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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA No.1 JIPMER CAMPUS , PUDUCHERRY

WORK SHEET No.1 in ENGLISH

( 2016-2017 )

(1. HOW I TAUGHT MY GRANDMOTHER TO READ )

CLASS IX C Max.Mks.:68

1.Rewrite the given paragraph after putting appropriate punctuation marks. (10 mks.)

triveni was a popular writer in the kannada language one of her novels called kashiyatre was appearing as a serial in the kannada weekly karmaveera then it is the story of an old lady and her ardent desire to go to kashi or Varanasi most hindus believe that going to kashi and worshipping lord vishweshwara is the ultimate punya

2.Find out the missing letters to frame words meaningfully. ( 7x1=7 mks.)

a) MAG—Z --- --- E

b ) EMBA--- --- A --- ---- ED

c)T --- --- T ---ON

d) OB---TAC--- ----

e) TOM--- ---- ---- OW

f) IM --- E---I----T---LY

g) CON---- ---- D----NT----Y

3.Give ‘ one word ’ for many words.(5x1=5 mks.)

a) Showing care and effort in work or duties - --------------------------------------

b) A point in time by which something must be done - -----------------------------------

c) Showing strong feelings. - -----------------------------------------------

d) Enjoying an experience slowly in order to appreciate it as much as possible. - ------------------------------

e) Chief character of a story-- ---------------------------------------------

4.What made Triveni a popular writer ? (2mks.)

Ans.

5.How do you know grandmother was desperate to know what happened in the story? (2mks.)

Ans.

6.Why couldn’t grandmother study in her childhood? (2mks.)

Ans.

7.”So more than anybody else she was the one most interested in knowing what happened next

in the story and used to insist that I read the serial out to her.”

a) Who is ‘she’ in these lines? (1mk.)

Ans.

b) What is the name of the story? (1mk.)

Ans.

c) What is the name of the weekly in which the story appeared? (1mk.)

Ans.

d) Who is ‘I’ in the above lines? (1mk.)

Ans.

8.”Unfortunately for Kannada literature, she died very young. Even now after forty years,

people continue to appreciate her novels.”

a) Who is the speaker here? (1mk.)

Ans.

b) Who is she in the first line? (1mk.)

Ans.

c) Her novels are still read by people because------------------------------------------------

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9.”My Grandmother Krishtaka never went to school , so, she couldn’t read. Every Wednesday,

the magazine would come and I would read the next episode of this story to her.”

a) What magazine is referred to here? (1mk.)

Ans.

b) Which story is mentioned here? (1mk.)

Ans.

c) Why did Krishtaka take interest in the story? (1mk.)

Ans.

10.”We are well –off, but what use is money when I can not be independent .”

a) Who is the speaker? (1mk.)

Ans.

b) What does this line suggest about the speaker ? (1mk.)

Ans.

c) What does the phrase ‘ well-off ’ mean ? (1mk.)

Ans.

10. How did Triveni ’s death leave a void in Kannada literature ? (2mks.)

LONG -ANSWER QUESTIONS

11. Sudha Murthy’s main characters in all her books are highly educated, non-compromising,

highly principled women. Justify this statement with reference to ‘How I Taught My

Grandmother To Read ’. (4mks.)

12. “We are well off, but what use is money when I can not be independent.”Do you agree with

the speaker ? What is more important --– money or knowledge? What gives you more

satisfaction---money or independence ? Elaborate. (4mks.)

13. Imagine you are Grandmother. How did you feel when your granddaughter gave you

the novel ‘ Kashi Yatre’ ? (4mks.)

14. Give a character sketch of the Grandmother highlighting her dedication and determination

to achieve her target. (4mks.)

15. We must keep up the tradition of paying respect to a teacher .Elucidate it in the light of the

story. (4mks.)

16. “For a good cause if you are determined, you can overcome any obstacle. ”

Justify the statement in the light of the story. (4mks.)


