Unit 6

Traditional Marriage Customs Around the World

 

1. Find the words from the text which have the following meanings.

 

1. ……a set of actions performed regularly

 

1. ……a person’s child or children

 

c…….. something that stands for something else

 

d……… assess something to help improve it

 

e……….save someone from a dangerous situation

 

Answer:

 

1. rituals

 

1. offspring

 

1. symbolizes

 

1. review

 

1. rescue

 

1. Answer these questions.

 

1. Why did ancient people start the marriage ritual?

 

1. What are the two pre-wedding ceremonies in India?

 

1. What is a sake?

 

1. Why is a community important during wedding ceremony in Jamaica?

 

1. Who reviews the bride’s looks in Jamaica?

 

1. Why do you think Welsh wedding traditions seem strange?

 

Answer:

 

1. Ancient people started the marriage rituals to secure a safe environment in which they could have offspring and pass their property onto them.

 

1. The two pre- wedding ceremonies in India are the engagement ceremony and the Mehendi ceremony.

 

1. Sake is a Japanese alcoholic drink made from rice.

 

1. Community is important during wedding ceremony in Jamaica because everyone in the village comes together to help plan the wedding.

 

1. Everyone or the entire community in the village reviews the bride’s looks in Jamaica.

 

1. I think welsh wedding traditions seems strange because they are unfamiliar to people who are not from that culture.

 

1. Match the paragraphs with their correct headings.

 

 

Paragraph 1

 

 

Jamaican Wedding

 

 

 

Paragraph 2

 

 

Japanese Wedding

 

 

 

Paragraph 3          Indian Wedding

 

Paragraph 4          Welsh Wedding

 

Paragraph 5          Introduction to Marriage

 

 

Answer:

 

Paragraph 1- Introduction to Marriage

 

Paragraph 2- Indian Wedding

 

Paragraph 3- Japanese Wedding

 

Paragraph 4- Jamaican Wedding

 

Paragraph 5-Welsh Wedding

 

1. Which of the wedding cultures discussed in the text you liked the most? Give reasons.

 

Answer:

 

All the wedding cultures discussed in the lesson are unique and different from each other in their own ways. However, I liked Jamaica, the entire community plays a significant role in the wedding preparations and the wedding celebration involves a lot of traditional dancing. The black cake made from dark fruits and rum is a unique feature of Jamaican wedding.

 

Grammar I

 

1. Read the following sentences. Place them in the correct column with similar structures.

 

My teacher lets/has/ makes us correct our mistakes ourselves.

 

1. It lets them live together.

 

1. Several cakes are brought, and the family has the bride serve them.

 

I got my friend to help me in my assignment.

 

1. The groom must bribe them in order to get his shoes returned.

 

1. As a symbol of the union, the family gets them to drink sake.

 

We had/got our room swept.

 

1. The bride gets her palms, wrists, and feet decorated for the wedding.

 

1. Japanese brides have their costumes changed several times.

 

1. Subject + let + agent + v1

 

1. Subject + get + object+ v3

 

1. Subject + get + object+ v3

 

1. Subject + has/have + object+ v3

 

1. Subject + get + agent+to+ v1

 

1. Subject + has/have + agent+ v1

 

1. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in the brackets.

 

a. Ruksar is having the mechanic……..				her scooter. (service)
b. Teachers made us ……… extra-classes in the evening. (take)
c. I let them …..	their windows. (open)
d. Ahamad always gets his parents …….				an expensive gift on his birthday. (buy)
e. Samrat had his bedroom			………(clean)
f. How can we get people		……………		surroundings? (clean)
g. Shyanden got his hair…….			yesterday. (cut)
h. Do your parents get you………..			the household chores? (do)
i. Our teachers let us ……		football after 4:00. (play)
j. Did you get your shirt ………			yesterday? (wash)

 

Answer:

 

1. service

 

1. take

 

1. open

 

1. to buy

 

1. cleaned

 

1. to clean

 

1. cut

 

1. to do

 

1. play

 

1. washed

 

 

 

1. Rewrite the following sentences starting with the given words as subjects. Use the causative verbs in brackets.

 

