MODEL
ACTIVITY TASKS
CLASS
IX
ENGLISH
Part
1
Read the
passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
I
was travelling in a bus. It was bitterly cold night, and even at the far end of
the bus the east wind cut like a knife. The bus stopped and the two women and a
man got in together and filled the vacant places. The younger woman carried a
little Pekinese dog. The conductor came in and took their fares. Then his eyes
rested on the beady eyed dog. I saw trouble coming up. This was the opportunity
for which the conductor had been waiting, and he intended to make the most of
it. I had marked him as the type who had a general vague grievance against
passengers who came and sat in the bus while he shivered at the door. “You must
take the dog out”, he said. “I shall certainly do nothing of the kind. You can
take my name and address”, said the woman. She had evidently expected the
challenge and knew the reply. “You must take the dog out- that’s my order.”I
won’t go on the top of the bus in such weather. It would kill me,” said the
woman.
ACTIVITY
1
Fill in the following table
|
STATEMENT |
REASON |
|
1. The narrator saw trouble coming up. |
1.
The conductor noticed the Pekinese dog. |
|
2.
The conductor had grievance against the passengers. |
2. Passenger came and sat in the bus while he shivered at the
door. |
|
3.
The woman did not want to go on the top of the bus. |
3. The weather was bitterly cold and it would kill her. |
|
4. The woman had evidently expected the challenge from the
conducter |
4.The
woman knew the reply of the conductor’s order |
ACTIVITY
2
Change the mode
of narration of the following sentences:
i) The little boys said to the stranger,
“We will not play with you.
Ans. The little boys
told the stranger that they would not play with him.
ii) The old lady said to her daughter, “Today
I am preparing a clay model for you.
Ans. The old lady
told her daughter that she was preparing a clay model for her daughter that day.
ACTIVITY
3
Change the Voice of the following sentences:
i)
They helped us to do the renovation work.
Ans. We were helped to do the renovation work by
them.
ii) The traveler
knocks the door of the abandoned house.
Ans. The door of the abandoned
house is knocked by the traveler.
iii) The culprit confessed
his guilt.
Ans. His guilt was
confessed by the culprit.
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