Babul and his family live on the island of Dublar Char | Class 5
Babul and his family live on the island of Dublar Char.
Read the text
and answer the questions 1, 2, 3 and 4 : [Unit 24: Lesson 2-5]
Babul and his
family live on the island of Dublar Char. Life is good for the family now, but
that wasn't true after Cyclone Aila. Babul doesn't remember Cyclone Aila, but
his parents often talk about that terrible night in 2009.
Babul's father
had a grocery shop and his mother worked in a fish farm. They had a small house
that they shared with Babul's grandparents. Babul was just a baby, but his
sister Nipa was six years old.
Babul's father
told him what happened that day. There
was light rain in the morning on 25 May. In the afternoon, the wind started to
blow and people began to run for their homes. Babul's father closed his shop
and his mother came home. His grandparents checked the family's emergency kit.
Their torch was working and they had extra batteries. They put the torch,
batteries and first aid kit in plastic box.
By the evening,
the river was rising. The winds of Cyclone Aila shook the walls of the house as
if there was an earthquake. Everyone was afraid. Nipa began to cry. Suddenly, there was an
awful noise and the family's roof blew away! The sky was dark, but the family
could see trees flying over their heads. Grandmother still says she saw fish
flying through the sky.
The next day
was awful. Babul's family couldn't stop crying. Nipa and grandfather were gone.
Babul's father went out to look for them. He found Nipa in a field. She was
holding onto a tree and she was covered in mud. She didn't remember
anything. He took Nipa at home and began
looking for her grandfather. He looked in the fields, the buildings and in the
trees. Many people in Bangladesh were missing after Cyclone Aila, and Babul's
grandfather was one of them. The family never found him.
After Cyclone
Aila, People worked together. Nipa's school became the shelter for survivors. Babul
and his family went to live in the school. The government of Bangladesh and
workers from NGO's came to help, but things were very hard. There wasn't enough
safe drinking water or food, so many people became ill. In time, people
repaired their homes and rebuilt their village and bridges. They planted new
trees and new crops in their fields. Babul feels happy when he looks at the
trees and his sister Nipa, but he feels sad about his grandfather. His
grandmother says, "Don't be sad, Babul. Grandfather wants us to live for
the future."
1. Write the
answer on the answer paper.
i) Babul's
parents are ............ c
A sick
B injured
C alive
D dead
ii) Cyclone
Aila hit Dublar Char in ............ . d
A 2006
B 2007
C 2008
D 2009
iii) Now,
Babul's family consists of ............ members. b
A four
B five
C six
D seven
iv) Dublar Char
is a ............ d
A small house
B small
hatchery
C small distant land
D small island
v) On the day
of Ayla the wind became strong ............
c
A in the morning
B in the
afternoon
C in the evening
D at night
vi) A strong
wind carried and threw Nipa in ............
b
A an island
B a field
C a hatchery
D in a house
vii) The night
was ............ . b
A funny
B fearful
C interesting
D amesing
viii) There was
sign of ............ a
A devastation
B construction
C creation
D manufacture
ix) What did
Babul's father have? d
A a fish farm
B a fish market
C a grocery market
D a grocery
shop
x) Who was the
youngest member of the family? a
A Nipa
B Nipa's mother
C Babul
D Babul's
father
Additional
Questions
i) Babul's
father was a ............ . c
A farmer
B worker
C shopkeeper
D teacher
ii) Babul's
mother works in a ............ . b
A grocery shop
B fish farm
C house
D school
iii) The age of
Nipa was ............ in 2009. b
A 5
B 6
C 7
D 8
iv) The rain
and the wind became too strong ............ .
c
A since morning
B in the
afternoon
C by the evening
D at night
v) Drizzling
started ............ . a
A in the morning of Ayla
B before the day of Ayla
C after the day of Ayla
D at the night of Ayla
vi) Who told
Babul about Aila? b
A Babul's grandfather
B Babul's father
C Babul's mother
D Babul's grandmother
vii) The family
will never find Babul's ............ . a
A grandfather
B grandmother
C sister
D grandparents and sister
viii) When did
the wind began to blow? c
A In the morning
B At dawn
C In the afternoon
D At night
ix) Who was
Nipa? b
A Babul’s cousin
B Babul’s sister
C Babul’s neighbour
D Babul’s relative
x) People
thought their homes ............ . d
A dangerous
B unsafe
C risky
D safe
xi) Where did
Babul's mother come from? c
A Grocery shop
B field
C fish farm
D school
xii) Everyone
was afraid because of the ............ . b
A earthquake
B cyclone
C flood
D light rain
xiii) Nipa
began to cry because she was ............ . b
A unafraid
B afraid
C fearless
D dauntless
xiv) Who saw
fish flying through the sky? d
A Babul's father
B Babul's mother
C Babul's grandfather
D Babul's grandmother
xv) What blew
their roof away? c
A an awful noise
B an earthquake
C a strong wind
D a gentle wind
xvi) Nipa was
found holding onto a ............ . b
A roof
B tree
C wall
D timber
xvii) Who
rescued Nipa? a
A Nipa's father
B Nipa's mother
C Nipa's brother
D Nipa's
grandfather
xviii) Babul's
father went out to look for ............ . d
A Nipa and Babul
B Nipa and her grandmother
C Nipa and her father
D Nipa and her grandfather
xix) Babul's ............
