Practice Exercise
Unit Inspiration Solution
Practice Exercise-I
Pick out the false statements and correct them.
i.) Akash got his MBBS degree from India.
ii.) Akash studied in USA only.
Correct statement-Akash did his masters in USA.
iii.) Akash got his master’s degree from USA.
iv.) Akash wanted to settle in America.
Correct Statement- He wanted to serve for the people of his country.
v.) India had spent thousands of rupees in educating Akash.
1.) Answer the following questions.
i.) What was the name of the young man?
Answer:
The young man’s name was Akash
ii.) Why was Akash’s father unhappy?
Answer: Akash’s father wanted his son to settle in USA and earn more there.
iii.) What was Akash’s father proud of?
Answer: Akash’s father was proud because his son had a foreign degree.
iv.) Why did Akash return to India?
Answer: Akash was grateful that his country spends thousands of rupees to educate him and wanted to repay its debt so he returned to India.
v.) How did Akash repay the debt?
Answer: By serving for the people of the mother land he repaid his debt.
vi.) Write the full forms of:
i.) USA–United States of America
ii.) MBBS- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelorof Surgery
2.) Word Building
Sit in groups and make as many words as you can make from the word
‘Patriotism’ and then fill them in the table. The first one is done for you.
(You can change the order of the letters)
| S.No | Two letter words | Three letter words | Four letter words | Five letter words |
| 1 | To | Tap | Trip | Prism |
| 2 | Or | Pat | Trio | Atoms |
| 3 | It | Mat | Mist | Start |
| 4 | At | Rat | Part | Pairs |
| 5 | As | Top | Trap | Moist |
3.) Add some more opposites words starting with un-, mis-, dis-,il-, ir-, in to the list:
1.) unfortunately (un + fortunately)
Unlock, Unleash, Unclear, Unfinished,Unfriendly
2.) irrelevant (ir + relevant)
Irregular, Irresponsible, Irreparable
3.) misuse ( mis + use)
Mismatch, Mislead, Misbehave, Misspell
4.) disappear (dis+ appear)
Disconnect, Disable, Disrespect, Displease
5.) illogical (il + logical)
Illegal, Illiterate,
6.) intolerance (in + tolerance)
Incomplete, Insecure, Incorrect, Indirect
4.) Complete the word web with the words related to Hospital.
Hospital
1.) Doctor- Stethoscope, Gloves
2.) Medicines- Tablet, syrup
3.) Staff- Nurse, Cleaner
4.) ICU- Patient, Scissors
5.) Room- Bed, Medicine bottle
6.) Ambulance- Driver, Bed
5.) Fill in spaces with some determiners –
It was around Eid. We wanted to buy clothes, Eid lights and some other items. Anarkali is famous for such items. My mother asked me to join her. My mother and I went to Anarkali. It is near the Medical College. There was much crowd. Everyone was pushing each other. There were traffic jams and many vehicles were blowing their horns. Street vendors were selling various items, which were very cheap. They were shouting on top of their voice to attract the customers.
Many customers were bargaining with their shopkeepers. Somebeggars were asking for food and money. We went to a saree shop, where my mother bought a saree. She bought anartificial jewellery for me.There were no anyfruit shops there. We wanted to buy somefruits too but…..
We also bought some sweets from the famous shop, Butt Sweets. From the electrical market we bought Eid lights and amixer-juicer. I also bought many records, cassette, tapes of classical music. We were all tired after shopping. We took cold drinks to refresh ourselves. Thereafter,we returned home. I enjoyed the shopping very much, although the market was very crowded.
6) (a). Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’
Last year we went for a holiday to Mainpat. It is a beautiful place with mountains,rivers and rocks. We stayed there in a hotel. When I woke up in themorning, I looked out of thewindow of my room. The sun was shining brightly. There was asmall cottage outside the window, and an old woman was standing with a child in her arms. A man was chopping some wood with an axe. There was a beautiful mountain far away.
II.) 1. Read the passage and answer the following questions.
- Write two qualities of Mother Teresa.
Answer: Mother Teresa was a helpful and caring person.
ii.) Why did Mother Teresa decide to live among the ‘poorest of the poor’?
Answer: Mother Teresa felt to do something for the poor people and their welfare so decided to live among the ‘poorest of the poor’.
iii.) Why did she eat only rice?
Answer: Since she wanted to do something for the poor people she decided to sacrifice everything and eat only rice to experience their life.
iv.) Why did she go for medical training?
Answer:Mother Teresa worked as a teacher and took care of the students who were sick. In order to treat them well she went for medical training.
v.) List the kind of work the Mother did.
Answer: Mother Teresa was a caring person. When she worked as a teacher, she took care of them. She wanted to help the poor people and for that she sacrificed everything and ate only rice. To feel their plight, she gave up many things.
vi.) Why do you think ‘Teresa’ was called Mother Teresa?
Answer: Mother is always considered to be someone who gives and expects nothing in return. She is someone who would do anything for her child. Mother Teresa was no different, she cared and helped poor people. She was fond of children and cared them a lot, so this is why she was called Mother Teresa.
2.) Mother Teresa wanted to care for the ‘poorest of the poor’. Find out
from the passage the phrases that tell about such people.
Answer: Sheate only rice, to experience their life, because that was all the poor could afford.
3.) Read the passage carefully and tick (P) the correct meanings of the words in bold.
i.) Started off
a.) began
b.) entered
c.) became
ii.) Cast aside
a.) rewarded
b.) Ignored
c.) punished
iii.) Glimpse
a.) outcome
b.) experience
c.) Sight
iv.) Afford
a.) Pay for
b.) Give up
c.) manage
v.) Sacrifice
a.) Sell out
b.) Give up
c.) See off
4.) Use the linking words given below and join the sentences in Column A and B
Or, and, so, but, because
A B
i.) Mother Teresa wanted to care She wanted to be with the poorest
for the sick of the poor.
- )She ate only rice That was all the poor could afford.
iii) She loved children She started off as a teacher.
iv.) She helped the poor and She felt that she had to do more.
cared for the sick
v.) To help the sick, she had to She had to go for medical training.
either arrange for a specialist
Answers:
i.) Mother Teresa wanted to care for the sick and to be with the poorest of the poor.
ii.) She ate only rice because that was all the poor could afford.
iii.) She loved children so she started off as a teacher.
iv.) She helped the poor and cared for the sick and felt that she had to do more.
v.) To help the sick, she had to either arrange for a specialist,so she had to go for medical training.
5.) Based on the passage, write five sentences about Mother Teresa. You can use the hints given in brackets. We can begin as:
Mother Teresa had the first glimpse of poverty in India.
She loved children a lot(love children)
She took care of the children.(take care)
To give them proper treatment, she went for trained. (Get trained)
To help the poor she sacrificed everything.(sacrifice)
She wanted to help the poorest of the poor.(help)