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Class 9 English Chapter 4.2 Question Answer Maharashtra Board

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Solutions My English Coursebook Chapter 4.2 Reading Works of Art Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Reading Works of Art Poem 9th Std Question Answer

My English Coursebook Std 9 Guide Chapter 4.2 Reading Works of Art Textbook Questions and Answers

English Workshop:

1. Spot the error in the spellings of the following words with reference to the passage and rewrite them correctly.

Question 1.
Spot the error in the spellings of the following words with reference to the passage and rewrite them correctly.

1. renouned
2.  feetures
3. pentmgs
4. circals
5. inflar
6. geometic
7. figars
8. achiving.

Answer:

1. renowned
2. features
3. paintings
4. circles
5. inner
6. geometric
7. figures
8. achieving.

2. Complete the following diagram:

Question 1.
Complete the following diagram:

Answer:

3. Complete the following sentences with reference to the passage:

Question 1.
Complete the following sentences with reference to the passage:
(a) Raza’s paintings do not depict …………………. .
(b) Raza’s paintings are done in the style ……………… .
(c) Raza’s paintings are not inspired by ………………. .
(d) Raza’s paintings present images from his own …………….. .
(e) Raza’s paintings radiate ……………. .
(f) The …………….. became the core of Raza’s paintings.
(g) For an artist like Raza, his work, or paintings are an effective …………………. .
Answer:
(a) Raza’s paintings do not depict lifelike human figures or copies of scenes.
(b) Raza’s paintings are done in the abstract style.
(c) Raza’s paintings are not inspired by any external factor.
(d) Raza’s paintings present images from his own inner mind.
(e) Raza’s paintings radiate peace.
(f) The bindu or point became the core of Raza’s paintings.
(g) For an artist like Raza, his work, or paintings are an effective medium of communication.

4. Read the passage on ‘Gond Art’ carefully. Then complete the following sentences without going back to the passage:

Question 1.
Read the passage on ‘Gond Art’ carefully. Then complete the following sentences without going back to the passage:
Answer:

1. Gond art is a tribal art.
2. The Gondi language is similar to Telugu, a Dravidian language.
3. Originally people used to draw pictures on the earthen walls of their houses.
4. In folk arts, you yourself prepare the ‘canvas’ – the surface on which to draw and the colours with which you draw.

5. Write about the following important features of Gond art with the help of the passage.

Question 1.
Write about the following important features of Gond art with the help of the passage.

Answer:
1. Developed and Preserved by: The Gond tribal people residing largely in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in India.
2. A medium of: It is a medium of expressing, recording and preserving what is seen. people used to draw pictures on earthen walls of their homes itself.
3. Preparing colours: In the days of the past several things in nature such as soil of different shades, the juice of plants, leaves, tree bark, flowers, fruits and even things like coal and cow-dung were used to prepare colours.
4. Outlines: In the Gond style of art, the designs may vary a little from artist to artist but the designs that fill it make the whole picture look lively and attractive.
5. Variation in drawing: The colours, textures and patterns used in drawing vary from painting to painting.
6. Texture designs: By using dots, straight lines, dotted lines, curvy shapes and circles simple texture designs are made.

6. Why does the author think that the roots of folk art lie in women’s chores?

Question 1.
Why does the author think that the roots of folk art lie in women’s chores?
Answer:
In the past, it was the duty of women to look after her home and hearth. It included decorating the house with different things like flowers, rangolis. They handled it very creatively while shouldering the other responsibilities of their home. They used their own creativity while doing it, so the author thinks that the roots of folk art lies in women’s chores.

7. From the passages, list the words related to – (a) geometry (b) colours (c) designs.

Question (a)
geometry
Answer:

Question (b)
colours
Answer:

Question (c)
designs.
Answer:
human figures, scenes, abstract.

8. These two passages are examples of a short introduction to works of art – a short review. They cover the following points:

Question 1.
These two passages are examples of a short introduction to works of art – a short review. They cover the following points:
Answer:

1. The name of the creator
2. The theme or subject matter
3. Type of art
4. Individual style
5. Presentation techniques
6. Its effect on viewers
7. Message or interpretation

Question 2.
What points will you include if you had to review a book or film or a play? List the points.
Answer:
If I had to review a book, a film or play, I would like to include the following points:

1. The theme of the book/film/play.
2. The plot and the story.
3. The characters in the book/film/play.
4. Flow of language and style of narration.
5. Authenticity of the book/film/play (story).
6. The message conveyed in the book/film/play.

Question 3.
Choose a book/film and review it in short using the points you have listed.
Answer:
Review of the book

The Three Mistakes of My Life

‘The Three Mistakes of My Life’ is a novel written by Chetan Bhagat who writes about Indians and for Indians. His characters are young and passionate. The novel follows the story of three friends and is based in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat.

Govind Jaat Patel is an ordinary guy with whom anybody can relate. Being a Gujarati his ambition is to become a businessman. His friend is Omi who is the son of a Hindu priest of the local temple. He is confused about his religious views which are mainly influenced by Bitoo Mama. Ishan is a big cricket freak and a patriot.

He was the best cricketer in his locality and school. He helps Govind’s business by organizing daily cricket coaching camps. He has a younger sister Vidya who is weak in Mathematics. Ishan asks Govind to take her Mathematics tuition. In between their tuition, they fall in love which is kept secret.

The whole story revolves around Govind and his friends and the three mistakes he made. It is pop- fiction of lightest, laziest sort, which tackles serious real-life issues and incidents giving it a veneer of earnest thoughtfulness that stands up to nothing. It is written simply and has the quality that makes one want to read the book in one sitting. The target audience of the book is the young generation. It is based on fun, emotion and pace to turn it into a potential best-seller.

9. You know that an adverb is a word that tells us something more about a verb, an adjective, another adverb etc. It can give us information about the place, time, manner etc. of the action denoted by the verb.

For example, ‘here’ tells us a place. ‘Now’ gives us information about time. ‘Fast’ gives us information about manner. In the same way, an adverb clause is a group of words that can also tell us something about place, time, manner etc. of the action denoted by the verb. Read the following examples, given and then complete the sentence using your own ideas:

Question (a)
Place: You may sit wherever you like.
You may sit ………………………………..
Answer:
(a) Place: You may sit wherever you like.
You may sit next to Ishan.

Question (b)
Time: I entered the school when the bell was ringing.
I entered the school ……………………..
Answer:
(b) Time: I entered the school when the bell was ringing.
I entered the school with my classmates.

Question (c)
Manner: I love my country like a true Indian should.
I love my country………………………….
Answer:
(c) manner: I love my country like a true Indian should.
I like my country more than you.

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 4.2 Reading Works of Art Additional Important Questions and Answers

Simple Factual Activities:

Question 1.
Name the following:
Answer:

1. The state where Raza was born – Madhya Pradesh
2. The institute where he studied art – Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur
3. The institute where he took his higher education in Mumbai – J. J. School of Art, Mumbai
4. The country he settled – France

Question 2.
Complete the following web :
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Question 3.
Complete the following sentences with reference to the passage: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:
1. Raza passed away on 23rd July 2016.
2. Raza’s wife was French.

Question 4.
Complete the following web-chart:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Complex Factual Activities:

Question 1.
How did Raza And his paintings?
Answer:
Raza found his paintings through the study of Indian art and its heritage, cultural context and philosophy.

Question 2.
What are the specialities of Raza’s paintings?
Answer:
The specialities of Raza’s paintings are:

1. His paintings belong to the abstract style of paintings.
2. They are not inspired by any external factor whereas based on inner mind of the painter.
3. They communicate with the viewers.

Question 3.
What are Raza’s paintings based on? How did he describe his work?
Answer:
Raza’s paintings are based on spirituality, metaphysical path and the bindu or point. He described his work as his own inner experience and involvement with the mysteries of nature and form, which is expressed in colour, line, space and light.

Question 4.
What legacy did Raza leave behind?
Answer:
Raza left behind a rich legacy of sensitive paintings (achieved through extraordinary compositions of lines and colours) that depict extraordinary compositions.

Question 5.
Complete the following sentences:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:
1. In the Gond style of art, outlines may vary from artist to artist but the designs that fill it make the whole picture look lively and attractive.
2. The designs in Gond style art contain simple textures of dots, straight lines, dotted lines, curvy shapes and circles.

Activities based on vocabulary:

Question 1.
Find out antonyms from the passage for the following words: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. outer × inner
2. city × village
3. ordinary × extraordinary
4. international × national

Question 2.
Spot the error in the spelling of the following words and rewrite them correctly:
1. dicided
2. diffarent
Answer:
1. decided
2. different.

Question 3.
Write related words with “Artist”.
Answer:
design, outlines, picture, texture, pattern, style.

Activities based on contextual grammar:

Question 1.
Identify the tense:
1. You will find them in almost all paintings.
2. Raza found his paintings through his study of Indian art.
Answer:
1. Simple future tense
2. Simple past tense

Question 2.
Frame a Wh-type question to get underlined part as an answer:
Answer:
1. His paintings belong to the abstract style of paintings.
2. Sayed Haider Raza is popularly known as Raza.
Answer:
1. What do his paintings belong to?
2. What is Sayed Haider Raza popularly known as?

Question 3.
Change the voice:
1. He was honoured with all the three Padma awards – Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.
2. Raza left behind a legacy of sensitive paintings.
Answer:
1. The Government of India honoured him with all the three Padma awards – Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan.
2. A legacy of sensitive paintings was left behind by Raza.

Question 4.
Make the following sentences exclamatory:
1. His paintings are very expressive.
2. Raza had a great creativity.
Answer:
1. How expressive his paintings are!
2. What a great creativity Raza had!

Question 5.
What a deep thought this art conveys! (Make it assertive.)
Answer:
This art conveys a very deep thought.

Question 6.
Creating folk art is a very enriching experience. (Make it exclamatory.)
Answer:
What an enriching experience creating folk art is!

Question 7.
Complete the words using correct letters:

1. s_ene
2. st _ le
3. pa_nt
4. c_ eate

Answer:

1. scene
2. style
3. paint
4. create.

Question 8.
Copy the following sentences correctly:
Answer:
1. He studied art at the J. J. School of Art in Mumbai.
2. What a deep thought this art conveys – and so easily !

Question 9.
Put the following words in alphabetical order:
1. vicious, dreadful, thrilled, favourable
2. enchanted, enabled, explained, endangered.
Answer:
1. dreadful, favourable, thrilled, vicious,
2. enabled, enchanted, endangered, explained,

Question 10.
Punctuate the following sentences:
1. ariel my joyful spirit said prospero bring ferdinand here at once for my daughter must see him
2. most sure she is the goddess of the island he thought to himself
Answer:
1. “Ariel, my joyful spirit,” said Prospero. “Bring Ferdinand here at once, for my daughter must see him.”
2. “Most sure, she is the goddess of the island!” he thought to himself.

Question 11.
Write four small words (minimum letters each) using the letters given word: “treacherous”
Answer:

1. teacher
2. reach
3. each
4. ache.

Question 12.
Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentences:
1. Prospero touch Miranda with his magic stick and she fell fast asleep.
2. How happy Alonso was to saw his lost son !
Answer:
1. Prospero touched Miranda with his magic stick and she fell fast asleep.
2. How happy Alonso was to see his lost son !

Question 13.
Write related words as shown in the example: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Question 14.
Complete the following word-chain of verbs. Write four words, each beginning with the last letter of the previous word:
explore → ……………… → ………………. → ……………… → ………………….
Answer:
explore → eliminate → embrace → evaluate → emerge.

Do as directed:

Question 1.
Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your own sentence.
‘to settle down’.
Answer:
It is pretty difficult to settle down in cities like Mumbai.

Question 2.
Add a prefix or suffix to make new words and use any one of the root words in your own sentence:
1. rich
2. effect.
Answer:
1. rich-enrich
2. effect-effective.
The painter has used rich attractive colour combinations in his painting.

Question 3.
Add a subordinate clause to expand the sentence meaningfully:
You can see my paintings ………………………..
Answer:
You can see my paintings when vou come to mv house.

Personal Response:

Question 1.
Write 4-5 sentences about any other Indian painter you like.
Answer:
M. F. Husain is my favourite modern painter who was born in Pandharpur town of Maharashtra. He is one of the most famous artists of India both at the national as well as the international level. M. F. Husain was once called ‘the Picasso of India’ by the Forbes magazine. The Government of India awarded the prestigious Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan for his work.

Question 2.
What are the essential things required to become a good painter?
Answer:
The essential things that are required to become a good painter are :

1. interest in painting
2. a good concentration skill
3. capacity to sit for a long time at one place
4. good eyesight
5. imagination
6. the knowledge of mixing colours.

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Please Listen! Poem 9th Std Question Answer

My English Coursebook Std 9 Digest Chapter 2.4 Please Listen! Textbook Questions and Answers

Warming up!

Chit-chat:

• What makes you laugh?
• What makes you angry?
• What makes you sad?
• What makes you happy?

Twenty Questions:

Form groups of 6-8. One person (leader) chooses one item – a picture, a paragraph or a lesson from any one of the 9th standard textbooks and writes the reference on a slip of paper and folds it. Others ask him/her questions and try to guess what it is, from his/her answers. Follow the rules given below.

• The maximum number of questions the rest of the group can ask is 20.
• You cannot ask a direct question like ‘What do you have in mind?’
• You can ask ‘Wh-’ questions or ‘Yes/no’ questions.
• The leader has to give truthful answers.

Agreements and Disagreements:

Form pairs. list the things on which you have the same opinion and also the ones on which you have different opinion Prepare a list of ten things In all and see how far you agree or disagree with your friend. Some useful phrases are given alongside.
You could talk about:

• Clothes, latest fashion.
• Performance of sportsmen and women.
• Trafflcfrransport In your area.
• Cleanliness and hygiene In your area.
• Future occupatIons/Careers.
• Latest news Items.
• TV programmes
• Mobile Apps
• Any subject of your choice.

Question 1.
Form pairs. List the things on which you have some opinion and also the ones on which you have different opinions. Prepare a list of ten things in all and see how far you agree or disagree with your friend. Use the phrases given in the margin of the textbook page no. 50:
Answer:
Performance of sportsmen and sportswomen

Points	Agreements	Disagreements
1. Family background	It’s important.	No, I don’t think so.
2. Basic skills	I totally agree with it.	No, some skills can be improved.
3. Interest	That’s very important.	I agree with you.
4. Coaching	I agree with it. It’s necessary.	Absolutely, it’s necessary.
5. Family support	I think for women it’s necessary.	No, I don’t think so, even men need family support.
6. Regular practice	Yes, it’s very important	Absolutely necessary.
7. Coach’s favour	No, I don’t think so,	I think it’s necessary sometimes.
8. Knowledge, tricks and tactics of game	absolutely necessary.	I totally agree with you.
9. Physical fitness	Yes, for women it’s more important.	No, I disagree with it, even for men it’s important.
10. Co-operation and co-ordination of co-players	Yes, without it one cannot show his/her performance.	I am not sure about it.

English Workshop:

1. Complete the following with the help of the lines of the poem.
When I ask you to listen to me, you start doing –
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………

Question 1.
Complete the following with the help of the lines of the poem.
Answer:

1. Abby and Billy Graham will get advice in the same newspaper.
2. I may be discouraged and faltering but not helpless according to the poet.
3. If you accept a simple fact that I feel what I feel, I can stop trying to convince you.
4. When you do something for me that I need to do for myself, you contribute to my fear and inadequacy.
5. The poet is aware that God is mute and he doesn’t give advice or try to fix things.
6. Irrational feelings make sense when we understand what is behind them.

2. Write the opposites (antonyms) of the following.

Question 1.
Write the opposites (antonyms) of the following.
(a) cheap × …………..
(b) discouraged × …………..
(c) inadequacy × …………..
(d) accept × …………..
(e) simple × …………..
(f) irrational × …………..
(g) understand × …………..
(h) clear × …………..
Answer:
(a) cheap × costly
(b) discouraged × encouraged
(c) inadequacy × adequacy
(d) accept × reject
(e) simple × hard
(f) irrational × rational
(g) understanding × misunderstanding
(h) clear × unclear

3. Use the following charts to prepare meaningful dialogues.
Use your ideas to fill in the blanks.

Question a.

Prepare a similar conversation about a film.
Answer:

Question b.

Answer:

4. Maintain a diary at least for a week. Write about your interactions with other people in your surroundings in 3-4 lines. Also write whether you find the interactions happy- unhappy, satisfactory-unsatisfactory, enjoyable-stressful, etc.

Question 1.
Maintain a diary at least for a week. Write about your interactions with other people in your surroundings in 3-4 lines. Also write whether you find the interactions happy- unhappy, satisfactory-unsatisfactory, enjoyable-stressful, etc.
Answer:
Diary For a week
Day one – Today I met our new neighbour. I was happy to know that their son is of my age and studying in Std. IX.
Now continue the same diary writing for the remaining days.

5. Write an informal letter from a teenager to his/her parent, expressing a few thoughts from the poem.
(My dear /Dearest /Hit Are you surprised to see this letter? I wanted talk to you about this, but then I thought I will be able to express myself better in a letter…. Love jYours lovingly/Yours ……… )

Question 1.
Write an informal letter from a teenager to his/her parent, expressing a few thoughts from the poem.
(My dear /Dearest /Hit Are you surprised to see this letter? I wanted talk to you about this, but then I thought I will be able to express myself better in a letter…. Love jYours lovingly/Yours …….. )
Answer:
A3, Gala Residency,
Prabhadevi,
Mumbai – 400 028.
22nd July, 2019
Dearest Papa,
Are you surprised to see this letter? I wanted to talk to you directly about this, but then I thought I will be able to express myself better in a letter.

I am still upset over our argument which took place yesterday. I was a little bit rude with you. But I just wanted you to listen to my concern. Instead of listening to me completely, you started advising me. That really hurt me a lot.

I always wish, that I should share my thoughts with someone. Sharing makes me happy and feel lighter. But whenever, I try to share something with you, you start advising me instead of listening to me. I hope you will try to understand my feelings.

Yours lovingly,
Sahil

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 2.4 Please Listen! Additional Important Questions and Answers

Read the following extract and do the activities:

Simple Factual Activities:

Question 1.
Complete the following web:
(Answer is directly given.)
Answer:

Question 2.
State whether the following statements are True or False:
Answer:

1. You do not do what I asked you to do. – True
2. Whenever you do not listen to me, I feel you are trampling on my feelings. – True
3. The speaker of this poem is an elderly man. – False
4. When I ask you to listen me, you start giving me advice. – True

Question 3.
State whether you agree or disagree with the following statements:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. If the feeling is clear, the answers are obvious. – Agree
2. Rational feelings make sense when we understand what’s behind them. – Disagree
3. God always gives advice or tries to fix things. – Disagree
4. Prayer works sometimes for some people because God is mute. – Agree

Complex Factual Activities:

Answer in 1-2 words:

Question 1.
How old is the speaker in the poem?
Answer:
around 14-15 years

Question 2.
Who is he/she talking to?
Answer:
his/her parent

Question 3.
What must have happened before the speaker says all this?
Answer:
His/Her parent might have not heard him/ her.

Question 4.
Who is not listening to whom?
Answer:
A parent is not listening to his child.

Question 5.
Match the following:

‘A’	‘B’
1. 20 cent cheap advice.	(a) not helpless.
2. You contribute to my fear and inadequacy.	(b) Abby and Billy Grahm.
3. The poet may be discouraged and faltering but…	(c) behind the irrational feeling.
4. Business of understanding	(d) when you do something for me that I can do for myself.

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1. 20 cent cheap advice.	(b) Abby and Billy Grahm.
2. You contribute to my fear and inadequacy.	(d) when you do something for me that I can do for myself.
3. The poet may be discouraged and faltering but…	(a) not helpless.
4. Business of understanding	(c) behind the irrational feeling.

Question 6.
What does the poet say about God?
Answer:
The poet says God is mute. He doesn’t give advice or try to fix things. God just listens to your ) prayer and observes how do you work.

Question 7.
Is the poet willing to listen to others?
Answer:
Yes, the poet is willing to listen to others but he says if you want to listen to him, you should wait till your turn comes. Then only he will be able to listen to others.

Poetic Device Activity:

Question 1.
Write down rhyming words from the extract for the following:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:
1. peel – feel
2. dream – seem

Question 2.
Find out rhyming word from the extract for “dear”
Answer:
dear – clear.

Activity-based on Poetic Device:

Question 1.
Are there any rhyming words? Why?
Answer:
There are no any rhyming words because the poem is an example of ‘free verse’.

Appreciation of Poem

1. Title: ‘Please Listen!’
2. Poet: The poem is by an anonymous (unknown) poet.
3. Theme/Central Idea: The central idea of the poem is the need of an adolescent to be heard patiently. The poem also reflects on our habit of giving advice or offering help without hearing out the problems of teenagers fully.
4. Rhyme Scheme: There is no rhyme scheme. This poem is an example of ‘free verse’.
5. Figure of Speech: Repetition, alliteration.
6. Special Features: This poem is a soliloquy. Soliloquy is a dramatic speech uttered by one character. The soliloquist thus reveals his or her inner thoughts and feelings to the listener.
7. Favourite Line: My favourite lines from the poem are:
1. “Listen! All I ask is that you listen.”
2. God just listens and lets you work it out for yourself.
8. Why I like the poem: I like the poem because I can personally relate to the poem. I have undergone the speaker’s plight many a time. So I can identify with the speaker’s feelings very easily.

