Unit 6 Custom and Culture
Reading II (page 72)
Answer these questions:
a. Is there any unique custom in your community? What is it?
Answer: Yes,
there is a unique custom in our community. Juniors bow and keep head on the
feet of seniors.
b. Why is it unique?
Answer: It
is unique because such kind of tradition is not found in other parts of the
world.
A. Find
the words from the text that match the following meanings.
a.
………………. a
natural desire
b.
…………….
the rules of correct or polite
behaviour in society
c.
………………. people
who work in a bar, serving drinks
d.
………………. to
become twisted
Answer:
a. propensity- a natural desire
b. etiquette- the rules of correct or polite
behaviour in society
c. bartenders- people who work in a bar, serving
drinks
d. contort-
to
become twisted
B. Write True for true and False for false statements.
a.
In
Nicaragua, people prefer to point with their thumb.
b.
Tipping
is compulsory at most restaurants in the US.
c.
Contorting
is less noiser than slurping.
d. People from the West take noodles by twisting them on a spoon.
e. The Bini and the Kalabari are ethnic groups of Nigeria.
Answer:
a. In Nicaragua, people prefer to point with their thumb. False
b. Tipping is compulsory at most restaurants in the US. True
c. Contorting is less noisier than slurping. False
d. People from the West take noodles by twisting them on a
spoon. True
e. The Bini and the Kalabari are ethnic groups of Nigeria. True
C. Answer the following questions.
a.
What
makes a group of people different from others?
b.
What
is the unique tradition of Nicaragua?
c.
What
is a positive aspect of tipping culture?
d.
Why
do Japanese make slurping sounds while eating noodles?
e.
How
do Yoruba people greet their elders?
Answer:
a. Their culture, language, custom and tradition make
themselves different from others.
b. The unique tradition of Nicaragua
is that they point the things with the lips instead of the thumb like the
majority of the world.
c. The positive aspect of tipping culture is it provides incentive for waiters and waitresses.
d. Why do Japanese make slurping sounds while eating noodles?
Japanese make slurping sounds
while eating noodles to indicate that they’re really enjoying noodles.
e. They greet by kneeling or lying prostrate.
D. Which of the
above customs did you find more interesting? Share it with your friends.
Grammar II (page 75)
A. Choose the following
sentences in indirect speech
from the list to match with the sentences in direct speech in the table below.
i. I asked the woman next to me if the bus to
Kathmandu had already left.
ii. I asked the teacher whether the book had been
translated into Nepali.
iii. Barsa asked her teacher if she should write
the story again.
iv. Samir asked Rohan whether he had finished
reading his book.
v. The new pupil asked me if I was a class
captain.
a. |
The
new pupil said to me, “Are you a class captain?” |
|
b. |
Samir
asked Rohan, “Have you finished reading my book?” |
|
c. |
I asked the teacher, “Has the book been
translated into Nepali?” |
|
d. |
“Has
the bus to Kathmandu already left?” I said to a woman next to me. |
|
e. |
“Should
I write the story again?” Barsa asked her teacher. |
|
Answer:
a. |
The
new pupil said to me, “Are you a class captain?” |
v |
b. |
Samir
asked Rohan, “Have you finished reading my book?” |
iv |
c. |
I asked the teacher, “Has the book been
translated into Nepali?” |
ii |
d. |
“Has
the bus to Kathmandu already left?” I said to a woman next to me. |
i |
e. |
“Should
I write the story again?” Barsa asked her teacher. |
iii |
B. Change
the following sentences into indirect speech.
a.
Rahul
said to me, “Did you watch the cricket match on TV last night?”
b.
“Are
you coming home with me?” he said.
c.
“Do
you really come from India?” said the prince.
d.
“Have
you anything to say?” said the judge finally.
e.
She
said to me, “Is he at home?”
f.
Usha
says, “Can you solve the problem?”
g.
Badri
said to Asmita, “Will you visit me in Australia?”
h.
Radhika
said to Rebecca, “Did you hear the noise?”
i.
He
said, “Have you seen my hat?”
j.
He
said to me, “Does he come or not?”
k.
Rohan
said to me, “Did you spill the milk on the floor?”
l.
The
pilot said to the air hostess, “Have the passengers fastened their seatbelts?”
Answer:
a. He asked if I was coming
home with him.
c. The prince asked if I
really came from India.
d. The judge finally asked if
I had anything to say.
e. She asked me if he was at
home.
f. Usha asks if I can solve
the problem.
g. Badri asked Asmita if she
would visit him in Australia.
h. Radhika asked Rebecca if
she had heard the noise.
i. He asked if I had seen his
hat.
j. He asked me if he came or
not.
k. Rohan asked me if I had
spilt the milk on the floor.
l. The pilot asked the air
hostess if the passengers had fastened their seatbelts.
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