Answers
a. ii) with affection; b. iv) would die; c. iii) Aesop; d. iv) Unity is strength; e. iii) iii;
Or,
2. Answer the following questions.
(a) Who was Aesop?
(b) Why was Aesop famous?
(c) What did the farmer tell his servant?
(d) Why did the farmer call his sons?
(e) Why couldn't the sons break the bundle of the sticks?
Ans.
(a) Aesop was a Greek slave and famous fables-teller.
(b) Aesop was famous for telling fables.
(c) The farmer told his servant to bring a bundle of seven sticks tied together.
(d) The farmer thought that he would not live much longer. So, he called his sons.
(e) The sons could not break the bundle of the sticks because none of them were strong enough to break it.
Read the passage in A again and answer the following questions.
a. When did they become successful in breaking bundle?
b. Why did the old man call his sons?
c. Who tries first to break the bundle?
e. Who was Aesop?
e. What is the moral of the story?
Answers
a. When the sticks were separated, they became successful in breaking them.
b. The old man called his sons to teach them a lesson.
c. The oldest son tried first to break the bundle.
d. Aesop was a Greek slave who was famous for his fables.
e. The moral of the story is “In unity, there is strength”.
3. Fill in the blanks with your own words.
Aesop (a) — many years ago in (b) —. He was a (c) — story-teller. He was famous for his (d) —. Till now his stories (e) — us as they (f) — the Greeks. This story is about an old (g) — and his seven sons. Once he felt (h) —. He wanted his sons to (i) — before him so that he could make them understand the significance of (j) —.
Answers no-3:
(a) lived; (b) Greece; (c) famous; (d) fables; (e) teach; (f) taught (g) farmar; (h) sick; (i) gather; (j) unity.
4. Make five sentences from the substitution table.
Sticks the united sticks while in a bundle.
Breaking of a single stick is not difficult.
The sons are hard enough unable to break the bundle.
Unity were strength.
is is not easy.
Answers no-4:
a. Sticks are hard enough while in a bundle. b. Breaking of the united sticks is not easy. c. Breaking of a single stick is not difficult. d. The sons were unable to break the bundle. e. Unity is strength.
5. Write a shorts paragraph on “The old man and his sons” using the following clues, Follow the order of information in the text.
Who is the old man — his plan — what did his sons do
— their failure — the teaching.
Answers no-5:
Long ago there lived an old farmer. He had seven sons. When he fell ill. He thought he would die. He feared that after his death his sons might not stay together. So, he made a plan and ordered a servant to bring a bundle of seven sticks and asked his sons to break it. All the sons tried hard. But they could not break it. Then he gave each of them a stick and they easily broke it. Then, the old farmer told them to remember that as long as they were united, they were strong.
6. Rearrange the following sentences in order to give it a sense.
He intended to teach them a good lesson and did it. It was not understood by the sons of a farmer. Then they could realize that unity is strength. Quarrelling is very bad. The farmer became worried about his quarrelsome sons.
Answers no-6:
Quarrelling is very bad. It was not understood by the sons of a farmer. The farmer became worried about his quarrelsome sons. He intended to teach them a good lesson and did it. Then they could realize that unity is strength.
7. True of False. If false, give the correct answer.
a. Aesop lived in Rome. b. The old man had nine sons. c. One day he went to see his sons. d. He asked his sons to break the bundle of the sticks. e. The sons tried hard to break the bundle.
Answers no-7:
(a) False. Corr. Inf: Aesop lived in Greece. (b) False. Corr. Inf: The old man had seven sons. (c) False, Corr. inf: One day he gathered his sons about his bed. (d) True (e) True.
8. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more than necessary.
easily lived hard oldest famous sons
untied about break could not handed seven
Long, long ago Aesop (a) — in Greece. He was (b) — for his stories. One of his stories was (c) — an old man who had seven (d) —. One day, he called his sons and asked them to (e) — a bundle of (f) — sticks. The sons tried (g) —. But they (h) — break it. So, they (i) — the bundle and then they could (j) — break the sticks.
Answers no-8:
(a) lived; (b) famous; (c) about; (d) sons; (e) break; (f) seven; (g) hard; (h) cold not; (i) untied; (j) easily.
9. Choose a ward from the box and put it into the blank nest to its meanings.
fable might unite unity gather strong
difficulty bundle enough affectionately
a. — = with feelings of liking.
b. — = as much as is necessary.
c. — = a short story which tells general truth.
d. — = the state of being joined together.
e. — = when something is not easy to do or understand.
f. — =powerful. g. — = to collect several thing from different places.
h. — = strength. i. — = to unfasten something tied.
j. — = number of things held together.
Answers no-9:
(a) affectionately; (b) enough; (c) fable; (d) unity; (e) difficulty; (f) strong; (g) gather; (h) might; i) untie; (j) bundle.
