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Second Term Evaluation 2020 -
English Grade 9 Time : Two Hours

Name :- ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

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Match the words in column “A” with their meanings in column “B” .One has been done
for you.
A B

a) audience 1) clothes someone is wearing.

b) orchestra 2) a group of people watching a drama .

c) carnivores 3) animals that eat meat.

d) attire 4) a group of musicians

e) skeleton 5) the boney frame of an animal’s body

f) commuters 6) a person who travels in a vehicle

2) Complete the following dialogue using the words given in the cage. Write the number of
the correct word in the blank. One has been done for you.

Mother :- Iyesha , come with a pen and a piece of paper .

Iyesha :- What for ?

Mother :- To write a ……4… . Father is going to the market . My hands are …………… please write it.

Iyesha :- Okay what do you need ?

Mother :- A kilo of ………… ,five kilos of ……… , a cake of ……… soap, two packets of …………, and a box
of …………

Iyesha :- Mom I want some stationery .

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Mother :- What are they? 1) cosmetics

Iyesha :- half a ………… of exercise books, two ………. pens , ( 2) laundry

Mother :- Is that all ? (3) dozen

Iyesha :- No, few …………… also. (4) grocery list

Mother :- Father can’t select the brand you want buy them later. (5) dirty

Iyesha :- H..m..m.. ,Okay. (6) ball point

Father :- I’m getting late , hurry up. Give me the list and money . (7) sugar

Mother :- Here you are . Don’t forget any item. (8)milk powder

Mother :- Good bye! (9) brown rice

Father :- Good bye. (10) matches

3) Fill in the blanks with the suitable conjunction given in the box.

i) The students have broken a cupboard ; I’m sure , ………………………. the principal ………… the class
teacher will punish them.

ii) Mr. Kareem …………………….. walks ………………… runs to the playground.

iii) Kamal and Saman do not like to study ; ……………………. Kamal ………………. Saman will pass the

examination.

iv) Our class teacher and the monitor are vegetarians ;……………………… the class teacher ………………. the

monitor eats meat.

v) ……………………. Sarath …………………….. Upul did not go to the party.

Either…. or / neither…. nor

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4) Study the picture and fill in the blanks with the suitable preposition given in the cage .

With /beneath /in / on/ beside

This is a picture of a school garden . There are two trees( i) ……………… the picture . A boy is sitting
(ii)…………… a branch of one tree focusing a binocular . One boy is playing (iii)……………. a football. One
girl is reading a book (iv)………………….…… the other tree . Another girl is swinging (v) …………………………
her . The children are happy. 5

5) Read the following poem and answer the questions given below .

The wind

Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I;

But when the leaves hang trembling

The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I;

But when the trees bow down their heads

The wind is passing by.

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 i) Has any one seen the wind ? (1 mark)

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ii) What happen when the wind passing through the leaves? (1 mark)

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iii) When do the trees bow down their heads? (1 mark)

……………………………………………………………………………………………

iv) How do we know that the wind is blowing? (2 marks)

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6) Fill in the blanks in the following paragraph using the most suitable word in the cage

governed/giant/memmoths /memmoths/body/elephant/pair of tusks /tail/extinct/

disappeared.

Millions of years ago there lived wonderful animals on the earth. Some of them were Dinosaurs,
(i) ……………………………. and Mgatherium . The memmoth’s ( ii) …………………………………. was full of fur ,like
a monkey’s body, but people believe it was like an (iii) ……………………………… . It had a
(iv)…………………………………… , a trunk and a ( v) …………………………………… . Today we can’t see them
because they are (vi) ……………………………… The dinosaurs lived long before the (vii)
………………………………… . Both of them were giant animals which (viii) ……………………….. the earth millions
of years ago. Due to the changes occurred in the environment the (i x)……………………………. animals which
governed the earth have (x)…………………………… from the earth, so do the man if he does not protect his
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7) underline the correct pronoun in the bracket to fill the blank.

1) ……………………. (I/ my /me) best friend is Kanchana.2) ……………… ( his/ him / he) is in grade six
3)………………... (I/ me /my) have a sister and a brother. 4)……………. ( them/ they/ their ) love me very
much. 5)……………… (my/ me/ I ) sister is in grade ten. 6)…………….. ( her/ she /him ) helps me a lot. In the
evening 7) ……………… (us/ our/ we) play badminton in 8)…………………. ( our/us/ we) back yard. 9)
……………… (we/ our/ us ) father joins with 10) ………………. (us/our /we) to play badminton.

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8) Fill in the blanks in the following text using a, an and the.

Once there lived 1) ………… old man in 2) …………… mud hut near a stream . 3)………………. old man had
4) ………. dog and 5) ………….. cow. 6) …………… dog safe guarded 7) …………… old man and helped
8)……………. cow to go around the area to graze . 9) ………………. cow gave milk to 10) …………. old man.
They lived happily .
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(9) Complete the following sentences with the correct verbs given in the cage.

1) A chair ………………………………………….. by the carpenter last month.

2) Ten bags of cement ……………………………………………… from the lorry by the porter.

3) The class room ……………………………………………… by the girls every day.

4) The garden ……………………………………… by the boys yesterday .

5) The annual prize giving ………………………………………………………… in the next month by the

literary society.

will be held/ was made/was swept / were unloaded /is swept

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10) The sports society of your school has planned to hold the annual inter house sports meet
in the next month . Suppose you are the secretary of the sports society and write a notice to
put up on the school notice board .The following details should be include (10 marks)

a) the date and time (b)venue (c) the chief gust (d) special events (e) invite all the past pupils
and parents

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11) Write an article to a newspaper about your village or town .The following may help you.
Write 75 words .

a) Name and the location.

b) People who live there.

c) The main occupation of the people.

d) The agricultural products or the factories .

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