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Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Pdf Prose Chapter 2 I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Solutions Prose Chapter 2 I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore

9th English Guide I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore InText Questions and Answers

Question 1.
What was the old house built with?
Answer:
The old house was built with solid block of granite.

Question 2.
Does the narrator still live in the house?
Answer:
No, the narrator does not live in the house still.

Question 3.
How did the narrator get the iron cross?
Answer:
The visitor hid some marbles, a book, a few old coins, and an Iron Cross in the jackfruit tree.

Question 4.
Do you think the girl kept the iron cross?
Answer:
Yes, the author gave the cross to the girl. Though she hesitated to accept it, she kept it for herself.

9th English Guide I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore Textbook Questions and Answers

A. Based on your understanding of the story, indicate either ‘T'(True) or ‘F’( False) against the columns.

Answer:

1. True
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True
6. False
7. True
8. False
9. False
10. False

B. Based on your understanding of the story, answer the following questions by choosing the correct answer.

Question 1.
The story I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore highlights the importance of ________
(a) old age.
(b) youth.
(c) adulthood.
(d) middle age.
Answer:
(b) youth.

Question 2.
The house which was visited by the man ________
(a) remained unchanged.
(b) was totally changed.
(c) was slightly repaired.
(d) was given a facelift
Answer:
(a) remained unchanged.

Question 3.
Who said, “A blessing rests on the house where the shadow of a tree falls”?
(a) grandmother
(b) grandfather
(c) uncle
(d) the narratoi
Answer:
(a) grandmother

Question 4.
The author came back to the house because he ________
(a) wanted to see the jackfruit tree.
(b) was looking for his lost youth.
(c) wanted to look again at his old house
(d) wanted to buy the house.
Answer:
(c) wanted to look again at his old house

Question 5.
He gifted ________ to the little girl.
(a) an iron cross
(b) a bronze medal
(c) marbles
(d) old coins
Answer:
(a) an iron cross

C. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two.

Question 1.
Explain: “Blessings rest on the house where the shadow’ if a tree falls.”
Answer:
We, humans, treat Nature as God. Nature’s gifts have always been thanked and taken. If a house has the shadow of a tree falling on it, then the inmates of the house have a feeling of being protected, guarded, and blessed under the bowers of God.

Question 2.
What did the writer observe about the house?
Answer:
The writer observed that the house stood firm and it was not altered even after many years. So he was glad to see the house and the jackfruit tree beside it. hi.

Question 3.
What was the local superstition about trees?
Answer:
The belief the local people had about trees was that when the shadow of the tree falls on a house that house is blessed by God.

Question 4.
What did the Narrator do with the turnstile when he was a boy?
Answer:
When the narrator was a boy, he used to swing on the turnstile going round and round until he was quite dizzy.

Question 5.
Who is the owner of the house now?
Answer:
Colonel is the owner of the house now.

Question 6.
Why did the narrator return to his old house?
Answer:
The narrator wanted to see the old house and his treasures which he had left in the jack-fruit tree when they sold the house.

Question 7.
How did he get back the Iron Cross?
Answer:
The girl who lived in the house where Bond had spent his early days climbed up the tree and got for him the old Iron Cross from the hollow space. Bond kept it there approximately twenty-five years before.

Question 8.
Who did the house belong to originally?
Answer:
The old house belonged to the narrator’s grandparents originally. It was sold after the grandmother’s death.

Question 9.
What did he do with the old Iron Cross?
Answer:
He returned the old Iron Cross to the girl because Bond did not go there in search of the Cross but for his youth.

Question 10.
Where had he left his childhood treasures?
Answer:
He had left his childhood treasures in a small hollow in the jack fruit tree.

Additional questions and answers:

Question 1.
What is a turnstile?
Answer:
A turnstile is a mechanical gate consisting of revolving horizontal arms fixed to a vertical post. Only one person at a time can pass through it.

Question 2.
What is trapaze?
Answer:
A trapaze is a horizontal bar hanging by two ropes and free to swing, used by acrobats in a circus.

Question 3.
How old was the girl? How was she?
Answer:
The girl was only twelve or thirteen years old. She was with lively eyes and long black hair.

Question 4.
What did the narrator decide instead of going around the gate?
Answer:
He decided to climb over the wall instead of going around the wall

Question 5.
Where and how did the narrator slither down?
Answer:
The narrator slithered down into a flower – bed shattering the stem of a hollyhock.

Question 6.
Why did not the narrator want to climb the tree?
Answer:
The narrator did not want to climb the tree because he was breathing heavily when he climbed over the wall.

Question 7.
What did the narrator keep in a small hollow?
Answer:
‘Hie narrator kept some of his treasures in a small hollow in the tree.

Question 8.
What did the treasures contain?
Answer:
The treasures contained marbles he had won, a book he wasn’t supposed to read, a few old coins, and his grandfather’s Iron cross.

Question 9.
What did the narrator compare him with?
Answer:
The narrator compared him with a bit of a crow collecting the bright things and putting them away.

Question 10.
What was the iron cross?
Answer:
The Iron cross was a German decoration awarded for bravery during world war I.

Question 11.
What is meant by German decoration?
Answer:
A. German decoration is the bravery award given to a soldier who fought bravely and selflessly.

Question 12.
Why did the narrator forget all about the Iron cross?
Answer:
The narrator was so excited while packing and saying goodbye to people and thinking about the ship he was going to sail. So he simply forgot all about the Iron cross.

Question 13.
Why did she run breathlessly?
Answer:
She found a rusty old medal. So she ran breathlessly towards the narrator to give it to him.

Question 14.
What would have happened if the girl hadn’t climbed the tree?
Answer:
If the girl hadn’t climbed the tree the old medal would have remained in the three for another twenty five years.

Question 15.
What did he do at the end?
Answer:
He looked back and waved to her. Then he quickened his steps and moved briskly towards the bus stop. There was sprightliness in his step and something cried aloud in his heart.

Question 16.
What made the Mood course in his veins?
Answer:
The mango scented summer breeze made the blood course in his veins.

Question 17.
What did the narrator forget for a moment?
Answer:
The narrator forgot for a moment that he couldn’t climb trees anymore.

D. Match the words in column A with the meanings in column B by drawing a line as shown.

Answer:

1. f
2. e, h
3. a
4. b
5. c, j
6. d
7. c, j
8. i
9. e, h
10. g

E. Read these shortened forms of words and write the full form for the remaining words and complete the table given below.

won’t : will not
I’d : I had/1 would
I’ll : I will

Answer:

Speaking

F. You are visiting the primary school where you studied classes I to IV, after six years. You get a chance to go to your standard two classroom and you are permitted to sit at the same place where you used to sit.

Question 1.
What would you remember?
Answer:
I would remember the happy times spent in my classroom with my friends. My place in the classroom and learn writing again in the four lines on the board etc.

Question 2.
Describe your feelings at that time.
Answer:
I was happy and proud to come back to my standard two classroom to sit on the small bench after six years with the little kids.

Question 3.
Who do you miss very badly, your friends or teachers?
Answer:
Of course friends, we cannot deny the very important role played by the teachers in shaping us into what we are today. Missing only the friends because every second of the school timings was made a memorable one by them only.

Question 4.
Share your thoughts with the class.
Answer:
I recall my memory. It is still fresh. I was too small. I used to sit in the front row. I remember the lots of sum we had to do in arithmetic. I was good at arithmetic. So I was my teacher’s pet. My classmates were very friendly as I stood first in my class. I am proud of my friends and teachers.

Writing

G. On seeing these pictures, you would have gone down your memory lane. Write a paragraph in about 50 words describing your favorite sport when you were young.

Answer:
My Favourite Sport:
Everyone has a favourite sport. My favourite sport is football. It is a fun game to watch and play. I like every sport but football is my favourite because I love to play it. All my life I have been playing football, from the backyard to high school. Football has also provided me with a lot of memories that I can never forget. One memory is winning the Junior football trophy in high school. That is something I will never forget. Also, my family is a football family. My dad is also a football player.

