Goa Board Class 9 Sample Paper Functional English (Semester I)

2025

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FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH F.L. (CWSN)

SYLLABUS AND INTERNAL ASSESSMENT SCHEME 2024-2025
R1: ENGLISH STD IX
INSTRUCTIONS:

1. A list of activities and assessment criteria for Internal Assessment of 20 marks are listed below under the five
Language Skills.
2. First Semester: Listening Skill , Observation Skill and Writing Skill
Second Semester: Speaking Skill and Reading Skill

3. Student may choose: First Semester, one activity from the Listening Skill or Observation Skill and the other from the
Writing Skill.
Second Semester, one activity from the Speaking Skill and the other from the Reading Skill.
NOTE: Both activities cannot be based on only one language skill.

4. Each activity is allotted maximum 10 marks. Weightage and Rubrics for each Skill are given below.

1. LISTENING SKILL
ACTIVITIES: 1. Listen to an Audio/ Video/ Narration on Bismillah Khan and answer questionnaire
2. Listen to directions and draw a road map
3. Listen to the instructions to perform a given task (craft, recipe, yoga etc.)
4. Listen to a story and draw (sketches/ cartoons, etc.)
5. Any other related activity

Name/ Roll Activity Total 10 marks
No.
Ability to General Listening to Critical Thinking Accuracy in Total
listen understanding details responses
2 2 2 2 2 10

Rubrics for Assessment of Listening Skills

Criteria Excellent Good Satisfactory Needs Improvement /2
02 1.5 1.0 0.5
Ability to listen Always fully attentive Mostly attentive, with Generally attentive, Very little span of
and engaged. occasional lapses. with some attention
distractions.

General Understands most Understands general Understands only Does not understand
understanding points and even points basic points. main points. Is
minor details. confused

Listening to Recalls and Recalls most key Recalls some Struggles to recall
details integrates all key details details, with minor details, with errors.
details. errors.

Critical Thinking Demonstrates critical Sometimes shows Rarely demonstrates Does not
thinking and insight at critical thinking and criticalthinking. demonstrate critical
all times insight. thinking, responses
lack insight

Accuracy in Responses are Responses are Responses are Responses are
responses always accurate and mostly accurate and generally accurate, occasionally
relevant. relevant. sometimes off-topic. accurate, often off-
topic.

TOTAL /10

2. OBSERVATION SKILL
ACTIVITIES: 1. Observing an act/ story and drama.
2. Observe the directions given in sign language and draw a road map.
3. Observe the given instructions and sketch and follow accordingly.
4. Watch a video and answer questions based on it.
5. Any other related activity

Name/ Roll Activity Total 10 marks
No.
Ability to Interpret and Observing the Critical Thinking Accuracy in Total
Observe Understanding instruction responses
Sign sign signed
accuracy
2 2 2 2 2 10

Rubrics for Assessment of Observing Skills

Criteria Excellent Good Satisfactory Needs Improvement /2
02 1.5 1.0 0.5
Ability to Observe Always fully attentive Mostly attentive, with Generally attentive, Very little span of
signs accurately and engaged. occasional lapses. with some attention
distractions.

Observing the Understands most Understands general Understands only Does not understand
Signs points and even points basic points. main points. Is
minor details. confused

Observing Recalls and Recalls most key Recalls some Struggles to recall
the integrates all key details details, with minor details, with errors.
instruction details. errors.
signed
Critical Thinking Demonstrates critical Sometimes shows Rarely demonstrates Does not
thinking and insight at critical thinking and criticalthinking. demonstrate critical
all times insight. thinking, responses
lack insight

Accuracy in Responses are Responses are Responses are Responses are
responses always accurate and mostly accurate and generally accurate, occasionally
relevant. relevant. sometimes off-topic. accurate, often off-
topic.

