English IX - Chapter No.20 - Text Book Exercise

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The Secret Of Success

Exercise

Textual Study:-

1. Use the following words  in your own sentences:

S.NO.	Words	Sentences
1.	Discover	Scientists around the world are working to discover a cure for aids.
2.	Wise	He was a brave soldier and a wise teacher .
3.	Learned	Learned men can solve issues with their wisdom.
4.	Manage	The business is manage by the owners daughter.
5.	Attention	An article in the newspaper caught my attention.

Comprehension:

Tick (✓) the right answer:-

1. What did the king ask of the saint? 
a- The king asked the saint for a glass of water.
b- The king asked the saint to go with him to his palace.
c- The king asked the saint to answer three questions.  ✔️

2. The saint thanked him and
a- asked him to go home.
b- gave him the spade. ✔️
c- gave him a piece of bread.

3. The most important time 
a- is the present. ✔️
b- is to be wasted.
c- is the past.

Composition:

Describe in five sentences the lesson you learn from this story. 
Ans: The moral of the lesson we learnt from this story is that:
1. The most important time for doing anything is the present.
2. The most important work is what we are doing now.
3. The most important person is the  one whom we are with at the moment.
4. Past has gone, the future is unseen and will come.
5. In short the 'present' is important, we should value it.

Study of Structures:-

1. (a) Straight
Examples:  
1. He went straight to the saint's hut. 
2. There is a straight road ahead.
Note: Straight means direct. In the first sentences straight modifies the verb went. the words which modify verbs and adjectives are called adverbs. In the second sentence straight modifies the noun road. The words which modify the nouns are called adjectives. 

(b) Straightway
Examples: 
1. The king straightway carried the man inside the hut.
2. They straightway accepted my offer of help.
Note: Straightway is an adverb and means 'at once.' 

2. Every other
Examples:  
1. He was breathing very hard and stopped every other minute to take rest. 
2. The old man went to see the doctor every other day.   
3. I used to visit my friend every other evening.   
4. She goes to the market every other Sunday.
Note: Every other is an adjective and means 'alternate'. 

3. Very (Adjective+Noun) 
Examples: 
1. He was an old and very weak man. 
2. She is a very beautiful girl.
3. It is a very big house.
4. Quaid-i-Azam was a very good man.
Note : Very modifies the adjectives and increases their quality. It is an adverb.

4. (a) One, another
Examples: 
1. If one man came out with one suggestion, another would suggest something totally different.
2. This is one map, that is another.

(b) One , the other 
Examples: 
1. If one man advised one thing, the other would advise exactly the opposite.
2. One door of the room is shut, the other is open.

(c) One, the others 
Examples:
1. One girl is cooking, the others are playing.
2. One boy is here, the others are in the playground.

(d) Some, the others 
Examples: 
1. If some of them gave one answer, the others argued against.
2. Some girls are here, the others are in the garden.
Note: These structures are demonstrative adjectives and can also be used as pronouns. 

Exercises:

.1. Frame five sentences using straightway with the following verbs:
Give, Write, Go, Run, Refuse.

S.NO.	Words	Sentences
1.	Give	The Government straightway gave help to the flood victims.
2.	Write	The student straightway wrote down the notes.
3.	Go	He straightway went out of the room.
4.	Run	He run straightway to the headmaster's office to lodge a complaint.
5.	Refuse	Iqbal straightway refused to do his home work.

.2. Frame five sentences using every other with the following nouns:
Person, Month, boy, student, year.

S.NO.	Words	Sentences
1.	Person	Every other person was allowed to visit the shrine.
2.	Month	I go to village every other month.
3.	Boy	Every other boy of the class is clever.
4.	Student	I put question to every other student.
5.	Year	Faisal goes to Karachi every other year.

.4. Cross out the wrong word:
(a) He is a much/ very/ more/ clever student.
(b) A curved/ long/ straight line is the shortest distance between two points.
(c) More/ some/ many/ boys are digging the ground, the others are resting.
(d) One guest has gone, the remaining/ others/ other are still here.

Non Textual Exercises:

1. Tick (✔️ ) the correct word in the following: 
(a) The opposite of rude is pretty/ happy/ polite ✔️.
(b) An orange is a vegetable/ mineral/ fruit✔️.

2. Re-arrange the following sentence by putting the correct phrase at the correct place.
   to raise funds, has been arranged, a film show, for flood victims. 
Ans: A film show has been arranged to raise funds for flood victims.

3. Put the verbs given in parentheses into the correct tense. Use present simple only. 
1. I (wash) clothes every Sunday. 
Ans: I wash clothes every Sunday.

2. He (go) to the mosque for Juma prayers. 
Ans: He goes to the mosque for Juma prayers.

3. She (do) her homework regularly. 
Ans: She does her homework regularly.

4. You (write) beautiful English.
Ans: You write beautiful English.