Karnataka 9th Model Question Paper English Second Language

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Assessment - Model Paper
Class : 9
Marks : 80
Second Language English Time : 3 Hours
Information to be filled by the Student
Name of the Student : _____________________________________________________________

Student SATS No : Signature
of the Student :________________

Information to be filled by the Room Invigilator
School DISE Code :
School Name :____________________________________________________________________
Cluster :__________________ Block :______________________ District :__________________
School Type : Govt. Aided Un-aided
(Put “” mark for applicable information)
Signature of the Room Invigilator : ______________________
Information to be filled by the Evaluator at the time of evaluation
Question Number Obtained Marks Question Number Obtained Marks Question Number Obtained Marks
1 14 27
2 15 28
3 16 29
4 17 30
5 18 31
6 19 32
7 20 33
8 21 34
9 22 35
10 23 36
11 24 37
12 25 38
13 26
Total marks Total marks Total marks
Grand Total
Total marks obtained (in words) :____________________________________________________
Signature of the Evaluator : _______________________

I Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/
incomplete statements. Choose the correct alternative and
write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet.

4x1=4

1. Read the given conversation and choose the language function
of the underlined sentence :

Bishop : Friend, sit down and warm yourself.
Convict : You must be a great soul, Thank you.

A) Requesting B) Gratitude
C) Order D) Seeking information

Answer : ____________________________

2. The appropriate prefix for the word ‘happy’ is ________________

A) un B) im
C) in D) ir

Answer : ______________

3. Read the following stanza and choose the correct pair of rhyming
words.

There are balms for all our pain,
But when youth, the dream, departs,
It takes something from our hearts,
And it never comes again.

A) our - our B) pain - departs
C) pain - again D) hearts - again

Answer : ____________________________

9th SL English QP 2

4. Jean Valjean fed on filth for nineteen years.
Choose the correct meaning for the underlined word.
A) bread B) fish
C) dirty food D) rice

Answer : _____________________

II Do as directed : 12 x 1 = 12
5. Pick out the word that does not belong to the set.
victory success defeat win

6. Combine the word in Column-A with its collocative word in
Column-B
A B
launch - [ cards, coins, leaders, satellite ]

7. Choose the infinitive given in the sentence.
He began to feel terribly drowsy.

8. Frame the question to get underlined word as an answer.
Rihan was eating the chocolates.

9. Fill in the blank with correct tense form of the verb given in
the brackets:
The Pandavas ______________ (defeat) the Kauravas in the battle.

9th SL English QP 3

10. Choose the correct homophone and complete the statement.
When I went behind a tree, I saw a ______________ . (deer, dear)

11. Write the correct form of the word given in brackets.
The judge said that only fresh evidence would make him change his
________________ . (judge)

12. Identify the figure of speech used in the given sentence :
Suddenly the black night showed it’s teeth in a flash of lightning.

13. Combine the following sentences using the conjunction given
in the brackets.
Varsha ran fast.
She could not come first. (but)

14. Change the statement from active to passive voice.
Rama killed Ravana in Ramayana

15. Replace the underlined word with correct phrasal verb.
We started our journey towards Hampi.
(set up, set out, set down, set in)

16. Change the given statement into negative.
Ranga is coming to school today.

9th SL English QP 4

III The following statement has two errors. Correct the sentence
using the given clues: 2 x 1 = 2

17. a panch knows no friend or enemy but only justise

a) spelling correction

b) Capital letters to be corrected.

IV 7 x 2 = 14
18. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that
follow :
“Remember then, there is only one time that is important
and that time is ‘Now’. It is the most important time because it is
the only time we have any power to act.
“The most necessary person is the person you are with at
a particular moment. The most important business is to do that
person good, because we are sent into this world for that purpose
alone.”

a) Why ‘now’ is the most important time ?

b) What is the most important business for a person to do ?

9th SL English QP 5

19. Read the following conversation and answer the questions that
follow :
Ravi : Doctor, I’m not well.
Doctor : Please lie down on this table. (examines and
checks temperature) You’ve a severe cold. You’ve
fever also.
Ravi : Have I ? I’ve taken some medicines, but to no avail.
Doctor : Who gave you those medicines?
Ravi : The pharmacist.
Doctor : Shouldn’t accept such medicines Ravi. It’s not
good. You should always consult a doctor before
you start taking medicines. Don’t ever go for self
medication.
a) The person who sells medicines in the shop (Give one word
from the conversation)

b) Why did Ravi consult the doctor ?

