9th TERM-1 REVISION

LETTER WRITING

1. You are Padam, office in-charge at Vayusena School, Sant colony, Vishakhapatnam.
Place an order of stationery items for the school office to Modern store, New Market,
Vishakhapatnam.
2. Write a letter to M/s. Oxford Publishing House, London complaining that the books sent
by them were not those you had ordered for. Ask for a replacement. You are Varun Joshi,
Sector-20, Chandigarh.
Story writing:
1. Mahesh wrote only a few lines and couldn’t complete the story he wanted to write. Taking
help from the given input, and basing it on the beginning Mahesh made, write a complete
story.
A woodcutter was chopping down trees on the bank of a river. His hands were so much wet
with his sweat that he lost his grip………..
Outline: Axe fell down into river…….. couldn’t swim….. unhappy at his misfortune and
wept…… God of Forests appeared……….. promised to get back his axe……. dived………
came out with an axe of gold… “not mine”……… dived again……… came out with silver
axe …….. “not mine” said woodcutter…… dived again……… came out with woodcutter’s
axe…….. “this is my axe”……. truly honest…….. rewarded all three axes to the woodcutter.

Short answers
1. What kind of teacher did Margie and Tommy have?
2. What do you think a telebook is?
3. Write down Evelyn message for the people all over the world?
4. How is a shehnai different from a pungi ?
5. Why did kezia’s father intend to punish her?
6. How did Macdonald family spend their time?
7. What was the effect of albert’s letter on the American President?
8. Why did Albert’s playmates call him brother bored brother Hampton the doctor
when he was sitting on his chair?
9. Where did the two roads diverge?
10. What are the things have been thrown down by the wind?
11. What should we do when the wind does not listen to us?
12. What flashes through the poets mind when it rains?
13. Where is the poet standing? How is it different from Innisfree?
14. Mention 3 things the poet wants to do when he goes back( lake isle of innisfree)
15. Why did st Peter arrive at the door of the little woman’s cottage?
16. How did st Peter cursed the little woman?
17. What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
 18. Enlist the things the boy asked his parents to buy for him.
19. Toto got into kitchen kettle. Why did he do so?
20. What toto did in the lunch time?
21. In what way iswaran helped mahendra?
22. What kinda of books did iswaran read?
23. How was the disciple saved from his doom?
24. What are the gurus words os wisdom?
Grammar
Choose the correct option:
1. Neither of the houses ___________(is/are) worth much.
2. The news ____________(seems/seem) more and more depressing every day.
3. The dog ____ (is/are) chasing the cat.
4. The government ________(was/were) criticised by the Supreme Court for their actions.
Complete the sentences with the use of the verb given in the brackets
(Is,was, were, is,is,has,has)
6. Keeping a pet (a) ……………………. the best way to fight loneliness. But clean and
comfortable ……………………. housing for them (b) ……………………. essential. If they (c)
……………………. carnivores, a high protein diet (d) ……………………. required. Veterinary
appointments (e) ……………………. a must. They (f) ……………………. wonderful pets and
(g) ……………………. quite affectionate. They (h) ……………………. you entertained for

Read the conversation between a teacher and student and complete the passage that follows.
1. Biology Teacher: I instructed you to draw the diagram of bacteria. Why did you submit a
blank sheet?
Sameer: Sir, I had drawn the diagram of bacteria, but you can’t see it because it is not
visible to the naked eye
The biology teacher had instructed Sameer to draw the diagram of a bacterial cell and asked him
(a) ……..… a blank sheet. Sameer respectfully answered that he had drawn the diagram but (b)
…….…. to the naked eye.

2. Marie: Did you see my new umbrella? Isn’t it fine?

Tony: Yes, it is! Did you buy it from the mall?
Marie: No, your father has brought it for me.
Marie asked her son Tony (a) …………… and she wanted to know whether it was a fine one.
Tony agreed and asked his mother (b) …………… His mother replied in the negative and added
that (c) ……………
Choose the correct options to fill in the blanks to complete Venu’s narration.
I saw Supanddi standing in the field. When I -(A)_______ doing there, he -(B)________ he was
trying to win a Nobel prize. I was confused and enquired how standing in the rice field would
help him do so. He stumped me by saying that he -(C)_______ won Nobel prizes had all been
outstanding in their fields!
(A) (a) exclaimed what he was

(b) told him what he was

(c) asked him what he was (d) says to him about what
(B) (a) ordered that

(b) refused that

(c) questioned that

(d) replied that

(C) (a) has heard that people who has

(b) was hearing that people who were

(c) had heard that people who had

(d) did hear that people who had

Complete the blanks with use of the determiners given in the bracket

Bon Appetit – With Flowers

Flowers are not only beautiful and fragrant, they are often also edible. Indians have always
relished eating flowers and (a) …………………………… (some/one) of the delicacies of
Bengali cuisine is fritters made of pumpkin flowers. (b) ……………………………
(one/another) flower widely eaten in the north-east is the banana flower which is made into a
number of dishes.

Today, eating flowers is catching on in a big way. Apart from the cauliflower and broccoli, there
are (c) …………………………… (various/some) other edible flowers too. In (d)
…………………………… (any/some) western countries, crystallized flowers are used as
decoration for cakes and puddings. Lavender flowers have (e) ……………………………
(much/many) uses. They are used for making lavender water as well as in custards and ice
creams. (f) …………………………… (many/any) herbs like rosemary, thyme, and basil are
used for garnishing and flavor.

Detail answer:
1. Write a note on the element of humour in the story the snake and the mirror.
2. Kezia slept one night with her father and changed her opinion about him. What was her
opinion about her father before? What change did take place?
3. Iswaran narrated ghost stories to his master, Mahendra, which created fear in Mahendra’s
mind. Was it right on the part of Iswaran to create fear in Mahendra’s mind?
4. Why did Saint Peter cursed the woman?
5. How does the poet capture the sights and sounds of the Lake Isle of Innisfree?
6. Bring out the contrast and similarities between the two roads mentioned in the poem.
7. How does the poet use wind as a symbol in relation to human beings?
8. Fools cannot continue with their follies for long. How can you justify this statement in
relation to the story?