Model Questions – IX (Set -03)
Subject – English (B)
Reading Seen
1. Read the poem and answer the following questions as directed:
I love to see the shaking twigs
Dance till the shut of eve,
The sparrow on the cottage rig,
Whose chirp would make believe
That Spring was just now flirting by
In Summer's lap with flowers to lie.
I love to see the cottage smoke
Curl upwards through the naked trees,
The pigeons nestled round the cote
On dull November days like these;
The cock upon the dunghill crowing,
The mill sails on the heath a-going.
The feather from the Raven’s breast
Falls on the stable lea,
The acrons near the old crow's nest
Fall pattering down the tree;
The grunting pigs, that wait for all,
Scramble and hurry where they fall.
A. Write the correct answer from the alternatives given below:
(i) The mill keeps on going to sail on- (a) the sea (b) battlefield (c) the river (d) Paddy field
(ii) The feather of Raven falls on- (a) the deserted land (b) flower garden (c) the river (d) harvested field
(iii) The pigs scramble and hurry where- (a) the rains fall (b) the snow falls (c) the feather falls (d) the acrons fall
(iv) The whole poem describes the mellowing beauty of- (a) Spring (b) Winter (c) Autumn (d) Summer
B. Answer the following questions:
(i) Where are the pigeons nestled?
(ii) What are acrons?
(iii) What do the pigs wait for?
Answer:
(i) The pigeons are nestled round the cote on the drab, insipid an uninteresting days of November.
(ii) The fruits that are grown in oak trees are called acorns.
(iii) The pigs wait for the acrons falling down the tree.
Reading unseen
2. Read the following and answer the questions that follow:
The largest animals in the world are, undoubtedly, the whales. They belong to a family of mammals known as cetaceans. Unlike fish, whales are warm-blooded animals. They can breathe in the air. And they give birth to their own children.
Scientists believe they evolved from four-limbed terrestrial mammals, although they are now the most adapted for underwater life. It is difficult to study whales. Because they are long-lived, reproduce slowly and most of them are highly migratory. The Pacific gray whale, for example, migrates from Alaska to Mexico each year, traveling about 20,000 kilometers a year.
Most whales live to approximately 40 years of age though others, such as the Fin, can live to be ninety. Bow-head Wales may be especially long lived.
A. List the characteristics that differentiate Whales from the fish. Write in complete sentences.
(i) ______________________________________
(ii) ____________________________________
(iii) ____________________________________
B. Tick the correct alternative:
(i) The scientists believe that long ago the whales were – (a) land animals (b) land mammals (c) worm- blooded
(ii) The whale noted for its long migratory habits is – (a) Pacific grey whales (b) Bowhead whales (c) Fin whales
(iii) Long lived whales are- (a) Pacific grey whales (b) fin whales (c) bow head whales
Grammar
3. Answer the following questions:
A. Choose the most appropriate phrases from the list below and complete the following sentences. All are not necessary.
(i) Neil is terribly __________ mice and cockroaches.
(ii) I have no _________ any food now.
(iii) Don't __________ others.
(iv) The boy refused to go to Mumbai but his father________ he’s going
(List: find fault with, appetite for, insisted upon, depends on, afraid of, angry with)
B. Do as directed:
(i) A baby that has been well fed will be healthy. (Shorten the sentence by removing the Relative Clause)
(ii) The rotten mangoes must be discarded. (Expand the sentence by using a Relative Clause)
(iii) A key was hidden in the flower vase. The thief found it. (Join the two sentences with Adjective Clause)
(iv) He was very small. He could not reach up to the branches of the tree. (Use ‘so ………. That’ to join the sentences)
(v) He saw the children playing. (Turn it into a Complex Sentence)
(vi) I noticed that a bird was flying freely. (Turn it into a Simple Sentence)
C. Replace the underlined words with words opposite in meaning.
(i) It was a large lovely garden.
(ii) The Giant grew very old and feeble.
Writing Skill
4. The flow chart below is about the preparation of mustard oil. Use the points to write the process on how mustard oil is prepared. (In about 100 words)
[Points: mustard seed collected – kept in a stored place to dry - use those in a crushing machine - a little water should be added - oil extracted - separate the oil cakes - oil stored in containers – sealed the containers - ready for use - sell in a market]
Answer: Click here
5. Write a paragraph on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose with the points of your own.
Answer: Click here
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