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CLASS IX (2019-20)
ENGLISH (CODE 0184)
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SAMPLE PAPER-3
2. Read the following passage and answer the questions Ans : The most important therapeutic quality of
that follow. [2 × 4 + 1 × 4 = 12 marks] writing is that it helps the writer observe his or her
Some of us think that writing is only for writers. But thoughts and feelings.
writing is for all of us. As Julia Cameron notes in her book (iii) Whose consciousness does a writer touch through
The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the his or her writing ?
Writing Life, “I believe we all come into life as writers.” Ans : A writer touches his or her own consciousness or
Writing can be beneficial for all of us, because another part of his or her self and the consciousness
it can be therapeutic. One of the most powerful of the readers.
parts of therapy is cultivating the ability to observe
(iv) How does Elizabeth Sullivan describe our
our thoughts and feelings, said Elizabeth Sullivan,
thinking? Why does she say so ?
a licensed marriage and family therapist in San
Francisco. And that’s what writing helps us do. Ans : Elizabeth Sullivan describes our thinking as
“Most of us do not think in complete sentences self-interrupted, looping, impressionistic cacophony
but in self-interrupted, looping, impressionistic because we don’t think in complete sentences. We
cacophony,” she said. Writing helps us track our jump from one thought to another.
spinning thoughts and feelings, which can lead to key 2.2 Answer the following questions : [1×4=4]
insights (e.g., I don’t want to go to that party; I think (v) Which word in the passage means ‘a coarse
I’m falling for this person; I’m no longer passionate unpleasant noise’ ?
about my job; I realize how I can solve that problem; Ans : cacophony
I’m really scared about that situation.)
Writing is “speaking to another consciousness – ‘the (vi) How can a person clear his or her misunderstanding
reader’ or another part of the self. We come to know who with someone ?
we really are in the present moment,” she said. Ans : A person can clear his or her misunderstanding
Writing also creates a mind-body-spirit connection, with someone by writing an unsent letter to that person.
she said. “When you use your hands to pen or type (vii) The word ‘tincture’ can be replaced with the
something directly from your brain, you are creating word
a powerful connection between your inner experience (a) trace (b) potion
and your body’s movement out in the world.” (c) touch (d) flavour
We hold worries, fears and memories in our bodies,
Sullivan said. When we use the body in positive ways Ans : (b) potion
– such as dancing or writing — we stay in the present (viii) Which of the following, according to the passage,
moment, we inhabit our bodies, and we can heal is not true about writing ?
ourselves, she said. (a) Writing is a static activity of the brain.
“Writing is a small movement but it is incredibly (b) Writing is a process of self-discovery.
powerful when you are writing down what is in your
(c) Writing is a positive way of using our body.
mind.”
Here are three types of writing you can try : (d) Writing helps us streamline our thoughts.
Free write. Free writing or journaling is simply writing Ans : (a) Writing is a static activity of the brain.
what’s on your mind. It’s letting it all hang out
without censoring yourself. According to Sullivan, this
could be: “Today I woke up and found the car window
SECTION B - WRITING & GRAMMAR
smashed and I wondered if the glass replacement guys (30 MARKS)
go out at night and do it.”
Pen Poetry. “Poetry is a natural medicine; it is like 3. The children’s club of the society you live in, organised
a homeopathic tincture derived from the stuff of life a cultural program to raise fund to help the flood
itself–your experience,” writes John Fox in Poetic victims. Describe the event in 100-150 words. [8]
Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making.
Compose a letter. Sullivan suggested writing a short
letter to a loved one. Imagine this person has written
to you and asked you: “How are you doing, really?”
Another exercise is to “write to someone with whom
you have ‘unfinished business’ without sending it.” The
goal is for you to gain a clearer understanding of your
own thoughts and feelings about the person, she said.
2.1 On the basis of your reading and understanding of
the above passage, answer the following: [2×4=8]
(i) Why does Julia Cameron believe that we all
come into life as writers ?
