LOYOLA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Worksheet/Holiday
QATAR Homework
Academic Session: 2023 -2024
Subject: English
Worksheet/Holiday Homework

NAME: CLASS/Div. IX

SECTION A (READING)

Q1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that
follow.
Every Monday, on his way back from work, Bipin Chowdhury would drop in at
New Market to buy books. He had to buy at least five at a time to last him
through the week. He lived alone, was not a good mixer, had few friends and
didn’t like spending time in idle chat. Those who called in the evening got
through their business quickly and left. Those who didn’t show signs of
leaving would be told around eight o’clock by Bipin Babu that he was under
doctor’s orders to have dinner at eight-thirty. After dinner he would rest for
half an hour and then turn in with a book. This was a routine which
had persisted unbroken for years.

Today, Bipin Babu had the feeling that someone was observing him from close
quarters. He turned round and found himself looking at a round-faced, meek-
looking man who now broke into a smile. ‘I don’t suppose you recognise me.’
Bipin Babu felt ill at ease. It didn’t seem that he had ever encountered this
man before. The face seemed quite unfamiliar. ‘Have we met before?’ asked
Bipin Babu.

The man looked greatly surprised. ‘We met every day for a whole week. I
arranged for an ear to take you to the Hundroo Falls. My name is ‘Parimal
Ghosh’. ‘Ranchi?’ Now Bipin Babu realised this man was making a mistake.
Bipin Babu had never been to Ranchi. He smiled and said, ‘Do you know who I
am?’
The man raised his eyebrows and said, ‘Who doesn’t know Bipin Chowdhury?’

Bipin Babu turned towards the bookshelves and said, ‘You’r making a mistake.
I’ve never been to Ranchi.’ The man now laughed aloud. ‘What are you saying,
Mr Chowdhury? You had a fall in Hudroo and cut your right knee. I brought
you iodine. I had fixed up a car for you to go to Netarhat the next day, but you
couldn’t because of the pain in the knee. Can’t you recall anything? Someone
else you know was also in Ranchi at that time, Mr Dinesh Mukherjee. You
stayed in a bungalow. You said, you didn’t like hotel food. I’ll tell you more:
you always carried a bag with your books in it on your sightseeing trips. Am I
right or not?’

Bipin Babu spoke quiedy, his eyes still on the books. ‘Which month in
Nineteen fifty-eight aTe you talking about?’ The man said, ‘October’.

‘No, sir,’ said Bipin Babu. ‘I spent October Nineteen fifty-eight with a friend in
Kanpur. ‘ You’re making a mistake. Good day’.

But the man didn’t go, nor did he stop talking. ‘One evening I had tea with you
on the veranda of your bungalow. You spoke about your family. You said, you
had no children and that you had lost your wife a decade ago.’

When Bipin Babu had paid for the books and was leaving the shop, the man
was still looking at his in utter disbelief.

Bipin Babu’s car was safely parked in Bertram Street. He told the driver as he
got into the car, ‘Just drive by the Ganga, will you, Sitaram.’ Driving up the
Strand Road, Bipin Babu regretted having paid so much attention to
the intruder. He had never been to Ranchi. He had an excellent memory.
Unless he was losing his mind!

Questions and Answers of Comprehension

Question 1.
Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. One word
answers or short phrases will be accepted.
(a) Persisted
(b) decade
(c) intruder
Question 2.
Answer the following questions briefly using your own words.
(a) How did Bipin Chowdhury find time to read five books?
(b) How did he get rid of visitors who stayed late?
(c) Which sentence tells you that Bipin was uncomfortable?
(d) What strong argument did Bipin Babu give to prove that he was not in
Ranchi at that time?

Question 3.
What memories of the trip does Parimal Ghosh evoke to prove that Bipin Babu
was indeed in Ranchi? Describe in your own words and answer in not more
than 50 words.

Q2. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.

The first computer was built in the early nineteenth century by Charles
Babbage. He called it a ‘difference engine’: It could carry out long calculations
and print the results. Later he invented a better machine called an ‘analytical
engine’. The computer that you use has been developed by several scientists
working independently or as a team. It is being improved everyday.

The computer can work out calculations and provide answers to complicated
problems in a flash. A man would take days, or even months, to work the same
thing out. But it cannot do things on its own. All the information it needs to do
something is fed into it. This information is called data. Then it must be given
clear and precise instructions about what to do with this data. These
instructions have to be in a language that the computer understands. The
information and the instructions make up a computer program. If a computer
gives an incorrect answer, something must be wrong with the programme and
not with the machine.

The computer also has a memory. It can store away information and use it
later. It can, therefore, be compared to the human brain. But it can solve
problems much faster and more accurately than the human brain. It can be
made to play games like chess and can translate words from one language to
another. (If you like, it can correct your spelling mistakes in what you write.)
But it cannot take decisions or think up new ideas. That is where it cannot
compete with the human brain.

