Chapter 10
Class 9 English
The Price of Bananas
EXERCISE – 1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternative:
1.The author was on his way from Faizabad railway station to –
(a) Delhi Kolkata [ ], (c) Lucknow [√], (d) Ahmedabad [ ].
2. From the water pump the passenger were filling up their-
(a) water bottles [ ], (b) earthen pitchers [✔], (c) brass jugs [ ], (d) steel buckets [ ].
3. The gentleman who came up to the author’s compartment looked like a-
(a) businessman [✔], (b) doctor teacher [ ], (d) postman [ ].
4. The price the vendor asked for the bananas was
(a) two annas [✔], (b) four annas [ ], (c) six annas [ ], (d) eight annas.
5. The author drew the cartoon of –
(a) fruit vendor [ ], (b) monkey [ ], (c) porter [ ], (d) Sethji [✔].
EXERCISE – 2
Answer the following questions within fifteen words:
1. Where did the young monkeys sit ?
Ans. The young monkeys sit in the branches of neem and tamarind trees.
2. What did the monkey do to the loin cloth of the pious person?
Ans. First he snatched it and then he returned it to the pious man.
3. What did Sethji’s luggage include ?
Ans. Sethji’s luggage included a steel trunk, small baskets and a brass jug.
4. Why according to the fruit vendor were the monkeys disturbing the passengers ?
Ans. Because they were hungry.
EXERCISE – 3
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
1.What was the businessman wearing ?
Ans. The merchant wore a white muslin dhoti, a delicate robe and an embroidered cap on his head.
2. What did the monkey do after accepting the fruit vendor’s bargain?
Ans. The monkey took the bananas with his right hand and let go of the hat with his left.
3. How did the whole amusing episode end?
Ans. The whole amusing episode ended with accusations against the rich businessman in a bitter sense.
Grammar in use
EXERCISE – 4
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and preposition:
(a) The sun rises in the east.
(b) The dog jumped over the dog.
(c) I love to watch the one day match.
(d) Beside a pen, Tiya also has an eraser.
EXERCISE – 5
Change the voice of the following sentences:
a. Mr. Khan is known to me.
Ans. I know Mr. Khan.
b. Trina had composed a poem.
Ans. A poem had been composed by Trina.
c. I will always remember you.
Ans. You will be always remembered by me.
d. They have made him the president of the club.
Ans. He has been made the president of the club (by them).
EXERCISE – 6
Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the given verbs in brackets:
a. They spent will spend their puja vacation in the hills. (spend)
b. We have been living in this city for over ten years. (live)
C. I have just finished reading the book. (Finish)
d. The project will be completed by june next year (complete)
EXERCISE – 7
Change the mode of Narration in the following sentences:
a. Rahul said, “Alas! Brazil had lost the match.”
Ans. Rahul exclaimed with grief that Brazil had lost the match.
b. “Let us go for a walk,” said Shabnam to Chandni.
Ans. Shabnam proposed Chandni that they should go for a walk.
c. “Good morning, madam,” said the students to the teacher.
Ans. The students greeted the teacher with good morning.
d. My father said to me, “Do not pluck flowers.”
Ans. My father forbade me to pluck flowers.
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