1. Indra ordered Kamini to book tickets.

 

1. Somebody washed my clothes yesterday.

 

1. Hamid used his mother’s mobile phone.

 

1. Did a painter paint your house?

 

1. Kripa goes to school on her mother’s scooter.

 

1. The boy types my documents.

 

1. The police told the prisoners to raise their hands.

 

1. The lady hired a mechanic to mend her car.

 

Answer:

 

1. Indra made Kamini book tickets.

 

1. I got my clothes washed yesterday.

 

1. Hamid’s mother let him use her phone.

 

1. Did you have a painter paint your house?

 

1. Kripa’s mother lets her go to school on her scooter.

 

1. I get the boy to type my documents.

 

1. The police made the prisoners raise their hands.

 

1. The lady had a mechanic mend her car.

 

 

 

Writing I

 

How do people celebrate wedding ceremony in your culture? Write a short description.

 

Nepalese Weddings

 

Wedding is celebrated with great joy and enthusiasm in my culture. Wedding ceremony involves pre-wedding rituals, the exchange of rings, decorated venue. The couple takes part in rituals and blessing, including the type of a sacred thread.

 

 

Life Saving Inventions

 

1. Find the words/phrases from the text for the following meanings.

 

1. …………. change for a new one

 

1. …………. hand over goods to the proper recipients

 

1. …………. undertook a scientific procedure to make

 

a discovery

 

1. …………. a thing or an idea that has been created

 

1. …………. harms done to a person’s body

 

1. …………. goes through

 

 

 

 

Answer:

 

1. replace change for a new one

 

1. deliver hand over goods to the proper recipients

 

1. experimented undertook a scientific procedure to make

 

a discovery

 

1. invention a thing or an idea that has been created

 

1. injuries harms done to a person’s body

 

1. passes goes through

 

 

 

1. Write whether the following statements are True or False.

 

If the information is not given, write NG.

 

1. Women in Africa walked for a long time to fetch water for their homes.

 

1. With the hippo-roller, people can carry more water than with a normal bucket.

 

1. LifeStraw is made of paddy straw.

 

1. LifeStraw never stops working.

 

1. Japanese technology was used in those three inventions.

 

1. Coca-Cola company worked with Simon Berry to design AidPod.

 

1. AidPod has been used successfully in many different countries.

 

 

 

Answer:

 

1. Women in Africa walked for a long time to fetch water for their homes. True

 

1. With the hippo-roller, people can carry more water than with a normal bucket. True

 

1. Life Straw is made of paddy straw. False

 

1. LifeStraw never stops working. NG

 

1. Japanese technology was used in those three inventions. NG

 

1. Coca-Cola company worked with Simon Berry to design AidPod. False g. AidPod has been used successfully in many different countries. NG C. Answer these questions.
2. Why was life tough with traditional plastic buckets?

 

1. Who made the lives of African women easier?

 

1. How does LifeStraw work?

 

1. Where was LifeStraw used during disasters?

 

1. What made Simon Berry design the AidPod?

 

1. If his plan works well, what does Simon Berry hope to achieve?

 

Answer:

 

1. Life was tough with traditional plastic buckets because women and children had to carry heavy buckets of water on their heads for long hours which often caused injuries.

 

1. Pettie, Petzer and Johan Jonker designs the hippo roller which made the lives of Africans women easier.

 

1. Life straw is a long thin plastic tube that cleans the water as if passes through it into somebody’s mouth.

 

1. Life straw was used in Haiti, Pakistan and Thailand during disasters.

 

1. Simon Berry designed the AidPod because he noticed that people in the remotest villages of Zambia could buy cocacola but not medicine and one of five children were dying before their fifth birthday due to a lack of access to medicines.

 

1. Simon Berry hopes to achieve to do the same in other African countries and save thousands of lives with the Aid pod.

 

 

1. Which of the inventions mentioned above do you think is the most relevant in your locality? Talk to your friends. Give reasons.

 

Answer:

 

I think life straw is the most relevant in my locality because there are still many places in the world, including my locality where people do not have access to clean and safe drinking water.

