UP Board Solutions Class 9 English Chapter 16 Controlled Composition

Controlled Composition

Question 1.Read the following sentences given below carefully. Then write the same things about yourself. If you haven't learnt singing or swimming write... “I haven't learnt singing/ swimming.......” Rohit is a boy of eleven. He comes of a rich family. People say he is smart and intelligent. It is said he started walking when he was ten months old. He started speaking when he was one year and four months. He went to school at the age of five. There he learnt to read and write. He started playing cricket at the age of nine. Now he is a good player. His friends say that he is the best player in their group. Rohit can sing and swim. He learnt singing when he was seven. He could swim when he was nine. Begin:I am a boy of fourteen. I come of a rich family. People say......
Answer: I am a boy of eleven. I come of a rich family. People say I am smart and intelligent. It is said I started walking when I was ten months old. I started speaking when I was one year and four months. I went to school at the age of five. There I learnt to read and write. I started playing cricket at the age of nine. Now I am a good player. My friends say that I am the best player in our group. I can sing and swim. I learnt singing when I was seven. I could swim when I was nine.
In simple words: This exercise requires you to rewrite a given paragraph about Rohit, substituting 'I' for 'Rohit' and adjusting the age and actions to reflect your own, or a hypothetical self. It tests your ability to adapt a narrative to a different subject while maintaining consistent details.

🎯 Exam Tip: Pay close attention to pronoun changes (he to I, his to my) and verb conjugations (is to am, started to started, went to went, etc.) to ensure grammatical accuracy when changing the subject of the paragraph.

Question 2.Read the following sentences. First understand the meaning. Then rewrite the paragraph using "Ramu" for “T”. Remember there will be changes in pronounsand verbs. I am a simple man. I am living in a village with my wife. I get up early. I go to the village well to have a wash/l do not use a tooth-brush to clean my teeth. I use a twig from a neem tree instead. After my bath I have breakfast. After breakfast I go to my field. I go with my bullocks and my wooden plough. After ploughing the field the whole day I go back home with my bullocks. I do not buy food for my family. I grow it in my field/l also grow some vegetables like potatoes, onions, carrots and radish, I do not buy clothes with money. I give some of my wheat and rice tothe shopkeeper, and he gives me cloth in exchange. The first sentence of your companion will beRamu is a simple man
Answer: Ramu is a simple man. He is living in a village with his wife. He gets up early. He goes to thevillage well to have a wash/He does not use a tooth-brush to clean his teeth. He uses a twig from a neem tree instead. After his bath he has breakfast. After breakfast he goes to his field. He goes with his bullocks and his wooden plough. After ploughing the field the whole day he goes back home with his bullocks. He does not buy food for his family.He grows it in his field/he also grows some vegetables like potatoes, onions, carrots and radish, he does not buy clothes with money. He gives some of his wheat and rice to the shop keeper, and shopkeeper gives him clothes in exchange.
In simple words: This task involves converting a first-person narrative ("I") into a third-person narrative ("Ramu"). You need to change pronouns like 'I' to 'he' and 'my' to 'his', and adjust verb forms accordingly to maintain grammatical correctness in the new perspective.

🎯 Exam Tip: When changing narration from first-person to third-person, meticulously check every pronoun (I, my, me) and ensure corresponding verbs are correctly conjugated for the third-person singular (e.g., 'I get' becomes 'he gets').

Question 3.This is the description of an incident in a village hospital. Imagine that this happened a few days ago. Rewrite the whole passage in the past tense. Generally the hospital is closed by nine in the evening. But it is a great comfort for Pan Singh to find Doctor Sahib in his room. The doctor listens to the story of PanSingh's bad luck. He is a kind-hearted man. He immediately gets up, lights a lamp and looks at Pan Singh's wound. He feels that Pan Singh's wound must be dressed properly. He asks the hospital peon to call the compounder. The compounder lives quite near the hospital. Meanwhile the doctor gives some medicine to Pan Singh so that he falls asleep and doesn't feel the pain.
Answer: Generally the hospital was closed by nine in the evening. But it was a great comfort for PanSingh to find Doctor Sahib in his room. The doctor listened to the story of Pan Singh's bad luck. He was a kind-hearted man. He immediately got up, lit a lamp and looked at Pan Singh's wound. He felt that Pan Singh's wound must be dressed properly. He asked the hospital peon to call the compounder. The compounder lived quite near the hospital. Meanwhile the doctor gave some medicine to Pan Singh so that he fell asleep and did not feel the pain.
In simple words: The goal is to transform a present-tense description into a past-tense narrative. This means converting all present tense verbs (e.g., 'is', 'listens', 'gets up') into their past tense forms (e.g., 'was', 'listened', 'got up') to reflect an event that occurred in the past.

🎯 Exam Tip: Focus on identifying all main verbs and auxiliary verbs in the present tense and converting them to their appropriate past tense forms. Be careful with irregular verbs (e.g., 'lights' becomes 'lit', 'gives' becomes 'gave').

