Saikat Islam lives with his parents in a flat in Bogura. His father Mr. Rashidul Islam is a banker. But in his free time Mr. Islam writes stories and listens to music. Saikat’s mother is Mrs. Monwara Islam. She is a housewife. In her free time she enjoys sewing. She makes dresses. She often gets orders from her friends and neighbours.
Saikat is in Class 5. He is a good student. He wants to improve his English, so he watches cartoons on TV everyday. He also reads English books. He likes books about animals, especially tigers and lions.
সাইকাৎ ইসলাম তার পিতামাতার সঙ্গে বগুড়ার একটি ফ্ল্যাটে থাকে। তার বাবা, জনাব রশিদুল ইসলাম একজন ব্যাংকার। কিন্তু ফাঁকা সময়ে জনাব ইসলাম গল্প লেখেন এবং সঙ্গীত শোনেন। সাইকাৎ–এর মা, মিসেস মনোয়ারা ইসলাম একজন গৃহিনী। ফাঁকা সময়ে তিনি সেলাই উপভোগ করেন। তিনি পোশাক তৈরি করেন। তিনি প্রায়ই বন্ধু ও প্রতিবেশীদের কাছ থেকে অর্ডার পান।
সাইকাৎ পঞ্চম শ্রেণিতে পড়ে। সে একজন ভালো ছাত্র। সে তার ইংরেজি দক্ষতা উন্নত করতে চায়, তাই প্রতিদিন টিভিতে কার্টুন দেখে। সে ইংরেজি বইও পড়ে। সে প্রাণী সম্পর্কে লেখা বই পছন্দ করে, বিশেষ করে বাঘ এবং সিংহ সম্পর্কিত বই।
Vocabulary Box: Saikat and His Family
Words/Phrases | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonym |
Flat (noun) | ফ্ল্যাট | apartment, residence | house, bungalow |
Banker (noun) | ব্যাংককর্মী | bank employee, financier | |
Free time (noun) | অবসর সময় | leisure time, spare time | work time, busy period |
Housewife (noun) | গৃহিণী | homemaker, domestic manager | working professional |
Sewing (verb) | সেলাই করা | stitching, tailoring | |
Enjoys (verb) | উপভোগ করে | likes, takes pleasure in | dislikes, hates |
Dresses (noun) | পোশাক | clothes, garments | |
Orders (noun) | অর্ডার | requests, commissions | cancellations |
Neighbours (noun) | প্রতিবেশী | people next door, local residents | strangers |
Improve (verb) | উন্নতি করা | enhance, get better at | worsen, deteriorate |
Cartoons (noun) | কার্টুন | animated shows, animations | |
Especially (adverb) | বিশেষ করে | particularly, mainly | generally, least of all |
1. Match the words of the column A with their meaning that is mentioned in the text in the column B
Column A | Column B |
(a) Apartment | (i) a formal evening meal |
(b) Housewife | (ii) animated film |
(c) Cartoons | (iii) in a formal manner |
(d) Usually | (iv) a set of rooms for living in |
(e) Dinner | (v) mistress of a house |
| (vi) a formal morning meal |
Column A | Column B |
(a) Flat | (i) a set of rooms for living in |
(b) Banker | (ii) a person who works in a bank |
(c) Housewife | (iii) a woman who manages her home |
(d) Sewing | (iv) the act of making or mending clothes |
(e) Orders | (v) requests to make or supply something |
Column A | Column B |
(a) Stories | (i) tales or narratives |
(b) Music | (ii) pleasant sounds produced by voices or instruments |
(c) Free time | (iii) time when one is not working |
(d) Dresses | (iv) clothes usually worn by women |
(e) Neighbours | (v) people living near one another |
Column A | Column B |
(a) Class 5 | (i) a level of school study |
(b) Student | (ii) a person who studies at school |
(c) Improve | (iii) to make better |
(d) English | (iv) a language spoken in many countries |
(e) Books | (v) printed pages bound together with information or stories |
Column A | Column B |
(a) Cartoons | (i) animated films for children |
(b) TV | (ii) a device used for watching programmes |
(c) Everyday | (iii) happening daily |
(d) Animals | (iv) living creatures other than humans |
(e) Especially | (v) particularly or mainly |
Column A | Column B |
(a) Lives | (i) resides or stays in a place |
(b) Parents | (ii) father and mother |
(c) Writes | (iii) composes with a pen or keyboard |
(d) Makes | (iv) creates or produces |
(e) Friends | (v) people with whom one has a good relationship |