My School Days Question Answer

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ACTIVITY 1

Let’s answer the following questions:

(a) To which school was the author admitted?

Ans: The author was admitted to Ballygunge Government High School.

(b) What was the school hall used for?

Ans: The school hall was used for the annual prize distribution ceremony, feasts, on the occasion of Saraswati Puja, and showing play and movie.

Ans: The name of the Shakespearean play that was performed in the hall was “The Merchant of Venice”.

(d) Name the two foreign actors mentioned by the author.

Ans: Greenberg and Salim are the two foreign actors mentioned by the author.

ACTIVITY 2

Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements:

(a) The author went to Ballygunge Government High School with his mother. (F)

(b) The Ballygunge Government High School is on the eastern side of Beltala Police Station. (T)

(d) When seen from above the author’s school looked like the English letter “L”. (F)

ACTIVITY 3

Let’s match the words in column A with their meanings in column B:

A	B
(a) Sums	Someone who belongs to another country
(b) Nodded	Encircled
(c) Surrounded	Movie
(d) Foreigner	Mathematical problem
(e) Cinema	Moving the head up and down to say yes

Ans. :

A	B
(a) Sums	Mathematical problem
(b) Nodded	Moving the head up and down to say yes
(c) Surrounded	Encircled
(d) Foreigner	Someone who belongs to another country
(e) Cinema	Movie

ACTIVITY 4

Let’s fill in the following chart with suitable verb forms:

Present	Past	Past Participle
Go	Went	Gone
Look	Looked	Looked
Give	Gave	Given
Show	Showed	Shown
Use	Used	Used

ACTIVITY 5

From sentences of your own with the following verbs:

went, looked, give, show, use

Ans. :

Went : I went to Lalgola yesterday.

Looked : I looked at her through the window.

Give : Please give me your pen.

Show : Show me your homework.

Use : I use black pen.

ACTIVITY 6

Let’s complete the following sentences with information from the text:

(a) The subject that B.D Roy taught was English.

(b) The author remembers the head pandit Bhattacharya Sir for his excellent handwriting.

(d) The time span of the author’s school-life was six years.

(e) The author went back to his school one more time to attend a reunion of ex-students.

ACTIVITY 7

Let’s answer the following question:

(a) How did B.D. Roy teach the pronunciation of ‘the’?

Ans: B.D. Roy taught that the pronunciation of ‘the’ depends on whether the following word begins with a vowel or a consonant.

(b) How did the author get to be Ashubabu’s favourite?

Ans: The author could draw very well and Ashubabu was the drawing teacher of the school. In this way, the author got to be Ashubabu’s favourite.

Ans: ‘Music drawing’ was an event conducted by drawing teacher Ashubabu. In this event, there would be a blackboard and coloured chalks on a table. A student would sing a song and another would draw a picture on the blackboard, trying to capture in lines and colour the essence of the song.

(d) Why did everything seem much smaller to the author when he went back to school after ten years?

Ans: The author seemed everything much smaller when he went back to the school after ten years because when he left the school he was five feet three inches tall and now he has grown to about six and a half feet.

(e) What is ‘a pleasure’ according to the author?

Ans: According to the author ‘A pleasure’ is indeed to look back and relive the past moments of joy.

ACTIVITY 8

Let’s fill in the blanks with words from the box:

(1) Sachin Tendulkar is my favourite cricketer.

(2) When Rip Van Winkle came back to the village the next morning, he could not recognize it.

(3) Most people have sweet memories of childhood.

(4) The student could not pronounce the word correctly.

(5) Mr. Das is an excellent teacher.

pronounce, excellent, favourite, memories, recognize

ACTIVITY 9(a)

Let’s identify the subject and predicate in the following sentences:

(1) One day he told us the story ‘The Ox and The Frog’ from Aesop’s fables.

(2) B.D. Roy taught us English.

(3) He was a small man and he took great care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly.

(4) But I could draw very well.

(5) Ashubabu was given the charge of the decorating the hall for the annual prize distribution ceremony.

ACTIVITY 9(b)

Let’s split the sentences mentioned in Activity 9(a) into subject and predicate, and fill in the given chart:

Subject	Predicate
One day he	told us the story ‘The Ox and The Frog’ from Aesop’s fables.
B.D Roy	taught us English.
He	was a small man and took great care to ensure that we pronounced English correctly.
But I	could draw very well
Ashubabu	was give the charge of decorating the hall for the annual prize distribution ceremony.

ACTIVITY 10

Fill in the blanks with present continuous tense of the giving verbs in brackets.

(1) What are you doing (do) tonight?

(2) John is reading (read) a book now.

(3) Ali and Sudip are working (work) late today.

(4) Mita is listening (listen) to music.

(5) Raju is sitting (sit) next to Sunil.

(6) How many other students are studying (study) with you?

(7) The phone is ringing (ring).