First Summative Evaluation : 40 marks (April) Internal Formative Evaluation: 10 Marks

Textbook: ‘Bliss’

Lesson—
1. Tales of Bhola Grandpa – Manoj Das
2. Autumn-John Clare
3. All about a dog-A.G Gardiner
4. A Day in the Zoo-Gerald Durrell
Grammar And Vocabulary—
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First Summative Evaluation
Class 9 Sub- English
Time – 1hr 30mins. F.M – 40

Section-A
Reading Comprehension (Seen)

1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions:

I was travelling in a bus. It was a bitterly cold night and even at the far end of the bus the east wind cut like a knife. The bus stopped and two women and a man got in together and filled the vacant places.
The younger woman carried a little Pekinese dog. The conductor came in and took their fares. Then his eyes rested on the beady eyed dog. I saw trouble coming up. This was the opportunity for which the conductor had been waiting and he intended to make the most of it.
I had marked him as the type who had a general vague grievance about everything. He seemed to have a particular grievance against passengers who came and sat in his bus while she shivered at the door.

A. Tick (✔) the correct answer from the given alternatives: 1×2=2

(i) The little Pekinese dog was carried by-
(a) the conductor
(b) the narrator
(c) the younger woman
(d) the male co-passenger

Ans. (c) the younger woman

(ii) The conductor had been waiting for-
(a) job (b) opportunity (c) passenger
(d) fare

Ans. (b) opportunity

B. Answer the following questions in fifteen words: 1×2=2

(i) How was the weather that night ?

Ans. The weather was bitterly cold that night.

(ii) When did the conductor’s eye fall on the beady eyed dog ?

Ans. When the conductor came to take the fare his eyes fell on the beady eyed dog.

C. Answer the following question within twenty-five words: 2×1 = 2

When did the author feel that trouble was coming up ?

Ans. When the conductor’s eye fell on the beady eyed dog, the author felt that trouble was coming up.

2. Read the stanza carefully and
answer the questions:

I love the fitful gust that shakes
The casement all day,
And from the mossy elm-tree takes
The faded leaves away,
Twirling them by the window pane With thousand others down the lane.

A. Tick (✔) the correct answer from the given alternatives: 1×2=2

(i) The poem, ‘Autumn’, is a kind of-
(a) metaphysical poem (b) ballad
(c) war poem (d) nature poem

Ans. (d) nature poem

(ii) The poem, ‘Autumn’, describes the beauty of-
(a) a countryside (b) a hill side
(c) a rural festival (d) the urban life.

Ans. (a) a countryside

B. Answer the following questions within fifteen words. 1×2=2

(i) Where do the faded leaves ultimately lie ?

Ans. The faded leaves ultimately lie down the lane.

(ii) What did the ‘fitful gust’ take away ?

Ans. The ‘fitful gust’ took away the faded leaves from the elm tree.

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

3. Read the following passage and answer the questions:

Once upon a time a dog and a donkey were good friends. One day they were travelling together. There was a basket on the donkey’s back and the basket was full of tasty bread.
Walking a long distance, both of them Sahaj lesson became very tired and hungry. The donkey enjoyed eating grass on the roadside. But the dog could not do that. So the dog repeatedly requested the donkey, “I am very hungry and I cannot eat grass. So please give me a piece of bread. If you do not give me it, I will die.” But the donkey was very cruel.
So he said, “It is impossible for me to give you bread.” On hearing this the dog was disappointed and went aside. At that moment there came a ferocious wolf. It was about to attack the donkey. So, being afraid, the donkey that was very heartless, now requested the dog to stand by him but the dog refused to save him from the wolf. At last the wolf killed the donkey.

A. Tick (✔) the correct one from the given alternatives: 1×2=2

(i) The basket on the donkey’s back was full of-
(a) cotton (b) bread (c) sand
(d) salt.

Ans. (b) bread

(ii) The donkey enjoyed to eat grass from-
(a) valley (b) riverside (c) lawn
(d) roadside

Ans. (d) roadside

B. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements. Supply relevlant supporting statement: (1+1)x2=4

(i) The donkey was very kind-hearted. (F)
SS : But the donkey was very cruel.

(ii) The wolf killed the dog. (F)
SS : At last the wolf killed the donkey.

C. Answer the following questions in about 25 words (any one): 2×1=2

(i) How did the dog and the donkey become tired?

Ans. For walking a long distance, the dog and the donkey became tired.

(ii) What was the donkey carrying ? What did the donkey request on seeing the wolf?

Ans. The donkey was carrying a basket with tasty bread.
On seeing the wolf the donkey requested the dog to stand by him.

Section-B

Grammar & Vocabulary

4. Fill in the blanks with suitable article and preposition: 1×2=2

Now ______ rains are over, you are free ______ heat also.

Ans. the, from

5. Choose the correct answer.1×2=2

(a) The most important thing for a citizen is simply to be a good man-
(i) Simple Present
(ii) Future Continuous
(iii) Simple Future
(iv) Present Perfect

Ans. (i) Simple Present

(b) Someone has stolen my watch-
(i) Future Perfect
(ii) Past Perfect
(iii) Present Perfect
(iv) Simple Present.

Ans. (iii) Present Perfect

6. Do as directed: 1×6=6

(a) Has it ever been tried by them? (Change the voice)

Ans. Have they ever tried it ?

(b) “Climb up! little boy”, said the tree. (Change the mode of narration)

Ans. The tree urged the little boy to climb up.

(c) They went to Delhi to attend the function. (Make it complex)

Ans. They went to Delhi as they wanted to attend the function.

(d) I accept your offer. (Use ‘acceptable’)

Ans. Your offer is acceptable to me.

(e) Shankar is so intelligent that he doesn’t need any advice. (Use ‘too’)

Ans. Shankar is too intelligent to need any advice.

(f) Tuhin is the best boy in the class. (Use comparative degree of the underlined word and rewirte)

Ans. Tuhin is the better then any other boy in the class.

Section-C

Writing Skill

7. Write any one of the followings: 10

(i) Write a letter in about 100 words to your friend telling him/her to be compassionate to animals.

(ii) Study the following flow chart and write a paragraph on how a school magazine is published.
[Formation of a magazine committee-invitation of articles from students and teachers-submission of articles-editing-selection of best writings-sending to press-printing and binding-delivery of magazines to school-distribution.]

Ans. A school magazine is an essential part of a school. First of all, a magazine committee is formed. Then a notice is put up inviting students and teachers to submit their contributions. After that, manuscripts containing various articles on poems, stories, essays, literature, etc. are collected from the teachers and students.
Then they are thoroughly screened and if necessary additions, alternations, and omission are done. After that, the arranged manuscripts are sent to the press for printing. The magazines are printed in the form of a book and bound. Finally, the magazines are delivered to the school and distributed among the students, teachers, and others in the school.