CLASS-IX

UNIT-4

ENGLISH - PAPER-1

ANSWERS

PART-A

Q.NO.1 (A comprehension passage followed by 3 questions from Reading-A)

1.

i) Read the following passage.

a) Red Indians
b) Buying or selling the sky.
c) around the Pacific Coast bay in America

ii.

a) Chief Seattle’s

b) White settlers

c) That the land is sacred

iii.
a) canoes

b) White settlers

c) the kindness that they give to his brother.

iv.
a) All living things, animals, trees and human beings.

b) the air he breaths

c) the white man

v.
a) The white man must treat the beasts of that land as his brothers.

b) Chief Seattle

c) How the smoking iron horse (a train) can be made more important than the buffalo
 Q.NO.2 (A comprehension passage followed by 2 questions from Reading-A)

Read the following lines. 2x1=2

i.

a) nothing
b) All living things, animals, trees and human beings

ii.

a) to treat the earth as a mother.

b) the children of the white people.

c) same thing happens to all the living things on the earth.

iii.
a) The Red Indians

b) All living things, animals, trees and human beings

iv.
a) man

b) human beings

v.
a) death

b) God

Q.NO.3 (A comprehension passage followed by 3 questions from Reading-B)

i.

a) Bright and sparkling

b) Flowers and foliage

c) Like a child at play.

ii.
a) The river.

b) Louder, faster, brawling, leaping,

c) Like an impetuous youth.

iii.
a) the river

b) the ocean

c) mortal prime

iv.
a) the river

b) the ocean

c) eternity.

v)
a) On the river’s way.

b) The river grows in its size in its journey to the ocean.

c) The river

Q.NO.4 (A comprehension passage followed 2 questions from Reading-B)

Read the following lines. 2X1=2

i.
a) the river

b) river with full of water.

ii.
a) the river

b) Rushing river
iii.
a) The river finally meets the sea

b) with out end.

iv.
a) The ocean

b) In the beginning the river is small and narrow. It is going through flowers and plants. So
the poet compares it to a child.

v.
a) the river.

b) the river

Q.NO.5 (A comprehension passage followed 3 questions from Reading-C)

Read the following lines.

i.

a) The middle aged man

b) the old house
c) the old house

ii.

a) taking all the things that a can give.

b) the middle aged man
c) because it was a old one.

iii.

a) the young girl.

b) the middle aged man.
c) in front of the old house

iv.
 a) the middle aged man
b) the little girl
c) because he used to live in that old house.

v.

a) The middle aged

b) On the bench under the mango tree in the old house.
c) He used to live in that house and wanted to see it once again

Q.NO.6 (A comprehension passage followed 2 questions from Reading-C)

Read the following lines and answer the following questions. 2x1=2

i.

a) The middle aged man and the little girl

b) On the bench under the mango tree in the old house.
He used to live in that house twenty five years ago.

ii.

a) the middle aged man

b) the little girl

iii.

a) the little girl

b) the middle aged man

iv.

a) The middle aged man

b) Marbles, a book, a few old coins.

v) ‘And the Iron Cross? Do you still have it?’

a) the middle aged man

b) his grand father

7. (Conversation. A. based on the 3 reading texts of all units. B. Description based on 3 reading texts
of all units)
 i)
a) Imagine that you were Chief Seattle. Some contractors came to your place to cut down the trees. Write
a possible conversation between you and the contractors.
Chief Seattle Good Morning.
Contractors Good Morning.
Chief Seattle Who are you and why did you come here?
Contractors We are here to cut down the trees in this area and level the ground.
We have taken up this contract.
Chief Seattle Who asked you to do so?
Contractors The American Government. You can see the orders.
Chief Seattle What are they going to build here?
Contractors A new rail road.
Chief Seattle What do you mean by a rail road?
Contractors The rail is a vehicle. It does not go on land. It moves on an iron track. It
moves much faster than the cars and busses.
Chief Seattle But for that we are cutting down thousands of trees. We are
destroying the flora and fauna of this area.
Contractors Yes. We have to. Otherwise we cannot build a rail road.
Chief Seattle I don’t know the advantages of your trains but we are going to lose a
lot with it.
Contractors What is it?
Chief Seattle We are going to have environmental imbalance.
Contractors What do you mean by environmental imbalance?
Chief Seattle You are going to cut down the trees. As a result thousands of birds and
animals are going to lose shelter. Our rain fall is also going to be
affected. As a result this area will become desert soon.
Contractors We don’t know all these things. The government ordered us to cut
down trees.
Chief Seattle O. K. We will talk to the government.

