ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHEET
CLASS 9
The work is to be done very neatly in the Practice Book.
Question 1 (Notice and email)
(i) Your school is hosting an Inter-School Dance Competition. Write a notice to be put up on your school
notice board informing the students about the event.
(ii) Write an email to a famous choreographer inviting him/her to judge the competition.
Question 2 (Grammar)
a) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets.
Example: (0) I (slow) the car as I saw the new house.
Answer: slowed.
I ……. (1) (pull) up into the driveway … … . (2) (observe) the way they had ……… (3) (build) up
the balcony. I ………. (4) (forgot) that the bricks of the house ……… (5) (be) chocolate brown. The
new people … … … (6) (make) the tiny balcony into a study room. I ……… (7) (stare) at the
house … … … (8) (remember) my childhood there.
b) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word:
(i) He hid the stolen goods the floor boards.
(ii) The teacher knew all the problem.
(iii) The boy sat still the night waiting to be called.
(iv) My grandmother would have f a l l e n __________ if I had not caught her hand.
(v) The sailor held on to the mast of the boat for fear of being blown in the storm.
(vi) All the boarders were taken a walk today.
(vii) Even though she slept several mattresses she still felt the h a r d p e a .
(viii) Anup and Arun have quarrelled a silly matter.
c) Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
Choose the correct option.
(i) He practised every day. He came first in the race.
(a) Although he practised every day he came first in the race.
(b) He practised every day so that he came first in the race.
(c) He practised every day to come first in the race.
(d) He practised every day and he came first in the race.
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(ii) She did such intricate embroidery. Her eyesight was affected.
(a) As she did such great embroidery, her eyesight was affected.
(b) She did such intricate embroidery that her eyesight was affected.
(c) She did such intricate embroidery that the eyesight was affected.
(d) She did such intricate embroidery so her eyesight was affected.
(iii) Molly has a very good vocabulary. She reads a lot.
(a) Molly reads a lot because she has a very good vocabulary.
(b) As Molly reads a lot, she has a very good vocabulary.
(c) As Molly reads a lot, she has a good vocabulary.
(d) When Molly reads a lot, she has a very good vocabulary.
(iv) They saw everything was in a mess. They broke open t h e door.
(a) They saw everything was in a mess when they broke open the door.
(b) They broke open the door, as they saw everything was in a mess.
(c) When they saw everything was in a mess, they broke open the door.
(d) They broke open the door, whenever they saw a mess.
d) Choose the correct option to rewrite the following according to the instructions given after
each sentence.
(i) As soon as her song was over, I knew that she had won the competition. (Begin: No
sooner)
(a) No sooner had her song got over, I knew that she had won the competition.
(b) No sooner was her song over than I knew that she had won the competition.
(c) No sooner was her song over, I knew that she had won the competition.
(d) No sooner was her song over than, I knew that she had won the competition.
(ii) Visitors under eighteen were not allowed into the hall. (Begin: Only visitors…...……)
(a) Only visitors who are above eighteen were allowed into the hall.
(b) Only visitors who are above eighteen were allowed in the hall.
(c) Only visitors above eighteen were allowed into the hall.
(d) Only, visitors who are above eighteen were allowed into the hall.
(iii) This question is so simple that anyone can solve it. (Begin: This question is too….)
(a) This question is too simple that anyone can solve it.
(b) This question is too simple for anyone to solve it.
(c) This question is too simple for anyone to solve.
(d) This question is to simple for anyone to solve it.
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(iv) We must eat or we cannot live. (End:………… to live.)
(a) We must eat to live.
(b) We must eat in order to be living.
(c) We must be eating to live.
(d) We might eat so that we can live.
(v) He does not intend to leave the company. (Use: ‘intention’)
(a) He has not the intention to leave the company.
(b) He has no intention of leaving the company.
(c) He does not have an intention to leave the company.
(d) His intention is to never leave the company.
(vi) Our school sent the best exhibit to the Town Hall. (Rewrite using ‘good’)
(a) No other school sent as good an exhibit to the Town Hall as ours.
(b) No other school sent as good the exhibit to the Town Hall as ours.
(c) No other school sent as good a exhibit to the Town Hall as ours.
(d) Very few schools sent as good an exhibit to the Town Hall as ours.
(vii) You remembered to buy a set of knives. (Add a question tag)
(a) You remembered to buy a set of knives, did you?
(b) You remembered to buy a set of knives, didn’t you?
(c) You did not remember to buy a set of knives, didn’t you?
(d) You remembered to buy a set of knives, did not you?
(viii) “Will you lend me the book tomorrow?” Priya said to her friend. (Begin: Priya
asked……)
(a) Priya asked her friend if she would lend the book tomorrow.
(b) Priya asked if she would lend her the book the next day.
(c) Priya asked her friend if she would lend her the book the next day.
(d) Priya asked her friend whether she would lend her the book tomorrow.
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