Chapter 8 Going Places

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Chapter 8 Going Places

Grammar

Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words given in the brackets and write the answers only:

Question 1.
(cluttered, incongruity, stooped, fastened, vest, blacked, wondered, crooked)
Sophie watched her back …1…. over the sink and ….2……. at the …3….. of the delicate bow which …4…. her apron strings. The delicate-seeming bow and the …..5…… back. The evening had already …6….. in the windows and the small room was steamy from the stove and …..7…… with the heavy-breathing man in his …8….. at the table and the dirty washing piled up in the corner.
Answer:
1. stooped
2. wondered
3. incongruity
4. fastened
5. crooked
6. blacked
7. cluttered
8. vest

Question 2.
(expectantly, cape, instinctively, conscious, arrival, leathers, at home, riding)
She was …1…. of a vast world out there waiting for her and she knew …..2……. that she would feel as …..3…. there as in the city which had always been her home. It ……4….. awaited her …….5… She saw herself …..6…. there behind Geoff. He wore new, shining black …..7….. and she a yellow dress with a kind of …8…. that flew out behind.
Answer:
1. conscious
2. instinctively
3. at home
4. expectantly
5. arrival
6. riding
7. leathers
8. cape

Choose the correct meanings of the phrases/ idioms and rewrite the sentences:

(1) He has been sticking on the same point from the start, (initially, until now, occasionally)
(2) I’ve been tinkering with the washing machine all afternoon, but nothing I do seems to fix it. (trying to repair unprofessionally, trying to buy, trying to sell)
(3) I had to prize the answer out of her when I asked where she had been, (hide from, extract from, impart to)
(4) Leave worries. We will do whatever we can to make you feel at home, (homesick, honoured, comfortable)
(5) Jayshree always felt pressure not to let down her parents in her studies, (disappoint, discourage, dishonour)
Answer:
(1) He has been sticking to the same point until now.
(2) I’ve been trying to repair unprofessionally the washing machine all afternoon, but nothing I do seems to fix it.
(3) I had to extract the answer from her when I asked where she had been.
(4) Leave worries. We will do whatever we can to make you feel comfortable.
(5) Jayshree always felt pressure not to disappoint her parents in her studies.

Rectification of Errors

Rectify the errors in the following text:
Question 1.
Their father had washed then he came in and his face and arms were shiny and pink but he smelled of soap.
He switched on the television, tossing one of little Derek’s shoes from his chair onto the sofa, and sat down with a grunt.
Answer:

Rectification of Errors

Question 2.
When I saw whom it was, I said, “Excuse me, but aren’t you Danny Casey?” And he looks sort of surprised.
And he said, “Yes, that’s right.” And I knew it would be Him since he had the accent, you know, like when they interviewed him on the television.
Answer:

Punctuation

Punctuate the following passage:

What this you’ve been telling Jansie said next week
About what
Your Geoff told our Frank you met Danny Casey
This wasn’t an inquisition just Jansie being nosey But Sophie was startled
Oh that
Jansie frowned, sensing she was covering Yes that
Answer:
“What’s this you’ve been telling ?” Jansie said, next week.
“About what?”
“Your Geoff told our Frank you met Danny Casey.”
This wasn’t an inquisition, just Jansie being nosey. But Sophie was startled.
“Oh, that.”
Jansie frowned, sensing she was covering. “Yes – that.”

Indirect Speech

Convert the following dialogue into Indirect Speech:
“Promise you’ll tell no one?” Sophie said. “Nothing to tell is there ?”
“Promise, Geoff- Dad’d murder me.”
“Only if he thought it was true.”
“Please, Geoff.” –
“Christ, Sophie, you’re still at school. Casey must have strings of girls.”
“No, he doesn’t.” “How could you know that?” he jeered.
“He told me, that’s how.”
Answer:
Sophie asked for assurance from Geoff that he would tell no one. Geoff replied that there was nothing to tell. Once more Sophi asked Geoff to promise her that he would tell anyone; then she expressed her fear that he disclosed, their daddy would murder her (ta strict steps against her.) Geoff told her that would do so only if he had thought that Sophie requested him not to make fun of On oath Geoff made her realise the fact she was still at school, while Casey must have a large fanfare of girls around him.

Sophie was not ready to believe his words and she asked him how he could know that. He jeered that he (Casey) had told him that and that was how he had come to know about it.