Questions
(1) What two things could the first computer developed by Charles Babbage
do?
(2) What is a computer program?
(3) In what way is the computer better than a human brain?
(4) Give a word from the passage that means same as ‘correctly’.
(5) Find a word from the passage that means ‘without anybody’s help’.

SECTION B (GRAMMAR)

Q3. Complete the following sentences using the appropriate tense form
of the verb given in the brackets.

1. The constable................... (catch) the thief red-handed.

2. Students at many colleges................... (stay away) from their classes to protest

against the highhandedness of the administration.

3. He................... (spend) the whole day in bed.

4. The bomb scare................... (delay) the flight by about 2 hours.

5. The stadium................... (reverberate) with dance and drama as performers

from across the country................... (showcase) their talents.

6. He................... (love) animals but that................... (not prevent) him from eating
their flesh.

7. He................... (visit) nearly all continents.

8. The man who smuggled cocaine into the city................... (arrest)

9. The politician................... (never visit) his constituency since the last election.

10. Last year, they................... (build) a fence around their property.

Q4. Test your understanding of modal auxiliaries with this grammar
worksheet.
1. It is dangerous to drive in the rain. You …………………………. be very careful.
(could / would / should / might)

2. If you had run faster, you …………………………………….. have won.

(will / could / can / may)

3. You ……………………………… not smoke here. (must / should / could / would)

4. We ………………………….. definitely look into the matter.

(will / would / can / could)

5. …………………………….. you solve this puzzle? (Can / Will / Shall / Should)

6. It is important that the meeting …………………………….. start on time.

(shall / should / would / will)

7. You …………………………….. have waited for him.

(cannot / need not / shall not / will not)

8. ………………………………. I turn the heating on?

(Would / Should / Will / None of these)

9. You ………………………….. have been more careful.

(should / would / will / can)

10. ……………………………. I borrow your computer? (Can / Will / Would / Must)

11. ……………………………. you pass me the salt? (Can / Will / Shall / May)

12. ………………………….. I come in, teacher? (May / Shall / Will / Would)

13. You ………………………………. work harder if you want to qualify.

(will / should / shall / could)

14. ………………………………. you wait a little longer?

(Would / Could / Should / Might)

15. …………………………… I have your phone number?

(Can / Could / Will / Shall

Q5. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

1. She ………………….. (go) to her office with a friend.

2. Why do you ………………….. (like) movies?
3. My friend ………………….. (visit) his grandmother every day.
4. (do) Ritesh ………………….. (love) the cold weather?
5. …………………. (do) you ………………….. (plan) to visit Kashmir this year?
6. We always ………………….. (have) an early dinner.
7. His parents ………………….. (plan) a trip abroad every six months.
8. Our doctor in the neighborhood………………….. (make) a lot of money.
9. I ………………….. (help) my mother sometimes.
10. Sheetal ………………….. (come) here every Sunday.
11. We ………………….. (eat) rice for dinner every day.
12. He never ………………….. (hide) the truth.
13. Make hay while the sun ………………….. (shine)
14. Apples ………………….. (be) good for health.

SECTION C (WRITING)

Q6. Yesterday it rained heavily and your area was waterlogged. Your school
van could not reach your home and your parents were out of the house for
some urgent work. Write a description of the incidents which took place in
this situation. (100-150 words)

Q7. Write a paragraph on the Science Hero- Stephen Hawking in about 100-
150 words based on the given cues. born on 8th January 1942 – graduated
from Oxford in 1962 – got sick – diagnosed with ALS – contribution to
cosmology – Quantum gravity and black holes – Died on 14 March 2018
 SECTION D (LITERATURE)
Q8. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow in
one or two lines.
The two strangers were amazed by what they saw around them and
wandered around town till evening, when suddenly the whole town woke up
and went about its nightly business.
(i)Who were the two strangers?
(ii)Why were they amazed?
(iii)Why did they wander around town till evening?
(iv)What was the ‘nightly business’?

Q9. Short Answer

1. What should we do to make friends with the wind?
2. What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
3. Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?

Q11. Long Answer

1. What researches and theories proved that Einstein was a true genius?
How was he rewarded for his scientific achievements?
2. Name all the people who are tried in the king’s court, and give the
reasons for their trial.
3. Toto was a sharp and active monkey. Discuss.
4. How does Evelyn hear music?
Note: Reading, writing and literature answers to be written in English
note book
FUN ACTIVITIES

 Make a habit of reading Newspaper. Note down at least two difficult

words everyday with their meanings and use them in a sentence.
 Make a project file on your favorite poet or author. Write his biosketch;
his major works; his achievements; contemporary writers of his time.
Also write the central idea of one of his poems or story.
NOTE - It is mandatory for all the students to submit holiday homework.
Mention your Name, Roll No. Class/Section and Date in your holiday
homework. Do the fun activity in A4 size paper