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| The Shop That Never Was By H.G. Wells |
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The Shop That Never Was By H.G. Wells
Class 6 English Lesson 4 The Shop That Never Was
WBBSE Class 6 English Text The Shop That Never Was
Class 6
English
Lesson 4
The Shop That Never Was
By H.G. Wells
Let's read:
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I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times.
আমি দূর থেকে বেশ কয়েক বার জাদুর দোকানটি দেখেছি ।
I had passed it once or twice, but never had I thought of going in.
আমি একবার দুবার দোকানটির পাশ দিয়ে গেছি কিন্তু ভিতরে যাওয়ার কথা কখনই ভাবিনি ।
One day, my son, Gip dragged me up to the shop.
একদিন, আমার ছেলে, গিপ আমাকে টেনে নিয়ে গেল দোকানে।
There was such keenness in him that I was forced to get in.
দোকানটির মধ্যে এমন কিছু আগ্রহ ছিল যে আমি প্রবেশ করতে বাধ্য হলাম ।
It was a little narrow shop, not very well lit.
এটি একটি ছোট্ট সংকীর্ণ দোকান ছিল, ভালো আলো ছিল না ।
On the shop counter, there were several crystal balls.
On the floor, there were magic mirrors: one to draw you out long and thin and one to make you short and fat.
While we were laughing at all these, the shopman appeared.
"How can I help you?" said he.
"I want to buy my little boy a few simple tricks," I said.
"Um!" said the shopman, and scratched his head for a moment, as if thinking.
Then he drew from his hair a glass ball and said, "Something like this?" and held it out.
The action wasunexpected.
I had seen the trick done at magic shows, but I had not expected it here.
"That's good", I said with a laugh.
"Isn't it?" said the shopman.
Gip stretched out his hand to take this object and found merely a blank palm.
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👉Let's do:
Activity 1
Rearrange the
following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given
boxes. One is done for you:
(1) The shopman brought out a glass ball from his hair. [4]
(2) It was a small shop, not so well-lit. [2]
(3) Gip wanted to take the glass ball. [6]
(4) Gip dragged his father to the magic shop. [1]
(5) Gip and his father were surprised. [5]
(6) There were different kinds of magic mirrors in the shop.
[3]
Activity 2
👉Fill in the blanks
using words from the Help-Box:
Gip was keen
to enter the magic shop. The shop had many crystal
balls. Gip's father wanted to buy some tricks
his son. The shopman performed an unexpected
for action.
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Help-Box:
scratched, keen, unexpected, tricks,crystal |
Activity 3
👉Answer the following
question:
Why did Gip find the shopman's palm blank?
Ans- Gip found
the shopman’s palm blank because the shopman was a magician and he had vanished
the ball from his palm.
Let's continue:
"It's in your pocket," said the shopman, and there
it was.
"How much does it cost?"I asked.
"There is no charge for glass balls," said the shopman politely. "We get them free.
" He drew a business card from his cheek and handed it to me.
"Genuine Magic Goods, sir, "he said.
He now turned towards Gip with a friendly smile and said,
"You wanted a magic box, didn't you?"
"Yes," Gip said.
"It's in your pocket," he said.
Gip discovered the box with surprise.
Then the shop man quickly went behind the counter and was
absent magic box, didn't you?" "Yes," Gip said. "It's in
your pocket," he said.Gip discovered the box with surprise. Then the shop
man quickly went behind the counter and was absent for a while.
"Let's look behind the counter, Gip," I said.
"He's making fun of us." Just then, he appeared again from a dark
corner of the room. "You'd like to see our showroom, Sir?" said he.
Gip tugged my finger forward.
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In the showroom, there were many things that Gip fancied. He
turned to this astonishing man with respect."Is that a magic sword?"
he said.
"A Magic Toy Sword-this is a unique one! It neither
bends, breaks, nor cuts the fingers," replied the shopman. I tried to find
out what they cost, but the shopman did not pay attention to me. He had got Gip
now. I saw, with a feeling of distrust, that Gip was holding this person's
finger as usually he held mine.
The shopman showed Gip magic-trains that ran without steam,
clockwork and a box of soldiers that all came alive when one said a magic word.
"You've never seen such a one!" said the shopman. "You'll take
that box?"
"We'll take that box," I said.
And the shopman swept the soldiers back again, shut the lid,
and waved the box in the air. And there it was, in brown paper, tied up and
with Gip's full name and address on the paper. He laughed at my amazement.
Word Nest:
Tugged : pulled
Amazement :
surprise
Activity 4
👉Write 'T' for true
and 'F' for false statements in the given boxes. Give supporting statements for
each of your answers:
(a) The shopman drew out a business card from his hair. [F]
supporting statements
- He drew a business card from his cheek.
(b) Gip found the magic box in his pocket. [T]
supporting statements
-“It’s on your pocket,” –Gip discovered the box with surprise.
(c) The toy sword was a magic item. [T]
supporting statements
- A magic Toy Sword- this is a unique one!
(d) The narrator found his full name on the magic box. [F]
supporting statements
- Gip’s full name and address on the paper.
Activity 5
👉Answer the following
questions:
(a) Why was Gip surprised?
Ans- Gip was surprised because he discovered the magic box
in his pocket.
(b) Why did the narrator fail to find out the cost of the magic items?
