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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Unseen Passage for class five 2016





1.       Ms Asma Haque
One day Ms Asma Haque brings a big box in her classroom. She puts the box near the table. The box is tied with a rope. All the students become curious. They want to know what Ms Asma Haque has in the box. She could understand her students” curiosity. She smiles and says, “Do you want to see what I have in the box?” All the students shout excitedly, “Yes, we do.” “Okay, could you help me open the box?” Mita, Munir, Asif, Banu and Reba come forward to help their teacher. “Thank you,” says Ms Asma Haque. “Mita, cut the rope with the scissors, please.” “Thanks. You can go to your seat.”
“Asif, open the box. Thank you, Asif.” “Banu, come here. Now tell me what is in the box.” “There is a fork, a round spoon, a flat spoon, a tea spoon, a bowl, a cup. a lid, a frying pan and a plate.” “Thank you, Banu. Go back to your seat.” “Munir, come here. Take out the stove and put it on the table. Go back to your seat.” “Reba, come here. Take out all the packets and put them on the table. Thank you, Reba. Go to your seat.”
“Well, I think I need some more help. Hira, come to me. Bring out the spoons, the bowl and the frying pan and put them on the table.” “Thank you. Go to your seat”. “Today we will do something new in the class. We are going to make a big cake.” The students are excited. They have forgotten about the time. Meanwhile, the bell rings. The students are sad. The class is over. Ms Asma Haque tells the class, “Don't be sad please. We will make the cake next week.”
1. What does Ms Asma Haque bring in the class?
2. What are the students curious about?
3. Who come forward to help Ms Asma Haque?
4. What does Ms Asma Haque ask Mita to do?
5. Who opens the box?
1. Who takes out the stove?
2. What does Reba bring out?
3. What does Hira do?
4. What is Ms Asma Haque going to do in the class?
5. Why are the students sad?
6. Why do you think the students have forgotten about the time?
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2.       Mohakhaly Flyover
Shihab was having a very good time with his uncle Mr Hafizuddin. He took him around to see different places of the city. One day Mr Hafizuddin came home early from his office. He said to Shihab, ‘Today, I'll take you to see the Mohakhali flyover. On his way to Mohakhali, Shihab was thinking what a flyover could be. He thought it is a place from where people can fly. They got down from the bus at a bus stop. Shihab noticed a road high over their head. He asked, "Uncle, why have they built a bridge over a road? Where is the flyover? I want to fly from there.’ Mr Hafizuddin smiled. ‘This is not a bridge, Shihab, this is a flyover.’ ‘Oh! The flyover.’ He was amazed to see it. A flyover is a road. It is built on pillars over another road. Shihab turned to his uncle and asked, ‘Do we have flyovers in other cities?’ ‘No,’ said his uncle, ‘Only the very big and busy cities have flyovers. You know, there are too many buses, trucks and cars now in Dhaka city. During office and school time, there is a long queue of traffic causing traffic jam. Now people can go through the flyover. They now can save time. There is another flyover at Khilgaon’. Shihab stood on the sidewalk and looked down. He saw cars and buses running under the flyover. He did not know there could be roads one above the other. He wanted to know many things about the flyover. This is what his uncle told him: The flyover is 1.8 kilometres/1800 metres long; its width is 14.63 metres excluding the sidewalks. The flyover is built on 51 pillars. Four cars can ply on the flyover at a time. The centre of the flyover is 7 metres high from the ground. A Chinese company has constructed it. About 136 crore taka was spent to build the flyover.
1.       How was Shihab spending his time?
2.       Why did Mr. Hafizuddin come home early?
3.       Where is Mohakhaly Flyover?
4.       What did Shihab think about Mohakhaly Flyover?
5.       How did they go to Mohakhaly Flyover?
6.       What is flyover?
7.       Why did Mr. Hafizuddin smile?
8.       Why did Shihab amaze?
9.       What happened during school time?
10.    Where is the other flyover?
11.    How many foots does the flyover is?
12.    Who took a contract to build it?
13.    Write a paragraph about Mohakhaly Flyover?

3.       Ms. Jamila Akhter
Ms Jamila Akhter is a shop assistant. She works in shifts in a department store in Chittagong. So, she doesn't have to go at the same time every day. On some days she works in the first shift from 9 am to 3 pm. On other days, she works in the second shift from 3 pm to 9 pm.
