Class: 7 | English | The Frog and the Ox Questions Answers | Unit 4: Important discussion from unit 4 of class seven English subject so read the post carefully.
Unit-4: The Frog and the Ox
| New vocabulary | |||
| Related | সম্পর্কিত | Sibling | সহোদর |
| Passionate | আবেগী | Encourage | উৎসাহ দেওয়া, সাহস যোগান |
| Pride | গর্ব | Reply | উত্তর দেওয়া |
| Compare | তুলনা করা | Scenic | দর্শনীয়, দেখার মত |
| Patient | ধৈর্য্য | Leisure time | অবসর সময় |
4.1 In pairs/groups, discuss how they are related to each other.
4.2 Now, read the text below and ask and answer the following questions in pairs/groups.
My father is the kindest person I have ever seen. He is tall and handsome. He is from a small village named “Fultali”. He is the eldest of four siblings. He is very passionate about his work. He is also very encouraging and always supports us to follow our dreams. I love his smiling face the most. My father is my hero!
অনুবাদ: আমার বাবা আমার দেখা সবচেয়ে দয়ালু ব্যক্তি। তিনি লম্বা এবং সুদর্শন। তিনি ‘ফুলতলী’ নামের একটি ছোট গ্রামের বাসিন্দা। চার ভাইবোনের মধ্যে তিনি সবার বড়। তিনি তার কাজের প্রতি খুব উৎসাহী। তিনি খুব উৎসাহী এবং সবসময় আমাদের স্বপ্ন অনুসরণ করতে আমাদের সমর্থন করেন। তার হাসিমাখা মুখটা আমি সবচেয়ে বেশি ভালোবাসি। আমার বাবা আমার নায়ক!
Questions: (Text Book Page No. 30)
- a) Which parts of speech are the underlined words?
Ans. The underlined words are adjective.
- b) What are the positions of these words in a sentence?
Ans.
- c) What are the functions of these words? What do they do in the sentences?
Ans. Adjectives specifies the quality, number, and size of nouns or pronouns. In a sentence, it describes nouns or pronouns.
4.3 Read the story and match the words in column A with their meanings in column B in pairs/groups. (Text Book Page No. 30)
The Frog and the Ox
A big frog once lived in a small pond. Because he was the biggest creature in the pond, the frog decided he must also be the biggest thing in the world. As he sunned himself on his lily pad, he puffed out his chest with pride.
একদা একটি বড় ব্যাঙ একটি ছোট পুকুরে বাস করত। যেহেতু সে পুকুররের সবচেয়ে বড় প্রাণি ছিল, সে চিন্তা করল নিশ্চয়ই সে পৃথিবীর সবচেয়ে বড় জিনিস হবে। যখন সে তার শাপলা পাতায় রোদ পোহায়, তখন সে গর্বের সাথে তার বুক ফুলিয়ে তোলে।
“No one anywhere is bigger than I am,” he thought. One day a huge ox came to drink at the pond. The frog was amazed, but he refused to be impressed.
‘আমার চেয়ে বড় কোথাও কেউ নেই,’ সে ভাবল। একদিন একটি বিশাল ষাড় পুকুরে পানি পান করতে এল। ব্যাঙ অবাক হয়ে গেল, কিন্তু সে মুগ্ধ হতে অস্বীকার করল।
“I suppose you think you are big,” the frog called out to the ox. “But I want you to know that I can make myself just as big as you.”
ব্যাঙ ষাড়কে ডেকে বললো, ‘আমি মনে করি তুমি নিজেকে বড় মনে করো।’ ‘কিন্তু আমি চাই তুমি জান, যে আমি নিজেকে তোমার মতো বড় করতে পারি।’
The ox did not reply. He just kept on drinking.
ষাড় জবাব দিল না। সে শুধু পানি পান করতে থাকে।
“If you don’t believe me,” shouted the frog, “just watch!”
‘তুমি যদি আমাকে বিশ্বাস না কর,’ ব্যাঙ চিৎকার করে বলল, ‘শুধু দেখ!’
The frog took a deep breath and blew himself up to twice his usual size. But still, the ox paid no attention to him.
ব্যাঙটি একটা গভীর শ্বাস নিল এবং নিজেকে তার স্বাভাবিক আকারের দ্বিগুণ করে করে তুলল। কিন্তু তবুও ষাড়টি তার দিকে মনোযোগ দেয়নি।
“So, that’s not big enough for you?” croaked the frog. Very well, I’ll make myself bigger still.” He blew himself up even larger.
‘তাহলে, এটা আপনার জন্য যথেষ্ট বড় নয়?’ ব্যাঙ ডেকে উঠল। ঠিক আছে, আমি নিজেকে আরও বড় করব।’ সে নিজেকে আরও বড় করে উড়িয়ে দিল।
Again the ox said nothing. He simply turned away and headed for the other side of the pond. He had had enough to drink. This made the frog furious. Taking an enormous breath, he blew…and blew…and blew himself up until he burst. And that was the end of the big frog in the small pond. So, nobody should try to be what you can’t be.
