Babul and his family live on the island of Dublar Char.

Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Babul and his family live on the island of Dublar Char. Life is good for the family now, but that wasn’t true after cyclone Aila. Babul doesn’t remember cyclone Aila, but his parents often talk about the terrible night in 2009.

Babul’s father had a grocery shop and his mother worked in a fish farm. They had a small house that they shared with Babul’s grandparents. Babul was just a baby, but his sister Nipa was six years old.

Babul’s father told him what happened that day. There was little rain in the morning on 25 May. In the afternoon the wind started to blow and people began to run for their homes. Babul’s father closed his shop and his mother came home. His grandparents checked the family’s emergency kit. Their torch was working and they had extra batteries. They put the torch, batteries and first aid kit in plastic box.

By the evening, the river was rising. The winds of cyclone Aila shook the walls of the house as if there was an earthquake. Everyone was afraid. Nipa began to cry. Suddenly, there was an awful noise and the family’s roof blew away! The sky was dark, but the family could see trees flying over their heads. Grandmother still says she saw fish flying through the sky.

1. Match the words of column A with their meaning that is mentioned in the text in the column B.                                                                                                                          1×5=5

Column A	Column B
a) Started	i) examine
b) Share	ii) light
c) Torch	iii) never
d) Awful	iv) fearful
e)Check	v) distribute
	vi) began
	vii) take

2. Read the passage again and write true or false beside the following statements.        1×6=6 

a) Babul and his family live on the island of Muhurir Char.

b) Cyclone Aila happened in 2011.

c) There are 8 members in Babul’s Family.

d) Babuls father had a tea stall.

e) When the cyclone happened. Babul was just a baby.

f) Babul’s mother worked in an NGO.

3. Answer the following questions in a sentence or sentences.

a) When was the river rising?                                                                          1

b) Who checked the family’s emergency kit?                                                  2

c) What does grandmother still say?                                                                2

d) Why did people run  for their homes?                                                         2

e) How old was babul when the cyclone happened?                                       2

f)  How old was Nipa?  What did she begin to do?                                         3

4. Write at least five sentences about Babul’s family.                                10