All about a Dog - Textual Questions and Answers

Exercise 1

Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives.

1. The younger woman carried a little – (a) spaniel (b) bull dog (c) Pekinese dog (d) spritz.

2. The younger woman was suffering from – (a) stomach pain (b) back pain (c) fever (d) cough.

3. The bell was pulled by the – (a) conductor (b) driver (c) younger woman (d) old woman.

4. The number of policemen to whom the woman expressed her anger was – (a) three (b) four (c) five (d) six.

5. The problem the bus faced was with the – (a) tyre (b) engine (c) brake dog (d) horn.

Exercise 2

Answer the following questions within fifteen words

1. How many people got into the bus with the younger woman?

Answer: With the younger woman two people, another woman and a man got into the bus.

2. What was the conductor’s order to the younger woman?

Answer: The bus conductor ordered the younger woman to remove her pet dog from the bus.

3. Why did the conductor stand triumphant?

Answer: The bus conductor stood triumphant as the lady with the dog ultimately yielded to his stance.

4. What is that rule which cannot be taken without danger?

Answer: The inflexible rule of the road cannot be violated without danger to life and limb.

Exercise 3

Answer the following questions within twenty five words.

1. When did the author feel that trouble was coming up?

Answer: Boarding a bus with a dog was against the law. When the law abiding conductor noticed a dog in the running bus, the author felt that trouble was coming up.

2. Mention two demands by the passengers when the bus stopped?

Answers: When the bus stopped, the passengers demanded their fares back and the intervention of the police to lodge a report against the bus conductor.

3. How are rules of guidance to be observed?

Answer: The rules of guidance like the rules about animal in the running bus are to be observed by emphasizing their spirit with practical mind and temperament.

Grammar in Use

All about a Dog - Textual Questions and Answers

Exercise 4

In the following sentences, underline the verb forms which show that the person denoted by the subject does something. Circle the verb from which show that something is done to the subject.

a. She has sung a song.

b. He will draw a picture.

c. A song has been sung by her.

d. A picture will be drawn by him.

Note: The verbs forms that you have underlined are in Active Voice. The verb forms you have circled are in Passive Voice.

The Active Voice is the form of the verb which shows that the person denoted by the subject does something. The Passive Voice is the form of the verb which shows that something is done to the subject.

Exercise 5

Change the voice of the following sentences.

a. Nila has bought a book

Answer: A book has been bought by Nila.

b. They will have seen the cricket match.

Answer: The cricket match will have seen by them.

c. Bhola had seen a tiger

Answer: A tiger had been seen by Bhola.

d. The nurse will attend to the patient.

Answer: The patient will be attended to by the nurse.

Exercise 6

Change the voice of the following sentences.

a. Do the sum.

Answer: Let the sum be done.

b. The poem was written by her.

Answer. She wrote the poem.

c. Open the door.

Answer: Let the door be opened.

d. The man is known to me.

Answer: I know the man.

Exercise 7

Change the voice of the following sentences.

a. They agreed to my plan.

Answer: My plan was agreed to by them.

b. My brother lost my favourite pen.

Answer: My favourite pen was lost by my brother.

c. Titli was looking for her watch.

Answer: Her watch was being looked for by Titli.

Exercise 8

Tick the correct alternatives given in the brackets.

a. It (rains/ has been raining/ is raining) since morning.

b. Last Sunday I (went/ had been going/ go) to the zoo.

c. I (will be/ was/ am) in Class X next year.

d. Rina (have reached/ had reached/ has reached) home just now.

Composition

Use the following flow chart and write a paragraph on the process of washing dirty clothes.

Flow Chart: take water in bucket –detergent powder mixed –dip dirty clothes for thirty minutes –scrubbed – wash in fresh water –rinse and dry –press –ready to use again.

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Exercise 9

Use the following flow chart to write a paragraph within 100 words on how to prepare orange juice.

Flow chart: oranges brought from the market –sorted –rotten ones removed –cleaned –peeled –put in juiced –juice extracted – sugar and preservatives added –poured in bottles –sealed –ready to be sold.

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Exercise 10

Write a paragraph within 100 words on how to plan to take care of street dogs. Use the following hints.

Hints: cruel actions towards street dogs –necessity of looking after them –ways of taking care of the dogs –conclusion.

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