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( 2. A DOG NAMED DUKE )


1.Rewrite the given paragraph after putting appropriate punctuation marks. (3 mks.)

when two fellows stare at each other day in day out and one cant move and the other cant talk boredom sets in duke finally couldnt take it from a motionless coil on the floor hed spring to his feet quivering with impatience

2.Find out the missing letters to frame words meaningfully. ( 9x1=9 mks.)

a) H --- E M --- R---H---- G E

b) R A ---- ----- A G ---- O ---- S

c) R A M ----U N ---- T I --- U S---E S S

d) C ---- N F ---- N ---- M ---- N T

e) HE --- D Q ---A ---- ----- ERS

f) S C R ---- ---- C H

g) S T U --- BO ---- N ---- E S -----

h) N---IG---- B O ---R

i) E N D ---R --- N ---- E

3.Give ‘ one word ’ for many words.(7x1=7 mks.)

a) a medical condition involving bleeding in the brain - --------------------------------------

b) you call a person this if she/ he has pale gold coloured hair - ----------------------------------

c ) a condition which is serious , uncertain and dangerous. - -----------------------------------------------

d) a state in which one is forced to stay in a closed space . - ------------------------------

e) a loud deep shout to show anger - ---------------------------------------------

f) this is a quality which relates to high energy and noise . --------------------------------------

g) a tendency to show violent and wild behaviour often causing damage.- --------------------------

4. Duke was an extraordinary dog. What special qualities did he exhibit to justify this ? (2mks.)

5. In 1953, Hooper was a favoured young man. Explain. (2mks.)

6 . What problems did Chuck present when he returned to the company head quarters ? (2mks.)

7. Hooper made a big move on Jan. 4th. What was that? (2mks.)

8 . What had caused Hooper , a favoured young man to be confined to bed ?(2mks.)

9. How did Duke get Chuck to get on to his feet ? (2mks.)

10.”Back in the company’s headquarters, Chuck’s move presented problems…When a man fights

that hard for a come back, who wants to tell him he can’t handle his old job ?”

a) Who was Chuck Hooper ? (1 mk.)

b) What was his old job?(1mk.)

c) Why couldn’t he handle his old job?(1mk.)

11. Compare and contrast the character of Charles Hooper before and after the accident.(4mks.)


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( 3. THE BROOK )


1.Write ‘one word’ for many words .(5x1=5mks.)

a) Places frequently visited by -_______________________________

b) Flow down with a lot of noise-______________________________

c) Sound made when one talks gaily-___________________________

d) Land left uncultivated to regain fertility -_______________________

e) Emerge suddenly-__________________________________________

2.Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow.(35 mks.)

A. “ I chatter, chatter, as I flow

To join the brimming river,

For men may come and men may go,

But I go on forever .”

a) Who does ‘I’ refer to in the given lines? (1mk.)

Ans.

b) Why does it chatter? (1mk.)

Ans.

c) What is the destination of ‘I’ in the poem? (1mk.)

Ans.

d) Why has the poet used the word ‘brimming’? What kind of a picture does it create? (2mks.)

Ans.

e) Explain the last two lines of the stanza with the poetic technique adopted by the poet.(2mks.)

Ans.

f) Identify the rhyme scheme of the given stanza. (2 mks.)

Ans.

g) Which poetic device is used by the poet in the first and the third lines ? Explain.(2mks.)

Ans.

B. “ I wind about and in and out

With here a blossom sailing,

And here and there a lusty trout

And here and there a grayling

And here and there a foamy flake.”

a) What does the word ‘ wind ’ mean in the first line ? (1mk.)

Ans.

b) What kind of movement does the brook have in this stanza? (1mk.)

Ans.

c) What does the brook carry with it? (2mks.)

Ans.

d) What do you mean by ‘ lusty trout ’? (1mk.)

Ans.

C. “ I slip, I slide, I gloom , I glance,

Among my skimming swallows ;

I make the netted sunbeam dance

Against my sandy shallows .”

a) Who is ‘I’ here? (1mk.)

Ans.

b) Identify the poem and the poet. (2mks.)

Ans.

c) What does the netted sunbeam mean? How does it dance? (2mks.)

Ans.

d) Which poetic device is used by the poet in ‘I’ ? (2mks.)

Ans.

1. Describe the journey of the brook in the mountainous terrain. (4 Mks.)

2. Draw a contrast between the transitory existence of man and the eternal and permanent

existence of the brook . (4 Mks.)

