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ENGLISH LANGAUGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST (ELAT)

Anju Sharma
Research Scholar, Panjab University Chandigarh
INSTRUCTION:
The purpose of this test is to measure 9th class students’ performance in English. The test is comprised of 48
items/questions on three different dimensions of English Language i.e. A) Reading, B) Writing Skills with
Grammar and C) Literature/Textbooks and Long Reading texts. Each question is followed by several
possible answers. Please read them carefully. You have to select most appropriate option/answer mentioned
against each question and put a () mark against that answer in the separate answer sheet provided to you.
Please don’t write anything on this question booklet. Information furnished by you will be kept confidential
and will be used for research purpose only. So you are requested to provide your responses intelligently and
frankly.

PART A: READING
Q.A1. Read the following passage carefully-
Failures are our teachers. They draw our attention to our weakness. They make us think over the causes of
our setbacks. We remove those causes. We make improvement. We gain success. Let us have a look at the
lives of great men. They reached the peak of success only after climbing along the steps of failures.
Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Rana Pratap, Edison- all had to face many failures. But they learnt
lessons from those failures. Ultimately they gained success in their tasks. Human history itself shows the
value of failures. Man started his life in the jungle. Today he has reached the moon. The leap from the
jungle to the moon wasn’t a sudden one. There were lots of hurdles and setbacks. But man went on learning
lessons from his failures. And he used his failures as stepping stones to success!

Read the questions (1to 6) given below and answer carefully as per the reading of above passage-
Q. 1. What are failures to us?
a) Our teachers b) Our students
c) Great men d) Rana Pratap
Q. 2. What do they make us think over?
a) Our weakness b) Our failures
c) Causes of our setback d) Our success
Q.3. How did great men reach the peak of success?
a) after setbacks b) after improvements
c) after climbing along the steps of failures. d) after doing task
Q.4. Which leap wasn’t a sudden one?
a) leap from ordinary man to great man b) leap from failures to success
c) leap from success to failures d) leap from jungle to the moon.
Q. 5. Which word in the passage means ‘defeats’?
a) steps b) leap
c) setbacks d) stepping stones
Q. 6. In what way man used his failures?
a) as hurdles’ b) as stepping stones to success
c) as setback d) as learning lessons

Q.A2. Read the following stanza carefully and answer the questions (7 to 12) with given options
respectively.
Wind, come softly.
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
There, look what you did- you threw them all down.
Q.7. What is the name of the poem?
a) The Snake Trying b) Wind
c) On Killing A Tree d) Rain on the Roof
Q.8. Whom does the poet address in the poem?
a) a girl b) a boy
c) wind d) a cat
Q.9. What does the poet ask the wind to do?
a) to throw down the books b) to break the shutters of the windows
c) to blow softly d) to scatter the paper
Q.10. What does the poet ask the wind not to do?
a) not to break the shutters of the windows b) not to scatter the papers
c) not to throw down the books d) all above
Q. 11. Which word in the stanza means ‘ thrown here and there’
a) softly b) shutter
c) scatter d) break
Q. 12. What does the poet ask the wind to look?
a) to look the broken shutters of the windows b) to look the paper
c) to look the books d) to look how it threw all things down.

PART B: WRITING SKILLS WITH GRAMMAR

Directions Q. 13 to 15: Choose the correct tense form of the verb to complete each sentence.
Q. 13. This road ------- to Delhi.
a) leads b) leading
c) was lead d) none of these
Q.14. Don’t disturb her. She ------her homework.
a) does b) is doing
c) will do d) none of these
Q. 15. What is the name of that picture which you------on the wall?
a) look at b) is looking at
c) are looking at d) none of these

Directions Q. 16-18: Choose the correct passive voice of following active voice sentences.

Q. 16. He killed a snake.

a) He was being killed a snake b) A snake was being killed by he.
c) A snake was killed by him d) A snake had been killed by he.
Q.17. I write a poem.
a) A poem is written by me. b) A poem wrote by me.
c) By me was written a poem. d) A poem write I.
Q. 18. Please wait for me.
a) You request me for wait. b) You are requested to wait for me.
c) Please for me wait. d) You are ordered to wait for me.