H. Based on the story and your own ideas write your answers in about 80 to 100 words each.

Question 1.
Imagine yourself as the writer. Narrate the story of your visit to your ancestral house.
Answer:
I decided in the middle of my age to relive some of the moments by practically visiting the spot. So, I went to Dehra where I spent my childhood days with my grandparents. I observed from far and noticed that the house has not changed much. I was happy to see the blocks of granite building and the jackfruit tree. Turnstile, where I swung round and round, was missing. Tall hollyhocks grew on one side of the wall that was built in that place.

When the girl invited me inside the house I climbed over the wall but couldn’t land safely. I didn’t enter the house but spent some time sitting on the stone bench under a mango tree. I recalled the music of a piano, the chiming of a grandfather clock, the cranking up of the old car of my grandfather, the constant Twitter of budgerigars on the veranda, and my treasure stacked in a hollow space of the jackfruit tree. All these memories relived gave me a lot of strength, happiness, and boosted me too.

(OR)

One day I had been to our ancestral house. The house was old but strong. I waited at the gate. A boy came and asked about me. He took me into his house. His mother was there. His father had gone on a business trip. My eyes searched for my precious things. I had left them when we left the house. I took the boy into an inner room. I climbed up the ladder and searched in the upper shelf. I found it at last. I became very happy.

It was my grand father’s air-gun. I brought it down carefully. They were surprised to see my precious treasure. I was allowed to take it with me. I thanked them and left the place. Tears rolled down my cheek in joy as I walked down the road as fast as I could. I will be very careful to keep it with me in remembrance of my old grandfather.

Question 2.
The man who came to the house gave the cross as a gift to the girl. Why did he do this? What do you think would have happened if he had taken back the cross with him? Paragraph for Toppers
Answer:
Lesson : I can’t climb trees anymore
Author : Ruskin Bond
Character : High expectations lead to high disappointments
Theme : Author and the girl

The man visited his old house. The girl allowed him to enter the house. She was kind and polite. The man realized that he too was old after climbing over the wall. He lost his hope of climbing the tree to find out his treasures. The girl climbed the tree and brought down the Iron cross. He was glad to see the dusted cross. He wanted to show his gratitude to her. So he gave it to the girl

If the writer had not given the Iron cross to the girl, he would have failed to be thankful. He might have been happy. But he would have missed the opportunity to express his kindness and love to the girl. The girl was also happy to accept the Iron cross as an honor for her adventure. The kind act of the ran made both the giver and the receiver happy at the same time. Let us give our love to mankind with all our kinds.

“Giving is better than receiving”

(OR)

Hie man visited his old house. A girl in the house invited him. The man could not climb over the wail. He understood that he had grown old. So he felt that it was not easy to climb up the tree. The girl was smart to climb up the tree and help him. The girl found out the iron cross, marbles and old coins. He was very happy to see the rusted iron cross. He gave it to her as his gift.

If the writer had not given the iron cross to the girl, he would have failed to be thankful. His happiness might be a normal one. Their friendship might not last long. The girl had no mind to own it. As she got it as a gift, she could understand the greatness of the man. By giving the iron cross to the girl, he won her heart. They exchanged their love which was priceless.

“God blesses the giver than the receiver”

I. Write a letter to your friend describing your ancestral house.

Answer:

75, Peace street, Angel Nagar, Nagercoil – 16 7th July, 2018 Dear Queeny, I am delighted to write to you about my visit to our ancestral house. Last Saturday I had gone there with my parents. It is an old house built with granite stones. There are lot of trees and garden plants in the garden. My grandparents still live there. There was an old swing beside the house. I started swinging for some time. 1 found some of my toys and dolls. I remembered my childhood days. I took some of them with me. I wish to spend my vacation there. I realized that rural life is comfortable than city life. We who live in the towns and cities miss the comforts a lot. Well, convey my love and regards to your mom and dad. Yours lovingly Angelina. To S. Queeny, D/O Mr. K. Sukumar 52, Dolly villa Mahima Nagar, Thakkalay.

Grammar:

A. Work with a partner and fill in the table with information about your locality. You may add more information, if necessary. When you finish filling the table, write a short paragraph comparing the two places.

Answer:

B. Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er, more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.

Question 1.
Healthy, wholesome, calorific
Answer:
a. Fresh food is healthier than junk food.
b. Fresh food is more wholesome than junk food
c. Fresh food is more calorific than junk food

Question 2.
eco – friendly economical, safer
Answer:
a. Cycling is more eco – friendly than motorcycling
b. Cycling is more economical than motorcycling
c. Cycling is safer than motorcycling

Question 3.
educational, interesting, trendy
Answer:
a. A mobile phone is more educational than a radio
b. A mobile phone is more interesting than a radio
c. A mobile phone is trendier than radio

Question 4.
safe, comfort table, quick
Answer:
a. Train journey is safer than bus journey
b. Train journey is more comfortable than bus journey,
c. Train journey is quicker than bus journey

Question 5.
cozy, costly, sturdy
Answer:
a. A sofa is cozier than a chair
b. A sofa is costlier than a chair
c. A sofa is sturdier than a chair

C. Look at the bar-graph. Write five sentences using the appropriate degrees of comparison.

Answer:
1. Bungee jumping is the most popular adventure sports in 2017
2. Paragliding is as popular as surfing in 2001.
3. Rock climbing in 2017 is as popular as paragliding and surfing in 2011.
4. Surfing is the least popular adventure sort in the year 2017.
5. In the year 2011 Rafting is as popular as Bungee jumping.

D. Listen to the conversation between Leena and her mother and list down a few new words. Using a dictionary find out the meaning for those words.

Answer:

E. Just a Minute

Sample Speech:
Respected principal/Headmaster/Headmistress, teachers and friends. We are all proud citizens of India. 26th of January is celebrated as Republic Day in India every year. On this day in 1950, India became a Democratic Republic. Celebrations are held every year on this day throughout the country. On 26th January, 1950 the constitution came into force.

We commemorate this day to recall and show respect to the day on which the foundation was officially laid in our country. This means that the people of our country rule themselves and all are equal and free. The government is ruled by elected representatives by the people of our country and hence the supreme power is held by the people of India.

A few suggested topics:

• My school
• My country
• friendship
• Teachers Day
• Independence Day
• Children’s Day
• Pongal celebration
• Deepavali
• Christmas
• Forest and its uses.

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Pdf Poem 3 On Killing a Tree Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Solutions Poem 3 On Killing a Tree

9th English Guide On Killing a Tree Textbook Questions and Answers

B. Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions in a sentence or two.

1. It takes much time to kill a tree,
Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it.

Question 1.
Can a ‘simple jab of the knife’ kill a tree?
Answer:
No, a simple jab of the knife cannot kill a tree.

Question 2.
Why does it take much time to kill a tree?
Answer:
It is because the tree is very strong and its root is deep in the earth.

2. It has grown
Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding Upon its crust, absorbing

Question 1.
How has the tree grown?
Answer:
The tree has grown slowly.

Question 2.
What does the tree feed on the crust?
Answer:
The tree feeds water from the crust.

3. And out of its leprous hide
Sprouting leaves.

Question 1.
What does the phrase ‘leprous hide’ mean?
Answer:
‘Leprous hide’ means the bark of the tree. It has rough skin with scales.

Question 2.
What comes out of the leprous hide?
Answer:
Tiny leaves come out of the leprous hide.

4. The bleeding bark will heal
And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs,
Miniature boughs

Question 1.
What will happen to the bleeding bark?
Answer:
The bleeding bark will heal.

Question 2.
What will rise from close to the ground?
Answer:
The curled green twigs will rise from close to the ground.

5. The root is to be pulled out
One of the anchoring earth;

Question 1.
Why should the root be pulled out?
Answer:
The root should be pulled out to dry it and kill the tree.

Question 2.
What does ‘anchoring earth’ mean?
Answer:
‘Anchoring earth’ means fixing the tree firmly inside the earth (like a ship in the sea).