আবার ষাড় কিছু বলল না। সে সরে দাঁড়াল এবং পুকুরের অপর পারে চলে গেল। তার পর্যাপ্ত পানি পান করেছিল। এতে ব্যাঙ ক্ষিপ্ত হয়ে ওঠে। একটি প্রচÐ নিঃশ্বাস নিয়ে, সে ফুঁক দিল…এবং উড়িয়ে দিল…এবং নিজেকে উড়িয়ে দিল যতক্ষণ না সে ফেটে যায়। আর তাতেই শেষ হয়ে গেল ছোট পুকুরের বড় ব্যাঙ। সুতরাং, যা হতে পারবে না তা হওয়ার চেষ্টা কারও উচিত নয়।
| Column A | Column B |
| Creature | Any living thing, especially an animal |
| Puffed | To make something larger by filling it with air |
| Breath | The air that goes into and out of our lungs |
| Croak | To make deep sounds by a frog |
| Turn away | To move your face in a different direction as you don’t want to see someone or something |
| Furious | Extremely angry |
| Enormous | Extremely large or great/ huge |
| Burst | To break open suddenly |
4.4 Ask and answer the following questions in pairs. Then share your answers with the whole class. (Text Book Page No. 33)
- a) Who is the biggest creature in the pond?
Ans. The frog is the biggest creature in the pond.
Or, According to the frog, he himself is the biggest creature in the pond.
- b) What did the frog do to be as big as the ox?
Ans. The frog blew himself by breathing to be as big as the ox.
- c) How do you describe the frog?
Ans. I think the frog is over ambitious and arrogant.
- d) Whom do you think is bigger, the frog or the ox?
Ans. Of course, the ox is bigger than the frog.
- e) What have you learnt from the story?
Ans. I learnt from the story that, nobody should try to be what you can’t be.
4.5 In pairs/groups identify the adjectives from the story and write who/ what the adjectives describe. (Text Book Page No. 33)
| Adjective | Who/what they describe |
| 1) Big | Describes the size of the frog |
| 2) Small | Describes the size of the pond |
| 3) Huge | Describes the size of the ox |
| 4) Usual | Describes the normal size of the ox |
| 5) Large | Describes the size of the frog after it blew itself more |
| 6) Furious | Describes the mood of the frog |
| 7) Enormous | Describes the amount of breath taking by the frog |
4.6 In pairs/groups read the note given in the box on the degrees of adjectives. (Text Book Page No. 34)
See the text book
4.7 Read the following sentences in pairs/groups. Then, identify the forms of the underlined adjectives and their purposes. One is done for you. (Text Book Page No. 34)
- A big frog once lived in a small pond.
- No one anywhere is bigger than I am.
- The frog decided he must also be the biggest thing in the world.
- One day a huge ox came to drink at the pond.
- I can make myself just as big as you.
- The frog took a deep breath.
| Sentence | Degree of Adjective | Purpose |
| a. A big frog once lived in a small pond. | Positive degree | To tell the size of a frog. Here it does not show any comparison. |
| b. No one anywhere is bigger than I am. | Comparative degree | To compare the frog with other creature. |
| c. The frog decided he must also be the biggest thing in the world.
|
Superlative degree | To describe the thinking of the frog about its size |
| d. One day a huge ox came to drink at the pond. | Positive degree | To tell the size of a ox. Here it does not show any comparison. |
| e. I can make myself just as big as you. | Comparative degree | To compare the size between the frog and the ox. |
| f. The frog took a deep breath. | Positive degree | To tell amount of the breath taken by the frog. |
4.8 Let’s know/learn some rules for forming comparative and superlative degrees. (Text Book Page No. 36)
See the text book.
4.9 Read the rules again. And, write the comparative and superlative degrees of the given adjectives in your exercise book. Then compare your answers in pairs. (Text Book Page No. 37)
| Comparative degree | Superlative degree |
| Bigger | Biggest |
| Smaller | Smallest |
| deeper | Deepest |
| Larger | Largest |
4.10 Look at the picture of “Abir’s Family”. Then, in pairs/groups complete the description of his family using the appropriate forms of adjectives given in the brackets. (Text Book Page No. 37)
Abir’s Family
Hello friends! This is my family. We live in a 1) ____ (beautiful) village. I think no other place is as 2) ____ (scenic) and 3) ____ (clean) as my village. My parents, two of my siblings and my grandparents, we all live together in our house. My grandfather is the 4) ____ (old) and my little brother, Anik is the 5) ____ (young) member of my family. My mother takes care of all of us. My father is also as 6) ____ (caring) as my mother. No other member of my family is as 7) ____ (quiet) as my mother. My grandmother is my closest friend. To me no one is 8) ____ (friendly) than my grandmother. My grandfather talks very little. Nobody talks as 9) ____ (little) as my grandfather in my house. My elder sister, Sarah is 10) ____ (active) and 11) ____ (smart). I think, she is the 12) ____ (smart) one in my family. Our dining room is the 13) ____ (noisy) place in my house. This is our meeting place and we discuss almost everything here. The old mango tree in front of my house is 14) ____ (quiet) than any other place. I spend most of my leisure time there. I love my family and my living place 15) ____ (much) than anything else in the world.
Ans. 1. beautiful; 2. more scenic; 3. cleanest; 4. oldest; 5. youngest; 6. caring; 7. quieter; 8. friendlier; 9. little; 10. more active; 11. smart; 12. smartest; 13. most noisy; 14. more quite; 15. very much;
4.11 Now, draw a picture of your family members and describe them in a short paragraph. Use all three degrees of adjectives in your description. Later, paste it on the wall and invite your friends to read it. (Text Book Page No. 37)
Follow these questions to write about your family:
- How many members are there in your family?
- Who are they?
- Who is the youngest and who is the eldest?
- Who is the most caring and helpful?
- Who is your best friend? And who is not as friendly as he/she?
- Who is the most hardworking person? Who else is compared with her/him?
- What do you love most about your family?
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