Class 9 English Unit 5: Grammar I: Present Continuous and Writing I: Interpretation of Pie Chart

 

Grammar I: Present Continuous

Click for Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O-Ye9HF2DI 

A.   Read the text and underline the verb forms in the present continuous tense.

Hello everybody! Look at this nice picture. Here is one of the moments I prefer when we are all together on a nice Sunday afternoon. But let me introduce myself! I am Bob, I am standing in front of my father who is reading the newspaper.

Mom is listening to her favorite songs on the radio. My two sisters, Rose and Sally are playing with their dolls. My grandfather is having a nap and my granny is drinking a cup of tea. The cat is running after the bird as usual and only my cousins are doing real activities; Ken is watering Mum's flowers and Mike is cleaning the windows. ''Can you imagine that Sunday afternoon!''

B.    Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.

a.      Be quiet! The baby is sleeping.

b.     It rains cats in dogs here in the monsoon season.

c.      John is busy. He is working at the moment.

d.     Please keep quiet. I am listening to the radio. You know I listen to the news in the mornings.

e.      What time does the first bus leave for Kathmandu?

f.       I usually don't wear a scarf but today I am wearing one because it's unusually cold.

g.     She is traveling to Dhangadhi next weekend.

h.     Pasang is in the classroom at the moment. He is studying history.

i.       These days most people write emails instead of writing letters.

j.       What sort of clothes do teenagers wear nowadays?

k.     What are you doing tonight? Would you like to come and watch the game?

l.       You look worried. What are you thinking of?

m.   She usually drives of taxi butt today she is driving a lorry.

n.     These kids are not doing what I asked them to do 

Let's Play Quiz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKc03mLErps 

Writing I: Interpretation of Pie Chart

B.    The pie charts below show the information about household expenditure in Nepal in 2004 and 2011. Write an interpretation of the charts making comparisons where necessary.

The pie charts compare household expenditure in Nepal for the years 2004 and 2011 across four main categories: food, housing, education, and other non-food items. In 2004, the largest portion of household spending was on food, which accounted for 59% of the total expenditure. By 2011, this had increased slightly to 61.5%.

Housing expenses in 2004 were 9.5% of the total expenditure. This category saw growth, rising to 11% in 2011. Education spending also increased significantly. In 2004, it was just 2.8%, but by 2011, it had nearly doubled to 5.3%. On the other hand, expenditure on other non-food items decreased. In 2004, 28.7% of the household budget was allocated to this category, but by 2011, it had dropped to 22.2%.

In summary, from 2004 to 2011, there was an increase in the proportion of household expenditure on food, housing, and education, while the share spent on other non-food items decreased.

Click for Interpretation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxiU2e6qc3U 

***

Click for Next Lesson: https://limbuchandrabahadur.blogspot.com/2025/06/class-9-english-unit-5-reading-ii.html