Jamila always goes to work by bus in the morning. The bus
stops just outside the store. In the afternoon, she generally goes there by rickshaw or baby-taxi. She doesn’t like to wait at the bus stop in the mid-day heat. The bus is usually over-crowded at that time. She always comes back home by bus. She works standing all the time and serves the customers. She often gets tired after work. But she doesn’t mind. She meets new people every day. She finds her job interesting.
1Q: Where does Jamila work?
A: In a department store.
2. What time does she go to work in the first shift?
3. When does she stop her work in the first shift?
4. What time does the second shift start?
5. When does the second shift finish?
6. When does Jamila go to work by bus?
7. What kind of work does she do in the store?
8. Why does she like her job?
9. What does Jamila Akter do in the store?
10 What is Jamila Akter?
4.       Ordinal Numbers
Shihab is ten years old. He lives in a small village. It is beside the river Meghna. He is in class five. He goes to the village primary school. He has come to Dhaka to visit his uncle Mr Hafizuddin. His uncle works in a post office. This is Shihab’s first visit to Dhaka. So one day, Mr Hafizuddin takes him to Dhanmondi. Shihab is surprised to see so many tall buildings. He starts counting the floors of a building. The building has twenty floors. He asks his uncle, "Who live on so many floors, uncle?’ ‘There are shops and offices and some apartments on different floors,’ says Mr Hafizuddin. There is a grocery on the first floor. Bookshops are on the second and third floors. There are banks on the fourth, fifth and sixth floors. There are libraries on the seventh, eighth and ninth floors. Shopping malls are on the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth floors. There is a university on the next three floors---- thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth. The sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth are apartments. Many families live there.
1. Which floors are the libraries on?
2. Which floor is the grocery on?
3. Which floor is the university on?
4. Which floors are the banks on?
5. Which floors are the bookshops on?
6. Which floors are the shopping malls on?
5.   Lima’s Birthday
 Next day was Lima’s birthday. ‘What would you like to have, Lima, on your birthday’? , mother asked. ‘I would like to have a pet bird,’ Lima said. ‘What bird would you like?’ asked mother. "I think I would like a bird that talks,’ Lima answered. Next morning Lima had a bird in a cage. Father got it for her from a bird shop. It was a parrot. It had green feathers and a red beak. ‘It’s beautiful, I'm so happy. Thank you mother. Thank you father,’ said Lima. She called her ‘Mimi’. Mimi flew from here to there in the house. She liked to be near Lima. Every morning she had a bath. She jumped into the tub. Her wings got wet. Then she hopped onto the bar of the cage. Mother put her food in the cage. But she liked to have it with Lima. She talked to her a lot. Mimi was learning to talk. She called Lima by name. They put her into the cage when they went out. It made her very sad when they did that. She made a lot of noise when they came back. Lima was very fond of her.
1. What did Lima have on her birthday?
2. What did Lima call her?
3. What kind of bird did Lima like?
4. Why was Mimi upset when Lima and her family went out?
5. What did Mimi do when Lima and her family came back?
6. Why did Mimi make a lot of noise?
7. Did Mimi like to be in the cage?
8. Write a few sentences about Mimi (What she did/what she looked like).
9. When did Mimi have her bath every day?
6. Eid- ul-Fitre
After a month’s fasting Eid-ul-Fitre is celebrated. Today is Eid. Shihab is wearing new payjamas and a panjabi. Asif has come to Shihab’s house. The boys will go to Eidgah for Eid prayer. Asif is also wearing new clothes. The boys are happy. Shihab has fasted for 15 days and Asif for 17 days. Shihab's sister Nafisa has fasted for 20 days. Nafisa has come out to greet Asif. The children say ‘Eid-Mubarak’ to each other. Nafisa is wearing a red frock. She looks happy too. Shihab’s mother Ms Fatema  Banu has prepared many special dishes for Eid. She has made ‘firni, ‘jarda’, ‘polao’, ‘korma’ and many other items. Shihab and Nafisa’s favourite dish is ‘firni’. Shihab’s father Mr Sajjad Hossain is going to Eidgah too. ‘Asif, come to our house after prayer. All of us will have food together,’ says Ms Fatema Banu. ‘Thank you, I’ll come and eat with you. After that we will go to the Eid Fair’, says Asif. Mr Sajjad Hossain smiles and says, ‘Okay boys, let’s go to say our prayers.’ After the prayer they embraced each other.
