Practice Question for class 9, English
English
Class: 9 Full Marks: 75
Time: 2:15
hrs.
Candidates
are required to give their answers according to the given instruction.
Attempt all
the questions:
1. Read the poem given below and answer the questions. 5
The Foolish Fish
“Dear Mother”, said a little fish,
“Is that a worm I see?
I am very hungry, and I wish
You’d get the worm for me.”
“Sweet innocent,” the mother cried,
And started from her nook,
“That worm you see is there to hide
The sharpness of a hook.”
As I have heard, the little trout
Was young and foolish too.
And presently he ventured out
To learn what might be true.
Around the worm he played,
With many a longing look,
And “Dear me!” to himself he said,
“I’m sure there is no hook.”
“I think I’ll give one little bite,”
And that was what he did,
And thus he died in hapless plight
By not doing as he was bid. __Ann and
Jane Taylor
A. Write opposite meanings of given words on the
basis of poem. 4x0.5=2
a) guilty
b) reveal
c) wise d)
fortunate
B. Answer these questions: 3x1=3
a) What does the little fish want
the mother fish do?
b) How was the hook?
c) How did young fish die?
2. Read the
passage given below and answer the questions that follow. 10
The
match will be played between the four houses in the school. It will start after
school on Friday. We have requested Mr. Chulgen Chaudhary, our sports teacher
to help us conduct the match. Mr. Chaudhary is planning to ask three of our
senior students to help him. We are thinking of doing the preliminary round of
the match on Friday. We plan to do the quarter final and semi final on Monday
as it is a public holiday. The final will take place next Friday. The house
captains are thinking of forming volunteer team of students to maintain
discipline and help the match run smoothly. As Mr. Chaudhary has consented us,
we will be using the school playground and the ball as well as the net. We have
also requested MS. Manmaya. She is thinking of being the umpire for us.
Besides, she is planning to appoint two of the students to keep the score. We
hope the play will be great.
A. Write ‘T” for true
and ‘F’ for or false statements.
5x1=5
a) The match is going
to play between inter-houses in the school.
b) Mr. Chaudhary will
only support the students to conduct the match.
c) The
final match will take place coming Friday.
d) The volunteers
will participate in the sport to maintain discipline.
e) Mr. Chaudhary has
appointed MS. Manmaya as an umpire.
B. Answer the following questions: 5x1=5
a) Who
will participate in the match?
b) Who
is Mr. Chulgen Chaudhary?
c) Why have the
students decided to do quarter final and semi-final on Monday?
d) Where
will the match take place?
e) Who
will be the scorer of the match?
3. Read the passage and answer the following questions:10
A young man went into the town brought himself a pair of
trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to is bedroom and put them on. He
found that they were about two inches too long. He went downstairs where his
mother and his two sisters were washing up the tea things in the kitchen.
“These new trousers are too long,” he said. “They need shortening by about two
inches. Would one of you mind doing this for me?” His mother and sisters were
quite busy and none of them said anything. But as soon as his mother had
finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and
shortened the trousers by two inches. She came down stairs without saying
anything to her daughters. Later on,
after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s trousers. She was kind
hearted girl; so she went quietly up stairs without saying to anyone, and
shortened the trousers by two inches. The younger sister went to the cinema,
but when she came in, she, too, remembered what her brother had said. So she
ran upstairs with her scissors, needle and thread, and took two inches off the
legs of the new trousers. You can imagine the look on the young man’s face when
he put on the trousers on next morning.
A. Find words/phrase from the passage which have the similar meanings
to the following: 2x1=2
a)
require b)
evening meal
B. Rewrite the following sentences in the
right order:
6x0.5=3
a) Later each of his sisters also took two
inches off the trousers’ leg.
b) They were two inches long to him.
c) A young man bought a pair of trousers.
d) The
young man was shocked when he put on the trousers.
e)
His mother did as she was told to.
f) He
asked his mother and sisters to shorten them by two inches.
C. Answer these questions: 5x1 = 5
a) What
did the young man find when he got home put the trousers on?
b) What
did his mother sisters say when he asked them to shorten the trousers?
c) What
did the young man’s mother do when she had finished washing up the tea things?
d)
What did the sisters do to the trousers?
e) Did the young man find his trousers fit next
morning? How?
