Unit 10 (Grade 9 ) The Earth and Space (Part II)

 Unit 10 The Earth and Space

Reading II (page 127)

 

Look at the picture and guess the answers to the questions.

A.    Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B.

Column A                 Column B

a.       wind        i.        person who usually travels on foot

b.       morn       ii.       a small hotel, usually in the country

c.       inn           iii.   to have many bends and twists

d.       wayfarer iv.      look for

e.       seek         v.       morning

Answer:

a.      wind        i.   to have many bends and twists

b.      morn       ii.  morning

c.       inn          iii.  a small hotel, usually in the country

d.      wayfarer iv.  person who usually travels on foot

e.       seek         v.  look for

 

 

B.    Complete the summary of the poem using suitable words or phrases given below.

        the road ahead     up-hill     someone     a place      a journey

        in the affirmative on the way everyone      fellow travellers an inn

The speaker is making ……………. with her guide. She asks the guide eight different questions about …………. The first question is if the road is all ……………. and if the journey will take all day. The guide replies …………….. Next, she asks if there is ……………. to rest for the night. The guide informs the speaker that there is ……………. which she won’t miss. The speaker’s fifth question is, whether she will meet the other travellers ……………..  At the inn, the speaker asks if she should knock or call the …………….. The guide replies that……………. will open the door. Lastly, the speaker asks if there will be a bed for her. The guide tells her that there are beds for…………….

Answer:

The speaker is making a journey with her guide. She asks the guide eight different questions about the road ahead The first question is if the road is all up-hill and if the journey will take all day. The guide replies in the affirmative Next, she asks if there is an inn to rest for the night. The guide informs the speaker that there is a place which she won’t miss. The speaker’s fifth question is, whether she will meet the other travellers on the way.  At the inn, the speaker asks if she should knock or call the fellow travellers The guide replies that someone will open the door. Lastly, the speaker asks if there will be a bed for her. The guide tells her that there are beds for everyone.

 

C.    Answer the following questions.

a.             How far is the road up-hill, according to the guide?

b.            What does the speaker doubt about the place to rest?

c.             Who has travelled the road before?

d.            What is the speaker’s seventh question?

e.             Who do you think opens the door?

 

Answer:
a. According to the guide, the road up-hill is too long that will take a whole day from morning to night to complete the journey.

b. The speaker doubts whether there is an inn to rest for the whole night or not.

c. The other wayfarers have travelled the road before.

d. The seventh question is whether she will find comfort or ease after her difficult journey being tired and weak.

e. I think, God opens the door.

 

D.       Write a short description of an interesting road that you have recently travelled along.

 

Grammar II

A.      Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions from the brackets.

a.             Due ……. a traffic jam, we are late today.  (with/to/at)

b.             I’m sorry. You are not eligible …..........  admission to this course. (with/for/of)

c.             Look! She is playing ……….. her young son. (with/to/in)

d.             The District Administration Office is entrusted ….........…

maintain law and order in the city. (to/with/of)

e.             He is envious …………. his rich neighbour. (with/of/off)

f.              He became estranged …............. his family after the argument. (with/from/of)

g.             You had no excuse …… misbehaving with the clerk. (of/for/to)

h.             I’m quite familiar ...............…. her. (at/with/to)

i.               She was brought ………. by her grandmother. (out/in/up)

j.               Gopal left home because he did not want to abide .................... his father’s wishes. (to/with/by)

Answer:

a.            Due to a traffic jam, we are late today.

b.            I’m sorry. You are not eligible for admission to this course.

c.            Look! She is playing with her young son.

d.            The District Administration Office is entrusted to maintain law and order in the city.

e.            He is envious of his rich neighbour.

f.             He became estranged from his family after the argument. (with/from/of)

g.            You had no excuse for misbehaving with the clerk.

h.            I’m quite familiar to her. (at/with/to)

i.              She was brought up by her grandmother.

j.              Gopal left home because he did not want to abide by his father’s wishes.

 

 

B.    Choose and circle the correct prepositions (in brackets) in the paragraphs below.

Mr Pandey arrived in Kathmandu (on/in) May 10 (at/on) eight o’clock (in/on) the evening. He decided to call on his uncle who lived (on, in) Bhaktapur. He got on a bus (at/of) the station and paid the fare (to/for) the conductor. The bus was very crowded, so Mr Pandey had to stand up all the way.

 When he reached Thimi, Mr Pandy got off the bus and walked a short distance (in/to) the house where his uncle lived. He knocked (at/ in) the door (of/on) his uncle’s house. He waited (for/during) a few minutes, but no one came (to/at) the door. He was disappointed to find no one (to/at) home. He saw a bench (at/to) the corner of the porch, and he sat down (on/in) it to wait for his uncle.

Answer:

on      at      in      in      at     

to       to      at      of      for    

at      at      at      on              

 

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