1. When is Eid-ul-Fitre celebrated?
2. What is Shihab wearing?
3. What are Shihab and Asif doing?
4. How many days has Nafisa fasted?
5. Where are Mr Sajjad Hossain, Shihab and Asif going?
6. Who has prepared special dishes?
7. What are the special dishes?
8. Why has Nafisa come out?
7. Mohakhali Flyover
Shihab was having a very good time with his uncle Mr Hafizuddin. He took him around to see different places of the city. One day Mr Hafizuddin came home early from his office. He said to Shihab, ‘Today, I'll take you to see the Mohakhali flyover. On his way to Mohakhali, Shihab was thinking what a flyover could be. He thought it is a place from where people can fly. They got down from the bus at a bus stop. Shihab noticed a road high over their head. He asked, "Uncle, why have they built a bridge over a road? Where is the flyover? I want to fly from there.’ Mr Hafizuddin smiled. ‘This is not a bridge, Shihab, this is a flyover.’ ‘Oh! The flyover.’ He was amazed to see it. A flyover is a road. It is built on pillars over another road. Shihab turned to his uncle and asked, ‘Do we have flyovers in other cities?’ ‘No,’ said his uncle, ‘Only the very big and busy cities have flyovers. You know, there are too many buses, trucks and cars now in Dhaka city. During office and school time, there is a long queue of traffic causing traffic jam. Now people can go through the flyover. They now can save time. There is another flyover at Khilgaon’. Shihab stood on the sidewalk and looked down. He saw cars and buses running under the flyover. He did not know there could be roads one above the other. He wanted to know many things about the flyover. This is what his uncle told him: The flyover is 1.8 kilometres/1800 metres long; its width is 14.63 metres excluding the sidewalks. The flyover is built on 51 pillars. Four cars can ply on the flyover at a time. The centre of the flyover is 7 metres high from the ground. A Chinese company has constructed it. About 136 crore taka was spent to build the flyover.
1. Where did Mr Hafizuddin take Shihab?
2. What did he want to show him?
3. What did Shihab think when he first saw the flyover?
4. Why do cities need flyovers?
5. How can people save time?
6. How long is the Mohakhali flyover?
7. How many cars can ply on the flyover at a time?
8. How high is the centre of the flyover from the ground?
8. The night to remember
Adnan is a student. He lives with his parents. His grandmother also lives with them. Once his grandmother fell ill. His father took her to the hospital. The school was over. Adnan came from school and went to the hospital to see her. Adnan left the hospital for home. Then it was almost midnight. There was no transport on the road. His house was not very far. So he was walking home. He was all alone. There was silence all around. He felt that someone was following him. He was afraid even to look back. But when he stopped he heard no sound. As soon as he walked faster, the sound became louder. Adnan than began to run to get rid of the sound. The sound too ran after him. “Who is it?” shouted Adnan. “Why are you following me?” But there was no reply.

Now he stopped and decided to see who it was. He looked behind but saw none. The sight of an imaginary ghost made him nervous. He thought the shades of trees and electric poles were ghosts. “Help, help’’ he tried to shout. But no sound came from his mouth. He was sweating and trembling. All the time he kept praying. He thought somebody was telling him, “No, there is no ghost. Don’t be afraid. Go ahead.’’ So, he tried to forget the idea of an imaginary ghost. He tried to proceed towards his home. But his heart was beating fast. Adnan imagined that the ghost following him cut off electricity. He walked fast and reached home very soon. His home in total darkness.

