Maharashtra State Board Class 9 My English Coursebook Solutions Chapter 2.4 Please Listen!
My English Coursebook Std 9 Digest Chapter 2.4 Please Listen! Textbook Questions and Answers
Warming up!
Chit-chat:
Twenty Questions:
Form groups of 6-8. One person (leader) chooses one item – a picture, a paragraph or a lesson from any one of the 9th standard textbooks and writes the reference on a slip of paper and folds it. Others ask him/her questions and try to guess what it is, from his/her answers. Follow the rules given below.
Agreements and Disagreements:
Form pairs. list the things on which you have the same opinion and also the ones on which you have different opinion Prepare a list of ten things In all and see how far you agree or disagree with your friend. Some useful phrases are given alongside.
You could talk about:
Points | Agreements | Disagreements |
1. Family background | It’s important. | No, I don’t think so. |
2. Basic skills | I totally agree with it. | No, some skills can be improved. |
3. Interest | That’s very important. | I agree with you. |
4. Coaching | I agree with it. It’s necessary. | Absolutely, it’s necessary. |
5. Family support | I think for women it’s necessary. | No, I don’t think so, even men need family support. |
6. Regular practice | Yes, it’s very important | Absolutely necessary. |
7. Coach’s favour | No, I don’t think so, | I think it’s necessary sometimes. |
8. Knowledge, tricks and tactics of game | absolutely necessary. | I totally agree with you. |
9. Physical fitness | Yes, for women it’s more important. | No, I disagree with it, even for men it’s important. |
10. Co-operation and co-ordination of co-players | Yes, without it one cannot show his/her performance. | I am not sure about it. |
English Workshop:
1. Complete the following with the help of the lines of the poem.
When I ask you to listen to me, you start doing –
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2. Write the opposites (antonyms) of the following.
3. Use the following charts to prepare meaningful dialogues.
Use your ideas to fill in the blanks.
Question a.
Prepare a similar conversation about a film.
Answer:
Question b.
Answer:
4. Maintain a diary at least for a week. Write about your interactions with other people in your surroundings in 3-4 lines. Also write whether you find the interactions happy- unhappy, satisfactory-unsatisfactory, enjoyable-stressful, etc.
5. Write an informal letter from a teenager to his/her parent, expressing a few thoughts from the poem.
(My dear /Dearest /Hit Are you surprised to see this letter? I wanted talk to you about this, but then I thought I will be able to express myself better in a letter…. Love jYours lovingly/Yours ……… )
I am still upset over our argument which took place yesterday. I was a little bit rude with you. But I just wanted you to listen to my concern. Instead of listening to me completely, you started advising me. That really hurt me a lot.
I always wish, that I should share my thoughts with someone. Sharing makes me happy and feel lighter. But whenever, I try to share something with you, you start advising me instead of listening to me. I hope you will try to understand my feelings.
Yours lovingly,
Sahil
My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 2.4 Please Listen! Additional Important Questions and Answers
Read the following extract and do the activities:
Simple Factual Activities:
Complex Factual Activities:
Answer in 1-2 words:
‘A’ | ‘B’ |
1. 20 cent cheap advice. | (a) not helpless. |
2. You contribute to my fear and inadequacy. | (b) Abby and Billy Grahm. |
3. The poet may be discouraged and faltering but… | (c) behind the irrational feeling. |
4. Business of understanding | (d) when you do something for me that I can do for myself. |
‘A’ | ‘B’ |
1. 20 cent cheap advice. | (b) Abby and Billy Grahm. |
2. You contribute to my fear and inadequacy. | (d) when you do something for me that I can do for myself. |
3. The poet may be discouraged and faltering but… | (a) not helpless. |
4. Business of understanding | (c) behind the irrational feeling.
Question 6
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What does the poet say about God?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
The poet says God is mute. He doesn’t give advice or try to fix things. God just listens to your ) prayer and observes how do you work.
Question 7
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Is the poet willing to listen to others?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Yes, the poet is willing to listen to others but he says if you want to listen to him, you should wait till your turn comes. Then only he will be able to listen to others.
Poetic Device Activity:
Question 1
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Write down rhyming words from the extract for the following: (Answers are directly given.)
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
1. peel – feel 2. dream – seem
Question 2
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Find out rhyming word from the extract for “dear”
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
dear – clear.
Activity-based on Poetic Device:
Question 1
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Are there any rhyming words? Why?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
There are no any rhyming words because the poem is an example of ‘free verse’.
Appreciation of Poem 1. Title: ‘Please Listen!’ Vocabulary Focus:
Question 1
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What is the difference between ‘hear’ and ‘listen’?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
‘To hear’ means to receive with the ear the sound made by someone or something; to be aware of some sound. ‘To listen’ means to consciously give one’s attention to a sound and try to understand it. E.g. -1 was trying to listen to their conversation but the audio was so bad that I couldn’t even hear what they were saying.
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