English (Compulsory) For Class IX - Unit 7 - Life Skills - Text Book Exercise 7.1 - 7.3

 

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The Secret Of Success

Text Book Exercise 7.1 - 7.3

UNIT 7.1 READING COMPREHENSION

Pre-Reading
Discuss together the following points and be ready to explain to your classmates what ideas you came up with.
Q.1: What is success?
Ans: Success is achieving or reaching a desired aims or goal, accomplishing something that is of value or important to someone which he / she had set out to do in the past.

Q.2: What are the qualities of a successful person?
Ans: Some of the qualities of successful persons are:

• Set aims or goals and develop life plans.
• Focus and work hard to achieve their goal.
• Genuine desire or willingness to learn.
• Have patience
• Have Discipline
• Read every day
• Compliment
• Embrace change
• Forgive others
• Accept responsibilities for their failure.
• Have a sense of gratitude

Q.3: How do you think you could become successful?
Ans: We could become successful if we:

• Believe our-self
• Set powerful goals
• Work hard
• Start living our dreams
• Keep positive thinking and attitude always
• Never take failures or setback personally, because these are teachable moments.
• Take pride in what we do
• Build self-respect
• Never give up
• Take care of our-self through a healthy life style.

While Reading
Exercise 1:
The king asked the following people the three questions. However, the order in which these people were asked is jumbled up. Read the text and put them in the right order, by writing the number in the blank space. One has been done as an example for you.
(a) Common people 5
(b) Ministers 2
(c) Saint 6
(d) Scholars and wise-man 4
(e) King Himself 1
(f) Courtiers 3

Exercise 2
(1) Did the king find his answers?
Ans: Yes, the king found his answers.

(2) Who gave him the answers?
Ans: The saint gave him the answers oh his questions.

Exercise 3
Vocabulary
Read the text. Find the following words / phrases and underline them.
Work with your partner and guess the meanings of these words. Then check the meanings given in the glossary at the end of the book to see if you have guessed correctly.

Words Meanings

S.NO.	Words	Meanings
1.	Bitter	Resentful OR Feeling great dislike or anger.
2.	Break of day	Dawn
3.	Consult	Seek advice
4.	Count on me	Rely on me
5.	Departed	Left
6.	Destitute	Extremely poor OR Very poor/ not having any money
7.	Determined	Having made a firm decision
8.	Disappointed	Sad or Displeased
9.	Discover	Find - located OR Find out.
10.	Evaded	Did not come within reach.
11.	Frequently	Repeatedly OR Very often.
12.	Glanced	Took a brief look OR Gave a quick look.
13.	Grief	Sorrow OR Deep sadness.
14.	Hospitality	Generous reception OR Treating guests in a generous and welcoming manner.
15.	Pondered	Thought carefully OR Think carefully for a long time before deciding
16.	Straightaway	Immediate OR Immediately.

Exercise 4:
Work in pairs and see how many of the given words in exercise 3 you can use in your own sentences. The pair who will make the most correct sentences will be the winner.

Sentences

S.NO.	Words	Sentences
1.	Bitter	False friends are worse than bitter enemies. OR Mostly medicines are bitter in taste.
2.	Break of day	We set out at break of day. OR The clouds which filled the sky at break of day have disappeared.
3.	Consult	I persuaded him to consult a doctor.
4.	Count on me	You can count on me. OR I was counting on the money from the insurance to buy a new house, after my house burned down.
5.	Departed	He departed for Lahore the day before yesterday.
6.	Destitute	The floods left thousands of people destitute. OR The local government provided relief for the destitute.
7.	Determined	Waseem was a poor boy who was determined to learn. OR He determined to travel no further that night.
8.	Disappointed	I was disappointed that you didn't call. OR He was disappointed of his purpose.
9.	Discover	Did you discover something new today? OR Scientists around the world are working to discover a cure for Aids.
10.	Evaded	She evaded the direct question. OR The lion evaded the hunter.
11.	Frequently	Maria and Sana spoke frequently on the phone. OR Historians frequently ask to consult the collection.
12.	Glanced	She glanced briefly at the newspaper. OR The man glanced the burglar climbing out of the window.
13.	Grief	He hid his grief behind a smile. OR The sudden death of her mother caused her grief.
14.	Hospitality	All the guests were touched by her hospitality.
15.	Pondered	He pondered the question before he answered.
16.	Straightaway	He needs to see a doctor straightaway.

Exercise 5:
The following are statements about the story The Secret of Success'. Read them and write (T) if the statement is true and (F) if the statement is false, in the blanks provided. The first one has been done as an example for you.
a. The King wanted to find answers to 5 questions. F
b. The answers were important for him to be able to control his army. F
c. The king was looking for the answers in order to succeed in life. T
d. The king was happy with the answers that the group of learned men found. F
e. The saint was living in the jungle with his family. F
f. The king accepted the saint's invitation to visit him in the jungle. F
g. The bearded man wanted to kill the king. T
h. The bearded man had been injured by the king's servants. T
i. The saint asked the king to look after the bearded man. F
j. The bearded man became the king's loyal citizen. F

Post Reading
Exercise 6:
Work with a partner, and tick(✓)the right answer.
1. Which one of the following statements best summarizes the story?
a) The present has all the answers.
b) The present is not what matters.
c) The present is the most important time. ✓
d) The present gives you the most joy.