TOTAL /10

3. WRITING SKILL
ACTIVITIES: 1. Diary Entry
2. ‘If I were ....... ’ (essay)(give options bird, chair, shoes)
3. Importance/ Destruction of Wind/ Rain (teacher has to give option) Eg. 5 uses of trees etc
4. Write10 lines on any topic eg. Family, School , My village
(Give options eg. visit to a doctor/shop)
5. Importance/ Destruction of Wind/ Rain
6. Any other related activity

Name/ Activity Total Weightage: 10 marks
Roll No.
Original/ Appropriate Clarity Organization Grammar and TOTAL
interesting vocabulary of ideas/ Syntax
ideas (paragraph)
2 2 2 2 2 10

Criteria Excellent 2.0 Good 1.5 Satisfactory1.0 Needs Improvement TOTAL
0.5 /2
Original/ Uses ideas which are Uses ideas which are Uses ideas which Uses ideas which lack
Interesting highly creative and mostly creative and show limited originality and fail to
ideas capture reader’s maintain reader’s originality and lacks capture reader’s
interest interest consistency in attention
maintaining reader’s
attention
Appropriate Uses varied and Uses appropriate Uses mediocre Uses simple/ casual/
vocabulary appropriate vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary short forms for terms
such as phrases/ and vocabulary
idioms
Clarity Expresses ideas Expresses ideas Expresses ideas Expresses ideas which
clearly and coherently clearly and which are somewhat are unclear anddifficult
coherently for most clear but difficult to to understand
part. follow at times
Organization of Organizes a logical Organizes ideas into Has paragraphs but Has no organization of
ideas/ structure of writing with paragraphs but not ideas are mixed up ideas and paragraphs.
paragraphs a clear introduction, very distinctly All matter
body and conclusion is in one paragraph.
Grammar Makes proper use of Makes minor errors Makes major errors Makes too many errors
and Syntax Grammar, punctuation, in grammar, in grammar, in grammar,
sentence structure and punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, sentence
syntax sentence structure sentence structure structure and syntax
and syntax and syntax
TOTAL /10

4. SPEAKING SKILL / SIGNING AND GESTURE

ACTIVITIES: 1. Story telling
2. Elocution
3. Monologue/Monomime
4. Speech (National Days)
5. Propose a Vote of Thanks
6. Narrate an incident/ event
7. Describe a picture and give opinion/suggestion
8. Compering an event/activity
9. Any other related activity
Name/ Activity Total 10 marks
Roll No.

Fluency and Content and Pronunciation/ Creative use of Confidence TOTAL
Coherence Organization Voice Language and Poise
modulation/ (phrases,idioms)
intonation signs and gesture
Body & Facial
Expression
2 2 2 2 2 10

Rubrics for Assessment of Speaking Skills/ Signing & Gestures

Excellent Good Satisfactory Needs Improvement
Criteria 02 1.5 1.0 0.5 /2
Consistently fluent, Generally fluent, Adequately fluent, ideas Struggles with
Fluency and ideas flow logically ideas mostly flow sometimes lacklogical fluency, ideas often
Coherence and coherently. logically. flow. lack logical flow.

Content is rich, well- Content is good, Content is adequate, Content is weak, poorly
Content and organized, and fully organized, and somewhat organized, organized, and
Organization developed. mostly developed. and partially developed. underdeveloped.

Pronunciation/ Pronunciation/ Pronunciation/ Pronunciation/ Signing Pronunciation/ Signing
Voice Body language Signing & gestures is & gestures is often & gestures is very
modulation/ Facial expression generally accurate, inaccurate, withfrequent inaccurate, difficult to
intonation Body is accurate and with minor errors. errors. understand.
expression
natural.

Creative use of Uses a wide rangeof Uses a good rangeof Uses adequate Limited vocabulary /
Signing and vocabulary/Signing & vocabulary/Signing & vocabulary/ Signing & Signing & gestures
gestures language gestures and gestures and gestures and and structures, with
(phrases, idioms) complex structures structures with few structures, with some frequent errors.
accurately. errors. errors.

Displays high Displays good Displays some Often lacks
Confidence and confidence and confidence and confidence and confidence and poise,
Poise poise throughout. poise most of the poise, with with frequentlapses.
time. occasional lapses.
Total: /10

5. READING SKILL
ACTIVITIES: 1. Newspaper reading 2. Story reading (short with moral/ values)
3. Poem reading
Name/ Activity Grade points: Total 10 marks TOTAL
Roll No.
Fluency Clarity Voice modulation/ Pronunciation Expression
Intonation