Additional  Questions and Answers

1. It takes much time to kill a tree,
Not a simple jab of the knife.

Question (a).
How long does it take to kill a tree?
Answer:
It takes much time to kill a tree.

Question (b).
What is “a jab of the knife”?
Answer:
It means “a poke or thrust with a sharp tool”.

2. It has grown
Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding
Upon its crust, absorbing

Question (a).
What is tree consuming?
Answer:
The tree is consuming the earth.

Question (b).
What is rushing out of the earth?
Answer:
The tree is rushing out of the earth.

Question (c).
What is the tree feeding?
Answer:
The tree is feeding upon the earth’s crust.

3. absorbing
Years of sunlight, air, water
And out of its leprous hide
Sprouting leaves.

Question (a).
What is the tree absorbing?
Answer:
The tree is absorbing sunlight, air, and water.

Question (b).
How long is it absorbing them?
Answer:
It is absorbing them for many years.

Question (c).
What is it doing out of its leprous hide?
Answer:
It is sprouting leaves out of its leprous hide?

Question (d).
What is meant by ‘leprous’ and ‘hide’?
Answer:
‘Leprous’ means covered with scales,
‘Hide’ means the strong thick outer skin.

4. So hack and chop
But this alone won’t do it.

Question (a).
Explain the phrase: “hack and chop”
Answer:
‘Hack’ means cut something with heavy blows,
‘chop’ means cut into pieces with a tool like a knife.

Question (b).
Will this do the work?
Answer:
No, this alone won’t do it.

5. And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs
Miniature boughs

Question (a).
What will rise from close to the ground?
Answer:
Curled green twigs will rise

Question (b).
What will become miniature boughs?
Answer:
The curled green twigs will become miniature boughs.

Question (c).
Explain the phrase: “Miniature boughs”
Answer:
Miniature means very small. So the phrase “miniature boughs” means a very small size of the large branches of the tree.

6. Miniature boughs
Which if unchecked will expand again.
To former size

Question (a).
What will expand if unchecked?
Answer:
The miniature boughs will expand if unchecked.

Question (b).
How will the unchecked bough expand?
Answer:
The unchecked bough will expand to the former size.

7. Out from the earth-cave
And the strength of the tree exposed The source, white and wet,
The most sensitive, hidden For years inside the earth.

Question (a).
From where the strength of the tree exposed.
Answer:
The strength of the tree exposed from the earth-cave.

Question (b).
What did the strength of the tree expose?
Answer:
The strength of the tree exposed the source.

Question (c).
How long is the tree hidden inside the earth?
Answer:
The tree is hidden for years inside the earth.

8. Then the matter
Of scorching and chocking
In sun and air,
Browning hardening
Twisting, whitening,
And then it is done,

Question (a).
What is the matter?
Answer:
The tree that is felled down is the matter.

Question (b).
What happens to the matter?
Answer:
It is scorching and chocking in the sun and air.

Question (c).
What takes place at the end?
Answer:
The tree turns brown and hardens, twists and withers

Question (d).
What is done in the end?
Answer:
In the end, the tree is killed.

C. Based on the understanding of the poem, write down the summary of the poem by filling in the blanks.

The poet explains the process of (1) ……….. A lot of work has to be done in order to (2)……….. completely. It cannot be accomplished by merely cutting it with (3)……….. The tree has grown strong with the help (4)………… of for a countless of years. Even the (5)………… of the tree gives rise to (6)………. The (7)………… sprouts new twigs and leaves. In a short period, they grow into a new tree. So, to (8)……….. completely, one should take out its roots completely from the soil. Then they should be exposed to (9)……….. Only then the tree will be completely killed.
Answer:

1. killing a tree
2. kill it
3. a knife
4. the earth
5. branch
6. boughs
7. bough
8. kill a tree
9. the sun and air

D. Based on the understanding of the poem, answer the following questions in a sentence or two.

Question 1.
What is the poem about?
Answer:
The poem is about killing a tree.

Question 2.
What are the lessons to be learned from the poem?
Answer:
We must grow trees and protect them. We must not kill the trees. We must be eco-friendly.

Question 3.
What are the life sources needed for a tree to grow?
Answer:
Soil, Water, Oxygen, and Sunlight.

Question 4.
What does the poet mean by ‘bleeding bark’?
Answer:
By bleeding bark, the poet means that the bark bleeds when it is cut with a knife.

Question 5.
Why the poet says ‘No’ at the beginning of the third stanza?
Answer:
He wants to emphasize that it is not so easy to kill a tree.

Question 6.
How should the root be pulled out?
Answer:
The root should be pulled out of the anchoring earth.

Question 7.
What is hidden inside the earth for years?
Answer:
Life and legacy are hidden inside the earth.

Question 8.
What finally happens to the tree in this poem?
Answer:
The tree is totally exposed to the sunlight and air. Thus it is killed completely.

E. Answer the following questions in about 80-100 words.

Question 1.
How well does the poet bring out the pain of the tree?
Answer:
Title: On killing a tree
Poet/Author: Dr. Gieve Patel
Character: Tree, the woodcutter
Theme: “Thou shall not kill” (even a tree)

The poet compares the killing of a tree with the killing of a man. As humans feel the pain, the poet imagines the feeling of the pain by the tree. A tree has a life so it must have sensitively. Every poke or thrust with a sharp knife must give some severe pain to the tree. It is hard to cut the crust of the tree. It is like leprous hide. The bark of the tree bleeds when the cut is deep. The tree endures pain but still, it has life.

It is not killed until its root of a tree is cut off and taken away from the earth. The root of the tree is like the heart of man. A man dies only when the heart is damaged. Likewise, a tree struggles to hold its life until it is uprooted. The root has anchored in the earth and stands straight and firm on the earth. The tree undergoes all unspeakable pain’ when it is felled. Though it does not cry but mankind my try to feel and be kind to it.
“killing a tree is like killing a man”

(OR)

“On killing a tree” speaks about the felling of a tree. A woodcutter cuts a tree with his sharp tool. It takes’ a lot of time to cut a tree. As the tree has life, it will definitely have a sense of feeling. So doubtlessly a tree must feel the pain at every poke or thrust with a sharp tool or knife. Though the pain is severe, the tree is unable to make its cry audible. We are unable to hear though we stand near the tree.

Slowly the parts of the tree start losing its life. But it is killed completely only when its root is brought out of the earth. The root is dried in the sun and air. Thus it undergoes all the pain as it is murdered by man. The killing of a tree may be compared to the killing of a man. A man dies when his heart is attacked. In the same way, a tree is killed when the root is detached from the earth.
“Save trees to pave the way to life”

Question 2.
‘A tree doesn’t grow in a day/ Explain it with reference to the poem.
Answer:
Outline:
Tree-a big plant-takes years to grow-some grow quickly-some grow slowly-no tree grows over a night-as grows slowly lives longer-some trees live more than 100 years.

Trees and shrubs are not all grown the same same. Some species grow rapidly, putting their energy into getting established quickly and putting on fast growth. Some are fast-growing trees with lower density and weaker woods. They are popular willow and box elders. Longer lived trees associate more resources into developing dense wood fiber rather than rapid growth. When planted, these trees typically take a longer time to get established and often one wonders if they will ever start growing.

Eventually, they do, and often of the saying goes, “It’s worth the wait”. Trees such as oaks and Ginko’s are prime examples of slower-growing trees that have longevity. It is rare to see these trees failing storms and they are largely resistant to decay and insect damage. There are trees which take 10 to 15 years to grow and even some other trees take 20 to 30 years. So it is certain the trees do not grow in a day.
“One cannot become a millionaire overnight”

(OR)

Trees are the bigger plants. They live long. According to its longevity, the trees have a long span of life. Any plant that grows overnight may not live long. The trees with lower density grow faster than the trees with greater density. Insects cannot easily damage the latter ones. Some trees are slow growers which take 20-30 years. Some are fast growers and they take 10-15 years.

