Wednesday 20 November 2019

English IX - Chapter No.12 - Reference To Context (Prose Section)

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Health is Wealth

Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book One For Class IX

Explain With Reference To Context (Prose)

1. "Yes, it's a clean one. There are no flies. Oh, no. I have just seen a man sweeping the road by the shop.There is a lot of dust. You oughtn't eat anything if there is dust on it. Flies and dust carry hundreds of germs and they are enemies of our health."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson. 
(ii) Why was the shop dirty?
(iii) What do flies and dust carry?
Ans:
(i) The above lines has  taken from the chapter " Health is Wealth". The speaker was a mother of Kashif.
(ii) The shop was dirty because a man was sweeping the road by the shop.
(iii) Flies and dust carry hundred of germ which are enemies of our health.

2. "Listen very carefully. These germs are the smallest living things. They cannot be seen with the naked eye. You only see them through a microscope."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii) How can we see these germs
(iii) What are germs? How are diseases caused? 
Ans:
(i) The above lines has  taken from the chapter " Health is Wealth". The speaker was a mother of Kashif.
(ii) We can only germs through microscope.
(iii) Germs are the smallest living things. They cannot be seen with the naked eyes. We can only see them through a microscope. Diseases are caused by germs.

3. "You have seen flies sitting on dirty things. There are germs on these things and they stick to the flies' legs. When the flies sit and walk on our food the germs stick into it. And when we eat that food the germs get into our bodies and make us ill."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii) What is the speaker talking about?
(iii) How do flies make us ill?
Ans:
(i) The above lines has  taken from the chapter " Health is Wealth". The speaker was a mother of Kashif.
(ii) Mother's Kashif told him that flies sit on dirty things containing germs which stucks on flies' legs. When these flies walk on our food they transfer germs on it and such food make us ill.
(iii) hen flies sit on the dirty things. There are germs on these things and they stick to the flies’ legs. When the flies sit and walk on food the germs stick to it. When we eat such food, germs enter in our bodies and make us ill.

4. "Dust also carries germs. We can't see them, but the air is full of them. So,you must remember not to eat food if flies have been sitting on it or if there is dust on it."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii)
(iii)
Ans:
(i) The above lines has  taken from the chapter " Health is Wealth". The speaker was a mother of Kashif.
(ii)
(iii)

5. "A great many diseases are caused by these germs. For instance, the germs of typhoid and several other diseases are carried by flies."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii)
(iii)
Ans:
(i) The above lines has  taken from the chapter " Health is Wealth". The speaker was a mother of Kashif.
(ii)
(iii)

6. "But, Mother; I have read in my book that malaria is caused by a kind of mosquito and not by flies."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii)
(iii)
Ans:
(i) The above lines has  taken from the chapter " Health is Wealth". The speaker was  Kashif.
(ii)
(iii)

7. "They live in stagnant water. Some people use kerosene oil and D.D.T. to kill the mosquitoes before they are big enough to fly away and bite healthy people."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii)
(iii)
Ans:
(i) The above lines has  taken from the chapter " Health is Wealth". The speaker was a mother of Kashif.
(ii)
(iii)

7. "If everybody in Pakistan takes part in the fight against mosquitoes, we will soon get rid of malaria."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii)
(iii)
Ans:
(i) The above lines has  taken from the chapter " Health is Wealth". The speaker was  Kashif.
(ii)
(iii)

8. "Yes, my son, I think so too. We should try to keep ourselves healthy as "Health is Wealth". If we are not healthy, we won't be able to work hard, study and learn."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson.
(ii)
(iii)
Ans:
(i) The above lines has  taken from the chapter " Health is Wealth". The speaker was a mother of Kashif.
(ii)
(iii)


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