Vocabulary Focus:

Question 1.
What is the difference between ‘hear’ and ‘listen’?
Answer:
‘To hear’ means to receive with the ear the sound made by someone or something; to be aware of some sound.
‘To listen’ means to consciously give one’s attention to a sound and try to understand it.
E.g. -1 was trying to listen to their conversation but the audio was so bad that I couldn’t even hear what they were saying.

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Warming up!

Chit-chat:

• What do you like best about your school?
• Do you think school is fun?
• Which is the part that you don’t like?
• How often should the teacher ‘? give you a test?

Classify!

1. Listen carefully and write each word in the appropriate column/columns.

Question 1.
Listen carefully and write each word given on textbook page no. 5 in the appropriate column/columns:
Answer:

ancient	modem	futuristic
earthen stoves	bicycles	flying cars
tonga	telephone	spaceships
horse-drawn	audio-video
carriages	cassettes
	computers

2. Listen to the pronunciation of these words and practise saying them properly yourself. 

• grandfather
• geography
• satisfactory
• superior
• pronouncing
• betcha
• nonchalantly

Question 1.
Listen to the pronunciation of these words and practise saying them properly yourself. V

• grandfather
• geography
• satisfactory
• superior
• pronouncing
• betcha
• nonchalantly

English Workshop:

1. Use the proper punctuation mark

Question a.
Where did you find it
Answer:
“Where did you find it?”

Question b.
What’s it about
Answer:
“What’s it about?”

Question c.
They had a teacher.
Answer:
“They had a teacher.”

Question d.
How could a man be a teacher
Answer:
“How could a man be a teacher?”

Question e.
sure, if they were the same age
Answer:
“Sure, if they were the same age.”

2. The following sentences have an unusual meaning in the context of the story. Write what these sentences would mean today, and what they mean in the context of the story.

Question a.
She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether.
Answer:

• Meaning today: She had been hoping they would officially dismiss the teacher from his job forever.
• Meaning in the content of the story: She had been hoping they would remove the teacher from the screen permanently.

Question b.
They had taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month.
Answer:
Meaning today: They had suspended Tommy’s teacher for nearly one month.

Question c.
It wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.
Answer:

• Meaning today: It wasn’t the teacher who regularly did the teaching work in school. It was some person who taught the students.
• Meaning in the context of the story: It was the mechanical teacher who gave lessons to students on screen, regularly.

Question d.
How could a man be a teacher?
Answer:
Meaning today: This question is meaningless in these days because teaching work is always done by some person (male teacher or female teacher).
Meaning in the context of the story: They had the mechanical teacher and they didn’t expect a man in place of the mechanical teacher.

Question e.
A teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches.
Answer:
Meaning today: The teacher has to deal with the students according to the need of the whole class and use a suitable method of teaching.
Meaning in the context of the story: The mechanical teacher has to be repaired and made suitable according to the need of individual students or the subject taught.

3. Write words related to the following words. (At least ten words each.)

Question 1.
Write words related to the following words. (At least ten words each.)
Answer:

4. Discuss: How would you like to learn from a human teacher or a mechanical teacher? Present your arguments in the form of a chart.

Question 1.
Discuss: How would you like to learn from a human teacher or a mechanical teacher? Present your arguments in the form of a chart.
Answer:
No, I wouldn’t like to have my own mechanical teacher because I won’t get the joy of learning together with my friends and the love and affection we get from our teachers.

5. Rewrite the following using complete words instead of contracted forms.
(a) … when you’re through.
(b) …. and it’s good for plenty more.
(c) I wouldn’t throw it away.
(d) She hadn’t seen as many tale books.
(e) “What’ s it about?”
(f) I’ve slowed it up.
(g) I don’t know.
(h) It wasn’t a regular teacher.

Question a.
… when you’re through.
Answer:
… when you are through.

Question b.
…. and it’s good for plenty more.
Answer:
… and it is good for plenty more.

Question c.
I wouldn’t throw it away.
Answer:
I would not throw it away.

Question d.
She hadn’t seen as many tale books.
Answer:
She had not seen as many tale books.

Question e.
“What’s it about?”
Answer:
“What is it about?”

Question f.
I’ve slowed it up.
Answer:
I have slowed it up.

Question g.
I don’t know.
Answer:
I do not know.

Question h.
It wasn’t a regular teacher.
Answer:
It was not a regular teacher.

Language study:

6. Underline the verbs and choose the correct option from the brackets.

Thus, we see that verb forms show tense, number, etc. Here, the verb form changes according to the subject. A verb form which is decided by and changes according to the subject of the sentence is known as a finite verb.
Example: ‘You are very kind.’ If the subject ‘you’ is changed to ‘she’, the sentence will be ‘She is very kind.’
Now change the verb form according to the change in the subject.

• I don’t know: Change ‘I’ to ‘She’.
• My father knows: Change ‘My father’ to ‘We’
• I am following in your footsteps: Change ‘I’ to ‘He’.

Question 1.
Underline the verbs and choose the correct options from the brackets:

1. Margie even wrote about it. (present tense/past tense)
2. Today Tommy found a new book. (present tense/past tense)
3. Margie was scornful, (singular/plural)
4. What’s there to write about school? (singular/plural)

Answer:

1. Margie even wrote about it. – past tense.
2. Today Tommy found a new book. – past tense
3. Margie was scornful, (singular/plural)
4. What’s there to write about school? (singular/plural)

7. Activity: Live English: Online shopping

Question a.
Read the following conversation between two cousins.

• Tejaswini: Hi, Santosh. What are you thinking about?
• Santosh: Hi, Teju. Next week’s Didi’s birthday. We want to give her a surprise gift.
• Tejaswini: Great idea! What is your surprise gift?
• Tejaswini: Great idea’ What is your surprise gift?
• Santosh: Well, we don’t have any big shops here, there’s little to choose from. Nothing new or surprising.
• Tejaswini: So why don’t you try online shopping?
• Santosh: Is it safe?
• Tejaswini: Yes, it is. If we take proper care, it is one of the most convenient ways of shopping. Plus, you will get so much variety.
• Santosh: True. But I don’t know how to do it.
• Tejaswini: It’s ok. I will show you. Do you have an internet connection?
• Santosh: Yes.
• Tejaswini: That’s good, then. We can do it in five easy steps. Let’s start.

Question b.
Write in a step-by-step manner, how Tejaswini and Santosh bought a gift for Didi online.
Answer:
They signed up and created their account in the website. Then they selected the gift of their choice from the given categories. They added the gift to the cart and paid the total amount via online banking. When the gift was delivered to them they checked and ensured that the gift was genuine.

Question c.
Use this website (www.chalashikuva.com) to try your hand at a practicaL/mock trial of online shopping.
Look at the above webpage and tell :

1. The name of the website
2. What we can buy there
3. The offer on poster colours

Answer:

1. The name of the website: www.chalashikuya.com
2. What we can buy there: we can buy books, educational toys, stationery, e-leaming.
3. The offer on poster colours: a paint brush free

Question d.
Read the following questions and answers. Form pairs and frame similar questions and answers for this website.How to use this website:
1. If I want to buy a story book on this website, where can I find it?
– In the categories on the left, in the options under Books you will find story books. Click that option.

2. I want a CD of the dictionary.
– Go to ‘e-learning’. Under that Click the ‘dictionary’ option.

3. Where can I look for books in the Hindi language?
– You can go to the Languages option on the left and tick the box before Hindi.

4. How can I find what discounts are available?
– Under the filters on left you will find discounts.

5. Are there any specific deals/offers on specific days?
– There is a CSY (Chalashikuya) deal. You can click on it and find out the deal of the day.

6. Can I purchase only one thing at a time?
– No, you can buy many things at a time. Select whatever you want and add to the cart and then browse again for another product.

7. When will my order be delivered?
– Maximum in 10 working days. You can also track your order by clicking the icon ‘track order.

8. There is one icon ‘Gift Coupons’. What does it mean?
– You can give a gift coupon to your friend by using this icon and he/she can purchase the product of his/her choice with the help of it.

9. Is this site only for purchasing?
– No, you can also sell your old books and other educational things here.

10. How can I find out whether the product is good or not?
– You can see the ratings and reviews of users below each product.
Answer:
Students do this activity on their own.

Question e.
Suppose one of your parents or an older relative wants to know about online shopping and you are explaining how to do it. Write a conversation between you and your parent/relative about it:
Answer:
A conversation about online shopping between me and Dad.
(Dad enters while you are surfing on the internet)

• Dad: Son, I need to buy sport shoes for my marathon next week. I wish to try online shopping, but I don’t know the process.
• Me: Don’t you worry, Dad! I’m there to help you. Let’s sign you up first.
• Dad: I suppose it’s quite complicated.
• Me: Not at all, Dad. Now go on the search bar and type whichever shoes you need.
• Dad: I don’t have any particular shoes in mind.
• Me: Well, then we will click here on the ‘shoes’ option and select sport shoes.
• Dad: These seem nice and are in my budget.
• Me: Then add them to the cart. Now we have ordered the sports shoes. They will deliver the product within 10 days.
• Dad: Very good! It’s very simple, isn’t it?
• Me: Sure it is. Now, do you want to pay via net banking, credit card or cash on delivery?
• Dad: I prefer cash on delivery.
• Me: O.K. we are done here. We can even track our order to find where your shoes have reached.
• Dad: That’s very impressive! Thank you, son.
• Me: It’s my pleasure, dad.

Question f.
Form pairs. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping and fill the following table.
Answer:

Advantages	Disadvantages
1. Time-saving	(a) Delay in delivery.
2. Wide concessional	(b) Required Internet connection.
3. Cheap/concessional	(c) Quality and condition of product uncertain.
4. Various filters to find our pick	(d) Delivery and shipping.
5. Quick payments	(e) Delivery and shipping charges are expensive.

Write a paragraph on ‘Online Shopping’ using the points in the above table.

Question 1.
Write a paragraph on ‘Online Shopping’ using the points in the above table.

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 1.2 The Fun they Had Additional Important Questions and Answers

Read the following passage and do the activities:

Simple Factual Activity:

Question 1.
Complete the following sentences:
(Answers are directly given.)

1. The incident in the story has taken place on 17 May 2157.
2. Their television screen must have had a million books on it.
3. Margie’s great grandfather told that in old times all stories were printed on paper.
4. According to Margie, ‘a real book’ means a printed book.

Note: Here we have given the complete passage. However henceforward, only the first and last lines of the related passage of prose lessons have been given. Refer to the Textbook for the complete passages.

Question 2.
Read the sentences and fill in the blank with correct alternatives:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:
1. The County Inspector was a round little man with a red face.
(a) The teacher
(b) The County Inspector.

2. Margie hated most was the slot where she had to put homework and test papers.
(a) the teacher
(b) the slot.

3. Large and black and ugly is the description of the teacher.
(a) the teacher
(b) the Inspector

4. Margie had hoped the Inspector wouldn’t know how to put the teacher together.
(a) take the teacher apart.
(b) put the teacher together.

Question 3.
Say whether the following statements are True or False: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Tommy is Margie’s brother. – False
2. Tommy found the old book in the attic.- True
3. Margie was older than Tommy. – False
4. The old book was about school. – True

Question 4.
Complete the following sentences using proper words from the passage:
(Answers are directly given.)

1. Father knew as much as his teachers.
2. How can a man be a teacher?
3. They had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher.
4. Margie wouldn’t want a strange man in her house to teach her.

Question 5.
Write if the following statements are True or False:
Answer:

1. Margie’s school was in her house. – True
2. In those old days kids went to a special building for learning. – True
3. Margie was not interested in reading the old book. – False
4. Tommy went away home with the book. – True

Question 6.
Complete the following sentences using the information from the passage:
(Answers are directly given.)

1. The arithmetic lesson was on the addition of proper fractions.
2. And the teachers were people.
3. The mechanical teacher was flashing on the screen.
4. Margie inserted yesterday’s homework in the slot with a sigh.

Complex Factual Activity:

Question 1.
Complete the following web:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Question 2.
Complete the following:
Answer:
(Answers are directly given.)

1. She always hated school.
2. Now she hated more than ever.
3. The mechanical teacher had given her test after test in geography.
4. She had been doing worse and worse in the tests.

Question 3.
Arrange the following in order of occurrence:
1. She wrote them out in a punch code.
2. All the lessons were shown and questions were asked on the screen.
3. The County Inspector took the teacher apart and then put it together again.
4. The mechanical teacher calculated the marks.
Answer:
3. The County Inspector took the teacher apart and then put it together again.
2. All the lessons were shown and questions were asked on the screen.
1. She wrote them out in a punch code.
4. The mechanical teacher calculated the marks,

Question 4.
What was the fault with the mechanical teacher? How was the fault repaired?
Answer:
There was a fault in the geography sector of the mechanical teacher. It was geared a little too quick. The County Inspector repaired it and slowed it up to an average ten-year level.

Question 5.
Complete the web about the ‘Old School’, using the information told by Tommy.
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Question 6.
Complete the web:
Answer:

Question 7.
What do you know from the passage about j the teachers, the school and the students of the old times?
Answer:
Unlike the mechanical teacher, the teacher in old times didn’t live in the house. They went to a special building called school to teach the children who also went there. The students learnt the same things if they were in the same age group or the same class.

Question 8.
Complete the web:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Activities based on vocabulary:

Question 1.
Match the words in Column ‘A’ with their

‘A’	‘B’
1. real	(a) very amusing
2. crinkly	(b) exactly the one/ones referred to
3. same	(c) having a lot of thin folds
4. awfully funny	(d) genuine and not false

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1. real	(d) genuine and not false
2. crinkly	(c) having a lot of thin folds
3. same	(b) exactly the one/ones referred to
4. awfully funny	(a) very amusing

Question 2.
Write at least ten words related to book:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:
teacher-author book depot bookseller lessons

Question 3.
Write any four adjectives like ‘scornful’.
Answer:

1. faithful
2. helpful
3. careful
4. sorrowful.

Question 4.
Write at least ten words related to family:
Answer:
pride

Question 5.
Match the words in Column ‘A’ with their meaning in Column ‘B’:

‘A’	‘B’
1. betcha	(a) in superior manner
2. pronouncing	(b) to debate
3. loftily	(c) expressing the word strongly
4. dispute	(d) surely, bet you

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1. betcha	(d) surely, bet you
2. pronouncing	(c) expressing the word strongly
3. loftily	(a) in superior manner
4. dispute	(b) to debate

Question 6.
Match the similar meaning words:

‘A’	‘B’
1. kid	(a) under
2. same	(b) fast
3. beneath	(c) similar
4. quickly	(d) child

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1. kid	(d) child
2. same	(c) similar
3. beneath	(a) under
4. quickly	(b) fast

Question 7.
What do the following words describe in the passage.

1. same
2. funny
3. dusty
4. special.

Answer:

1. age
2. schools
3. book
4. building.

Question 8.
Write the words from the passage that show actions taken place in the old school:
Answer:
came, laughing, shouting, sitting, going, learned, help, talk

Activities based on contextual grammar:

Question 1.
My father knows. (Change ‘My father’ to ‘We’.)
Answer:
We know.

Question 2.
I am following in your footsteps.
Answer:
He is following in your footsteps.

Question 3.
He wouldn’t know.
Answer:
He would not know.

Question 4.
That wasn’t so bad.
Answer:
That was not so bad.

Question 5
It’s not the little girl’s fault.
Answer:
It is not the little girl’s fault.

Question 6.
Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the brackets:
(Answers are underlined directly)
1. He patted Margie’s head.
(present tense/past tense)
2. He gave her an apple.
(present tense/past tense)
3. Those things happen sometimes.
(present tense/past tense)
4. Her progress is satisfactory.
(present tense/past tense)

Question 7.
The kids were laughing and shouting.
(Use simple past tense and rewrite the sentence.)
Answer:
The kids laughed and shouted.

Question 8.
I sing a song. (Change the subject T to ‘she’ and rewrite the sentence.)
Answer:
She sings a song.

Question 9.
He went to school today. (Make the sentence negative using the word ‘not’).
Answer:
He did not go to school today.

Question 10.
… are you going now? (who, what, where) (Choose the correct wh-word from the brackets to frame a question)
Answer:
Where are you going now?

Personal Response:

Question 1.
Do you sometimes hate your school? Why?
Answer:
No, never. I always love my school because I regard it as my Mother. My progress in life depends on the knowledge and education that I receive in school.

Question 2.
About what did Tommy say, “What a waste!” Why, do you think, did he say so?
Answer:
Tommy said it about the old printed book. I think he said so because he thought that it is a waste of paper. After reading the book its purpose is lost and it becomes useless. He did not think of its importance and thought of throwing it away.

Question 3.
Do you like to take tests? Give the reason for your answer:
Answer:
Yes, I like to take tests, because the result of the tests shows our progress in learning. We know our drawbacks and we can try to improve our weak subjects.

Question 4.
Do you think the school described in the ‘book’ existed centuries ago?
Answer:
Yes, the school described in the ‘old book’ did exist centuries ago, but the educational institutions were of different kinds and their methods of teaching were different.

Question 5.
Would you like to have your own mechanical teacher? why?
Answer:
Yes, I would like to have my own mechanical teacher if it is affordable to my family. Though my school teachers are there to guide me in my school, this mechanical teacher will help me to have individual teaching and guidance. I can prepare well in all my subjects with the help provided by the mechanical teacher.

Write the following using complete words instead of contracted forms:

Question 1
They weren’t even half finished.
Answer:
They were not even half finished.

Question 2.
And it’s probably time for Tommy, too.
Answer:
And it is probably time for Tommy, too.

Question 3.
you don’t know much.
Answer:
you do not know much.

Question 4.
They didn’t do it that way.
Answer:
They did not do it that way.

Rewrite the sentences with a different words for the underlined word.

Question 1.
It is probably time for Tommy.
Answer:
It is probably time for lunch.

Question 2.
They had a special building.
Answer:
They had a special invitation.

Activities Based on Language study

Do as directed:

Question 1.
Complete the following words by using correct letters: 2

1. ab _ ut
2. f _ nny
3. ni _ ht
4. qu _ ck

Answer:

1. about
2. funny
3. night
4. quick.

Question 2.
Copy the following sentences correctly in your notebook:
Answer:
1. On the page headed 17 May, 2057, she wrote, ‘Today Tommy found a real book !’
2. “A man? How could a man be a teacher?”

Question 3.
Put the following words in alphabetical order:
1. progress, teacher, homework, answers.
2. superior, shaken, screamed, shouting.
Answer:
1. answers, homework, progress, teacher.
2. screamed, shaken, shouting, superior.

Question 4.
Punctuate the following sentences:
(Note: Two sentencess will be asked.)

Question a.
i hate school
Answer:
“I hate school.”

Question b.
same with mine said margie
Answer:
“Same with mine,” said Margie.

Question c.
can I read the book some more with you after school
Answer:
“Can I read the book some more with you after school?”

Question 5.
Write four small words (minimum 3 letters each) using the letters in the given word:
“schoolyard”
Answer:

1. school
2. cool
3. holy
4. yard.

Question 6.
Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentences:

1. I doesn’t know what kind of school they had all that time ago.
2. Margie’s grandfather said to her, when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there is a time when all stories are printed on paper.

Answer:

1. I don’t know what kind of school they had all that time ago.
2. Margie’s grandfather said to her when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper.

Question 7.
Write related words as shown in the example:
(Answer is directly given.)
Answer:

Question 8.
Complete the following word-chain of nouns. Add four words each beginning with the last letter of the previous word:
screen → ……………… → ………….. → ……………. → ………………..
Answer:
screen → number → rabbit → trainer → routes.

Question 9.
Make your own meaningful sentence by using the phrase ‘to be able to’.
Answer:
My friend was in financial problem but I was not able to help him.

Question 10.
Add a prefix or suffix to make new words and use any one of the root words to make your own sentence:
1. miracle
2. hazard
Answer:
1. miraculous
2. hazardous
Sentence: We must know the hazards of junk food.

Question 11.
Make the following sentence bigger by adding clause:
The police captured the thief
Answer:
The police captured the thief who was trying to break the shop.

My English Coursebook Std 9 Digest Pdf Unit 1

• Walk a Little Slower Class 9 English Solutions
• The Fun they Had Class 9 English Solutions
• ‘Hope’ is the Thing with Feathers Class 9 English Solutions
• The Story of Tea Class 9 English Solutions
• The Necklace Class 9 English Solutions

Class 9 English Chapter 2.1 Question Answer Maharashtra Board

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Solutions My English Coursebook Chapter 2.1 Comparisons Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Comparisons Poem 9th Std Question Answer

My English Coursebook Std 9 Digest Chapter 2.1 Comparisons Textbook Questions and Answers

Warming up!

Chit-chat:

• What is your favourite colour?
• What does it remind you of?
• Are you afraid of the dark?
• What does it make you think of?
• If you were asked to design a big garden, what will you include in it?

Expanding Word Webs:

Question 1.
Form pairs. List the names of as many vehicles as you can. Choose any two of them, but they must be of different types. Then draw a word web for each of them to show their appearance, qualities and the things that these features remind you of. You may use words as well as phrases in the web.