Directions Q. 19 to 21: Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.

Q. 19 The pen is ------the table.
a) at b) on
c) over d) upon
Q.20. Take your shoes------
a) of b) off
c) with d) at

Q. 21. The boy jumped ---- the well.

 a) upon b) into
c) over d) at
Q. 22. Select the subject in the following sentence:
The bell has rung.
a) has b) rung
c) The bell d) None of these
Q. 23. Select the noun:
a) I b) you
c) we d) Kavita
Q. 24. Select the personal pronoun in the following sentence:
I am playing cricket.
a) playing b) cricket
c) I d) am

Directions Q. 25 & 26: Identify the conjunction in the following sentence.

Q.25. Man proposes but God disposes.
a) proposes b) man
c) God d) but
Q. 26. Catch me if you can.
a) if b) me
c) you d) can

Directions Q. 27:Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunction:

Q.27. Is this my book ----yours?
a) or a) and
b) but b) or

Q. 28. Select the adjective of quality in the following sentence:

Mohan is an intelligent boy.
a) Mohan b) an
c) boy d) intelligent
Directions Q. 29-30:Fill in the blanks with appropriate models:
Q. 29. How -------- you talk to me like this?
a) might b) dare
c) may d) will
Q. 30. --------- God bless you with a son!
a) will b) may
c) should d) can

PART C:
LITERATURE/TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXTS

Q. 31. Who found a real book?

a) Tommy b) Margie
c) The County Inspector d) Margie’s grand mother

Q. 32. What challenge did Evelyn Glennie face?

a) She was completely blind b) She was profoundly deaf
c) She was dumb d) She was lame
Q.33. Which instrument is associated with Bismillah Khan?
a) Tabla b) Sitar
c) Xylophone d) Shehnai
Q. 34. Where does the traveler find himself?
a) at a cross road b) in a dense forest
 c) where two roads diverged d) where there were no roads ahead
Q. 35. What was child’s favorite sweet?
a) Gulab jamun b) Rasgulla
c) Burfi d) Jalabi
Q. 36. Toto was the name of a?
a) baby tiger b) baby monkey
c) kitten d) hare
Q. 37. What was the name of the “little girl” in the story?
a) Rani b) Kezia
c) Sophia d) Razia

Q. 38. What did Einstein’s classmates and other children call him?
a) brother boring b) brother playful
c) brother funny d) brother guide

Q. 39. What did saint Peter ask the old lady?

a) to give him some money b) to give him a single cake
c) to give him a glass of water d) to give him a clock to cover his body

Q. 40. What was the name of Mahendra’s cook?

a) Iswaran b) Ganesh
c) Ramu d) Krishna
Q. 41. Complete the sentence- Everything costs the same, one_________________________
a) Rupee b) Duddu
c) Frank d) Dollar

Q. 42. Complete the sentence as per your reading of the poem “No Men Are Foreign”. Remember
they have ___________like ours that wake or sleep
a) hands b) eyes
c) nose d) ears
Q. 43. Who praised a Kangaroo?
a) Duck b) Crow
c) Tiger d) Dog
Q. 44. What was the profession of the narrator in the story “The Snake and The Mirror”?
a) Writer b) Story-teller
c) Doctor d) Teacher
Q. 45. What was the name of Abdul Kalam’s fathers?
a) Jainulabdeen b) Salman
c) Muhammad d) Hussain

Q. 46. Complete the sentence-It takes much time to kill a tree, Not a simple______ of the knife will do
it.
a) stroke b) jab
c) point d) sword
Q. 47. What was Behrman’s masterpiece?
a) painting of a leaf b) painting of a fruit
c) painting of an actor d) painting of an girl

Q. 48. Maria Sharapova is a player of

a) hockey b) badminton
c) tennis d) cricket
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Part A (1-12) Part B (13-30) Part C (31-48) Total

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