Question 4.Here is a description of what is happening now in Dr. Misra's house. Read it carefully. Imagine that all this happened last week. Rewrite the Paragraph by making necessary changes. The car stops infront of Dr. Misra's house. Vinay gets out of the car and rings the door bell. The door is opened by a maid servant. “Is Dr. Misra at home?” asks Vinay, “I must see him immediately. Tell him Dr. Murthy has sent me.” The maid servant shows him into the sitting room and goes into the house.Dr. Misra appears soon after. Vinay gets up from his chair and say, “I am Vinay, Dr. Murthy's son. My father is ill. He has sent me to fetch you.” Dr. Misra gets ready in no time and hurries out. Vinay opens the door of the car. Dr. Misra gets into the car. Vinay sits beside him; he is nervous. He is still. Both of them sit quiet.
Answer: The car stopped infront of Dr. Misra's house. Vinay got out of the car and rang the door bell. The door was opened by a maid servant. “Is Dr. Misra athome?" asked Vinay, "I must see him immediately. Tell him Dr. Murthy has sent me.” The maid servant showed him into the sitting room and went into thehouse. Dr. Misra appeared soon after. Vinay got up from his chairand said, “I am Vinay, Dr. Murthy's son. My father is ill. He has sent me to fetch you. " Dr. Misra got ready in no time and hurried out. Vinay opened the door of the car. Dr. Misra got into the car. Vinay sat beside him; he was nervous. He was still. Both of them sat quiet.
In simple words: This task requires changing a present-tense narrative into the past tense, similar to the previous question. You need to convert all verbs from their present forms (e.g., 'stops', 'gets', 'rings') to their past forms (e.g., 'stopped', 'got', 'rang') to describe an event that occurred in the past.

🎯 Exam Tip: When converting tenses, systematically go through each sentence and identify all verbs. Pay special attention to reported speech, ensuring that the main verb introducing the speech is in the past tense (e.g., 'asks' becomes 'asked', 'say' becomes 'said'), but the speech itself remains as originally stated unless it refers to a future action from the past perspective.

Question 5.Complete the incomplete sentences in the Paragraph below using there is, there are, is there, are there in the blanks. . . . . any trains at the station? yes... . . . . .... three trains right now. On platforms number one... . . . . . ...a passenger train. It is going to Kanpur. not many people in this train. People do not like to travel by passenger train……………………………a goods train on platform number five. It is quite a big train.... no passengers in this train. Almost all the wagons are locked. On platform number seven..........a mail train. It is a very fast train. It is going to Bombay........four first- class compartments in the train…………………… A ladies' compartment also? Yes........two. Both the compartments are fully packed.. a sleeper coach in this train? Yes, a big one......... more than seventy berths in it. I am thirsty. I want to have some tea..........any tea' stalls on platform number seven? I am sure.…………………one. Let us see……………………………five tea stalls on this platform……………………………many things to eat in one of them. The others sell only tea and biscuits. Let us go to the first one, because many eatables in that stall.
Answer: Are these any trains at the station? yes, there are three trains right now. On platform number one there is a passenger train. It is going to Kanpur. There are not many people in this train. People do not like to travel by passenger train there is a goods train on platform number five. It is quite a big train there is no passengers in this train. Almost all the wagons are locked. On plaform number seven there is a mail train. It is a very fast train. It is going to Bombay there are four first-class compartments in the train. Is there a ladies' compartment also? Yes, there are two. Both the compartments are fully packed. Is there a sleeper coach in this train? Yes, a big one there are more than seventy berths in it.I am thirsty. I want to have some tea are there any tea stalls on platform number seven? I am sure there is one. Let us see there are five tea stalls on this platform there are many things to eat in one of them. The others sell only tea and biscuits. Let us go to the first one, because there are many eatables in that stall.
In simple words: This question tests your understanding and correct usage of 'there is', 'there are', 'is there', and 'are there' to describe the presence or absence of items. You need to choose the singular or plural form based on the noun that follows, and use 'is/are there' for questions.

🎯 Exam Tip: Remember that 'there is' and 'is there' are for singular nouns, while 'there are' and 'are there' are for plural nouns. Pay attention to the subject that follows the blank to determine the correct form. For questions, the verb (is/are) comes before 'there'.

Question 6.Read the following sentences. Then describe a girl who is just the opposite of Rashmi. Select any name. Rashmi is a very clever girl. She is smart and active too. She takes interest in whatever she does. She likes cooking. She likes sewing, she likes reading good books. She loves her school. She does not waste her free time in school, playing or gossiping. Even at-home she likes to stay with her mother and do things for her. She is very quick at work, and her mother always wants her help in the kitchen. She looks after her younger brother and sister. Some of the following words might help youdislike, dull, slow, inactive.
Answer: Suman is a very foolish girl. She is lazy and inactive too. She does not take interest in whatever she does. She dislikes cooking. She dislikes sewing, she dislikes reading good books. She hates her school. She wastes her free time in school, playing or gossiping. Even at home she dislikes to stay with her mother and do things for her. She is very slow at work, and her mother never wants her help in the kitchen. She does not look after her younger brother and sister.
In simple words: The task is to create an antithetical description of a character named Suman, based on the provided description of Rashmi. You need to replace positive traits with their opposites (e.g., clever to foolish, active to inactive, likes to dislikes) to portray a contrasting personality.

