Dhunu's Guitar
1. Let’s find out how much we have understood.
(a) What is meant by the word ‘profession’?
Ans: A profession is a kind of job where a person needs to study and train first before doing the work.
(b) Where is Dhunu from?
Ans: Dhunu is the young girl from Kalardiya village near Chaigaon in Kamrup district of Assam.
(c) Who made the film village Rockstar?
Ans: Rima Das made the film Village Rockstar.
(d) What was the name of Dhunu’s brother?
Ans: Dhunu’s brother’s name was Manabendra.
(e) Why did the village women often scold Dhunu?
Ans: The village women often scold Dhunu because she never behaves like a girl. She climbed trees, swam in the rivers.
(f) What did Dhunu’s mother tell the women who scolded her daughter?
Ans: Dhunu’s mother told the women who scolded her daughter she reminds them that 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?
Ans: After meeting the musicians at a local event, Dhunu decided to form a music band with her friends and dreamed of owning a real guitar.
(h) What plan did Dhunu propose after she realised could not afford to buy a guitar?
Ans: After Dhunu realised that she could not afford to buy a guitar, she proposed a plan to save money little by little. She decided to help her mother in farming and other work to earn some money and buy a guitar in the future.
(i) Why did Dhunu start doing odd jobs around the Village ?
Ans: Dhunu started doing odd jobs around the village because she wanted to save money 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?
Ans: This line tells us that Dhunu is determined, hardworking, and optimistic.
She believes that with strong willpower and effort, any dream can come true. Dhunu’s character shows her resilience, as she doesn’t give up on her goal of owning a guitar, even though she faces many challenges.
2. 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 a clay guitar and play on them.
3. In the lesson, we have read that Dhunu faced many difficulties in liịfe because she was poor. Still, she never gave up hope and faced life cheerfully and bravely. Write down a few adjectives to describe Dunun’s character and complete the word well given below. You can add more arrows on the web if you wish.
4. Here are some things you have learnt from the lesson. Complete the web with the information. One is done.
5. We have found in the lesson that Dhunu met by chance a group of boys practising 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 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 sometimes to shave them. : ..…………….
(h) a person who takes care of gardens. : ………..…….
6. Read the following lines and look carefully at the words printed in italics/or underlined. They give the answer to the question ‘whose’.
(a) The name of the lesson is Dhunu’s Guiter . (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 out 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 does not end with an ‘s’ add ‘s’ to the end of the noun :
(ii) If a proper name or proper noun ends with ‘s’ You can add an apostrophe; or an apostrophe and an ‘s’.
For example : (a) Rima Das’ movie Village Rockstar won several awards.
(b)Rima Das’s movie Village Rockstar won several awards.
(iii) After a plural noun that ends in ‘s’, add an apostrophe.
The names of Dhunu’s friends are Rintu, 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 colours are red.
7. In the lesson you read the line ‘One day, Dhun and her friends come upon a group of boys practising music for a local event.’ Find out which words in the sentence mean met by chance. You must have realised these 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 go on.
(iv) Though Dhunu knows she cannot afford a guiter , 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.