NCERT solutions for इंग्लिश फर्स्ट फ्लाइट कक्षा १० chapter 7 - Madam Rides the Bus [Latest edition]

Look at the words and phrases given below. Then put a tick against the ones you think you will find in the text.

• a set of passengers
• get off the bus
• Tickets, please
• a row of seats
• blowing a whistle
• get on the bus
• platform
• a roar and a rattle
• slowing down to a crawl

You must have travelled by bus more than once. What can you see from a fast-moving bus? Given below are some suggestions. Speak briefly about some of these scenes, or about other such scenes that you have seen; or write a sentence or two about them.

How did Valli save up money for her first journey? Was it easy for her?

What did Valli see on her way that made her laugh?

What was Valli’s deepest desire? Find the words and phrases in the story that tell you this.

How did Valli plan her bus ride? What did she find out about the bus, and how did she save up the fare?

What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentence from the text and fill in the blank. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.

 “Stop the bus! Stop the bus!” And a tiny hand was raised ________________.

What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentence from the text and fill in the blank. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.

“Yes, I ____________ go to town,” said Valli, still standing outside the bus.

What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentence from the text and fill in the blank. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.

“There’s nobody here ____________,” she said haughtily. “I’ve paid my thirty paise like everyone else.”

What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentence from the text and fill in the blank. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.

“Never mind,” she said, “I can ___________. You don’t have to help me. “I’m not a child, I tell you,” she said, _____________.

What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentence from the text and fill in the blank. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.

“You needn’t bother about me. I _____________,” Valli said, turning her face toward the window and staring out.

What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentence from the text and fill in the blank. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.

Then she turned to the conductor and said, “Well, sir, I hope ______________.”

Why does Valli refuse to look out of the window on her way back?

What does Valli mean when she says, “I was just agreeing with what you said about things happening without our knowledge.”

The author describes the things that Valii sees from an eight-year-old’s point of view. Can you find evidence from the text for this statement?

This story has a lot of people talking in it. The conductor jokes and laughs with Valli, some passengers try to show their concern for her, and her mother and her aunt spend time chatting.

Read the conversations carefully. Then think of similar people, or similar situations that you have experienced. Mimic a person or persons who spoke to you, saying what they said, along with your replies.

Write a page - about a paragraph - on the following topic.

Have you ever planned something entirely on your own, without taking grownups into your confidence? What did you plan, and how? Did you carry out your plan?

Write a page - about a paragraph - on the following topic.

Have you made a journey that was unforgettable in some way? What made it memorable?

Write a page - about a paragraph - on the following topic.

Are you concerned about traffic and road safety? What are your concerns? How would you make road travel safer and more enjoyable?