Answer:
Words that can be used in Word-web:

1. terrific
2. brand-new
3. sleek
4. tiny/huge
5. powerful
6. affordable
7. expensive
8. easy-to-drive
9. eco-friendly
10. luxurious – arrows.
11. fuel-efficient
12. automatic
13. lefthand drive
14. fastest
15. imported

Name of the vehicles:

1. bicycle
2. bullock-cart
3. car
4. bus
5. truck
6. motorcycle
7. scooter
8. boat
9. ship
10. train
11. helicopter
12. aeroplane.

Choose any two of above vehicles and write related

Question 2.
Note the difference between drive and ride. Use the two words correctly in your own sentences :
Answer:

1. Ride – to sit on and be carried by an animal or a two wheeler.
   Sentence – I don’t like to ride on a camel.
2. Drive – to sit in a vehicle and force to go in some directions.
   Sentence – My father drives the car with full speed.

Question 3.
Describe your dream vehicle in a few lines :
Answer:
Flying car is my dream vehicle. It will fly in the air. It will fly fast and save our time. There will be no traffic jam problem. No need to construct roads for it. It will save fuel and will be eco-friendly.

English Workshop:

1. List all the adjectives in the poem. Use the comparative forms of at least 8 of them to write new comparisons. Two of them have been given as examples.

Question 1.
List all the adjectives in the poem. Use the comparative forms of at least 8 of them to write new comparisons. Two of them have been given as examples.
Answer:

1. as rapid as spaceship
2. as tough as snail
3. as dangerous as dinosaur
4. as brave as tiger
5. as nice as lamb
6. as yellow as lemon
7. as delicious as jam
8. as hot as desert
9. as deep as sea
10. as fine as house
11. as green as pea
12. as dark as cave
13. as crunchy as toast
14. as heavy as road drill
15. as fearful as ghost

2. List all the nouns in the poem. Find a suitable adjective – other than the ones given here – for each of the nouns and write meaningful similes for at least 8 of them.
For example, as yellow as a lemon.

Question 1.
List all the nouns in the poem. Find a suitable adjective – other than the ones given here – for each of the nouns and write meaningful similes for at least 8 of them.
For example, as yellow as a lemon.
Answer:

1. as useful as ore
2. as lovely as a kitten
3. as stable as a rock
4. as warm as a mitten
5. as narrow as tunnel
6. as cute as an elf
7. as tricky as a mountain path
8. as safe as shelf

3. Form groups of 6-8. Think of similes using different objects, for example,
Dry as land, Wet as a puddle.
Now try to put together the similes to make a poem with rhyming lines.

Question 1.
Form groups of 6-8. Think of similes using different objects, for example,
Dry as land, Wet as a puddle.
Now try to put together the similes to make a poem with rhyming lines.

4. Write the pairs of rhyming words.

Question 1.
Write the pairs of rhyming words.
Answer:

1. kitten – mitten
2. moon – noon
3. elf – shelf
4. shelf – yourself.
5. snail – nail
6. lamb – jam
7. sea – pea
8. toast – ghost.

5. Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following categories:

Question 1.
Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following categories:
Answer:
(a) idioms with colours:

1. as black as coal
2. as white as snow
3. as red as blood
4. as blue as the sky
5. as green as an emerald
6. as pink as a rose
7. as yellow as gold
8. as orange as a pumpkin
9. as brown as a coffee bean

(b) Idioms with animals:

1. as cunning as a fox
2. as brave as a lion
3. as hairy as a gorilla
4. as hungry as a horse

(c) Idioms with objects:

1. as black as coal
2. as soft as butter
3. as light as cotton

6. Given below are some idiomatic comparisons with ‘like’. Can you guess their meaning? Look them up in a good dictionary. You won’t find them under ‘like’.
Which words will you look up to find these comparisons?

• Like a bull in a china shop (Here, china means delicate articles of porcelain)
• Like a cat on a hot tin roof.
• Like a red rag to a bull.
• Like a cat that stole the cream.
• Like water off a duck’s back.
• Memory like a sieve.

Using your imagination write more comparisons using ‘like’.

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 2.1 Comparisons Additional Important Questions and Answers

Read the following extract and do the activities:

Simple Factual Activities:

Question 1.
Read the extract and complete the following by choosing the correct alternative:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. While comparing a spaceship with a snail, the narrator used speed, as a common feature in both. (speed/weight)
2. Square and round are shapes, commonly used to compare, (shapes/objects)

Question 2.
Match the following:

‘A’	‘B’
1. big	(a) toast
2. fierce	(b) desert
3. dry	(c) cave
4. warm	(d)  dinosaur
	(e)  tiger

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1. big	(d)  dinosaur
2. fierce	(e)  tiger
3. dry	(b) desert
4. warm	(a) toast

Question 3.
Answer in 1-2 words:
Answer:

1. How is a mountain path? – crooked
2. What is the world full of? – opposites
3. What is hard and what is soft? – a rock, a mitten
4. What is commonly compared in a giant and an elf? – height

Question 4.
Match the following :

‘A’	‘B’
1. dark	(a) elf
2. hard	(b) ox
3. strong	(c) cool
4. short	(d) rock
	(e) tunnel

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1. dark	(e) tunnel
2. hard	(d) rock
3. strong	(b) ox
4. short	(a) elf

Complex Factual Activity:

Question 1.
Complete the following:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:
1. According to the poet a spaceship is fast whereas a snail is slow.
2. The poet says a road drill is noisy and a ghost is quiet.

Appreciation of Poem:

1. Title: The title of the poem is ‘Comparisons’.
2. Poet: The poem is by an anonymous (= unknown) poet.

3. Theme/Central Idea: The central idea of the poem is given in the last but one line of the poem. The poem celebrates the diversity in the universe. The poem also reminds us that all sorts of people and things are needed to make our world beautiful.

4. Rhyme Scheme: The rhyme Scheme of first six stanzas is ‘abcb’. The last stanza has six lines and its rhyme scheme is ‘abcbdb’.
5. Figure of Speech: Similes.

6. Special Features: The structural quality is a special feature of this poem. The quatrain stanzas and their ‘abcb’ rhyme scheme flows with the force of ballad. Here, in the conclusive two lines, the pace of the poem slows down and poet’s argument sinks deep down in our hearts.
7. Favourite line: The world is full of opposites, so think of some yourself.

8. Why I like the poem: I like this poem because it made me think for the first time the extreme diversity in the world around me. I think the poem helped me in looking at the world around me in a different light.

Vocabulary Focus:

Question 1.
Write adjectives/words used here, to show – shape, size, temperature:
Answer:

• shape – round, square
• size – big, small
• temperature – dry, wet.

Question 2.
List all the adjectives in the poem. Use the comparative forms to write new comparisons:
Answer:
1. (a) faster than the wind
(b) slower than a tortoise

2. (a) bigger than my brother
(b) smaller than my sister

3. (a) fiercer than a giant
(b) gentler than a butler

4. (a) cooler than ice
(b) warmer than a sweater

5. (a) sourer than tamarind
(b) sweeter than mango

6. (a) noisier than a machine
(b) quieter than a cave.

7. (a) stronger than a tiger
(b) weaker than a rabbit

8. (a) taller than a tree
(b) shorter than plant

9. (a) darker than night
(b) lighter than tubelight

10. (a) harder than a stone
(b) softer than butter

11. (a) crooked than hillroad
(b) straighter than a railway line

My English Coursebook 9th Class Pdf Unit 2

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Class 9 English Chapter 4.4 Question Answer Maharashtra Board

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Solutions My English Coursebook Chapter 4.4 The Tempest Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

The Tempest Poem 9th Std Question Answer

My English Coursebook Std 9 Guide Chapter 4.4 The Tempest Textbook Questions and Answers

Warming up!
Chit-chat

1. Do you have a pet? What do you call it?
2. How old is it? What does it look like?
3. What does it eat? Who takes care of it?
4. Does it understand you? What does it do?
5. Have you taught it any tricks?
6. Do you refer to it as ‘it’ or as ‘he’/ ‘she’?

1. You must have seen and liked a play (in any language) on the stage. Write down the following details about it:

Question 1.
You must have seen and liked a play (in any language) on the stage. Write down the following details about it: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:
(a) Name of the play: “All the best” – By Devendra Pem.
(b) Important Characters: A blind, A dumb, A deaf, and A girl.
(c) Its main theme: All the three best friends like the same girl and do not want her to know of their disabilities. They try to outdo each other to win her affection.
(d) Whether it was a Comedy/Tragedy/Social Theme or any other: It was a total comedy.
(e) Why you liked it: The play is a humorous take on three friends and the situation that arises when they fall in love with the same girl. It is presented in such a lively manner that one can’t stop laughing while watching it. So I liked it very much.
(f) Message of the play: A modern perspective towards love, especially the hardships in the love of physically challenged.
(g) Any other information about the play: The roles played by all characters are amazing and we never feel bored while watching it. Their ploy and plans to woo and win the girl are source of wit in the play.

2. The following are the different steps in a drama/play. They are in a mixed up order. Rearrange them in ‘a’ proper order. Just write the order numbers in brackets:

Question 1.
The following are the different steps in a drama/play. They are in a mixed up order. Rearrange them in ‘a’ proper order. Just write the order numbers in brackets:
Answer:
(a) Characters Enter (2)
(b) Climax (6)
(c) Curtain opens (1)
(d) Action begins (3)
(e) Scene of the play (5)
(f) Curtain closes (8)
(g) Finale (Final outcome) (7)
(h) Interaction of characters (4)

3. William Shakespeare was one of the greatest playwrights of all times. He lived in the 16th century. Many of Shakespearean plays have been written in the short-story form. Find out the names of at least 5 of Shakespearean plays:

Question 1.
William Shakespeare was one of the greatest playwrights of all times. He lived in the 16th century. Many of Shakespearean plays have been written in the short-story form. Find out the names of at least 5 of Shakespearean plays: Example: Romeo and Juliet.
Answer:

1. As you like it
2. Hamlet
3. Othello
4. Twelfth Night
5. The Taming of the Shrew.

English Workshop:

1. Write down the relation between the characters given below:

Question 1.
Write down the relation between the characters given below:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:
(a) Prospero and Miranda – Father and daughter
(b) Prospero and Antonio – Brothers
(c) Gonzalo and Prospero – Lord and Duke
(d) Sycorax and Caliban – mother and son
(e) Alonso and Sebastian – brothers
(f) Alonso and Ferdinand – father and son

2. Find two supporting points from the story to prove the following facts:

Question 1.
Antonio was a disloyal and dangerous man.
(a) …………………………………………………………..
(b) …………………………………………………………..
Answer:
(a) He wanted to become Duke of Milan in his brother’s place.
(b) Antonio wouldn’t have hesitated to kill his brother Prospero.

Question 2.
Gonzalo was loyal to the rightful Duke.
(a) …………………………………………………………..
(b) …………………………………………………………..
Answer:
(a) Among Prospero’s courtiers was a true and loyal Lord called Gonzalo.
(b) Out of love and loyalty for the rightful duke he had secretly placed in the boat fresh water, food and clothes, and along with them, Prospero’s most valued possessions, his books.

Question 3.
Prospero was a great magician.
(a) …………………………………………………………..
(b) …………………………………………………………..
Answer:
(a) Prospero was a great magician for his life had been devoted to the study of magic.
(b) The power of his art enabled him to set free “the imprisoned spirits of whom Ariel was the chief’.

Question 4.
Miranda was very kind-hearted.
(a) …………………………………………………………..
(b) …………………………………………………………..
Answer:
(a) Miranda, a kind-hearted girl begged her father to have pity on the people caught in the storm.
(b) Please, please quell the storm now! Save the poor souls on board!

Question 5.
Ariel was very faithful to Prospero.
(a) …………………………………………………………..
(b) …………………………………………………………..
Answer:
(a) Ariel appeared before Prospero to give an account of the storm.
(b) He gave lively story of the fears of the sailors, the anxiety of the lords and how Prince Ferdinand had leaped into the sea.

Question 6.
The story ‘The Tempest’ has a happy ending.
(a) …………………………………………………………..
(b) …………………………………………………………..
Answer:
(a) Prospero was happy and pleased to be I back in Milan and forgave his old enemies who had wronged him cruelly.
(b) Even though they had been at mercy, he did not take revenge on them, but very nobly forgave them.

3. Who said to whom and when?

Question 1.
Who said to whom and when?

1. ………. and you shall be my Queen.
2. “Follow me, I shall tie you up, neck and feet together.”
3. …………… “Please, please quell the storm now!”
4. “Remember, Master, I have served you joyfully all these years!”
5. “I have been duly punished for my sins.”
6. “What I have done now is in your interest!”
7. Most sure, she is the goddess of the island!

Answer:

1. Ferdinand said to Miranda when he fell in love with Miranda.
2. Ferdinand said to himself when he saw Miranda on the isolated island for the first time.
3. Miranda said to her father when she saw the ship struggling on the wild waves.
4. Ariel said to Prospero when Prospero told Ariel to bring Ferdinand at once.
5. Alonso said to Prospero, when he realized that he had lost his son.
6. Prospero told his daughter when she requested him to quell the storm.
7. Prospero said to Ferdinand when he pretended to be angry.

4. Match the paragraphs in Column A with their suitable title in Column B: (Only the first and last words of the paragraph are given in Column A to identify it.)

Question 1.
Match the paragraphs in Column A with their suitable title in Column B: (Only the first and last words of the paragraph are given in Column A to identify it.)

Answer:

1. Now Antonio was treacherous man … its wealth and power. – Prospero Loses his Dukedom.
2. In the woods nearby, Prospero … his tasks properly. – Caliban Serves Prospero
3. Knowing that his enemies were near … all people on board. – Prospero Creates a Storm
4. Having narrated this story, Prospero … down with the ship. – Ariel Reports about the Storm
5. Many more tricks did Ariel play … touched the food. – Ariel is a Mischievous Spirit
6. Thus after many years … very nobly forgave them! – Milan Welcomes Prospero’s Return

5. Activity: Live English: Tourism

Location: Sindhudurg fort is located on the southernmost edge of the Maharashtra coast.
History: A sea fort, built by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Languages: Marathi, Hindi, English
Best time to visit: Winter
Where to stay: MTDC Holiday Resort: The resort at Tarkarli has 10 cottages with 20 sea-facing double bedrooms and one house boat.
What to see: Temples of Maruti, Bhavani, Chhatrapati Shivaji
How to get there:
By Air: The nearest international airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai.
By Rail: The nearest railhead is Sindhudurg on the Konkan Railway. Kankawali and Kudal are the other important railway stations nearby.
By Road: Mumbai-Tarkarli: 540 km.
Sites nearby: Sawantwadi, Malwan City, Tarkarli Beach. Redi Ganesh Temple, Vijaydurg, Kunkeshwar Temple, Amboli.

Location: Located on the outskirts of Chandrapur district, Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is Maharashtra’s oldest and largest national park.
Languages: Marathi, Hindi, English, Tribal
The best season to visit: 15th October to 15th June. Hot summers are the ideal time to view mammals near water sources.
Where to stay: MTDC Jungle Resort (Mohrali) offers self-contained rooms, ideal for families. The rooms are comfortable, and offer a fine lake view.
How to get there:
By Air: The nearest international airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai.
By Rail: The nearest railhead is Sindhudurg on the Konkan Railway. Kankawali and Kudal are the other important railway stations nearby.
By Road: Chandrapur-Tadoba 45km. State transport buses ply from Chandrapur to Tadoba.
Attractions: Tiger, Panther, Bison, Sloth Bear, Hyena, Jackal, Wild Dog, Sambar, Leopard and Barking Deer.
Sights nearby: Bhadrawati, Markanda, Bhamragarh, Anandwan

Chit – Chat

1. Do you like to travel?
2. How do you like to travel?
3. Which is the nearest place to which you have travelled?
4. Which is the farthest?
5. Have you ever travelled by ………….. ?
6. What do you like to carry with you when you travel?
7. What souvenirs do you like to bring back from your travels?

1. Observe the tourist leaflets given on page no. 114 of the textbook and answer the questions:

Question (a)
Which place do these leaflets describe?
Answer:
These leaflets describe ‘Sindhudurg’ and ‘Tadoba National Park’.

Question (b)
What are the main points given in each leaflet?
Answer:
The main points given in each leaflet are –

1. Location
2. History
3. Languages
4. Best time to visit
5. Where to stay?
6. What to see?
7. How to go there? (by air, by rail, by road)
8. Sites nearby.

Question (c)
How can one reach Tadoba? why?
Answer:
One can reach Tadoba by taking a plane to Nagpur. One can also reach Tadoba by going to Chandrapur in a train and then taking a bus for the 45 km journey to Tadoba National Park.

Question (d)
Which is the best season to visit Tadoba? Why?
Answer:
The best season to visit Tadoba is hot summers, from 15th October to 15th June, to view mammals near water resources.

Question (e)
List the words related to tourism, e.g. tourist, reservation, etc.
Answer:
Tourism-related words are –

1. tourist
2. booking
3. travel
4. ticket
5. flight
6. train
7. buses
8. forts
9. trek.
10. resort
11. mountains
12. hill stations
13. history
14. MTDC
15. ST

2. Prepare a tourist leaflet for a historical place or a hill station using the following points:

Question 1.
Prepare a tourist leaflet for a historical place or a hill station using the following points:

1. Place
2. Special features
3. Distance
4. How to go there
5. Accommodation
6. Food
7. Climate

Answer:
1. Place: Hill Station: Mahabaleshwar

2. Special features: The jungles of Mahabaleshwar are known for their density and a stunning array of birds and wildlife located in Western ghats at the elevation of approximately 353 metres. It offers appealing view of evergreen valleys and hills of the Konkan and the Deccan coast. The climate is cool and pleasant suitable for cultivation of strawberries.

3. Distance: Mumbai – Mahabaleshwar – 262 kms

• Pune – Mahabaleshwar – 125 kms
• Satara – Mahabaleshwar – 62 kms
• Mahad – Mahabaleshwar – 32 kms

4. How to go there:

• By Air: Pune airport lies 120 km from the place is the nearest airport.
• By Rail: Satara is the nearest railway station, about 62 km.
• By Road: Many ST buses run from Mumbai and Pune. Private buses and taxis are also available.

5. Accommodation: Mahabaleshwar has no dearth of accommodation options. There are many hotels ranging from deluxe to budget. Other options include tourist lodges, guest houses, private bungalows and MTDC Resort.

6. Food:

• Maharashtrian and any type of Indian and continental foods are available.
• Mahabaleshwar is famous for strawberry ice cream, milk shake, jam, jelly, etc.

7. Climate :

• Throughout the year the climate is mild and pleasing.
• It receives incessant showers from July to September when temperature ranges between 20 to 25 degree.

3. If you want to become a tourist guide at the following place, which languages will you need to learn?

Question 1.
If you want to become a tourist guide at the following place, which languages will you need to learn?

1. Ajanta
2. Belgavi
3. Delhi
4. Tarkarli

Answer:

1. Ajanta: Marathi, Hindi, English
2. Belgavi: Kannada, English
3. Delhi: Hindi, English
4. Tarkarli: Marathi, English, Hindi

4. Imagine you are a tourist guide at (1) Sindhudurg (2) Tadoba. Write two sentences each about the following points to help foreign tourists:

Question 1.
Imagine you are a tourist guide at
1. Sindhudurg
2. Tadoba.
Write two sentences each about the following points to help foreign tourists:
(a) About the place: History, languages spoken, special attractions.
(b) Food: speciality, local delicacies, options (Indian, continental)
(c) Shopping: authenticity of local artefacts, price, variety.
Answer:
1. Sindhudurg:
(a) About the place: The place is located in Sindhudurg district just off the coast of Maharashtra in Western India. The fortress lies on the shore of Malvan town of Sindhudurg district in Konkan region. It was built by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. It is believed that Shivaji personally selected the site for the construction of the fort. The languages spoken here are Marathi, Malvani, Hindi and English.

(b) Food: The place is famous for its sea food, kombdi vade and the local Malvani cuisine. It is also popular for Alphonso mangoes.

(c) Shopping: Local delicacies made by the people out of mangoes, jackfruits, kokam and cashewnuts can be bought from the city. Mangoes of good quality and taste are also available here.

2. Tadoba:

(a) About the place: Tadoba Andhari Reserve is the largest National Park in Maharashtra. It is a tiger reserve in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. It was created in 1955. Marathi, Hindi, and some tribal languages are spoken here.
(b) Food: The local cuisine is the Vidarbha cuisine. Veg. and non veg. hotels and restaurants nearby area also provide Indian and continental food as well.
(c) Shopping: The Tiger Reserve souvenirs can be brought at reasonable rates from the shops around the reserve.

5. Prepare an attractive tourist leaflet for your native place, in English as well as in your mother tongue:

Question 1.
Prepare an attractive tourist leaflet for your native place, in English as well as in your mother tongue: [Note : The tourist leaflet of Kolhapur is given below, as an example. Students are expected to prepare leaflet of their own native place.]
Answer:
Kolhapur

1. Location: Kolhapur is an inland city located in South-west Maharashtra state, 228 km south of Pune. It is a historic city of Maharashtra, famous for temple of a Hindu Goddess – Mahalakshmi.

2. History: Kolhapur was established by Tarabai in 1707 during succession dispute over the Maratha Kingship. The state was annexed by the British in the 19th century. It was ruled by Bhosale Royal clan of the Maratha Empire.

3. Languages: Marathi, Kannada, Hindi, English.

4. Best time to visit: Summers here are very hot, hence the months between June and February are the best time to visit.

5. Accommodation: 2 star and 3 star hotels, private bungalows and MTDC Resorts. Tourists can choose from a wide range of hotels based on their budget and preferences.

6. How to go there:

• By Air: Belgaum is the nearest airport from Kolhapur, which is connected through airlines from Mumbai.
• By Rail: Kolhapur is connected by a good rail network to other cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and Tirupati.
• By Road: It is 450 km from Mumbai. One can get direct buses (ST and Private) to Kolhapur from Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Belgaum, Mangaluru and Hubli.

7. Attractions: The city has multiple options that can be explored. Mahalaxmi Temple, Rankala Lake. Panhala fort, Jyotiba Temple, Siddagiri Museum, Shahuji Maharaj Museum/palace, Kopeshwar Temple are some of the attractions in city. Kolhapur is famous for special mutton dishes especially Pandhara and Tambda Rassa, Kolhapuri Bhel and Misal.

6. Suppose a foreigner comes to visit your place and you have to accompany him for sight seeing. Prepare a dialogue between you and the foreigner:

Question 1.
Suppose a foreigner comes to visit your place and you have to accompany him for sight seeing. Prepare a dialogue between you and the foreigner:
Answer:

• Myself: So, you are here to visit our city. Would you like to accompany me for sight seeing?
• Foreigner: Being native of this city, I think you would be of great help to me. So from where shall we start?
• Myself: Better we start from the place out of the city, Verul caves, which is the main attraction of the tourists.
• Foreigner: How much time will it take? Can we see another place also along with it?
• Myself: It takes around 4-5 hours to see all the caves in detail. We can also visit Grishneshwar Jyotirling Temple nearby. It is believed to be an ancient temple of Hindus.
• Foreigner: Oh that’s great! So after lunch better we come back in the city.
• Myself: Yes, in city too in evening you can visit Bibi ka Maqbura, a replica of Taj Mahal and Pawan Chakki (wind mill).
• Foreigner: Very nice. We will go there in the evening. So what is left for tomorrow?
• Myself: Tomorrow we can go to Ajanta Caves. It takes a whole day for travelling and viewing it.
• Foreigner: I have heard about an ancient fort also.
• Myself: Yes, you are right. But it’s not possible to see at a time. We can go there day after tomorrow.
• Foreigner: That’s great idea. You have been a great help for me. Thanks a lot, dear.
• Myself: You are welcome!

7. Using the Internet, find the following information about a place you wish to visit using the following points:

Question 1.
Using the Internet, find the following information about a place you wish to visit using the following points:

1. Distance from your place
2. Available modes of transport
3. Accommodation facilities
4. Historical facts
5. Climate
6. Famous sites.

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 4.4 The Tempest Additional Important Questions and Answers

Simple Factual Activities:

Question 1.
State whether the following statements are True or False: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Prospero was the duke of Milan, in the kingdom of Naples. – True
2. Prospero’s brother Gonzalo was a very treacherous man. – False
3. Books were Prospero’s most valued possessions. – True
4. The king Antonio landed safely on an enchanted island. – False

Question 2.
Who were all sailing in the ship, close to the enchanted island ?
Answer:
The King of Naples – Alonso, his brother – Sebastian, Antonio, Prince Ferdinand of Naples, and the old, loyal courtier Gonzalo.

Question 3.
Who am I? (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. I am a great magician. – Prospero
2. I am the chief of the imprisoned spirits. – Ariel
3. I am the twisted, ugly monster. – Caliban
4. I am the king of Naples. – Alonso

Question 4.
Complete the following sentences:
Answer:

1. Prospero led his daughter to the shore of the island.
2. Miranda begged her father to have pity on the people caught in the storm.
3. Prospero explained to his daughter that he had caused the tempest in order to bring his enemies Alonso and Sebastian, within his power.
4. Ariel gave a lively account of the fears of the sailors, the anxiety of the lords and how Prince Ferdinand had leaped into the sea.

Question 5.
Arrange the following sentences in chronological order:
Answer:

1. Prospero narrated the story of their past life to his daughter.
2. Prospero raised a great tempest with his power of magic.
3. He wanted to show how the ship was struggling on the wild waves due to his magic.
4. Being kind-hearted, Miranda requested her father to have pity on the people caught in the storm. Answer:
5. Prospero raised a great tempest with his power of magic.
6. He wanted to show how the ship was struggling on the wild waves due to his magic.
7. Being kind-hearted, Miranda requested her father to have pity on the people caught in the storm.
8. Prospero narrated the story of their past life to his daughter.

Question 6.
State whether you Agree or Disagree with the following statements: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Miranda had never ever seen any human being except her father. – Agree
2. Prospero was not happy when his daughter saw Ferdinand. – Disagree
3. Miranda was the goddess of the island. – Disagree
4. Ariel was very faithful to Prospero. – Agree

Question 7.
Fill in the blanks with one word:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Prospero took the prince to a cave.
2. Ferdinand wanted to be the king of Naples.
3. Many more tricks were played on Prospero’s enemies by Ariel.
4. Antonio wanted to kill king Alonso.

Question 8.
State whether the following statements are Right or Wrong:
Answer:

1. People in Milan welcomed Prospero with great love and joy. – Right
2. Prospero nobly forgave his old enemies. – Right
3. Ferdinand and Miranda got married on the enchanted island. – Wrong
4. Ariel was as free as air at the end. – Right

Question 9.
Complete the following sentences with the help of the passage: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Prospero decided to give up the practice of magic.
2. Ariel promised everyone calm seas and favourable winds while sailing.
3. Alonso was happy to see his lost son.
4. Prospero assured Alonso that their ship was safely anchored and each and every sailor was safe on board.

Complex Factual Activities:

Question 1.
What evil deed did Antonio do, to become a Duke himself ?
Answer:
Antonio conspired with the king of Naples, Alonso to take his brother’s Dukedom. They took Prospero and his baby daughter Miranda far away from land. They left them in a broken, old boat and sailed away.

Question 2.
What had the faithful Lord Gonzalo done to help Prospero?
Answer:
Out of his love and loyalty for the rightful duke, Prospero, Gonzalo had secretly placed fresh water, food and clothes and most valued possessions, his books in the boat to help Prospero.

Question 3.
Complete the difference between Prospero and Antonio:
Answer:

Prospero	Antonio
1. Prospero was a Studious and learned scholar.	1. Antonio was a treacherous man.
2. He spent most of his time reading books.	2. He managed the business of rullmg the kingdom and wanted to become Duke of Milan in his brother’s place.

Question 4.
What good deed did Prospero do on the enchanted island?
Answer:
The enchanted island was under the spell of Sycorax, a dead witch. Prospero, set free all the imprisoned good spirits on that island and compelled them to follow his orders. Being a good magician, he could do it so all the spirits were grateful and obedient to him.

Question 5.
What did Prospero do when he saw Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio sailing in a ship close to enchanted island?
Answer:
When Prospero came to know that Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio were sailing in a ship close to enchanted island, he raised a great tempest with the power of his magic. The royal ship was turned and tossed on the stormy waves. It seemed as if it would sink any moment, along with all the people on board.

Question 6.
For what two reasons did Prospero raise a great tempest?
Answer:
1. Prospero raised a great tempest in his daughter’s interest.
2. He also wanted to bring his enemies, Alonso and Antonio within his power. So he raised a great tempest.

Question 7.
How did Ferdinand get separated from his father?
Answer:
When the ship was struggling in the waves, Ferdinand had jumped into the sea. So everyone on the ship thought that he was dead. But actually he got separated from his father and was left alone on a beach.

Question 8.
Who said to whom and when:
1. “Obey my commands now, and in two days I shall set you free!”
2. “All your troubles were merely trials of your love”.
Answer:
1. Prospero said to Ariel when Ariel reminded him of his promise.
2. Prospero said to Ferdinand when he was sure that Ferdinand loves his daughter.

Question 9.
How did Ferdinand and Miranda react on seeing each other?
Answer:
Miranda had never seen any other human being in her life beside her father so when she saw Ferdinand she was thrilled and thought that he was divine and noble. On the other hand Ferdinand was astonished to see a beautiful girl on an isolated island. Basically both of them gazed at each other in wonder, admiration and love.

Question 10.
What gave Prospero a secret pleasure?
Answer:
When Ferdinand was brought there, he and Miranda looked at each other in wonder, admiration and love. Actually Prospero brought him there for his daughter. So seeing his daughter get attracted to Ferdinand, Prospero was pleased.

Question 11.
How did Ariel save king Alonso’s life?
Answer:
Antonio and Sebastian had plotted to murder of king Alonso. Ariel saved his life by waking up the king from his sleep in the nick of time.

Question 12.
What tricks did Ariel play on Prospero’s enemies?
Answer:

1. He caused them to wander about.
2. He filled their ears with strange and frightful noises.
3. When they were faint with hunger, he set a huge banquet before them, only to take it away when they touched the food.

Question 13.
What surprise awaited king Alonso when Prospero drew back the curtain?
Answer:
When Prospero drew back the cmtain from the entrance of his cave, King Alonso saw Ferdinand, his lost son happily playing a game of chess with Miranda. That was a pleasant surprise for the king Alonso.

Find two supporting points from the story to prove the following fact:

Question 1.
King Alonso felt ashamed for his deed.
Answer:
(a) The king and other courtiers were ashamed.
(b) They begged Prospero’s forgiveness.

Activities based on vocabulary:

Question 1.
Find out adjectives used to describe the following nouns: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. enchanted island
2. evil witch
3. broken boat
4. freshwater.

Question 2.
Choose the correct alternative given for the synonym of the words given below:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:
1. studious: bookish
(a) outstanding
(b) concerned
(c) bookish
(d) clever.

2. treacherous: unreliable
(a) foolish
(b) tricky
(c) unreliable
(d) favourite.

3. witch: an ugly evil
(a) spirit
(b) an ugly evil
(c) ghost
(d) magician.

4. rightful: lawful
(a) lawful
(b) expert
(c) faithful
(d) true.

Question 3.
Find out antonyms for the following from the passage: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. disillusioned × enchanted
2. kindhearted × vicious
3. thankless × grateful
4. sympathetic × brutal

Question 4.
Give one word from the passage for the following description :
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. A minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden – sea nymph
2. Linear unit of measurement for water depth – fathom
3. Causing fear or terror – dreadful
4. a relative permanent state of worry and nervousness – anxiety

Question 5.
Make a word register related with “sea”.
Answer:
A word register related with “sea” – shore, island, ship, waves, storm, sailors, fathom, sea- nymphs.

Question 6.
Complete the following table by writing related words to the given mood:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Happy mood	Surprise mood
1. joyfully	astonished
2. thrilled	wonder

Question 7.
Write down minimum four infinitives from the passage:
Answer:
to defend, to capture, to go, to see, to stand obey, remember, follow.

Question 8.
Match the words in Column ‘A’ with their meanings in Column ‘B’:

Column ‘A’	Column ‘B’
1. treacherous	(a) a grand dinner party
2. revealed	(b) very valuable
3. banquet	(c) showed
4. priceless	(d) deceitful

Answer:

Column ‘A’	Column ‘B’
1. treacherous	(d) deceitful
2. revealed	(c) showed
3. banquet	(a) a grand dinner party
4. priceless	(b) very valuable

Question 9.
Find out two words from the passage with suffix ‘ness’ and write your own two words with suffix ‘ness’.
Answer:
Words from the passage:
1. wickedness
2. kindness.
My own words:
1. happiness
2. sadness.

Question 10.
Complete the following table:
Answer:

Present Tense	Past Tense	Past Participle
give	gave	given
see	saw	seen
assure	assured	assured
forgive	forgave	forgiven

Question 11.
Pick the odd man out:
Answer:

1. heir, cave, ship, old, wind – old
2. take, wander, safe, punish, hear – safe
3. happy, thrilling, calm, revenge, favourable – revenge
4. nobly, safely, happily, marry, duly – marry

Activities based on contextual grammar:

Question 1.
Add a question tag:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Prospero was the Duke of Milan, wasn’t he?
2. Antonio would not have hesitated to kill Prospero, would he?
3. You can imagine the hardships faced by Prospero, can’t you?
4. The spirits remained trapped in their prisons, didn’t they?

Make the following sentences exclamatory:

Question 1.
Antonio was a treacherous man.
Answer:
What a treacherous man Antonio was!

Question 2.
Gonzalo was a true and loyal courtier.
Answer:
What a true and loyal courtier Gonzalo was!

Question 3.
Identify the tense:

1. The ship was carrying Prince Ferdinand of Naples.
2. He had devoted his life to the study of magic.
3. They promised to be ever obedient to his will.

Answer:

1. Past Continuous Tense
2. Past Perfect Tense
3. Simple Past Tense.

Question 4.
Begin the sentence with the underlined word/words:
1. Prospero raised a great tempest with the power of his magic.
2. In the woods nearby, Prospero found Caliban, a twisted, ugly monster.
Answer:
1. A great tempest was raised with the power of his magic by Prospero.
2. Caliban, a twisted, ugly monster was found by Prospero in the woods nearby.

Use ‘As soon as’ in the following sentences:

Question 1.
Prospero touched Miranda with his magic stick and she fell fast asleep.
Answer:
As soon as Prospero touched Miranda with his magic stick, she fell fast asleep.

Question 2.
As the tempest raged, Prospero led his daughter to the shore of the island.
Answer:
As soon as the tempest raged, Prospero led his daughter to the shore of the island.

Question 3.
Rewrite the following sentences as per the instructions:
1. Prospero waved his magic stick.
(Rewrite the sentence in past continuous tense.)
2. Ariel informed Prospero that the ship, was safely anchored in one corner of the island.
(Rewrite the sentence in past perfect tense.)
Answer:
1. Prospero was waving his magic stick.
2. Ariel had informed Prospero that the ship was safely anchored in one corner of the island.

Question 4.
Rewrite the following sentences in polite request in form of question:
1. Obey my commands now!
2. Bring Ferdinand here at once.
Answer:
1. Will you please obey my commands now?
2. Can you please bring Ferdinand here at once?

Question 5.
Prospero said to Ferdinand, “All your troubles were merely trials of your love and you have nobly stood the test. Now, I give you my daughter, a priceless gift.”
(Rewrite the sentence in indirect narration.)
Answer:
1. Prospero told Ferdinand that all his troubles were merely trials of his love and he had nobly I stood the test. He further added that he gave him (Ferdinand), his daughter, a priceless gift.

Question 6.
Begin the sentences with the underlined object and rewrite it:
1. Ariel brought them before Prospero.
2. He thanked Gonzalo for his kindness.
Answer:
1. They were brought before Prospero by Ariel.
2. Gonzalo was thanked for his kindness by him.

Question 7.
Make them assertive:
1. How happy Alonso was to see his lost son!
2. How thrilled Alonso was to hear that Ferdinand was to marry the duke of Milan’s beautiful daughter.
Answer:
1. Alonso was very happy to see his lost son.
2. Alonso was very much thrilled to hear that Ferdinand was to marry the duke of Milan’s beautiful daughter.

Question 8.
Use ‘not only … but also’ :
1. Prospero was happy and pleased to be back in Milan.
2. Ariel promised them calm seas and favourable winds in their journey.
Answer:
1. Prospero was not only happy but also pleased to be back in Milan.
2. Ariel promised them not only calm seas but also favourable winds in their journey.

Do as directed:

Question 1.
Complete the words by using correct letters:

1. o_der
2. gre_t
3. ne_er
4. ma _ ic

Answer:

1. order
2. great
3. never
4. magic

Question 2.
Copy the following sentences correctly in your notebook:
Answer:
1. Prospero was the Duke of Milan in the kingdom of Naples.
2. “Obey my commands now,” Prospero said to him.

Question 3.
Put the following words in alphabetical order:
1. earthen, natural, different, leisure
2. renowned, rectangles, residing, recording
Answer:
1. different, earthen, leisure, natural.
2. recording, rectangles, renowned, residing.

Question 4.
Punctuate the following sentences:
1. every child is an artist the problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up said Picasso
2. oh i didn’t see you come in said the teacher to ritesh
Answer:
1. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up?” said Picasso.
2. “Oh, I didn’t see you come in !” said the teacher to Ritesh.

Question 5.
Write four small words (minimum 3 letters each) using the letters in the given word:
“treacherous”
Answer:

1. teach
2. reach
3. each
4. hero.

Question 6.
Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence:
1. Raza win many national and international awards.
2. Gond art have spread mainly in Central India.
Answer:
1. Raza won many national and international awards.
2. Gond art has spread mainly in Central India.

Question 7.
Write related words as shown in the example: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Question 8.
Complete the following word-chain of nouns. Write four words each beginning with the last letter of the previous word:
wealth → …………….. → ………………. → …………….. → ……………..
Answer:
wealth → humour → reaction → nectar → rainbow.

Do as directed:

Question 1.
Make your own meaningful sentence by using the phrase ‘to look after’:
Answer:
It is our duty to look after our parents in their old age.

Question 2.
Add a prefix or suffix to make new
words and use any one of the root words in your own sentence:
1. regular
2. wicked.
Answer:
1. regular – irregular
2. wicked – wickedness.
Sentence: The wicked man was about to kill his own friend.

Question 3.
Add a clause to expand the sentence meaningfully:
She did not know ………………..
Answer:
She did not know how she would be able to come to the decision.

Personal Response:

Question 1.
What will you do if you are left alone on an isolated island by your friends?
Answer:
If I am left alone on an isolated island by my friends, first I will try to track the location with my mobile. Then I will send it to my parents and other faithful friends. If they get that location, they will definitely reach where I am and I would come out of that isolated island.

Question 2.
Why did Prospero raise a great tempest?
Answer:
Prospero was a great magician and staying on the enchanted island. When he saw a ship carrying his enemies near his island, he wanted to show them his power of magic without doing them any harm so that they would not come nearby his island again.

Question 3.
If you were given the power of magic for one day, what would you do? How would you use the power of magic?
Answer:
If I were given the power of magic for one day, I would do something for the society and for the nation. First, I would try to eradicate poverty from the society, I would give employment opportunities to each and every individual to raise the national income and to make my country developed.

Question 4.
Do you think the power of magic can make you successful? Why?
Answer:
I don’t believe in magic. As we are living in the 21st century, I believe to be at right place at right time. Luck, timing and magic, none of them will make you successful unless you work hard continuously. So I believe in hard work not in magic.

Question 5.
“Ariel was a faithful spirit” – why do you think so?
Answer:
Ariel was the chief of imprisoned good spirits. Prospero promised him that he would set him free with his power of magic. He was serving Prospero and helping him faithfully in every need of an hour to set himself free.

Question 6.
What could be the reason for Prospero to give up the practice of magic?
Answer:
After using the power of his magic at an enchanted island he was back to his own kingdom, Milan. He wanted a new beginning, he wanted to rule his kingdom with human values and virtues rather than magical spells. So he might have given up the practice of magic.

My English Coursebook 9th Class Digest Unit 4

• What is Success? Class 9 English Solutions
• Reading Works of Art Class 9 English Solutions
• Silver Class 9 English Solutions
• The Tempest Class 9 English Solutions
• The Last Lesson Class 9 English Solutions

Class 9 English Chapter 3.1 Question Answer Maharashtra Board

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Solutions My English Coursebook Chapter 3.1 Coromandel Fishers Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Coromandel Fishers Poem 9th Std Question Answer

My English Coursebook Std 9 Guide Chapter 3.1 Coromandel Fishers Textbook Questions and Answers

Warming up:
Chit-chat

1. What time do you get up in the morning?
2. What time do you go to bed?
3. Where do you spend your holidays?
4. What adventures do you like boating, trekking, scuba diving, mountaineering or something else?
5. After you finish your education, would you like to work close to nature?
6. What would you like to do?

Expanding Horizons

Question (a)
Write as many words as you can, related to the following. You should have at least twenty words each. You may refer to your geography textbook or other sources for that purpose. Then try to find English words/items for the ones you have written.

Answer:

Question (b)
Prepare a bilingual glossary for each of these topics:

Question (c)
Arrange the glossary in two ways:
1. According to the alphabetical order of letters in your mother tongue.
2. According to the alphabetical order ‘a-z’
[Students may attempt (b) & (c) above on ther own.

English Workshop:

Answer the following questions.

Question (a)
How many stanzas are there in the poem?
Answer:
There are three stanzas in the poem.

Question (b)
How many lines are there in the poem?
Answer:
There are twelve lines in the poem.

Question (c)
List the rhyming words in each stanza:
Answer:

1. First stanza: light – night, free – sea
2. Second stanza: call – all, drives – lives
3. Third stanza: grove – love, glee – sea

2. You know that many poems have rhyming words or rhymes at the end of the lines in each stanza. The pattern of rhyming is usually shown with the help of small letters such as ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, etc. This pattern of rhyme is known as the rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme of each stanza in this poem is aabb. Verify.

Question 1.
You know that many poems have rhyming words or rhymes at the end of the lines in each stanza. The pattern of rhyming is usually shown with the help of small letters such as ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, etc. This pattern of rhyme is known as the rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme of each stanza in this poem is aabb. Verify.

