Lesson 4 The Shop That Never Was
Lesson 4 The Shop That Never Was - WBBSE - Class 6 - ইংরেজি
Lesson 4
📖 The Shop That Never Was
—H.G. Wells
🚀 Let's start:
Herbert George Wells (1866–1946), a famous English writer, was best known for his science fictions. His most notable science fictions include The Time Machine, The Invisible Man etc. Wells also wrote many short stories. One of his best-known short stories is The Country of the Blind. The Shop That Never Was is an adaptation from his famous short story The Magic Shop.
🗣️ Let's share:
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🧩 Read the following hints and solve the crossword:
Across:
- disappear
- a piece of glass to see one's reflection
Down: 3. the trick that makes things appear or disappear 4. performance
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💬 What do the words in the crossword tell you about? Discuss with your partner and tell the class.
Let's read: 📖
I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times. I had passed it once or twice, but never had I thought of going in. One day, my son, Gip dragged me up to the shop. There was such keenness in him that I was forced to get in.
It was a little narrow shop, not very well lit. On the shop counter, there were several crystal balls ✨. On the floor, there were magic mirrors: one to draw you out long and thin and one to make you short and fat. While we were laughing at all these, the shopman appeared.
"How can I help you?" said he.
"I want to buy my little boy a few simple tricks," I said.
"Um!" said the shopman, and scratched his head for a moment, as if thinking 🤔. Then he drew from his hair a glass ball and said, "Something like this?" and held it out. The action was unexpected. I had seen the trick done at magic shows, but I had not expected it here.
"That's good", I said with a laugh 😂.
"Isn't it?" said the shopman.
Gip stretched out his hand to take this object and found merely a blank palm. 🪄
Word Nest 📚
- keenness: eagerness
- crystal: shiny glass ball
Let's Do! ✨
Activity 1 🧩
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes. One is done for you:
- The shopman brought out a glass ball from his hair.
- It was a small shop, not so well-lit.
- Gip wanted to take the glass ball.
- Gip dragged his father to the magic shop. (Order: 1)
- Gip and his father were surprised.
- There were different kinds of magic mirrors in the shop.
Activity 2 📝
Fill in the blanks using words from the Help-Box:
Gip was ________ to enter the magic shop. The shop had many ________ balls. Gip's father wanted to buy some ________ for his son. The shopman performed an ________ action.
💡 Help-Box: scratched, keen, unexpected, tricks, crystal
Activity 3 🤔
Answer the following question:
Why did Gip find the shopman's palm blank?
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Let's continue: 🎩
"It's in your pocket," said the shopman, and there it was.
"How much does it cost ?" I asked.
"There is no charge for glass balls," said the shopman politely. "We get them free." He drew a business card from his cheek and handed it to me. "Genuine Magic Goods, sir," he said.
He now turned towards Gip with a friendly smile and said, "You wanted a magic box, didn't you?"
"Yes," Gip said.
"It's in your pocket," he said. Gip discovered the box with surprise. Then the shop man quickly went behind the counter and was absent for a while.
"Let's look behind the counter, Gip," I said. "He's making fun of us."
Just then, he appeared again from a dark corner of the room. "You'd like to see our showroom, Sir?" said he. Gip tugged my finger forward.
In the showroom, there were many things that Gip fancied. He turned to this astonishing man with respect. "Is that a magic sword?" he said.
"A Magic Toy Sword—this is a unique one! It neither bends, breaks, nor cuts the fingers," replied the shopman. I tried to find out what they cost, but the shopman did not pay attention to me. He had got Gip now. I saw, with a feeling of distrust, that Gip was holding this person's finger as usually he held mine.
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The shopman showed Gip magic-trains that ran without steam, clockwork and a box of soldiers that all came alive when one said a magic word. "You've never seen such a one!" said the shopman. "You'll take that box?"
"We'll take that box," I said.
And the shopman swept the soldiers back again, shut the lid, and waved the box in the air. And there it was, in brown paper, tied up and with Gip's full name and address on the paper. He laughed at my amazement.
📚 Word Nest:
- tugged: pulled
- amazement: surprise
Let's do: 👇
🧪 Activity 4
Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements in the given boxes. Give supporting statements for each of your answers:
- The shopman drew out a business card from his hair. [ ]
- Gip found the magic box in his pocket. [ ]
- The toy sword was a magic item. [ ]
- The narrator found his full name on the magic box. [ ]
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🧪 Activity 5
❓ Answer the following questions:
- Why was Gip surprised?
- Why did the narrator fail to find out the cost of the magic items?
