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A3: Ask and answer.

1.    Who was Hasina Begum?

       Answer: Hasina Begum was Sabera’s mother.

2.    Why did Hasina Begum take Sabera to the doctor?

       Answer: Sabera was ill. She was suffering from fever and felt weak. She was also coughing all the time. Therefore, Hasina Begum took her to the doctor.

       Hasina Begum took Sabera to the doctor because she was ill.

3.    What was Sabera’s complaint?

       Answer: Sabera’s complain was that she had a cold and fever. She was also coughing all the time. She also felt weak.

4.    How did Sabera catch a cold?

       Answer: The other day, when Sabera was going to school, the rain started. She got wet and caught cold.

5.    What was the doctor’s advice?

       Answer: The doctor advised Sabera to stay in bed for a few days and take the medicines regularly.

Grammatical note:

Past Indefinite Tense:

Structure: Subject + Verb (in past form) + Object.

A4: Fill in the blanks with words from the list.

rain, bed, bad, fever, deep.

Answer:

1.          She must stay in bed for a few days.

2.          Now, take a deep breath.

3.          She has a bad cough.

4.          Did you play in the rain, Sabera?

5.          Sabera was feeling weak because she had a fever.

A5: Change the order of the words and make sentences.

1.    is, ill, Sabera.

       Answer: Sabera is ill.

2.    you, how, are.

       Answer: How are you?

3.    here, Sabera, come.

       Answer: Come here, Sabera. or, Sabera, come here.

4.    all right, be, she’ll.

       Answer: She’ll be all right.

5.    doctor, you, thank.

       Answer: Thank you, doctor.

6.    going, I, school, to was.

       Answer: I was going to school.

7.    also, bad, she, cough, had a.

       Answer: She had a bad cough also.

8.    breath, take, now, deep, a.

       Answer: Now, take a deep breath.