THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL - SENI, KUWAIT FIRST TERMINAL EXAMINATION ENGLISH ANSWER KEY STD IX MAX.MARKS - 80 1. Read the passage carefully: SECTION A (Reading: 20 Marks) Answer the following questions briefly. (1X8=8) (a) Drawing, painting and selling pictures to neighbours and family friends. (b) Because he was underage. (c) Got him a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, where he met cartoonist Ubbe Eert Iwwerks, better known as Ub Iwerks. (d) He made commercials based on cut-out animation. (e) Fred Harman (f) To screen their cartoons, which they called laugh-o-grams. (g) A series of seven minute fairy tales that combine both live action and animation which they called Alice in wonderland. (h) To distribute their Alice cartoons. 2. Read the passage given below. On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the following questions briefly: (4x2)+(4x1)=12 (a) Based on your communication skills people will judge, evaluate, promote or block you. You can get ahead of your colleagues. (b) Observe good communicators, adopt their styles and traits, develop the habit of listening to yourself, learn from every interaction. (any two) (c) Avoid grammatical error while communicating. Avoid communicating while in an emotional state. Avoid speaking too fast. Avoid uttering unnecessary words. (any two) (d) Not all jokes are funny. Jokes should not be offensive. Never say anything to offend. Avoid offending people. (any two) (e) evaluate Page 1 of 5
(f) trait (g) wise (h) remember Section B (WRITING & GRAMMAR) 3. Write an article in 100-120 words on Follow your passion and not the motion, Page 2 of 5 while choosing the path to your profession. You are a student of 9 th standard and confused like your friends about the stream in 11 th.the career counseling session helped you all to judge your potential and identify your knack. (8) Ans. (a) Format (b) expression and content 4. Write a short story on the basis of the hints provided in about 200-250 words: Ans. (a) Format (b) expression and content 5. Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank numbers. Do not copy the whole passage. (12) (1x3=3) One (a) must always remember that parents (b) are the only ones who always keep their children s welfare (c) in mind. 6. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Find the error and write the correct word in your answer sheet as given below. (1/2x8=4) Error Correction The road to success is no a bed of roses. no not Only those who wade on hazards and hurdles (a) on through can achieve successful. Set yourself clear goals (b) successful success and define precisely what you wants to do. (c) wants want Goals provide direction for your behavior (d) for to and guide your actions or thoughts.specific goals (e) or and are better than general ones. Let every parts (f) parts part of your body is full of that idea. Winners do not (g) is be do different things, they does things differently. (h) does do
7. Rearrange the following words to form meaningful sentences: (1x3=3) (a) The most remarkable feature of time is its preciousness. (b) Every moment brings with it thousands of golden opportunities. (c) We must not allow such precious time to slip away. Page 3 of 5 SECTION-C (LITERATURE AND LONG READING TEXT) 8.Read one of the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. (a) Lord Ullin. Chief of Ulva s isle and Lord Ullin s daughter. (b) The Chieftain s worry is that incase he was killed by Lord Ullin, his lonely beloved would have nobody to console and support her. (1x4=4) (c) The lover s life was in danger because he had eloped with Lord Ullin s daughter and Lord was chasing him to kill him. (d) discover. (a) Marcy. To the people. (b) She knew how precious the dog was and how he had been instrumental in her husband s recovery. She wanted to express her love and gratitude for him. (c) He was run over by a vehicle. (d) gently. 9.Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words.(4x2=8) (a) The Brook s journey is constant and eternal whereas human life is transitory and short lived. The Brook moves on continuously whereas men appear and disappear. (b) Ans. They wished to be rowed across as they were being chased by Lord Ullin s horsemen since three days. They wished to escape through the sea route before they were overtaken by them. (c) The poet was in forest and he saw a road dividing into two in front of him leading him into the forest. (d) The villa was situated at a stone s throw from Joinville, the French Hollywood. It had two large bedrooms and a small one, two servant s rooms. Though its garden was modest, it had electricity, gas, water, telephone, drainage and a bathroom with a bath.
10.Answer one of the following questions in about 100-120 words.(8) Teaches us value of sacrificing ones desire to do something good for others. Value of family bonding and needs of elders. Value of education. Value of helping someone in need. No doubt the story is about Hooper. So he is the protagonist. However the story would be incomplete without Duke s heroism. Chuck had sunk deep into depression, it was Duke who brought him out of it. Duke made him take the first crude steps. Again it was Duke who took Chuck out on walks, later, insisted on two rounds a day. Died a hero s death. A true friend. 11.Attempt one of the two very long answer questions in about 150-200 words.(10) Gulliver on several voyages not lost his taste for adventure. Present voyage-shipwreck, taken prisoner by Lillputians. Arrow shots at him. Gains the trust of Lilliputians. Faces charges of treason. With great presence of mind comes out of the problems. Helps the Emperor, earns his gratitute and the title Nardac. Escapes to Blefuscu. It was a convenient closet of 12 feet and an exact square, with a window in the middle of three of the squares. Each window latticed with iron wire on the outside to prevent accidents on long journeys. Page 4 of 5
On the fourth side, two strong staples were fixed for the person who carried him on a horse back. He put a leather belt through it and tied it to his waist. A field bed and a hammock hung from the ceiling, two chairs and a table neatly screwed to the floor to stop being tossed up in a carriage. On the roof of the closet Gulliver had a hole made to give him fresh air and he could cover it. The box was as big as a house. Page 5 of 5