পঞ্চম শ্রেণি : ইংরেজি

Unseen Comprehension

Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2, 3 & 4.

Once upon a time, there lived a farmer and his wife. They were very poor. They had a goose. It was wonderful because it laid a golden egg every day. So the poor farmer and his wife had the good luck to have a golden egg every day. They became greedy and wanted to be rich very quickly, so they planned to get all the eggs from the goose. They thought that the bird must have more golden eggs inside its stomach and that its stomach was made of gold. The farmer and his wife decided to kill the bird. When they cut the goose open, they were unhappy to see that there were no eggs inside the goose. Its stomach was like that of other birds. They remained poor.

1. Fill in the gaps with the best word from to the below finding the information in the story. There are extra words which you need not use.

    rich, poor, small, nice, eggs, laid, foolish, golden, eggs

    a. The farmer had a ............ goose.

    b. The goose ............ a golden egg every day.

    c. The farmer wanted to be ............. very quickly.

    d. The farmer killed the goose to get ..........

    e. They remain ............. as they were before.

2. Read the following statements. Write True or False.

    a. The farmer was rich.

    b. The farmer possessed a goose.

    c. The goose laid a silvery egg every day.

    d. The poor farmer was guided by greed.

    e. The farmer and his wife wanted to be rich.

    f. They took a decision to kill the goose.

3. Answer the following questions is a sentence or sentences.

    a. What type of egg did the goose lay ever day?

    b. Who decided to kill the goose?

    c. Where does a farmer usually sell eggs?

    d. What did the farmer do to be rich?

    e. Write three sentences to explain what you understand from the story.

4. Suppose, you are Tamal. You have a friend named Alamin. Write a letter to your friend Advising him not to be greedy in his/her life?

Answer

1. a. nice; b. laid; c. rich; d. golden eggs; e. poor.

2. a. False; b. True; c. False; d. True; e. True; f. True.

3. a. The goose laid a golden egg every day.

    b. The farmer and his wife decided to kill the goose.

    c. A farmer usually sells eggs at the market.

    d. The farmer wanted to be rich overnight. That is why he and his wife decided to kill the bird to get all golden eggs at a time. They cut the goose open but they did not get any egg.

    e. The peasant family was greedy. They wanted to be rich overnight and got nothing. So, we should not be greedy.

4. Stadium Road, Satkhira

    16 May, 2020

    Dear Alamin,

    Hope you are hale and hearty. I am also well. Today I am writing to you about the consequence of greediness.

    Recently, I have gone through a story about a farmer and his wife. They had a wonderful goose that laid a golden egg every day. The poor farmer had good luck to be rich. But they were greedy. They wanted to be rich overnight. So, they decided to cut the goose open. After cutting the stomach, they found no eggs inside it. So they remained poor. If they were not greedy, they could be rich gradually. We should have patience. We should not be greedy in our life.

    No more today. Write to me soon.

    Yours ever

                Tamal