Download CBSE English Sample Paper Class IX (9th) 2009

Sample Paper – 2009

Class – IX

 Subject – English   (COMMUNICATIVE)

(Set-3)

General Instructions :

(i) This paper consists of four sections —

Section A — Reading 20 marks

Section B — Writing 30 marks

Section C — Grammar 20 marks

Section D — Literature 30 marks

(ii) Attempt all questions.

(iii) Do not write anything in the question paper.

(iv) All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and written

in the answer sheet provided to you.

(v) Attempt all questions in each section before going on to the next section.

(vi) Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.

(vii) Strictly adhere to the word limit given with each question. Marks will be deducted

for exceeding the word limit.

 

SECTION A — (Reading)     (20 marks)

 

A1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : (8)

 

More years ago than I care to remember, I became a member of a very special

kind of “pyramid club.” A teenager on summer break from high school in Ottawa, Canada, I got the urge to see more of my country. I hitchhiked, landing a few odd jobs along the way — picking apples or chopping firewood for a meal and permission to bed down in some farmer’s barn. Finally I ran out of money and jobs. It was late in the evening when a very old car chugged up the road; it stopped when I thrust out my thumb. The driver was a middle-aged man in worn work clothes— a local farmer. When he came to where he was turning off, he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a two-dollar note. “Here,” he said. “Take this.”

Two dollars was a useful amount of money back then. A chocolate bar or a soft

drink was about five cents; a hot dog, ten; a hamburger, 25. “No, thank you,” I

protested. “I am fine.” “Take it,” he said. “It’s a loan. You can pay me back by giving

two dollars to a young person a few years from now - when you have It and they

don’t.” I have never forgotten that man. Over the years, I have returned the loan many

times over, periodically raising the amount to account for inflation. Each time I asked

the recipient to pass it on to some other young person when he was able, along with

instructions on how to pay it back. I wonder how many others have benefited from the

unique pyramid club that farmer started, all those years ago, with two dollars.

 

A1.1 Complete the following sentences. Write the answers in your answer sheet.(1×4=4)

 

(a)During summer break, the author________________________________ .

(b) When the author thrust out his thumb, ____________________________ .

(c) The author accepted the two dollars when ________________________ .

(d) The author not only kept the driver’s word but also raised ____________ .

 

 A1.2 Answer the following questions in your answer sheet : ( 2×2=4)

 

(a) How did the author raise money during the trip ?

(b) What was the instruction given by the author whenever he gave money to somebody ?

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