Folk songs are songs sung in the.....uisually played with these songs Seen passage for JSC Students.

Folk songs

Read the text and answer questions: 
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Folk songs are songs sung in the traditional style of a community or country.Here the traditional the themes, words and tunes of the songs that have existed for a long time among the common people We have a rich history and collection of folk songs in Bangladesh.Of them, Palligiti, Bhatiali, Bhawaiya, Jari Sari, Gambhira, Lalongiti, Palagaan and songs of Hason Raja are very popular.The traditional musical instruments are usually played with these songs.

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives.

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(a) Folk songs carry our age old____

i.tradition
ii.culture
iii.tradition and culture
iv.tune

(b) A folk song can be separated from other types of songs by its____
i. tune
ii. tune, subject matter and words.
iii. theme
iv. words

(c) Which instrument is not usually used to sing a folk song?

i. tabla
ii. bamboo flute
iii. harmonium
iv. guitar

(d) What aspect of life does the folksong reflect?

i. Joys and sorrows of common life
ii. urban culture
iii, joys and sorrows of city people
iv.modern culture

(e) The word traditional means____

i. outdated
ii. conventional
iii. out of fashion
iv. worn out

(f) The word traditional refers to___

i. modern
ii. rare
iii. conventional
iv. new

(g) Bangladeshi culture iswith some reque characteristics.

i. enriched
ii. complicated
iii. furnished
iv. together


2.Answer the following questions.

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(a) What is a folk song?
(b) Write the names of popular folk songs in Bangladesh.
(c) Write the names of at least three popular folk singers in Bangladesh. (d) Who usually like folk songs and why?

3. Read the following text and fill in the gaps with appropriate words to make it a meaningful one.

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Shamima (a)___now 32 years old. She has only one son (b)___Ashikur Rahman Kanok. She runs a (c)____ boutique (d)___Oikko Nar in (e)___up her boutique. [Unit-05; Lesson-01]

ANSWER :

1. Multiple choice

(a)--i. tradition
(b)--ii.tune subject matter and words
(c)--iv. guitar
(d)--i. Joys and sorrows of common life
(e)--ii. conventional
(f)--iii.conventional
(g)--I. enriched

2. Open-ended

(a) A oflk song is a traditional song that coevers many musical syles such as themes, words, tunes etc.

(b) Popular folk songs in Bangladesh are paligiti, Bhatial. Bhawaiya, Jari, Sari, Gambhira, Lalongiti, P songs of Hasa Raja.

(c) Name of popular folk singers in Bangladesh are Abdul Alim, Abbas Uddin and Momtaz Begum.

(d) Common people usually like fok songs becaus etheir lives are reflected in these songs.


3. Filling in the gaps

(a) is (b) named (o) small (d) called (e) setting