KIDS COLLEGE

periodic 1 Examination (2019-20)

CLASS: 9

Subject : English date:

Max. Marks: 50 time:

General Instructions:

 Marks will be deducted for untidy work.

 Paper is divided into different sections; mention the section properly before solving it.
 Write correct serial numbers from question paper.
 Write answer to the given word limit.
 Do neat and tidy work.
 READING:10 MARKS
 GRAMMER:20 MARKS
 LITERATURE:20MARKS

Q.1 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below : ((1×5=5 Marks)

PASSAGE 1

People moan about poverty as a great evil and it seems to be an accepted belief that if people had plenty of
money, they would be happy, and get more out of life. As a rule there is more genuine satisfaction in life and more
is obtained from life in the humble cottage of the poor man than in the palace of rich men, who are attended by
servants and governesses at a later stage. At the same time I am glad to think they do not know what they have
missed. It is because I know how sweet and happy and pure the home of honest poverty is, how free from
perplexing care and social envies and jealousies, how loving and united the members are in the common interest
of supporting the family that I sympathise with the rich man’s boy and congratulate the poor man’s son. It is for
these reasons that from the ranks of the poor so many strong eminent self-reliant men have always sprung. If you
read the list of the “Immortals who were not born to die” you will find that most of them have been poor.
Questions & Answers :

1. What is the popular notion about poverty?

2. Where can one get more genuine satisfaction in life ?

3. Why does the author pity the rich man’s boy?.

4. Find two other words in the passage with similar meanings to ‘confusing’ and self - dependent.

5. How has the author compared rich with the poor? What is his conclusion?

Q.2 (A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below : (1×5=5 Marks)

Character is destiny. Character is that on which the destiny of a nation is built. One cannot have a great nation with
men of small character. We must have young men and women who look upon others as the living image of
themselves as our Shastras have so often declared. But whether in public life or student life, we cannot reach great
heights, if we are lacking in character. We can not climb the mountain when the ground at our feet is crumbling.
When the very basis of our structure is shaky how can we reach the heights we have set before ourselves? We
must all have humility. Here is a country which we are all interested in building up for whatever service we take up,
we should not care for what we receive. We should know how much we can put into that service. That should be
the principle which should animate our young men and women. Ours is a great country, we have had for centuries
a great history. The whole of the East reflects our culture.

Questions & Answers :

1. What is the passage about?

2. What kind of young men and women must we have?
3. How can we reach the great heights we have set before ourselves?
4. (a) We must have humility. (Use auxiliary of advice) 1 (b) We cannot reach great heights. (Add a question tag) ?
5. Why is ours a great country ?

Section-B( WRITING SKILLS And GRAMMER:16 MARKS)

Q2.you are rashmi/Rohan.Recently,You came across a news items about the lack of fitness and stamina
among children.they fall down or faint during assembly and games period.Write an article for a
newspaper highliting the importance of games,sports and physical fitness for students in about 100-150
words. (7 mark)

Q3The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line which a blank is given. Write
the incorrect word and the correction in your answer, sheet against the correct blank number. The first
has been done as an example. (8×1=8 Marks)
PART-A
correct Incorrect
You will have your hair cut very short in the e.g. will must
first month. After that you might grow it (a)………. ……….
longer but it shall never touch your collar. (b)………. ……….
Your uniform should be neat but clean too. (c)………. ……….
A student is expect to be neat and clean. (d)………. ……….

PART- B
An inter-school football match is been been being
organised among our school and City (e) …………….. ……………..
Montessori School. The match will be playing (f)……………… ……………
on 18th March on are school grounds (g) ………………. ……………
since 5 p.m. onwards. (h) ……………… ……………

Look at the words and phrases below. Rearrange them to form meaningful sentences to make readable passage. Write the
correct sentences in the space provided. (1×5=5 Marks)
(a)love / of others / good manners / and / win the / respect
(b) when / best / they can / one is / be learnt / young
(c)saves us / turns away / soft answer / anger and / a / a pitfall / from many
(d)who is / stranger / respectful / a person / even / like
(e) sure / in life / they / passport / are a / for success

(Section-C) ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE

Q5. Read the extract and answer the question that follow in one or two lines: (4×1=4 Marks)

"What did God make fathers for? 'she sobbed."

Q1.Who is 'she"?Why was she sobbing?
Q2.what kind of a man did she think her father was?
Q3.What impression do you get of the speaker?
Q4. Name the lesson and its author?

Q6.Answer the following question in 30-40 words each: (2×5=10 Marks)

Q1.What kind of the teachers did Margie and Tommy have?

Q2.Justify Bismillah khan as a true Hindustani?
Q3.Describe the character of the little boy's parents?
Q4.why was Toto not introduced to grandmother?
Q5.Inculcate regarding the road taken b y the Robert frost?

Q7.Answer the following Question in about 100-150 words: (3×2=6 Marks)

Q1.What is the central theme of the poem "Road not taken"? Expalin?
Q2.Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think that the old kind of school must have been
fun?
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