Chapter 1.5 Seeing Eyes Helping Hands
Textbook Questions and Answers
1. This passage contains four different types of invitations. They are:
A: A formal invitation
C: An oral invitation
B: A notice
D: Another oral invitation
Read each invitation carefully, keeping in mind the list of eight questions given below. Note the answers in your notebook. Verify that the formal invitation ‘A’ covers all the eight points.
- Who is sending/giving the information?
- What is the programme?
- What is the name of the project?
- Who will inaugurate it?
- Who will preside over the function?
- What time will the function start?
- Where will it take place?
- How many names get mentioned in the invitation?
Now see which of these eight points are covered in the other invitations ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’. Put tickmarks against the points that are covered.
2. Prepare a formal invitation for a function you have arranged at home.
It should clearly state the following points:
- Who is inviting people to the function.
- What the programme is.
- The date and time.
- The venue. (The place where
- A polite request to attend the function. the function will take place.
Question 1.
Prepare a formal invitation for a function you have arranged at home.
Answer:
3. Write an imaginary telephone conversation in which you invite your friend to the above function.
Question 1.
Write an imaginary telephone conversation in which you invite your friend to the above function.
Answer:
- Mohan: Hello! Could I speak to Shashank.
- Shashank: Yes, speaking.
- Mohan: Hi! I have called you up to invite you to the house-warming ceremony of our new home.
- Shashank: Oh, thanks. Where have you shifted your residence?
- Mohan: Very close to you. We are now at Shri Laxmi Niwas.
- Shashank: Next to Blue Dales School?
- Mohan: Yes, you got it right. Please do come with your parents.
- Shashank: My parents are out, in Pune for about a week. When is the function?
- Mohan: On the 25th of this month. It is a Sunday.
- Shashank: Yes, they will be back by then. When should we come?
- Mohan: The pooja will begin at 11.00 am.
- Shashank: I will surely be there.
- Mohan: Thanks. See you then.
- Shashank: You’re welcome. See you, bye.
4. Imagine someone has invited your family to a programme and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally. Write a note (4-5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, Write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.
Question 1.
Imagine someone has invited your family to a programme and you were the only person at home when the invitation was given orally. Write a note (4-5 lines) to pass on the message to the other people in your family. Or, Write an imaginary conversation in which you pass on the message to your parents.
Answer:
Dear Mom and Dad,
Sudhir uncle has invited us for a surprise birthday party given for Anita aunty, tomorrow, 8th November at Grand Central Hotel at 7.00 pm.
Mona.
Additional Important Questions and Answers
Answer the following questions:
Question 1.
Find different ways in which you can send an invitation using the internet.
Answer:
Through the internet an invitation can be sent via email, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and other such social networking sites.
Question 2.
Many times the school authorities have to communicate with your parents. How is it done in school? How are written communications sent?
Answer:
In my school, written communications are sent through notices, SMS, Telephone, invitation cards, web pages, newsletters, quarterly report card comments and via school staff such as the peon or an attendant.
Question 3.
When do we write formal invitations and why?
Answer:
The write formal invitations for a formal event to invite the people with whom we want to celebrate and also the people we are close to. The best way to invite people to such planned events is by sending them a formal invitation. Another important reason behind writing an invitation is that it gives our invitees proper information regarding the programme, its time, date and venue.
Question 4.
What are some ways in which you can send invitations to your family and friends, apart from using the internet?
Answer:
Some other ways in which we can send invitation to our family and friends are as follows:
- By using Indian Postal Service.
- Using SMS or mobile phone.
- Hand delivering.
- Through telephone call and
- Through courier.
Reading Skills, Vocabulary and Grammar
Read the following passage and do the activities.
Simple Factual Questions:
| Principal | Teacher in-charge | Presiding dignitary | School |
| Suhasini Ambekar | V. S. Ajinkya | Dr. A. M. Dr. A. M. Chaudhary, Dean | New Vision High School |
Complex Factual Questions:
Question 1.
Who prepared the formal invitation?
Answer:
The Principal prepared the formal invitation.
Question 2.
Where is the venue of inauguration?
Answer:
The venue of the inauguration is the Assembly Hall of New Vision High School, Off Main street, Girgaon.
Question 3.
Who are the student secretaries?
Answer:
The student secretaries are Komal Shelar and Nitin Valke.
Vocabulary:
Question 1.
Make verb forms.
Answer:
- invitation – invite
- vision – envision
Question 2.
Give homophones of the following words from the passage.
Answer:
- maid – made
- knew – new
Grammar:
Question 1.
