Solution of English Grade IX || Unit 17 || A Noisy Party || Reading II

Unit 17

Reading II

A Noisy Party

A. Find the words from the text above that match with the given meanings.

a. ……………… a situation that you must deal with

matter

b. ……………… unpleasant, horrible

disgusting

c. ……………… noisy quarrel

row

d. ……………… expression of surprise

gosh

e. ……………… a small orange or red fish

goldfish

f. ……………… to put something under the ground

bury

B. Choose the correct answer for the following.

a. What is the relationship between Ramila and Ramesh?

i. friends ii. brother and sister iii. husband and wife

b. Who is woken up by the noise?

i. Silu ii. Silu's father iii. Silu's mother

c. Why is Ramila certain that it's not the milkman in their neighbour's garden?

i. because their neighbours never get milk delivered to their house

ii. because it's too early for a milkman to deliver milk

iii. because the man is carrying a spade

d. What do Ramesh and Ramila suspect about Mr Dahal?

i. They think he has killed the fish.

ii. They think he has broken plates and glasses.

iii. They think he has killed Mrs Dahal.

e. What was Mr Dahal actually doing in the garden?

i. He was burying the dead fish.

iii. He was burying the dead body.

iii. He was planting potatoes.

f. What was the party like last night?

i. It was quiet. iii. It was noisy. iii. It was violent.

g. Who had broken the goldfish tank?

i. Mr Dahal ii. Mrs Dahal iii. the guest

C. Write T for true statements, F for false ones and NG if the information is not given in the text.

a. Silu is the daughter of Ramesh and Ramila.

T

b. Ramesh and Ramila are disturbed by the first noise at midnight.

F

c. The Dahals have a good relationship with their neighbours.

NG

d. The Dahals always quarrel after parties.

T

e. Ramesh and Ramila called the police to arrest Mr Dahal.

F

f. Mr Dahal wants his children to know about the death of the fish.

F

Grammar II

A. Change the following statements into questions, asking for information as indicated in the brackets.

a. They went to Spain last week. (When)

When did they go to Spani?

b. Mr Chaudhari lives in Pokhara. (Where)

Where does Mr Chaudhari live?

c. I finally discovered the truth. (What)

What did you finally discover?

d. She wants to learn the English language to find a better job. (Why)

Why does she want to learn the English language?

e. They are having lunch now. (What)

What are they doing now?

f. You can send the application by mail. (How)

How can you send the application?

g. They have informed the police about the incident. (Whom)

Whom have they informed about the incident?

h. The Smiths sold the house where they had lived for five years. (Which)

Which house did the Smiths sell?

B. Change the following questions into indirect speech. Use the given sentence starters.

a. “Where are you from?” My new friend asked me………………..

My new friend asked me where I was from.

b. “Where is the nearest bank?” The stranger inquired ………………

The stranger inquired where the nearest bank was.

c. "What have you been doing until now?" My mother wanted to know……………

My mother wanted know what I had been doing until then.

d. They said, “How long have you been living here?” They asked …………………….

They asked how long I had been living there.

e. "Who is the Prime Minister of Canada?" My brother wanted to know ……….

My brother wanted to know who was the Prime Minister of Canada.

f. "What does your father do?" Rohan inquired ……………………….

Rohan inquired what his father did.

g. "Where were you living before you came here?" She asked me…………………

She asked me where I had been living before you had come there.

h. "Who will bell the cat?" The old mouse asked …………………

The old mouse asked who would bell the cat.

i. "What time does the train leave?" She wanted to know……….

She wanted to know what time the train left.

j. "How could you desert me?" She wondered ………………..

She wondered how I could desert her.