As the saying goes, “It’s worth, the wait”, they do eventually. Trees grow slowly but steadily. Their roots go very deep anchoring the earth. The trunk of it is very strong with many branches and leaves. Their uses are many but many fail to know. Certain trees take a few decades to grow and its yield is enjoyed only by the next generation. Thus it is clear that a tree cannot grow in a day.
“Rome was not built in a day”

Question 3.
Why do you think the poet describes the act of cutting a tree? What effect does it have on you as a reader?
Answer:
Outline:
The killing of a tree – a cruel act – tree intends to live-even plants expand its species-man is a killer-very unkind towards trees-too selfish-destroys nature – a murder eventually-similar to killing a man-tree dies with its root cut-man dies with his heart attack.

(OR)

The poet is a physician. He considers the act of killing of a tree as an evil act. He is of the view that it is nothing but murder. The woodcutter tries to cut down the tree. He cuts the trunk of the tree. Even after felling the tree, it can sprout from the bottom-most part of the trunk. Thus the effort is to be made to uproot it. Unless the anchored root is cut off and removed from the earth, killing is not complete.

The root is brought out to dry it in the sun and the air. The poet compares it to the killing of a man. The root is compared to the heart of a man. Every life is finished when the heart stops functioning. As the heart circulates the blood in the body, the root does the work of supplying water to every part of the tree. The reader is getting an awareness that he or

she should not indulge in the evil or cruel act of killing a tree that can live for a long time. It gives the realization that the killing of a tree and a man are one and the same. So every reader will stand against this cruelty and join hands for planting and growing trees.

(OR)

The killing of a tree is a cruel act. The poet has made us realize that the felling of a tree is killing it. The word “Killing” is very effectively and earnestly used in this poem. Being a physician, the poet has dealt with life and death of the tree. A man dies when the heart is affected. Similarly, a tree becomes lifeless only when its root is removed from the earth. The root of a tree is compared to the heart of a man.

The poem teaches a lesson to the readers that we must not be cruel towards any living thing, either a tree or man. Killing a tree is synonymous with murdering a man. Thus it is clear that the poet wants the readers to be kind to mankind. As readers, we must feel the pain inflicted on others by every one of our cruel act through our word and deed.
“Let us not fell the trees before they fall”

F. Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem.

Answer:

1. Poetic lines Poetic Devices / Figures of Speech
2. It takes much time to kill a tree. Personification
3. The bleeding bark will heal. Personification
4. One of the anchoring earth Imagery

Listening

G. Listen to the passage about Nammazhwar, an environmental crusader from Tamil Nadu. As you listen, answer the following questions. The listening activities can be repeated if required.

Question 1.
Who is Nammazhwar? What is his contribution to farmers and farming?
Answer:
Nammazhwar was a graduate in agriculture. His contribution was that all inputs must come from within the form and the waste should be recycled and used as input.

Question 2.
What was the turning point in the life of Nammazhwar?
Answer:
The revelation of recycling the waste to be used as an output in farming was his turning point.

Question 3.
How is the “Bread sandwich method” a boon to the farmers?
Answer:
The soil is made ready and the suggested practices followed without working on the soil for the second time. The farmers can go on sowing and reaping throughout the year. This is the boon to the farmers.

Question 5.
Pick out ideas from the passage to show that he learned first and then shared with farmers.
Answer:
He never stopped learning from the farmers. He became a vast repository of farming practices and knowledge. He never pushed ideas down anyone’s throat. According to the farmer’s understanding and conditions, each farm is unique.

Question 6.
Explain in your own words the meaning of “Farming ……….. even in the 21st Century”
Answer:
Farming is not for making but a way of living and it is possible in the 21st century.

Question 7.
Give the synonyms of ‘rely’ and ‘sustainable’.
Answer:
Synonyms of ‘rely’ is depending
Synonyms of sustainable is maintainable

Question 8.
“He never pushed ideas down anyone’s throat” means
(a) favored
(b) compelled
(c) opposed
Answer:
(c) Compelled.

Writing

H. Based on the reading of the poem complete the web chart given below.

Answer:

• Cutting a tree is an act of murder.
• Failure to preserve the forest.
• To create a new awareness in the minds of the people
• Lack of eco-friendly attitude.
• Disapproval of mankind is a failure to care for the earth
• deforestation and destruction of nature

I. Look at the two trees. One is a green flourishing tree and the other, a brown withering tree.

The class will now be divided into two groups. Group A will list down the agents that support a tree’s growth. Group B will list down those that prevent it. Once the groups are ready with their lists, a feu unto lives from each group will go to the board and write down the lists.

Taking clues from the lists on the board, complete the following chart.

Answer:

J. Work in pairs. Create three slogans on ‘Saving Trees’ 
Remember

• Use catchy, meaningful phrases.
• Do not write complete sentences.
• Ensure that the words at the end rhyme.

Answer:

• “Save the tree and have the air fresh”.
• “Make not trees rare; keep them with care”.
• “Trees on; Global warming has gone”.

K. Deliver a short speech for about five minutes on the following.

Question 1.
Imagine what will happen if all the trees in the earth disappear. Discuss with your friends and share it with your classmates.
Answer:
Life will not exist on Earth if trees disappear. Trees produce most of the oxygen that humans and wildlife need to live. Trees absorb Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen using the process of photosynthesis. Lack of rain will be a major concern. If there is no rain, there will be no forests. Forests act as giant air filters in the world. They also prevent soil erosion. They break the force of wind and rain on soil helping their roots bind the soil. The decayed leaves absorbed by the earth to enrich the soil.

Question 2.
Think of a situation where all the trees can speak. What will they talk about?
Answer:
Dear mates,
It is quite interesting and awesome to think of a situation like this. If all trees start speaking, we may have to be spellbound.
The trees may speak about their goodness and benefits to us. They do a great deal to us. They will tell us that they help us breathe fresh air and lead a healthy life. They may be proudly telling us that they provide us shade to save us from the scorching sun. They may ask us to water them regularly.

They may tell others or fellow trees if they are not taken care of. They may tell us not to harm them if we tend to cut the branches or the tree itself, They may lead us not to kill them. They may start advising us to take care of the trees. They may tell us to plant more and more trees and make domestic and civilized forests. They may tell us to have more rain to increase water resources.

Moreover, they will try to be human friendly and make us trees friendly. We need not search for anything in the tree. They would tell us if they have anything to give us. The antisocial elements cannot use the forest as their hideout. The trees will propagate all about the movements of the wild animals in the forest. It would be very thrilling and amazing when the trees can speak the human tongue. Let us talk to the trees and listen to what they want to tell us.

Let US laugh together

Question 1.
How do trees access the internet?
Answer:
They simply wave in

Question 2.
What will the tree do, if the banks are closed?
Answer:
It will start its own branches

Question 3.
What types of tree fits in your hand?
Answer:
A Palm tree.

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9th English Guide Seventeen Oranges InText Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Where did the narrator work?
Answer:
The narrator worked in Swift Delivery Company.

Question 2.
What was the narrator’s job in the docks?
Answer:
The narrator went in and out of the docks to carry and deliver the goods.

Question 3.
What was Clem Jones carrying in the box?
Answer:
Clem Jones was carrying a ship’s cat in the box.

Question 4.
What happened when the box was opened?
Answer:
When the box was opened a ship’s cat jumped out and ran back into the docks.

Question 5.
Did the narrator believe Clem’s story?
Answer:
No, the narrator did not believe Clem’s story because he knew that Clem was planning for a theft.

Question 6.
What was the narrator carrying in his pockets?
Answer:
The narrator was carrying oranges in his pockets.

Question 7.
Who is Pongo?
Answer:
Pongo is a policeman.

Question 8.
Why did Pongo want to bring another policeman?
Answer:
Pongo wanted a witness against the narrator when he brought up the case in the court. So he brought another policeman.

