Ujjwal Shiksha Sr Sec School

UT- 3
Class – 9th
ENGLISH

M.m. 30. Time 1hr 20 min.

Name - ________________________ Roll No_____________

Sec.___________ All the questions are compulsory.

Section A Grammar and Writing

Q.no.1 Fill in the blanks with suitable of forms. 1×2

A) Yesterday we ............(play) a match and we ....... .. ( win)

B) I ......................... (teach) in this school for last two years.

am teaching/ teach/ have been teaching/ have taught

Q.2 Fill in the blanks with suitable modals 1×2

A) I ............ When I was in tenth class.

Can /could/may/ shall

B) This time they ......... not get good exams because they are not working hard.

Will/ may/ could/ must

Q.3. Change the following sentences into indirect speech. 1×4

A) Radha said to me" I am not going to participate in

this exams"

B) He said to me "can you help me in this matter?" C)

Mohan said to me "get out from my room"

D) Rashi says to me "will you attend the meeting?"

Q4. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners. 1×2

A) I think this shirt is cheaper than..........

This/that/these/ those

B) ............... knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Little / a little / the little

Q5. You are Mohanlal living at 123/12 Vasant kunj New Delhi . For last 5 days your Colony has been facing the problem
of improper water supply. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner complaining against this. 1X4

Section B Literature

Q6. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words 3×3

A) Who were Abdul Kalam's school friends and what did they later become ?

B) What finally kills the trees ?

C) Behrman has a dream. what is it ? Does it come true?

Value based question 1X4

Q7. A secure childhood like Kalam's is very important for a child's growth do you agree ?

OR

Do you agree with the thought that most of the teenagers have same kind of emotions and feelings that Jonsy has in the
chapter ' The Last Leaf '? If yes then why if not then why not?

Q8. Read the given passage carefully and answer the following questions: 1X3

'My childhood' is an extract taken from the autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam ' Wings of Fire' . My childhood is the story
in which APJ Abdul Kalam shows how the people lived peacefully in their town. The society of Rameshwaram is an
example of communal tolerance where people of different communities lived peacefully. In this extract APJ Abdul Kalam
remembers his childhood days when he earned money by working with samsuddin. Abdul Kalam says that in his
childhood he sold newspapers. Kalam says that it is very important for a child to have healthy environment like him to
grow and to become successful.

A) who is the writer of 'Wings of Fire' ?

B) what is very essential for a child to grow and to become successful ?

C) How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages ?