Class IX English

Section A : Reading
I. Read the passage given and answer the questions that follows: (5)

DANCE
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a
form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting.
Gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming are sports that incorporate dance, while martial arts
Karate are often compared to dances. Motion in ordinarily inanimate objects may also be described as dances
(the leaves dance in the wind).
Every dance no matter what style, has something in common. It not only involves
flexibility and body movement, but also physics. If the proper physics is not taken into
consideration injuries may occur.
Choreography is the art of creating dances. The person who creates (i.e. choreographs)
a dance is known as the choreographer.
Dance has certainly been an important part of ceremony, rituals, celebrations and entertainment since the birth
of the earliest human civilizations. Archeology delivers trace of dance from prehistoric times such as the
9,000 years old Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka painting in India and Egyptian tomb painting depicting dancing
figures from circa 3300 BC.
Once the earliest structured uses of dances may have been in the performance and in the telling of myths.
Before the production of written languages dance was one of the methods of passing these stories down from
generation to generation.
Questions :
1. An art form in which people move _______ is called dance.
a) Spiritually b) rhythmically
c) expressingly d) humorously
2. While writing in a poetic mood, the writer may use the word dance to describe the _____ ___ of some
object.
a) movement b) beauty
c) rhythm d) velocity
3. To avoid being hurt one should consider the __________ of object and its movements while dancing.
a) flexibility b) style
c) physics d) body movement
4. Before the script of writing was produced, dance used to be a ________ from one generation to another.
a) mode of passing information b) mode of passing stories
c) mode of sharing experiences d) mode of narrating events.
5. A word in the passage which means the same as ‘lifeless’ is ______________
a) animate b) unanimate
c) inanimate d) motionless

Section B : WRITING
II. You are Nidhi, a member of “Environment Club” of your school. Write an article on “Need of
Afforestation” in the present day world. 120-150 words. (4)
OR
Mobile phones are being used both in urban and rural areas. But craze for mobile phones among
students has been increasing day by day. They seem busy on mobile phones most of the time.
Write an article on the topic ‘Excessive use of mobile’ in not more than 120150 words.

SECTION C : GRAMMAR
 III. In the following passage, choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to
complete the passage. Write the answers in your answer sheet against
the correct blank number. Do not copy the whole passage.

Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a) _______ was one of (b) ______________
greatest fiction writers of America. He grew up in a small town (c) ___________ the bank of the Mississippi
River. (d) ___________ a small boy he moved to Hannibal on the banks of the river (e) ___________ he
experienced (f) ___________ excitement of river travel. (½×6=3)
a. i) Which ii) who
iii) that iv) he
b. i) an ii) a
iii) the iv) his
c. i) on ii) in
iii) at iv) upon
d. i) since ii) from
iii) to iv) as
e. i) when ii) where
iii) whenever iv) whence
f. i) a ii) his
iii) an iv) the
IV. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against which a blank is
given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet against the correct blank
number as given in the, example. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
(½×6=3)
Thanks to the current interest for fitness e.g. for- in
and health that people are taking (a) ____________
In each locality we find this days (b) ____________
some centres and clubs is springing (c) ____________
up and they are do well in their (d) ____________
new venture. Because unfortunately they (e) ____________
are not within easy reach for all. (f) ____________