Unit 6 (Grade 9 ) Part II Custom and Culture

  

 

Unit 6 Custom and Culture

Reading II (page 72)

 

Answer these questions:

a. Is there any unique custom in your community? What is it?

Answer: Yes, there is a unique custom in our community. Juniors bow and keep head on the feet of seniors.

b. Why is it unique?

Answer: It is unique because such kind of tradition is not found in other parts of the world.

 

A. Find the words from the text that match the following meanings.

a.          ……………….        a natural desire

b.         …………….            the rules of correct or polite behaviour in society

c.          ……………….        people who work in a bar, serving drinks

d.         ……………….        to become twisted

Answer:

a. propensity- a natural desire

b. etiquette- the rules of correct or polite behaviour in society

c. bartenders- people who work in a bar, serving drinks

d. contort- to become twisted

 

B. Write True for true and False for false statements.

a.          In Nicaragua, people prefer to point with their thumb.

b.         Tipping is compulsory at most restaurants in the US.

c.          Contorting is less noiser than slurping.

d.         People from the West take noodles by twisting them on a spoon.

e. The Bini and the Kalabari are ethnic groups of Nigeria.

Answer:

a. In Nicaragua, people prefer to point with their thumb. False

b. Tipping is compulsory at most restaurants in the US. True

c. Contorting is less noisier than slurping. False

d. People from the West take noodles by twisting them on a spoon. True

e. The Bini and the Kalabari are ethnic groups of Nigeria. True

 

 

C.  Answer the following questions.

a.          What makes a group of people different from others?

b.         What is the unique tradition of Nicaragua?

c.          What is a positive aspect of tipping culture?

d.         Why do Japanese make slurping sounds while eating noodles?

e.          How do Yoruba people greet their elders?

Answer:

a. Their culture, language, custom and tradition make themselves different from others.

b. The unique tradition of Nicaragua is that they point the things with the lips instead of the thumb like the majority of the world.

c. The positive aspect of tipping culture is it provides incentive for waiters and waitresses.

d. Why do Japanese make slurping sounds while eating noodles?

Japanese make slurping sounds while eating noodles to indicate that they’re really enjoying noodles.

e. They greet by kneeling or lying prostrate.

 

D.  Which of the above customs did you find more interesting? Share it with your friends.

 

Grammar II (page 75)

A. Choose the following sentences in indirect speech from the list to match with the sentences in direct speech in the table below.

i.  I asked the woman next to me if the bus to Kathmandu had already left.

ii.  I asked the teacher whether the book had been translated into Nepali.

iii.  Barsa asked her teacher if she should write the story again.

iv.  Samir asked Rohan whether he had finished reading his book.

v.  The new pupil asked me if I was a class captain.

 

a.	The new pupil said to me, “Are you a class captain?”
b.	Samir asked Rohan, “Have you finished reading my book?”
c.	I asked the teacher, “Has the book been translated into Nepali?”
d.	“Has the bus to Kathmandu already left?” I said to a woman next to me.
e.	“Should I write the story again?” Barsa asked her teacher.

 

Answer:

 

a.	The new pupil said to me, “Are you a class captain?”	v
b.	Samir asked Rohan, “Have you finished reading my book?”	iv
c.	I asked the teacher, “Has the book been translated into Nepali?”	ii
d.	“Has the bus to Kathmandu already left?” I said to a woman next to me.	i
e.	“Should I write the story again?” Barsa asked her teacher.	iii

 

B. Change the following sentences into indirect speech.

a.         Rahul said to me, “Did you watch the cricket match on TV last night?”

b.        “Are you coming home with me?” he said.

c.         “Do you really come from India?” said the prince.

d.        “Have you anything to say?” said the judge finally.

e.         She said to me, “Is he at home?”

f.          Usha says, “Can you solve the problem?”

g.        Badri said to Asmita, “Will you visit me in Australia?”

h.        Radhika said to Rebecca, “Did you hear the noise?”

i.          He said, “Have you seen my hat?”

j.          He said to me, “Does he come or not?”

k.        Rohan said to me, “Did you spill the milk on the floor?”

l.          The pilot said to the air hostess, “Have the passengers fastened their seatbelts?”

 

 

Answer:

a. He asked if I was coming home with him.

c. The prince asked if I really came from India.

d. The judge finally asked if I had anything to say.

e. She asked me if he was at home.

f. Usha asks if I can solve the problem.

g. Badri asked Asmita if she would visit him in Australia.

h. Radhika asked Rebecca if she had heard the noise.

i. He asked if I had seen his hat.

j. He asked me if he came or not.

k. Rohan asked me if I had spilt the milk on the floor.

l. The pilot asked the air hostess if the passengers had fastened their seatbelts.

 

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