NCERT Class 9 English Words and Expressions Unit 11

READING COMPREHENSION Read the following text and answer the questions that follow.   Text I INTERVIEW WITH A DETECTIVE His appearance was clean, cool and deliberately ambiguous. Under the sanctuary of his aviators, his eyes silently scanned the room. He is a Manhattan-based…

NCERT Class 9 English Words and Expressions Unit 10

Reading CompRehension   Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.   Text I When we think of tourism, we think primarily of people who are visiting a particular place for sightseeing, visiting friends and relatives, taking a vacation, and having a good…

NCERT Class 9 English Words and Expressions Unit 9

Look at the pictures given below. Discuss with a friend and answer the following questions briefly. 1. Do you think animals have emotions?   _____________________________________________________   2. Do you think most people care for animals? Why do you think so?  …

NCERT Class 9 English Words and Expressions Unit 8

READING COMPREHENSION Read the following passage carefully. Based on your reading,answer the following questions in the space provided.   Text I On 3 August 1996, Leander Paes became the first Indian to win an individual medal in 44 years when he defeated Fernando Meligeni of…

NCERT Class 9 English Words and Expressions Unit 7

READING COMPREHENSION Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow.   Text I ORGANISING YOUR SCHOOL BAG Have you wasted time on some days rummaging through your school bag for your pen, finally discovering it in the side pocket? Have you ever searched for…

NCERT Class 9 English Words and Expressions Unit 6

ReadiNg CompReheNsioN Notes   Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow.   Text I I must have been about seven when my father left Porbandar for Rajkot to become a member of the Rajasthanik Court. There I was put into a primary school, and I can well…

NCERT Class 9 English Words and Expressions Unit 5

READING COMPREHENSION Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.   Text I THE MIRACULOUS ESCAPE I had been very wealthy and prosperous and was leading a very comfortable life. I had all the worldly pleasures with me. But soon I became bored of my idle…

NCERT Class 9 English Words and Expressions Unit 4

ReadiNg CompReheNsioN   Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.   Text I the WoRld as i see it In my opinion, the present symptoms of decadence are explained by the fact that the development of industry and machinery has made the struggle for existence…

NCERT Class 9 English Words and Expressions Unit 3

READING COMPREHENSION   Read the following text and answer the questions that follow.   Text I This is an extract from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird. After supper, Atticus sat down with the paper and called, “Scout, ready to read?”. I ran crying, went to the front porch…

NCERT Class 9 English Words and Expressions Unit 2

ReadiNg CompReheNsioN In this section, you will read three texts on music in different perspectives. The first one will enlighten you about the effective role of music in our lives, the second reflects on the life of the famous music composer, Ludwig van Beethoven, and the…

NCERT Class 9 English Words and Expressions Unit 1

Reading CompRehension Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow.   Text I The FuTuRe CaRs The story ‘The Fun They Had’ takes us to the world of the future where children study in a virtual classroom. The learning is through computer software or the…

CBSE Class 9 English Communicative Sample Questions

READING COMPREHENSION   Q1. Read the following poem carefully. INDIAN WEAVERS Weavers, weaving at break of day, Why do you weave a garment so gay? Blue as the wing of a bluebird wild, We weave the robes of a new-born child. Weavers, weaving at fall of night, Why do you weave…

CBSE Class 9 English Communicative The Passive

1 Here is a newspaper report of a young girl who went back in time to see how her home town looked seventy years ago.   Dehra Times Purkul, 7 July, 09 It is reported that Kareena, a twelve year old girl living in Purkul, went back in time using a time machine. Seventy years…

CBSE Class 9 English Communicative Reported Speech

1. Read the conversation between a young boy and his mother. The boy is determined to go to camp, despite his mother's refusal to let him (from George Layfon's short story "The Holiday"). It wasn't fair. Tony and Barry were going. In fact, nearly all of them in Class Three and…