(OR)

b)

They are going to take away lands from my people and me. This is a chance for me to express our ideas
and feelings. I have to echo the thoughts of my people. My speech should move the white rulers. They
are behaving in a silly way. How can one buy and sell land. They say that they would by this land from
us. How can they buy if we are not owners of this land? The earth is not a single person’s property.
For that matter trees and animals also have a share in it. So far I have thought that we are savage and
we don’t understand many things. Now it is clear that these white rulers much worse than us.
Anyhow, I have to resonate our voice tomorrow.
 ii)

a)

The little girl What are you looking at?

The middle aged man I’m looking at the house
The little girl Why? Do you want to buy it?
The middle aged man Is it your house?
The little girl It’s my father’s
The middle aged man What is your father?
The little girl He’s a colonel
The middle aged man O.k. But I don’t want to buy it.
The little girl If you don’t want to buy the house, what are you looking at?
The middle aged man I used to live here once.
The little girl Really?
The middle aged man Yes, twenty five years ago.
The little girl You want to buy it back now?
The middle aged man No, I don’t want to buy it back. How long have you been living here?
The little girl For three years. Would you like to come in and look more closely?
The middle aged man Wouldn’t your parents mind?
The little girl They’ve gone to the club.’ They won’t mind.
The middle aged man Thank you.
The little girl You are welcome.

(OR)

b)

This is the house I lived for many years. I lived here as a boy and as a man. The old house hasn’t
changed much. It was built with solid blocks of granite and wasn’t altered at all. But there was a new
outhouse, and there were fewer trees. The turnstile that used to be here has gone. Oh! The jackfruit tree is still
there. I remember the music of a piano, the chiming of a grandfather clock, the constant twitter of budgerigars
on the veranda, grandfather cranking up the old car. I kept my valuable in the shallow of the jackfruit tree.
Marbles, A book, A few old coins I’d collected. Those memories are still fresh in mind. Those are great days. I
can’t get back those days again.

8.

(Diary entry. a. based on the 3 reading texts of all units. B. Writing script for a speech based on the 3
reading texts of all units.)
 i)

a)

Friday, 18 August 2016

9 pm

Dear Diary

Tomorrow is going to be great day for our race. It is going to change our lives completely. The white rulers are
going to take away lands from my people and me. This is a chance for me to express our ideas and feelings. I
have to echo the thoughts of my people. My speech should move the white rulers. They are behaving in a silly
way. How can one buy and sell land. They say that they would by this land from us. How can they buy if we
are not owners of this land? The earth is not a single person’s property. For that matter trees and animals also
have a share in it. So far I have thought that we are savage and we don’t understand many things. Now it is
clear that these white rulers much worse than us. Anyhow, I have to resonate our voice tomorrow.

Chief Seattle.

