PRACTICE EXERCISE – II
Link Unit: Humour
i> How much does Jack earn? How much does he pay towards each instalment?
Answer: Jack earns six pounds and pays eight and eight pence a week for each instalment
ii> How does Jack manage to pay each instalment?
Answer: Jack borrows the rest of the money for the payments from the Thrift and Providence Trust Corporation.
iii> Does Aunt Jane like the way Jack manages his money?
Answer: No Aunt Jane likes the way Jack manages his money. She is disappointed.
iv> Why doesn’t Aunt Jane want to travel by car?
Answer: Since most of the things of Jack are on installments, he owned only steering wheel and a tire of a car, which is why Aunt Jane wanted to go by bus.
v> How did Jill and Jack feel when Aunt Jane gave them a gift of money?
Answer: Jack and Jill were happy when they received a gift of money from Aunt Jane.
2) Fill in the blanks with these words.
i) Aunt Jane gives Jack a cheque so that he can pay off one of his instalments. Jack will have to check whether he is now spendingthan he earns.
ii) Aunt Jane says that Jack’s car has only one tyre because he does not own it completely . If Jack continues to buy things on instalments, the burden of the loan is certainly going totire him.
iii.) Aunt Jane wants Jack to live in peace . She does not want him to own just a pieceof the things he buys.
3) Read the following lines carefully and rewrite the poem as it would be you can choose the words from the given box :
Nothing to comb but air,
Quick as a flash ’tis gone;
Nowhere to go but off,
Nowhere to fall but on.
Nothing to breathe but air,
Nowhere to sleep but the earth
Nothing to shed but tears
Nothing totake but work.
4) Tick (P) the correct options in these sentences.
i) Aunt Jane hate/ hates to owe money to anybody.
ii) Jack and Jill like/ likes to buy things on instalment.
iii) The Corporation lend/ lends money on a note of hand.
iv)Both Jack and Jill do/ does not agree with Aunt Jane.
v) Some people buy/ buys things only if they have money.
vi) Everyone is/ are not a spendthrift.
5) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
i) What time does(do) the shops open here?
ii) It rained (rain) since morning.
iii. We watched (watch) a film last evening.
iv) He will reach (reach) the station by the time the train arrives.
v) She went (go) to New York many times.
6) Use appropriate punctuation mark sand capital letters wherever necessary in the following passages. (You may look at the table giving details about punctuation marks in the Unit Adventure.)
i) A woman went inside a shop and said to the man behind the counter, why are the signs in your shop window full of spelling and grammatical mistakes? The man replied so that people think that I’m a fool and come inside expecting to get the best of me since I put up those signs business has boomed.
ii) A man walking along the road said to a woman working in a field, ‘Excuse me how long will it take to get to the next village?’ The woman didn’t answer so the man kept walking. He hadn’t gone far when he heard the woman call out, It’ll take you about 30 minutes. Why didn’t you tell me when I asked you?’ asked the surprised man. The woman replied, “Then I didn’t know how fast you were going to walk,did I?”
iii. Hari walked into a pet shop and asked the shop owner if he could buy the following items :391 beetles, 17 mice and 10 cockroaches. The shop owner said,’’I’m sorry sir but we can only supply the mice. Why do you want all these creatures? I have been asked to vacate my flat said the young man and my landlord says that I must leave the place exactly as I found it
iv) Aunt Jane: Good heavens! And how much do you earn?
Jack: As a matter of fact—er—that is—six pounds.
Aunt Jane: But that’s absurd! How can you pay seven pounds eight and eight pence out of six pounds?
Jack: Oh that’s easy.You see all you have to do is to borrow the rest of the money for the payments from the Thrift and Providence Trust Corporation.
Jill: They’re only too glad to loan you any amount you like on note of hand alone
Aunt Jane: And how do you propose to pay that back?
Jack: Oh that’s easy too. You just pay it back in instalments.
Conjuctions
7) Complete these sentences by using suitable coordinating conjunctions.
i) We can either start right now or wait for him to come.
ii) She got a bit late so it took her a while to find a parking space.
iii) I am Batman and that’s the Batmobile.
iv) For him, it wasneither a matter of pridenora matter of shame, but simply a matter of fact.
v) She forgot her spectacles at homeyetshe sat in the front row.
vi) They weren’t too excited about the eventbutthey didn’t want to miss it either.
8) Complete these sentences using suitable subordinating conjunctions and write their types after the sentences.
i) What would have happenedwhen he hadn’t come on time?
ii) Don’t forget to consider all points of viewbefore you give your opinion.
iii) She opened the window because the room was all hot and stuffy.
iv) While they still are in disagreement over some points, the major issues of conflict have been resolved.
v) After we had finished dinner, we went out for a stroll.
vi) He borrowed the phone
since he could play the game on it.
Messy Room
1) Answer the questions given below.
i) Pick out the line(s) that indicate(s) the season.
Answer: His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair, And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
ii) What is wrong with the chair?
Answer: The chair is becoming mucky and damp.
iii) What do these lines suggest about the character of the person who owns the room?
Answer: The lines suggest that the person is disorganized and careless.
iv) Make a list of the clothes mentioned in the poem.
Answer: The clothes mentioned in the poem are-underwear, raincoat, sweater, scarf, ski and pants.
v) What items other than the clothes are mentioned?
Answer: Item other than the clothes are- lamp, chair, window, floor, TV and door.
vi) What does the word ‘messy’ suggest? Think of some other situations where you may use this word.
Answer: Messy means something that is not in proper order or way. In the poem the person’s room is full of mess.Messy kitchen .
2) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the list given below:
carelessly, beneath, hang, damp, ashamed, overstuffed
i) If you can’t clean your room, you should be ashamed of yourself.
ii) I have eaten too much, I feeloverstuffed.
iii) It is raining outside, and the table inside is damp.
iv) Our cats sit beneath the TV.
v) We do not even have a nail in our room tohanga picture.
vi) You spend carelessly.
4) Write five Do’s and five Don’ts to keep yourself and your home neat and clean. One each has been done for you.
Do’s | Don’ts |
| 1. Wash your vest daily. | 2. Don’t wear dirty shoes. |
| 2. Bath every day | 2. Don’t wear unwashed clothes |
| 3. Keep home clean | 3. Don’t keep dirty clothes and things in the home |
| 4. Maintain oral and overall hygiene | 4. Don’t eat without washing hands properly |
| 5. Always wear clean clothes | 5. Don’t touch anything that is dirty |