Adnan reached home and shouted, “Mother! Mother!! Come out with a light,” His mother came out with a candle in her hand. She saw him trembling and sweating. She was alarmed to see his condition. She took him in her arms. She said, “Dear, what happened to you? Why do you look so nervous?” Her son told her everything. She saw a small piece of wood stuck with a nail to his left shoe. She said to Adnan. “What is this? Why is it stuck to your shoe?” Then Adnan realized that this piece of wood made the sound of the footsteps. He felt relieved. He realized that nobody nor any ghost followed him. Now, he felt that there is no ghost. His mother understood that Adnan’s fear of a ghost made him so nervous. This incident was a memorable event in his life.
i. Why did he look behind?
ii. What made him nervous?
iii. Who said to him “There is no ghost’’?
iv. Why did he try to forget the idea of a ghost?
v. Why did he walk fast?
a) Who did Adnan call?
b) Why was his mother alarmed?
c) What did his mother see stuck to his left shoe?
d) What made the alarming sound?
e) Why did he feel relieved?
f) What did his mother understand?
9. Book fair
Today is Friday. The students of class five will go to the book fair. Their class teacher, Ms Fatema Begum will go with them. The bus is waiting at the school gate. The students are getting on the bus. Parents are waiting to see them off. It’s a fine day. The sun is shining brightly. The students are very happy. They are carrying bread, butter, bananas, eggs, etc. for their breakfast. Ms Fatema is taking some chocolate too. Rubina is also carrying a camera. It’s already 9 o’clock. The students leave the school for the fair. They reach the fair at 10. They get down, go round and enjoy themselves. They buy books of rhymes, jokes, stories, dictionaries with pictures, novels, etc. The students return home in the evening.
a) Who is Ms Fatema Begum?
b) Where is the bus waiting?
c) When do the students reach the fair?
d) When do the students return home?
10.  A Visit to the Zoo
Last winter Tanin’s school had a holiday. Mr Masud, his uncle, took him and some of his friends to the Zoo at Mirpur in Dhaka. They went there by bus. They saw many big and small animals. They saw lions and tigers. They also saw giraffes, rhinos, deer, snakes, bears, camels and crocodiles. They were scared to see some of the animals. But most of the animals were in cages. They saw the Royal Bengal Tiger of Bangladesh. It was big and beautiful. It was walking from this side to that side in the cage. Sometimes it stopped and looked at them. Tanin's uncle told them not to go near the cages. Some of the animals might hurt. They saw an ape. It jumped from bar to bar in the cage. Then it came and stood in front of them. Tanin gave it some nuts. They saw birdschirping in the cages. They were making a lot of noise. Some of them had very bright and colourful feathers and long beaks. They saw the fish swim in the water in tanks. They also saw some big elephants and some baby elephants. Tanin saw an animal he had never seen. "What is it?" He wondered. He looked at the sign on the cage. The name of the animal started with the letter ‘M’. ‘Is it a monkey?’ He asked 120 himself. But he was sure that it was not a monkey. ‘Is it a mouse?’ he asked his friend Sohel. ‘No, it is too big.’ ‘Is it a mole?’ ‘No, it is too small’. He knows that a mole lives underground. ‘What animal is it in the cage?’ Tanin asked his uncle. ‘That’s a mongoose’, said his uncle. After lunch they had a ride on a camel. They went round the zoo for a long time. So they became tired but they enjoyed the visit to the zoo very much.
1. When did Tanin’s school have a holiday?
2. What was the Royal Bengal Tiger doing in the cage?
3. Why did Tanin’s uncle tell them not to go near the cages?
4. Which animal did they see after the Royal Bengal Tiger?
5. Who were making a lot of noise in the zoo?
11.   Aladin
Once there was a young boy called Aladin. He lived with his mother in a rich city of China. His father was a poor tailor. He died when Aladin was a child. His mother had to spin cotton to support the family. One day Aladin was playing in the street. All of a sudden, a stranger came. He said to Aladin, ‘My boy, are you the son of Mustafa, the tailor?’ Aladin said, ‘Yes, sir, but my father is dead.’ At this tears came into the man’s eyes. He said, ‘I'm your uncle. Your father was my elder brother.’ He gave Aladin two pieces of gold. He said, ‘Go and tell your mother to cook some food. We will eat together.’ Aladin’s mother was surprised. She did not know Aladin’s father had a brother. But she cooked a good dinner. The stranger came to Aladin’s house at night. He brought some fruits and sweets with him. The stranger asked Aladin what he did for a living. Aladin was silent. Because he did not do anything. So the stranger said, "You must do something to earn a living. I will buy a shop for you. You will sell linen there." The mother was very pleased to hear all this. ‘Thank you for your kindness,’ she said to the stranger.

