CLASS-IX

UNIT-3
ENGLISH - PAPER-2
ANSWERS
PART-A
1. Reading data, a pie chart, a bar chart or a tree diagram with five comprehension questions. (Unseen)
5×1=5
a) 2 – 'Wh' questions 2 × 1 = 2
b) 2 – M.C.Qs 2 × 1 = 2
c) Choosing a correct statement (MCQ) 1 × 1 = 1

i) Study the following Tree diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Now answer the following questions. 5x1=5

a) Temperatures recorded on a particular day in the cities of A.P
b) Guntur
c) c
d) c

e) i

ii)
a) 4
b) 10.30 to 11.15
c) B
d) A
e) ii

iii) Study the following Tree diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. the employment in a region of people of different age groups in different sectors.

2. the youngest in retail and the oldest in manufacturing
3. accountancy
4. 9
5. 33 lakhs
2. Reading an unseen passage with five comprehension questions 5 × 1 = 5
i) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow (Unseen) 5×1=5M

1. a 2. a 3. a 4. c e) i

3. Reading an unseen passage - arranging the jumbled sentences in sequential meaningful order
(Unseen) 5M
i)
Ans:
1. The lawyer was lying on the only rug.
2. The accountant was toying with the bones.
3. Lazy exchange of few words
4. The day was ending in serenity and brilliance.
5. The sun sank low.

4) a) You have celebrated Science exhibition in your school. Write a letter to your friend about your experiences in the
exhibition.

Guntur

5th March 2016

Dear Srikar,

I am safe here. I hope the same with you. I am studying well. I have written the Summative
Assessment II examinations well.

We celebrated Science Exhibition day on 28th of February. You know that on this day the Raman
Effect was discovered by Sir. C V Raman. Our D E O was the chief guest. He inaugurated the programme. We
displayed various exhibits. The D E O appreciated us after observing all the exhibits. He congratulated our
science teacher and our headmaster for their efforts. I exhibited a solar power project which was appreciated
by all.

Convey my regards to your parents and best wishes to your sister.

Yours lovingly,

Xxxxxxxxx
Address on the envelop

Xxxxxxxxxx

Xxxxxx

12-13-15

Gandhi Street

Hyderabad

(Or)
b) Write a news report about the Science exhibition in your school.

Science Exhibition held at Z.P.H. School, Pothuru

NEWS TODAY: March 1, 2017

Students of the Z.P.H. School, Pothuru of Guntur Rural Mandal conducted a science exhibition at the
school on Tuesday. Students from 6th to 10th put up an array of exhibits at exhibition organised in the school
auditorium.
There were a number of working models on display as part of the exhibition. One among them was a
model depicting a modern form of water recycling.
Some of the models were notable. One of them was a model of an Electrostatic Smoke Precipitator
made by Siddhardha, a Class X student. The model consisted of a battery connected to a chimney-shaped
tube. When fire is lit to a wire at one end, the smoke enters inside the tube and later precipitates.
Earlier the district educational officer inaugurated the exhibition. He observed all the models and
praised the students and the teachers for their efforts.

5) (a)

Chandra Sekhar who was also known as Chintu was born on 23 March, 1991 at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.
He joined in IIT Kharagpur to study B.Tech. He went to USA in 2012. He started a cell phone manufacturing
company at Hyderabad in 2014. He gave employment to 200 people. The Prime Minister Mr. Modi praised
him. His slogan is Birth in India and death in India.

(Or)

b)

Once there was a flower seller. On he went to the king’s palace to offer flowers to the king. But the soldier at
the gate told him that he could not go in. The flower seller pleaded him to allow him to meet the king. Then
the soldier told him that he would allow him in only if he gave him half of what he would get from the king.
The flower seller had no other option. He agreed and went in. The king liked the flowers. He asked the flower
seller what he wanted. He asked fifty lashes. The king was surprised with the flower seller’s words. Then a
soldier came forward to give him the fifty lashes. Then the flower seller told the king to give twenty five lashes
to the solider outside his court. The king understood what happened. He punished the solider outside his
court and rewarded the flower seller.

PART – B
VOCABULARY
6) Read the para and write the synonyms of the underlined words given in the box. (Reading –A)
4×½=2
i)

a. a little b. reddened c. threatening d. inspected

ii)

a. penalty b. disgraced c. reputation d. clarifications

iii)
a. uneducated b. proposed c. area d. find out

iv)

a. stubbornly b. looking c. c. carefully d. noticeably

v)

a. unbearable b. keen c. stick d. unable

7) Read the para and write the antonyms of the underlined words. (Reading -A) `4 × ½ = 2

