English 9th - Exercises
PEOPLE AND PLACES
GHAZI'S DIARY
UNIT # 08
- Read the diary entries quickly and find out information for filling the following table. One entry is narrative and the other is descriptive. After filling the table, discuss with your partner.
| Item | Day | Date | Topic | Place Mentioned | No of Paragraphs | Type of Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry 1 | Wednesday | 10th Feb 2015 | Village Life | Karachi | 7 | Narrative |
| Entry 2 | Friday | 4th Aug 2017 | Storage of water | Sukkur, Jacobabad, Kalat | 8 | Descriptive |
- The words in the box have been taken from the text. Find them in the reading text and underline them.
| Entry 1 | Entry 2 |
|---|---|
| Desperately | Devastation |
| Siblings | Havoc |
| Commuting | Capture |
| Credit | Retain |
| Gossips | Structures |
| Devices | Releases |
| Compromised | Irrigation |
| Distanced | Tamed |
| Access | Self-sufficient |
| Replaced | Surplus |
Discuss the possible meanings of these words with your partner. Next, check the meanings given in the glossary at the end of the book.
Ans: See the 'Words/Meanings' in the beginning of the lesson.
3. Work in pairs and write two paragraphs. Use at least five words from Entry 1 to write one paragraph, and five words from Entry 2 to write the second paragraph.
Ans:
Paragraph of Entry 1:
I am living in Karachi now, in a beautiful house that has many modern facilities. But I am desperately missing my village; the simple, mud house that we lived in. All my siblings were lived in some distance. Our village did not have roads or streets; there were just narrow mud lanes, which became very slippery during the rainy season. Commuting from one place to another was not an issue. There were just a few small shops for selling goods. No need to credit cards to buy things from these shops. Men spent their free time at the village Otaq, shared news and gossips, laughed at shared jokes. All their activities have healthy effects on people in the flesh and blood, not people via devices.
Paragraph of Entry 2:
Flooding causes the devastation and creates havoc when rivers overflow their banks. However, rivers flood during the rainy season and run dry or have very little water sometime after the rains. One way that people have found to capture and retain the rainwater for later use is by building structures to hold the water and prevent it from flooding.
4. The following sentences are a summary of each paragraph of the two entries. Read the text and in the blanks provided, write the number of the paragraph to which each sentence is related. One has been done as an example.
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| (a) There were no roads and no vehicles. | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (b) The modern lifestyle has affected our health and our relationships. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (c) I miss the simple village life. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (d) Men met and discussed things at the Otaq and women at the village well. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (e) Three families lived in three rooms. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (f) The houses were not made of cement. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (g) People bought things from small shops. Entry 2 (a) One of the barrages in Pakistan is the Guddu Barrage. Ans:
5. How was the village life of the past different from the city life of today, as given in the text? Complete the following table to show the difference.
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6. Complete the following sentences in your notebook. After you have completed, discuss your answers with your partner and make changes, if needed.
| (a) | Very few people had knee problems in the village because |
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| (b) | The people in the village did not need vehicles because |
| (c) | People could buy things from the shops without money as |
| (d) | When the men met at the Otaq in the evening they |
| (e) | The writer wanted a time machine so that |
| (f) | Rivers have always been important for two reasons |
| (g) | The main purpose of barrages is |
| (h) | The Guddu barrage has made a difference in this region by |
| (i) | Pakistan needs more barrages to |
| (j) | Through proper water management we can |
Ans:
| (a) | village people of all ages sat on the floor which exercised their knees. |
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| (b) | they just walked. |
| (c) | village shopkeepers knew everyone by name and were usually willing to give goods on credit. |
| (d) | spent their free time, shared news and gossips, laughed at jokes, talked about weather, crops, and the village. |
| (e) | He could go back sixty years, back to his life in the village. |
| (f) | (i) they were used as trade routes. (ii) They have been important for growing food. |
| (g) | to block the flow of water and store it for later use. |
| (h) | eliminating the damage caused by floods in the area. |
| (i) | control flooding during the rainy season and to supply water throughout the year. |
| (j) | grow surplus food items which can then export and earn foreign exchange. |
