Saturday, 12 July 2025

SDM'S KEY TO LANGUAGE PAPER, STD. 9, ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL, 2025

St. 9, St. Joseph, BBSR, Unit Test: 1

Question 2

I. Answer in correct serial order the correct form of the word given in bracket.

We had been 0 travelling (travel) to a remote village in Nagaland but we 1. (can) not make much progress in the heavy rain. We 2. (manage) to cross a river with great difficulty. One day we could see smoke 3. (emerge) from some huts and we knew that a village was nearby. In the village we 4. (wonder) how we 5. (can) talk to the village Chief. Soon we saw a 6. (dignify) 7. (smile) man coming towards us. "Do you speak English?" I asked him. “Of course”, the man 8  (reply) "I am 9. (educate) at St. Xavier's College in Kolkata.  I’m the Naga Chief, 10. (welcome) you to my village.

II. Fill in each blank with an appropriate word. 10

1. They will fight ……… the last man.

2. He shall have to appear ……… the headmaster.

3. She has been working ……… morning.

4. I prevailed ……… him to join the team.

5. That portrait is true ……… life.

6. The roof fell in ……… the weight of snow.

7. The burglars broke the door.

8.Mr Sinha deals ……… cars

9. Rita has taken ……… her father,

10. The boys are quarrelling ……… a trifle.

iii. Join the following sentences without using and, but or so.

1.He is Ravi. His father is a doctor.

a. He is Ravi whose father is a doctor.

b. He is Ravi and his father is a doctor.

c. He is Ravi's father who is a doctor.

 

2. He finished his work. He went to bed.

a. Having finished his work, he went to bed.

b. He finished his work so he went to bed.

c. He finished his work for he went to bed.

 

3. I reached home. It started to rain immediately.

a. It started to rain but I reached home.

b. No sooner did I reach home than it started to rain.

c. No sooner did I reached home than it started to rain.

 

4. This bag is so big. He cannot lift it.

a. This bag is so big that he cannot lift it.

b. This bag is too big for him to lift.

c. This bag is too big to be lifted.

 

5. Tagore is a poet. He is a painter,

a. Not only is Tagore a poet but he is also a painter.

b. Tagore is a poet and a painter.

c. Tagore is a poet as well as a painter.

iv. Do as directed.

1. He is as tall as I. (Use: taller)

a. l am not taller than he.

b. I am taller than him.

c. He is taller than me.

 

2.He said, "I had my dinner," (Begin: He said that......)

a. He said that he had his dinner.

b. He said that he had had his dinner.

c. He said that he had had dinner.

 

3. lt is a pity that I did not take my doctor's advice. (Begin: I wish....)

a. l wish I would take my doctor's advice.

b. I wish I had taken my doctor's advise.

c. I wish I had taken my doctor's advice.

 

4. The child is reading a book. (End:....the child.)

a. A book is being read by the child.

b. A book is being read by a child.

c. A book was being read by the child.

 

5. I shall never forget his kindness. (End with a question mark.)

a. Shall we ever forget his kindness?

b. Will I ever forget his kindness?

c. Shall I ever forget his kindness?

Answers:

II. CORRECT FORM OF THE WORD

1. could, 2. Managed, 3. Emerging, 4. Wondered, 5. Could, 6. dignified

7. smiling, 8. replied, 9. educated, 10. welcoming

II. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH APPROPRIATE WORDS.

1. to, 2. before, 3. since, 4. upon, 5. to, 6. under, 7. open, 8. in, 9. after, 10. over

III. JOIN SENTENCES WITHOUT USING AND, BUT, OR SO.

1. a. He is Ravi whose father is a doctor.

2. a. Having finished his work, he went to bed.

3. b. No sooner did I reach home than it started to rain.

4. a. This bag is so big that he cannot lift it. or b. This bag is too big for him to lift.

5. a. Not only is Tagore a poet but he is also a painter. or c. Tagore is a poet as well as a painter.

IV. DO AS DIRECTED.

1. a. I am not taller than he.

2. b. He said that he had had his dinner.

3. c. I wish I had taken my doctor's advice.

4. a. A book is being read by the child.

5. c. Shall I ever forget his kindness?


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