(i) a. encourage b. last c. agree d. present

ii) a. jointed b. stopped c. tactless d. peace

iii) a. bluntly b. wrong c. cheerful d. revive

iv) a. there b. wisely c. requested d. somthing

v) a. conciously b. compliant c. prevention d. clever

8) Read the para and write the right form of the words given in brackets in the blanks. (Reading –A)
4×½=2

i) a. burns b. courage c. desperation d. restrained

ii) a. replied b. deserved c. flogged d. verify

iii) a. punishment b. attendance c. attack d. suddenly

iv) a. asked b. illiterate c. offered d. ascertain

v) a. perspiration b. answer c. possibly d. pronounced

9) Complete the words with (ie, ea, ee, ai, ia, ei) (Reading – A) 2×½=1

i) (a) ee (b) ea

ii) (a) ai (b) ee

iii) (a) ia (b) ei

iv) (a) ea (b) ea

v) (a) ea (b) ei

10) Complete the words with correct suffixes given in brackets: (Reading – A) 2×½=1

i) (a) er b) ous

ii) (a) vey b) ial

iii) (a) ate b) ence

iv) (a) ance b) ache

v) (a) our b) ent

11) Find the wrongly spelt word and write the correct spelling: (Reading – A) 2 × ½ = 1

i) a) flushed, ominous, eminance, flog Ans: eminence

b) ascertain, perspirasion, knuckles, rap Ans: perspiration

ii) a) goal, discreat, distress, thrash, Ans: discreet

b) brigend, desperation, restrain, grasp Ans: brigand

iii) a) momant, surveyed, honour, punishment Ans: moment

b) humiliate, explanation, headache, certifikate Ans: certificate

iv) a) previous, deserve, attendence, stomachache Ans: attendance

b) suddenly, iliterate, ascertain, neighbour Ans: illiterate

v) a) prononce, suspension, helplessly, intently Ans: pronounce

b) intolerable, suspense, incapable, impalse Ans: impulse

12) Put the following words under the correct headings. 8×¼=2
i) nursing, cricketer, secretary, medicine, scientist, archaeology, architecture, anchor

people job
1 cricketer 1 Nursing
2 Secretary 2 Medicine
3 Scientist 3 Archaeology
4 anchor 4 architecture

ii) musician, courtier, cook, adolescent, ignorant, violent, magnificent, carpenter

people qualities
1 Musician 1 Violent
2 Courtier 2 Magnificent
3 Cook 3 ignorant
4 carpenter 4 adolescent

iii) accountant, bank, museum, architect, park, explorer, teacher, theatre

people places
1 Accountant 1 Bank
2 Architect 2 Museum
3 Explorer 3 Park
4 teacher 4 theatre
iv) depositing and lending, caring and curing, nursing, army, planning and building,
architecture, defending and guarding, banking,

profession activities
1 Nursing 1 caring and curing
2 Army 2 defending and guarding
3 Architecture 3 planning and building
4 banking 4 depositing and lending

v) laboratory, judge, , guard, spectator, friend, valley, auditorium,hotel

 persons places
1 Judge 1 Laboratory
2 Guard 2 Valley
3 Spectator 3 Auditorium
4 friend 4 hotel

13) Write the meaningful sentences using the phrasal verbs given below: 2 × 1 = 2
Phrasal verb Meaning Sentence
We should keep the kids away from the fire
Keep away prevent access to, hold back
crackers.
Look around Look around a place Do you want to look around the school?
Look at Look at someone or something What are you looking at?
The government should bring down the
Bring down to reduce the rate, of something
rates of the commodities.
Cut off to remove something by cutting it Why did you cut off all your hair?
to try to find
Please look up a dictionary and find the
Look up a particular piece of information by lo
meaning.
oking in a book or on a list
to produce a new product and start to They will bring out a new smart phone next
Bring out
sell it year.

Throw out to force someone We threw him out of their company.

to leave a place or group
to watch what is happening and The police have warned the people to look
Look out
be careful: out for forged notes.
to choose someone for They put in
Put in
a job or position, a new manager to try and improve sales.

14) Fill in the blanks with right collocations using the words given below.
4 × 1/2 = 2
Text Book Independent

i) a. way b. good progress c. exam d. duty

ii) a. product b. problem c. horror d. tears
iii) a. blessed b. ashamed c. call d. punished
iv) a. funds b. good progress c. report d. business
From Reading –A
i.
sinister , ominous , slightly, possibly,
1. The headmaster entered the class with a -------- flushed face.
2. He had a hard -------- look in his eyes.
3. The neighbours could not --------- know anything about it, since the grandmother died in the village.
4. The peon eyed Swaminathan with a -------- look.

Ans: a. slightly b. ominous c. possibly d. sinister

ii.
foolishly, sharply , flood , unconsciously,
1. Swaminathan kept staring -------- till he received another whack on the back.
2. He had --------- become defiant and did not care to deny the charge.
3. He had a sudden ------ of courage.
4. He brought the cane ------- down on Swaminathan’s right shoulder

Ans: a. foolishly b. unconsciously c. flood d. sharply