- What items did the shopman show to Gip?
- What was the cause of the narrator's amazement?
Let's continue: 📖
I felt very uneasy and began to look for the way out. Turning to Gip, I saw him standing on a stool. The shopman was holding a big drum in his hand.
"We're playing hide and seek, daddy!" cried Gip. And before I could prevent him, the shopman had put the big drum over him. "Take that off," I cried, "this instant. You'll frighten the boy."
The shopman did so without a word. He held the big drum towards me to show its emptiness. The stool was empty, too. My boy had disappeared! 😱
"Where is my boy?" I said.
"You see," he said, displaying the drum's interior, "this is genuine magic!" 🪄
I jumped at him and fell into utter darkness.
THUD!
"Sorry, Sir, I didn't see you
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📖 Story Excerpt
"coming," someone said. I saw I was in Regent Street and I had collided with a man, and a yard away was Gip. He was carrying four parcels in his arm. He smiled at me. He did not look scared.
For a second I was at a loss. I stared round to see the door of the magic shop. It was not there. There was no door, no shop, nothing. I did the only thing possible in that mental state. I called for a cab.
I got in with Gip. "Dad!" Said Gip at last, "that was a proper magic shop!" Gip looked completely undamaged. He was neither scared, nor disturbed. There in his arms were four parcels containing items from the magic shop. Since then I have been up and down Regent Street several times looking for that shop. After all, I had not paid for the items.
📚 Word Nest:
- interior: inside of a house or room
- collided: hit against something
- cab: vehicle, popularly known as taxi
Let's do: 🤔
Activity 6
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
| Cause | Effect |
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| (a) The narrator thought that his son would be frightened | |
| (b) Gip's father jumped at the shopman | |
| (c) | the narrator called for a cab |
| (d) | Gip's father went up and down Regent Street looking for the magic shop. |
Activity 7
❓ Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
- (a) What did the shopman do with the drum?
- (b) Why did the narrator think that his son would be frightened?
- (c) Where did the narrator again find his son?
- (d) What was the mental state of the narrator?
💡 Let's learn:
📖 Read the following sentences:
- A Magic Toy Sword-this is a unique one!
- You've never seen such a one!
📌 Understanding 'a' and 'an' The choice between 'a' and 'an' before a noun is determined by the sound of the initial letter of the word. You have learnt in previous classes that 'an' is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound.
However, in sentences 1 and 2, the words 'unique' and 'one' begin with a consonant sound. The letter 'u' in 'unique' is pronounced as 'yu' and the 'o' in 'one' is pronounced as 'wa'. In such cases, the indefinite article 'a' is used. Let us study further examples:
📚 More Examples:
- He is an honest man.
- She waited for an hour.
💡 Special Case: Silent 'h' In sentences 3 and 4, the words 'honest' and 'hour' begin with a vowel sound although their initial letters begin with the consonant 'h'. Therefore, the article 'an' is used before the words 'honest' and 'hour'.
Let's do: 📝
💡 Activity 8
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles:
- Last week I saw a one-day cricket match between India and Australia.
- There is a university in our district.
- Brutus is an honourable man.
- She arrived an hour late.
✍️ Activity 9(a)
Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:
- prevent : Sentence: We must take steps to prevent the spread of illness.
- disappeared : Sentence: The magician made the rabbit disappeared with a flick of his wrist.
- stared : Sentence: The child stared at the colorful toy in awe.
- parcel : Sentence: I received a parcel in the mail this morning containing a new book.
🔍 Activity 9(b)
Find words from the text which are similar in meaning to the following:
- (i) frightened e.g., Scared, terrified
- (ii) at a particular moment e.g., Instantly, suddenly
- (iii) showing e.g., Displaying, indicating
- (iv) relating to the mind e.g., Mental, cognitive
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Let's Talk! 🗣️
Start a conversation with your friend on any one of the following that you may have seen:
- a dance drama 🎭
- a football match ⚽
- a magic show ✨
Let's Do! ✍️
💡 Activity 10 (a)
Suppose you see a strange object displayed on the window of a shop. You go in and ask the shopkeeper about the object. Write a paragraph within sixty words on what you learn about this strange object using the following hints:
- The location of the shop
- Description of the object
- Conversation you had with the shopkeeper
- Your feelings
📝 Activity 10 (b)
Write a paragraph in about sixty words on two of your wishes that you want fulfilled. 🌟
Let's Work Together! 🤝
- Draw any three things that Gip saw in the magic shop. 🎨
- Write three sentences about any two of them. 📖
CONTENT MANAGER