Activities
1. Answer these questions to check your understanding:
(a) When do the Kashmiri vendors travel to cities to sell their goods?
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(b) Why is it a hard life for the Kashmiri vendors?
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(c) Why was the author surprised when his brother-in-law called the vendors?
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(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?
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( e) Who was kind? What was his deed of kindness?
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2. 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
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3. 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.
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6. 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 back.
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(c) The author’s brother-in-law called out to the vendors. H e called them in to house.
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(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 money”.
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7. Read the text once again. Find out the nouns that have been qualified by possessive determiners and complete the table given below. One example has been done for you.
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 back.
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(iii) I am writing a book. It is book.
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(iv) The Coorgis are a proud people. They are known for pride.
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(v) We are from Assam. Assam is state.
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8. 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/ His/ Her) locality, is called Boragaon. It is beside the National Highway bypass. You can see (his/their/my) house right · from the road. It is (a/an/the) one with (a/an/the) green roof. Next to (his/ her/ our) house is (an/ the/my) uncle’s bungalow. (My/ Her/His) roof is also green, but it has a red border. Every house in (his/their/our} lane has a beautiful garden, with lots of flowers and big trees. (My/His/Her) mother loves spending time tending to (my/ their/her) favourite plants. She and (his/their/our) neighbours sometimes have garden competitions. My friends and I love these competitions because everyone decorates (his/our/their) houses and we all come together to clean the neighbourhood.
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(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 water in the jug. (some/ any/ many)
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(ii) The teachers gave him advice. (many/much/a lot of)
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( iii ) of the boys was given a prize . (Each/Every/Much)
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(iv) He relies on the friends he has. (little/few/any)
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(v) There are books on the shelf, you may choose one.(few/a few/ the few)
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(vi) Do you have relatives in the city? (some/any/ few)
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(vii) He is electrical engineer. (a/an/the)
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(viii) He left hour ago. (a/an/the)
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9. 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.
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(ii) I was sure he needed nothing from them.
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(iii) He knew that they were hungry and tired.
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(iv) When I saw them, I wanted to offer them food.
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(v) I pretended that I was interested in their wares.
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