Question

MODEL ACTIVITY TASKS
CLASS IX
ENGLISH
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
I was travelling in a bus. It was bitterly cold night and even at the far end of the bus the east wind cut lik.
knife. The bus stopped and the two women and a man got in together and filled the vacant places. The young
woman carried a little Pekinese dog. The conductor came in and took their fares. Then his eyes rested on t
beady eyed dog. I saw trouble coming up. This was the opportunity for which the conductor had been waiti
and he intended to make the most of it. I had marked him as the type who had a general vague grievance agais
passengers who came and sat in the bus while he shivered at the door. “You must take the dog out”, he said.
shall certainly do nothing of the kind. You can take my name and address”, said the woman. She had eviden
expected the challenge and knew the reply. "You must take the dog out- that's my order."I won't go on the t
of the bus in such weather. It would kill me," said the woman.
ACTIVITY 1
Fill in the following table:
STATEMENT
REASON
1.
1. The conductor noticed the Pekinese dog
2.
2
The conductor had grievance against
the passengers.
3.
3
The woman did not want to go on the
top of the bus.
4.
4.The woman knew the reply of the conductor's order
ACTIVITY 2
Change the mode of narration of the following sentences :
i) The little boys said to the stranger, "We will not play with you."
Ans.
ii) The old lady said to her daughter, “Today I am preparing a clay model for you."
Ans.
ACTIVITY 3
Change the Voice of the following sentences :
i) They helped us to do the renovation work.
Ans.
ii) The traveller knocks the door of the abandoned house.
Ans.
iii). The culpritconfessed his guilt.
Ans.
ছাত্রছাত্রীরা বাড়িতে নিজের বিষয়ভিত্তিক খাতায় এগুলাে করে বিদ্যালয় খুললে শিক্ষকের কাছে জমা দেবে।
কোন অবস্থাতেই তারা বাড়ির বাইরে বেরােবে না।​

Answer 1

the conductor

Explanation:

the conductor had grievance against the passengers