SATYAWATI MEMORIAL ACADEMY

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT-4(2015-16)
CLASS IX (ENGLISH)
Q.1 You are Anand /Anandi .Write an article on topic All schools should make it a
compulsion to teach arts and music to its students noting the stress and unrest faced by
teenagers in about 120 words.(10 marks)
Q.2 Complete the paragraph given below by filling in each of the blanks with one word
only with the help of options that follow:
(6 marks)
Marita read the newspaper sitting(a)---------the library. She read about a woman (b)-------had climbed Mt.Everest .Marita said,May be, one day I(c)-------climb it too.
(a) (i) the
(ii)in
(iii)along
(iv)on
(b) (i)which
(ii)whose (iii)who
(iv)she
(c) (i)is
(ii)was
(iii)was
(iv)shall
Q.3 In the following paragraph ,one word has been omitted from each line.Write the
missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it, in
your answer sheet .Do not forget to underline the word that you have supplied.(7 marks)
BEFORE
WORD
AFTER
Walking very beneficial to us.
(a)
--------------------------We should get up early the morning
(b)
----------------------------and go for a walk. Those are
(c)
----------------------------Used to going for morning walks, will find it (d) ----------------------------Impossible to remain bed in the
(e) --------------------------Morning. For them it not so much
(f)
--------------------------an exercise but pleasure.
(g)
-------------------------Q.4 Complete the story .
When Raju reached his home from school , he saw a crowd gathered in front of it.
Shocked and disturbed ,he started running towards it. Many thoughts were flashing in his
mind------------------(about 100words)
(7marks)
Section B
Q-5. Give the explanation for the one of given extract:
Matha , the general , pattered along the
passage and then there came the
sound of voice speaking in an
undertone. Footsteps made themselves

heard in the passage. The door opened.

The head and shoulders of Major Percy
stokes insinuated themselves into the room.
OR
The field and the cloud are lovers
and between them I am a messenger of mercy .
I quench the thirst of the one.
I cure the ailment of the other.
Q-6.They were loved of truth, but they had realizes that there are times when truth must
be sacrificed . At any cost , the facts concerning Mr. Brambles profession must be kept
from Harold.
While he was a baby it had not mattered so much . But when he began to move
about and take notice . Mrs Bramble said to Mr. Bramble , Bill , we must keep it from
Harold,.
Answer the following question after reading above lines :1) What does the word they refer to in the passage ?
2) What was mr. Brambles profession ?
3) Why was it necessary to keep Bills profession a secret from Harold ?
Q-7. Answer the following questions (Do any three)
1) Why is the rain divine?
2) In this universe , rain performs.
3) Describe Mr. Bramble as he has been described in the story.
4) How did Harold come to know that his father was a boxer ?
Q- 8. Multiple choice Questions :
1) Mrs Bramble was a proud woman because
A) She was the wife of a famous boxer
B) She had motivated her husband
C) She was a good house wife
D) She was the mother of a child prodigy
2) The very naming of Harold had caused a sacrifice on his part The writers
tone here is
A) admiring
B) assertive
C)
satirical D) gentle
3) The tone and mood of the rain in the poem reflect its
A)love for the earth
B) desire to take revenge
C)merriment as it destroys
D)desire to look beautiful

SATYAWATI MEMORIAL ACADEMY

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT-4(2015-16)
CLASS IX (ENGLISH)
Q.1 You are Anand /Anandi .Write an article on topic All schools should make it a
compulsion to teach arts and music to its students noting the stress and unrest faced by
teenagers in about 120 words.(10 marks)
Q.2 Complete the paragraph given below by filling in each of the blanks with one word
only with the help of options that follow:
(6 marks)
Marita read the newspaper sitting(a)---------the library. She read about a woman (b)-------had climbed Mt.Everest .Marita said,May be, one day I(c)-------climb it too.
(d) (i) the
(ii)in
(iii)along
(iv)on
(e) (i)which
(ii)whose (iii)who
(iv)she
(f) (i)is
(ii)was
(iii)was
(iv)shall
Q.3 In the following paragraph ,one word has been omitted from each line.Write the
missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it, in
your answer sheet .Do not forget to underline the word that you have supplied.(7 marks)
BEFORE
WORD
AFTER
Walking very beneficial to us.
(a)
--------------------------We should get up early the morning
(b)
----------------------------and go for a walk. Those are
(c)
----------------------------Used to going for morning walks, will find it (d) ----------------------------Impossible to remain bed in the
(e) --------------------------Morning. For them it not so much
(f)
--------------------------an exercise but pleasure.
(g)
-------------------------Q.4 Complete the story .
When Raju reached his home from school , he saw a crowd gathered in front of it.
Shocked and disturbed ,he started running towards it. Many thoughts were flashing in his
mind------------------(about 100words)
(7marks)
Section B
Q-5. Give the explanation for the one of given extract:
Matha , the general , pattered along the
passage and then there came the
sound of voice speaking in an
undertone. Footsteps made themselves

heard in the passage. The door opened.

The head and shoulders of Major Percy
stokes insinuated themselves into the room.
OR
The field and the cloud are lovers
and between them I am a messenger of mercy .
I quench the thirst of the one.
I cure the ailment of the other.
Q-6.They were loved of truth, but they had realizes that there are times when truth must
be sacrificed . At any cost , the facts concerning Mr. Brambles profession must be kept
from Harold.
While he was a baby it had not mattered so much . But when he began to move
about and take notice . Mrs Bramble said to Mr. Bramble , Bill , we must keep it from
Harold,.
Answer the following question after reading above lines :4) What does the word they refer to in the passage ?
5) What was mr. Brambles profession ?
6) Why was it necessary to keep Bills profession a secret from Harold ?
Q-7. Answer the following questions (Do any three)
5) Why is the rain divine?
6) In this universe , rain performs.
7) Describe Mr. Bramble as he has been described in the story.
8) How did Harold come to know that his father was a boxer ?
Q- 8. Multiple choice Questions :
4) Mrs Bramble was a proud woman because
E) She was the wife of a famous boxer
F) She had motivated her husband
G) She was a good house wife
H) She was the mother of a child prodigy
5) The very naming of Harold had caused a sacrifice on his part The writers
tone here is
B) admiring
B) assertive
C)
satirical D) gentle
6) The tone and mood of the rain in the poem reflect its
A)love for the earth
B) desire to take revenge
C)merriment as it destroys
D)desire to look beautiful