ASSEB Class IX English Chapter 1: The fun they had Question Bank

{ "class": "IX", "subject": "English", "chapter": "Chapter 1: The Fun They Had", "question_groups": [ { "header": "Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each", "marks": 1, "inline": false, "questions": [ "How old are Margie and Tommy?", "What did Margie write in her diary?", "Had Margie ever seen a book before?", "What things about the book did she find strange?", "What do you think a telebook is?", "Where was Margie’s school? Did she have any classmates?", "What subjects did Margie and Tommy learn?" ] }, { "header": "Answer the following with reference to the story", "marks": 3, "inline": false, "questions": [ "“I wouldn’t throw it away.” (i) Who says these words? (ii) What does ‘it’ refer to? (iii) What is it being compared with by the speaker?", "“Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.” (i) Who does ‘they’ refer to? (ii) What does ‘regular’ mean here? (iii) What is it contrasted with?" ] }, { "header": "Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words)", "marks": 2, "inline": false, "questions": [ "What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?", "Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector?", "What did he do?", "Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the County Inspector do to help her?", "What had once happened to Tommy’s teacher?", "Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so, why?", "How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?", "How does he describe the old kind of teachers?" ] }, { "header": "Answer each of these questions in two or three paragraphs (100–150 words)", "marks": 5, "inline": false, "questions": [ "What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolrooms that Margie and Tommy have in the story?", "Why did Margie hate school? Why did she think the old kind of school must have been fun?", "Do you agree with Margie that schools today are more fun than the school in the story? Give reasons for your answer." ] }, { "header": "Find the sentences in the lesson which have the following adverbs", "marks": 1, "inline": true, "questions": [ "awfully", "sorrowfully", "completely", "loftily", "carefully", "differently", "quickly", "nonchalantly" ] }, { "header": "Fill in the blanks using these adverbs: awfully, sorrowfully, completely, loftily, carefully, differently, quickly, nonchalantly", "marks": 1, "inline": false, "questions": [ "The report must be read _________ so that performance can be improved.", "At the interview, Sameer answered our questions _________ shrugging his shoulders.", "We all behave _________ when we are tired or hungry.", "The teacher shook her head _________ when Ravi lied to her.", "I _________ forgot about it.", "When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled _________ and turned away.", "The President of the Company is _________ busy and will not be able to meet you.", "I finished my work _________ so that I could go out to play." ] }, { "header": "Make adverbs from these adjectives", "marks": 1, "inline": true, "questions": [ "angry", "happy", "merry", "sleepy", "easy", "noisy", "tidy", "gloomy" ] }, { "header": "Complete the following conditional sentences. Use the correct form of the verb", "marks": 1, "inline": false, "questions": [ "If I don’t go to Anu’s party tonight, ________________", "If you don’t telephone the hotel to order food, ________________", "Unless you promise to write back, I ________________", "If she doesn’t play any games, ________________", "Unless that little bird flies away quickly, the cat ________________" ] } ] }