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Class 9 · English Language · Comprehension
Why should you not begin a comprehension answer with "because" when the question asks "Why …"?
3 marksMediumShort answer
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Class 9 · English Language · Comprehension
What is the difference between a factual and an inferential comprehension question? Give an example of each.
3 marksMediumShort answer
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Class 9 · English Language · Grammar and Usage
Rewrite as instructed: "He is too weak to walk." (Begin: He is so …)
3 marksMediumNumerical
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Class 9 · English Language · Letter Writing
Write a letter to your grandmother thanking her for a birthday present and telling her how you spent the day.
5 marksMediumApplication based
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Class 9 · English Language · Grammar and Usage
Change into indirect speech: The teacher said to the class, "Do not make a noise."
3 marksMediumNumerical
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Class 9 · English Language · Notice and Email Writing
State three differences between a notice and an email.
3 marksMediumShort answer
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Class 9 · English Language · Grammar and Usage
Fill in with the correct preposition: He has been absent ___ school ___ Monday.
3 marksMediumNumerical
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Class 9 · English Language · Grammar and Usage
Correct the sentence: "Each of the boys have brought their own lunch."
3 marksMediumNumerical
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Class 9 · English Language · Grammar and Usage
Fill in with the correct article where one is needed: ___ Ganga is ___ longest river in India, and it rises in ___ Himalayas.
3 marksMediumNumerical
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Class 9 · English Language · Grammar and Usage
Join the sentences using a relative pronoun: "I met a boy. He had won the first prize."
3 marksMediumNumerical
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Class 9 · English Language · Composition
Study the picture of a crowded railway platform and write an original composition of about 350 words based on it. The composition may be a description, a story or an argument, but it must have a clear link with the picture.
5 marksMediumLong answer
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Class 9 · English Language · Composition
Write a composition of about 350 words describing your favourite place in your town and explaining why you like it.
5 marksMediumLong answer
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Class 9 · English Language · Composition
What is a topic sentence, and where in a paragraph is it usually placed?
3 marksMediumShort answer
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Class 9 · English Language · Comprehension
How should a question that begins "Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage" be answered?
4 marksMediumShort answer
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Class 9 · English Language · Letter Writing
Write a letter to your cousin inviting him or her to spend the summer holidays with you and describing what you plan to do together.
5 marksMediumApplication based
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Class 9 · English Language · Letter Writing
List the six parts of a formal letter in order.
3 marksMediumShort answer
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Class 9 · English Language · Notice and Email Writing
Write a notice in not more than 50 words for your school notice board informing students that the annual sports day has been postponed.
4 marksMediumApplication based
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Class 9 · English Language · Grammar and Usage
Fill in with the correct form of the verb: The news ___ (be) very disturbing.
2 marksEasyNumerical
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Class 9 · English Language · Notice and Email Writing
Write a notice in not more than 50 words for your school notice board inviting students to join the school's newly formed nature club.
4 marksMediumApplication based
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Class 9 · English Language · Comprehension
State four steps to follow when answering a comprehension passage.
4 marksMediumShort answer