English IX - Chapter No.1 - Text Book Exercise

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The Last Sermon Of The Holy Prophet
(Peace be Upon Him)

Exercise

Textual Study:-

1. Study the following words carefully and look up their meanings in the dictionary:

S.NO.	Words	Meanings
1.	Belong	Relate
2.	Opposition	The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
3.	Bitter	Hostile, Relentless
4.	Agony	Misery
5.	Trouble	Worry
6.	Fierce	Intense
7.	Terrible	Extreme
8.	Aggressive	Quarrelsome
9.	Attack	Launch assault on
10.	Display	To show, make visible or apparent
11.	Appearance	Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
12.	Defeat	Win a victory over
13.	Mount	Attach to a support
14.	Victory	A successful ending of a struggle or contest
15.	Humanity	Human race
16.	Difference	The quality of being unlike or dissimilar
17.	Offspring	Young one
18.	Chattel	Property
19.	Universal	Worldwide

1. Use the following words  in your own sentences:

S.NO.	Words	Sentences
1.	Belong	The whales belong to the class mammals.  He belongs to a rich family.
2.	Fierce	The lion is a fierce animal.
3.	Defeat	Pakistan army defeated India in 1965 war. They defeated their enemy.
4.	Offspring	We all are the offspring of Hazrat Adam ( Alaihai Salam).
5.	Victory	Pakistan cricket team achieved tremendous victory in ICC championship world cup 2017 against India.

Comprehension:

Tick (✓) the right answer:-
1. Where is mount Arafat?
a- It is near Medina.
b- It is near Makkah. (✓)
c- It is In Pakistan.

2. What did the Prophet (peace be upon him) say about Muslims in his Last Sermon?
a-The Muslims are enemies of one another.
b-The Muslims are friends of one another.
c-The Muslims are brothers to one another. (✓)

3. Supply the missing words or phrases:
1. This event is known in history as the Hijra
2. There is no god except Allah.
3 .All Muslims are one and brother to one another.
4. I am leaving among you a thing which will guide you.

Composition:

1. Write a short paragraph on the life of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him).
Ans:       Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him) the Prophet of Islam, was born in 571 A.D. at Makkah. He belonged to the noble family of Quraish. Our Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is the last of the prophets. Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him) preach to worship one God, and in his preaching he face a lot of troubles, but he stood calm and patient. He found an Islamic society based on brother hood and love, in his last sermon to Muslims he declare them brother to each other and said they are all equal.

OR

                    Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) was born in 571 A.D at Makkah. He (peace be upon him) is the Last Prophet of Islam. He (peace be upon him) told the Quresh that He (peace be upon him) is the Prophet of Allah, only Allah is the worthy of worship. He (peace be upon him) invited them to accept Islam but the Quresh did not accept Islam and they opposed this new faith. Due to their bitter opposition the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) asked His (Peace Be Upon Him) followers to migrate to Medina. In 622 AD The Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) himself accompanied by his faithful friend Hazrat Abu Bakr migrated to Medina. In Medina, the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) established first Islamic Government. Makkah was conquered and in the 10th year of Hijra, the Prophet together with his followers went to perform Hajj at Makkah. He (Peace Be Upon Him) Addressed a large gathering on Mount Arafat. It was his (peace be upon him) Last Hajj Sermon. In this Sermon, he once again repeated the message of Islam. The Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said that whole humanity is the offspring of Adam Alliah Salam. All Muslims are brothers among themselves. The Holy Prophet said that he who acts according to the teachings of the Holy Quran and Sunnah he will never go wrong.

2. What does the Last Sermon teach us? Write five sentences about it.
Ans: In the 10th year of Hijra the Prophet (P.B.U.H) together with his followers went to perform Hajj at Makkah. There he addressed a very large gathering of Muslims at mount Arafat. This was the last sermon of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). It teaches us that:
1- There is no god except Allah.
2- Only the goodness of a person makes him superior to others.
3- The most righteous is the most honorable.
4-All Muslims are brother to one another.
5- Finally the last sermon teaches us that the Holy Quran is the message of Allah and if we act according to its teachings, we will never go wrong.

Study of Structures:-

1. Next
Examples:
1. The very next year of Hijra they attacked Medina.
2. When you come here next time, bring your brother with you.
3. The next boy in line should come forward.
4. He lives next to my house.

2. Last
Examples:
1. God chose Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him) as the last of His Prophets.
2. Who was the last boy to come into the class?
3. This is the last time I am accepting your excuse.
4. At last he said that he was going away.

3. Nothing but (means only)
Examples:
1. He spoke nothing but the truth.
2. She does nothing but good.
3. There is nothing but trouble in store for you.
4. He reads nothing but story books.

4. Listen to
Examples
1. O people! Listen to me carefully.
2. He is listening to the radio.
3. If you don't listen to your teacher you will fail.
4. Listen carefully to what your teacher says.
Listen to means 'to hear’ and also 'to take advice'.

.5. Transposition of direct and indirect object.
Examples:
1. I have given you the message of Allah.
I have given the message of Allah to you.

2. I am giving the book to him.
I am giving him the book.

3. She bought a pen for him.
She bought him a pen.

4. They sold their cow to me.
They sold me their cow.

Note: The position of direct objects can be changed to the position of indirect objects and vice versa as given above.

Exercises:

.1. Frame five sentences using nothing but with the following verbs:

S.NO.	Words	Sentences
1.	Receive	The event received nothing but wide press coverage.
2.	Touch	Blind people see nothing but touch to understand their surroundings.
3.	Display	I displayed nothing but my science project in school competition and lose first prize.
4.	Seek	The Chinese migrated in our country to seek nothing but a better jobs .
5.	Prove	If Suhail want to prove himself in the exams than he should  do nothing but work hard .

.2. Frame five sentences using last with the following noun:

S.NO.	Words	Sentences
1.	Prophet	Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the last Prophet of God..
2.	Speech	Our bellowed Prophet gave his last speech at the mound of Arafat..
3.	Queue	The last person in the queue to take the ticket of bus ticket was suhail.
4.	Visit	Irshad was the last to visit white palace in swat during our Pakistan tour.
5.	Time	Teacher warned last time not to talk in the class.

3. Complete the following sentences, choosing the appropriate structure from the given list:
Listen to, nothing but, next, last.
1. They listen to the advice of their teacher.
2. They will loose nothing but their chains.
3. He was the next to vote.
4. He heard the news the last day.

.4. Cross out the wrong word:
1. We will go to class ten the last /next year.
2. They like to nothing but / listen to music.