🎯 Exam Tip: To effectively describe an opposite character, systematically go through each positive trait of the original character and replace it with a suitable antonym or a contrasting phrase. Use the provided hint words (dislike, dull, slow, inactive) to guide your choices and ensure a consistent negative portrayal.

Question 7.Complete the incomplete sentences in the Paragraph by using either “much” or “many" or "a lot of” or “some” in the blanks. [Note: We usually use “a lot of” in positive sentences and “much”, “many” in negative and interrogative sentences.] How……………………………… money has Rekha got? Ten rupees. How………………………mangoes can she buy? She can buy about fourteen. But Rahul hasn't got.........money. He can't buy......mangoes. He can buy.......bananas. Are there........bananas in the shop? Yes, there are…………………… Gopal has....……………money. He is rich. He will go to the big shop in the corner and buy........things. Are there.....people in that shop? Not....………………, but there are.......women.. ......are buyingice-cream......... are buying toffees..........women are drinking coca-cola.
Answer: How much money has Rekha got? Ten rupees. How many mangoes can she buy? She canbuy about fourteen. But Rahul hasn't got a lot of money. He can't buy many mangoes. He can buy some bananas. Are there many bananas in the shop? Yes, there are a lot of. Gopal has a lot of money. He is rich. He will go to the big shop in the corner and buy many things. Are there many people in that shop? Not many but there are some women some are buying ice-cream some are buying toffees some women are drinking coca-cola.
In simple words: This exercise focuses on using quantifiers 'much', 'many', 'a lot of', and 'some' correctly. 'Much' is for uncountable nouns, 'many' for countable nouns, 'a lot of' for both (often in positive statements), and 'some' for an unspecified quantity. The context (countable/uncountable, positive/negative/interrogative) dictates the choice.

🎯 Exam Tip: Remember 'much' for uncountable nouns (e.g., money, water), and 'many' for countable nouns (e.g., mangoes, people). 'A lot of' can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns, especially in affirmative sentences. 'Some' is generally used for unspecified quantities of both countable and uncountable nouns in affirmative sentences and offers/requests. Pay close attention to whether the sentence is a question, negative, or positive.

Question 8.For each of the sentence in box A find matching sentences from box B, C, D and E and put them together to make a paragraph. You will get five different paragraphs by doing this for example, if you start with sentence in box A you will get the children did not come back home till sunset . Their parents are worrying about them. The father went to look for them etc. ABCDE
(A)
1. The children did not come back home till sunset.
2. A number of people were standing by the side of the road.
3. Why didn't Maya go to school yesterday?
4. It is raining
5. Riding on an elephant is a pleasure.
(B)
1. While she was getting ready for school she heard a knock at the door.
2. People are running because they do not want to get wet.
3. Their parents started worrying about them.
4. While the animal walks, it moves fromside to side.
5. man was lying there with blood on and around him.
(C)
1. They are running across the road without looking around.
2. What has happened? asked a policeman who came there?
3. When she opened it she saw her uncle smiling at her?
4. Usually there is a seat on its back .
5. Their father went out to look for them.
(D)
1. They are not using the zebra crossing.
2. There has been an accident on the road was the answer from the crowd.
3. Four or five people can sit on it.
4. He had just arrived from Mumbai.
5. In the mean time the children came back.
(E)
1. She then decided not to go to school.
2. They said they had been watching a puppet show in the park.
3. This may cause accidents.
4. The mahout sits on the elephant's neck.
5. Move away please. Let me have a look said the policeman.
Answer:
1. The children did not come back home till sunset. Their parents started worrying about them. Their father went out to look for them. In the mean time the children came back. They said they had been watching a puppet show in the park.
2. A number of people were standing by the side of the road. What has happened? asked a policeman who came there. There has been an accident on the road was the answer from the crowd. Move away please. Let me have a look said the policeman.
3. Why didn't Maya go to school yesterday? While she was getting ready for school she heard a knock at the door. When she opened it she saw her uncle smiling at her? He had just arrived from Mumbai. She then decided not to go to school.
4. It is raining. People are running because they do not want to get wet. They are running across the road without looking around. They are not using the zebra crossing. This may cause accidents.
5. Riding on an elephant is a pleasure. While the animal walks, it moves fromside to side. Usually there is a seat on its back. Four or five people can sit on it. The mahout sits on the elephant's neck.
In simple words: This question requires you to logically match sentences from different boxes (A, B, C, D, E) to form coherent, meaningful paragraphs. Each paragraph should follow a natural sequence of events or ideas, starting with a sentence from Box A and finding its related continuations from the other boxes.

🎯 Exam Tip: Read all sentences in each box first to grasp their general context. Then, pick a starting sentence from Box A and look for the most logical follow-up sentences in boxes B, C, D, and E that create a smooth flow and narrative. Pay attention to pronouns, time markers, and cause-and-effect relationships.