Transformation of Sentences

Rewrite as directed:
1. When I leave from school, I am going to have a boutique.(Turn into Simple.)
2. I’ll have the most amazing shop this city has ever seen. (Change the Degree.)
3. Actresses don’t work full time. (Turn into Affirmative.)
4. If you ever come into money you’ll buy us a blessed decent house to live in (Use ‘Unless’.)
5. She thinks money grows on trees? (Add a Question Tag.)
6. Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of the ground. (Change the Voice.)
7. Her father turned his head on his thick neck to look at her. (Use ‘so that’.)
Answer:
1. After leaving school, I am going to have a boutique.
2. I’ll have more amazing shop than any other shop this city has ever seen.
3. Actresses work only part-time.
4. Unless you ever come into money you’ll never buy us a blessed decent house to live in.
5. She thinks money grows on trees, doesn’t she?
6. We had to prize words out of him like stones out of the ground.
7. Her father turned his head on his thick neck so that he could look at her.

Writing

– Think of a person who you would like to have as your role model.
– Write down the points to be discussed or questions to be asked, if you were asked to interview that person on the Television show.
Answer:

I would like to have Sunil Gavaskar as my role model.
If I am asked to interview Sunil Gavaskar on the Television show, I would like to ask him the following questions :
1. Welcome, Sunil to our chat show. How do you feel at this stage of life?
2. Sachin Tendulkar has broken your record of hitting the highest number of Test hundreds. How do you react to that?
3. What helps you to keep fit and smart at this age?
4. What are your current international engagements?
5. What do you prefer – writing books on cricket or commenting on television?
6. Have you ever thought of coaching India?
7. Would you like to be involved intimately in grooming budding talent, if offer comes from the right quarters?
8. What are your plans for helping the players to get a better deal?
9. How do you balance your international engagements with your personal obligations?
10. What are your interests other than cricket?

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Chapter 8 Going Places

Chapter 8 Going Places

Grammar

Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words given in the brackets and write the answers only:

Choose the correct meanings of the phrases/ idioms and rewrite the sentences:

Rectification of Errors

Rectify the errors in the following text:
Question 1.
Their father had washed then he came in and his face and arms were shiny and pink but he smelled of soap.
He switched on the television, tossing one of little Derek’s shoes from his chair onto the sofa, and sat down with a grunt.
Answer:

Rectification of Errors

Question 2.
When I saw whom it was, I said, “Excuse me, but aren’t you Danny Casey?” And he looks sort of surprised.
And he said, “Yes, that’s right.” And I knew it would be Him since he had the accent, you know, like when they interviewed him on the television.
Answer:

Punctuation

Punctuate the following passage:

Indirect Speech

Sophie was not ready to believe his words and she asked him how he could know that. He jeered that he (Casey) had told him that and that was how he had come to know about it.

Transformation of Sentences

Writing

– Think of a person who you would like to have as your role model.
– Write down the points to be discussed or questions to be asked, if you were asked to interview that person on the Television show.
Answer:

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Chapter 8 Going Places

Grammar

Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words given in the brackets and write the answers only:

Choose the correct meanings of the phrases/ idioms and rewrite the sentences:

Rectification of Errors

Rectify the errors in the following text:Question 1.Their father had washed then he came in and his face and arms were shiny and pink but he smelled of soap.He switched on the television, tossing one of little Derek’s shoes from his chair onto the sofa, and sat down with a grunt.Answer:

Rectification of Errors ​

Question 2.When I saw whom it was, I said, “Excuse me, but aren’t you Danny Casey?” And he looks sort of surprised.And he said, “Yes, that’s right.” And I knew it would be Him since he had the accent, you know, like when they interviewed him on the television.Answer:

Punctuation

Punctuate the following passage:

Indirect Speech

Sophie was not ready to believe his words and she asked him how he could know that. He jeered that he (Casey) had told him that and that was how he had come to know about it.

Transformation of Sentences

Writing

– Think of a person who you would like to have as your role model.– Write down the points to be discussed or questions to be asked, if you were asked to interview that person on the Television show.Answer:

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Rectify the errors in the following text:
Question 1.
Their father had washed then he came in and his face and arms were shiny and pink but he smelled of soap.
He switched on the television, tossing one of little Derek’s shoes from his chair onto the sofa, and sat down with a grunt.
Answer:

Rectification of Errors

Question 2.
When I saw whom it was, I said, “Excuse me, but aren’t you Danny Casey?” And he looks sort of surprised.
And he said, “Yes, that’s right.” And I knew it would be Him since he had the accent, you know, like when they interviewed him on the television.
Answer:

– Think of a person who you would like to have as your role model.
– Write down the points to be discussed or questions to be asked, if you were asked to interview that person on the Television show.
Answer: