Class 9 English Common Half Yearly Examination 2024-25
Detailed Solutions & Answer Key
PART - I (Vocabulary & Grammar)
I. Answer all the questions. Choose the appropriate synonyms for the underlined words.
1. Winning the one rupee coin used to give me immense satisfaction.
Answer:
b) great
2. She was tried of pruning rose bushes.
Answer:
a) trimming
3. Clem looked at Pongo furiously.
Answer:
c) angrily
Choose the appropriate antonyms for the underlined words.
4. I'd be completely exhausted by the end of all.
Answer:
d) energetic
5. The narrator replied carefully.
Answer:
c) questioned
6. Rivers ultimately finds their way to the sea.
Answer:
d) initially
Choose the most appropriate preposition/grammar options.
7. We have been living in Chennai ------------- eight years.
Answer:
a) for
8. What is the plural of 'news'?
Answer:
a) news
9. Fill in the blanks with correct homophone?
------------- the ------------- answer. (right /write)
------------- the ------------- answer. (right /write)
Answer:
Write the right answer.
10. Add suitable suffix to the word 'punctual'
Answer:
a) ity (punctuality)
(Note: 'c) ly' for punctually is also grammatically correct as a suffix, but nouns are standard in these exercises)
(Note: 'c) ly' for punctually is also grammatically correct as a suffix, but nouns are standard in these exercises)
11. Choose the correct prepositional verb.
I ------------- everything you've said
I ------------- everything you've said
Answer:
b) agree with
12. Complete the following sentence using appropriate prepositional phrases.
------------- fire, break the glass to escape.
------------- fire, break the glass to escape.
Answer:
a) In case of
13. Choose the correct modal verb.
When she was eighteen, she ------------- run fast.
When she was eighteen, she ------------- run fast.
Answer:
c) could
14. Choose the correct phrasal verb.
The narrator is ------------- oranges.
The narrator is ------------- oranges.
Answer:
b) fond of
PART - II (Section-1)
Answer any three of the following questions in a sentence or two. (3x2=6)
15. What acted as a safety value?
Answer:
(Note: This question refers to "The Cat and the Painkiller" or "Old Man River" depending on text context, and 'value' is likely a typo for 'valve').
In the context of The Cat and the Painkiller, Tom giving the pain-killer to the cat (Peter) acted as a safety valve, releasing his own burden of taking the medicine and subsequently entertaining Aunt Polly, which stopped her from dosing him further.
In the context of The Cat and the Painkiller, Tom giving the pain-killer to the cat (Peter) acted as a safety valve, releasing his own burden of taking the medicine and subsequently entertaining Aunt Polly, which stopped her from dosing him further.
16. How did the visitor get back the Iron Cross?
Answer:
The visitor got back the Iron Cross when the girl climbed the jackfruit tree, retrieved the rusted Iron Cross from the hollow where the visitor had left it twenty-five years ago, and gave it to him.
17. Why did Pongo want to bring another police man?
Answer:
Pongo wanted to bring another policeman to serve as a witness to the crime. He needed someone to corroborate his evidence (the seventeen oranges in the pockets) when he charged the narrator.
18. What are the two sources of water?
Answer:
According to the lesson Water - The Elixir of Life, the two main sources of water are rain and snow (artesian water/ground water is ultimately derived from these).
SECTION - 2 (Poetry)
Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any three of the following: 3x2=6
19. The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep
But I have promises to keep
a) How are the woods?
Answer:
The woods are described as lovely, dark, and deep.
b) Whom does 'I' refer to?
Answer:
'I' refers to the poet, Robert Frost.
