English For class IX - Chapter No.17 - Text Book Exercise

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Responsibilities Of A Good Citizen

Exercise

Comprehension:-

Q.1: Where did men live in early days?
Ans: Thousands of years ago, men lived in Caves just like animals.

Q.2: Why did they begin to live together?
Ans: They began to live together in order to make their lives safer and better.

Q.3: What happened when societies grew larger?
Ans: When societies grew larger, many more professions and occupations developed, laws were made to make life safer and happier.

Q.4: What should a trader do?
Ans: A trader should sell good and standardized things honestly.

Q.5: What should not do a milk man do?
Ans: A milk man should not mix water in the milk.

Q.6: If some one is dishonest what does he teach other?
Ans: If some one is dishonest he teaches dishonesty to others.

Q.7: How does a bad citizen deserve to be treated?
Ans: A bad citizen deserves ill treatment from others.

Q.8: What is our duty to our country?
Ans: It is our duty/responsibility to understand the problems what our country faces and we must cooperate with the government in solving them. We should be loyal and patriotic to Pakistan. We should pay our taxes promptly, fully and honestly.

Q.9: How important are our neighbours to us as according to the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H)?
Ans: According to our Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) the neighbours are very important for us. He said that “Good lays so much stress in the rights of our neighbours that I almost thought, they would get the right of inheritance in our property.” We should be very good to our neighbours. 

Q.10: What must we do to be good Muslim?
Ans: We must be good and dutiful.

Exercise:-

1. Learn the spelling and meaning of the following words from the lesson and use ten of them in sentences of your own: 

S.NO.	Words	Meanings
1.	Article	Thing
2.	Owes	Be in debt, Be under an obligation
3.	Savages	Barbarians
4.	Societies	Communities, Civilizations
5.	Enjoy	Delight in, Be pleased by
6.	Traffic	Vehicles
7.	Benefits	Profits
8.	Instruction	Guide, Detail information about something
9.	Garbage	Rubbish
10.	Filth	Dirt
11.	Measure	Weigh, Calculate
12.	Occupation	Profession
13.	Respect	Esteem, Admire
14.	Substandard	Inferior, Low quality
15.	Ignore	Disregard, Neglect
16.	Patriotic	One who loves his country

Sentences:

S.NO.	Words	Sentences
1.	Article	Fake designer watches are sold at a fraction of the price of the genuine article. There are many antique and precious articles in decoration shop.
2.	Owes	The company owes money to more than 60 banks.
3.	Savages	Thousands years ago, our ancestors were primitive savages living in caves.
4.	Societies	In many societies, women play an important role as bearers of cultures and tradition.
5.	Enjoy	I enjoy playing tennis and squash.
6.	Traffic	The noisy traffic is a continual annoyance to the citizens.
7.	Benefits	There are many financial benefits to owning your own home.
8.	Instruction	The information is for the instruction of passengers.
9.	Garbage	Garbage pollutes our rivers and streams.
10.	Filth	Passing cars covered his shoes with filth. There was no flith on the street.
11.	Measure	Feedback is slow in these firms and measuring performance is dfficult.
12.	Occupation	Agricultural work is traditionally seen as a male occupation.
13.	Respect	All students should respect their teachers.
14.	Substandard	Some companies had offloaded substandard medicines onto Third World countries.
15.	Ignore	Mustafa decided to ignore the warning and just hope for the best .
16.	Patriotic	The politician played on the patriotic sentiments of the people from ulterior motives.  We should patriotic to our country.

Non-Textual Exercise:-

1. Frame ten sentences by using different sets in this table:

Men	used to	Live	in for on	Caves
They		Hunt		Food
We		Sing		Joy
You		Walk		Ropes
I		Ride		Woods

Sentences:
1- Men used to live in caves.
2- Men used to hunt for food.
3- They used to sing for joy.
4- They used to walk on ropes.
5- We used to ride for joy.
6- We used to hunt for joy.
7- You used to live on food.
8- You used to live in caves.
9- I used to walk on ropes.
10- I used to sing for joy.