was missing after cyclone. c
A mother
B father
C grandfather
D grandmother
xx) Who was
lost for ever? d
A Babul
B Nipa
C grandmother
D grandfather
xxi) Where did
Babul and his family take shelter? b
A Babul's school
B Nipa's school
C Government office
D NGO office
xxii) People
worked together ............ cyclone
Aila. c
A before
B during
C after
D just before
xxiii) Why did
many people become ill? d
A for lack of unsafe drinking water
B for lack of impure drinking water
C for lack of drinking water
D for lack of safe drinking water
xxiv) Babul
feels happy when he looks at the ............ . b
A crops and his mother
B trees and his sister
C school and his father
D bridges and his mother
xxv) Why does
Babul feel sad? d
A Because of his grandmother
B Because of his sister
C Because of his father
D Because of his grandfather
xxvi) Who
consoles Babul? b
A grandfather
B grandmother
C father
D mother
2. Match the
words of the column A with their meaning that is mentioned in the text in the
column B (There are two extra):
Ans. a) +
iii; b) + v; c) + i;
d) + ii; e) + vii.
Or, Fill in the
blanks.
a) The wind was
stronger in the ............ .
b) People
worked ............ after Aila.
c) The name of
the storm was ............ .
d) After the
storm, Nipa was found in a ............ .
e) Babul
grandfather was ............ .
Ans. a)
evening; b) together; c) Ayla; d) field; e) missing.
3. Answer the
following questions.
a) When was the
life of Babul's family got deteriorated?
Ans. The life of Babul's family got
deteriorated after cyclone Aila.
b) Where did
Babul’s family live in?
Ans. Babul’s family lived in a small house on
the island of Dublar char.
c) Make a list
of three events happened on the day of Ayla.
Ans. A list of three events happened on the
day of Ayla :
(i) light rain
from morning.
(ii) rising up
the water in the river.
(iii) houses
were ruined.
d) What is
Babul's father?
Ans. Babul's father is a shopkeeper.
e) Whom did Babul
live with?
Ans. Babul lived with his parents, sister and
grandparents.
Babul and his family live on the island of Dublar Char | Class 5
Additional
Questions
f) Why can't
Babul remember cyclone Aila?
Ans. Babul can't remember cyclone Aila because
he was just a baby at the time of cyclone.
g) When did the
wind become too strong?
Ans. The wind became too strong by the
evening.
h) How did the
village become a valley of death?
Ans. The village was completely ruined by
Ayla. Tress and buildings were broken and many people were found missing. Thus
the village became a valley of death.
i) Where did
Babul's mother work?
Ans. Babul's mother worked in a fish farm.
j) When did
Cyclone Aila strike?
Ans. Cyclone Aila struck on 25 May, 2009.
k) Where did
people take shelter at the very beginning of the Cyclone Aila?
Ans. At the very beginning of the Cyclone
Aila, people took shelter in their houses.
l) What did
people do when the wind had started to blow?
Ans. People began to run for their homes when
the wind had started to blow.
m) When did the
wind begin to blow?
Ans. The wind began to blow in the afternoon.
n) What
precautions did Babul's grandparents take for the cyclone?
Ans. Babul's grandparents took the following
precautions for the cyclone :
1. They checked the family's emergency kit.
2. They put the torch, batteries and first aid
kit in a plastic box.
o) Why did
Babul's grandparents check their emergency kit?
Ans. Babul's grandparents checked their
emergency kit to meet their emergency need.
p) When was the
river rising?
Ans. The river was rising in the evening.
q) Why did the
family's roof blow away?
Ans. The family's roof blew away because of
the strong wind of cyclone Aila.
r) Where was
Nipa found the next day?
Ans. Nipa was found in a field the next day.
s) How did the
people work after Aila?
Ans. The people worked together after Aila.
t) Who came to
help the survivors?
Ans. The government of Bangladesh and workers
from NGOs came to help the survivors.
u) Why did
people became ill?
Ans. People became ill because there wasn't
enough safe drinking water or food.
v) When does
Babul feel sad?
Ans. Babul feels sad when he thinks of his
grandfather.
4. Write a
short composition on "A Storm You Have Experienced" in five sentences
by answering the following questions.
a) When did the
storm occur?
b) How was the
condition of the weather?
c) What was
happened?
d) How did you
feel?
e) What news
did you get after the storm?
Ans.
"A Storm I
Have Experienced"
On 25 June
2014, a terrible storm occurred in my village. On the day of the storm the wind
was blowing strongly. I heard the breaking sounds of trees. I was screaming and
crying. After the storm, I heard the death news of some cattles.
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