4. Read the passage and answer the following questions:15
The
first English attempts to colonize North America were controlled by individuals
rather than companies. Sir Humphrey Gilbert was the first Englishman to send
colonists to the New World. His initial expedition, which sailed in 1578 with a
patent granted by Queen Elizabeth was defeated by the Spanish. A second attempt
ended in disaster in 1583, when Gilbert and his ship were lost in a storm. In
the following year, Gilbert's half brother, Sir Water Raleigh, having obtained
a renewal of the patent, sponsored an expedition that explored the coast of the
region that he named "Virginia." Under Raleigh's direction efforts
were then made to establish a colony on Roanoke island in 1585 and 1587. The
survivors of the first settlement on Roanoke returned to England in 1586, but
the second group of colonists disappeared without leaving a trace. The failure
of the Gilbert and Raleigh ventures made it clear that the tasks they had
undertaken were too big for any one colonizer. Within a short time the trading
company had supplanted the individual promoter of colonization.
A. Write the words from the above advertisement
which are similar in meaning to the following words: 4x1=4
a. voyage b. an official right c. regeneration
d. replaced
B. Choose the correct answer from the
alternatives given and rewrite the
sentences. 5x1=5
a) According
to the passage, Sir Humphrey Gilbert _____.
i. never settled in North America.
ii. got a patent of his trading company from the
queen.
iii. fought the Spanish twice.
iv. died in 1587.
b) In _____ Sir Walter Raleigh's initial expedition set out for North
America.
i. 1577
ii. 1579 iii. 1582
iv. 1584
c) According the passage, the
following can be true about members of the first Roanoke settlement that,
_______.
i. they
explored the entire coastal region.
ii. some did
not survive.
iii. they
named the area "Virginia".
iv. most were
not experienced sailors.
d) The first English settlement on Roanoke Island was established in
_______.
i. 1578
ii. 1583 iii. 1585 iv.
1587
e) According to the passage, which of the
following statements about the second settlement on Roanoke Island is,
________.
i. Its settlers all gave up and returned
to England.
ii. It lasted
for several years.
iii. The fate
of its inhabitants is unknown.
iv. It was
conquered by the Spanish
C. Answer the
following questions: 3x2=6
a) Who was
Sir Humphrey Gilbert?
b) What happened to Gilbert’s second
attempt?
c) How did trading company come into?
5. One of your
classmates has been killed in plane crash while flying to Lukla. Write a formal
notice of condolence in a newspaper. 5
6. Write a readable
story by using the following given clues, giving to a suitable title and moral. 5
Wolf hungry……..sheep guarded by a
shepherd……. Wolf’s plan…….puts on a sheep’s skin ……..mixes with flock……….sheep
bleating ………….. wolf tries to bleat……only howls…..found out………killed by the
shepherd. Moral…….
7. Write a couple of
paragraphs about the heritage sites which you have recently visited. 6
8. Write
an essay on ‘Cell phones, means of learning tool’ in about 150 words. 8
9. Reproduce the
following sentences as indicated in the brackets. 6x1=6
a) Everyone
was present yesterday, ………? (question tag)
b) They
didn’t wear their caps. (into affirmative)
c) She speaks
English fluently. ( into yes/no question)
d) They have
painted the wall. (into future perfect)
e) The
teacher asked where I lived. (into direct speech)
f) He writes
a poem. (into passive)
10. Rewrite
the following sentences choosing the best alternatives from the brackets: 10x0.5= 5
Last week, I
went to see my friend ____ (who/whom/which) was badly injured in_____ accident
(a/an/the). He was travelling ____ a bus
(by/on/with) while the accident took place. It _______ before his journey
started (had been raining/ was raining/ rained). On the way, landslides
________ (was caused/ caused/ were caused) by heavy rain. He was so excited to
reach his home, ______ (was/wasn’t / didn’t) he? He seemed worried due to
weather condition. But driver told him not _____ (to worry /worry/worried) and
he would drive carefully. While one of the passengers _____ (was asking/ were
asking/ is asking) to reduce the volume of music the driver’s attention was
diverted. The bus fell down the road. If the passenger had not diverted the
attention of the driver the accident ____ (would not happen/would have not
happened/ would happen). In the accident, my friend got his leg ______ (break/
broken/ to break) and bruises on the body.
The end
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