Question 9.
What did the voice in the narrator’s head tell him to do?
Answer:
The voice in the narrator’s head asked him to eat all the oranges so that there will be no evidence of his theft.

Question 10.
Why did the policemen arrive a little late to the cabin?
Answer:
The policemen had seen some carts at the gate. They went and talked to the drivers. So they arrived a little late to the cabin.

Question 11.
What did the narrator do with the pips and peels?
Answer:
The narrator swallowed the pips and peels too.

9th English Guide Seventeen Oranges TextBook Questions and Answers

A. From your reading of the text, choose the correct answers from the options given below.

Question 1.
The narrator was very fond of …………………
(a) eating oranges
(b) driving a pony-and-cart
(c) reading detective stories
(d) munching away at something
Answer:
(a) eating oranges

Question 2.
The narrator was searched by the policeman, because ………………….
(a) his pockets were bulging
(b) he was singing songs
(c) he was carrying a box
(d) the oranges could be smelt
Answer:
(a) his pockets were bulging

Question 3.
The narrator kept his mouth shut when questioned by Pongo, because ………………….
(a) anything said would be held as evidence against him.
(b) the oranges would fall out
(c) he did not steal the oranges
(d) he was scared of Pongo
Answer:
(a) anything said would be held as evidence against him.

Question 4.
The voice in the narrator’s head advised him to ………………….
(a) confess the truth to Pongo
(b) eat all the oranges
(c) deny his guilt
(d) hide all the oranges
Answer:
(b) eat all the oranges

Question 5.
Pongo found no trace of the oranges on the table, because …………………
(a) Pongo’s mate had stolen them
(b) all the oranges were sold
(c) the narrator had eaten them all
(d) they disappeared mysteriously
Answer:
(d) they disappeared mysteriously

B. Answer the following questions briefly in one or two sentences.

Question 1.
Why did the narrator call Clem Jones a careful planner?
Answer:
Clem Jones planned a theft carefully and executed it well.

Question 2.
What was Clem Jones carrying in the box during his second attempt?
Answer:
During the second attempt, Clem Jones was carrying a large Dutch cheese in the box.

Question 3.
Why did the policeman suspect the narrator?
Answer:
The policeman caught the narrator red-handed because the string of the narrator’s apron broke and the cop noticed that the narrator’s pockets were bulging.

Question 4.
What did Pongo consider as evidence against the narrator?
Answer:
Pongo considered the oranges to be evidence against the narrator.

Question 5.
How did the narrator feel when he was alone in Pongo’s cabin?
Answer:
When the narrator was locked in the cabin, he lost hope in life and felt afraid that he would lose his job.

Question 6.
What did the narrator do to get rid of the evidence?
Answer:
The narrator swallowed the pips and peels of the oranges beside the fruits to get rid of the evidence.

Question 7.
What did Pongo do when he found no oranges on the table?
Answer:
Pongo looked everywhere for the oranges. He looked in the narrator’s pockets and in his apron. He became angry and shouted at the narrator.

Question 8.
Why were the policemen not able to bring any charges against the narrator?
Answer:
As there was no evidence, the policemen could not bring any charges against the narrator.

Question 9.
How did the narrator feel after eating seventeen oranges?
Answer:
The narrator felt sick for a week and the oranges kept working away in his stomach.

Question 10.
What happened to the narrator’s love for oranges after the incident?
Answer:
The oranges worked away in the narrator’s stomach. He lost his love for oranges after the incident.

Additional Questions and Answers

Question 1.
What made the narrator be quiet when pongo enquired him?
Answer:
The narrator’s fear made him be quiet for Pongo’s enquiry.

Question 2.
Where did Pongo lock the narrator?
Answer:
Pongo locked the narrator in the cabin.

Question 3.
Where did Pongo go, after locking the narrator in the cabin?
Answer:
Pongo went to bring another policeman to be a witness to the narrator’s case.

Question 4.
How did the narrator get the idea of eating all the oranges?
Answer:
The voice in the narrator’s head told him to eat the oranges and to destroy the evidence.

Question 5.
Did the voice tell him anything else?
Answer:
Yes, the voice told him to eat the pips and peels (seeds and skins) of the oranges.

Question 6.
Why did the voice tell him to eat the seeds and peels?
Answer:
The voice told him to do so in order to leave no evidence for the theft.

Question 7.
How did the narrator eat the pips and peels?
Answer:
The narrator swallowed the pips and peels.

Question 8.
Why did the narrator swallow everything?
Answer:
The narrator swallowed everything as the time was running out.

Question 9.
How did the narrator eat the remaining oranges after the first one?
Answer:
After the first one, the narrator cut the oranges into large chunks. He swallowed the pieces one after the other.

Question 10.
When did the narrator’s love for the orange vanish?
Answer:
The editor had to finish off all the oranges in order to destroy the evidence. Fie felt bad and fell sick upsetting his stomach. Thus his love for oranges vanished.

C. Answer the following in about 80 – 100 words.

Question 1.
Narrate the clever strategy followed by Clem Jones to deceive Pongo.
Answer:
Clem Jones was one of the narrator’s friends who worked with him at the dock. Clem was amazingly smart about stealing things from the docks and boats that he easily fooled the policemen with his great cunningness. Once, he carried a box and came out of the docks. The cop Pongo stopped him and investigated the box. Clem told that it had a cat. The cop insisted on opening it.

When Clem did so, a ship’s cat jumped off and escaped into the docks. When Clem Jones returned with the box of cheese, he looked angrily at the policeman Pongo to make the policeman feel guilty of his previous act of opening the box, in which the cat was kept inside. By making Pongo feel guilty, Clem was able to avoid any more security checks and thus was able to steal a large Dutch Cheese.

(OR)

There are expect thieves who plan it carefully. Clem was a good planner of theft. One day, while Clem was coming out of the docks with a box, Pongo stopped him. Fie asked him to open the box. She told Pongo that the cat would run away. Pongo did not believe him. So he made Clem open the box.

Suddenly the cat jumped up and ran away. It was a ship’s cat. Clem ran after it shouting angrily. After two minutes, he came back with the same box. She held the lid down tightly. Pongo laughed at him but Clem looked at him angrily. He looked angry all the way home. Then he smiled. He opened the box and took out a large Dutch cheese.

“A clever fox can even deceive a dog”

Question 2.
Describe the confrontation between the narrator and Fongo.
Answer:
Title: Seventeen Oranges
Author: Bill Naughton
Characters: Narrator, Pongo, and another policeman.
Theme: “Too much of anything is good for nothing”

The narrator used to work in the docks, carrying cargo from the docks. He had an irresistible love for oranges. He stole them, from the boats and ships and chew them for hours.

However one day he was caught by Pongo, the policeman. He wanted to make the narrator’s case an example for all the other workers and frighten them off the consequences of dishonesty and stealing.

The police officer locked him in a cabin and went out to bring another police officer to be a witness. The narrator ate up the seventeen oranges with their pips and peels. He damaged all the evidence against him. That was a very bitter experience for him. The policemen could not do anything against him. The narrator was never crazy about oranges anymore.

“Look before you leap”
Paragraph for Slow Learners

The narrator had a great love for oranges. He could eat oranges all day and every day. He worked in the shipyard. His irresistible love for oranges tempted him to steal the oranges from the boats and ships. One day Pongo, the policeman caught him. He had oranges in his pockets. Pongo wanted to make a case in order to frighten the other workers also.

He locked the narrator in a cabin. He went out to get another policeman as a witness. The narrator decided to damage the evidence. He ate all the oranges with the pips and peels. It was a bitter experience for him. The policemen could not do anything. They had to let him free. The narrator was never crazy about oranges thereafter.

