āĻŽāĻ•āĻŸā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻžāĻ“

āĻ…āĻĢāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻŽāĻ•āĻŸā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϟ

āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ āφāĻĒāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻšāĻŦ⧇!

Class 7: English, Lesson 8: The Story of Proserpine unit I

Lesson 8: The Story of Proserpine
Unit I

Part 1: Text & Translation

English: Long, long ago, in the beautiful island of Sicily, there lived a goddess called Ceres. She was the goddess of crops, plants and trees; so on her depended the health and happiness of all the people of this wide world. Ceres had a fair daughter, Proserpine, whom she loved more than her life. Proserpine was the brightest and loveliest of all girls. Her cheeks were rosy and beautiful like the apple blossoms in spring. Her eyes were as blue as the sky in April. Her long golden curls were as bright as the sunlight in springtime. All the radiant loveliness of springtime seemed to have taken the form of this fair maiden. Everybody said, “She is the Spring.”

Bengali: āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•, āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻžāϞ āφāϗ⧇, āϏāĻŋāϏāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒ⧇, āϏ⧇āϰ⧇āϏ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āĻŦā§€ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻļāĻ¸ā§āϝ, āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧃āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦā§€; āϤāĻžāχ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧁āĻ– āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϰ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ⧀ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧇āϰāĻĒāĻžāχāύ, āϝāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧇āϰāĻĒāĻžāχāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ⧀āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāϞ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āφāĻĒ⧇āϞ āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻžāĻĒāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āĻ– āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϞ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āύ⧀āϞāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āϏ⧋āύāĻžāϞāĻŋ āϕ⧋āρāĻ•ā§œāĻžāύ⧋ āϚ⧁āϞāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŦāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻŦāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āϏ⧌āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϝ āϝ⧇āύ āĻāχ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ⧀ āϕ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āϟāĻŋāϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻŦāϞāϤ, “āϏ⧇āχ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻŦāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤”

Part 2: Text & Translation

English: Proserpine helped her mother in the fields. With her young companions she danced and sang, while gathering flowers. Far down the earth, there lived dark Pluto, king of the land of the dead. He had often asked some goddess to come and live with him, but no goddess was willing to live among the dead. So Pluto was very lonely. One day Pluto came to earth and was driving along in his swift chariot. Behind some bushes he heard voices and laughter. He was curious. He stopped his chariot, and walked to the bushes. There he saw Proserpine laughing and playing with her companions who formed a circle round her. Pluto was charmed at the sight of the lovely maiden. He looked at Proserpine and thought, “I must make her my queen. Her bright face will make even my dark kingdom look bright and beautiful.” But he knew that it would be useless to ask the maiden to be his queen. So he stepped into the circle and carried her to his chariot.

Bengali: āĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧇āϰāĻĒāĻžāχāύ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŦ⧟āϏ⧀ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āĻ•ā§ā§œāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āύāĻžāϚāϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻžāχāϤāĨ¤ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϞ⧁āĻŸā§‹, āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāϜāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āύāĻž āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦā§€āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦā§€āχ āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āĻĒā§āϞ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒā§āϞ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āϤ⧇ āĻāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āϰāĻĨ⧇ āĻšā§œā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻā§‹āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ†ā§œāĻžāϞ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—āϞāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧂āĻšāϞ⧀ āĻšāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϰāĻĨ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āĻā§‹āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧇āϰāĻĒāĻžāχāύāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϘāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϞ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻāχ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ⧀ āϕ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āϧ āĻšāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧇āϰāĻĒāĻžāχāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϞ⧇āύ, “āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāχ āĻ“āϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ“āϰ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻŽā§āĻ– āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝāϕ⧇āĻ“ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤” āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϰāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻĨāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϰāĻĨ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

Part 3: Text & Translation

English: The companions of Proserpine were frightened and fled in all directions. Pluto departed with the captive maiden in his chariot. He drove very fast. He was afraid that Proserpine’s mother Ceres would soon appear there in search of her daughter. After some time Pluto came to the bank of a river. The river was full to the brim and he could not drive through the water. To go in another direction would mean loss of time. So with his sceptre he struck the ground. The ground opened at once, and chariot, horses and all plunged into the darkness below. Just as the ground was closing over her, Proserpine seized her girdle and threw it far out into the river. She thought that the girdle might reach Ceres, and her mother would be able to trace her lost daughter.