Ans- The narrator failed to find out the cost of the magic
items because the shopman did not pay attention to him.
(c) What items did the shopman show to Gip?
Ans- The shopman showed a magic toy sword, magic train,
clockwork and a box of soldiers to Gip.
(d) What was the cause of the narrator's amazement?
Ans- The narrator was amazed because the shopman tied the
magic box in a brown paper with Gip’s full name and address on the paper.
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Let's continue:
I felt very uneasy and began to look for the way out.
Turning to Gip, I saw him standing on a stool. The shopman was holding a big
drum in his hand.
"We're playing hide and seek, daddy!" cried Gip.
And before I could prevent him, the shopman had put the big drum over him.
"Take that off," I cried, "this instant. You'll frighten the
boy."
The shopman did so without a word. He held the big drum
towards me to show its emptiness. The stool was empty, too. My boy had
disappeared!
"Where is my boy?" I said. "You see," he
said, displaying the drum's interior, "this is genuine magic!"
I jumped at him and fell into utter darkness.
"Sorry, Sir, I didn't see you
coming, "someone said. I saw I was in Regent Street and
I had collided with a man, and a yard away was Gip. He was carrying four
parcels in his arm. He smiled at me. He did not look scared.
For a second was at a loss. I stared round to see the door
of the magic shop. It was not there. There was no door, no shop, nothing. I did
the only thing possible in that mental state. I called for a cab.
I got in with Gip. "Dad!" Said Gip at last,
"that was a proper magic shop!" Gip looked completely undamaged. He
was neither scared, nor disturbed.There in his arms were four parcels
containing items from the magic shop. Since then I have been up and down Regent
Street several times looking for that shop. After all, had not paid for the
items.
Word Nest:
Interior : inside of a house or room
Collided :
hit against something
Cab : vehicle, popularly known as
taxi
Let's do:
Activity 6
👉Fill in the chart
with information from the text:
|
Cause |
Effect |
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(a) The narrator thought that his son would be frightened |
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(b) Gip's father jumped at the shopman |
|
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(c) |
the narrator called for a cab |
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(d) |
Gip's father went up and down Regent Street looking for the magic
shop. |
Ans-
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Cause |
Effect |
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(a) The narrator thought that his son would be frightened |
He cried to take that big drum of this instant. |
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(b) Gip's father jumped at the shopman |
He fell into utter derkness. |
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(c) That was the only thing possible in that mental state. |
the narrator called for a cab |
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(d) He had not paid for the magic items. |
Gip's father went up and down Regent Street looking for the magic shop. |
Activity 7
👉Answer the following
questions in complete sentences:
(a) What did the shopman do with the drum?
Ans- The shopman had put the drum over the boy.
(b) Why did the narrator think that his son would be frightened?
Ans- The narrator thought that his son would be frightened
because the shopman had put the big drum over the boy.
(c) Where did the narrator again find his son?
Ans- The narrator found his son again a yard away from him
in regent street.
(d) What was the mental state of the narrator?
Ans- The narrator was a loss for a second.
Let's learn:
Read the following sentences:
(1) A Magic Toy Sword-this is a unique one!
(2) You've never seen such a one!
The choice between 'a'
and 'an' before a noun is determined
by the sound of the initial letter of the word. You have learnt in the previous
classes that an' is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound. But in
sentences 1 and 2 the words 'unique' and 'one' begin with a consonant sound.
The letter "u' in unique is pronounced as 'yu' and the 'o' in one is
pronounced as 'wa'.In such cases the indefinite article 'a' is used. Let us
study further examples:
(3) He is an
honest man.
(4) She waited for an
hour.
In sentences 3 and 4, the words 'honest' and 'hour' begin
with a vowel sound although the initial letters begin with the consonant 'h'.
So, the article 'an' in used before the words "honest' and 'hour".
Let's do:
Activity 8
👉Fill in the blanks
with appropriate articles:
(a) Last week I saw __ one-day cricket match between India
and Australia.
Ans- Last week I saw a
one-day cricket match between India and Australia.
(b) There is__ university in our district.
Ans- There is a
university in our district.
(c) Brutus is__ honourable man.
Ans- Brutus is an
honourable man.
(d) She arrived__ hour late.
Ans- She arrived an
hour late.
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Activity 9(a)
👉Make meaningful
sentences of your own with the following words:
Prevent :
Mother often prevent me from doing any mischief.
Disappeared :
Stared :
Parcel :
The postman brought a parcel for father.
Activity 9(b)
Find words from the
text which are similar in meaning to the following:
(i) frightened- scared
(ii) at a particular moment- instant
(iii) showing- displaying
(iv) relating to the mind- mental
Let's talk:
Start a conversation with your friend on any one of the
following that you may have seen:
(1) a dance drama
(2) a football match
(3) a magic show
👇Let's do:
Activity 10 (a)
Suppose you see a strange object displayed on the window of
a shop. You go in and ask the shopkeeper about the object. Write a paragraph
within sixty words on what you learn about this strange object using the
following hints:
The location of the shop-description of the
object-conversation you had with the shopkeeper-your feelings
Activity 10 (b)
👉Write a paragraph in about sixty words on two of your wishes
that you
want fulfilled.
Let's work together:
Draw any three things that Gip saw in the magic shop. Write
three sentences about any two of them.