NAME:                                                      R.NO                                                                              DATE : 22/12/2017

CLASS:  IX                                                WORKSHEET NO-08            

SUBJECT: ENGLISH                                 TOPIC- REVISION __________________________________________________________________________________________________

GRAMMAR

1.       Read the conversation and complete the passage given below.

a.       Nishant           :               Mr Verma, what’s happened to Shayam?

Mr Verma     :               He has left the company.

Nishant          :               Why has he done that?

Mr Verma     :               He asked me for a salary rise but I didn’t give him.

Nishant asked Mr Verma (a) ) _________________________________________________________. Mr Verma replied that(b) ________________________________________________________________________ . Nishant wondered (c)  __________________________________________________________________, to which Mr Verma replied (d)  ____________________________________________________________refused to give it to him.

b.       Teacher          :               Can you read what is written on this page?

Student          :               I can’t read all the words.

Teacher          :               Would you like to read them?

The teacher asked the student (a) _____________________________________________________. The student replied that (b) _____________________________________________________. The teacher then asked him (c)_____________________________________________________.

c.       Judge              :               What are you charged with?

Prisoner         :               Sir, for doing my Diwali shopping early.

Judge              :               But that’s not an offence! And how early were you exactly doing it?

Prisoner        :               Well, Sir! To avoid the rush, I thought it would be better if I completed it before the store opened.

The judge, being in a good mood before the Diwali festival, asked the prisoner (a)__________________________________________________. The prisoner, sensing his good mood, politely replied (b) _________________________________________________________. The surprised judge declared that (c) ___________________________________. He further inquired (d)_____________________________________. Humbly the prisoner replied that (e) ___________________________________, he had thought it would be better (f)________________________________________

2.        The following passage has not been edited. Identify the missing word.

Before                  missing                after

a.       Fresh vegetables be cooked to perfection in the                           (a) _____________________________________

microwave. They retain their full flavour,                                        (b) _____________________________________

nutrients and colour. Vegetables can be cooked in casserole 

dishes lids, stirring once during the cooking period.                    (c) _____________________________________

Roasting boiling bags can also be used for                                       (d) _____________________________________

some vegetables with the ends loosely closed.

3.       Identify the incorrect word and write the correct word.

                                                                                                                Incorrect                              correct

The famous monument was build by                                                 (a) _____________________________________

Shah Jahan in memory of her wife.                                                     (b) _____________________________________

Construction was complete in 1653.                                                   (c) _____________________________________

The architect, Isa Khan, comes from Shiraz.                                    (d) _____________________________________

The beauty of the dome are known throughout the world.      (e) _____________________________________

LITERATURE (Important questions)

a.       Why did the grandmother think of learning to read and write at the age of 62?

b.       What is your impression about Mrs Al Smith as portrayed in ‘Villa for Sale’?

c.       What made the narrator laugh and feel terrified in the end in the poem ‘Oh I Wish, I’d Looked After Me Teeth’?

d.       What did Harold ask his father to do for him?

e.       How did Quelch recognize the airplane?

f.        What made Triveni a very popular writer in the Kannada language?

g.       What does the poet want to convey by using the words ‘steal’ and ‘slide’ in the poem ‘The Brook’?

h.       What happened to the narrator when she thought of candies, lollies etc?

i.         Why does the convict steal the Bishop’s candlesticks?

j.         What made Pescud go to Coketown?

k.       What lesson we learn from the aspect of the rain?

l.         Lord Ullin’s daughter faces a dilemma ; what is it?

m.     How do men and women act as players on the stage of life?