(2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 10

Rubrics for Assessment of Reading Skills/Signs

Criteria Excellent Good Satisfactory Needs Improvement TOTAL
02 1.5 1.0 0.5
Fluency Reads smoothly with Reads mostly smoothly Reads with Reads with frequent
a natural flow. with some minor noticeable hesitations and
Hesitations hesitations struggles to go on.
Clarity Reads loudly and very Reads loudly but shows Reads but with Reads but not clear
clearly gaps in clarity some clarity
Signs Voice modulation/ Voice modulation/ Voice modulation/ Voice modulation/
gestures Signs & gestures Signs & gestures Signs and Signs and gestures
Intonation is accurate Intonation is generally gestures Intonation is very
and natural. accurate, with minor Intonation is often inaccurate, difficult to
errors. inaccurate, with understand.
frequent errors
Pronunciation/ Pronunciation/ Lip Pronunciation/ Lip Pronunciation/ Pronunciation/ Lip
Lip reading reading is accurate reading is generally Lip reading is reading is very
ability and natural. accurate, with often inaccurate, inaccurate, difficult to
minor errors. with frequent errors understand.
Overall Shows strong Shows good Shows limited Shows little or no
Expression engagement with the engagement with the engagement with the engagement with the
text, making eye text, making some eye text, rarely making text, avoiding eye
contact. contact. eye contact. contact

ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025
SYLLABUS/ ASSESSMENT FOR FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH (F.L.)
(C.W.S.N.) SUBJECT CODE: 2115
CLASS IX

FIRST SEMESTER
TILE WEIGHTAGE
SECTION A: (Comprehension)
1. Narrative Passage 8 (MCQ)
2. Seen Passage 8 (MCQ)

SECTION B:
PROSE
1. The Fun they had 20 (MCQ:4)
2. The Sound of Music: i. Evelyn Glennie
ii. Bismillah Khan
3. The Little Girl

POEMS 12 (MCQ:4)
1. The Road not Taken
2. Wind
3. Rain on the Roof

SECTION C: (MCQ)
1. Gap Filling: 5
.
2. Modals
4
3. Do as directed:
a) Question tags
3
b) Gender
3
4) Verbs
5

SECTION D:
1. Picture description/ Paragraph Writing (with questions) 6
2.Letter Writing: Informal Letter
6

SECOND SEMESTER
TITLE WEIGHTAGE

SECTION A: (Comprehension)
1.Narrative Passage 8 (MCQ)
2.Seen Passage 8 (MCQ)

SECTION B:

PROSE 20 (MCQ:4)

1. My Childhood
2. Reach for the Top: i. Santosh Yadav
ii. Maria
Sharapova

3. The Snake and the Mirror

POEMS 12 (MCQ:4)
1.Rain on the Roof
2.On Killing a Tree
3.The Snake Trying

SECTION C
(MCQ)
1.Prefix
 Sentence with the prefix/suffix 4
With alternative

2.Suffix
4
3.Degrees of Comparison
 Alternative to be given 4

4.Reported Speech
4
 reporting verb given in
bracket

5.Verbs 4
SECTION D 6
1. Story Writing/ Form Filling
2. Biodata 6

MODEL QUESTION PAPER 2024-2025
R1: FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH STDIX MARKS: 80 (40MCQ+40subjective)

INSTRUCTIONS: PART1: Questions1-40are MCQ (to be answered on OMR sheets)
PART 2:Questions 41-73 are subjective(to be answered on answer sheets)

PART1:

SECTION A
Read the following passage and answer the questions set below it:

I. Rush hour crowds jostle for position on the underground train platform. A slight girl, looking
younger than her seventeen years, was nervous yet excited as she felt the vibration of the
approaching train. It was her first day at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in
London and daunting enough for any teenager fresh from a Scottish farm. But this aspiring
musician faced a bigger challenge than most: She was profoundly deaf.

