Dhunu's Guitar:Lesson-6: Class-vii,(Assam)
Dhunu's Guitar:Lesson-6: Class-vii,(Assam)
Dhanu's Guitar is an Assamese story adapted from the film'Village Rockstars'by celebrated film-maker, Rima Das. Today I will discuss only questions and answers on this lesson. I will try to give all questions answer, and I hope you will get more benefits from this topic.
questions no-1.
Let's find out how much we have understood:
(a) What is meant by the word 'profession'?
(b) Where is Dhunu from?
(c) Who made the film Village Rockstars?
(d) What was the name of Dhunu's brother?
(e) Why did the village woman often scold Dhunu?
(f) What did Dhunu's mother tell the woman who scolded her daughter?
(g) What did Dhunu decide to do after meeting the musicians at a local event?
(h) What plan did Dhunu propose after she realized that she could not afford to buy a guitar?
(i) Why did Dhunu start doing odd jobs around the village?
(j) "But Dhunu believes that if you really want something and work towards it, you can achieve it."-What does this line tell you about Dhunu's character?
Answer:-
(a) What is meant by the word 'profession'?
Answer:-Here is 'profession' meant employment.
(b) Where is Dhunu from?
Answer:- Dhunu lives in Kalardiya village, near chaigaon in Kamrup district of Assam.
(c) Who made the film Village Rockstars?
Answer:-Rima Das made the film 'Village Rockstar'.
(d) What was the name of Dhunu's brother?
Answer:- Dhunu's brother's name was Manabendra.
(e) Why did the village woman often scold Dhunu?
Answer:- The village woman often scolded Dhunu, because Dhunu's behaving not like a girl, and spending time with boys and playing boys' games.
(f) What did Dhunu's mother tell the woman who scolded her daughter?
Answer: Dhunu's mother told the woman, none of them came to help her after her husband's death. She has been doing both a man's job as well as a woman's job, earning money and looking after her children,, her animals and her land.
(g) What did Dhunu decide to do after meeting the musicians at a local event?
Answer:- Dhunu decided to do after meeting the musicians at a local event, that one they will make a music band.
(h) What plan did Dhunu propose after she realized that she could not afford to buy a guitar?
Answer: When Dhunu realized that she could not afford to buy a guitar, but instead of her destiny, she finds her happiness playing with the styrofoam instruments, and start doing odd jobs around the village to earn and save money.
(i) Why did Dhunu start doing odd jobs around the village?
Answer:- Dhunu did start doing odd jobs around the village because she wants to buy a real guitar.
(j) "But Dhunu believes that if you really want something and work towards it, you can achieve it."-What does this line tell you about Dhunu's character?
Answer:- This line tells about Dhunu's character for her confidence and her willpower.
Questions no -2.
Given below is the summary of a part of the lesson 'Dhunu's Guitar'. There is some wrong information in it. underline the wrong information, make corrections, and rewrite the summary.
'Dhunu's Guitar' is the story of a young eleven-year-old girl who lives in Kalardiya village with her mother. They are quite well off. Dhunu has a pet monkey who she loves to spend time with. One day, Dhunu and her friends come across some cricketers playing at a local event. She is fascinated by the band and their musical instruments, especially the guitar. She dreams of owning one herself and forming her own dance band with her friends someday. But she is too poor to own a guitar. So she and her friends make clay guitars and play on them.
Answer:
'Dhunu's Guitar' is the story of a young eleven-year-old girl who lives in Kalardiya village with her mother. They are quite well off. Dhunu has a pet monkey who she loves to spend time with. One day, Dhunu and her friends come across some cricketers playing at a local event. She is fascinated by the band and their musical instruments, especially the guitar. She dreams of owning one herself and forming her own dance band with her friends someday. But she is too poor to own a guitar. So she and her friends make clay guitars and play on them.
Questions no-5.
We have found in the lesson that Dhunu met by chance a group of boys practicing music for a local event. Dhunu was very happy to see the musicians. You know that a person who plays music is a musician. Do you know the names of other professions? Fill in the blanks below with the appropriate words:
(a) a person who repairs shoes:-----
(b) a person who repairs water pipes: -------
(c) a person who operates the controls of an aircraft, especially as a job: ----
(d) a person whose job is to take care of people's teeth:------
(e) a person who makes, repairs or sells articles made of gold: ------
(f) a person who can do magic tricks: ------
(g) a person whose job is to cut men's hair and some time to shave them: ----
(h) a person who takes care of gardens:-------
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Answer:
(a) a person who repairs shoes: cobblers
(b) a person who repairs water pipes: plumbers
(c) a person who operates the controls of an aircraft, especially as a job: a pilot
(d) a person whose job is to take care of people's teeth: dentist
(e) a person who makes, repairs or sells articles made of gold: goldsmith
(f) a person who can do magic tricks: magician
(g) a person whose job is to cut men's hair and some time to shave them: Barbar
(h) a person who takes care of gardens: gardener.
