CBSE Class 9 English My Childhood Worksheet

Access the latest CBSE Class 9 English My Childhood Worksheet. We have provided free printable Class 9 English worksheets in PDF format, specifically designed for Chapter 6 My Childhood. These practice sets are prepared by expert teachers following the 2025-26 syllabus and exam patterns issued by CBSE, NCERT, and KVS.

Chapter 6 My Childhood English Practice Worksheet for Class 9

Students should use these Class 9 English chapter-wise worksheets for daily practice to improve their conceptual understanding. This detailed test papers include important questions and solutions for Chapter 6 My Childhood, to help you prepare for school tests and final examination. Regular practice of these Class 9 English questions will help improve your problem-solving speed and exam accuracy for the 2026 session.

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MY CHILDHOOD
 
SUMMARY
 
My Childhood” is an extract taken from the biography of APJ Abdul Kalam - ‘Wings of Fire’. He was a great scientist and also the 14th President of India. He was born in a middle - class Muslim family in 1931 in the island town of Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
 
In his childhood he was greatly influenced by his parents, his teachers and his friends. His father, Jainulabdeen, was not highly educated but he was a generous and kind person. He was not rich but provided a secure childhood to Abdul and his siblings. Abdul inherited honesty and self-discipline from his father and faith in goodness and deep kindness from his mother.
 
Kalam earned his first wages by working as a helping hand to his cousin, Samsuddin, who distributed newspapers in Rameswaram. In his childhood he had three close friends- Ramanadha Sastry,Aravindam and Sivaprakashan.
 
Once when he was in fifth standard, a new teacher asked him not to sit in the front row along with the high caste Brahmin boys. Abdul found Ramanadha Sastry weeping as he went to the last row. This made a lasting impression on Abdul.
 
Abdul was also greatly influenced by his Science teacher, Sivasubramania Iyer. He learnt the lesson of breaking social barriers from him. Iyer invited him to his home for a meal. His wife refused to serve food to a Muslim boy in her pure kitchen.
 
Iyer served him with his own hands and sat down beside him to eat his meal. He convinced his wife to serve meal with her own hands and thus was successful in changing her conservative attitude. For higher education, Abdul Kalam sought permission from his father to leave Rameswaram and study at the district headquarters in Ramanathapuram. His father said that Abdul had to go a long way in life just like a seagull bird which flies long distances.
 
He calmed down APJ’s reluctant mother by quoting Kahlil Gibran’s poem ‘Your children’. He said that her children could not be dominated by her because they had their own thoughts. They did not belong to her but were a result of life’s desire for itself. He asked her to give them freedom to fulfil their thoughts.
 
I. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.
 
A. I used to collect the seeds and sell them to a provision shop on Mosque Street.
 
i. Who is ‘I’ in this extract? Which seeds did he collect?
 
ii. Why were these seeds collected?
 
iii. What was done to the collected seeds?
 
B.I felt very sad, and so did Ramanadha Sastry. He looked utterly downcast as I shifted to my seat in the last row.
 
i. Who is ‘I’ in this extract? Why did he feel sad?
 
ii. Who looked utterly downcast?
 
iii. Why did ‘he’ feel utterly downcast?
 
II. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words.
 
i. What was the reaction of Abdul Kalam’s father when he wanted to leave home? What was his mother’s reaction?
 
ii. How did Lakshmana Sastry reform the young teacher?
 
iii. Why does Kalam say he had a secure childhood, both materially and emotionally?
 
iv. Why did Kalam’s father allow Kalam to leave Rameswaram and go to Ramanathapuram?
 
III. Answer the following question in 120-150 words.
 
1. Teachers can either ‘make’ or ‘break’ their students’ lives. Cite two incidents from “My Childhood” to prove the truth of this statement.



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Chapter 6 My Childhood CBSE Class 9 English Worksheet

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