3. What do the following expressions refer to? Write in a word or phrase:

Question 1.
What do the following expressions refer to? Write in a word or phrase:

1. leaping wealth of the tide: …………
2. kings of sea: …………..
3. at the fall of the sun: …………
4. the edge of the verge: ………..

Answer:

1. leaping wealth of the tide: fish
2. kings of sea : fishermen
3. at the fall of the sun : at the sunset
4. the edge of the verge : horizon

4. Match the following:

Question 1.
Match the following:

Answer:
(a) the wind – child
(b) dawn – mother holding her child
(c) sea – mother
(d) cloud – brother
(e) waves – comrades

5. Find and write the lines in the poem that refer to:

Question 1.
Find and write the lines in the poem that refer to:
(a) early morning
(b) evening
(c) full moon night
Answer:
(a) early morning: Rise, brother, rise; the wakening skies pray to the morning light.
(b) evening: What though we toss at the fall of the sun where the hand of the sea-god drives?
(b) full moon light: And sweet are the sands at the full o’ the moon with the sound of the voices we love

6. Write the lines that show that the fishermen are not afraid of the sea or of drowning.

Question 1.
Write the lines that show that the fishermen are not afraid of the sea or of drowning.
Answer:
He who holds the storm by the hair, will hide in his breast our lives.

7. In the last stanza, two lines refer to a landscape, and two lines refer to a ‘seascape’. Which are they? Copy them from the poem correctly:

Question 1.
In the last stanza, two lines refer to a landscape, and two lines refer to a ‘seascape’. < Which are they? Copy them from the poem correctly:

Answer:

Landscape	Seascape
Sweet is the shade of the coconut glade, and the scent of the mango grove, And sweet are the sands at the full o’ the moon with the sound of the voices we love.	But sweeter, brothers, the kiss of the spray and the dance of the wild foam’s glee; Row, brothers, row to the edge of the verge, where the low sky mates with the sea.

8. Using the internet, find photographs /pictures of landscapes /seascapes to illustrate the images used in the poem.

Question 1.
Using the internet, find photographs /pictures of landscapes /seascapes to illustrate the images used in the poem.

9. Select a few lines from your favourite nature poem in your mother tongue and translate them into English.

Question 1.
Select a few lines from your favourite nature poem in your mother tongue and translate them into English.
Answer:
1. Title: Coromandel Fishers
2. Poet/Poetess: This poem is written by Sarojini Naidu.

3. Theme/Central Idea: The theme of the poem is that when human beings come together for a common purpose, no force or adversary can adversary can block their way. There could be risk in any challenging enterprise, but human progress depends on facing them courageously.

4. Rhyme Scheme: The rhyme scheme of the poem is ‘aabb’.

5. Figure of Speech: Simile, Metaphor

6. Special Feature: This is a didactic poem. A didactic poem is an instructive one. It is aimed at imparting certain advice or some moral principles. “When we come together for a common purpose and put our faith in God, we can accomplish great things” – This is the moral principle of this poem.

7. Favourite Lines: My favourite lines from the poem are :

• “He who holds the storm by the hair, will hide in his breast our lives”.
• But sweeter, O brothers, the kiss of the spray and the dance of the wild foam’s glee.

8. Why I like the poem: I like this poem because it imparts a very positive message. It says that if we trust in God and do our work promptly, success is ours.

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 3.1 Coromandel Fishers Additional Important Questions and Answers

Simple Factual Activities:

Question 1.
Who holds the storm by the hair?
Answer:
God holds the storm by the hair.

Question 2.
What type of boat do the fishermen use?
Answer:
The fishermen use catamaran boats.

Complex Factual Activities :

Question 1.
As the sea-gull flies away calling it appears as though, he is showing the way-What does the way lead to?
Answer:
The way leads the fishermen to the sea where plenty of fish can be caught.

Paragraph format:

The title of the poem is ‘Coromandel Fishers.’ The poem is written by Sarojini Naidu. The theme of the poem is that when human beings come together for a common purpose, no force or adversary can block their way. There could be risk in any challenging enterprise, but human progress depends on facing them courageously. The fishermen in the poem prove this fact.

The rhyme scheme of the poem is ‘aabb’. The figures of speech in the poem are simile and Metaphor. The special feature of this poem is that it a didactic poem. It is an instructive poem which is aimed at imparting certain advice or some moral principles. “ When we come together for a common purpose and put our faith in God, we can accomplish great things. ” This is the moral principle of this poem.

My favourite lines from the poem are:

1. “He who holds the storm by the hair, will hide in his breast our lives.” This line shows the fishermen put their full faith in the sea-god.
2. “But sweeter, O brothers, the kiss of spray and the dance of the wild foam’s glee.” I like the poem because it gives a very positive message. It says that if we trust in God and do our work promptly, success is ours.

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Unit 3

• Coromandel Fishers Class 9 English Solutions
• The Fall of Troy Class 9 English Solutions
• To a Butterfly Class 9 English Solutions
• Think Before You Speak! Class 9 English Solutions
• Great Scientists Class 9 English Solutions

Class 9 English Chapter 2.3 Question Answer Maharashtra Board

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Solutions My English Coursebook Chapter 2.3 Mark Twain Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Mark Twain Poem 9th Std Question Answer

My English Coursebook Std 9 Digest Chapter 2.3 Mark Twain Textbook Questions and Answers

Warming up!

Chit-chat:

• Who is your favourite comedian?
• What do you like better – to listen to a joke, or to tell a joke?
• Do you like cartoons and cartoon films?
• Which one do you like best?

Quick Thinkers:

Within one minute, write as many meaningful phrases as possible using the numbers given below. Do not repeat the ideas.

Question 1.
Within one minute, write as many meaningful phrases as possible using the numbers given below. Do not repeat the ideas.

Answer:

• One – one boy
• Two – two girls
• Three – three facebook accounts
• Four – four complaints
• Five – five gardens
• Six – six policemen
• Seven – seven roads
• Forty – forty feet
• A hundred – a hundred messages

Try to imagine a situation context where all the above items fit in. Describe it in 8 – 10 lines.
Think of a title for your passage.

Question 1.
Try to imagine a situation context where all the above items fit in. Describe it in 8 – 10 lines. Think of a title for your passage.
Answer:
Tit for tat
There was a boy in one city. He was studying in standard nine. He opened three fake Facebook accounts and started sending indecent messages to two girls from his class. The girls complained to their teacher four times but he continued sending ‘the same kinds of messages.

At last, the girls’ parents complained to Five gardens police station. Six policemen from the police station came to his school and took the boy to a remand home where seven roads meet. Now the boy is in a forty feet room and taking his punishment for sending hundreds of – indecent messages to the innocent girls.

Try to draw a map incorporating your phrases in a meaningful way. (Two examples are given below.) Write a key/index for your map.

Question 1.
Try to draw a map incorporating your phrases in a meaningful way. (Two examples are given below.) Write a key/index for your map.
Answer:

English Workshop:

1. Answer the following questions:

Question a.
Did Twain tell the barber who he was?
Answer:
Twain did not tell the barber who he was because he didn’t want to disclose his identity. But he told him that it was his first visit to that town.

Question b.
Was Twain particular about how he dressed when he was visiting friends?
Answer:
Yes, Twain was particular about his dress because when Mrs. Stowe saw him without any collar and tie she was surprised. She disapproved his dressing, it shows that he was always in formal, particular dress.

Question c.
Was Twain particular about what words he used?
Answer:
Yes, Twain was very much particular about what words he used.

Question d.
Do you think Twain approved of spelling reforms? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Twain proposed a different plan for the improvement of English spellings. He wanted to convey that further changes and reformation in English spellings would be harmful for the language. So I think he did not approve of spelling reforms.

Question e.
How did Twain explain the spider in the paper? What did he want to highlight?
Answer:
Twain explained that the spider was on the paper to see which merchant was not advertising, so that he could go to that store; spin his web across the door and lead a life of undisturbed peace afterwards. He wanted to highlight that there was no logical reason behind superstitions as the spider just happened to be there on the newspaper by chance. He also wanted to highlight that we should not believe in superstitions.

2. Read the following and write the two meanings of ‘mind’ and ‘matter’ :
‘Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.’

Question 1.
Read the following and write the two meanings of ‘mind’ and ‘matter’.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
Answer:
Here mind and matter both are used as a nouns first and then they are used as verbs.

3. Enact any one anecdote in the classroom.

Question 1.
Enact any one anecdote in the classroom.

4. Translate any five of the quotations you like.

Question 1.
Translate any five of the quotations you like.

5. Form groups of four to six.
Discuss whether and how you can improve English spelling.

Question 1.
Discuss whether and how you can improve English spelling.

6. Arrange a ‘Jokes’ session in the classroom where each student tells a joke. The jokes must be told in English.

Question 1.
Arrange a ‘Jokes’ session in the classroom where each student tells a joke. The jokes must be told in English.

Language Study:

7. Many actions involve two people/things – one that performs the action and one that is affected by the action. Example: Sonali ate the mango.
Here, the action of eating involves Sonali (who eats) and the mango (which gets eaten).
Sonali is the subject and ‘mango’ is the object of the verb ‘eat’. When you want to talk about who performed the action, the doer of the action is the subject.
Sometimes, you want focus on the object – the thing affected by the action. Then you make it the subject of that sentence. Example: The mango was eaten.
You may or may not mention the doer – here, Sonali or the person who ate it.
This is passive construction or passive voice. In this type of construction, the thing affected by the verb is the subject of the sentence, the verb is in the passive form (be + past participle), and the ‘doer’ of the action may or may not be mentioned.
In the following examples of passive voice, the ‘doer’ of action is not mentioned.
Examples :

• The plants are pruned.
• A cup of tea is offered to any guest …
• Many anecdotes related to Mark Twain are told …

If we wish to mention the ‘doer’ in passive sentences, we mention it by adding ‘by’
before it. Examples :
This pen was given to me by my Aunt.
Note that only transitive verbs can be used in the passive voice.

8. Refer to the Language Study pages and read the entries ‘irony’ and ‘pun’. Find one example of each from the passage or the quotations.

Question 1.
Find the examples of ‘irony’ and ‘pun’ from the lesson or the quotations.
Answer:
irony – use of words to imply the opposite of what they mean.
Examples:

1. A writer is working on his manuscript; and it’s a comedy.
2. ‘classic’ – A book which people praise and don’t read.

pun – a play on words based on their different meanings, for a humorous effect.
Examples:

1. A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two-tired.
2. Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

(2 examples of irony and pun are given here. Students are expected to find more examples from the lesson.)

8. Activity: Live English: Customer Care

Question a.
Read the following conversation.
Answer:

• Vaishali: Mother, how’s your new Zap3 mobile working?
• Mother: Oh It’s a fantastic piece and I’ve got a Bhramar simcard free with this mobile but somehow the Internet Is not working.
• Vaishali: Go to the settings and see if the mobile data is switched on.
• Mother: Yes, dear, I’ve done that so many times, but still I am not getting connected.
• Vaishali: Let’s contact the customer support at Bhramar and take their help. Look, the number Is given on the back of the simcard packet.
• Mother: Yes. I’ll contact them immediately.
• Vaishali: Put your mobile on speaker phone so that I can guide you.
  (Mother dials Bhramar Telecom customer care.)
• Bhramar CC: Hello. This is Bhramar customer care service. For information in English, press for Hindi, press 2, for Marathi, press 3, to talk to our customer care executive, press 4.
  (Mother presses 1.)
• Bhramar CC: For information regarding bills and your account, press 1 for internet queries and offers, press 2 for other services, press 3 to talk to our customer care executive, press 4.
  (Mother presses 2.)
• Bhramar CC: For different Internet plans, press: 1 to talk to our customer care executive, press 2.
  (Mother presses 2.)
• Bhramar CC: How can I help you?
• Mother: I bought a new Bhramar SIM yesterday. I have opted for the 349 rupees unlimited plan.
• Bhramar CC: Yes, it Is reflected against your number.
• Mother: But I am not getting connected to the Internet.
• Bhramar CC: Go to Settings’ and in APN type internet and save it. After that just switch off the phone and then switch it on again. The internet will start working. Any other queries, Madam?
• Mother: No, thank you. If I have any problem, I will call you back.
• Bhramar CC: Thanks for calling Bhramar Customer Care service. (Hangs up.)
• Vaishali: See, Mummy, It’s quiet simple.

Question b.
You have purchased some games CDs online through ChalaShikuya. corn (CSY). You are not able to access the CD. It is published by Cithuttigarnes. When you contact the customer care service of Chhuttigarnes. what questions will you ask?
Answer:
Questions to ask chalashikuya.com. customer care service of chhuttigames.

1. Is it customer care service of chhuttigames?
2. I want to talk to the person who deals with customer complaints, who is the right ¡erson to talk to?
3. Recently I have purchased some games CD online through your website. It’s not working properly. How can I resolve my problem?
4. Is it possible to exchange the CD?
5. How can I send it back to you?
6. How much time will you take to replace it?
7. What is the guarantee that new CD wifi work properly?
8. Will you return the money which I paid for CDs?

Question c.
Find out who the service provider is for your parents mobile. With your parents’ pennission. call the customer care service to get information regarding the active plans on your number. (For example. SMS plan, internet plan, etc. and share this information in your classroom.)
Answer:
Telephonic conversation with the customer care service.

• Myself: Hello, is it Airtel Service Centre?
• ServIceman: Yes, what can I do you for you, Sir?
• Myself: My mother’s number is 9867XXXX10 and I want to enquire about new plans for this number.
• Serviceman: Could you hold on for a moment please? I will just put you through to our expert.
• Myself: It’s all right.
• Serviceman: What do you want to ask, Sir? I can’t get through to him at the moment. If you tell me, I wifi definitely pass on your message to him.
• Myself: I want to ask about the active plan on my mobile. Especially about SMS plan and Internet plan.
• Serviceman: I think the operator has hung up. I will pass on your message to him, call you back in some time.
• Myself: 0k Sir, Thanks a lot!
• Serviceman: Welcome Sir, Have a good day.

Question d.
Prepare simple telephone conversations using the expressions below.
Some useful ‘telephone’ phrases
Hold on, please. (Wait): Could you hold on for a moment please?
Put (a call) through (Connect): I will just put you through to our expert.
Get through (Get connected): I can’t get through to him at the moment, could you call back later, please?
Hang up (End the call): I think the operator has hung up.
Call back: I’ll check your plan and call you back in some time.

• Pick up
• Answer the phone
• Call
• Give a ring

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 2.3 Mark Twain Additional Important Questions and Answers

Read the following passage and do the activities:

Simple Factual Activities:

Question 1.
Complete the following sentences with the help of the given passage:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. The real name of Mark Twain was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
2. Mark Twain went to a local barber shop for a shave.
3. Many anecdotes related to Mark Twain are told and enjoyed even today.
4. The young Mark Twain ran over early to say goodbye to Mrs. Stowe.

Question 2.
Name the following:
Answer:

1. The popular American Writer – Mark Twain
2. The place where Mrs Stowe was going – Florida
3. The home country of Mark Twain – America
4. The person who was going to Florida – Mrs Stowe

Question 3.
Answer the following in words :
Answer:

1. How many times did Mark Twain hear the story. – Three times
2. Who was telling the story? – Henry Irving

Question 4.
Complete the following sentences :
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:
1. Henry Irving asked Mark Twain if he had heard the story before “because he wanted to assure that he had not heard the story which he was telling him.”
2. Mark Twain could not lie the third time at any cost because he had not only heard the story but also invented it after hearing it for the third time.

Question 5.
State whether the following statements are True or False: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Mark Twain received a letter from the editor of a small Missouri newspaper. – False
2. Finding a spider in a paper is good luck for the reader according to Mark Twain. – False
3. Mark Twain’s birth was heralded by the return of Halley’s comet. – True
4. Mark Twain died in November 1835. – False

Complex Factual Activities:

Question 1.
Describe Mark Twain.
Answer:
Mark Twain was a popular American writer who was famous for his humorous stories, novels and other writings. Many anecdotes related to Mark Twain are told and enjoyed even today. He was a great defender of human values like liberty, equality and fraternity.

Question 2.
Complete the following web describing Mark Twain:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Question 3.
Complete the following:
(Answers are directly given.) The two social activities that Mark Twain supported:
1. Being a great defender of human values like liberty, equality and fraternity, Mark Twain opposed wars and imperialism.
2. He also supported the cause of labourers and of the black people in his country.

Question 4.
Was Twain particular about what words he used?
Answer:
Yes, Twain was very much particular about what words he used.

Question 5.
Why was Henry Irving asking Mark Twain the same question again and again?
Answer:
While telling a humorous story to Mark Twain, Henry Irving noticed his friend’s face. He noticed some unknown gestures on his face. Thinking, he might have heard the story, Henry was reassuring whether Mark Twain had heard the story or not so to make it sure he was asking the same question again and again.

Question 6.
What did Mark Twain propose? What was his plan at the year 6-12?
Answer:
Mark Twain proposed a plan for the improvement of English Spelling. At the year 6-12 his plan was modifying vowels and the remaining voiced and unvoiced consonants.

Question 7.
How did Twain explain the spider in the paper? What did he want to highlight?
Answer:
1. Twain explained that the spider was on the paper to see which merchant was not advertising, so that he could go to that store spin his web across the door and lead a life of undisturbed peace afterwards.
2. He wanted to highlight that there was no logical reason behind superstitions as the spider just happened to be there on the newspaper by chance. He also wanted to highlight that we should not believe in superstitions.

Question 8.
Which episode shows that Mark Twain did not believe in superstitions?
Answer:
A letter was received by Mark Twain from a reader asking him whether finding a spider in his j paper portended good or bad luck. His reply to the reader shows that he did not believe in superstitions, whereas we should take such situations humorously.

Activities based on vocabulary:

Question 1.
Find out similar meaning words (synonyms) for the following from the passage :
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. freedom – liberty
2. protector – defender
3. brotherhood – fraternity
4. considered – regarded

Question 2.
Complete the following word-web with the words related to literature:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Question 3.
Find out any four wrongly spelled words and correct them:
Answer:

1. Iear – Year
2. konsonant – consonant
3. fainali – finally
4. lojikl – logical

Question 4.
Find out from the passage the words used for the following words:
Answer:

1. world – werld
2. replace – riplais
3. respectively – respective
4. modifying – modifaiing

Question 5.
Classify the following words in the given table:
reader, remind, wonder, spider, merchant, return, declare, comet.
Answer:

Nouns	Verbs
reader, spider, merchant, comet.	remind, wonder, return, declare.

Activities based on contextual grammar:

Question 1.
Change the following sentences in indirect speech:
1. “You have chosen a good time to come,” the barber said to Mark Twain.
2. The barber said to Mark Twain, “Have you bought your ticket?”
Answer:
1. The barber told Mark Twain that he had chosen a good time to come.
2. The barber asked Mark Twain if he had bought his ticket.

Question 2.
Use ‘not only’ …. ‘but also’ and rewrite the sentences:
1. Many anecdotes related to Mark Twain are told and enjoyed even today.
2. Mark Twain opposed wars and imperialism.
Answer:
1. Many anecdotes related to Mark Twain are not only told but also enjoyed even today.
2. Mark Twain opposed not only wars but also imperialism.

Identify the mistakes in the following ( sentences and write the correct sentences:

Question 1.
Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear.
Answer:
Generally, then, the improvement would continue year by year.

Question 2.
it wud fainali bi possible to meik ius ov thi ( ridandant letez.
Answer:
It would finally be possible to make use of the redundant letters.

Identify the tense:

Question 1.
1. Henry Irving was telling a humorous story.
2. Mark Twain proposed a plan for the improvement of English Spelling
Answer:
1. Past Continuous Tense.
2. Simple Past Tense.

Make the sentences affirmative:

Question 1.
1. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
2. Don’t be careless about reading health books.
Answer:
1. A man is (can be) uncomfortable without his own approval.
2. Be careful about reading health books.

Frame a wh-question to get the underlined part as an answer in each sentences:

Question 1.
Mark Twain received a letter from a reader.
Answer:
What did Mark Twain receive from a reader?

Question 2.
Mark Twain’s birth was heralded by the return of Halley’s comet.
Answer:
What was heralded by the return of Halley’s comet?

Personal Response:

Question 1.
What is the importance of humour in our life?
Answer:
Humour is the most effective and important ingredient, to spice up the dish of life. It is enjoyed by all irrespective of age, caste, gender, whatever. It is one thing which can bind us all and generate a positive and happy environment. Even the most difficult situations can be handled with ease, if we are armed with humorous mind and disposition.

Question 2.
What do you know about Mark Twain?
Answer:
Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, publisher and lecturer. He was born on 30th November, 1835 in Florida (U.S.). Twain earned a great deal of money from his humorous writings and lectures. He was lauded as the greatest American humorist of his age. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were his two major classics of American literature.

Question 3.
Why should we avoid spelling mistakes while writing?
Answer:
Correct spelling improves the overall presentation of our work and helps with our confidence in writing. Incorrect spelling can be both embarrassing and damaging. It changes the meaning of the sentences. It also leaves a bad impression of the writer on the readers’ mind.

Question 4.
How can you improve English spellings?
Answer:
We can improve our English spellings in the following ways:

1. By learning a few rules of forming words.
2. By learning commonly misspelled words.
3. By checking word origins in the dictionary.
4. By separating words into chunks.
5. By using the words in its context.
6. By playing word games/solving puzzles.

