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A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Complete the sentences using the information from the passage:
(1) Mr Srivastava was talking to Kamal Kishore the owner of the photography shop.
(2) Sitaram was glad that he had been of service to both a customer and his friend.

      And Sitaram, glad that he had been of service to both a customer and his friend, hoisted his bag on his shoulders and went his way.
      Mrs. Srivastava had to do some shopping. She gave instructions to the ayah about looking after the baby, and told the cook not to be late with the midday meal. Then she set out for the Pipalnagar market place, to make her customary tour of the cloth shops.
      A large shady tamarind tree grew at one end of the bazaar, and it was here that Mrs. Srivastava found her friend Mrs. Bhushan sheltering from the heat. Mrs. Bhushan was fanning herself with a large handkerchief. She complained of the summer, which she affirmed, was definitely the hottest in the history of Pipalnagar. She then showed Mrs. Srivastava a sample of the cloth she was going to buy, and for five minutes they discussed its shade, texture and design. Having exhausted this topic, Mrs. Srivastava
said, ‘Do you know, my dear, that Seth Govind Ram’s bank can’t even pay its employees? Only this morning I heard a complaint from their sweeper, who hasn’t received his wages for over a month!’
     ‘Shocking!’ remarked Mrs. Bhushan. ‘If they can’t pay the sweeper they must be in a bad way. None of the others could be getting paid either.’
     She left Mrs. Srivastava at the tamarind tree and went in search of her husband, who was sitting in front of Kamal Kishore’s photography shop, talking with the owner.
    ‘So there you are!’ cried Mrs. Bhushan. ‘I’ve been looking for you for almost an hour. Where did you disappear ?’
    ‘Nowhere,’ replied Mr. Bhushan. ‘Had you remained stationary in one shop, I might have found you. But you go from one shop to another, like a bee in a flower garden.’
    ‘Don’t start grumbling. The heat is trying enough.I don’t know what’s happening to Pipalnagar. Even the bank’s about to go bankrupt.’   

A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Complete the following web:

A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Find describing words for the following from the passage:
(1) shop (2) meal (3) tour (4) tamarind tree
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
(1) Mrs Bhushan went in search of her husband. He was sitting in front of Kamal Kishore's photography shop.
(Rewrite the sentence joining it with 'who'.)
(2) That summer was the hottest in the history of Pipalnagar.
(Change the sentence into Positive Degree.)
A5. Personal Response:
(1) Do you think, Mr Bhushan was right to compare his wife with a bee in a flower garden? Give your reason.