NCERT Solutions for Class 9th English Chapter 2 Gifts of Grace: Honouring Our Vocations (poem) — Listen and Respond
Book page 64–65 Updated on2026-09-08
Q1.
I. You will listen to two friends, a boy and a girl discussing the occupations of their parents. As you listen, answer the following question in two to three words only. (Transcript for teacher on page 262)
What does the boy use to understand the details of the tools?
Answer
Toy cars.
The line in the transcript (Appendix, page 262) is the boy’s: “Father lets me go through his tool kit over the weekends if I want to. I often use toy cars to discuss details and usage with him.”
His father is an automobile mechanic, so the toy car serves as a model: it lets the boy point to a part and ask which tool is used on it, without touching a real engine. That is why the answer must be ‘toy cars’ and not ‘his father’s tool kit’ — the tool kit is what he is trying to understand; the toy cars are what he uses to understand it.
Tip: When a listening question says “in two to three words only”, it is telling you the answer is a noun phrase lifted straight from the audio. Write exactly those words — ‘toy cars’ — and resist the temptation to explain in a sentence.
Q2.
II. You will now listen to the girl and the boy once again. As you listen, answer the questions by selecting the correct option.
1. The girl is __________ about taking food for her mother at the factory.
(i) happy (ii) boastful (iii) unsure
2. The boy thinks that the job of the girl’s mother carries a lot of __________.
(i) luck (ii) risk (iii) responsibility
3. The girl __________ why the boy is good at science exhibitions.
(i) wonders (ii) questions (iii) realises
4. The girl shares her __________ about joining the weekend discussion on tools.
(i) doubts (ii) wish (iii) ideas
Answer
No.
Answer
The line in the transcript (page 262)
1
(i) happy
“It’s vacation time for me and I want her to have warm food. That’s the reason I pack it fresh and take it to her these days.” She is doing it gladly and by choice. She never boasts, and she shows no hesitation — so ‘boastful’ and ‘unsure’ both fail
2
(iii) responsibility
“Wow! That’s a lot of responsibility.” The boy says the word himself, right after she explains that her mother is the line supervisor who “checks the smooth functioning of the manufacturing process and the quality of the parts”
3
(iii) realises
“An automobile mechanic? That’s interesting. No wonder you were so good with mechanical demonstrations during the Science exhibition!” ‘No wonder’ is the language of a sudden realisation — she now sees the reason. She is not asking a question, so ‘wonders’ and ‘questions’ are both wrong
4
(ii) wish
“Wonderful! I’d love to join in next time.” ‘I’d love to’ expresses a wish. She offers no ideas and voices no doubts
What this task is really testing: not facts but attitude — how each speaker feels. The evidence is therefore in small signal words rather than in whole sentences: ‘I want her to…’ (willingness), ‘Wow!’ (admiration), ‘No wonder’ (realisation), ‘I’d love to’ (wish). When you listen the second time, listen for the tone-carrying phrase, not for information you have already caught.