Question 5.
Why should we take part in humorous sessions?
Answer:
Jokes can make people laugh and this impacts the blood circulation. Humorous sessions are often considered as good time for individuals with heart and other cardiovascular problems. It indirectly improves immune system by increasing infection-fighting antibodies. It reduces pains and takes us out from our problems.

Activities Based on Language study

Do as directed:

Question 1.
Complete the words by using correct letters:

1. t o _ a y
2. s _ a v e
3. a _ a i n
4. p _ i c e

Answer:

1. t o d a y
2. s h a v e
3. a g a i n
4. p r i c e.

Question 2.
Copy the following sentences correctly:
Answer:
1. “Have you bought your ticket yet?”
2. “You’ve chosen a good time to come,” he declared.

Question 3.
Put the following words In alphabetical order:
1. reader, spider, merchant, honour.
2. careless, classic, curiosity, cosmically.
Answer:
1. honour, merchant, reader, spider.
2. careless, classic, cosmically, curiosity.

Question 4.
Punctuate the following sentences:
1. are you quite sure you havent heard this he demanded suspiciously.
2. i not only heard the story invented it said mark twain.
Answer:
1. “Are you quite sure you haven’t heard this?” he demanded suspiciously.
2. “1 not only heard the story, I invented It!” said Mark Twain.

Question 5.
Write four small words (minimum 3 letters each) using the letters in the given word:
‘generalizations’
Answer:

1. general
2. gents
3. ration
4. lion.

Question 6.
Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentences:
1. A man does not be comfortable without his own approval.
2. Mark Twain will oppose wars and imperialism and supported the cause of labourers.
Answer:
1. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
2. Mark Twain opposed wars and imperialism and supported the cause of labourers.

Question 7.
Write related words as shown in the example:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Question 8.
Complete the following word-chain of verbs. Add four words, each beginning with the last letter of the previous word:
find → ……………… → ……………. → …………….. → ……………… .
Answer:
find → drink → keep → play → yell.

Do as directed:

Question 1.
Make your own meaningful sentence by using the phrase ‘to wait for’.
Answer:
We should always wait for the right opportunity.

Question 2.
Add a prefix or suffix to make new words and use one of the root words in your own sentence:
1. advantage
2. agree.
Answer:
1. disadvantage
2. disagree.
Sentence: There are many advantages of reading good books.

Question 3.
Add a clause to expand the sentence meaningfully:
I bought a new mobile …………………. .
Answer:
I bought a new mobile which is not at all useful for me.

Activities:

Question 1.
Can you think of other examples of irregularities in English spelling?
(Few examples are given here. Students may think and write other examples.)
Answer:

• Name – Nikki, Nicky, Toni & Tony
• – centre, center
• – weight, height
• – headache, know

Question 2.
Write a few sentences according to the improvements suggested for each year:
Answer:

Year	Sentences	Suggested improvements
1	I never drink cool water.	I never drink kool water.
2	She baked one cake.	She baked won kake.
3	He replied angrily.	He replied angrili.
5	Finally, she stopped overeating.	Finali she stoped overeeting.
6 to 12	It would be nice to eat peanuts.	It wud bi naise tu eet peenats.
15	the shop was shut.	Xe yop was yut.
20	This has to change soon.	Xis has tu ccej sun.

My English Coursebook 9th Class Pdf Unit 2

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The Necklace Poem 9th Std Question Answer

My English Coursebook Std 9 Digest Chapter 1.5 The Necklace Textbook Questions and Answers

Warming up!

Chit-chat:

• Do you like jewellery and ornaments?
• Do you like to dress up for special occasions?
• How do you do that?
• What makes a person happy and confident’?
• during special functions and parties?

Talking about Myself:

Write a few lines about yourself – your name, appearance. family, the place where you live, your school, your friends. neighbours. relatives, your likes, dislikes, hobbies, what you are good at, etc.

Now create an imaginary ‘persona’ for yourself. It should be quite different from your real self. Or, you may choose a fictional character – a character from a novel, story, etc. Write a few lines about this imaginary persona and introduce yourself in that role.

Imaginary Persona

• Hi, I am Vishalbahu.
• I like to obstruct and punish criminals.
• I simply love stunts and fights.
• I enjoy flying secretly all over the world.
• I don’t like people who trouble common people.
• I hate crimes and injustice caused to innocent people.
• I find exercises, combats very interesting.
• I can do any impossible things in the world.
• I am good at every difficult or hard work.
• I am not so good at office work and housework.

A Turn by Turn Story:

Form groups of 6-8. One person chooses any familiar object and announces its name in the group. All the others talk about it one by one, adding one (new) complete sentence at a time. The person who has chosen the object takes down all the sentences. After 2-3 rounds, read the sentences together and try to build a story around them.

Part I

English Workshop:

1. Read each of the following sentences aloud. Write who said it and to whom.

Question 1.
(a) Look. here’s something for you.”
(b) “Why. the dress you go to the theater in!”
(c) ‘I would rather not go to the party.”
(d) ‘Choose, my dear.”
(e) You have nothing else?”
(f) “Would you lend me this, just this?”
(g) “What ! … How ! … That’s impossible!
Answer:
(b) Mathilde’s husband said to Mathilde.
(c) Mathilde said to her husband.
(d) Madame Forestier said this to Mathilde.
(e) Mathilde said this to Madame Forestier.
(f) Mathilde said this to Madame Forestier.
(g) Mathilde’s husband said this to Mathilde.

2. Read the conversations in the story aloud using proper intonation.

Question 1.
Read the conversations in the story aloud using proper intonation.

3. Write a few lines about what Mathilde had and what she dreamt about.

Question 1.
Write a few lines about what Mathilde had and what she dreamt about.

4. Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.

Question a.
Mathilde was beautiful, and so she wanted to marry an aristocrat.
Answer:
She was not wrong to think so, because I think every woman, beautiful or not, wants to marry a person, who has a good position and wealth.

Question b.
Mathilde was sad because she did not get any luxuries.
Answer:
Her thinking was not correct. Not every one gets a luxurious life. She should have managed in whatever they were earning and lived a simple but happy life.

Question c.
Mathilde felt that her house was shabby and poorly furnished.
Answer:
Her feelings are wrong because it depends on the people who live in the house to keep the house clean, tidy and beautiful with whatever furniture, things they have got.

Question d.
Mathilde wanted other people to envy her.
Answer:
Mathilde’s thought was wrong because happiness does not depend on making the people envy you. She wished that people would have admired her if she had rich dresses and jewels.

Question e.
Mathilde was not happy to see the invitation.
Answer:
Mathilde did not care about the importance of the invitation, her husband had received. She was thinking only about the dress she would wear there.

Question f.
Mathilde wanted a new dress for herself.
Answer:
Mathilde wanted a new dress for herself only to selfishly corner her husband for extorting money from him to buy a new dress. Her thought was silly and unreasonable.

Question g.
Mathilde borrowed a diamond necklace from her friend and wore it to the party.
Answer:
Borrowing a diamond necklace was not a dire need of Mathilde. She could have used flowers instead; but she wanted another woman’s necklace to make a show of her beauty. She did not understand that borrowing is begging.

Question h.
Mathilde lost her necklace.
Answer:
Mathilde was so overwhelmed and captivated by her success that she was not aware of her responsibility of safe-keeping the borrowed necklace carefully. She lost it only because of her carelessness.

5. Prepare a formal invitation using the following format:

Language Study:

6. Read the phrases: The necklace, an error, all these things, another woman, one evening, her husband. In all these phrases we see some words used before the nouns. They specify or make it clear what noun we are talking about. These words that are used at the beginning of a noun phrase are known as determiners.
Determiners include articles (a, an, the), possessive pronouns (my, our, your, her, etc.), words like this, that, much, many, all, and numbers.

Part II

Chit-chat:

• Have you ever lost anything valuable?
• Name a book/movie that made you think.
• What was it about?
• What was the best part about the book/movie?

English Workshop:

1. Spot and circle the error m the following sentences. Then rewrite the sentences after correcting them.

Question 1.
Spot and circle the error m the following sentences. Then rewrite the sentences after correcting them.
(a) But they could not found it.
(b) You must right to your friend.
(c) At the end of one week, they have lose all hope.
(d) He would borrowed the rest.
(e) You should have return it sooner.
(f) And this life lasted for ten year.
(g) “No, I am Mathilde bisel.”
(h) Madame Forestier were stunned.
Answer:
(a) But they could not find it.
(b) You must write to your friend.
(c) At the end of one week, they have lost all hope.
(d) They stared at each other
(e) He would borrow the rest.
(f) You should have returned it sooner.
(g) And this life lasted ten years.
(h) “No, I am Mathilde Loisel.”
(i) Madame Forestier was stunned.

2. Complete the following table.

Question 1.
Complete the following table.

3. Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde

Question a.
Mathilde was shocked despaired over the loss of her necklace
Answer:
I think her reaction to the loss of her necklace was natural. But she herself was responsible for the tragedy. Her stubborn behaviour is to be blamed for the loss.

Question b.
Mathilde wrote a note to her friend as dictated by her husband.
Answer:
The couple couldn’t find the lost necklace even after a long search. They expected to find it some day. For that they needed some more time and Mathilde was compelled to write the false letter to I her friend. Her action of telling lies and betraying her friend was immoral and ridiculous.

Question c.
Mathilde and her husband decided to replace the necklace.
Answer:
I think that their decision of replacing the necklace was immature and insincere. Instead, they should have clearly and openly told Madame Forestier about the incident. It could have saved them from the horrible life they had to face and the dreadful debt they had to pay.

Question d.
Mathilde returned the diamond necklace to her friend
Answer:
I think, it was her moral responsibility to return the borrowed diamond necklace immediately after the party day but she delayed. She did so to hide the fact that she had lost the diamond necklace. Her negligence made her to make one more wrong.

Question e.
Mathilde did not tell her friend about the loss and replacement.
Answer:
It was another big mistake she committed. It was her thoughtless action. Had she told her friend about the loss of the necklace, further ruinous incidents wouldn’t have occurred and the remedy for the problem would have been very simple and easy.

Question f.
Mathilde worked very very hard to pay the debt.
Answer:
Mathilde’s action shows that she was a completely transformed woman. She had changed her attitude towards her lifestyle. She forgot her dreams of living a luxurious life. She worked hard and saved money for repaying the debt. She felt duty-bound for coming out of the devastating situation, she was responsible for.

Question g.
Mathilde and her husband paid off the debt in ten years.
Answer:
The income of Mathilde’s husband was meagre. So both of them worked very hard for ten long years to save money for repaying the debt. They curtailed their needs severely, her husband worked extra to ease the burden of debt. Somehow they faced the woes together bravely and sincerely.

4. Form pairs. Discuss how ‘Part II’ of the story could have been different. Write your storyline in the form of bullets showing the main events.

Question 1.
Form pairs. Discuss how ‘Part II’ of the story could have been different. Write your storyline in the form of bullets showing the main events.
Answer:
The cabman, who dropped them at their door found the necklace after two days while cleaning his cab → behind the space of the seats → fallen from the gaps of the seats → remembered the lady wearing the necklace → was an honest and God-fearing man → went to their house →handed over the necklace to them → it could have changed the whole story.

5. Imagine what must have happened after Mathilde’s friend discovered that the diamonds were real. Do you think she would return it to Mathilde? Would that make Mathilde happy?

Question 1.
Imagine what must have happened after Mathilde’s friend discovered that the diamonds were real. Do you think she would return it to Mathilde? Would that make Mathilde happy?
Answer:
Mathilde’s friend was rich but a kind-hearted and generous woman. She knew that Mathilde had to face many miseries for ten years. I think she would return the necklace to Mathilde. Mathilde would be happy to find some relief after ruinous sufferings.

6. Discuss the following and write about it in your own words in 5-6 lines.

Question 1.
Discuss the following and write about it in your own words in 5-6 lines.
(a) What would you do, if something like this happens to you?
(b) What opinion do you form about Mathilde’s husband from lier story?
(c) Which events in the story (Part I and Part II) changed Mathilde’s life?
Answer:
(Use the following points to write your answers.)
(a) Points:

• would go to friend and explain-
• would ask for time to return the money for the necklace –
• since friend rich, she may have accepted the idea.)

(b) Points:

• Husband
• good – kind – supportive
• considerate – a very nice human being.

(c) Points :

• Invitation to party – borrowing the necklace
• losing the necklace – returning the necklace by borrowing money

Language study:

7. Read the table of verb forms given below.

Question 1.
Read the table of verb forms given below.

The base form is used as an infInitive: You may go. She will go.
in orders: Go home. and in the simple present tense: I go to school. We go
home. Do you go there every day? The children/They go up, etc.
Note that we use the ‘-s form’ with ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, third-person singular subjects to show the simple present.
The past tense form has ‘-ed’ at the end. But many commonly used verbs have different past tense forms. Examples: Came, went, spoke.
. The ‘-ing’ form is known as the present participle. It is used with forms of ‘be’ to show continuous action – Examples: I am eating. You were eating. She was eating.
It is also used in certain constructions like He sat copying a manuscript.

The past participle used with forms of ‘have’ shows completed action – Examples: I have eaten. They have come, etc.
It is also used in certain constructions like ‘They looked at each other, stunned!’
It is also used in passive constructions. We will learn about ‘passive voice’ later.

Make a table of verb forms for your own reference. Try to arrange the verbs in alphabetical order. Keep adding new verbs to your table from time to time. When you write, check your work to see whether you have used the correct verb form.

Question 1.
Read the different following information about different forms of verbs:
Answer:
1. The base form is used as an infinitive: You may go. She will go.
In orders: Go home. And in simple present tense: I go to school. We go home. Do you go there every day? The children/They go up, etc.

2. Note that we use the e-s form’ with ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’, third person singular subjects to show
the simple present.

3. The past tense form has ‘-ed’ at the end. But many commonly used verbs have different past tense forms. Examples: came, went, spoke.

4. The ‘-ing’ form is known as the present participle. It is used with forms of ‘be’ to show continuous action – Examples: I am eating. You were eating. She was eating. It is also used in certain constructions like : He sat copying a manuscript.

5. The past participle used with forms of ‘have’ shows completed action.
Examples: I have eaten. They have come, etc.
It is also used in certain constructions like ‘They looked at each other, stunned!’

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 1.5 The Necklace Additional Important Questions and Answers

Read the following passage and do the activities :

Simple Factual Activities :

Question 1.
Say whether the following statements are True or False :
Answer:

1. Mathilde was married to a big officer at the Ministry of Education. – False
2. Mathilde’s former schoolmate was very rich. – True
3. Mathilde had rich dresses, jewels and everything that she loved. – False
4. Mathilde was happy with the invitation brought by her husband – False

Question 2.
Who said to whom? Complete the table :
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Dialogue	Who said	To whom
1. “Here’s something for you.”	Mathilde’s husband	Mathilde
2. “What do you want me to do with that?”	Mathilde	Mathilde’s husband

Question 3.
What did the envelope hold?
Answer:
The envelope held an invitation from the Minister of Education and Mme. Georges Rampouneau to Mr and Mrs. Loisel.

Question 4.
State whether the following statements ) are True or False :
Answer:

1. Mathilde’s husband suggested her to wear the dress she wore when she went to the theatre. – True
2. Mathilde was upset for three days because she had no good dress to wear. – False
3. Mathilde was ready to wear flowers. – False
4. She demanded four hundred francs for her dress. – True

Question 5.
Write who said it and to whom :
“But I don’t know what you like.”
Answer:
Madame Forestier said this to Mathilde.

Question 6.
Choose the correct option from the brackets and complete the sentences :
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Mathilde went to Madame Forestier. (The jeweller/Madame Forestier)
2. Madame Forestier took out a large box from her mirrored wardrobe. (large box/necklace)
3. Mathilde tried on the jewellery in the mirror. (dress/jewellery)
4. Mathilde discovered a diamond necklace in Madame Forestier’s large box. (a black satin box/a diamond necklace)

Question 7.
What did Madame Forestier’s large box contain?
Answer:
Madame Forestier’s large box contained bracelets, necklaces and other jewellery.

Question 8.
Complete the following sentences using the information given in the passage:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Mathilde was floating in a cloud of happiness.
2. Both, husband and wife left at about four o’clock in the morning.
3. In front of the mirror Mathilde took a final look at herself in all her glory.
4. She no longer had the necklace round her neck.

Question 9.
Who said it and to whom :

Question a.
“I no longer have Madame Forestier’s necklace.”
Answer:
Mathilde said this to her husband.

Question 10.
Complete the following sentences with the information given in the passage :
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. She remained in her ball dress all night, her mind blank.
2. At the end of one week they had lost all hope.
3. The husband and wife were sick with grief and anguish.
4. Mr. Loisel said, “We must consider how to replace the jewel.”

Question 11.
Who said this to whom :
1. “I might have needed it.”
2. “Don’t sell it for three days.”
Answer:
1. Madame Forestier said this to Mathilde.
2. Mr. Loisel and Mathilde said to the jeweler.

Question 12.
Say if the following statements are True or False:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Madame Forestier was rather angry with Mathilde for returning the necklace late. – True
2. A string of diamonds they found at Palais Royal was worth thirty-six thousand francs. – False
3. The new necklace cost them thirty- four thousand francs. – False
4. Mr Loisel borrowed money from every type of money-lender. – True

Question 13.
Complete the sentences using the information from the passage :
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. At the end of ten years, they had paid off everything.
2. How little is needed for one to be ruined or saved!
3. Mathilde played her part heroically.
4. She came to know the drudgery of housework.

Question 14.
Answer the following questions :

Question a.
Who is Madame Loisel?
Answer:
Madame Loisel is Mathilde.

Question b.
What work did Mathilde’s husband do for a tradesman?
Answer:
Mathilde’s husband did accounts for a tradesman.

Question 15.
Say whether the following statements are True or False:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Madame Forestier recognised her dear friend immediately. _ False
2. Madame Forestier still looked young, beautiful and charming. – True
3. It had taken them ten years to pay for the imitation diamond neclace. – True
4. The imitation was not worth five hundred francs at most! – False

Complex Factual Activities :

Question 1.
Complete the following :
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Question 2.
Why was Mathilde married to a minor official’?
Answer:
Mathilde was a pretty, charming girl but was born in a family of clerks. This had decided her future. Because of her ill-fate she had to marry a ‘minor official’.

Question 3.
Why did Mathilde weep with misery after visiting her schoolmate?
Answer:
Mathilde wept with misery after visiting her schoolmate because she couldn’t get the riches and the luxurious life in which the schoolmate was relishing. She dreamt of all those things her friend was enjoying. She herself could not have them because of her destiny.

Question 4.
Mathilde was sad, restless and anxious though her dress was ready because ….
Answer:
Mathilde was sad, restless and anxious though her dress was ready because she had no jewels, she had not a single precious stone to wear. She almost had decided not to go to the party.

Question 5.
Mathilde’s husband turned pale because….
Answer:
Mathilde’s husband turned pale because he had been saving the exact amount demanded by Mathilde to buy a gun for a hunting summer, in the country near Nanterre. He would lose his opportunity for buying dress for Mathilde.

Question 6.
Write the following sentences in order of their occurrence :
1. Her friend put a large box of jewellery before Mathilde.
2. She fled home with her treasure.
3. Mathilde went to Madame Forestier.
4. She discovered a diamond necklace.
Answer:
3. Mathilde went to Madame Forestier.
1. Her friend put a large box of jewellery before Mathilde.
4. She discovered a diamond necklace.
2. She fled home with her treasure.

Question 7.
Which sentences tell us that Mathilde greatly desired the necklace?
Answer:
The Sentences: Her heart began to beat with uncontrolled desire. Her hands trembled as she took it. She stood lost in ecstasy as she looked at herself in the mirror. She asked her friend anxiously, “Would you lend me this, just this?”

Question 8.
Complete the web :
Answer:

Question 9.
Describe the efforts made by the couple to find the lost necklace:
Answer:
They looked in the folds of Mathilde’s dress, in the folds of her cloak, in her pockets, everywhere. Mr. Loisel walked over the whole route they had walked to find the necklace. He went to the police station, to the newspapers to offer a reward, to the cab companies and everywhere they expected to find the necklace but found nothing.

Question 10.
Complete the web
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Question 11.
How did life of Mathilde change after the horrible incident?
Answer:
Mathilde’s life was completely changed. She dismissed her maid and did extremely unpleasant labours in the kitchen. She washed the dishes, the dirty linen, she carried the garbage down to the street every morning, carried up the water and dressed like a common woman. She had to bargain at markets, quarrel and face insults over every miserable sou. She lived the horrible life of the very poor.

Question 12.
Arrange the following sentences in order of their occurence:
1. Mathilde tells Madame Forestier about her hard time and miseries.
2. Madame Forestier tells that the necklace was an imitation.
3. Madame Forestier did not recognise Mathilde because she was completely changed.
4. Mathilde met Madame Forestier in the Champs Elysees on Sunday.
Answer:
4. Mathilde met Madame Forestier in the Champs Elysees on Sunday.
3. Madame Forestier did not recognise Mathilde because she was completely changed.
1. Mathilde tells Madame Forestier about her hard time and miseries.
2. Madame Forestier tells that the necklace was an imitation.

