Enfant India English School
Std:- 9th
Sub:- English Marks:- 20
First Unit Test Examination
Q. 1) Read the given passage carefully and answer the following questions:- (5M)
Mathilde was a pretty and charming girl, born, as if by an error of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no means of becoming known, understood, loved or be wedded to an aristocrat; and so she let herself be married to a minor official at the Ministry of Education.
She dressed plainly, because she had never been able to afford anything better. She suffered endlessly, feeling she was entitled to all the luxuries of life. She suffered because of her shabby, poorly furnished house. All these things, that another woman of her class would not even have noticed, tormented her and made her resentful. She dreamed of a grand, palatial mansion, with vast rooms and inviting smaller rooms, perfumed for afternoon chats with close friends.
Yet, she had no rich dresses, no jewels, nothing; and these were the only things she loved. She wanted so much to charm, to be envied, to be sought after.
She had a rich friend, a former schoolmate at the convent, whom she avoided visiting, because afterwards she would weep with regret, despair and misery.
One evening her husband came home with an air of triumph, holding a large envelope in his hand. “Look,” he said, “here’s something for you.”
She tore open the paper and drew out a card, on which was printed the words:
“The Minister of Education and Mme. Georges Rampouneau request the pleasure of M. and Mme. Loisel’s company at the Ministry, on the evening of Monday, January 18th.”
1) Why was Mathilde married to a ‘minor official’ ?1M
2) Why did Mathilde weep with misery after visiting her schoolmate ?1M
(B) Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde. (2marks)
(a) Mathilde was beautiful, and so she wanted to marry an aristocrat.
(b) Mathilde was sad because she did not get any luxuries.
C) The police charged for the crowd was in chaos.
(Identify the synthesis of sentence) 1M
Q. 2) Poem:- (6 marks)
(A)Read the given poem and answer the following questions:-
Life, believe, is not a dream,
So dark as sages say;
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day
What though death at times steps in,
And calls our Best away ?
What though Sorrow seems to win,
O’er hope a heavy sway?
(1) What do the sages say? 1M
(2) What does the rain often foretell? 1M
(3) Write a pair of rhyming words from poem. (1M)
4)Write an appreciation of the poem in about point format: (3M)
*Title and poet of the poem "life":
*Figure of speech:
*Central idea:
*Why you like and dislike the poem:
Q. 3) Do as directed:- (4 marks)
1) You are ______ most important person in my life. (Use Article)
2) Give 2 example of Compound words.
3) Write Antonyms of:-
a:- friend
b:- far
4) I will give you some important advice. (Change the voice)
Q. 4) letter writing:- (5M)
Wrtie a formal letter to your School Principal for the leave of 5 days.
