Page 20 - ENGLISH 9

4. Read and Answer
Read the letter once again, and answer these questions.

a. Where and when was this letter written?
b. As suggested in the letter, what are some of the ways to improve
English? Do you apply any of the ways personally?

c. According to Nima what is an interesting way of learning English?
d. How does the writer feel about her own performance in the English
language?
e. When will Nima come home and what will she bring for her brother?
Curriculum Development Centre
f. Which of the ways suggested by Nima do you prefer? Why do you
think so?
Put into Practice

Nima has advised her brother to do different things to help him
improve his English language. Some people may like to learn your
native language. Prepare a list of any five activities that will help
them to learn your language better and read them out in the forms of
suggestions.
You may begin: My native language is-----------------. If you want to learn
it you should-------------. You had better-----------------.

Grammar

Think and Act
a. Read these concluding lines of the letter and pick out the
prepositions used.
Hope I have been able to suggest you on the ways you could improve
your English language. As I come home, I will bring you some audio
visual materials on how the native speakers use English. That’s all
for now. Looking forward to your next letter,
Prepositions: ----------- --------------- --------------- -------------- -------------

b. Fill in the blanks with one of the prepositions you have picked up .
i. I was born-------------- Monday.

ii. We don’t go -------------- school on Saturdays.
iii. It is a small map -------------- Nepal.

English class 9 15