II. Evelyn Glennie’s loss of hearing had been gradual. Her mother remembers noticing
something was wrong when the eight-year-old Evelyn was waiting to play the piano. “They
called her name and she didn’t move. I suddenly realized she hadn’t heard” says Isabel
Glennie. For quite a while Evelyn her marks had deteriorated and her headmistress urged
her parents to take her to a specialist. It was then discovered that her hearing was
severely impaired as a result of gradual nerve damage

With reference to the passage, do as directed: (4)

1. Tick the word from paragraph (I) similar in meaning to “ frightening”
A. daunting
B. aspiring
C. looking
D. approaching

2. Tick the word from paragraph (II) opposite in meaning to “forgets”

A .marks
B says
C .loss
D. remember

3. Choose the word similar in meaning to élder‟

A. teenager
B. ugly
C. younger
D. slight

4. Choose the word opposite in meaning to “slowly‟.

A. suddenly
B. jostle
C. severely
D. royal

With reference to the passage, tick the correct alternative for each of the following. (4)

5. How old was Evelyn?

A. Ten Years
B. Seven years
C Seventeen years
D. Eleven years

6. Who notice that something was wrong with Evelyn?

A. Policemen
B. Mother
C. Father
D. Headmistress

7.Evelyn’s hearing was impaired as a result of

A. an accident
B. nerve damage
C. injury
D.Surgery

8. Evelyn’s biggest challenge as a musician was that she was

A profoundly deaf
B. very poor
C. profoundly blind
D. Very rich

Read the following passage and answer the questions set below it

Garbage is a great environment hazard. It comes from various sources – used
paper, plastic bags, bottles, fallen leaves from trees and many more. Garbage
makes the place ugly and breeds diseases.

A lot of trash that is thrown away contain material that can be recycled and reused
such as paper, metals and glass which can be sent to nearest recycling centre or to
the junk dealer.it also contains organic matter such as leaves which can enrich soil
fertility. A compost pit can be made where the waste can be placed with layers of soil
and this would make valuable fertilizer. This would also prevent pollution that is
usually caused by burning such organic waste.

With reference to the passage do as directed: (4)

9.Choose the word similar in meaning to “trash‟
A. waste
B organic
C. recycled
D. matter

10. Choose the word opposite in meaning to “invaluable”
A. enrich
B. valuable
C. sources
D. material

11.Choose the word similar in meaning to the word “danger”.

A. hazard
B. reused
C. prevent
D. ugly

12.Choose the word opposite in meaning to “inorganic”

A. fertilizer
B. soil
C. organic
D. compost

With reference to the passage, choose the correct alternatives to complete
each of the following statements:
(4)
13.Garbage comes from……..

A. used paper ,plastic bags and fallen leaves from trees
B. leftovers of food
C. fallen branches from trees
D. building materials

14. Garbage can make the environment

A. ugly and breed diseases
B. green and beautiful
C. safe and healthy
D. above all

15.. Metal and glass should be

A. thrown away
B. recycled
C. sold to rag pickers
D. dumped into the ground

16. Fallen leaves from trees are useful because

A. enrich water quality
B. enrich soil fertility
C. beautify landscape
D. above all

SECTION B

Choose the correct alternative similar in meaning to the underlined
words/phrases in the given sentences:
(2)
17. The students had a dispute over the captain’s decision

A. deal
B. agreement
C. argument
D. unity

18. Janice had a nightmare last night

A. silly dream
B. bad dream
C. happy dream
D. funny dream

Read the following extracts from the poems and choose the correct
alternatives to
answer the questions that follow: (2)

“I shall be telling this with a sigh
somewhere ages and ages hence;
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference

19. Identify the figure of speech underlined in above extract

A. Personification
B. Alliteration
C. Repetitions
D. Similie

20. Name the poet

A. Subramania Bharati
B. Robert Forst
C. Coates Kinney
D. James K‟rleu

SECTIONC
Choose the correct words to complete the following sentences. (4)

21.The puppy jumped _____________the sofa

A.at
B.on
C.to
D.in

22.The girl picked up ___________orange to give her grandmother.

A. the
B. a
C.an
D. of

23.We painted the doll house red________blue

A. and
B. both
C. nor
D. or

24. This school has ____________multimedia classroom

A. more
B. many
C. much
D. maximum

25.Joshua helped ___________ mother in the kitchen
A. his
B. their
C. my
D. him

Change the following sentences as directed by choosing the correct
alternatives.
Write your answer with the corresponding number. (4)

26. Teacher___________I come in?

A. could
B. may
C. should
D. would

27.We _______make too much noise

A. couldn‟t
B. can‟t
C. should
D. musn“t

28.You ________ go to play after class
A. shouldn‟t
B. will
C. wouldn’t
D. must

29.Rohit _________ accept your offer
A. need
B. might
C. ought to
D. used to

Report the following by choosing the correct alternative given below each
sentence:
. (4)
30. The flower is beautiful (Add question tag)
A. The flower is beautiful, is it?
B. The flower is beautiful, isn’t it?
C. The flower is beautiful, was it?
D. Is the flower is beautiful

31. They left for Panjim?
A. Have the left for Panjim?
B. They have left for Panjim, have they?
C. They have left for Panjim, isn’t it?
D. They have left for Panjim, haven’t they?

