SUMMER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (2016-17)

ENGLISH
CLASS-IX
Q1. ANSWER IN ONE WORD ONLY:-
1. Where did Gullivers father had a estate?
2. How many brothers were he?
3. What had driven him to the land of Liliput?
4. What type of people were Liliputians?
5. How many carpenters and engineers were set at work to prepare engine?
6. How long were the chains which held his legs?
7. How were the ladies and courtiers clad?
8. How many officers were appointed to search him?
9. What was the hollow iron pillar referred to?
10. What did Gulliver hope to get in short time?
11. Name the person who brought the article of his liberty.
12. How many Lilliputians could be fed with the meat and drink Gulliver was offered?
13. Where was the Emperors palace situated at Mildendo?
14. How long did the bloody war between two empires carried out?
15. Where was the empire of Blefuscu situated?
16. How did they bury the dead people?
17. Where did he put his cows and sheep before boarding the English merchantmans ship?
18. What was the name of the old comrade he met on the board?
19. How much money did he leave with his wife before leaving for another journey?
20. What is the name of Gullivers son and daughter?
Q2. Rearrange the following to form meaningful sentences:-
1. Put into/ as the /at low/baby can /he is/ as soon /water/ toddle/tide
2. Water/the baby/ in the/there/plays/sits and
3. Long enough / the mother/him/does not/to worry/there/leave him
4. Older/at low tide/as/wade about/allowed to/he is /he grows
5. Other species/human species/the/of/many/the/very existence/is threatening
6. Of nature/biodiversity/the/is/variety of life forms/interact to support/that and
sustain/balance /the
7. Consumed/as/ group/more and more of/Earths/the /resources/are/human population/the
8. extinction/crisis/explosive/an/consumption/had led/growth and/an
9. that have /Earths history/mass extinctions/the/threatens/periodically
during/occurred/the/and/to surpass
10. one everyday/scientists/that/estimate/rate of/species are disappearing/the /at
Q3. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the
incorrect word and the correct word in the blanks:-
The exhaust earth groaned ____________ __________
 And quivered under a glare ____________ __________
Of the sun. spirals in heat ____________ _________
Rose from the ground on if ____________ _________
From molten lava. The painting ____________ _________
Lizard crawl painfully over ____________ _________
The hot rock on search ____________ _________
In a shady crevice, ____________ _________
Which was not avaible ____________ _________
Q4. In the passage below one word has been omitted in each line.Complete the passage by
adding a word in each line:-
1. on the banks of the Ganga ,where it
2. emerges the Himalayan foot hills. There are long ____ ____ _____
3. stretches forests. There are _____ ____ ____
4. villages the fringe of the forest inhibited by bamboo _____ ____ ____
5. utters and farmers. This area an ideal ______ _____ ____
6. hunting ground and so animals are ______ _____ _____
7. not numerous as they used to be. The trees ______ _____ _____
8. too have disappearing slowly and as the ______ _____ ____
9. forest recedes the animals lose food and ______ _____ ____
10. shelter.