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SUPER COMPANION Made Easy -9, , , , ends the essay saying that.politeness costs nothing but it is the, most precious commodity., Comprehension, , C 1. Answer the following questions in a word, phrase org, sentence :, , 1. Why was the passenger thrown out of the lift?, , Ans. The passenger did not say ‘Top please” but just said ‘Top’. The, lift operator felt insulted and threw him out., , - What would happen if we were given liberty to box, people’s eras?, , Ans. If we were given the liberty to box people’s ears, our fists, , would never be idle and the gutters of the city would run with, blood all day. ,, , 3. What can the law,, , not compel us to do?, Ans,, , The law cannot compel us to, , say ‘please’ or use a polite tone, while speaking to others,, , Ans., , civility?, , Ans. The first and most important requirement of Civility is that we, should acknowledge a service done., , 6. What did the ‘polite con, , Ans. Though the author c, , his wallet, the ‘polite conductor’ issued hima tick :, : 2 et, , instead of throwing him out of the bus. heerfully, Who trampled on the, ‘Ans. The conductor who, , ductor’ do to the author?, , , , , , -(a) left him at. the bus exit, (b) told Bill to take him across the road’

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English-I, , told Bill, the driven, to wait and took him, himself, across, the road. = =, , forced him out of the bus., , Ans (c) told Bill the driver to wait and took him himself, across the, , 9., , Ans., , 10., , Ans., , 11., (a), (c), (d), Ans., , C2., 1., Ans., , , , , road., , Why was there a very fine weather on the polite, conductor’s bus always?, , There was always a very fine weather on the polite conductor’s, bus because his own civility, polite speech and good humour, infected his passengers., , What according to the people is the cause for the, dampening of the everyday civilitries?, , According to people the war has had a chilling effect upon the, everyday civilities that sweeten the general air., , Civilities can be got back in our day to day life by ©, evolving the law (b) being more civil, paying rudeness with rudeness ;, , by punishing an uncivil person., , (b) being more civil., , Answer the following questions:, , Can law enforce civility? Why? es i ai, , The law can be enforced only when there is physical violence., But law cannot enforce or compel one to say ‘please’ or ‘thank, you’. The law does not consider the hurting of our feelings as a, , case of compensation. The law does not have any compensation, for moral and intellectual damage. The law cannot become the, , guardian of our private manners., , . How does bad temper affect one’s life? —, Ans., , Bad tempers or bad manners get passed from one to another., When a man. gets insulted by someone, he passes it on to, someone else below his social standing and in the same manner,, keeps passing from one to another and the world gets infected, ill-humour. Bad manners probably do more to poison the, f the general life than all the crimes in the calendar.

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SUPER COMPANION Made Easy-9, , 3. Discuss the importance and effect of good manners,, , Ans. Just as bad manners are infectious, good manners are equally, infectious. Just like the sunny weather brightens UP People’s, spirits, good behavior or manner also brightens up the day, If, we are civil, talk to people politely and are good humoureg, towards others, we will get the same response from others too,, Good manners is a sound investment which gives us Sound, returns. A polite man may lose the material advantage but he, always has the spiritual victory., , 4. List out the instances in which the polite conductor, showed his civil behavior, Do you approve of his behavior?, Why?, , Ans. Once the author had forgotten his wallet and got into the bus,, the conductor instead of asking him get down, gave him the, ticket asking him to pay the next time he saw him. Another, day, the author’s toe was trod on by the conductor, but he, apologized very politely for it. The author noticed that the, conductor was very helpful to both the old and the young alike., Once he had asked the bus driver to wait while he helped a, blind man from the bus to cross the street and reach the other, pavement. His cheerful manner made the travelers also cheerful., His behaviour made everyone cheerful and his gaiety was not, a wasteful luxury, but a sound investment. I whole heartedly, approve of his behaviour,, , - How could the lift man take a polite and effective, revenge? Suggest a way to do so?, , Ans. Instead of getting upset and sending the man out of the lift, the, , lift man could have had a more subtle and effective revenge if, he had treated the gentleman who was not civil, with elaborate, , politeness. He would have had the victory, not only over the, rude man but over himself and that is the victory that counts,, , C3. Answer the following :, 1. It is easy to be civil at all times? Do you agree? Why?, Ans. There is no legal system which says that being uncivil is a, punishable offence. If someone is ‘haughty or boorish’, the, only penalty one pays is being called ill ~ mannered fellow., , 132, , ne

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English-|, , , , me netgear Tt, : older and more sacred than any, | law which asks us to be civil. ‘Please’ and ‘thank you’ are, small courtesies which make our life sweet. Being civil ensures, co-operation and easy give and take. If we are civil, work will, be done with willingness and not with resentment. If we are, civil, it makes others civil too and the day brightens and everyone, feels happy. If one responds extra civilly to a boorish person,, one’s victory will be greater. The polite man may lose material, advantage but gains spiritual victory. Hence it is easy to be, civil., , 2. Retrospect your previous day. Do you recall any good or, bad incident of that day? What could be the reasons, behind the behavior of the respective people?, , [This has to be each individual student’s work. Cannot, be common.], , Ans. Important points :, 1. What incident?, 2. Who were the people involved?, 3. Why did it happen?, 4. What was the reason, 5. How was it resolved?, , 6. What was the lesson learnt?, ays to encourage people to adopt civil, , for the particular person’s behaviour?, , 3. Suggest some. W, behaviour., Ans. (a) If someone is un, manner, Wwe can be civil., (b) We can always say ‘please’ o, favour., , (c) We have t, the world also 4 cheerful place., , (d) Being civil does not require any monetary expenditure., (e) Being civil makes us humane, human beings., , civil, we need not respond in the same, r ‘thank you’ while seeking, , o have a cheerful face all the time. It will make

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. SUPER COMPANION Made Easy -9, , Vocabulary ., V1. Following are jumbled synonyms of uncivil. Rearrang,, the letters to get meaningful words. :, , louedr — rude, 2. pdniutme — impudent, 3. tsolnnie — insolent, 4. soomer — morose, 5. ouutnhe — uncouth :, 6. cdosietuyrs — discourtesy, 7. gyhutah — haughty, 8. robo — boor, , V2., , SP AY PY OS, , a, ™, , - tol----t, , - Fill in the letters in the blanks that could be used for a, , Person with good manners,, , — tolerant, k--d — kind, - COU---oOUsS — courteous, - pat---t — patient, + Ze---e] - = genteel, sol----ous — solicitous, - chl----ous — chivalrous, + Zr--a-t — gallant, , . Grammar - Clauses, , Identify the main and subordinate cla, , uses in the following sentences., , - Because I like you, I shall help you., , I shall help you - Main clause, , because I like you-subordinating clause(adverb clause of, reason), , . This is the house that Jack built., , This is the house - Main clause, that Jack built - subordinating clause(adjective clause), , 134