“Covet all, Lose all”

Vocabulary:

D. Find the synonyms for the underlined words given in the passage.

Question 1.
The voice in his head asked the narrator to eat the evidence.
(a) proof
(b) contradict
(c) disprove
(d) refute
Answer:
(a) proof

Question 2.
Clem looked at Pongo furiously.
(a) politely
(b) gently
(c) angrily
(d) calmly
Answer:
(c) angrily

Question 3.
When Pongo caught the narrator with the oranges, he was very frightened.
(a) undaunted
(b) afraid
(c) valiant
(d) brave
Answer:
(b) afraid

Question 4.
The narrator was quiet when Pongo questioned him.
(a) calm
(b) noisy
(c) silent
(d) agitated
Answer:
(c) silent

Question 5.
The narrator was in trouble because he took the oranges.
(a) peace
(b) difficulty
(c) harmony
(d) comfort
Answer:
(b) difficulty

E. Find the antonyms for the underlined words in the following sentences.

Question 1.
Seventeen oranges were hidden in the narrator’s pockets.
(a) exposed
(b) masked
(c) concealed
(d) buried
Answer:
(a) exposed

Question 2.
Clem Jones was ordered to open the box.
(a) prepared
(b) arranged
(c) forced
(d) requested
Answer:
(d) requested

Question 3.
Pongo locked the narrator inside the cabin.
(a) closed
(b) sealed
(c) released
(d) chocked
Answer:
(c) released

Question 4.
Pongo carefully searched the narrator’s pockets.
(a) attentively
(b) carelessly
(c) cautiously
(d) strictly
Answer:
(b) carelessly

Question 5.
The narrator of the story felt very sick for a week
(a) healthy
(b) disordered
(c) feeble
(d) unhealthy
Answer:
(a) healthy

Listening:

F. Complete the table with suitable responses.

Answer:

G. Answer the following questions based on your listening.

Question 1.
Why did Chatur Pandit ask the king for 1000 gold coins?
Answer:
Chatur Pandit said that he had spent 1000 gold coins to catch the red peacock.

Question 2.
Where did Chatur Pandit find the ‘red peacock’?
Answer:
According to Chatur Pandit, he found the peacock in the jungle.

Question 3.
What sort of person was Chatur Pandit?
Answer:
He was a greedy minister.

Question 4.
State whether the statement is True or False.
Answer:
Tenali was given three weeks to bring more red peacocks. This statement is ‘False’.

Question 5.
Why did the people feel that they were lucky to have Krishna Deva Raya as their king?
Answer:
The people felt that they were lucky to have a king who would not afraid to admit his mistake.

Speaking:

H. Work in groups of four. Choose one of the situations given below. Discuss how the story would have been different if,

Question 1.
Pongo had pardoned the narrator after scolding him.
Answer:
The narrator was not a thief. He was in the habit of stealing something whenever he left the docks. He used to hide them under his apron. One day, there was a banana boat in the docks. He picked up the bananas which fell off the boat and quickly hid them under his apron.

But the bananas were not his craze. He loved to eat oranges very much. When he came out from the docks with the oranges hidden in his pockets. Pongo, the policeman caught him. The pockets were bulging as the apron string was broken. There were seventeen oranges. A lot of people were stealing from the docks.

The narrator kept quiet and was frightened. Pongo found him very innocent. He sympathised with the narrator. He did not want any action to be taken against him. He was a kind man. He advised the narrator very politely not to steal anymore. Pongo pardoned the narrator. The narrator thanked the policeman and went home happily.

Question 2.
Pongo had arrived on the scene before the last orange was eaten.
Answer:
The narrator was got red-handed when he came out from the docks. As his apron string was broken, the policeman, Pongo could find out his bulging pockets. The seventeen oranges in his pockets. Pongo caught him for his theft and locked him in a cabin. He kept the narrator in the cabin, he went out to bring another policeman to be a witness to the case.

The narrator was fear-stricken. A voice from the narrator’s head told him to eat away all the oranges. It forced him to eat the seeds and the peels. The narrator had to eat them to destroy the evidence. He ate the oranges quickly. But only one orange was left. At that time, the policemen had come near the cabin.

The narrator heard the sound of their arrival. They opened the cabin and found only one orange left on the table. They understood the narrator’s attempt to destroy the evidence. They seized the last orange and warned him of his criminal act of destroying the evidence. Both of them decided to produce the narrator before the court to get him punished, thereby teaching a lesson to others.

Question 3.
Pongo had forgotten to lock the door properly but the narrator only discovered it just before pongo returned.
Answer:
The narrator was a lover of oranges. He liked to eat oranges one after the other all day and everyday. In fact, he was not a thief. But he used to steal something whenever he left the docks. He had put the oranges in his pockets and came out. Pongo, the policeman noticed his bulging pockets as his apron string was broken.

The narrator was calm and he did not say anything. Pongo locked him in a cabin. Pongo went out to bring another policeman to be a witness to take up the case to the court. The narrator was in the cabin. He looked at the walls. He was afraid that he would lose his job and be imprisoned. The policemen were returning to the cabin. Before their arrival, the narrator was surprised to notice the cabin unlocked.

The narrator had enough chance to escape from the cabin. But the narrator did not attempt to go out. He remained in the cabin, till Pongo’s arrival. On return, Pongo found the narrator unmoved despite the door was not locked. Pongo and the other policeman remained to dumbfound. They bowed before the narrator for his honesty and discipline. They released him at once. The narrator thanked them heartily and went back hope peacefully.

Writing:

I. Work in groups and discuss. Then write a diary entry in about 60-80 words describing your feelings and emotions for the given situations. Imagine, you are Pongo.

Question 1.
Your feelings when you caught the boy?
Answer:
I am pongo, the policeman. I work as the security guard in the shipyard. One day I was on duty. I saw a boy riding a cart and coming out of the docks. His pockets were bulging. He had hidden them under his apron. As usual I stopped him for a casual check. I found seventeen oranges hidden in his pocket.

But he was not a thief. However he had stolen the oranges and taken them home. He kept quiet. He could speak nothing. He was very scared. He was only a teenager and crazy of oranges. So I took pity on him. I had no intention to punish him. I let him go after counselling him. It was quiet obvious that he was free from fear and worry. I just went ahead on my duty with the spirit of gentleness and forgiveness.

Question 2.
Your feelings and emotions when you came back and found oranges gone?
Answer:
I never thought that I would get a case that day. It was quiet unfortunate that I caught a boy red-handed with seventeen oranges. This occured in the shipyard. Wishing to warn other people against stealing, 1 decided to take action against this boy. I locked him in a cabin. He was frightened and upset.

He thought that he would lose his job and be imprisoned. I went out to bring another policeman to be a witness against the boy. The policeman and I returned to the cabin. We entered the cabin and found that the oranges were finished off. The oranges were the only evidence we had. Now there was no evidence to punish, him. I was sheer disappointed. We became helpless. We could not keep the boy in the cabin. So we released the boy and he went home cheerfully, “It is always true that man proposes but God disposes of”.

j. Complete the following table with information from the anecdote about Mr. Scotti’s short trip.

Answer:

K. Circle the best option.

Question 1.
In New York Mr. Scotti left the plane because he thought he
(a) had to change the plane
(b) was in Rome
(c) had to phone his cousins
(d) had to look at the airport
Answer:
(b) was in Rome

Question 2.
He decided to find his cousins home without their help. He asked the policeman for information in Italian because he ………………..
(a) thought he was in Italy
(b) knew the policeman
(c) didn’t speak any other language
(d) liked the language.
Answer:
(c) didn’t speak any other language

Question 3.
On the next day, Mr. Scotti was …………………. at how the local people responded to the queries.
(a) Surprised
(b) unhappy
(c) glad
(d) upset
Answer:
(a) Surprised

Question 4.
Circle three words that best describe Mr. Scotti clever
clever/ unlucky/ stupid/ successful/ miserable/ happy
Answer:
unlucky/ stupid/ miserable

L. Have you experienced any unexpected turn of events in your life? what happened? How did you feel about it at that moment? How do you feel about it now?

Write an article for your school magazine describing your experience in about 150 words.
Answer:
A Memorable Day in my life:
The happiest day in my life was the day of our tour to Ooty, We went for a trip to the beautiful hill station last month. The trip was very nice. We enjoyed it a lot. On a breezy Saturday we started the trip. We hired a vehicle to accommodate our family and my uncle’s family too. We entered a lodge at 10 O’clock in the morning.