Activities based on vocabulary:

Question 1.
Match the words in Column ‘A’ with their meaning in Column ‘B’ :

‘A’	‘B’
1. aristocrat	(a) destiny
2. fate	(b) great success
3. shabby	(c) nobleman
4. triumph	(d) nearly worn out

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1. aristocrat	(c) nobleman
2. fate	(a) destiny
3. shabby	(d) nearly worn out
4. triumph	(b) great success

Question 2.
Write any four words from the passage that show the feeling of great pain:
Answer:
regret, despair, misery and tormented.

Question 3.
Write English terms that stand for the French terms Monsieur and Mme:
Answer:
Mr and Mrs.

Question 4.
Write the long forms of the following contracted forms:

1. Let’s
2. don’t
3. hadn’t
4. what’s.

Answer:

1. Let us
2. do not
3. had not
4. what is.

Question 5.
Write four words from the passage that reflect (show) that the person is in difficult situation.
Answer:
stammered, stunned, distressed, stuttered.

Question 6.
Fill in the blanks with proper letters so as to find the words: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:
1. the objects such as rings, necklaces, etc. that

2. a large cupboard for hanging clothes.

3. a piece of ornament consisting of chain of beads, diamonds, etc. worn around the neck =

4. a strong wish to have something =

Question 7.
Write any four adjectives from the passage.
Answer:
elegant, gracious, smiling, panic-stricken.

Question 8.
Write any four adverbs with ‘-ly’ from the passage.
Answer:
wildly, fmally, sadly, suddenly.

Question 9.
Which words from the passage are related with ‘success’?
Answer:
full of joy, triumph, cloud of happiness, glory.

Question 10.
Write the meanings of:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. glimmer of hope: a small sign of hope/success.
2. a hollow, pale figure: a person having empty mind and almost white face because of frustration and exhaustion.
3. sick with grief and anguish: mentally ill because of great sadness and pain.
4. cloak: ladies’ garment without sleeves, worn over their other clothes.

Question 11.
Find and write all the numbers mentioned in the passage :
Answer:
Forty thousand, thirty-six thousand, thirty- four thousand, eighteen thousand.

Question 12.
Write from passage the words related to money matters.
Answer:
worth, sell, borrow, notes, agreements, dealt, money-lender.

Question 13.
Write from the passage the phrases related to ‘housework’.
Answer:
Drudgery of housework, odious labours of the kitchen, washing dishes, washing dirty linen, carry the garbage, carry up the water, bargain at markets.

Question 14.
Match from the passage the adjectives in Column ‘A’ with the nouns in Column ‘B’ :

‘A’	‘B’
1. dreadful	(a) sou
2. miserable	(b) labours
3. horrible	(c) debt
4. odious	(d) life

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1. dreadful	(c) debt
2. miserable	(a) sou
3. horrible	(d) life
4. odious	(b) labours

Question 15.
Match the words in Column ‘A’ with their meaning in Column ‘B’ :

‘A’	‘B’
1. familiarly	(a) artificial/not real
2. astonished	(b) in a friendly manner
3. imitation	(c) very surprised
4. innocent	(d) having not done anything wrong

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1. familiarly	(b) in a friendly manner
2. astonished	(c) very surprised
3. imitation	(a) artificial/not real
4. innocent	(d) having not done anything wrong.

Question 16.
Write from the passage the verbs that end : with ‘-ed’.
Answer:
astonished, addressed, stammered, uttered, changed, stunned, smiled, moved.

Activities based on contextual grammar :

Question 1.
Find and write the adjectives from the passage for the following nouns :

1. house
2. girl
3. official
4. mansion.

Answer:

1. shabby and poorly furnished
2. pretty and charming
3. minor
4. grand and palatial.

Question 2.
He turned a little pale.
(Change the sentence into simple present Tense.)
Answer:
He turns a little pale.

Question 3.
Choose the correct option of the question tag:
I can give you four hundred francs.
(i) , can I?
(ii) , don’t I?
(iii) , can’t I?
(iv) , couldn’t I?
Answer:
I can give you four hundred francs, can’t I?

Question 4.
She replied,” I am upset that I have no jewels.” (Choose the correct option to transform it into Reported speech.)
a. She replied that I was upset that I had no jewels.
b. She replied that she is upset that she has no jewels.
c. She replied she was upset that she has no jewels.
d. She replied that she was upset that she had no jewels.
Answer:
c. She replied she was upset that she has no jewels.

Question 5.
Choose the correct wh-question from the alternatives to get the underlined part as an answer:
She discovered, in a black satin box, a diamond necklace.
(a) What did she discover in a black satin box?
(b) When did she discover a diamond necklace in a black satin box?
(c) Where did she discover a diamond necklace?
(d) Why did she discover a diamond necklace?
Answer:
(c) Where did she discover a diamond necklace?

Question 6.
Write the following sentence in simple present tense:
She threw her arms around her friend’s neck.
Answer:
She throws her arms around her friend’s neck.

Question 7.
Find the determiners from the following sentences and underline them :
(Answers are directly underlined.)
Answer:
1. They were dropped off at their door in the Rue des Martyrs.
2. Forgetting everything in the triumph of her beauty.

Question 8.
Do as directed :

1. She took a final look at herself. (Write simple present tense form for the underlined word.)
2. The day of the party arrived. (Rewrite the sentence using simple future tense.)
3. She danced wildly (Use past progressive tense and rewrite the sentence.)

Answer:

1. She takes a final look at herself.
2. The day of the party will arrive.
3. She was dancing wildly.

Question 9.
It was worth forty thousand francs.
(Use ‘They’ in place of ‘It’ and rewrite the correct sentence.)
Answer:
They were worth forty thousand francs.

Question 10.
He went to get the new necklace. (Rewrite the sentence using simple present tense for the underlined verb.)
Answer:
He goes to get the new necklace.

Question 11.
Change the following sentences in passive voice :
1. They dismissed their maid.
2. They rented a garret under the roof.
Answer:
1. Their maid was dismissed by them.
2. A garret under the roof was rented by them.

Question 12.
How strange life is!
(Make it an assertive sentence,)
Answer:
Life is very strange.

Question 13.
Complete the table with the correct forms of the given verbs.
Answer:

Do as directed :

Question 1.
1. She had no rich dresses : (Make the sentence affirmative without changing the meaning.)
2. These were the only things she loved. (Make the sentence negative without changing the meaning.)
Answer:
1. She had poor dresses.
2. She loved nothing but (except) these things.

Question 2.
They could not find it.
(Begin with It could not… and change the voice.)
Answer:
It could not be found by them.

Question 3.
He said to Mathilde, “Tell her you have broken the clasp of the necklace.”
(Change into Indirect speech.)
Answer:
He told Mathilde to tell her she had broken the clasp of the necklace.

Question 4.
Use simple present tense form and rewrite the following sentences :

Question a.
He went to the police station.
Answer:
He goes to the police station.

Question b.
They lost all hope.
Answer:
They lose all hope.

Question 5.
How you’ve changed!
(Make an assertive sentence.)
Answer:
You’ve completely changed,

Question 6.
They were similar.
(Make it negative without changing meaning.)
Answer:
They were not different.

Question 7.
I am Mathilde Loisel.
(Choose correct Question Tag,)
(i) , am I?
(ii) , amn’t I?
(iii) , aren’t I?
(iv) , don’t I?
Answer:
(iii) , aren’t I?

Question 8.
Fill in the table with correct verb forms.
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

base form	Past tense	Past participle
bring	brought	brought
see	saw	seen
feel	felt	felt
sing	sang	sung

Personal Response:

Question 1.
What do you feel when you receive an invitation for a party? Why?
Answer:
When I receive an invitation for a party, I feel very happy because we get to meet our friends and relatives at the party and we can spend some time rejoicing. We also get to eat tasty food in the party.

Question 2.
Was Mathilde’s husband a considerate person? How do you know that?
Answer:
Mathilde’s husband was really a very considerate person. Though his wife was obstinate and stubborn, he tried to fulfill all her unreasonable wishes. He sacrificed his own hunting joy and gave his savings to please Mathilde. This shows that he was a very considerate person.

Question 3.
Mathilde asked her friend, “Would you lend me this, just this?”
Why, do you think, did Mathilde say ‘just this’?
Answer:
I think, Mathilde was fully satisfied with the diamond necklace she got. It looked beautiful in her neck as she had desired. So she did not want anything else except that diamond necklace and so she insisted to lend her that and only that necklace.

Question 4.
Why, do you think, did Mathilde not notice the loss of her necklace?
Answer:
I think, she was thinking only about the triumph of her beauty and success in the party. She had lost her attention towards her necklace. Secondly, they left the party early in the morning, could not find a cab and had to walk for a long distance. This also must be the cause of the distraction.

Question 5.
Do you think, the arrangement made by Mr Loisel with the jeweller, was fair? Give your reason:
Answer:
Yes I think the arrangement was fair. According to the arrangement the jeweller would take the necklace back for thirty-four thousand if the other (the lost) necklace was found before the end of February. It would help them to get some more time to find the necklace and again they would ; be losing only two thousand francs instead of thirty- 5 six thousand.

Question 6.
Why does Madame Forestier speak coldly to Mathilde?
Answer:
Mathilde returned the necklace after so many days. Madame Forestier did not like it and was angry with Mathilde. It is the usual tradition to return the borrowed things immediately after the work is done, but Mathilde did not do it. By speaking coldly Madame Forestier expresssed her anger and displeasure.

Question 7.
What is meant by the horrible life of the very poor?
Answer:
The horrible life of the poor means a very tiring, bad, unpleasant and painful life. The poor are the people who live a miserable life with very little or no money at all. They have no money to satisfy their day-to-day basic needs. They have to work hard all the day to make both ends meet. Mathilde experienced this horrible life of the poor for saving money to clear the debt.

Question 8.
Write what you think about the following thought and action of Mathilde :
Mathilde told her friend about the lost necklace.
Answer:
Mathilde was now a relieved person. Though it was her fault, she must have thought that she should tell the truth to her friend and tell her how she struggled for ten long years that made her look old.

Question 9.
Who do you think was responsible for Mathilde’s misery? Was it her friend, she herself, her husband or the circumstances?
Answer:
It was Mathilde who was mainly responsible for her misery. Her wilfulness and obstinate behaviour were the root cause of the disastrous incident. She borrowed the necklace and lost it and that led to her misery. Her friend and her husband were, in no way, responsible for it. Of course the circumstances, to some extent too are responsible for it.

Oral Work:

Question 1.
Read the conversations in the story aloud using proper intonation.

Writing Skill:

Question 1.
Prepare a formal invitation using the format given on the textbook page no. 27.
Answer:

Activities Based on Language study

Do as directed!

Question 1.
Complete the words by using correct letters :

1. o _ h e r
2. y o _ n g
3. p _ o u d
4. s p e _ k

Answer:

1. o t h e r
2. y o u n g
3. p r o u d
4. s p e a k

Question 2.
Copy the following sentences correctly in your notebook :
Answer:
1. He said,” Here’s something for you!”
2. “What’s the matter? Let’s see, Mathilde.”

Question 3.
Put the following words in alphabetical order:
1. glory, street, amount, pleasure.
2. mansion, mirror, mutter, matter.
Answer:
1. amount, glory, pleasure, street.
2. mansion, matter, mirror, mutter.

Question 4.
Punctuate the following sentences :
1. you could wear flowers he said they are very fashionable at this time of year
2. what is the matter asked her husband
Answer:
1. “You could wear flowers,” he said,
“They are very fashionable at this time of year.”
2. “What is the matter?” asked her husband.

Question 5.
Write four small words (minimum letters each) using the letters in the given word:
‘schoolmate’ :
Answer:

1. school
2. come
3. late
4. home.

Question 7.
Write related words as shown in the example :
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Question 8.
Complete the following word-chain withing for.m. Add four words, each beginning with the last letter of the previous word:
going → ………………. →……………. →…………… → ………….. .
Answer:
going → growing → gaining → guarding → grumbling.

Question 9.
Make your own meaningful sentence by using the phrase ‘to be aware of’.
Answer:
We should be aware of the consequences of bad habits.

Question 10.
Add a prefix or suffix to make new words. and use any one of the root words in your own sentence:
1. annoy
2. exhaust
Answer:
1. annoyance
2. exhaustion
Sentence: There is no need to exhaust yourself for such a petty job.

Question 11.
Add a clause to expand the sentence meaningfully:
I don’t remember ………………………………… .
Answer:
I don’t remember when I met him last.

My English Coursebook Std 9 Digest Pdf Unit 1

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• ‘Hope’ is the Thing with Feathers Class 9 English Solutions
• The Story of Tea Class 9 English Solutions
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Class 9 English Chapter 4.1 Question Answer Maharashtra Board

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Solutions My English Coursebook Chapter 4.1 What is Success? Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

What is Success? Poem 9th Std Question Answer

My English Coursebook Std 9 Guide Chapter 4.1 What is Success? Textbook Questions and Answers

Warming up:
Chit-chat

1. Do you have a hobby?
2. Do you play a musical instrument?
3. What is the latest thing that you learnt to do?
4. Have you ever taught someone else to do something?

1. Prepare a speech to deliver in an interschool competition on ‘How to achieve success in life’ with the help of the following web chart:

Question 1.
Prepare a speech to deliver in an interschool competition on ‘How to achieve success in life’ with the help of the following web chart:

Answer:

How to achieve success in life?

Honourable chairperson, respected headmaster, teachers and my dear friends, Today I am going to limit my speech on “How to achieve success in life:” I request you to listen to me carefully. So my friends, success is very important in everyone’s life. Everyone has a dream of becoming a successful human being in life. There is a good saying that, “Success is a journey and not a destination.”

How true it is! If we look at the life of all successful people, we realize the truthfulness of the statement. The definition of success is different for every person. For a child success is to solve a puzzle, for a S.S.C. student, a success is to get good marks, for a businessman, a success is to get a contract and for grandparents, success is to see the whole family together.

Everyone wants to become rich and successful in life. To achieve ambition, there are many steps which are to be followed. First of all, we have to set our goal, means we have to decide what we are and what we want to be. So proper plan and execution of the plan are very important. The tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching the goal, the tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.

For a great success we need a lot of confidence, patience, knowledge, perseverance and hard work. We should not waste our time because time is money. Don’t compare yourself with any other person in the world. If you do so you are demeaning yourself. The main thing is that we should always think positively and never give up hope because many of our failures are the people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Always remember that the word “Impossible” means, I’m possible and if destiny is accompanied with the three D’s: determination, dedication, and devotion then everything becomes possible. We should learn from our own mistakes. We should always follow in the footsteps of great, successful people. Let’s take an example of Dhirubhai Ambani.

He was born in a poor family, but struggled a lot to achieve his ambition and never gave up hope because he knew that there is always a room at the top. He kept the hope alive in his heart and tried his level best and as you know he was one of the richest industrialists in the world. After all, no gains, without pains.

There is a great saying that successful people do not do different things, they do things differently. So work hard, continuously. God’s blessings are always there with you. Thank you for listening to me carefully.

Jai Hind.

2. What might success mean to the following people? Think about it and write:

Question 1.
A student ………………………….. .
Answer:
Showing consistent improvement in his academic pursuit, participating in sports and different competitions.

Question 2.
A businessman ………………………. .
Answer:
Gaining a huge profit, and achieving his target in business.

Question 3.
A doctor …………………………… .
Answer:
Diagnosing and treating patients and even saving a dying person.

Question 4.
A sportsperson ………………………. .
Answer:
Setting his/her own record by participating in different tournaments, winning medals and trophies.

Question 5.
A politician ………………………… .
Answer:
Winning an election and working for the welfare of society.

Question 6.
A person who has applied for a job ………………………… .
Answer:
Getting a job with a huge package of salary.

Question 7.
A teacher ………………………. .
Answer:
Helping his/her students to excel, reaching every child of his/her class.

Question 8.
A Parent ……………………………. .
Answer:
Raising a child and to make him/her a good human being.

English Workshop:

1. Tick the correct alternative:

Question 1.
The poet says that success is:
(a) to laugh less and work more
(b) to laugh never at all
(c) to laugh often and much
(d) to laugh less and low
Answer:
(c) to laugh often and much

Question 2.
The poet wants us to:
(a) earn a lot of money
(b) earn profits
(c) earn property
(d) earn the appreciation of honest critics
Answer:
(d) earn the appreciation of honest critics

Question 3.
The poet wants us to appreciate:
(a) riches
(b) God
(c) beauty
(d) society
Answer:
(c) beauty

Question 4.
The poet wants us to leave the world a bit
(a) bitter
(b) better
(c) broader
(d) bared
Answer:
(b) better

2. Compare this poem with ‘Walk a little slower …………’ and fill in the chart:

Question 1.
Compare this poem with ‘Walk a little slower …………’ and fill in the chart:

The poem ‘What is Success?’ is an example of free verse.
Answer:

Structure of the poem	Walk a little slower…	What is Success?
Does it have rhyming words?	Yes	No
Does it have a steady rhythm?	Yes	No
Are the lines of equal length?	Yes	No
Are there stanzas with equal number of lines?	Yes	No

3. Based on the poet’s idea of true success, think of four people in your surroundings- your family, neighbours, friends, teachers, classmates, etc. who have achieved true success. Write in short what makes them successful.

Question 1.
Based on the poet’s idea of true success, think of four people in your surroundings- your family, neighbours, friends, teachers, classmates, etc. who have achieved true success. Write in short what makes them successful.
Answer:

My family

My father is the backbone of my family. He works hard to fulfil our dreams. He has been working with determination continuously so that we can enjoy happy family life. We can understand his feelings and help him whenever he wants our help. We try to keep him happy and satisfied. He has made positive impact on our family members as well as on his circle of friends. So he is a role model for all of us.

4. List all the ‘to infinitives’ verbs used in the poem.

Question 1.
List all the ‘to infinitives’ verbs used in the poem.
Answer:
to laugh, to win, to appreciate to find, to leave, to know, to have.

5. In your opinion what things will help to make the world a better place? Discuss with your friends and write down at least three of the things.

Question 1.
In your opinion what things will help to make the world a better place? Discuss with your friends and write down at least three of the things.
Answer:
To make the world a better place, I think the following things will help a lot:

1. No fights, quarrels on the basis of caste, creed and religion.
2. Everyone should get a chance to earn his/her bread and butter.
3. Everyone should be mentally and physically fit and able.
4. Education: Basic right of education to all.

6. Think of different types of people who have to face great difficulties. Write what you can do to help at least one of them.

Question 1.
Think of different types of people who have to face great difficulties. Write what you can do to help at least one of them.
Answer:
There are number of people in our society who have to face great difficulties. There are people like physically disabled, poor, old, sick, etc. The people who are poor, are under poverty line. So we can provide them various facilities related to education and fulfil their basic needs so that their standard of living would be improved.

7. Prepare a set of questions to interview:

Question 1.
Prepare a set of questions to interview:
(a) A famous author
(b) A well-known social worker in your area.
Answer:
(a) A famous author:

1. What are your feelings after the overwhelming response to your newly published book?
2. Had you thought about such amazing response to your book?
3. What inspires you to write such a lovely book?
4. Are you working on any new book?
5. Do you think about the readers’ choice before writing?
6. Who is your favourite writer? Why?
7. Have you thought about the Booker prize while writing this book?
8. What is your ambition as a writer?
9. What message would you like to give to your readers?

(b) A well-known social worker in your area:

1. Are you really grateful to the voters of your area? Why?
2. How will you help this area to develop?
3. What are your future plans for the development of this area?
4. Are there any social problems that the people in this area are facing?
5. According to you, what is the role of education to develop society?
6. What have you done to make available educational facilities in our area?
7. What measures should be taken to fight against illiteracy, superstitions in our society?
8. What motivated you to be a social worker?
9. Is there any message that you would like to give to the citizens of this area?

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 4.1 What is Success? Additional Important Questions and Answers

Simple Factual Activities:

Question 1.
There are lines in the poem.
(a) two
(b) fourteen
(c) seven
(d) four
Answer:
(b) fourteen.

Question 2.
Complete the following sentences with the help of the given poem:
(Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. A person who takes wise decisions and works for the benefit of everyone wins the respect of intelligent people.
2. A person who is kind, sweet and helpful wins the affection of children.
3. A person who puts a lot of efforts and works against all odds is appreciated by honest critics.
4. A friend who is selfish and dishonest betrays a friend.

Complex Factual Activities:

Question 1.
What is success according to the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Answer:
According to the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, success lies in winning the respect, affection and appreciation of the people around us and to be able to respect, appreciate and care for people in return and how you make them happy.

Question 2.
Which lines tell you that a parent, a good gardener, a social reformer are all successful people?
Answer:
The lines that tell us that a parent, a good gardener, a social reformer are all successful people are: “To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a gardener patch or a redeemed social condition To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; This is to have succeeded.”

Poetic device Activities:

Question 1.
Give your own rhyming words for the following – (i) find (ii) patch.
Answer:
1. find – mind
2. patch – match.