2. The saint who lived in the jungle was a very:
a) rich man
b) poor man
c) severe man
d) wise man ✓

3. The king went to see the saint:
a) all alone ✓
b) with all his soldiers
c) along with his family
d) with all his courtiers

4. Who warned the king that the bearded man was coming?
a) his soldiers
b) the saint ✓
c) his servants
d) his minister

5. After the bearded man left the saint told the king that:
a) he would not answer his questions
b) his questions were too difficult
c) the bearded man had answered his questions
d) all his questions had been answered ✓

Exercise 7:
Read the text and complete the following sentences. Write the completed sentences in your notebook.
a. The king wanted to find the answers to the three questions because he thought if he could find out the answers to three questions he would discover the secret and never fail.
b. The wise and learned men were unable to give the answers because they could not see eye to eye with each other, and ended up arguing amongst themselves.
c. The king dressed himself in rags to meet the saint because the saint did not mix with rich and wealthy.
d. The king told his servants not to go with him because he wanted to appear poor and destitute.
e. The king realized the saint's tired easily because he was old and weak.
f. Although the saint did not answer his questions the king waited because he hoped that he would find the answers to his questions.
g. The bearded man was running towards the king because he wanted to kill the king.
h. The bearded man fainted when he reached the king because he was wounded and bleeding.
i. The king agreed to stay the night in the saint's hut because he was too tired to return home.
j. The bearded man became the king's loyal servant because the king bandaged his wounds, took care of him and saved his life.

UNIT 7.3 LANGUAGE PRACTICE

Translation
Translating from one language to another requires special skills. One cannot translate word for word, as words take different meanings in different contexts, even in the same language.

Look at the following examples and translate them into Urdu/Sindhi.

S.NO.	English	Urdu
1.	I will go to Murree in spring.	میں موسم بہار میں مری جاؤں گا / گی۔
2.	There is a spring of hot water at Manghopir, in Karachi.	کراچی میں، منگھو پیر میں گرم پانی کا ایک چشمہ ہے ۔
3.	Since a spring is broken, this clock is not working.	چونکہ اسپرنگ ٹوٹ چکا ہے ، اس لئے یہ گھڑی کام  نہیں کررہی ہے۔
4.	With a spring, the runner crossed the winning line.	دوڑ  تے ہوۓ کھلاڑی نے جوش وخروش سے فاتح لائن کو عبور کیا۔

Exercise 1:
Translate the following sentences into Urdu/ Sindhi. Write the translated sentences in your notebook. After completing, share your work with your partner. Make any changes needed and rewrite the sentences.

2. Translate literally the following two sentences into Urdu/ Sindhi.

S.NO.	English	Urdu
1.	a) She has a sweet tooth.	اسے میٹھا کھانوں کا بہت شوق ہے۔
2.	b) This news is music to my ears.	مجھے یہ خبر سن کر خوشی ہوئی۔

The actual meaning of these sentences is as follows. Now, translate these two sentences:

S.NO.	English	Urdu
1.	a) She loves sweet things.	اسے میٹھی چیزیں پسند ہیں۔
2.	b) I am very pleased to hear this news.	مجھے یہ خبر سن کر بہت خوشی ہوئی۔

Exercise 2:
Work in pairs and translate the following sentences into Urdu/ Sindhi, such that you bring out their real meaning.

Exercise 3:
This is a translation competition between groups. Here are the steps:

• Your teacher will divide you into groups of four.
• Each group will select 10 sentences from the story The Secret of Success' and write them on a piece of paper.
• Once all the groups have written, the teacher will collect all the papers and redistribute them to the other groups.
• These groups will translate them into Urdu/ Sindhi.
• After the translation has been done, one member from each group will come up, read the sentence and its translation.
• If the translation is correct, the group gets a point.
• The group(s) with the most points will win.

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Prefixes Continued:
We sometimes add a pair or group of alphabets at the beginning of a word to add something to the meaning of a word. As discussed in Unit 4.3, these are called prefixes.

Exercise 4:
A. Fill the blanks in the following exercise by using the prefix 'un' with the appropriate given words.

happy, friendly, wise, healthy, grateful

1. An unhealthy person often falls sick.
2. Saba is very unfriendly and does not like meeting people.
3. People who are ungrateful never thank others for helping them.
4. Badar was very unhappy because he lost his favourite watch.
5. My uncle took an unwise decision due to which he suffered a big loss.

B. Fill the blanks in the following exercise by using the prefix 'in' with the appropriate given words.

correct, sufficient, active, attentive, complete

1. This small boy is very inactive and does not take part in any work.
2. The judge was upset with the prisoner for giving an incorrect statement to the court.
3. Don't leave your work incomplete or the boss will be angry.
4. Sajid is very inattentive in class; hence, he often fails in the tests.
5. This amount of money is insufficient if you want to buy a new computer.

Note: 'if clause will be In the past tense and the main clause will have the modal (would, could, might) along with the verb.'

C. Fill the blanks in the following exercise by using the prefix `dis' with the appropriate given words.

satisfied, obedient, honest, loyal, agree

1. We sometimes disagree even with our very close friends.
2. We cannot trust dishonest people as they can cheat us.
3. A disobedient child can cause many problems for the whole family.
4. Our teacher was dissatisfied with our performance in the competition.
5. We should never be disloyal to our country.