32.My mother was feeding the birds? (Add question tag)
A. My mother was feeding the birds, wasn’tshe?
B. My mother was feeding the birds?
C. My mother was feeding the birds, is she?
D. My mother was feeding the birds, isn’t she?

33.My grandmother bought a new house (Change to gender)
A. My grandaunt bought a new house’
B. My grandfather bought a new house
C. My mother bought a new house
D. My father bought a new house

34.The tiger looks hungry (Change to gender)
A. The lion looks hungry
B. The lioness looks hungry
C. The tigress looks hungry
D. The cubs looks hungry

35. The Emperor wore new clothes. (Change the gender)
A. The King wore new clothes.
B. The Queen wore new clothes.
C. The Empress wore new clothes.
D. The Princess wore new clothes.

Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct verb forms, from the alternatives
given below each sentence: (4)

36. The monkey ________towards the jungle (Past continuous)
A. was running
B. ran
C. run
D.is running

37.It ___________heavily this morning (Past perfect)
A. had rained
B. rains
C. was raining
D. raining

38.Ali _________ flowers daily at the bus stand. (Simple present)

A. selling
B. will sell
C. sells
D. sell

39.The sun ______soon (future tense)

A. will set
B. sets
C. will be setting
D. set

40. She ________ a comedy movie.(present continuous Tense)
A. watches
B. watching
C. watch
D. is watching

PART2:
SECTION B
Complete the following with reference to the text in not more than10 words
each: (4)

41.Margie wrote in her dairy that________________________________

42. Evelyn hears music through_____________________________

43. Kezia was afraid of her father because_____________________

44. When playing the shehnai the sounds are produced by_________________

Answer the following questions in about 20 words each: (Any Four) (8)

45. Where was Margie’s School?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

46.Where was Shehnai played traditionally?
Ans:_________________________________________________________

47.What did Kezia make for her father’s birthday?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

48.How did Bismillah display his love for his native place?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

49.What subject did Margie and Tommy have?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

50.Who helped Evelyn to continue with her music?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

Read the extracts and answer the questions set below (6)

“The sound of the Shehnai
began to be considered
auspicious”

51.Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of pungi?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

52.Why is the sound of Shehnai considered auspicious?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

53.Who made the shehnai famous?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

“The McDonalds lived next door. They had five children”.

54.What kind of father was McDonalds?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

55.Who lived next to McDonalds?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

56.What game were the McDonalds playing?
Ans:________________________________________________

Answer the following questions in about 20 words each:(Any Four) (8)
57. What does yellow wood refer to?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

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58. Which road did the poet choose?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

59. Why should we make friends with the wind?
Ans:__________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

60.What is the central idea put across in the poem “Wind”
Ans:__________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

61. What does the poet like to do when it rains?
Ans:_______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________ ______________________

62.What is the single memory that comes to the poet in the poem “Rain on the
Roof”.
Ans:__________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Read the extracts and answer the questions given below ( 2)
“I shall be telling this with a sigh
somewhere ages and ages hence”
63.Name the poem
Ans:__________________________________________________________

64.What did he choose?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

“You brought rain again. You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings”.

65.Who brings the rain?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

66.Who are the weaklings?
Ans:__________________________________________________________

Section D

Look at the given picture and answer each of the following questions in a complete
sentence:

(6)

67.Where are the students?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

68.What is the girl doing at the sink?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

69.What is the boy putting in the basin?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

70.What do the students come to the canteen for?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

71.What are the two servers wearing?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

72..Where are students eating?
_________________________________________________________________________

73. You are Esha/Eshan Naik. Your address is Usha Apartments, Opposite post office,
Panaji, Goa. Write a letter to your friend telling him/her how you celebrated Teacher’s Day in
your school. (6)

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