20. Manju’s friends voted their favorite pass time hobbies. The
result is as follows :

9th SL English QP 6

Read the picture carefully and answer the questions that follow:
a) What hobby is liked most in the voting ?

b) What hobbies got same number of votes ?

21. Read the given advertisement carefully and answer the questions
that follow :

a) Which age group was summer camp 2019 organized for ?

b) How many activities were included in the Kidzee Ramnagaria
Summer Camp 2019 ?

9th SL English QP 7

22. Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow:
A stranger came one night to Yussouf’s tent,
Saying, “Behold one outcast and in dread.
Against whose life the bow of power is bent,
Who flies, and hath not where to lay his head;
I come to thee for shelter and for food,
To Yussouf, called through all our tribes, “The Good.”
a) Who came to Yussouf’s tent one night ?

b) Why did the stranger come to Yussouf ?

23. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow :
Finally a simple old woman came to see the king. The
exhausted prime minister brought her into the royal bed chamber
The simple old woman peered into the king’s face for a long
time. Then she said, “Your majesty, you are suffering from a strange
and rare disease. So rare and strange, that no name exists for it.”
“There, I knew it,” cried the king in glee. “I kept telling all of
them, the fools, that I’m a sick man.”
a) Who brought the simple old woman to the royal bed chamber?

b) What did the simple old woman say to the king ?

9th SL English QP 8

24. Read the given passage and answer the following questions :
The opening batsmen put on thirty runs without being
separated. The visiting fast bowlers couldn’t do much. Then the
spin bowlers came on, and immediately there was a change in the
game. Two wickets fell in one over, and the score was thirty-three
for two. Suraj made a few quick runs, then he too was out to one of
the spinners, caught behind the wicket. And it was Ranji’s turn.
He walked slowly to the wicket. The bowler took a short run
and then the ball was twirling towards Ranji.
And then a thrill ran through Ranji’s arm as he felt the ball
meet the bat.
CRACK! The ball, hit firmly with the middle of Ranji’s bat,
streaked past the helpless bowler and sped towards the boundary.
Four runs!

a) How did the game change when the spin bowlers came in ?

b) What was the result when a thrill ran through Ranji’s arm ?

V Answer the following question in 5-6 sentences each.
2x3=6
25. Write a message reading the telephone conversation given
below:
Bank Manager : Can you connect me to Mr. Prakash ?
Office Receptionist : Sorry Sir, he has gone out for the field work.
Bank Manager : When he comes back, ask him to meet me at
Brindavan Hotel at 5 O’clock along with the
Annual Report.
9th SL English QP 9

Office Receptionist : Ok, sure sir. Thank you.

Dear Prakash,

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

26. Sentences given below are the steps to a simple meditation.
Re-arrange them in the correct sequence :
a) Take a deep breath in through the nose.
b) Release through the mouth.
c) Repeat step three to five.
d) Hold for three seconds.
e) Find yourself a comfortable seat.
f) Sit with your back straight, shoulders relaxed.

VI Read the following texts and answer the questions that follow :
4 x 3 = 12
27. “What is the greatest wonder in the world?”
“Every day men see creatures depart to Yama’s abode and
yet, those who remain, seek to live forever. This verily is the greatest
wonder.”
Thus, the Yaksha posed many questions and Yudhistira
answered them all.
9th SL English QP 10

In the end the Yaksha asked, “O king, one of your dead
brothers can now be revived. Whom do you want revived? He shall
come back to life.”
a) Who posed many questions to Yudhistira ?

b) What is the opposite of life ?

c) What was the reward granted to Yudhistira at the end ?

