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SA 2 english question paper class 9

Answer 1

(SECTION-B)

(Writing & Grammar)
3.Trees are being cut daily. Forests are being destroyed to provide space for houses, industries and roads. All this is greatly harming the environment. In an article for your school magazine, describe in 100­-120 words, the harms caused by deforestation and the steps to be taken to check it.

4.Based on the following outlines, develop a short story in 150-200 words :
Vaibhav goes for camping_____ gets up early one morning______ decides to go
for a walk in the jungle____ meets a group of aliens_____ befriends them_____
aliens invite him to visit planet_______ accompanies them_______ stays for two
days_____ has wonderful time_____ returns two inches tall_____ parents and
friends surprised_____ narrates experience.

5.Choose the most appropriate options from the ones given below to complete the following paragraph
A forty year old man (a)___________ and six others (b)____________ when the van in which they (c)___________ overturned after colliding with a truck last evening.
(a)(i) killed (ii) was killed (iii) was killing (iv) killing
(b)(i) were injured (ii) injured (iii) had been injured (iv) injury
(c)(i) travel (ii) travelled (iii) were travelling (iv) travel

6.The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space provided against the correct blank number
. Error Correction
Teachers tend to respect hard work or high(a) ——- ——-
quality work. Did your best to keep your(b) ——- ——-
grades up.
Show them that you had put in a (c) ——- ——-
lot of time or effort.(d) ——- ——-

7.Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows. Write the answers against the correct blank numbers in your answer sheet. Do not copy the whole sentences.
Ramu : What do you want to do ?
Sham : I want to go dancing.
Ramu : I don’t know how to dance.
Sham : Don’t worry. It’s easy.
Ramu asked Sham (a)_________ . Sham told him (b)_________ . Ramu told him (c)_________ . Sham told him not to worry as it was easy..

(SECTION-C)

(Literature Textbook & Long Reading Text)

8.Read one of the extracts given below and briefly answer the questions that follow :
Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
(a)Why is this stage called a ‘second childishness’ ?
(b)What is meant by “that ends this strange eventful history” ?
(c)What is meant by the word, ‘oblivion’ ?
Or
“Whenever one of us shone, the Professor outshone him”.
(a)Which quality of the Professor is spoken about in the above lines ?
(b) How did the speaker benefit from the Professor as a co-trainee ?
(c) WTiat is meant by the word, ‘outshone’ ?

9.Answer the following questions in about 30 to 40 words each :
(i)Why are the candlesticks important for the Bishop ?
(ii)Why did Harold ask for a picture of his father ?
(iii)What does man do at the lover’s stage of life in the poem, ‘The Seven Ages’ ?
(iv)The poet repents that she had been too careless. Which two actions should she have taken in order to avoid cavities ?

10.Answer the following question in about 80-100 words :
Marie’s role in the play helps us to understand the Bishop’s greatness and Persome’s simplicity. Discuss.
Or
Was Corporal Turnbull’s decision to assign cookhouse duties to Private Quelch a form of revenge or a just action ? Discuss the values Corporal Turnbull should have possessed in his treatment of Professor.

11.Answer the following question in about 150-200 words.
How does Gulliver describe the litigation in England to the Master Horse ?
Or
Pedro De Mendez emerges as one of the most attractive characters of the book. Comment.
Or
‘Montmorency had a fight with the kettle during tea time’. Narrate the incident in your own words..
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