Cantonment Public School & College, Saidpur
Home Test -1/2020 Class- IX (BV+EV)
Subject: English2
ndPaper
Time: 3 hours Full Marks-:100
(NB: Answer all the questions. Figures in the margin indicate full marks) Part A: Grammar (60 marks)
1. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the forms of some of the
words. You may need to use one word more than once. .5×10=05
doubt eradicate to hinder boon lag improve enter joint the busy a Illiteracy is not a (a) _____to us. It is (b) ____ a curse. It (c) ______ all kinds of development of a country. Illiteracy causes great harm (d) _____ us. As we don’t know (e) ______ ways of development, we can’t take steps to (f) _______our poor condition. As a result, we are (g) ______ behind. We have to depend on (h) ______ foreign aids and grants. So, all should come forward (i) ______ to remove illiteracy. Then the (j) _____of our country will be possible.
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. .5×10=05
Man’s dignity depends (a) ____ his hard work. Man is (b) ____social being. He is to work hard (c) ____
others. He should not (d) ____ proud of his blue blood. He should help (e) ____ people in (f) ____ The man he is (g) ____ may be inferior to him (h) ____ birth. But he is, after all, (i)____ man. As human beings, all (j) ____ equal.
3. Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below. 1×5=05 Health is ill health cannot enjoy his life.
It can be healthy by eating right diet and taking exercise.
A person having the sound state of body and mind.
We means be happy when he is blessed with sound health.
the root of all happiness.
4. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. .5×10=5 utilize get form waste have leave enjoy refresh sleep start
Early rising refers to (a)____ bed early.It is a good habit. An early riser gets a lot of advantages. He (b)____fresh air and oxygen of the morning which (c)____ his body and mind. Moreover, he (d)____his work early and as such he (e) ____ enough time to do his work properly. On the other hand, a person who(f) _____ up late(g) ______ a lot of time in (h) _______ . He (i) ______ time for doing his work properly. So, the habit of early rising (j)_______by everyone to be healthy.
5. Change the narrative style of the following text. 5
“Why are you putting up the food in your pockets, sir? Why don’t you eat?” asked the noble man. “I am doing the right thing. My dress deserves this food,” replied Sheikh Saadi. “I do not understand what you mean and I am sorry,” said the noble man.
6. Change the sentences according to directions. 1×10=10
a) Computer is one of the greatest inventions of modern science. (Positive) b) A computer is not a curse on earth. (Affirmative)
c) Though it is a blessing, it has some dark sides. (Simple)
d) Computers are nowadays being used almost in every sphere. (Active) e) We must depend on it. (Negative)
f) None can deny its necessity. (Interrogative)
g) It is the most used device in our life. (Comparative) h) It helps us to do a lot of works. (Passive)
i) Though it is very essential, we all cannot afford to buy it. (Compound) j) It is very expensive. (Exclamatory)
Subject Code: 108
7. Complete the sentences. 1×5=5 a) A book fair is an affair which………
b) It is a fair where ………
c) When it is the evening…………...
d) Book lovers gather in the fair so that ………..
e) Some come to the fair to buy books and………
8. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the
parenthesis. .5×10=5
The Royal Bengal Tiger is a very(a) know animal to all of us. It is our (b) nation animal. It is a (c) ferocity animal but (d) beauty to look at.(e) Fortunate some (f) greed people kill them(g) serious. Thus it is going to face its (h) extinct. Our government should take (i) need steps to save this world (j) fame animal.
9. Make tag questions of these statements. 1×5=5
a) Everybody wants to lead a better life, ____?
b) A better life seldom comes without hard labour, ____?
c) We have to work hard for this, ____?
d) But most of us can hardly work hard, ____?
e) Actually, life is not a bed of roses, ____?
10. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. 1×5=5
Drug addiction is more powerful (a) _______ cancer. (b) _______cancer attacks a man individually. (c) _______drug addiction massacres the whole nation. It brings social crimes (d) ________ hijacking, looting, plundering, killing, robbery, rape, unrest, terrorism (e) _____ so on.
11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text 5
why are you going to barisal said father i want to buy some important books said saad do you need money yes father don’t go alone as time is not going well
Part B: Composition(40 marks)
12. Suppose, an English Teacher will be recruited in Sonapur High School, Rangpur. You are interested to join there as an English Teacher. Now, write a CV for the post of an English Teacher with a cover
letter. 8
13. Suppose you are Anik/Anika reading in Dinajpur High School, Dinajpur. There is a common room in your school but the common room facilities are not sufficient. Now, write an application to the Headmaster of
your school for increasing common room facilities. 10
14. Now, write a paragraph on “A Book fair You Visited”. 10
15. Now, write a composition in about 250 words on “Your Future Plan of life” 12