(OR)

b) Good morning to the Head master, my respected teachers and my dear friends. The topic of my speech
is Environment. Environment is the surrounding in which we live. It is the source of life. Our whole life is
dependent to the environment. It directs our life and determines our proper growth and development. Good
or bad quality of social life depends on the quality of our natural environment. The need of human beings for
food, water, shelter and other things depends on the environment around us. There is a balanced natural cycle
exists between environment and lives of human beings, plants and animals. Human society is playing vital role
in degenerating the natural environment which in turn negatively affects the lives on this planet. All the human
actions in this modern world directly impact the whole ecosystem.
All the actions have brought a big change in this planet which resulted in many environmental
problems. Increasing demand of technologies and industries in the modern time impacts the nature.
The increasing invention of new technologies has changed the interaction of people with environment
which permits more population to grow. Some of the environmental problems are rapid growth in
world population, deteriorating natural resources, diminishing forests and wetlands, erosion of soil and
coral reefs, depleting underground water, regular shortage of fresh drinking water, vanishing plants, in
Africa, Asia, Latin America and Middle East. Some other issues are loss of biodiversity, rapid extinction
of some important animal species, collapse of fisheries, rising air and water pollution, rise in
atmospheric temperature, thinning of ozone layer, spoiling rivers, seas and underground resources.
So we must awake and try our level best to protect the environment.
 ii)

a)
Friday, 18 August 2016

9 pm

Dear Diary

Today is a memorable day for me. I never forget this day. Today I visited the house where we used to live
twenty five years ago. The house has not changed much. A colonel’s family is living in that house now. The
colonel and his wife went to the club. Their little girl has talked to me. She cordially invited me into the house.
The jackfruit tree is still there. There I kept my treasures then. The little girl climbed the tree and gave my
treasures back to me. It’s wonderful day. I never forget this day.

xxxxxxx

(OR)

b) Prepare a speech on ‘importance of planting and protecting trees.

Respected head master, learned teachers and my dear friends,

I am delighted to share my ideas on the importance of planting trees today,
How does planting trees help the environment? Why planting trees is important to reduce global warming?
This is what we are precisely going to talk about. According to the environmental protection agencies, planting
trees is a must if we want to save our planet. Trees not only remove harmful chemicals from the soil, but also
help reduce the greenhouses leading to global warming. Go on and see how planting trees helps the
environment.

Advantages of planting trees in reducing global warming

1. An average size tree creates sufficient oxygen in one year to provide oxygen for a family of four.
2. Planting trees in the right place around buildings and homes can cut air-conditioning costs up to 50 percent.
3. Planting trees for the environment is good as they are renewable, biodegradable and recyclable.
4. If we plant 20 million trees, the earth will get with 260 million more tons of oxygen.
5. Once acre of trees can remove up to 2.6 tons of Carbon Dioxide each year.
6. During photosynthesis, trees and other plants absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.
7. Trees keep in cheek the air and water pollution.
8. Why planting trees is important is evident as they are the natural habitat of the animals and birds, as well as
many endangered species.
9. Planting trees means more wood and paper products which can be easily recycled.
10. A newly planted whole forest can change tones of atmospheric carbon into wood and other fibrous tissue,
thus reducing global warming.
So, start digging immediately if you have the means to plant a tree.

Thank you very much

 PART – B

GRAMMAR
9) (Editing a passage correcting the underlined parts) (Unseen) 5 × ½ = 2½ M

i) a. is b. about c. and d. on e. her

ii) a. and b. on c. the d. he e. was

iii) a. the b. in c. businessmen d. were e. poorly-dressed
iv) a. to b. him c. whispering d. some e. and
v) a. a b. in c. recalled d. was e. for

10) (Cloze Test with five blanks) (M.C.Q.) (Unseen) 5 × ½ = 2½ M

i.
(1) b

(2) b

(3) a

(4) d

(5) b

ii.

1. b
2. d
3. c
4. a
5. b

iii.

(1) c

(2) c

(3) d

(4) d

(5) c

iv.

(1) a

(2) b

(3) d

(4) c
 (5) c

v.

(1) c

(2) a

(3) b

(4) b

(5) d

11) (Combine the following sentences using "If". ) (Textual) (1)

i) If we do not own the freshness of air and the sparkle of water, how can you buy them from us?
ii) If you teach your children to respect it, we will sell you land.
iii) If the white man treats the beasts of this land as his brothers, we will decide to accept.
iv) If the middle aged man had not lived in that house, he would not have gone to see it again.

v) If he had not been old, he could have climbed the tree.