Ans :
Ans : Julia Cameron believes that we all come into
life as writers because she thinks that writing is for all
Cultural Programme For a Noble Cause
of us. Everyone has the right to write.
By Shiv
(ii) What is the most important therapeutic quality
The children’s club of the society I live in, organised
of writing ?
a cultural program to raise fund to help the flood
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between a person’s dream and its realisation. People Word before Missing word Word after
like Vivek registered themselves in Bridge. My Uncle
had to cut down on his expenditure to contribute to (ii) mad with anger
the fund. He also started making sponsor appeals. The (iii) one of three
journey was not easy at all but losing is not an option
for people like my Uncle. Today, Bridge sponsors 15-20 (iv) that were brought
young adults every year to complete their education. 7. Rearrange the following groups of jumbled words/
Today, Vivek also has become a successful person and phrases into meaningful sentences. 1×4=4
as an act of gratitude, he donates a lakh per year to (i) a great/Hussain’s/was astounded/in such/I/my
let another Vivek live his or her dream. painting/art exhibition/to find/beside.
Moral: Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. (ii) bird bath/is a home/the/to/her garden/myriad
5. Read the sentence given below and fill in the blanks birds/in.
by choosing the most appropriate options from the (iii) much/little/can avert/humanity/bloodshed/a.
ones that follow. 1×4=4 (iv) to give up/didn’t have/he/other option/but/any.
Kamal was scared. Kally no more remembered (i) Ans :
.......... he (ii) .......... his admit card. (iii) .......... the
(i) I was astounded to find my painting beside
passage of each hour, he was going closer to the time of
Hussain’s in such a great art exhibition.
his examination. He (iv) .......... find his admit card as
(ii) The bird bath in her garden is a home to myriad
life may not give him another chance to prove himself.
birds.
(i) (a) what (b) when
(iii) A little humanity can avert much bloodshed.
(c) where (d) how (iv) He didn’t have any other option but to give up.
(ii) (a) kept (b) had kept
(c) was keeping (d) has kept SECTION C - LITERATURE
(iii) (a) With (b) By
(c) Over (d) On (30 MARKS)
(iv) (a) should (b) Can
(c) may (d) must 8. Read the extract given below and answer the questions
that follow. 1×4=4
Ans : He said to her mother, “It’s not the little girl’s fault,
(i) (c) where Mrs Jones. I think the geography sector was geared a
(ii) (b) had kept little too quick. Those things happen sometimes. I’ve
(iii) (a) With slowed it up to an average ten-year level.”
(iv) (d) must (i) Who is speaking to whom in the above lines ?
6. In the following paragraph, one word has been omitted (ii) Who is the ‘little girl’ ? What was her fault ?
in each line. Write the missing word along with the (iii) What was the difference between the ‘little girl’s
word that comes before and the word that comes after and her mother’s teacher ?
it against the correct blank number. The first one has (iv) Why did the ‘little girl’ dislike her mechanical
been done for you. 1×4=4 teacher ?
Ans :
Word Missing Word (i) The inspector is speaking to Margie’s mother,
before word after Mrs Jones, in the above lines.
The forest ranger know how to (ii) The little girl is Margie. Her fault was that she
didn’t know/to eg. had been scoring low in geography in a few tests.
(iii) The ‘little girl’s teacher was a mechanical teacher
(i) tame wild elephant
or a robot whereas her mother’s teacher was a
which had gone ____ ____ ____
human teacher.
(ii) mad anger. The (iv) The ‘little girl’ disliked her mechanical teacher
tusk poachers had ____ ____ ____ because she had to write her homework and
killed tests in punch code and the mechanical teacher
(iii) calf. It was one calculated her test marks in no time.
the three white ____ ____ ____ or
elephants
Along the sand
(iv) that brought from he lay until observed
Thailand with ____ ____ ____
utmost care. and chased away, and now
he vanishes in the ripples
Ans :
among the green slim reeds.
Word before Missing word Word after (i) About whom does the poet write in the given
lines ?
(i) tame the wild (ii) Where is ‘he’ generally found ?
(iii) Why does the snake vanish in the ripples ?
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