1. Which word is opposite of "contraction"?
a. Connection b. Expansion c. Opposite
d. Shrinking
2. The word "decade" means —.
a. rotter objects b. decaying old age
c. a group of ten people
d. a period of ten years
3. What does the abbreviation "A.D." stand for?
a. After death b. Anti-dote
c. Anno Domini d. Add data
4. The antonym of the word "biased" is —.
a. personal b. interested
c. different d. neutral
5. My friend is an — writer.
a. imaginary b. imaginative
c. imaginable d. imagination
6. It was our policy to deal with the problems as they—
a. arose b. rose c. raised d. roused
7. The word "hardly" means —.
a. always b. almost never
c. seriously d. regulary
8. I avoided going by car — purpose
a. in b. for c. by d. on
9. — discovery of insulin, it was not possible to treat diabetes
a. Prior b. The prior
c. Prior to the d. To prior
10. My father never approved of — a foreigner.
a. her to marry b. her marrying
c. she marrying d. she to marry
11. A person who hates the company of others is —.
a. antisocal b. unsociable
c. unknown d. gregarious
12. Fear of the police made the thief — away.
a. run b. ran c. to run d. running
13. "Modus Operandi" means —.
a. failed operation b. method of operation c. opera song d. suitable object
14. The boy takes — his grandfather.
a. to b. with c. up d. after
15. Our country is facing a— environmental crisis that needs to be —.
a. hard-ratified b. major-jeopardized
c. severe-mitigated d. acute-shortened
4. Make five sentences from the substitution table.
Sticks the united sticks while in a bundle.
Breaking of a single stick is not difficult.
The sons are hard enough unable to break the bundle.
Unity were strength.
is is not easy.
Answers no-4:
a. Sticks are hard enough while in a bundle. b. Breaking of the united sticks is not easy. c. Breaking of a single stick is not difficult. d. The sons were unable to break the bundle. e. Unity is strength.
5. Write a shorts paragraph on “The old man and his sons” using the following clues, Follow the order of information in the text.
Who is the old man — his plan — what did his sons do
— their failure — the teaching.
Answers no-5:
Long ago there lived an old farmer. He had seven sons. When he fell ill. He thought he would die. He feared that after his death his sons might not stay together. So, he made a plan and ordered a servant to bring a bundle of seven sticks and asked his sons to break it. All the sons tried hard. But they could not break it. Then he gave each of them a stick and they easily broke it. Then, the old farmer told them to remember that as long as they were united, they were strong.
6. Rearrange the following sentences in order to give it a sense.
He intended to teach them a good lesson and did it. It was not understood by the sons of a farmer. Then they could realize that unity is strength. Quarrelling is very bad. The farmer became worried about his quarrelsome sons.
Answers no-6:
Quarrelling is very bad. It was not understood by the sons of a farmer. The farmer became worried about his quarrelsome sons. He intended to teach them a good lesson and did it. Then they could realize that unity is strength.
7. True of False. If false, give the correct answer.
a. Aesop lived in Rome. b. The old man had nine sons. c. One day he went to see his sons. d. He asked his sons to break the bundle of the sticks. e. The sons tried hard to break the bundle.
Answers no-7:
(a) False. Corr. Inf: Aesop lived in Greece. (b) False. Corr. Inf: The old man had seven sons. (c) False, Corr. inf: One day he gathered his sons about his bed. (d) True (e) True.
8. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more than necessary.
easily lived hard oldest famous sons
untied about break could not handed seven
Long, long ago Aesop (a) — in Greece. He was (b) — for his stories. One of his stories was (c) — an old man who had seven (d) —. One day, he called his sons and asked them to (e) — a bundle of (f) — sticks. The sons tried (g) —. But they (h) — break it. So, they (i) — the bundle and then they could (j) — break the sticks.
Answers no-8:
(a) lived; (b) famous; (c) about; (d) sons; (e) break; (f) seven; (g) hard; (h) cold not; (i) untied; (j) easily.
9. Choose a ward from the box and put it into the blank nest to its meanings.
fable might unite unity gather strong
difficulty bundle enough affectionately
a. — = with feelings of liking.
b. — = as much as is necessary.
c. — = a short story which tells general truth.
d. — = the state of being joined together.
e. — = when something is not easy to do or understand.
f. — =powerful. g. — = to collect several thing from different places.
h. — = strength. i. — = to unfasten something tied.
j. — = number of things held together.
Answers no-9:
(a) affectionately; (b) enough; (c) fable; (d) unity; (e) difficulty; (f) strong; (g) gather; (h) might; i) untie; (j) bundle.
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions.
বঙ্গানুবাদ:
A. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage:
B. Read the passage again and write True or False beside the following statements. Give answers for the false statements.
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