NATIONAL HR.
SEC SCHOOL- VARATTAMPATTI
HALF- YEARLY EXAMINATION – 2017
STD:IX ENGLISH I PAPER MARKS:100 TIME: 2 ½ HRS
1. Choose the appropriate synonym of the underlined word: 5x1=5
It is almost a truism to say that more depends (i) for success in life on character than on knowledge. It
is an invidious (ii) thing to distinguish (iii) between comparative values of knowledge and character. But
since both are indispensable (iv) , I would urge (v) on you that you should attach as much importance to
character as to knowledge.
i) a) falls b) relies c) restsd) includes
ii) a) unaware b) untrue c) vidious d) unjust
iii) a) differentiate b) notice c) identify d) acknowledge
iv) a) wanted b) unwanted c) necessary d) related
v) a) impart b) motivate c) discourge d) press
2. Choose the appropriate antonym of the underlined word: 5x1=5
The internal (i) riots within the country affected its economy. There was hostility (ii) and anger in many
quarters. The situation grew worse (iii) day by day. The police intervened (iv) and arrested all the culprits.
People were helpless and sought diving (v) help to redeem the situation and establish peace in the country.
i) a) superficial b) exterior c) external d) exemplary
ii) a) friendship b) warmth c) enmity d) playfulness
iii) a) bad b) better c) poor d) excellent
iv) a) ignored b) involved c) interested d) instructed
v) a) heavenly b) sacred c) desirable d) mortal
Answer the following: 22x1=22
3. i) The Common expansion of SBI is……….
a) State Bank of India b) State Branch Instructor
C) State Business Institute d) Southern Bank of India
ii) The common expansion of CA is ………
a) Chief Annountant b) Central Accountant
c) Chief Army d) Chartered Accountant
4. Fill in the blanks with correct homophones:
i) a) My brother adopted a baby. B) My brother adapted a baby.
ii) a) He want to buy a flat b) He want to by a flat.
5. Replace the underlined word with its equivalent American English word:
i) Bring water in the jug.
ii) The crippled man entered the lift.
6. i) Which can be placed after ‘safe’?
a) Chair b) guard c) shop d) van
ii) Which can be placed after ‘moon’?
a)Day b) light c) mark d) shine
7. i)What is the plural for ‘son-in-law’?
a) Son-in laws b) sons-in law c) sons-in laws
ii)What is the plural for ‘goose”?
a) Geese b) gooses c) geeses
8. i)Add a suffix to the word ‘perform’
a) –ion b)—ness c) –ance d) –ic
ii)Add a prefix to the word ‘national’
a) Co b) sub c) inter d) hyper
9. Separate the syllables:
i)permanent ii) music
10. Choose the correct question tag:
i) The flag has four colours on it, ________________?
a) isn’t it? b) hasn’t it? c) has it?
ii) The lessons are quite interesting ________________?
a) Are they? b) aren’t they c) did they?
11.Complete the sentence:
i) Ravi is _______________ than ramesh.
a) as tall as b) the tallest c) taller
ii)Very few birds in the world are _____________ as peacock.
a) More beautiful b) as beautiful c) most beautiful
12. Choose the appropritate articles to complete the sentence:
i) He holds __________________ M.A. degree in history.
a) an b) a c) the
ii) The fort was surrounded by ____________________ enemy soldiers.
a) An b) the c) a
13. Choose the appropriate preposition to complete the sentence:
i) The cat hid ______________ the door.
a) behind b) under c) over
ii) I am worried _______________ his health.
a) With b) about c) for
Answer all the following: ( Rewrite as directed) 6x2=12
14. Combine the two sentences into a single sentence:
i) Kiran is very ill. She cannot go to school today.
ii) The box is very heavy. We cannot lift.
15. Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech:
i) Nagaraj said to his friends,” Would you allow me to go an excursion to Kerala?”
ii) The teacher said to the student,” You have done very well in the test”.
16. Rewrite the sentence in other voice:
i) Santhi has completed her work.
17. Read the sentences and write an observation in a single sentence using one of the degrees of comparision:
a) Smitha is 5 feet tall b) Kumar is 4.5 feet tall
c) Sharma is 5.5 feet tall d) Nina is 3.5 feet tall
18. Punctuate the following sentence: 5x1=5
how much does a model get for sitting asked Hughie
19.Answer briefly any five of the following questions: (your answer should not exceed 30 words) 5x2=10
1. Why was Hughie upset?
2. What was Hughie’s financial status?
3. How is music different from astronomy?
4. What is the significance of art?
5. How did people express their grief over the fall of the ‘ Twin Towers’?
6. Which period of life does Gukhale consider a very happy one?
7. What is the twofold duty to be acquire by students?
20. Answer in a paragraph any one of the following questions.(your answer should not exceed 120 words)
1x5=5
a) Who was Hughie? How had Hughie treated the model who posed for Trevor?
b) Describe the courageous way the American overcome the ‘Fall of the Twin Tower’.
21.Quote from memory any one of the following extracts: 1x5=5
a) Five lines of the poem ‘Manliness’.
From: ‘ If you can dream __________________
To: ___________________ and sinew’ (or)
a) Five lines of the poem’ Going for water’
From: But once__________________
To : ___________________ staying hand.
Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer the questions given below: 5x1=5
22. If you can meet with triumph and disaster;
And treat those two impostors just the same:
a) What do we come across in life?
b) What is meant by ‘impostors?
23. If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds ‘ worth of distance run,
a) What does the poet mean by “ unforgiving minute”?
b) Why does the poet say sixty seconds’ worth’?
24. The well was dry beside the door,
And so we went with pail and can
a) Where was the well? What was its condition?
Read the following lines from the poem you have studied and answer the questions given below: 5x1=5
25. Piles of purple crystals
Sparkling in the light,
Such wonderful inner beauty
Now apparent for our delight.
a) What are the rhyming words?
b) What is the rhyme scheme of these lines?
26. I weep like a child for the past.
a) Identify the figure of speech?
27. Betrays me back, till the heart of me weeps to belong
a) Pick out the words in alliteration.
28. If you can meet with triumph and disaster.
a) Identify the figure of speech employed here.
29. Answer in a paragraph Any one of the following questions: 5
a) Describe the various qualities of manliness.
b) What are D.H.Lawrence’s reminiscences about his childhood days?
30. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 5x2=10
A patriot is man who loves his country, works for it, and is willing to fight and die for it. Every soldier is
bound to do his duty, but the best soliders do more than this. They risk their lives because they love the
country they are fighting for. They love its hill and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life
and they are willing to defend it to the last against enemies who try conquer it and destroy it.
a) ‘Risk’ means: i) miss b) lose c) endanger d) meet
b) Who is a patriot?
c) What do the best soliders do?
d) What makes them risk their lives?
e) What do they love?
31. Identify and correct the errors in the following sentences: 5x1=5
a) I prefer coffee than tea.
b) Each of the cycles are demaged.
c) One of the girl sang well.
d) Though he is rich but he is happy.
e) Neither Rahim nor his friends was injured in the accident.
32. Look at the picture given below and answer the following questions in one or two sentences of your own:
5x1=5