The stranger was really a magician. He had a plan. Next day he took Aladin far away from the city. They came to a narrow valley. It had mountains on all sides. The magician told Aladin to gather some dry sticks. He then set fire to them. The flame arose. He took out something from his pocket. Then he put it into the fire. He spoke two magic words. They saw a big stone with a brass ring. He told Aladin to hold the ring and lift the stone. They saw a staircase leading to a door. The magician then said, ‘Go downstairs and open the door. You will find bighalls. In these halls, there are vases full of gold and silver. Do not touch them. Just go ahead. You will find a garden. There you can see a lamp. Bring me the lamp. Go!’ Aladin did as his uncle told him. In the garden, he saw rich jewels hanging in the trees. Aladin took some and put them in his pocket. He also took the lamp. Soon he came back at the mouth of the cave. The magician was waiting for him. He told Aladin to give him the lamp. But Aladin was tired. So he said, ‘Please, sir, pull me up first. Then I will give you the lamp.’ The magician was very angry. He spoke two magic words and the door of the cave was closed.

Aladin was alone. It was dark inside the cave. He called the magician. There was no answer. Aladin was afraid. He began to pray. He rubbed the ring. At once a genie came and said, ‘I am the slave of the ring. I will obey you. What do you want?’ Aladin was trembling to see the genie. But he said, ‘Take me out.’ At once he was outside the cave. He came back home. Aladin was very hungry. But there was no food in the house. Aladin asked his mother to sell the lamp. The lamp was dusty. So she began to rub it. At once another big genie was there. It said, ‘I am the genie of the lamp. I obey him who holds it. What do you want?" Aladin said, ‘Bring us some food!’ The big genie vanished. After some time it came back with a silver tray on his head. There were two silver plates, two silver cups, twelve silver dishes full of nice food. After this whenever they were hungry or needed anything, the genie brought it for them. So they had no want any more and Aladin lived happily with his mother.
1. Who was Aladin?
2. Where did Aladin and his mother live?
3. How did the stranger introduce himself?
4. When did tears come into the stranger’s eyes?
5. What did the stranger bring for them when he came to their house?
6. Why was Aladin’s mother pleased with the stranger?
7. How did the stranger want to help Aladin?
1. Why did the magician take Aladin out of the town?
2. Where did the magician take Aladin?
3. Why did he tell Aladin to gather the dry sticks?
4. Where was the brass ring?
5. Where did Aladin find the lamp?
6. Where did Aladin see the jewels?
7. What did Aladin do with the jewels?
8. Why was the magician angry?
9. What did the magician do when Aladin did not give him the lamp?
1. Who came when Aladin rubbed the ring?
2. Who took Aladin out of the cave?
3. Why did Aladin want to sell the lamp?
4. What happened when Aladin’s mother rubbed the lamp?
5. Whose slave was the big genie?
6. What did the big genie carry in a silver tray?
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12.   A golden goose
Once upon a time, there lived a poor farmer named Abul Mia. He lived in a village. He grew vegetables and sold them in the market. But the money he got was not enough. One day he bought a goose. He thought, “I’ll sell eggs and earn some money. Then with that money, I’ll buy some more geese. I can earn more money by selling more eggs”. He kept the goose inside his room. It was a magic goose. Next morning, Abul Mia saw a gold egg beside the goose. He was very happy. “I don’t have to worry any more. Now I can buy enough food for all of us.” From then on everyday the goose laid a gold egg. Abul Mia sold it in the market at a good price. Soon he became rich. He bought a big house. He lived there with his wife and children. They had good food to eat. They had fine clothes to wear. 84 But Abul Mia was not happy. He became very greedy. He wanted to live in a palace like a king. He wanted to be very rich. He thought and thought. Then an idea came into his head. He said to himself, “If I kill the goose, I will get all the eggs at a time. I don’t have to wait for an egg every morning. I’ll sell all the eggs and become very rich.” One morning, Abul Mia killed the magic goose. He cut the body open. There were no eggs inside. Abul Mia went mad with grief. He hit his forehead with his hand and said, “What have I done! What have I done! The goose is dead and there will be no more gold eggs. I’ll be poor again!” Moral: Grasp all lose all.
