Class VIICLASS VII Seen

Chapter: Two (2.3) Playing With the Words

Our Unique Team

I am a great fan of cricket. I am also a member of our local cricket team. Every holiday we play cricket.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻŸ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦā§œ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ—ā§€āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿ āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻŸ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŸā§‡, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ• āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻŸ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻŋāĨ¤

On a summer evening, we all were enjoying our holidays by watching a cricket match with a neighbouring team.

āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻˇā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļā§€ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻŸ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

We were very tense about our team’s performance though we had two great players, Nabil and Junayed.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ–ā§āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ“ āĻœā§āĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‹ā§ŸāĻžā§œ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

I still could remember the day we got Junayed as a player in our team. In the evening we were playing.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻœā§āĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‹ā§ŸāĻžā§œ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ- āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤

When it came to Nabil’s turn to bat, we got scared as he was known for his long shots.

āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ­ā§Ÿ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

He used to bat so hard that we often ended up losing the ball. Today was no different, Nabil hit the ball and it broke a window of the nearly a building.

āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻāĻ¤āĻ‡ āĻœā§‹āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§‡ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻœ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˜āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•āĻŸāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻ­ā§‡āĻ™ā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‹āĨ¤

All of us ran from the spot fearing that we would be given a nice scolding. But Nabil didn’t move and he stood proudly with the bat in his hand.

āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ­ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻā§Œā§œāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨ā§œāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŸ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻŦā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāĻā§œāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛āĨ¤

A few minutes later a young boy came down with the ball. He introduced himself as Junayed and gave the ball to Nabil.

āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŸ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻŽāĻŦā§ŸāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ›ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ˛ā§‹āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœā§āĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšā§Ÿ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

As Junayed turned around, Nabil said thank you to him but he didn’t respond. Nabil patted his shoulder and said thank you to him once again.

āĻ¯ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻœā§āĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻĻ āĻ˜ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāĻā§œāĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻœāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻāĻ§ āĻšāĻžāĻĒā§œāĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤

This time the boy read his lips and replied welcome. He then told Nabil that he had lost his power of listening when he was young.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ›ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ ā§ŒāĻāĻŸ āĻ¨āĻžā§œāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻ¤āĻŽāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

Nabil asked him if he would like to play with them. He agreed happily.

āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

Since then, he has been giving a tough contest to Nabil in breaking window panes with his long shots.

āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŸā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° (āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°) āĻ•āĻžāĻš āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻžā§āĻ° āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

Prefix Root

Word Meaning with Synonyms & Antonyms

Main Words Bengali Meaning Synonyms/ Meanings Antonyms
Fan (n) āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ—ā§€, āĻ­āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ Admire, supporter, flower Hater, opponent, antagonist
Member (n) āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ A person that belongs to a particular group, fellow, representative Whole, non member, entirely
Local (adj) āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ Regional, native, provincial National, foreign, non- native
Holiday (n) āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ Day off, break, vacation Work day, working day
Watch (v) āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž View, observe, follow Ignore, disregard, abandon
Neighbouring (adj) āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļā§€ Nearby, beside, close Remote, far, distant
Performance (n) āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨, āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ Act, work, function Stillness, inaction, inactivity
Remember (v) āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž Recollect, recall, reminisce Forget, disremember, miss
Scared (adj) āĻ­ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†ā§œāĻˇā§āĻŸ Terrified, feared, afraid Courageous, bold. Brave
End (v) āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž Conclude, finish, complete Begin, start, commence
Lose (v) āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ Mislay, miss, forfeit Find, get back, regain
Different (adj) āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŽ Varying, diverse, distinct Similar, same, identical
Proudly (adv) āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻŦā§‡ Arrogantly, boldly, pridefully Shamefully, modestly, lowly
Introduce (v) āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž Acquaint, familiarize, open Anonymize, close, close-up
Respond (v) āĻœāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž Reply, react, answer Mute, tone down, ask
Agree (v) āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻŋ/ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž Accede, accord, comply Disagree, oppose, dissent
Tough (adj) āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨, āĻĻā§ƒā§ Difficult, hard, solid easy
Break (v) āĻ­ā§‡āĻ™ā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛āĻž Smash, crash, destroy Repair, fix up, patch up

2.1 Look at the following illustration and in pairs/groups ask and answer the following questions. You can choose any option but tell the class why you choose it.

  1. Do you like or dislike cricket?
  2. Are the players spirited or spiritless?
  3. Are the two teams friendly or unfriendly?
  4. Are the audience happy or unhappy?
  5. Are they supportive or unsupportive?
  6. Are the seats comfortable or uncomfortable?
  7. Do you agree or disagree that playing cricket is helpful for making friends? If yes, how?

Answer to 2.1

Friend 1: Hey, Friend! Do you like or dislike cricket?

Friend 2: Of course, I like cricket because it is very thrilling.

Friend 1: Do the players are spirited or spiritless?

Friend 2: Yes, the players are spirited as they are enjoying.

Friend 1: Are the two teams friendly. But, are the audience happy or unhappy? What do you think in this regard.

Friend 2: Certainly, they are friendly. But, are audience happuy or unhappy? What do you think in this regard?

Friend 1: Yes, they are happy because they are clapping their hands.

Friend 2: Are they supportive or unsupportive?

Friend 1: Surely, they are supportive.

Friend 2: I think you are right as they are inspiring the players by clapping their hands.

Friend 1: Are the seats comfortable or uncomfortable?

Friend 2: Yes, I think the seats are comfortable. The gesture and posture of the audience do not show any expression of discomfort.

Friend 1: Do you agree that playing sports like cricket is helpful for making friends? Why?

Friend 2: Yes, I agree. Playing cricket is helpful for making friends because it is played in a group.