Life at School and College
Read Bengali words for school life in their own script: kinds of school, uniform, holidays and trips, and doing well in your work.
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Life at school
This module builds your Bengali for school life: kinds of school, uniform, and the school day. Each Bengali example is shown with a simple way to say it in brackets, then its English meaning: স্কুল (skul) means school. A full sentence looks like this: আমি স্কুল ভালবাসি (ami skul bhalobashi), meaning I love school.
Kinds of school
Start with four kinds of school. Bengali uses স্কুল (skul) or বিদ্যালয় (bidyaloy) for a school.
Match each item of uniform
- সার্ট (sart)
- ট্রাউজার (trauzar)
- ড্রেস (dres)
- টাই (tai)
- a shirt
- trousers
- a dress
- a tie
Words you may know
Some school words are borrowed from English, so টাই reads as tie and ট্রাউজার as trousers. Sound them out and the English word appears. Others are fully Bengali words you simply learn, like the word for a test. Read the whole word either way.
Which word is a test?
Which Bengali word means a test?
- পরীক্ষা (porikkha)
- স্কুল (skul)
- টাই (tai)
- প্রশ্ন (proshno)
Spot the two uniform items
Select the TWO words that are items of school uniform.
- সার্ট (sart)
- টাই (tai)
- পরীক্ষা (porikkha)
- স্কুলের ছুটি (skuler chhuti)
Match each school word
- পরীক্ষা (porikkha)
- স্কুলের ছুটি (skuler chhuti)
- স্কুল ট্রিপ (skul trip)
- এসেম্বলী হল (esembli hol)
- a test
- school holidays
- a school trip
- an assembly hall
Working at school
Reading the whole word tells you how someone is getting on at school. Here are more words to read.
Find the two uniform items
Tap the TWO words that are items of school uniform.
- সার্ট (sart), shirt
- স্কুল (skul), school
- টাই (tai), tie
- স্কুলের ছুটি (skuler chhuti), school holidays
Reading a sentence
Now read a full Bengali sentence, verb last as usual: - আমি পরীক্ষায় পাস করি (ami porikkhay pas kori) = "I pass the exam". Three parts: আমি (ami, "I"), পরীক্ষায় (porikkhay, "in the exam"), then the verb পাস করি (pas kori, "I pass") at the end.
What does it say?
In আমি পরীক্ষায় পাস করি (ami porikkhay pas kori), what does the sentence say the person does?
- They pass the exam
- They fail the exam
- They are absent
- They are lazy
Getting ready for school
Put the steps of a school morning into a sensible order.
- Put on your uniform
- Pack your school bag
- Travel to school
- Go to assembly in the hall
- Start your lessons
Complete the school facts
Younger children go to a _____ school, and older ones go to a _____ school. A student who works hard is _____. An exam you succeed in, you _____. The clothes you wear to school are your _____.
Read the notice
Use what you know to read each Bengali word around school. Choose each time.
- A timetable shows পরীক্ষা (porikkha) on Friday. What is on Friday?
- A shop sells a টাই (tai) for your uniform. What is it?
- A sign names an আবাসিক স্কুল (abashik skul). What kind of school is it?
Write about your school
In English, write about your school and school life, using some of the Bengali words. This is written in English and is not auto-marked.
- Name the kind of school you go to, with its Bengali word
- Describe your school uniform, with two Bengali words
- Say one thing you enjoy about school life, such as a trip or the holidays
- Write one full Bengali sentence about what you love, using ভালবাসি