2. Point out the difference between the two expressions given below:
1. We may not pluck flowers from our neighbour's garden.
1. We cannot  pluck flowers from our neighbour's garden.

2. You may not ride my horse.
2. You could not ride my horse.

3. The traders should give the customers their money's worth.
3. The traders could give the customers their money's worth.

4. We should help in keeping law and order in the city.
4. We could help in keeping law and order in the city.


3- Fill in the right letters to complete the word:
1. neighbour
2. necessary
3. peacefully
4. society
5. responsibility
6. civilized
7. pleasant
8. discipline
9. customer
10. traffic
11. citizen
12. beginning

4- Describe the professions of the following:
1. Cobbler
The cobbler makes shoes.

2. Carpenter
The carpenter makes furniture from the wood.

3. Farmer
The farmer grows crops in the fields.

4. Blacksmith
The blacksmith makes articles from the iron.

5. Goldsmith
He makes ornaments from the gold.

6. Mason
Mason makes buildings.

7. Tailor
Tailor sews the clothes.

8. Weaver

Weavers weave the clothes from the wool.

Grammartical Structures:

Requests:
1. If you want to ask someone the time, what will you say?
Ans: What time is it, please? / What is the time, please?

2. You want to borrow a pencil from your friend, how will you do it?
Ans: can you give me a pencil please?

Composition:

1. Write a paragraph of about ten lines on the duties of a good citizen. 
Ans:  Good citizen is that who fulfill their responsibilities. He neither fights with anyone nor abuses. He take care of moral values. A good citizen is honest. He never tells a lie nor he deceives anybody. A good citizen, he may be a worker, officer, engineer, doctor, teacher or student fulfill his duty responsibly and honestly. He never earns his livelihood through foul means. A good citizen fulfills his duty and takes care of his right and even of the others. A good citizen is loyal and patriotic. He loves and serves his country. He is always prepared to sacrifice for  his motherland. A good citizen seeks education so that he could make himself a useful citizen. A good citizen takes care of the public properties. He never harms or destroy them. A good citizen always abides by the laws of his country. He respect and never breaks them. It is the good people who make their country ideal.

2. Write a paragraph of 100 words to show the benefits society give us.
Ans:  Benefits Society:
         A benefits society is a developed society by which life is made easier by providing facilities in different ways of life. It is an organization formed to provide mutual benefits to their
people, for instance financial assistance for education, unemployment, birth of a baby, sickness and medical expenses, retirement and funerals. Often benefit societies provide a social or educational framework for members and their families to support each other and contribute to the wider community. They also provide insurance for relief from several difficulties.
               Benefit societies may be organized around background, religion, occupation, geographical region or other basis. Examples of benefit societies include trade unions, friendly societies, credit unions, self-help groups, immigrant hometown societies, fraternal organizations and many others.
A benefit society can be characterized by:

• Members having equivalent opportunity in the organization
• Aid going to those in need (strong helping the weak)
• A collection fund for payment of benefits
• Educating others
• Preserving cultural traditions
• Mutual respect

Social ability and kindness are important principles of a benefit society. Many of the features of benefit organizations today rely on the corporate and political structures of our time. Insurance companies, religious charities, credit unions and democratic governments now perform many of the same functions that were once the part of ethnically- or culturally-affiliated mutual benefit associations. Even new technologies have provided more new opportunities for humanity to support itself through mutual aid.

3. Construct ten sentences using let.
Examples:
(i) Let us read a story.
(ii) Let the children play.

Sentences:
1. Let me move these books out of your way.
2. Let them walk home on their own.
3. Let there be no doubt about it.
4. Let us put the bar there.
5. Let me explain this characterization.
6. Let us have dinner, and then we'll set off.
7. Let me have some more strips of linen.
8. Let the candles be lighted.
9. Let the hands get busy, not the mouth.
10. Let me speak first.
11. Let me talk to you.
12. Let me handle this.
13. Let me the game begin.
14. Let me pay my share.
15. Let me take you home.
16. Let me try something.
17. Let me fix the switch.