12) Change the following sentences into passive voice. (Textual) (1)

i) What is being looked at by you?

ii) The house is being looked at by me.
iii) It was not understood by her.
iv) Your offer to buy our land will be considered by us.

v) Thousands of rotting buffaloes on the prairie have been seen by me.

13) Change the following sentence into reported speech. (Textual) (1)

i) She asked what he was looking at.

ii) He said that he was looking at that house.
iii) He asked her if it was her house.
iv) She said that it’s not funny.
v) She asked if he would like to come in and look more closely.
14) Rewrite the following sentences using "No sooner (or) Scarcely (or) Hardly. (Textual)(1)
i)

No sooner had they arrived at the station than the train came.

Scarcely had they arrived at the station when the train came.

Hardly had they arrived at the station when the train came.

ii)

No sooner had they asked for help than we did our best.

Scarcely had they asked for help when we did our best.

Hardly had they asked for help when we did our best.

iii)

No sooner had I got up from the bed than I took my bath.

Scarcely had I got up from the bed when I took my bath.

Hardly had I got up from the bed when I took my bath.

iv)
No sooner had the sun rose than the fog disappeared.
Scarcely had the sun rose when the fog disappeared.
Hardly had the sun rose when the fog disappeared.

v)

No sooner had he finished his studies than he got a good job.

Scarcely had he finished his studies when he got a good job.

Hardly had he finished his studies when he got a good job.

15) Combine the following sentences using adverbs like "as/since." (1)
i) As he was middle aged, he could not climb the tree.

Since he was middle aged, he could not climb the tree.

ii) As he lived in that house, he went to see it again.

Since he lived in that house, he went to see it again.

iii) As he wanted to look it closely, he went inside.

Since he wanted to look it closely, he went inside.

iv) As he could not climb the tree, the little girl climbed on to it.
Since he could not climb the tree, the little girl climbed on to it.

v) As he is a savage, he does not understand any other way.

Since he is a savage, he does not understand any other way.

16) Combine the following pair of sentences using "after or before". (1)

i)

The parents of the little girl had gone to the club before he went to the house.

He went to the house after the parents of the little girl had gone to the club.

ii)
He had looked at the house before the little girl asked him what he wanted.
The little girl asked him what he wanted after he had looked at the house.
iii)

They had asked me before I helped them.

I helped them after they had asked me.

iv)

They allowed the train to move after the engineer had inspected the engine.

The engineer had inspected the engine before they allowed the train to move.

v)

Everybody praised them after they had won the gold medal.

They had won the gold medal before everybody praised them.
17) Giving advice or suggestion basing on the given context. (1)

i)
My dear friend you should fasten the seat belt when you sit in the car.
Or
My dear friend you had better fasten the seat belt when you sit in the car.
ii)
My dear friend you are only sixteen years old. You should not drive a car.
Or
My dear friend you are only sixteen years old. You had better not drive a car.

iii)
My dear friend you should write legibly.
Or
My dear friend you had better write legibly.

iv)
My dear friend you should check in two hours before the flight starts.
Or
My dear friend you had better check in two hours before the flight starts.
v)
My dear friend you should join a sports school.
Or
My dear friend you had better join a sports school

18) Changing a sentence into a polite request. (1)

i) Excuse me sir, could you please tell me your name.

ii) My dear friend, could you please tell me your address.

iii) Excuse me sir, could you please tell me where you are going to.

iv) Excuse me sir, could you please tell me what the bus fare to Tirupathi is.
v) Excuse me, could you please open the window.

19) Choosing a right phrase (MCQ) to say in the given context.

i) b (ii) b (iii) b

20) What does the underlined sentence mean? Tick the right answer. 2x½=1

(i) a (ii) d