Appreciation of Poem:

Point format

1. Title: What is success?
2. Poet/Poetess: The poet of the poem is Ralph Waldo Emerso.
3. Theme/Central Idea: The theme of the poem is quite evident from the title of the poem itself. As the answer to the question posed in the title, the poet defines success as precisely as possible in the following lines.
4. Rhyme Scheme: The poem is an example of ‘free verse’.
5. Figure of Speech: Repitition, Euphemism.
6. Special Features: This poem is an example of ‘free verse’. The lines of a ‘free verse’ do not have any steady rhythm. The lines are of irregular length and lack clear-cut stanza divisions. It has no rhyme scheme.
7. Favourite Line: My favourite lines from the poem are:
   • (1) To find the best in others;
   • (2) To appreciate beauty To find the best in others
8. Why I like the poem: I like this poem because it defines ‘success’ in a very special way.

Here, ‘success’ is not just an individual achievement. It is not taking advantage of others around us. It is, instead, giving back to society it is about making society a better place by our little contribution.

My English Coursebook 9th Class Digest Unit 4

• What is Success? Class 9 English Solutions
• Reading Works of Art Class 9 English Solutions
• Silver Class 9 English Solutions
• The Tempest Class 9 English Solutions
• The Last Lesson Class 9 English Solutions

Class 9 English Chapter 3.5 Question Answer Maharashtra Board

Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Solutions My English Coursebook Chapter 3.5 Great Scientists Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.

Great Scientists Poem 9th Std Question Answer

My English Coursebook Std 9 Guide Chapter 3.5 Great Scientists Textbook Questions and Answers

Warming up:
Chit-chat

1. What would you like to learn about in your Science period?
2. Have you ever tried to do an experiment on your own?
   If yes, tell me about it.
   If no, tell me why you’ve never tried.
3. What would you like to learn about in your English classes?

Inventions

Question (a)
Think of as many examples of the following as you can and write them in the appropriate column:

Answer:

Type of machine	Examples
Simple machines that are operated by hand	Screwdriver, pincers, auger chisel, drill machine, spanner, etc.
Machines that run on electricity	electric motor, fan, air conditioner, hair drier, geyser, mixer, oven, etc.
Electronic devices	Mobile phones, tablets, laptops, computer, speakers, etc.

Question (b)
Write as many uses of the following as you can:
(a) A cloth bag
(b) a wicker basket
(c) a glass bottle or jar
(d) a steel bowl
(e) a thick string or rope
Answer:
(a) a cloth bag: to carry things, for keeping clothes, shopping, using instead of paper bags, etc.
(b) a wicker basket: for keeping fruits, grains, carrying and selling vegetables, fruits, fish, etc.
(c) a glass bottle or jar: for keeping jam, liquids, juice, pickles, water for drinking, for medicine, kerosene, storing liquids, etc.
(d) a steel bowl: to keep eatables while eating, for drinking medicine, while serving curry, dal, shrikhand, aamras, etc.
(e) a thick string or rope: to tie things, to play, to hold things together, used in adventure sports like trekking, mountaineering, etc., to tether cattle.

English Workshop:

1. Write what is implied in the following sentence:

Question (a)
But few know his inspirational life story, which is all about courage and fighting against the odds. (What does it tell you about Faraday’s life?)
Answer:
Faraday was born in a poverty-stricken family, suffered from a speech defect as a child, had to start working at the age of thirteen. Poor Faraday had to struggle hard against all odds because he had no social status, no money and no education. Even then he toiled hard and achieved a great success after all his difficulties.

Question (b)
Even then Davy did not have much hope for Faraday: (Choose the correct question tag.)

1. didn’t he?
2. have he?
3. does he?
4. did he?

Answer:
Even then Davy did not have much hope for Faraday, did he?

Question (c)
People started telling Davy that of all his discoveries, the best was Faraday himself. (What does it suggest about Davy’s work?)

2. Break the passage into convenient smaller sections. Give sub-headings or titles to each section:

Question 1.
Break the passage into convenient smaller sections. Give sub-headings or titles to each section:
Answer:
1. Passage: Michael Faraday is regarded as ………….. produce the first consistent light bulb.
Title: Faraday’s childhood and his work as a bookbinder.

2. Passage: That day in 1812 Faraday ………………. to see some Davy’s leading experiments.
Title: Faraday’s association with Davy.

3. Passage: Even then Davy did not have much ……………….. born out of mockery directed at Faraday.
Title: Faraday discovered the ‘induction motor’

4. Passage: Faraday became a celebrity scientist ………………. inspire him during difficult times.
Title: Davy’s jealousy and Faraday’s failure!

5. Passage: In 1829, Davy died and Faraday concept called polarization.
Title: 1. Faraday becomes head of Davy’s laboratory.
2. Finds concept of polarization.

6. Passage: He then took the age-old experiment ………………. ‘It does not matter who you are’.
Title:
1. Fortune favours Faraday!
2. Association with Maxwell and Maxwell’s equations creates revolution!

3. List the different gadgets and instruments mentioned in the passage. Find more information about at least 3 of them, using the internet:

Question 1.
List the different gadgets and instruments mentioned in the passage. Find more information about at least 3 of them, using the internet:
Answer:
Gadgets and instruments from the lesson:
fans, air conditioning, sewing machines, photographs, power tools, cars, telescopes, microscopes, electrical generators, dynamos, Electronics and communication system, etc.

4. Find out more about the following scientists with the help of the Internet.

Question 1.
Find out more about the following scientists with the help of the Internet.

1. Michael Faraday
2. Humphry Davy
3. Thomas Edison
4. James Maxwell:

(Students do this on their own using the Internet.)

Language Study:

5. Find the following matter in the passage and copy the missing words:

Question 1.
Find the following matter in the passage and copy the missing words:
(Answers are directly underlined.)
(a) When he was twelve, …………………………… school ………………….
(b) One day he came across a book on ………………………….. .
(c) Faraday decided that ………………… scientist
(d) Davy never believed ……………………. science …………………….
(e) People started telling Davy that ……………………. discoveries, ……………………….
(f) He handed him a piece of Bavarian glass, which ……………………. microscopes, ………………….
(g) He went on to prove that …………………… filings;
(h) It was Maxwell who …………………… equations ………………….
Answer:
(a) When he was twelve, his mother was forced to take him out of school.
(b) One day he came across a book on electricity which had been sent to his master for binding.
(c) Faraday decided that day that he wanted to be a great scientist.
(d) Davy never believed Faraday could do anything in the field of science.
(e) People started telling Davy that of all his discoveries, the best was Faraday himself, this made him even more jealous.
(f) He handed him a piece of Bavarian glass, which was used in the lenses in telescopes and microscopes, and asked him to reverse engineer it.
(g) He went on to prove that these patterns were not a property of the iron filings.
(h) It was Maxwell who translated Faraday’s idea into a set of equations that are now called Maxwell’s equations.

6. Now Complete the following sentences using your own words/phrases:

Question 1.
Now Complete the following sentences using your own words/phrases:
(Answers are directly given.)
(a) When he was twelve, ………………………. .
(b) One day he came across a book on ………………… .
(c) He decided that …………………. .
(d) He never believed ……………… .
(e) People started telling that ………………. .
(f) He handed him which ……………………. .
(g) He went on to prove that ………………… .
(h) It was ……………….. who ………………… .
Answer:
(a) When he was twelve, he took lessons in martial arts.
(b) One day he came across a book on ‘How to make friends’.

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Chapter 3.5 Great Scientists Additional Important Questions and Answers

Simple Factual Activities:

Question 1.
State if the following statements are True or False : (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Faraday’s work on electricity is still a subject of study. – True
2. Faraday as a child, had a speech defect. – True
3. Faraday disliked reading. – False
4. The first consistent light bulb was produced by Davy. – False

Question 2.
What is the passage about?
Answer:
The passage is about the great scientists and their qualities.

Question 3.
Complete the following statements by giving reasons: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

1. Faraday forgot to applaud with the rest of the crowd because he was fully engrossed in Davy’s lecture.
2. Faraday didn’t just want to sell books because he wanted to be a great scientist.
3. Davy decided to hire Faraday as his secretary because a chemical explosion had temporarily blinded Davy.
4. Davy promoted Faraday to his lab assistant because Faraday worked day and night and learnt a lot about Davy’s experiments.

Question 4.
What was the subject of Davy’s lecture?
Answer:
Davy’s lecture was about the mysterious force of electric fluid.

Question 5.
Complete the sentences using the information given in the passage:
(Answers are directly given.)
1. The induction motor spurred a revolution.
2. Davy and William Wollaston were trying to re-create a famous electromagnetism experiment.

Complex Factual Activity:

Question 1.
What were the odds against Faraday in his childhood?
Answer:
Faraday faced many odds as a child. He was born in a very poor family and lived in a dirty London Suburb. He suffered from a speech defect, so much that other children laughed on his pronounces. At the age of twelve he was forced to leave his school and it was the end of his formal education. At the age of thirteen he had to take up working as a bookbinder for living.

Question 2.
What actions and thoughts of Faraday show that he was inspired by Davy?
Answer:
Faraday took notes of Davy’s lecture on ‘mysterious force of electric fluid’s comprehensively. He bound them into a book for giving a gift to Davy someday. From that day he thought of becoming a great scientist and to write his own books. Davy became his role model. He wanted Davy to become his mentor. Though, Davy did not agree, Faraday was not unhappy and disappointed and just kept trying to get his favour.

Question 3.
Was Davy fair in his treatment of Faraday? How did Faraday respond to that treatment?
Answer:
Davy definitely was not fair in his treatment of Faraday. But Faraday was not deterred and was relentless. He continued working hard day and night to learn as much as he could about Davy’s experiments. Though his work was cleaning the labs, Faraday considered himself lucky to get to see some of Davy’s experiments.

Question 4.
What happens when an electric current is applied to a wire?
Answer:
When an electric current is applied to a wire, it causes that wire to behave like a magnet and the forces are connected.

Question 5.
An induction motor is a commonly used electrical machine. What examples of its use are given here?
Answer:
The induction motor is used in fans, air conditioning, sewing machines, photographs, power tools, cars and even trains and aeroplane engines.

Give one example each to show that –

Question (a)
Faraday was a good pupil.
Answer:
Faraday respected Davy though he was jealous of Faraday. Davy gave him an impossible task to reverse engineer the Bavarian glass but Faraday accepted the assignment despite knowing that it would be very difficult. This shows that Faraday was a good pupil.

Question (b)
Davy was not a good mentor.
Answer:
Davy was jealous of his pupil’s achievement and never helped him in his difficulties. He gave Faraday an impossible task to keep him out of his way. He knew that with the equipment available in the lab, Faraday would never be able to accomplish the task. He wanted to enjoy his pupil’s failure. This shows that Davy was not a good mentor.

Question 1.
Why did Faraday keep a souvenir of his failure as a source of inspiration?
Answer:
Faraday kept a single glass brick on his shelf as a souvenir to remind himself of those difficult days. He wanted to remember his failure and the hard work he had done during those difficult days. He believed that it would inspire him in such difficult days.

Activities based on vocabulary:

What is the meaning of the following sentences:

Question (a)
Reading became his obsession.
Answer:
Faraday’s mind was completely filled with thoughts of reading and he did not think of anything else other than reading.

Question (b)
Electricity became his lifelong fascination.
Answer:
Electricity became Faraday’s very strong attraction lasting all through his life.

Question 1.
Write two compound words from the passage :
Example: bookbinder.
Answer:
1. poverty-stricken
2. lifelong

Question 2.
Match the words in Column ‘A’ with the meaning in Column ‘B’:
Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1. pursue	(a) a person that you admire and try to follow him/her
2. role model	(b) to continue to do or achieve something
3. mentor	(c) to cheer with claps
4. applaud	(d) an expert who advises and helps less experienced persons

Answer:

‘A’	‘B’
1.  pursue	(b) to continue to do or achieve something
2. role model	(a) a person that you admire and try to follow him/her
3. mentor	(d) an expert who advises and helps less experienced persons
4. applaud	(c) to cheer with claps

Question 3.
Write four words from the passage that tell us the state of mind of a person :
Answer:

1. spellbound
2. engrossed
3. dejected
4. relentless.

Question 4.
Write words using each letter of the following words:

1. about
2. angry
3. thing
4. from.

Answer:

1. ant, ball, odd, use, table.
2. and, not, give, ray, yes.
3. that, high, inn, note, goat.
4. frog, road, ox, mango.

Question 5.
Choose the correct words from the passage and complete the table:
Answer:

Describing words	The nouns described
1. circular	patterns
2. invisible	magnetic fields
3. formal	education
4. age-old	experiment
5. impossible	tasks
6. empty	space

Question 6.
Find and write the past tense verbs with ‘-ed’ from the passage :
Answer:
filled, disturbed, copied, accepted, favoured, translated, combined, helped, designed, started.

Activities based on contextual grammar:

Question 1.
Write any four words that begin with ‘re-’ as a prefix ;
Answer:

1. rewrite
2. replace
3. replay
4. redirect.

Question 2.
He dismissed Faraday’s aspirations.
(Begin with Faraday’s aspiration-and make the sentence of Passive voice.)
Answer:
Faraday’s aspirations were dismissed by him.

Question 3.
He forgot to applaud with the rest of the crowd.
(Make the sentence negative without changing the meaning.)
Answer:
He did not remember to applaud with the rest of the crowd.

Question 4.
Find and write from the passage the adjectives used for the following nouns :

1. force
2. notes
3. explosion
4. memory.

Answer:

1. mysterious force
2. comprehensive notes
3. chemical explosion
4. excellent memory.

Question 5.
He needed an assistant.
(Frame a Wh-question to get the underlined part of the sentence as an answer.)
Answer:
What did he need?

Question 6.
Use the following phrases in the sentences of your own

1. figure out
2. born out of
3. try one’s hand at
4. to spur a revolution

Answer:

1. He couldn’t figure out the reason behind his friend’s behaviour with him.
2. Every invention is bom out of inquisitiveness.
3. Father asked me to try my hand at preparing the food item.
4. Computers have spurred a revolution in this modern world.

Question 7.
It would be very difficult
(Make it a negative sentence.)
Answer:
It would not be very easy.

Question 8.
He accepted the assignment. (Change the voice.)
Answer:
The assignment was accepted by him.

Frame wh-question to get the underlined part as answers:

Question (a)
He used the same glass now.
Answer:
What did he use now?

Question (b)
They found the strange object under a bench in the garden.
Answer:
Where did they find the strange object?

Question 1.
He was unable to explain them.
(Make it a negative sentence without changing meaning,)
Answer:
He could not explain them.

Question 2.
He made hundreds of such drawings.
(Choose the correct sentence of passive voice.)
(a) Hundreds of such drawings are made by him.
(b) Hundreds of such drawings will be made by him.
(c) Hundreds of such drawings were made by him.
(d) Hundreds of such drawings have made by him.
Answer:
(c) Hundreds of such drawings were made by him.

Do as directed:

Question 1.
Complete the words by using correct letters:

1. p _ ove
2. fi_ld
3. e _ pty
4. mi_ht

Answer:

1. prove
2. field
3. empty
4. might

Question 2.
Copy the following sentences correctly in your notebook:
Answer:
1. He couldn’t even say his own name and would call himself ‘Faraday’.
2. faraday was spellbound by Davy’s lecture in 1812.

Question 3.
Put the following words in alphabetical order:
1. epitomise, generate, convert, accomplish
2. destiny, determine, disturb, dismiss
Answer:
1. accomplish, convert, epitomise, generate.
2. destiny, determine, dismiss, disturb.

Question 4.
Punctuate the following sentences:
1. he worked day and night and learnt as much as he could about davys experiments
2. Faraday had a never give up attitude and he respected davy
Answer:
1. He worked day and night and learnt as much as he could about Davy’s experiments.
2. Faraday had a never-give-up attitude and he respected Davy.

Question 5.
Write four small words (minimum letters each) using the letters in the given word: ‘comprehensive’:
Answer:

1. come
2. cohesive
3. hen
4. hive.

Spot the error and circle it. Then rewrite the corrected sentence:

Question 1.

Answer:
Our teacher was absent yesterday.

Question 2.

Answer:
She has forgotten her notebook in school.

Write related words as shown in the example: (Answers are directly given.)

Question 1.
Write related words as shown in the example: (Answers are directly given.)
Answer:

Complete the following word-chain with any four words. Add four words, each beginning with the last letter of the previous word:

Question (a)
Complete the following word-chain with any four words. Add four words, each beginning with the last letter of the previous word:
poverty → ………. → ………. → ………… → ………….
Answer:
poverty → yank → knowing → gorgeous → slap.

Question 2.
Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase in your own sentence, “for a while”.
Answer:
Please wait for a while, I will come with you.

Question 3.
Add a prefix or suffix to make new words and use one of the root words in your own sentence:
1. ignore
2. achieve
Answer:
1. ignorance
2. achievement.
Sentence: We should not ignore our duties towards our motherland.

Question 4.
Complete the following sentences using your own words: (Answers are directly given.)
OR
Add a clause to expand the sentence meaningfully:
(One senteces will be asked in the activity sheet)
Answer:

1. He went on to prove that the pug marks found in the mud were not of a dog but of a tiger’s.
2. It was Sardar Patel who led the famous Bardoli Satyagraha.
3. This is where his decision went against him.
4. He did not know much about the customs of the Adivasis.

Personal Response:

Question 1.
Why do you think Faraday’s friend gave him a free ticket to Davy’s programme?
Answer:
I think, the friend knew that Faraday was poor and could not afford to buy a ticket for such a big programme. He also must be knowing about Faraday’s fascination about the subject of electricity, and that would be a great opportunity for him to attend the lecture of the renowned scientist Humphry Davy’s work on the subject chemicals and electrical lighting.

Question 2.
Is it necessary to have social status, money to pursue your goal? Explain why.
Answer:
I think it is not necessary to have social status or money to pursue our goal. Only that, you must have a dream to achieve the goal and continue to work hard towards it. You must keep on trying day and night with perseverance and sincerity.

Question 3.
Write what is implied in the following sentence: Even then Davy did not have much hope for Faraday. (What do the words ‘even then’ suggest?)
Answer:
Faraday wanted to be a great scientist. But Davy dismissed all his aspirations in the field of science. He made Faraday his secretary then his lab assistant. Faraday worked day and night and learnt about Davy’s experiments. Even after doing such hard work and getting knowledge and experience Davy was not hopeful about Faraday’s scientific career, because of his social status and education.

Question 4.
Write what is implied in the following sentence: People started telling Davy that of all his discoveries, the best was Faraday himself. (What does it suggest about Davy’s work?)
Answer:
Humphry Davy was a renowned chemist who made many discoveries about chemicals and electrical lighting. Faraday wanted Davy to become his mentor but Davy never believed in Faraday’s ability and always tried to keep him away from the experiments he was doing. Davy became jealous of Faraday when he became a celebrity scientist overnight. But Faraday did not receive recognition for his success from Davy. So people started telling Davy that Faraday himself was his best discovery.

Question 5.
Do you agree with Faraday’s following quotation? Explain with his own examples:
‘In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure’.
Answer:
Yes. I fully agree with Faraday’s quotation. He wants to say that if you want to get success you should never fear of failures. If your desire for success is greater than your fear of failures, you can definitely achieve your success with determination and perseverance. Davy asked him to reverse engineer Bavarian glass. He toiled hard but failed to do it. He had lost his memory but the disease did not stop him. His failures did not become obstacles in the way of his success.

Question 6.
When you wish to achieve some goal, does it matter what you are?
Answer:
No. When you wish to achieve some goal it does not matter who you are. You may not have status in the society or wealth or even education but still you can achieve your goal with hard work, perseverance, conviction, keen observation and intelligence.

Activity:

Question (a)
Information about 3 gadgets/instruments
Answer:
1. Telescopes:
A telescope is an optical instrument that aids the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation (such as visible light). The first known practical telescope was invented in Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century, by using glass lenses. It has use in both terrestrial applications and astronomy. There are many types of telescopes, for example, radio telescope, X-ray telescope, optical telescope, etc. They are generally made up of two lenses placed at a fixed distance to enlarge far away images.

2. Fan:
A fan is a machine used to create flow within a fluid, typically a gas such as air. The fan consists of a rotating arrangements of blades which act on the fluid. The rotating assembly of blades and hub is I known as rotor. A fan concentrates the airflow in the required direction. The punkah fan was used in India about 500 BC. It was a handheld fan made of bamboo strips and other plant fibre. This evolved over the years to the modern fans we see in our rooms daily now.

3. Sewing machine:
It is a machine used to stitch fabric and other material together with a thread. Sewing machines were invented during the Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work. In a modern sewing machine the fabric easily glides in and out without the inconvenience of needles and thimbles but the earlier sewing machines were partially manual and helped the tailor do the stitching faster saving his time.

Inventions

Question 1.
Choose any one machine or device and prepare a short note about it. Use the points given in margin of the textbook page no. 88.
Answer:

A Note on Fan

A fan is a machine/device used to create flow within fluid, typically a gas such as air. The fan consists of a rotating arrangement of blades that act on air concentrating the flow of air in one direction. The rotating assembly of blades and motor is known as rotor. Fans are powered by electricity. The ‘punkha’ (fan) was used in India about 500 BC. It was handheld fan made of bamboo. These fans evolved after centuries to the fans, we see today in our homes.

My English Coursebook 9th Class Solutions Unit 3

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• The Fall of Troy Class 9 English Solutions
• To a Butterfly Class 9 English Solutions
• Think Before You Speak! Class 9 English Solutions
• Great Scientists Class 9 English Solutions