Questions no-6.
Read the following lines and look carefully at the words printed in italics. They give the answer to the question 'whose'
(a) The name of the lesson is Dhunu's Guitar. (Question: Whose Guitar?)
(b) Dhunu's mother had to look after her children single-handedly after her husband's death. (Question: Whose mother; Whose death?)
(c) The children's fun is cut short as the monsoon months begin. (Question: Whose fun?)
The words Dhunu's, husband's and children's are said to be in the possessive form. The possessive form of a noun or pronoun shows ownership or association. With the addition of an apostrophe and an's'( or sometimes just an apostrophe), a noun can change from a simple person, place, or thing to a person, place, or thing that owns something.
Here are a few different ways to form the possessive of a noun:
(i) If the noun doesn't end with an 's', add 's to the end of the noun.
For example:
Dhunu's Guitar was made from styrofoam.
This is a picture of Dhunu and her goat. The goat is Dhunu's pet.
(ii) If a proper name or proper noun ends with an 's', you can add an apostrophe; or and an 's'.For example:
(a) Rima Das' movie Village Rockstars won several awards.
(b) Rima Das's movie Village Rockstars won several awards.
(iii) After a plural noun that ends in 's', add an apostrophe.
The names of Dhunu,s friends are Rinku, Boloram, Bishnu, and Bhaskar. She liked playing boy's games.
Now fill in the blanks using the correct possessive form.
(a) This is Dhunu. The tea stall belongs to her mother. The tea stall belongs to ----- mother.
(b) She even does jobs normally done by a man. She does ------- jobs.
(c) Bhaskar is a friend of Dhunu. Dhunu is ------- friend.
(d) The cars belong to the director. They are the ----- cars.
(e) They made four styrofoam cut-out guitars. The ------ colors are red.
Answer:-
(a) This is Dhunu. The tea stall belongs to her mother. The tea stall belongs to Dhunu's mother.
(b) She even does jobs normally done by a man. She does man's jobs.
(c) Bhaskar is a friend of Dhunu. Dhunu is Bhashkar's friend.
(d) The cars belong to the director. They are the director's cars.
(e) They made four styrofoam cut-out guitars. The guitar's colors are red.
Questions no-7.
In the lesson, you read the line 'One day, Dhunu and her friends come upon a group of boys practicing music for a local event.' Find out which words in the sentence mean met by chance. You must have realized that the words are come upon.
(Groups of words like come upon or come across are called phrases. When the two words have a special meaning, the group of words is called an idiom)
Here are some phrases and idioms:
(a) cry over
(b) sweep away
(c) give up
(d) go on
(e) make a living
(f) cut short
Now, choose the right phrases and idioms to complete the following sentences. Remember to write them in the appropriate tense forms:
(i) Dhunu's mother-----by selling snacks at local events.
(ii) When the monsoon months begin, the fun of the children is------
(iii) In spite of the difficulties Dhunu and her mother face, life must-----
(iv) Though Dhunu knows she can not afford a guitar, she doesn't -------hope.
(v) Dhunu was worried that the bamboo post where she had saved money to buy a guitar might have been------by the flood.
(vi) Dhunu accepts her destiny bravely instead of ------ it.
Answer:-
(i) Dhunu's mother make a living by selling snacks at local events.
(ii) When the monsoon months begin, the fun of the children is cut short
(iii) In spite of the difficulties Dhunu and her mother face, life must go on.
(iv) Though Dhunu knows she can not afford a guitar, she doesn't give up hope.
(v) Dhunu was worried that the bamboo post where she had saved money to buy a guitar might have been sweep away by the flood.
(vi) Dhunu accepts her destiny bravely instead of cry over it.
Questions no-9.
Rewrite the following sentences in their passive forms:
(i) The guitar fascinates Dhunu.
Answer:- Dhunu is fascinated by the guitar.
(ii) The monsoon months cut short the children.s fun.
Answer:- The children,s fun is cut short by the monsoon months.
(iii) Dhunu and her friends made styrofoam guitars.
Answer:- Styrofoam guitars were made by Dhunu and her friends.
(iv) Dhunu accepted her destiny.
Answer:- Her destiny was accepted by Dhunu.
(v) Dhunu and Bhashkar rescued their belongings.
Answer:- Their belongings were rescued by Dhunu and Bhashkar.
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