3. The poem “The Brook” marvels in its audio-visual imageries. Describe any two of them. (4 Mks.)


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( 3. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN )


1.Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow.

A. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveller, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;”

a) What do the roads represent ? What is the poetic device used by the poet

here ? (2mks.)

Ans.

b) What does ‘ diverged ’mean ? (1mk.)

Ans.

c) The poet looked down one as far as he could .What does ‘one’ refer to?

Why did he look down it so ? (2mks.)

Ans.

d) Why did the poet feel sorry ? (1mk.)

Ans.

e) What is the tone of the poet ’s feeling here? (1mk.)

Ans.

f) What is the rhyme scheme of the given lines ? (1mk.)

Ans.

B. “Then took the other , as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim.”

a) What does the ‘other’ refer to ? Why did the poet take it? (2mks.)

Ans.

b) What difference does this choice make in the life of the poet? (2mks.)

Ans.

C. “ I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence …”

a) Name the poem and the poet. (2mks.)

Ans.

b) What will the poet be telling ? (2mks.)

Ans.

c) Why do you think the poet will be telling ‘this’ with a sigh ? (2mks.)

Ans.

d) What is the reality the poet wishes to convey to future generation? (2mks.)

Ans.


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( 5. THE SOLITARY REAPER )


1.Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow.

A. “ Behold her ,single in the field,

Yon solitary highland lass !

Reaping and singing by herself ;

Stop here, or gently pass !”

a) Identify the poem and the poet. (2mks.)

b) Where is he at the moment ? (1mk.)

c) What caught his attention ? (1mk.)

d) What is the poet’s state of mind as evident in the lines? (1mk.)

B. “Will no one tell me what she sings ?

Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow

For old , unhappy, far off things,

And battles long ago:

Or is it some humble lay,

Familiar matter of today?”

a) Who is she here? What was she doing ? (2mks.)

b) What does the word ‘perhaps’ convey ? (1mk.)

c) What makes the poet guess about the song ? (1mk.)

d) What does the phrase ‘plaintive numbers’ refer to ? (1mk.)

e) What is, according to the poet , the song about ? (2mks.)

C. “ A voice so thrilling ne’er was heard

In spring time from the cuckoo bird,

Breaking the silence of the seas

Among the farthest Hebrides.”

a) What is the effect of the voice of the cuckoo on the listener ? (2mks.)

b) What is Hebrides ? (1mk.)

c) What does the voice of the cuckoo bird break? (1mk.)

D. “No nightingale did ever chant

More welcome notes to weary bands

Of travellers in some shady haunt ,

Among Arabian sands .”

a) Why does the nightingale sing ? (1mk.)

b) What is the ‘shady haunt ’ in the desert ? (1mk.)

c) Why does the poet refer to the nightingale ? (2mks.)

2.SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS (2mks.each)

a) What comparison does Wordsworth make when he listens to the solitary reaper’s song? Explain.

b) The poet was greatly moved by the song of the solitary reaper . Explain.

3.LONG- ANSWER QUESTIONS(4mks.each)

a) Music has the power and quality of transcending man-made barriers. Justify the statement

in the context of the poem .

b)’The Solitary Reaper ’describes a memorable experience of William Wordsworth. Describe.


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( 6. LORD ULLIN’S DAUGHTER )


1.Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow.

A. “O haste thee, haste ! ” the lady cries,

“Though tempests round us gather,

I’ll meet the raging of the skies,

But not an angry father . ”

a) Name the poem and the poet. (2mks.)

b) Where is the lady mentioned in the extract? Why? (2mks.)

c) Why has the word ‘haste’ been repeated in the first line? (1mk.)

d) Why does she prefer meeting the ‘raging skies’ to meeting her ‘angry father ’? (2mks.)

B. “ By this the storm grew loud apace,

The water-wraith was shrieking;

And in the scowl of heaven each face

Grew dark as they were speaking.

But still as wilder blew the wind .”

a) What form did the water in the stormy weather assume?(1mk.)

b) What happens in nature as they are talking? (2mks.)

c) Who are ‘they’ here? (1mk.)

d) Which poetic devices are used here? Explain.(2mks.)

