SUYASH CLASSES

Std.: 9 (English) English Marks: 25

Date: 14-Jul-2025 Time: 1 hour
Chapter:
Language Study
Q.1 1) Make a meaningful sentence by using the given phrase. (1)
To be wary of

Ans. I am wary of people who are too sweet to me in the first meeting.

2) Find hidden words from the following word (1)

Complicated

Ans. Complicate, coated, laced, lited, place, placed

3) Write 2 sensible words using the letters given in the word (1)
Accidentally

Ans. Accident, tally, dental, citadel, tallied

4) Write direct / indirect narration: (2)

The Boy’s mother : Do not grumble, dear son. Your triple great grandfather had to do much more when he was
your age. (Rewrite in indirect narration)

Ans. The Boy’s mother reprimanded her son and told him that his triple great grandfather had to do much more
when he was the son’s age.

Q.2 Read the following extract carefully and complete the activities given below: (10)

After some days, Elizabeth informed William that she wanted the family to
move to a safer place. Their current camp was not only exposed but also
very dry and hot. If they built a house up in one of the large trees, they would
be safe from jackals. She described a perfect tree for the project, one whose
trunk was nearly forty feet in diameter. The branches were very long and
extended straight out from the trunk, making them perfect platforms for a
structure. Later, when determining the height of the lowest branches, the
father taught the boys geometry and how to use triangles to measure big
objects. He measured a defined distance from the trunk, then he calculated
angles using several measured rods, determining that the lowest branch was
thirty feet off the ground.
The men knotted a rope at certain intervals and attached pieces of
bamboo in each knot. Thus, they created their ladder. Father returned to the
beach and collected driftwood, thinking it would be perfect to build a ‘sledge,’
on runners rather than wheels. Later, they used it to transport materials.
Meanwhile Elizabeth announced that the garden she had been tending
was producing healthy plants. Corn, melons pumpkins, and cucumbers were
already growing. The next day, only the father and Fritz travelled to the
woods, exploring and finding such exotic plants as one with waxy fruit, from
which candles could be made. Fritz discovered a tree exuding a rubbery
sap, from which his father claimed that they could make boots.

1 A1) .. 2
 Rearrange the events in order of their occurrence.
(i) The boys made ladders.
(ii) The family built a tree-house.
(iii) Elizabeth wanted to shift to a safer place.
(iv) Elizabeth started gardening.
Ans. (iii) Elizabeth wanted to shift to a safer place.
(ii) The family built a tree-house.
(i) The boys made ladders.
(iv) Elizabeth started gardening.
A2) .. 2
Why did Mother wish to shift the family to a tree-house?
Ans. (i) Mother wished to shift the family to a tree-house because their camp was not only exposed but
also dry and hot.
(ii) She knew that the tree house would also keep them safe from jackals.
A3) .. 2
Find the word from the passage that means the following.
(i) wood that has been washed to the shore by a water body.
(ii) stripes or blades on which something slides.
(iii) Giving out, emitting
(iv) very different, unusual
Ans. (i) driftwood (ii) runners
(iii) exuding (iv) exotic
A4) .. 2
Do as directed.
(1) The men knotted a rope. (Add a question tag)
(2) Father returned to the beach and collected driftwood. (Use the noun form of the underlined word)
Ans. (1) The men knotted a rope, didn't they?
(2) Father returned to the beach and made a collection of driftwood.
A5) .. 2
Personal response.
Have you ever tried any kind of gardening? What was it like and what kind of plants did you grow?
Ans. When I was in Std. VIII, we were given a science project of growing three types of plants, one of a
fruit, one of a vegetable and one of a flower. I took up the seeds of a strawberry, a cucumber and a
marigold. I planted them in three different pots and watered them daily. Strawberries grew after two
months. Cucumbers came up after three and a half weeks. Small marigold flowers bloomed after four
weeks. We consumed the strawberries and cucumbers and they turned out very tasty.
Q.3 Read the following extract carefully and complete the activities given below: (5)

What though death at times steps in,

And calls our best away?
What though sorrow seems to win,
O’er hope a heavy sway?

Yet Hope again elastic springs,

Unconquered, though she fell,
Still buoyant are her golden wings,
Still strong to bear us well.

Manfully, fearlessly,
The day of trial bear,
For gloriously, victoriously,
Can courage quell despair !

1 A 1) .. 2
 State whether the given statements are true or false.
(i) Death calls our Best away -
(ii) Sorrow conquers hope forever -
(iii) The day of trial cannot be borne fearlessly -
(iv) Courage can suppress despair -
Ans. (i) True (ii) False (iii) False (iv) True
A 2) .. 2
Answer the following.
What does the poet mean by sorrow seeming to win over hope?
Ans. The poet observes that often we come across situations in life when we have to face depressing
circumstances which make us plunge into oceans of sorrow. No words of consolation or hope seem to
pacify us. It is almost like sorrow has won over hope, gained control over it. We need to come out of
such situations and be positive that good times will soon follow.
A 3) .. 1
And calls our Best away? (Identify and explain the figures of speech.)
Ans. Euphemism - The line refers to death taking away our dear ones. The poet uses the word calls,
uses a mild term to actually mean that we lose our dear ones when death takes them away.
Q.4 New Report (5)
Q.4 Mumbai’s air pollution level skyrockets after Diwali. (5)

Q.4 Ans. . (5)