The weather was chill and we were breezing like statues. After a while we got ready wearing our warm clothes. We went to the thunder world which was a very different theme zone I have ever seen. The botanical garden and the rose garden were so amazing. It was a great scene to see the millions of flowers all together.

They all looked as if they were welcoming us with smiling faces. The next day we visited Pykara. The boating was a thrilling experience. On the same afternoon we went to Mudhumalai forests and saw wildlife directly. The trip was very wonderful, informative and educative. It was really one of the most memorable ones in my life.

Grammar:

A. Given below in Column A are some phrasal verbs taken from the text. Find the meanings by using a dictionary and complete Column B.

Answer:

B. Can You do It?

1. Talking about the abilities of your class members is a great way to review the use of the modal can.
2. Work in pairs and discuss things a person might be able to do.
3. Include things that some people can do and others cannot do, and make a list on the board.

Answer:

C. Do’s and Don’ts (Necessity, Obligation and Permission)

Choose the correct option:

1. We use ……………. (should/must/ ought) when something is compulsory, obligatory and important.
2. We use …………… (should/must/ought) when something is the right thing to do.
3. We use …………… (should/must/ought) when something is suggested or recommended.

Answers:

1. must
2. should
3. ought to

D. Complete the sentences with one of the modal verbs given below.

1. Students ……………….. be quiet when they write the examination.
2. You ……………… were a coat, it’s quite warm
3. ………………. open the window? It is very hot in the room.
4. I ……………….. go to school yesterday because I was ill.
5. When she was eighteen, she run fast.
6. You ……………. drive fast, it’s no safe.
7. He is a famous cricketer. He …………….. bat well.

Answers:

1. may
2. shouldn’t
3. could
4. couldn’t
5. could
6. shouldn’t
7. can

E. You are Andhav. While you were away on a holiday, your house was burgled. Use appropriate models and complete the letter to your friend telling him/her about it/

No. 36, Gandhi
Road Chennai – 45
04 August 2018
Dear Ramesh,

How are you? I feel sad to inform you that my house was burgled last week when I was on a holiday. Burglars (1) …………….. have known from the accumulated newspaper pile that I had gone away. When I came back last Sunday, I found the back-door lock broken. I (2) …………….. have forgotten to bolt the back-door from inside and they ………………. have entered through it. My room was ransacked. They took my laptop and other valuables. I (3) …………….. have deposited the jewellery in a bank locker to avoid this loss. I (4) ………………. have informed my neighbours about my week-long trip. Well, I have registered an FIR with the police. They are investigating the case. They have assured that I (5) ……………… get my jewels back. The Bulgars (6) ……………… be caught very soon. Convey my regards to all at home.

Your lovingly,
Aadhav
Answers:

1. should
2. should
3. must
4. should
5. should
6. must

F. Match the squares to form proper sentences.

Answers:

1. I/She should take some pills
2. She/They shouldn’t wear warm clothes
3. She/They shouldn’t go home
4. Sam and Jai should see a doctor.

G. Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals.
(will / shall, would / should, can / could, may / might, ought to)

Milk is a nutritious food enriched with vitamins and proteins. We (1) ………………. take milk regularly so that we (2) ……………. not develop deficiencies in our body. Aged persons, children and patients (3) …………. take milk in sufficient quantities as it provides strength to their body. We (4) ……………. supplement it with fruits, vegetables, and pulses for proper growth of the body. But we (5) ………………. consume the milk of good quality. Otherwise it (6) ………….. cause harm to the body. We (7) ………………. be very careful while selecting our food items because there are chances that these (8) …………….. be adulterated. We (9) ………………. protect our health.
Answers:

1. should
2. shall
3. can
4. ought to
5. should
6. may
7. should
8. could
9. should

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Pdf Prose Chapter 3 Old Man River Text Book Back Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Solutions Prose Chapter 3 Old Man River

9th English Guide Old Man River InText Questions and Answers

A. Based on your understanding of the play, Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks.

Question 1.
The radio announced that …………………..
(a) the river was above flood stage
(b) the Burnet Dam had given way
(c) there will be a cloud burst
(d) they will be a cyclone
Answer:
(a) the river was above flood stage

Question 2.
Mother cant get home from Mrs. Brant’s house because …………………
(a) it was raining heavily
(b) the bridges between there and town were under water
(c) there was an emergency at Mrs. Brant’s house
(d) she has broken her leg
Answer:
(b) the bridges between there and town were under water

Question 3.
The Burnett Dam gave away as …………………
(a) it rained for days
(b) the dam was weak
(c) it rained heavily and the snow was melting
(d) poor maintenance
Answer:
(c) it rained heavily and the snow was melting

Question 4.
There was no power because …………………..
(a) the power house was out of commission
(b) the power house was flooded
(c) the dam gave away
(d) there was fire
Answer:
(a) the power house was out of commission

Question 5.
Why did they splint up Saras leg with pillows?
(а) she was unconscious out of fear
(b) she had broken her leg below the knee
(c) she was too lazy to walk
(d) she was making a fuss
Answer:
(b) she had broken her leg below the knee

9th English Guide Old Man River TextBook Questions and Answers

B. Based on your reading, answer the following in two or three sentences each.

Question 1.
Why did Jim run from school?
Answer:
It was a cloud burst. So ]im ran from school to get home.

Question 2.
Where was Amy’s mother?
Answer:
Amy’s mother was at Mrs. Brant’s house.

Question 3.
Why did Amy ask Betty to fill in the water tubs?
Answer:
Amy thought that it would be unsafe to drink in case the town water supply was cut off So she asked Betty to fill in the water tubs with freshwater,

Question 4.
According to Jim what are the two things that a person should remember in times of emergency?
Answer:
According to Jim the first is that a person must not let others see how scared we are. The second thing is to get together things such as water, food, blankets, coats, and lights.

Question 5.
Why is Jim climbing on the roof?
Answer:
Jim is climbing on the roof to signal for help from there.

Question 6.
Who was there in the living room? What were they doing?
Answer:
Amy, Betty, and Rose were in the living room. Amy and Rose were knitting. Betty was looking at pictures in a magazine.

Question 7.
Why were they going to sleep in the attic?
Answer:
They were going to sleep in the attic because they felt insecure in the living room as the water level was rising.

Question 8.
Who came in the boat?
Answer:
Mr. Tom Peters and Miss Marsh came in the boat.

Question 9.
Who is the founder of the Junior Red Cross?
Answer:
Henry Dunant(born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 1828 – 30 Oct 1910) a Swiss businessman and cross. He was the first recipient of the Nobel peace prize.

C. Match the following by drawing a line across columns A and B.

Answer:

D. Based on your understanding of the text, answer the following in about three to four sentences each.

Question 1.
Describe the ‘home alone’ experience of the children?
Answer:
‘Old man river’ portrays. Children at home in a critical situation. They remain at home mindlessly even at the time of severe crisis. They had no experience with how to face the risk, Until a rescue team arrived, they just remained in doors without aiming to call anyone to their rescue. The children had no experience in the outer world at all.

Question 2.
Elaborate the rescue operation was undertaken by Mr. Peter?
Answer:
Mr. Peter and Miss Marsh, the Red Cross nurse reached the house in time. The two-member team started its operation to rescue the children. They gave first aid to Sara who had her leg injury.

They were active to shift Sara to Red Cross emergency hospital along with Rose and Betty. Their timely help gave Sara comfort and confidence. The children’s tear of flood disappeared because of Mr. Peter’s service on behalf of Red Cross.

Question 3.
How did Jim prove himself as a good rescuer in the flood situation?
Answer:
Jim Hall was a member of Junior Red cross emergency squad. His experience at Junior Red cross enable him to act briskly. He alerted and instructed the children to do the necessary work.

