IX English 2004
IX English
Question 1
Write an essay of about 120 to 150 words on any One of the following topics: (10)
(i) Blessings of Science,
(ii) Newspapers
(iii) Visit of Indian Cricket Team to Pakistan.
(iv) Traffic Hazards in Karachi.
Question 2
Write an application to the headmaster/ headmistress of your school requesting him/her to grant you leave for fifteen days to perform Umra.
OR
Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper on the shortage of water supply in your area:
OR
Write a dialogue between two friends discussing advantages and disadvantages of computer.(08)
Question 3
Do as directed: (15)
(i) ____ grass is green and the roses are red.(Insert suitable articles, where necessary).
(ii) An apple a day keeps doctor away(Insert suitable articles)
(iii) He arrived at the station in the nick of time. (Supply an appropriate preposition).
(iv) You should get rid of this bad habit.(Insert a suitable preposition)
(v) I am writing a short story.(Change into an interrogative sentence.)
(vi) She gave Ali a mango. (Change into passive voice).
(vii) The letter has been posted by him (Change info active voice).
(viii) Love your parents. (Change into passive voice.)
(ix) He said, “Hard work makes him tired.” (Change the form of narration.)
(x) He said to me, “Do not spit here.” (change the form of narration.)
(xi) He said that he did not understand the meaning of that sentence. (Change (he form of narration.)
(xii) If it (not rain) we (go) out for a walk in the evening.(Put the verb in brackets in the correct form of tense.)
(xii) He did not write a letter. (Change into an affirmative sentence.)
(xiii) I drank orange juice. (Change the verb into present perfect tense.)
(xiv) I told arif that I am not going to London next month.(Punctuate and’ use capital letters, where necessary.)
ANSWERS
(v) Am I writing a short story?
(vi) A mango was given to Ali by her.
(vii) He has posted the letter.
(viii) Let your parents be loved.
(ix) He said that hard work made him tired.
(x) He advised me not to spit there.
(xi) He said,” f do not understand the meaning of this sentence.”
(xii) If it does not rain we shall go out for a walk in the evening.
(xiii) He wrote a letter. (xiv) f have drunk orange juice.
(xv) I told Arif, that, I am not going to London next month.
Question 4-A
Answer any six of the following in two to three sentences each: (12)
(i) How has China been able to make such a rapid progress in all walks of life?
(ii) What menu and games did Shahnaz prepare for the party?
(iii) How did the companions of the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) set the examples of dignity of labour?
(iv) What sort of benefits did the village people get from the village fair?
(v) What are the food crops and cash crops of Nigeria.
(vi) Write about the famous saints of Sindh.
(vii) Describe the process of mending a puncture at a bicycle repair shop.
(viii) What are the chief exports of Nigeria?
(ix) How did Sultan Nasiruddin earn his living?
Question 4-B
Answer any four of the following in two to three sentences each: (08)
(i) Why did the minstrel boy destroy his harp?
(ii) What kind of people are needed to raise the dignity of a nation?
(iii) What does the poet see from the railway carriage?
(iv) What message does the poet give in the poem ‘speak Gently’?
(v) What is the idea behind the poem ‘Little Things’?
(vi) What does ‘anonymous’ mean? Why should we speak gently to the aged people?
Question 5
Fill in the blanks choosing the correct answer for each from the brackets: (05)
(i) The farmers use _ to enrich the soil. (Insecticides, medicines, chemical fertilizers)
(ii) The poem Casablanca has been written by(Louis I.Newman, W.Wordsworth, Felicia Dorthea).
(iii) The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) practiced what he ______(believed, sought, preached)
(iv). King Bruce was the king of _______ (England, Scotland, Ireland)
(iv) Women, how divine your mission.Here upon our natal sod. (natal sod’ means_______. (Birth, strange, land).
Question 6
Use any Three of the following idiomatic structures in sentences of your own:? (03) to have a bone to pick with someone; day in and day out; to turn over a new leaf; a wild goose chase; to kick up a row.
Question 7
Translate the following sentences into English: (05)
Answer:
(1) It has been raining heavily since morning.
(2) I was waiting for you.
(3) The train has left for Lahore
(4) I am very happy with you.
(5) When did your headmaster come?
OR
Complete the following story in your own words.
The sky was overcast with thick clouds and the night was pitch dark. Soon heavy downzone started and the river flowing beside the village was flooded ……………………………
Question 8
Read the following passage and answer the question given below: (05)
Mr. .Jinnah said, “!n India there are two nations, the Hindus and the Muslims. Just as the Congress stands for the right of the Hindus, so the Muslim League stands for the rights of, the Muslims.The Muslims and the Hindus have lived together for hundred of years, but they have not lived like good neighbours. They seem to have nothing in common. The heroes of one nation are mostly looked upon as the enemies of the other. Their languages, their religion and their ways of living are all different, Ray living together for along time, they have learnt to hate each other. It is time that they should part. There are certain parts of India where there are more Muslims than Hindus. Those parts should be ruled over by the Muslims. They should form a new state called Pakistan.
(i) What did the Congress and the Muslim League stand for?
(ii) Now long had the Muslims and flee Hindus lived together as neighbours in India?
(iii) What kind of relation grew between them by living together for so long?
(iv) What was the right thing for the Muslims and the Hindus to do?
(v) What parts of the land were to make Pakistan?.
Question 9
Make a precis of the following passage: (04) So the clever Claudius planned to send Hamlet to the English court and to have him moralized when he landed in England. He pretended to Hamlet that he was sending him there on affairs of state, for this time England belonged to Denmark. But really he sent, by two attendants who went with the prince, a letter to the king of England ordering him to put Hamlet to death as soon as he landed in England.
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