NCERT Solutions Class 9th English (Beehive) Chapter – 7 Packing Question & Answer

Question 1. How many characters are there in the narrative? Name them. (Don’t forget the dog!).
Answer: There are four characters in the narrative including the dog. They are the narrator, George, Harris and the fourth is the dog named Montmorency.

Question 1. Of the three, Jerome, George and Harris, who do you think is the best or worst packer? Support your answer with details from the text.
Answer: Of the three, Harris is the worst packer in this world. But none of them is the perfect packer. All of them are confused and do not know what is to be placed and where. So far as Jerome is concerned he unpacked the bag to find his toothbrush in a boot. He also packs his spectacles in the bag. Harris and George start their work in a light hearted spirit. There are piles of plates, cups, kettles, bottles, jars, pies, stoves, cakes and tomatoes. They break a cup. Harris packs the strawberry jam on top of a tomato and squashes it. They have to pick out the tomato with a teaspoon. George treads on the butter. He gets it off from his slipper and puts it in the kettle. He puts it down on a chair and Harris sits on it. It sticks to him and then they look for it all over the room. In this way they created chaos in the room.

Answer:

A Traffic Jam

During power cuts, when traffic lights go off, there is utter ________ at crossroads. Drivers add to the confusion by ________ over their right of way, and nearly come to blows. Sometimes passers-by, seeing a few policemen ________ at regulating traffic, step in to help. This gives them a feeling of having ________ something.
Answer: chaos, getting into a row, slaving, accomplished.

• Simple commands:
  • Stand up!
  • Put it here!
• Directions: (to reach your home) Board Bus No. 121 and get down at Sagar Restaurant. From there turn right and walk till you reach a book shop. My home is just behind the shop.
• Dos and don’ts:
  • Always get up for your elders.
  • on’t shout in class.
• Instructions for making a fruit salad:

Ingredients:
Oranges – 2; Pineapple – one large piece; Cherries – 250 grams; Bananas – 2; Any other fruit you like

Wash the fruit. Cut them into small pieces. Mix them well. Add a few drops of lime juice. Add sugar to taste. Now add some cream (or ice cream if you wish to make fruit salad with ice cream.)

Question 1. Now work in pairs. Give

1. two commands to your partner.
2. two do’s and don’ts to a new student in your class.
3. directions to get to each other’s houses,
4. instructions for moving the body in an exercise or a dance, or for cooking something.
Answer:
1. Don’t waste time. Don’t spit here.
2. Do’s : (a) Respect your teachers, (b) Behave properly.
Don’ts : (a) Don’t make a noise, (b) Don’t come late to the class.
3. Go straight on M.G. Road. Walk for 10 minutes. Look to the left. There is a park nearby. Across the park, there is my house. It looks like a bungalow with a Holy Cross structure.
4. Instructions: Sit cross-legged. Raise your palm. Put the thumb on one nostril. Breathe into the air. Then close the open nostril with the tip of the first finger. Remove the thumb from the first nostril. Breathe out the air through the first nostril. This is the yoga called ‘Lorn VHom’

Answer:

First pack all the heavy items, especially the ones you don’t need right away. Then Here are some words and phrases you can use to begin your sentences with:

• Then
• Next
• Now
• Remember
• Don’t forget
• At last/Finally
Answer: For self-attempt.

• in an advice or suggestion:
  You had better take your umbrella; it looks like rain.
• in an order
  You had better complete your homework before you go out to play.
• as a threat
  You had better leave or I’ll have you arrested for trespass !

When we speak, we say you ’d/I’d/he’d better, instead of you had better, etc.

Question 1. Work in pairs to give each other advice, orders or suggestions, or even to threaten each other. Imagine situations like the following: Your partner

1. Hasn’t returned a book to the library.
2. Has forgotten to bring lunch.
3. hasn’t got enough change for bus fare.
4. has found out a secret about you.
5. has misplaced your English textbook.
Answer:
1. You had better return the book to the library; the librarian charges fine for any delay.
2. You had better not to forget to bring your lunch.
3. You had better get change for bus fare or alight from the bus.
4. You had better keep your secrets or he will make them public.
5. You had better keep your English textbook; your brother will misplace it.