 

 

 

 

Grammar II

 

 

 

1. Do the verbs in the following sentences match with the subjects? Tick (v’) the correct sentences and cross (X) the incorrect ones.

 

1. The students attend the language course.

 

1. The students attends the language course.

 

1. Aayush and her friends decorates her classroom.

 

1. Aayush and her friends decorate her classroom.

 

1. Either my brother or my father do not let us come to the meeting.

 

1. Either my brother or my father does not let us come to the meeting.

 

1. Has utsav with his friends made preparations for the programme ?

 

1. Have utsav with his friends made preparations for the programme ?

 

1. The story in a movie, including all the songs, attracts audiences’ attention.

 

1. The story in a movie, including all the songs, attract audiences’ attention.

 

1. They were made dance at the party.

 

1. They were made to dance at the party.

 

1. Choose the correct option from the brackets to complete the following sentences.

 

a.	Writing an email ………….		(needs/need) a lot of care.
b.	Two plus three ………….		(make/makes) five.
c.	Mr. Karki and Mr. Mandal ………			(was/were) studying mathematics together last evening.
d.	Five years………………………………..			(pass/passes) too early.
e.	Either the child or the parents…………………………………..			(need/needs)
to come to receive the prize.
f.	……………. (Was/Were) the scissors working properly?
g.	The director and the actor never…………………………………..			(go/goes) late
for the shooting.
h.	A team of players…………………………………			(receive/receives) medals.
1.	Both of them ………….		(has/have) returned home late.
J.	Jina ………….	(do not like/does not like) tea.

 

 

Answer:

 

1. Writing an email needs a lot of care.

 

1. Two plus three makes five.

 

1. Mr. Karki and Mr. Mandal were studying mathematics together last evening.

 

1. Five years pass too early.

 

1. Either the child or the parents need to come to receive the prize.

 

1. Were the scissors working properly?

 

1. The director and the actor never go late for the shooting.

 

1. A team of players receives medals.

 

1. Both of them have returned home late.

 

1. Jina does not like tea.

 

1. Writing an email needs a lot of care.

 

1. Two plus three makes five.

 

1. Mr. Karki and Mr. Mandal were studying mathematics together last evening.

 

1. Five years pass too early.

 

1. Either the child or the parents need to come to receive the prize.

 

1. Have utsav with his friends made preparations for the programme ?

 

1. The story in a movie, including all the songs, attracts audiences’ attention.

 

1. The story in a movie, including all the songs, attract audiences’ attention.

 

1. They were made dance at the party.

 

1. They were made to dance at the party.

 

 

a.

 

b.

 

c.

 

d.

 

e.

 

 

Writing an email …………. (needs/need) a lot of care.

 

Two plus three …………. (make/makes) five.

 

Mr. Karki and Mr. Mandal ……… (was/were) studying mathematics together last evening.

 

Five years……………………………….. (pass/passes) too early.

 

Either the child or the parents………………………………….. (need/needs)

 

to come to receive the prize.

 

f.	……………. (Was/Were) the scissors working properly?
g.	The director and the actor never…………………………………..			(go/goes) late
for the shooting.
h.	A team of players		…………………………………	(receive/receives) medals.
1.	Both of them ………….		(has/have) returned home late.
J.	Jina ………….	(do not like/does not like) tea.

 

 

Answer:

 

1. Writing an email needs a lot of care.

 

1. Two plus three makes five.

 

1. Mr. Karki and Mr. Mandal were studying mathematics together last evening.

 

1. Five years pass too early.

 

1. Either the child or the parents need to come to receive the prize.

 

1. Were the scissors working properly?

 

1. The director and the actor never go late for the shooting.

 

1. A team of players receives medals.

 

1. Both of them have returned home late.

 

1. Jina does not like tea.

 

1. Writing an email needs a lot of care.

 

1. Two plus three makes five.

 

1. Mr. Karki and Mr. Mandal were studying mathematics together last evening.

 

1. Five years pass too early.

 

1. Either the child or the parents need to come to receive the prize.