Lesson: 30: The Night to Remember

প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থীবৃন্দ, ইংরেজি বিষয়ের The Night to Remember থেকে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ কিছু প্রশ্নোত্তর আলোচনা করছি।
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 then 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.
1. Choose the best answer.
(a) Adnan and his parents live in —
i. the same house. ii. different areas.
iii. a flat. iv. city area
(b) Adnan went — to see his ailing grandmother.
i. near the hospital ii. to the hospital
iii. to the doctor iv. to his friend
(c) When did Adnan return home from hospital? He returned home —.
i. after school hour. ii. in the morning.
iii. late at night. iv. after midnight.
(d) What did he think when he had heard some sound? He thought —.
i. to beat the person following him.
ii. somebody was following him.
iii. his father sent somebody to help him.
iv. a ghost was coming.
(e) Adnan started running ‘to get rid of’ the sound. Here ‘to get rid of’ means :
i. to get a ride. ii. to be free from.
iii. to hear the sound iv. to free something
Answer to the question no. 01:
a. i. the same house. b. ii.to the hospital.
c. iii. late at night.
d. ii. somebody was following him.
e. ii. to be free from.
2. True or false? If false, give the correct answer.
(a) Adnan’s mother took his grandmother to a hospital.
(b) Transport was not available at night.
(c) The patient was taken to hospital.
(d) Adnan was alone while coming back home from the hospital.
(e) Adnan was afraid to walk to his house.
Answer to the question no. 02:
(a) False. Correct answer — Adnan’s father took her to the hospital.
(b) True. (c) True. (d) True.
(e) False. Correct answer — Adnan was afraid to look back.
Q. 3. Match the words with their similar meaning.
A B
Student sick
live pupil
ill dwell
see response
transport started
far look
house distant
silence home
follow go after
began vehicle
reply quiet
Answer to the question no. 03:
student = pupil
live = dwell
reply = response
see = look
ill = sick
transport = vehicle
far = distance
house = home
silence = quiet
follow = go after
began = started.
Q. 4. Answer the following questions.
(a) What is Adnan?
(b) Who took Adnan’s grandmother to the hospital?
(c) When did he leave hospital for home?
(d) Who was with Adnan when he was coming back home from the hospital?
(e) What happened when he stopped walking?
(f) What did Adnan feel?
(g) Why did Adnan begin to run?
Answer to the question no. 04:
(a) Adnan is a student.
(b) Adnan’s father took her to the hospital.
(c) It was almost midnight when Adnan left hospital for home.
(d) There was nobody with him.
(e) When he stopped walking, he heard no sound.
(f) He felt that someone was following him.
(g) He began to run to get rid of the sound.
Q. 5. Use capital letter and punctuation mark where necessary.
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
Answer to the Question no. 05:
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.
Q. 6. Make sentences using the following words.
Alone, Silence, Follow, Afraid,
Stop, Student, Parents, Grandmother,
Ill, Take, School, Leave,
Almost, Transport, Far, Walk
Answer to the Question no. 06:
Alone = Adnan was all alone.
Silence = There was silence all around.
Follow = He felt that someone was following him.
Afraid = He was afraid even to look back.
Stop = But when he stopped he heard no sound.
Student = Adnan is a student.
Parents = He lives with his parents.
Grandmother = His grandmother also lives with them.
Ill = Once his grandmother fell ill.
Take = His father took her to the hospital.
School = Adnan came from school and went to the hospital.
Leave = Adnan left the hospital for home.
Almost = Then it was almost midnight.
Transport = There was no transport on the road.
Far = His house was not very far.
Walk = So he was walking home.