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ICSE Class IX Mid-term 2024 : English Paper 1 (English Language) : Mid Term Exam-Sept 2023-VTS- Eng Lang

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Taronish Mullan
Villa Theresa High School (VTS), Mumbai

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lJilla V!bereta iub i(bool First Term Examination - September 2023 Subject- ENGLISH IANGUAGE Time: 2 hrs. Std: IX Date: 12.9.2023 Marks: 80 tely. Answers to this paper must be wrillen on the paper provided separa You will not be allowed to write during the first I 5 minut' s. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. writing the answers. The time given at the head ofthis Paper is the time allowedfor (201 Question l (i~ar rate an experience about an incident that made you decide what your future job would be. his residence to your area or go somewhere (ii) One of your relatives cannot decide whether to shift of living there. else. Give a description of your area, pointing out the advantages an account of what it suggests to you. (iii) Study the picture below. Write a story or a description or you may take suggestions from it; Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or and your composition. however, there must be a clear connection between the picture /4uestion 2 (10) c/Write a letter to your uncle congratulating him for winning the Business Leeder of the Year award. Question 3 Classes 8-10 to help students ~ou r school is organising a Career Counselling session for about their future. explore various career options and make informed decisions Write a notice informing the students about this session. the National Institute of WWrite an email to Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, the Director of opportunities in Oceanography, inviting him to address the students about career the field of oceanography. (51 [5} Question 4 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: Do children really need such long summer breaks, was a question posed by some experts recently? I\\ (bpparently, such a long break disrupts their development and comes in the way of the learning proces9 I Let's get them back to their books, is perhaps the experts: view, if not in so many words. A1., (gne would have thought the children are doing too much during their vacations and not too little, t~e plethora of classes, camps and workshops involving swimming, art, personality development, ~us1c, con1puters and the like that seem to cram their calendar) Even the trips taken in the n~e of ~ohdays seem laden with exotic destinations and customized experiences packed into a short penod of tune. We can do Europe in ten days and Australia in a week and come back armed with digital memories and overflowing suitcases. Holidays are in some ways, no longer a break but an intensified search for experiences not normally encountered in everyday life. . l-' Q! is a far Sf)'. fi:em "7t@ EY~mer holidays ens eitper.i"nced while gw:u,ci_ng up.Qo~ hgl!d~ s e tel)'. Yeftf -metmt eRe tAll)g aaa ene thmg aleae "Q'._QU went back t~ your native place, lqgged t~Wilth the empt10nal headq~ers .of your extended family and spent two mopths with a.gaggle 0 uncles, aunts ~d first a!}d second co~ins. The happiest memories of the childhood of a whole generation seem to be cef!tred around this annual ritual of homecoming aad of affumatiea.. We teeded @ apoJ09ies fut #le ~t~R@Sf' en1ailed in beiag iAaivid\ als euen as we scumed baelc in~e tae cauldron 0 commlJlli~r and ~Qmilffl1t) repFesen~ee h, fatsi1 ) Summer vacation was a time sticky with oneness, as who we were and what we owned oozed ~ut from our individual selves into a collective part) Summer helps us temporanly detach from this new source of identity. Un sumn_ier one did not travel, one returned. It was not an attempt to experience the new and the extraordmary _but_ one tha~ emphatically underlined the power of the old and the ordinary. For those who grew up 1D different timeslr1mer was the best time of their lives;) . For each word given below choose the correct meaning (as used in the passage) from the options provided: (i) [3] 1. plethora abundance b. surplus c. surge d. degree 2. tacit a. b. c. d. constant certain hypothetical silent 3. The antonym ofpennanently is _ _ __ a. durable b. stable cltemporarily d. reversible (ii) Answer briefly the fo11owing questions in your own words: a~y do experts question the summer breaks given to children? [1] brfiow are children kept busy during their holidays? [2] c) Why are trips taken in the name of holidays a sham? [2] d)vff holidays are no longer a break, then what are they? [2] ~ t does the author want to say in the end? [2] (iii) In not more than SO words describe the two months of vacations that the author has nostalgically mentioned of the summer holidays of the older times. [8] IX English Language Question S (i) A) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage but write in correct seriaJ order the word or phrase appropriate [4] to the blank space. Example: Answer: (0) participated Students from all grades __O_ _(participate) in the annual science exhibition. One group of students _ _ _ l. _ _ _(construct) a model of the solar system. They __2_ _ _(explain) the positions of each planet and the concept of orbits. Another project _ _3_ _ _(.focus) on the impact of pollution on aquatic life. They _ _ _4___(present) their findings with charts and graphs, clearly _ _ _5_ _ _(demonstrate) the severity of the issue. One of the most interesting displays _6_ _(set) up by a young inventor. He had created a robot 7___(perform) a variety of tasks, such as cleaning, cooking etc. Parents and teachers that _ _ _8_ _ _(impress) by the effort put into the projects. B) Choose the most suitable answer from the given options. 1) We had hoped the National Team ___ the game, but the other team played very well. (aYto win (b) wins (c) would win (d) should be winning 2) In the second halt: the team played worse and the game __ in a draw. (afended (b) was ending (c) ends (d) shall be ending 3) He wished the appointment _ _ _him to gain greater experience in publishing. (a) enabled (b:Ywould enable (c) enables (d) will enable 4) I have always _ _ _ you as my best friend. (a) been considering {bfconsidered (c) consider (d) being considered 5) The company _ _ _ steady growth over the past few years. (a) experiences (b(is experiencing (c) will experience (d) has experienced 6) The first Olympic games _ _ _in Olympia in Greece . (a) are held (1,/ were held (c) will be held (d) was held [6] IX English Lanpag, (ii) A) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words: (4) (a) Sera got married a.t the age of thirty. (b) If you do not comply ?:,a the rules you will be fined. (c) The accused will have to appear ~ the magistrate. (d) The world will be a happier place ifwe learn to bear 'vJf.f}., one another's shortcomings. (e) The orphaned child was entrusted LtJf.tj, the care of a foster family. (f) Jasleen is so knowledgeable that her company is greatly sought _ _ _ (g) I know that I can always count efk you. (h) Fortune smiles 00, those who dare to dream. B) Choose the most suitable answer from the given options. 1) He is born _ _ wealthy parents. (Mt'om (b) of (c) under (d) by 2) People are often anxious _ _ _ _ the choices they make in life. (a) with (b) for (c) of (dY'about 3) I did not avail_ the opportunity to attend a stand-up comedy show. (a) of (b) in (c) with (-d("for 4) The butler was charged _ _ theft in court. (a) of (b) about (c) with (d(for 5) He arrived at the airport just - - time to catch his flight. (a) in (b) at (c) for (~n 6) Aaryan does not care _ (a}labout (b) on (c) of (d) for Sriracha sauce. He finds it too spicy. f6]

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