Class 9 English Half Yearly Paper

                                               [Section-A]

Read the following comprehension passage and answer the questions briefly:

A 92 year-old lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock with perfect makeup, even through she is blind, moved to an old age home. Her husband recently passed away. She didn't even have children too. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby she smiled sweetly when she was ready. She was provided a visual description of her tiny room.

        "I love it," stated with the enthusiasm of an eight years old having just been presented with a new puppy. "But ........but Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room," said the attendant. "That doesn't have anything to do with it,' she replied. "Hapiness is something you decide, I have already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning I wake up. I can spend the bed in day, recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that don't work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, as a long as I am alive I'll focus on the new day and the happy memories I've stored away, just for this time in my life. ' The attendant was touched by the elderly woman's sense of cheer and boundless enthusiasm.

       On the basis of the reading of the passage, answer the questions.

1. Why did the old woman move to an old age home?

2. How did she react when the attendant gave a description of the room she had to live in?

3. What resolution did she make when the woke up every morning?

4. What does the story tell about the old woman?

       From the passage, find out the one word substitute for the following explanations:

1. Give an account of

2. Unlimited 

       Find the antonyms of the following words from the passage:

1. Whole

2. Dead

                                               [Section-B]

Define any two with examples.

1. Quantifiers

2. Active voice

3. Present perfect tense 

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

1. My brother usually _________(play) football on Saturday, but this weekend he ________(go) camping instead.

2. The train _______(leave) before I _______(reach) the station, so I had to wait for the next one.

3. Right now, she ________(read) a novel, but she ________(finished) her essay before night.

4. I ________(wait) for thirty minutes when it suddenly _______(start) to rain.

5. By the time you ________(arrive), we ________(eat) our lunch.

Choose the correct determiners.

1. _________ umbrella is yours? (Which/What/Those)

2. _________ students finished the assignment. (All/Little/This)

3. She had not got ________ water in her bottle. (Much/Many/These)

4. _______ apple a day keeps the doctor away. (An/A/The)

Change into passive voice.

1. The student submitted their essays.

2. The manager approves the application.

3. The children are flying kites.

4. The company has started a new project.

Write a paragraph in about 100-120 words on any on of the given topics.

1. The best book I have ever read

2. A visit to a pilgrimage.

Write a diary entry on any of the given topics.

1. My brother's birthday party 

2. Hindi diwas in my school 

                                                [Section-C]

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.

Margie was scornful, "school? What's there to write about school? I hate school." Margie always hated school but now she hated it more than ever.

1. How did Margie feel when told about school?

2. Why did Margie says, "What's there to write about school?"

3. What was her concept about school at first?

4. After her geography tests. She started to _________.

Answer the following questions in 30-40 words.

1. Explain the role of percussionist Ron Forbes in Evelyn's journey.

2. How did Kezia's view of her father change by end of the story?

3. Where did Bismillah Khan play shehnai on 15 August 1947? Why was the event histone?

4. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai school in the USA?

5. What does the poet say the wind god winnows?

6. What are the things that child saw on his way to the fair?

7. What does the list child interest in the things that he wanted earline?

8. Toto was a preety monkey' In what sense is a Toto pretty?

Answer the following questions in 100-120 words.

1. Compare the attitude of child before and after his separation from his parents.

2. Ishwaran served his master Mahendra with devotion and honesty. Do you think he was an ideal servant to his master.