1. What did Abul Mia buy from the market?
2. Why do you think it was a magic one?
3. Why was Abul Mia happy?
4. What did he do with the egg?
5. Why was Abul Mia unhappy after becoming rich?
6. What did he do one morning?
7. What did he find after cutting the belly of the goose?
8. What do we learn from the story?
13.   Rahmat  Mia
 I am Rahmat Mia. I am a farmer. I grow crops. I don’t have my own land. I work for others. I wake up before sunrise. Then I go to the land-owner’s house. I take the oxen to the field to plough the land. When I reach the field, the sun begins to rise. I work the whole day. At mid-day, I take a short break for lunch. I take rice and green leafy vegetables for lunch. My eldest daughter brings my lunch from home. I continue to work in sun and rain. I stop when the sun sets. I take back the oxen to their master’s house. I wash and feed them. After that, I go home, wash myself, and eat whatever there is in the house. Sometimes there is not much food. I go to bed early because I need rest and sleep. Then I can work well the next morning. I lie down in bed. I say to myself, “Maybe I will have better luck next year.”
Command and Instruction:
Ms Farhana is an English teacher. She teaches class five students. She’s going to give them a class test today. Before she starts the test, she gives the following instructions and asks the students to carry them out.
􀁒 Please put your bags under your desk.
􀁒 Don’t leave any books or papers on your desk.
􀁒 Keep your pencils or pens in your hand.
􀁒 After I give you the testpaper, look at it carefully.
􀁒 Now, write down your names and roll numbers on the first
page.
􀁒 Don’t forget to put the date.
􀁒 Don’t look at anyone else’s paper. Don’t talk to anybody.
􀁒 Now start writing.
Letter to a Friend
20 Ranipukur Lane,
 Mymensingh
05 Octber, 2005
Dear Kiron,
How are you? I’m doing fine in my new school here. I don’t feel lonely any more. I’ve made a new friend. His name’s Altaf. He’s a nice boy. He is always friendly and helpful. Everybody likes him. On my first day at school he sat beside me. We talked and spent a lot of time together. The other day, he took me to a book store in the town. We also visited the public library.
He’s also a witty person. He often tells jokes and riddles. Here is a riddle that he told us yesterday.
Q. What goes up and never comes down?
Ans. Age.
Anyway, I miss you all very much. Write to me soon. Tell me about you and other friends.
Love,
Murad

Ask and answer.
a) Who is the letter from?
b) Who is he writing the letter to?
c) Who is Kiron?
d) What word is used to end the letter?
e) Where does Murad live?
Paragraph Writing
My Mother
My mother’s name is Ms Sufia Khanam. She is 35 years old.
She is a B.A. She teaches in a primary school in Gopalgonj. After school hours, she works at home. She cooks our food. She also looks after my old grandfather and my little sister. She takes care of our health and studies. On holidays she cooks special dishes for us. She washes the clothes. She keeps the house clean. Sometimes she goes to the market. She also visits relatives. She helps the sick people. In the evening, she watches TV. She spends her free time with us. She remains busy the whole week. I love my mother very much.
Your Favorite Game
a) What is the name of your favorite game?
b) Is it a common and popular game in Bangladesh?
c) How many players can play the game?
d) With whom and when do you play it?
e) Why is it your favorite?
Write about yourself
What’s your name? How old are you? Which class do you read in?
How many students are there in your class? What’s the name of your best friend? Why do you like him or her? What are some of the things you do together? What’s your friend’s hobby? What do you like to do in your free time?

Riaj Ahmed
Assistant Teacher,
48 No Boro Dakksin Par Govt. Primary School.
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