West Bengal Primary Board A Dream Journey Question Answer Class 4 Lesson 7 | Activity Solution
A Dream Journey
Activity 1
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) Jhinuk lives with her mother.
(b) Alipurduar is a pretty city surrounded by distant hills.
(c) One weekend, Jhinuk was expecting her father to arrive.
(d) Jhinuk had he dinner silently and went to sleep.
Activity 2
“Then she had a strange dream”... What do you think was “this strange dream” all about? Discuss with your partners.
Answer - I think she dreamt about her father. She dreamt that her father took her to a tour to Kolkata. Where she saw Metro rail, Victoria Memorial etc
Activity 3
Tick the most appropriate answer from the alternatives given:
(i) The fairy waved a – (a) cloth (b) magic wand (c) paper
(ii) In a moment, Jhinuk found herself in a – (a) classroom (b) market place (c) busy road
(iii) In another wave of the fairy's magic wand, Jhinuk saw in front of her a- (a) river (b) lake (c) sea
(iv) The fairy wanted to take Jhinuk to (a) Victoria Memorial (b) Eden Gardens (c) Science City.
Activity 4
Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements in the given boxes:
Answer –
(a) An old woman visited Jhinuk in her dreams. [F]
(b) Jhinuk found only small buildings in the city. [F]
(c) The fairy waved the magic wand more than once. [T]
(d) Kolkata is a very busy city. [T]
Activity 5
Match Column A with Column B:
| A | B |
| (i) Jhinuk | (a) buy old and new books from college street. (d) |
| (ii) A familiar voice | (b) wanted to see the underground trains. (a) |
| (iii) Jhinuk’s father | (c) wakes jhinuk up. (b) |
| (iv) People | (d) managed to return home. (c) |
Activity 6
Answer the following questions:
(a) Which metro station did Jhinuk and the fairy enter?
Answer - They entered at Esplanade metro station
(b) Where did Jhinuk find a road lined with book shops on either side?
Answer - Jhinuk find that at College Street.
(c) Why was Jhinuk delighted?
Answer - Because she saw her father in bookshop.
(d) What did Jhinuk see after waking up?
Answer - Jhinuk saw her father.
Activity 7 (a)
Fill in the blanks with the present continuous form of the given verbs:
(a) Shamim is drawing (draw) picture.
(b) The boy is climbing (climb) a rock
(c) I am talking (talk) to my friend.
(d) They are crossing (cross) the desert.
Activity 7 (b)
Circle the adverbs in the following sentences:
(a) He ran quickly to the bus stop.
(b) The teacher is thinking deeply.
(c) The wind is blowing gently.
(d) I always try to help others.
Activity 8 (a)
Match the states with their capitals
| State | Capital |
| (a) West Bengal | (i) Patna (b) |
| (b) Bihar | (ii) Guwahati (d) |
| (c) Odisha | (iii) Kolkata (a) |
| (d) Assam | (iv) Bhubaneswar (c) |
Activity 8 (b)
Make sentences of your own using the following words:
Anchored - A boat anchored at beside our town.
Wand - The magician waved his wand.
Familiar - Our teachers are very familiar to us.
City - Kolkata is a metropolitan city.
Activity 9 (a)
Look at the following table:
| PLACES | FAMOUS FOR |
| (i) The Kolkata Port | Large ships |
| (ii) The Eden Garden | Exciting cricket matches |
| (iii) The College Street | Old and new books |
The Kolkata Port
Port of Kolkata or Kolkata Port, officially known as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Trust (formerly Kolkata Port Trust).
The Kolkata Port is the only riverine major port of India, located in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, around 203 kilometers (126 mi) from the sea.
It is the oldest operating port in India and was constructed by the British East India Company.
Kolkata is a freshwater port with no variation in salinity.
As of March 2018, the port is capable of processing annually 650,000 containers, mostly from Nepal, Bhutan, and India's northeastern states.
The Eden Garden
Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata, India.
Established in 1864, it is the oldest and second-largest cricket stadium in India and third-largest in the world.
It has the fastest outfield of all the cricket stadiums in India.
Eden Gardens is called the "Mecca of Indian cricket", due to it being the first officially built ground for the game of cricket in India.
Eden Gardens saw a record of crowd of 95,000 in 1987 Cricket World Cup Final.
The College Street
The College Street is most famous for its small and big book stores.
College Street is a 900 meter long street in Central Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.
It also known as Boi Para, it stretches from Bidhan Sarani road up to Bowbazar (before Nirmal Chandra Street) via MG Road crossing and Surya Sen Street crossing.
Its name derives from the presence of numerous colleges and universities like University of Calcutta, Calcutta Medical College, Presidency University, The Sanskrit College and University, City College of Commerce and Business Administration, Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration etc.
College Street is the largest book market in India as well as Asia and the largest secondhand book market in the whole world.
Activity 9 (b)
Suppose you have met a fairy. She waves her magic wand and wants to grant you three wishes. Write five sentences on what you would wish for and why. Use the following hints.
Place where you met her,
Your wishes,
You’re feeling of excitement,
I met with a fairy in my dream.
She came to me and told me that she can fulfill three of my wishes.
I wish get huge books, valuable stone and ornaments.
In the meantime my mother woke me up.
I felt very thrilling.