English X - Chapter No.13 - Reference To Context

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SHOPPING
Reference To Context

Note : Students are advised to read whole chapters and poems thoroughly for reference to context Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
Lesson Name: Shopping
Speakers: Mother, Ajmal, Najma, Taxi driver, Butcher, Vegetable shopkeeper, Fruit seller, Shop keeper at Poultry


1. "Get ready, both of you, while I do the washing up."
(i) Name the lesson and the speaker.
(ii) Who was/were the person spoken to? and why?
(iii) Where was the speaker at that time? 
Ans:
(i) Lesson: Shopping
Speaker: Ajmal and Najma's Mother
(ii) Mother asked Najma and Ajmal to go with her for shopping because their father was on tour and they also have run out of groceries and provisions.
(iii) The speaker was in the kitchen


2. "The meter is out of order. Twenty five rupees for the market,"
(i) Name the lesson and the speaker. and why did speaker demand 20 rupees?
(ii) who was the person spoken to?
(iii) What did the listener reply to the speaker? and why
(iv) How far was the market from their house?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: Shopping
Speaker: Taxi driver
Taxi driver demanded 20 rupees for the fare because his taxi meter was also out of order,and he wanted to make more money than the fare.
(ii) Taxi Driver spoke these word to the mother of Ajmal and Najma.
(iii) The mother was shocked by the demand of taxi driver because the fare he asked  was too high and the distance was hardly two kilometre. So she said that she would pay him fifteen rupees only or he drove them to the traffic sentry there.
(iv) The market was two kilometre far from their house.


3.  "They are not goats; Ajmal, they are cows and calves, This is the beef market."
(i) Name the lesson and the speaker.
(ii) Who is Ajmal? Why has he come to the market?
(iii) What is beef? 
(iv) What do we call the meat of goat?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: Shopping
Speaker: Ajmal and Najma's Mother
(ii) Ajmal is a son of speaker. He went to the market with her mother and sister for monthly grocery and shopping as his father was on tour.
(iii) Beef is a meat of cow, calves and buffaloes.
(iv) The meat of goat, lambs and sheep is called mutton.

4. "Yes Madam, one hundred ten rupees for the ordinary meat. But if you want special...".
(i) Name the lesson , the speaker and the person spoken to.
(ii) What is the difference between beef and mutton?
(iii) How much did the special meat cost?
(iv) What did the person spoken to buy at that shop?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: Shopping
Speaker: Butcher
The person spoken to: Ajmal, Najma and their Mother
(ii) Beef and mutton both are meat. The beef is the meat of cows, calves and buffaloes. While mutton is the meat of goats and sheep.
(iii) The special meat was cost one hundred and twenty rupees.
(iv) Mother bought one kilo of leg and one kilo minced meat at the butcher's shop.

5. "Yes, five kilos of onions, two kilos of potatoes, one kilo each of cabbage, cauliflower, turnips, green peas and two kilos of spinach and five kilos of carrots/'
(i) Name the lesson, the speaker and the person spoken to?
(ii) When do we use Metre, Kilometre, Kilo and Litre?
(iii) Where did the person spoken to go and who were with him /her?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: Shopping
Speaker: Vegetable shopkeeper
Listener: Ajmal, Najma an their Mother
(ii) The following  measuring units of different quantities are:
1. Metre is used for measuring Length.
2. Kilometre for distance.
3. Kilo for weights and
4. Litre to measure liquids except with those of high viscosity.
(iii) Mother with her children Ajmal and Najma went to the market.

6. "Give me ten bananas and one kilo of apples."
(i) Name the lesson, the speaker and the person spoken to?.
(ii) How did the speaker buy bananas and apples?
(iii) In what unit do we buy bananas and apples.
Ans:
(i) Lesson: Shopping
Speaker: Ajmal and Najma's Mother
The person spoken to: Fruit seller
(ii) Firstly mother inquired about the price of fruits than she bought ten bananas at a rate of fifteen rupees and one kg apples at a cost of twenty rupees.
(iii) We buy banana in dozens and one dozen is equal to 12 pieces of banana, while we buy apples in kilo.

7. "Dressed. How much for a kilo?"
(i) Name the lesson, the speaker and the person spoken to?.
(ii) What was the speaker buying and from which shop?
(iii) What does the dressed means?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: Shopping
Speaker: Ajmal and Najma's Mother
Listener: Poultry shopkeeper
(ii) The speaker was buying chicken from the poultry shop
(iii) Dressed means slaughtered chicken which is ready to cook.

8. "No, not next Sunday, next month. It's 11 o'clock children. Let's get busy."
(i) Name the lesson, the speaker and the person spoken to
(ii) Do you think children were excited? and why?
(iii) What did the speaker asked the children to do? and what did speaker do herself / himself?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: Shopping
Speaker: Ajmal and Najma's Mother
Listener:  Ajmal and Najma
(ii) Yes, both Najma and Ajmal were excited because first time they were going on shopping. It provide them a chance to get a lot of information about new and interesting things in daily life. So they enjoyed it a lot.
(iii) Mother told Ajmal to polish his own and Najma’s shoes and told Najma to iron the clothes. While she herself went to the kitchen to cook food.