The art teacher and her students made copies of it. (Add a question tag)
Answer:
The art teacher and her students made copies of it, didn’t they?
Question 2.
We solicit your presence at the inauguration of the project. (Write in question form)
Answer:
Don’t we solicit your presence at the inauguration of the project?
Personal Response:
Question 1.
What according to you is a formal invitation?
Answer:
A formal invitation is a letter or a card in which the important person is courteously requested to attend an important event.
Read the following passage and do the activities.
Simple Factual Questions:
Question 1.
State whether the statements are true or false.
1. The News Editor will not be sent an official invitation.
2. The News Editor refused to come for the function.
Answer:
1. False
2. False
Complex Factual Questions:
Question 1.
What is the purpose of the project?
Answer:
The purpose of the project is to make students aware of their social responsibilities.
Question 2.
Why was Mr. Shashank invited?
Answer:
Mr. Shashank, Newspaper Editor, was invited to cover the function prominently.
Vocabulary:
Question 1.
Make a sentence using the phrase/idiom ‘to set a trend’.
Answer:
Their school is setting new trends in Activity based learning.
Question 2.
Pick out words that mean.
1. Notice or attention given to someone or something by the media.
2. To a large extent.
Answer:
1. publicity
2. prominently
Grammar:
Question 1.
I have made a note of it. (Change the voice)
Answer:
A note of it has been made by me.
Question 2.
The project is an important one. (Make exclamatory)
Answer:
What an important one the project is!
Personal Response:
Question 1.
Do you think it is a good idea to invite a Newspaper Editor to such programmes? Why?
Answer:
Yes, it is a good idea to cover such programmes done for a noble cause in the newspaper, as it sets a trend for other schools to follow and children also become aware of their social responsibilities.
Language Study:
Do as directed.
Question 1.
“Mummy, you and Daddy are invited to our school on Sunday, the ninth” said Sameer.
(Write in indirect speech)
Answer:
Sameer informed his mother and father that both she and daddy were invited to his school on Sunday, the ninth.
Question 2.
We are all going to visit places. (Rewrite in past perfect tense)
Answer:
We had all gone to visit places.
Question 3.
I see. (Add a question tag)
Answer:
I see, don’t I?
Question 4.
Daddy and I can’t both go. (Remove negative)
Answer:
Either Daddy or I can go.
Question 5.
Teachers made phone calls to some special invitees. (Frame a wh- question to get the underlined part as an answer)
Answer:
Who made phone calls to some special invitees?
Question 6.
Write the noun forms of.
- inaugurate
- converse
- participate
Answer:
- inauguration
- conversation
- participation
Question 7.
Write noun for the following ending in ’-er’ or ’-or’ to show the work or function or description of the person:
- help
- edit
- visit
- speak
- teach
- preach
Answer:
- helper
- editor
- visitor
- speaker
- teacher
- preacher
Writing Skills:
With your teacher’s help, get two or three specimens of the notices/announcements put up on the school notice board.
Question 1.
Specimen 1
Answer:
Question 2.
Specimen 2
Answer:
Announcement:
This is to inform the students of Std. VIII that the Nature Club has organized a one day nature trail to CEC at BNHS, Goregaon on 26th July, 2017. The timing for the same is 7.00 am to 5.00 pm. Students interested in going for the trail should register their names with the Nature Club advisor, Mrs. Ketki Dhuri by paying Rs. 500/-(Inclusive of transport and entry fees).
– By Order
Summary in English
The lesson discusses various means of sending an invitation for an inaugural function in New Vision High School. Formal invitation, oral invitation and notice being some of them. With the help of a sample invitation the lesson conveys that one can choose among various means of communication, the one that best suits one’s need.
Introduction:
Communication is a vital tool. In today’s times, with the rise in technological media, communication has undergone a drastic change. From letters to emails; invitations and messages can be sent in a short time.
Glossary:
- inauguration (n) – the beginning or introduction of something ‘
- scheduled (v) – to arrange that an event or activity will happen at a particular time
- formal (adj) – done in accordance with convention or etiquette
- sample (n) – a specimen
- conversation (n) – a talk, especially an informal one
- to set a trend – to do something that becomes accepted or fashionable, something that a lot of other people copy
- accompany (v)-to go along with someone
- specimens (n) – examples of something; samples
- solicit (v) – to formally ask for help
- preside (v) – to be in charge of a formal meeting or ceremony
- invitee (n) – person who is invited
- sec. – short form for second
- trend (n) – a general direction in which something is developing or changing
- prominently (adv) – in a way that many people will know about it