28. The King put on ordinary clothes and went to meet the hermit.
Before he reached the hermit’s hut, the king left his horse with his
bodyguard and went alone.
As the king came near the hermit’s hut, he saw the hermit digging
the ground in front of his hut. He greeted the king and continued
digging.

a) Who did the king meet ?

b) What was the hermit doing when the king came to meet him?

c) A person who lives alone and leads a simple life.
(Give one word from the extract)

9th SL English QP 11

29. The Panchayat was held under the old banyan tree. Jumman stood
up and said, “The voice of the panch is the voice of God. Let my aunt
nominate the head Panch. I will abide by her decision.” “I nominate
Algu Chowdhary as the Panch. The Panch knows neither enemy nor
friend.” stated the lady.

a) Where was the Panchayat held ?

b) According to Jumman which is the voice of God ?

c) Who was nominated as the Panch by Jumman ?

30. Upagupta, the disciple of Buddha, lay asleep in
the dust by the city wall of Mathura.
Lamps were all out, doors were all shut and
stars were all hidden by the murky sky of August.
a) Who was the disciple of Buddha ?

b) Where did Upagupta lay asleep ?

c) What had happened to stars ?

9th SL English QP 12

VII Given below is a profile of Mr. Kapil Dev. Write a paragraph
using the clues given below : 1x3=3

31. Full Name : Kapil Dev Nikhanj
Place and date of birth : Chandigarh, 6th January 1959
Profession : Cricket player, Captain
Achievements : Won the world cup in 1983
Autobiography : “Straight from the Heart”
Reason for popularity : India’s greatest all rounder

VIII Develop the story using the clues given below : 1 x 3 = 3

32. Once a crow _______ . The crow was _______ some _______ . It was
very _______ . The crow was _______ and couldn’t _______ anymore.
Suddenly, it saw a _______ under a _______ . The jug _______ some
water ______ couldn’t drink it. ______ some pebbles _______ in the jug.
The water _______ and _______ water flew _______ happily.

9th SL English QP 13

IX Study the picture given below : 1 x 3 = 3
33. Write a description or an account of what the picture suggests
to you in a paragraph.

9th SL English QP 14

X Read the given text and answer the questions that follows :
1x4=4
34. Believe in yourself
No matter what you choose.
Keep a winning attitude
And you can never lose.

Think about your destination
But don’t worry if you stray
Because the most important thing
Is what you’ve learned along the way.

a) What attitude we should always have ?

b) Write a pair of rhyming words from the given poem.

c) What is the most important thing along the way ?

d) What do we have to do, when we go stray ?

XI Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow: 1 x 4 = 4
A child playing on the street was hit by a speeding vehicle.
The child was lying in a pool of blood. It was shifted to a hospital.

9th SL English QP 15

The doctors who examined the child told its parents that the child
needed immediate blood transfusion and they must arrange for four
bottles of blood immediately.
The eager parents offered good money for buying blood. Many
young men did give blood but none accepted the money offered.
They bluntly told the parents that blood could not be bought with
money and that it should be donated by one person to another.

a) What was the instruction given by the doctors to the parents
after examining the child ?

b) Many young men gave blood but none accepted the money.
Why?

XII Answer the following question in about 8-10 sentences :
1x4=4
36. Read the given poem and summarize it in your own words.
The Fox and the Grapes.
One summer’s day a Fox was passing through
An orchard; faint he was and hungry, too.
When suddenly his keen eye chanced to fall
Upon a bunch of grapes above the wall.
“Ha! Just the thing !” he said, “who could resist it ?”
He eyed the purple cluster-jumped-and missed it.
“Ahem !” he coughed. “I’ll take more careful aim.”
And sprang again. Results were much the same,

9th SL English QP 16

Although his leaps were desperate and high.
At length he paused to wipe a tearful eye,
And shrug a shoulder. “I am not so dry,
And lunch is bound to come within the hour.....
Besides, he said, “I’m sure those grapes are sour.”

9th SL English QP 17

XIII Write an essay on any one of the following : 1x4=4
37. a) Water Pollution
b) Freedom fighters - their sacrifices
c) My favorite cricket player

9th SL English QP 18

XIV. Write a letter using the information given below: 1x5=5
38. Imagine you are Suman/Suma studying in Government High
School, Harihara.
Write a letter to your father asking him to send Rs.1,000/- to
the school trip.
OR
Write a letter to the Head master, requesting him/her to issue
your Transfer Certificate (TC).

9th SL English QP 19

9th SL English QP 20