Balbharati solutions for My English Coursebook 9 Standard Maharashtra State Board chapter 2.4 - Please Listen! [Latest edition]

What makes you laugh?

What makes you angry? 

What makes you sad?

What makes you happy?

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.

• The maximum number of questions the rest of the group can ask is 20.
• You cannot ask a direct question like ‘What do you have in mind?’
• You can ask ‘Wh-’ questions or ‘Yes/no’ questions.
• The leader has to give truthful answers.

Form pairs. List the things on which you have the same opinion and also the ones on which you have different opinions. 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:

• Clothes, latest fashion.
• Performance of sportsmen and women.
• Traffic/Transport in your area.
• Cleanliness and hygiene in your area.
• Future occupations/Careers.
• Latest news items.
• TV programs
• Mobile Apps
• Any subject of your choice.

What’s the difference between ‘hear’ and ‘listen?

How old is the speaker in the poem?

Who is he/she talking to?

What must have happened before the speaker says all this?

Is the speaker aware of his shortcomings?

Does he/she want to improve?

Is he/she confident that he/she can improve?

How does he/she want to work it out?

Discuss how you can be a good listener.

Complete the following with the help of the lines of the poem.

When I ask you to listen to me, you start doing -

• __________________________________
• __________________________________
• __________________________________

Write the opposites (antonyms) of the following.

1. cheap × ______
2. discouraged × ______
3. inadequacy × ______
4. accept × ______
5. simple × ______
6. irrational × ______
7. understand × ______
8. clear × ______

Use the following charts to prepare meaningful dialogues.

Use your ideas to fill in the blanks.

Use the following charts to prepare meaningful dialogues.

Use your ideas to fill in the blanks.     

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.

Write an informal letter from a teenager to his/her parent, expressing a few thoughts from the poem.

(My dear ______/Dearest ______./Hi! ______ Are you surprised to see this letter? I wanted to talk to you about this, but then I thought I will be able to express myself better in a letter. Love,/Yours lovingly/Yours ______).