Unit 10 The Earth and Space
Reading II (page 127)
Answer:
a. wind i. to have many bends and twists
b. morn ii. morning
c. inn iii. a small hotel, usually in the country
d. wayfarer iv. person who usually travels on foot
e. seek v. look for
Complete the summary of the poem using suitable words or phrases given below.
Answer:
The speaker is making a journey with her guide. She asks the guide eight different questions about the road ahead The first question is if the road is all up-hill and if the journey will take all day. The guide replies in the affirmative Next, she asks if there is an inn to rest for the night. The guide informs the speaker that there is a place which she won’t miss. The speaker’s fifth question is, whether she will meet the other travellers on the way. At the inn, the speaker asks if she should knock or call the fellow travellers The guide replies that someone will open the door. Lastly, the speaker asks if there will be a bed for her. The guide tells h
er that there are beds for everyone.
Answer the following questions.
Answer:
a. According to the guide, the road up-hill is too long that will take a whole day from morning to night to complete the journey.
b. The speaker doubts whether there is an inn to rest for the whole night or not.
c. The other wayfarers have travelled the road before.
d. The seventh question is whether she will find comfort or ease after her difficult journey being tired and weak.
e. I think, God opens the door.
Grammar II
A. Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions from the brackets.
Answer:
a. Due to a traffic jam, we are late today.
b. I’m sorry. You are not eligible for admission to this course.
c. Look! She is playing with her young son.
d. The District Administration Office is entrusted to maintain law and order in the city.
e. He is envious of his rich neighbour.
f. He became estranged from his family after the argument. (with/from/of)
g. You had no excuse for misbehaving with the clerk.
h. I’m quite familiar to her. (at/with/to)
i. She was brought up by her grandmother.
j. Gopal left home because he did not want to abide by his father’s wishes.
B. Choose and circle the correct prepositions (in brackets) in the paragraphs below.
Mr Pandey arrived in Kathmandu (on/in) May 10 (at/on) eight o’clock (in/on) the evening. He decided to call on his uncle who lived (on, in) Bhaktapur. He got on a bus (at/of) the station and paid the fare (to/for) the conductor. The bus was very crowded, so Mr Pandey had to stand up all the way.
When he reached Thimi, Mr Pandy got off the bus and walked a short distance (in/to) the house where his uncle lived. He knocked (at/ in) the door (of/on) his uncle’s house. He waited (for/during) a few minutes, but no one came (to/at) the door. He was disappointed to find no one (to/at) home. He saw a bench (at/to) the corner of the porch, and he sat down (on/in) it to wait for his uncle.
Answer:
on at in in at
to to at of for
at at at on