Unit 9 (Grade 9 ) Work and Leisure - Part I

 Unit 9 Work and Leisure

Reading I

The Ant and the Grasshopper (Page 107)

 

Look at the following picture and answer these questions.

a. What do you think the two insects are doing? 

b. What do you think happens to them when winter comes?

Answers:

a. The grasshopper is dancing whereas the ant is working and collecting food for winter.

b. When the winter comes, they can’t get food in the field.

 

A.    Choose appropriate words from the box below to replace the coloured words in the given sentences.

industry                     hilarious             qualm                enticements

obliged                      amendments       expostulations   

a.      If your talent combines with diligence, you can excel in your field.

b.     The dessert menu has a lot of delicious temptations.

c.      The house passed the bill without listening to the public objections.

d.     Knowledge of the ill effects of tobacco has led to modifications in smoking behaviour.

e.      Without any regret, Yule started spending his father's inheritance.

f.       Mr. Smith read a humorous story which matched his real life. 

Answers:

a. industry

b. enticements

c. expostulations

d. amendments

e. qualm

f. hilarious

B.    Put the following sentences from the story in the correct order.

a.      Tom began to blackmail his brother for money.

b.     Tom left his wife and his office.

c.      When his money was spent, he borrowed it from friends and spent it on luxuries.

d.     George continued to pay for his brother's expenses.

e.      Tom bought a motor-car and some very nice jewellery.

f.       Tom took the help of Cronshaw to cheat his brother, and left for Monte Carlo.

g.     Tom promised to make a fresh start.

h.     The Ramsays were perfectly respectable people.

i.       Tom never settled down.

 

Answers:

a. The Ramsays were perfectly respectable people.

b. Tom left his wife and his office.

c. When his money was spent, he borrowed it from friends and spent it on luxuries.

d. Tom promised to make a fresh start.

e. Tom bought a motor-car and some very nice jewellery.

f. Tom began to blackmail his brother for money.

g. George continued to pay for his brother's expenses.

h. Tom never settled down.

i. Tom took the help of Cronshaw to cheat his brother, and left for Monte Carlo.

 

C.    Answer the following questions.

a.      Why is Tom described as the ‘black sheep’ of the Ramsay family?

b.     What was a respectable profession for Tom?

c.      Why was George Ramsay staring into space?

d.     Why did Tom leave his work and wife?

e.      How did Tom manage his life when he ran out of money in the beginning?

f.       How did Cronshaw and Tom cheat George?

g.     What made George realise that his brother would never settle down?

h.     What is the moral of the story ‘The Ant and Grasshopper?

 

Answer

a. Tom is described as the ‘black sheep’ of the Ramsay family because he spoilt the reputation of the family.

b. To serve in a bar as well as to drive a taxi was a respectable profession for Tom.

c. George Ramsay was staring into space because his brother gave him a lot of trouble.

d. Tom left his work and wife because he wanted to enjoy himself.

e. When he ran out of money in the beginning, Tom managed his life by borrowing money from his friends.

f. Cronshaw and Tom cheated George by taking the case to court of not paying the bill.

g. He gave trouble one after another which made George realise that his brother would never settle down.

h. The moral of the story ‘The Ant and Grasshopper’ is we must be obedient, honest and labourious.

 

 

Grammar I (page 112)

A.    A. Make as many sentences as you can from the table given below.

Phoolmaya Santosh Biraj I They

had will have make gets make has was/were  made

my shoes me /him/ her to dance Suman his brother

at the party. repaired last Sunday. write a letter tomorrow. to play with him all  the time. wash my clothes. to smoke against my will. dig the field. to type the document. send her the mail.

B.    Fill in the gaps with the correct form of have, get or make.

a.      Did they ……….. you give a speech on behalf of the group?

b.     Instead of buying a new car, why don't you …… the old one fixed?

c.      I ……… my hair cut tomorrow morning.

d.     The teacher ………. every one of us to write an essay yesterday.

e.      Ms. Shrestha usually …………. her hair dried at the hairdresser’s.

f.       My mum always ……….. me clean my room on Saturdays.

g.     I ……….  my landlord to fix the broken windowpane this morning.

h.     Suman ………. all the Maths problems solved by the teacher.

 

Answer

a.      Did they have you give a speech on behalf of the group?

b.     Instead of buying a new car, why don't you get the old one fixed?

c.      I have my hair cut tomorrow morning.

d.     The teacher gets every one of us to write an essay yesterday.

e.      Ms. Shrestha usually has her hair dried at the hairdresser’s.

f.       My mum always makes me clean my room on Saturdays.

g.     I get my landlord to fix the broken windowpane this morning.

h.     Suman gets all the Maths problems solved by the teacher.

 

C.    Rewrite the sentences with have, get or make.

Example: I painted my house last week.

         I had my house painted last week.

a.      She will ask her sister to light the lamp.

b.     I am going to ask the dentist to fill my teeth.

c.      Will you ask the barber to cut your hair?

d.     I can’t design my house myself. So I am going to ask an architect to do it. 

e.      The girl asked her mechanic to repair her moped.

f.       The landlady asks the gardener to cut the grass.

 

Answer

a.      She will make her sister light the lamp.

b.     I am going to make the dentist fill my teeth.

c.      Will you get the barber to cut your hair?

d.     I can’t design my house myself. So I am going to have an architect do it. 

e.      The girl had her mechanic repair her moped.

f.       The landlady gets the gardener to cut the grass.

 

 

D.    Choose the best alternatives and complete the sentences.

a.      Mina got Shambhu ……………… (carry/to carry/carried) her suitcase.

b.     Rita had Ankit ………………… (wash/to wash/washed) her clothes.

c.      They got me  ……… (dance/to dance/danced) at my brother's wedding.

d.     Kumari was made………….(turn on/to turn on/turned on) the television.

e.      Barsha got new books …………… (buy/to buy//bought) her last week.

f.       Upendra got Mukesh ………… (watch/to watch/watched) his house.

g.     My father is very kind. He never makes us …...… (do/to do/ done) heavy work.

h.     The film was very humorous. It made us all…………………

(laugh/to laugh/laughed) throughout the film.

i.       His hair was too long. So he had it  ………………… (cut/to cut/ cutting) yesterday.

j.       The manager……………..(made/got/make) his secretary attend the conference.

k.     Mathew made the mechanic………………… (overhaul/to overhaul/ overhauling) his car.

l.       Smith had Jacque ……………… (fetch/to fetch/fetched) a pail of water.

m.   My maths teacher asked us to remember all the theorems. In other words, we were made ……… (remember/remembered/to remember) all the theorems.

 

Answer:

a.      Mina got Shambhu to carry her suitcase.

b.     Rita had Ankit wash her clothes.

c.      They got me to dance at my brother's wedding.

d.     Kumari was made to turn on the television.

e.      Barsha got new books bought her last week.

f.       Upendra got Mukesh to watch his house.

g.     My father is very kind. He never makes us do heavy work.

h.     The film was very humorous. It made us all laugh throughout the film.

i.       His hair was too long. So he had it cut yesterday.

j.       The manager made his secretary attend the conference.

k.     Mathew made the mechanic overhaul his car.

l.       Smith had Jacque fetch a pail of water.

m.   My maths teacher asked us to remember all the theorems. In other words, we were made to remember all the theorems.

 

 

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