JSC English First Paper | Unit: 1, Lesson: 4 | A glimpse of our culture | Our ethnic friends (2)

Key words: characteristics communities maize poultry

A. Look at the pictures and talk with your partner about them. Then read the text.

Most of these ethnic people living in Bangladesh have some common characteristics. They have their own lifestyles.

They build their houses on bamboo or wooden platforms called machang. Rice is their staple food. They eat vegetables, maize and fish, poultry and meat. Their kitchen utensils are bamboo, wooden and earthen pots which they make themselves. Men wear lungis and women wear thamis or sarongs and angis. Women weave their own clothes.

Hunting and fishing are their favourite pastimes. They are fond of songs, music, dances, theatre and fairs. Traditional musical instruments used are bugles made from buffalo horns, drums and bamboo flutes. Wrestling is a popular sport for them.

B. Find the answers from column B to the questions in column A and write them in complete sentences.

A	B
1. Where do the ethnic people build	a) traditional musical instrument
2. What are their favorite pastimes?	b) clay, bamboo and wood
3. What is a bugle?	c) rice
4. What do the women wear?	d) on the wooden or bamboo platforms
5. What are their kitchen utensils made of?	e) fishing and hunting
6. What is their staple food?	f) thamis or sarongs and angis

C. Complete the paragraph. Use the words below to fill in the gaps. There are more words than necessary.

lungi, sport, earthen, machang, weave, wrestling, song, rice, fishing, lifestyles, wooden, bugle;

The tribal people follow their_____________ . The platform they build their houses on is called ___________________ . Men wear ______________   Women _____________ their own clothes. Their staple food is _____________ They are fond of songs, dance, music, and ______________ . _________________ is their favourite sport.

D. Imagine you are Sajeed and you have a Marma friend called Masing. Now write a dialogue asking and answering questions about dress, food, songs, sports and pastimes of both of you.

If you want to read the next lesson of this unit please click the link below:
Lesson: 5 | Bangladeshi cuisine