Activities
- Answer these questions to check your understanding:
(a) When do the Kashmiri vendors travel to cities to sell their goods?
Ans: At the beginning of the winter season, Kashmiri vendors travel to cities to sell their goods.
(b) Why is it a hard life for the Kashmiri vendors?
Ans: It is a hard life for the Kashmiri vendors because they have to travel long journey from Kashmir to the city. They stay at cheap hotels and roam around the city streets all day. They are bent with the heavy loads on their backs. They also have to look for buyers.
(c) Why was the author surprised when his brother-in-law called the vendors?
Ans: The author was surprised when his brother-in-law called the vendors because he knew that they didn’t need any Kashmiri clothes from the vendors.
(d) “I felt sad and guilty at being a party to such behaviour.” – What does the word ‘party’ mean here? And what kind of behaviour did he refer to?
Ans: The word ‘party’ here means having relationship with any groups. According to the author, his brother-in-law called the vendors for no reason. His brother-in-law would just examine their clothes and would send them back. Thus, the author did not like that behavior.
( e) Who was kind? What was his deed of kindness?
Ans: The author’s brother-in-law was kind. He called the Kashmiri vendors with an intention to feed them. He called his wife and asked her to serve hearty meal to them.
- Here is some information about the Kashmiri vendors and the author’s brother-in-law. Rewrite them in the correct columns according to what you have understood from the story:
Asked the vendors to show their goods
Travel from Kashmir to different cities
Stay at hotels with minimum facilities
Did not intend to buy anything
Walk around the city on foot to sell their goods
Asked wife to serve food to the vendors
Made the offer of food look unplanned
Ans: The Kashmiri vendors
Travel from Kashmir to different cities
Stay at hotels with minimum facilities
Walk around the city on foot to sell their goods
The brother-in-law
Asked the vendors to show their goods
Did not intend to buy anything
Asked wife to serve food to the vendors
Made the offer of food look unplanned.
- Rearrange the sentences according to the order in which events happened in the story and write them in your notebook:
a) Two Kashmiri vendors came in to sell their goods.
b) The brother-in-law made the offer of food look incidental.
c) The vendors had food and left.
d) The brother-in-law asked his wife to bring some food for the vendors.
e) The brother-in-law enquired about their goods.
f) The vendors hesitated to take the food.
g) The vendors came in.
Ans: Two Kashmiri vendors came in to sell their goods.
The vendors came in.
The brother-in-law enquired about their goods.
The brother-in-law asked his wife to bring some food for the vendors.
The vendors hesitated to take the food.
The brother-in-law made the offer of food look incidental.
The vendors had food and left.
- Look at the pictures below carefully. Then listen to your teacher read a travel guide for Assam. As you listen, fill in the boxes under the pictures with the correct words. After you finish, exchange your textbook with a partner. Then read the passage yourself and check if your friend has written the answer correctly.
Assam is famous for:
· Rang ghar
· Kareng ghar
· Tea garden
· Rhino
· Kamakhya temple
· Elephant
- Lets practise some grammar:
Work in pairs. Here are some sentences. Each sentence has a second Sentence after it, with a blank. Fill in the blanks with the correct words. One is done for you.
(a) The wares belong to the Kashmiri vendors. They are their wares.
(b) The wares were carried on the back of the younger vendor. He carried the wares on his back.
(c) The author’s brother-in-law called out to the vendors. H e called them in
to his house.
(d) The author was unhappy when the brother-i n- law called in the Kashmiri
vendors. He thought, “I do not want to buy anything and waste
his money”.
Now, practise using some more determiners. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate possessive determiners. One is done for you.
(i) · The wares belong to us. They are our wares.
( ii) The wares were carried by you. You carried the wares on your back.
(iii) I am writing a book. It is your book
(iv) The Coorgis are a proud people. They are known for their pride.
(v) We are from Assam. Assam is our state.
- Working in pairs, help Rohit write a few sentences describing the place where he lives. Fill in the blanks in Rohit’s description with appropriate determiners from the brackets. Then take turns to play the roles of Radha and Rohit and enact their conversation.
Rohit: Our (Our/ His/ Her) locality, is called Boragaon. It is beside the
National Highway bypass. You can see my (his/their/my) house right ·
from the road. It is the (a/an/the) one with a (a/an/the) green roof.
Next to our (his/ her/ our) house is my (an/ the/my) uncle’s bungalow. His (My/ Her/His) roof is also green, but it has a red border.
Every house in our(his/their/our} lane has a beautiful garden, with lots
of flowers and big trees. My (My/His/Her) mother loves spending time
tending to her (my/ their/her) favourite plants. She and our(his/
their/our) neighbours sometimes have garden competitions. My friends and I
love these competitions because everyone decorates their(his/our/their)
houses and we all come together to clean the neighbourhood.
(b) Here are some more sentences for practice. Fill in the blanks in the
sentences with the appropriate determiner from the choices given :
( i) There is some water in the jug. (some/ any/ many)
(ii) The teachers gave him a lot of advice. (many/much/a lot of)
( iii ) Each of the boys was given a prize . (Each/Every/Much)
(iv) He relies on the few friends he has. (little/few/any)
(v) There are a few books on the shelf, you may choose one.
(few/a few/ the few)
(vi) Do you have any relatives in the city? (some/any/ few)
( vii) He is an electrical engineer. (a/an/the)
‘(viii) He left an hour ago. (a/an/the)
- Here are a few more sentences. Each of these sentences has a main clause and a subordinate clause. Underline the main clause and circle the
subordinate clause in each sentence. ·
(i) I was surprised when my brother-in-law called the vendor.
Ans: Main clause- I was surprised
Subordinate clause- when my brother-in-law called the vendor(ii) I was sure he needed nothing from them.
Ans: Main clause- I was sure
Subordinate clause- he needed nothing from them.(iii) He knew that they were hungry and tired.
Ans: Main clause- He knew
Subordinate clause- that they were hungry and tired.(iv) When I saw them, I wanted to offer them food.
Ans: Main clause- When I saw them
Subordinate clause- I wanted to offer them food.(v) I pretended that I was interested in their wares.
Ans: Main clause- I pretended that
Subordinate clause- I was interested in their wares.- Listen to description of dresses worn by people of some places of India. As you listen match each description to the pictures.
Ans: Turban
Saree
Phiran
MunduCheck by- Mukesh Borah