Bengali: āĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧇āϰāĻĒāĻžāχāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϰāĻž āϭ⧟ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϞ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āϕ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϰāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϰāĻĨ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϭ⧟ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧇āϰāĻĒāĻžāχāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻž āϏ⧇āϰ⧇āϏ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ—āĻ—āĻŋāϰāχ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻ–ā§‹āρāĻœā§‡ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§āϞ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻĻā§€āϰ āϤ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āύāĻĻā§€āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāύāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻžāύāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϜāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϰāĻĨ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧋ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϰāĻžāϜāĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧁-āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϰāĻĨ, āĻ˜ā§‹ā§œāĻž āφāϰ āϏāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻžāρāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āφāϏāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻ–āύāχ āĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧇āϰāĻĒāĻžāχāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āĻŽāϰāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āύāĻĻā§€āϤ⧇ āϛ⧁āĻā§œā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϞ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽāϰāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāϟāĻŋ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āϏ⧇āϰ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤

Word Nest (āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ)

  • Sicily: an island in the Mediterranean Sea, to the south of Italy (āχāϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϪ⧇ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϏāĻžāĻ—āϰ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒ)
  • blossoms: flowers (āĻĢ⧁āϞ)
  • radiant: shining (āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§€āĻĒā§āϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ)
  • departed: left (āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ)
  • captive: imprisoned or kept in bondage (āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ)
  • brim: the top edge of a cup, glass, bowl etc (āĻ•āĻžāύāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻžāύāĻžā§Ÿ)
  • sceptre: an ornamental staff or baton indicating a King’s power (āϰāĻžāϜāĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ)
  • plunged: jumped into or dived (āĻāĻžāρāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ)
  • seized: caught hold of (āφāρāĻ•ā§œā§‡ āϧāϰāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āύāĻŋāϞ)
  • girdle: belt or waistband (āϕ⧋āĻŽāϰāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻ˛ā§āϟ)

Let’s do: Textbook Activities

Activity 1

Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the passage above:

  • (a) Goddess Ceres lived in the beautiful island of Sicily.
  • (b) Pluto was the king of the land of the dead.
  • (c) Everyone said that Proserpine was the Spring herself.
  • (d) Pluto was charmed when he saw Proserpine.
  • (e) Pluto struck the ground with his sceptre and it opened instantly.
Activity 2

Identify True and False statements and give Supporting Statements:

  • (a) Ceres had little role to play in the lives of the people on earth. (False)
    S.S: “She was the goddess of crops, plants and trees; so on her depended the health and happiness of all the people of this wide world.”
  • (b) Ceres was extremely fond of her fair daughter. (True)
    S.S: “Ceres had a fair daughter, Proserpine, whom she loved more than her life.”
  • (c) When Pluto first saw Proserpine, she was helping her mother in the field. (False)
    S.S: “There he saw Proserpine laughing and playing with her companions who formed a circle round her.”
  • (d) Pluto thought Proserpine’s beauty would brighten his dark kingdom. (True)
    S.S: “Her bright face will make even my dark kingdom look bright and beautiful.”
  • (e) Proserpine threw away her girdle because she did not require it in Pluto’s kingdom. (False)
    S.S: “She thought that the girdle might reach Ceres, and her mother would be able to trace her lost daughter.”
Activity 3

Fill up the following chart with information from the text:

CauseEffect
No goddess was willing to live among the dead.Pluto led a lonely life.
Pluto heard voices and laughter behind some bushes.He was curious and stopped his chariot to look.
Pluto stepped into the circle and carried Proserpine to his chariot.The companions of Proserpine got frightened and ran away.
He was afraid that Ceres would soon appear there in search of her daughter.Pluto drove his chariot very fast.
The river was full to the brim.He could not drive through the water and struck the ground with his sceptre.
Activity 4

Find words from the text having meanings similar to these:

  • (a) a young unmarried girl: maiden
  • (b) a horse driven carriage or car: chariot
  • (c) eager to know: curious
  • (d) flowers: blossoms
  • (e) grasped or caught tightly: seized
  • (f) a waistband: girdle
Activity 5

Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the list below (Change the form where necessary):
(plunged, departed, trace, lovely, bank, drove, curls)

  • (a) The rose is said to be the loveliest of all flowers. (Done for you)
  • (b) Kolkata is situated on the bank of river Hooghly.
  • (c) I could not trace the advertisement in yesterday’s newspaper.
  • (d) When it rains, driving a car is not easy. [‘drove’ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ ‘driving’]
  • (e) Please note the time of his departure from office last Saturday. [‘departed’ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ ‘departure’]

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