C. “Come back! Come back!” he cried in grief

“Across this stormy wate :

And I’ll forgive your highland chief,

My daughter!-O my daughter !”

a) Who is the speaker? When is it being spoken? (2mks.)

b) What wrong had the highland chief committed? (1mk.)

c) What is the mental state of the speaker? (1mk.)

D. “And fast before her father’s men

Three days we’ve fled together,

For should he find us in the glen,

My blood would stain the heather.”

a) Who is the speaker of these lines? (1mk.)

b) Who does ‘we’ in the second line refer to? (2mks.)

c) Why did they seek the help of the boatman? (1mk.)

d) What is meant by ‘heather’? (1mk.)

E. “His horsemen hard behind us ride;

Should they our steps discover,

Then who will cheer my bonny bride

When they have slain her lover?”

a) Who is ‘his’ in the first line? (1mk.)

b) Who does ‘us’ refer to? (1mk.)

c) Explain ‘cheer my bonny bride.’ (2mks.)

d) What poetic device can you find in this stanza?

Explain with examples. (2mks.)

2. SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION. (2MKS.)

a) Do you think Lord Ullin’s daughter was right in her decision to defy her father ? Justify your answer.

Ans.:

3.LONG-ANSWER QUESTION (4mks.)

a) Imagine you are one of the chiefs of the cavalry riding behind Lord Ullin. You and your men ride

for three days at the end of which you reach the shore. Narrate your experience as you

witnessed a father lament.


( 2016-2017 )

( 7. VILLA FOR SALE )


1. Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow.

A. “Don’t be aggravating, please! If you don’t want the house ,tell me so at once

and we’ll say no more about it .”

a) Who is the speaker of these lines? (1mk.)

Ans.

b) What character trait of the speaker is reflected here? (1mk.)

Ans.

c) Who is ‘you’ here? (1mk.)

Ans.

B. “You are an exception. French men usually have to consult about ten people

before they get a move on. Listen! Do you or don’t you want to sell this house?”

a) Who is ‘you’ here? (1mk.)

Ans.

b) Who is the speaker here? (1mk.)

Ans.

c) How does the speaker rate the Frenchmen ? (2mks.)

Ans.

d) Why is the listener an exception? (2mks.)

Ans.

C. “ What’s more ,they would bring the whole tribe of your sister’s children with them.”

a) Who does ‘ them’ refer to? (2mks.)

Ans.

b) What does the tribe mean ? (1mk.)

Ans.

c) What does the above line suggest about Gaston ? (1mk.)

Ans.

D. “You folks are queer. You think about the past all the time .We always think

about the future.”

a) Who is the speaker ? (1mk.)

Ans.

b) Who do the words ‘you’ and ‘we’ stand for ? (2mks.)

Ans.

c) What does the word ‘queer’ mean? (1mk.)

Ans.

E. “ But the sign has been hanging on the gate for over a month now and I am

beginning to be afraid that the day I bought it was when I was the real fool.”

a) Who is ‘I’ in the above extract ? (1mk.)

Ans.

b) What sign is she talking about ? (2mks.)

Ans.

c) Why does she think she was a real fool? (2mks.)

Ans.

F.”That was a month ago and now I have only one thought that is to get the

wretched place off my hands.”

a) Who is the speaker here? (1 mk.)

Ans.

b) What is being referred to here? (1mk.)

Ans.

c) What does ‘wretched’ mean ? (1mk.)

Ans.

SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS

1.Gaston was indeed a clever businessman .Explain. (2mks.)

Ans.

2.Why is Mrs. Al Smith interested in buying Juliette’s villa ? (2mks.)

Ans.

3.Mention any two characteristics of Gaston ’s personality which makes him a

better businessman than Juliette. (2mks.)

Ans.

LONG-ANSWER QUESTIONS

1.Do you think Mrs. Al Smith was a proud lady who was in a hurry to buy the villa ? Explain.(4mks.)

Ans.

2. As Jeanne, describe how your husband is not only a hypocrite but also

an unprincipled deceitful person. (4mks.)

Ans.

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