His advice to the children not to let others see their fear was very valuable. He was active to go out to save Sara. His precautions gave them confidence. Thus they all were rescued. Jim was the brain behind all these good rescue operations.

Question 4.
Briefly narrate the happenings of the play in Scene II.

Question (a).
How did Amy manage the situation at home?
Answer:
Amy joined íands with Jim to carry out all precautions to protect the children. She was rnorc responsible to Lollect fresh water to drink for some more days. She looked into the basic needs of tood and shelter. She engaged Betty and Rose to complete the task. She was ‘ery helpful to Sara also. She had concern for her mother who could not return home. Thus she managed the situation very well.

Question (b).
How did the Marshal save the children?
Answer:
When the children were panic-stricken after the flood. They had to sleep in the attic. Sara who was brought home by Jim also fractured her leg. Mr. Peter and Miss. Marsh, the Red cross nurse, had brought the boat. They gave the first aid to Sara. They took her to the Red cross and Betty and Rose were also taken with them in the boat. Amy and Jim stayed behind. Thus the Marsh saved the children.

Think and Answer

You are one of the survivors of an earthquake that has affected your city a lot. Share the trauma you underwent and what helped you to sail through it. Give a two-minute talk.
Answer:
Speech: THE EARTHQUAKE

Everything was lost, instantly destroyed and commingled with a few neighbouring houses when the 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the town at night on a day last year.

Many big buildings collapsed one after the other. All who were asleep were in a panic, Soon they got up, they ran out the open area. I too ran out of my house. I looked at my house and wept bitterly. Now a lot of people had gathered and witnessed the aftereffect of the earthquake. We cried for a long time over the disaster, were so scared of it.

A month after the disaster it was found out that over 3000 people were killed and thousands of people were injured and hundreds of people homeless. A few houses that withstood the tremor were too badly cracked to be habitable. The owners were too fearful to set foot in them. Thousands of people had to shelter in temporary camps.

The fear lasted in my mind for a long time. I could hardly eat and sleep. I was a 14-year-old student. I had to sit for my annual examination for class 9. Many volunteers helped me prepare for my examinations. Both of my parents survived after the medical treatment for injuries, but we live in the camp still.

We eat and pass the time together. I am still frightened and nervous. I lost my home and my family has lost everything. My friends and I lost our pet dogs and parrots. We don’t know what will happen next or if the government will come forward to help us. All we can do now is try to reclaim whatever we can from our house.

Even now any mild sound causes a big tremor in my mind taking me back to the horrible deadly earth quake. “The very word earth quake easily shakes me even now. Let me not be awake to witness another earth quake.” “Thank You one and all”.

E. Using a dictionary find out the synonyms and the antonyms of the words given below. One has been done for you.

Answer:

F. Listen to the paragraph and fill in the blanks.

(1) …………….. South Indian floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual north east monsoon in (2) …………………. 2015. They affected the (3) ………………… region of the South Indian states of (4) …………………., and the Union Territory of (5) ………………….., with Tamil Nadu and the city of (6) ………………….. particularly hard – hit. More than (7) ………… people were killed and over 18 lakh people were (8) ……………… With estimates of damages and losses ranging from nearly 200 billion rupees to over 1 trillion rupees, the (9) ………………… were the costliest to have occurred in 2015, and were among the costliest natural disasters of the year. The flooding has been attributed to the 2014 – 16 (10) ………………..

Answers:

1. In 2015
2. November – December
3. Coromandel
4. Tamil Nadu
5. Puducherry
6. Chennai
7. 500
8. displaced
9. floods
10. E1 – Nino event

Writing:

G. As a local government official working in the flood-affected area you are talking to an old lady who has lost her belonging. Write a dialogue between you and the old woman to complete the conversation.

You : Good morning, Madam.
Old lady : Good morning.
You : I am from the Fire and Rescue department. How can I help you?

Answer:
You: Good morning, Madam.
Old lady: Good morning.
You: I am from the Fire and Rescue department. How can I help you?
Old Lady: Can you help me get my lost thing?
You: I am here to help you. What have you lost, Mam?
Old Lady: I could not find out my ‘diamond:
You: When did you miss it?
Old lady: I missed it only after the flood.
You: Where was it. when there was a flood?
Old Lady: It was only in my bedroom.
You: Is it very dear to you?
Old Lady: It is very precious to me. I have no safety without it.
You: ‘We shall find it out by checking your house completely.
Old Lady: Do it quickly before my diamond dies!
You: How can it die, Mam?
Old Lady: It’ll surely die because ‘diamond’ is my pet dog.
You: Oh my God! I’m helpless. May God bless you, old lady.

Creative writing:

H. Write a letter to your friend about your experiences during the recent ‘Ochki’ cyclone.
Answer:

123, Vivekananda Street, Gandhi Nagar Kanyakumari July 16, 2017.Dear Vinothini, I think it is good to write to you about how badly we were hit by ‘Ockki’ cyclone recently. All were not very serious when there was a news in the weather report “Ockki” but it occured after a day or two. The cyclone hit my town Kanya kumari very severely. The nearest town Nagerkoil was no exception. the report confirmed the great loss of lives and properties in the whole district of Kanya Kumari. It was intensified on November 30, 2017. There was extensive damage to a lot of houses, schools, hospitals. and other infrastructures in our area. The power line went off along with the stoppage of the water supply. It took months to restore it bring it back to normalcy. The schools and colleges were closed indefinitely. The important examinations were postponed. Many fishermen did not return home. They were either dead or reported missing. We are getting up slowly hut the fear of the calamity remains in our minds still. Yours lovingly, Angela. Address on the envelope Miss Angela Edwin, 115, Brighton Street, Darling Nagar, Tirunelveli – 627011.

I. Make a poster of any natural disaster, giving details about the devastation caused.
Answer:

J. You are a volunteer in your locality to serve people who are affected by floods. How will you caution them to move to a safer place taking only their bare necessities? Describe?
Answer:
Flooding and flash floods are dangerous. So it is very essential to overcome the crises during the floods. More implant getting educated on floodwaters could save you or your loved ones in the event of an energetic’.

1. Do not walk or drive across the floodwaters.
2. Avoid recreational contact with floodwaters and the risk of drowning.
3. Stay away from floodwaters.
4. Do not go floating, boating, swimming or rowing in floodwaters, streams or the river.
5. Use special caution to recognize in darkness
6. Stay away from power lines and electrical wires. Electrocution is also a major killer in floods.
   Electrical current can travel through water.
7. Collect medicines and three days supply of clothing with you.
8. Turn off electricity and gas cylinders and lock your doors and windows when you evacuate.
9. Collect the important documents, mementos, photos, and pets to take them with you when you evacuate.
10. Raise belongings by placing them on tables, beds, and benches or move them to higher ground.

K. Given below are some qualities that the characters in the play displayed during the floods for survival. Identify and write the character with the qualities.

Answer:

L. Based on your reading answer the following questions in a sentence or two.

Question 1.
Is mountaineering a dangerous sport?. Why?
Answer:
Yes, mountaineering is a dangerous sport. As one climbs higher and higher, breathing becomes more difficult.

Question 2.
What is frostbite?
Answer:
Frostbite is an injury caused by exposure of parts of the body to the cold. The cold causes freezing of skin and underlying tissues. The fingers, toes, and feet are most commonly affected.

Question 3.
What are the qualities of a good climber?
Answer:
A climber must be in the good physical condition and should possess courage, perseverance, and power of endurance. He/she must have proper training, skill, and knowledge.

Question 4.
What do climbers carry with them?
Answer:
Climbers carry with them packs loaded with first-aid supplies, food, and extra clothing for sudden changes of weather.

Question 5.
Where are the highest peaks in India?
Answer:
The highest peaks are in the Himalayas! mountain range in India.

Question 6.
What qualities of humankind are brought out by this adventurous sport?
Answer:
This adventurous sport has brought out the heroic qualities of mankind.

Question 7.
Why do mountaineers deserve praise?
Answer:
Mountaineers deserve praise because they possess courage and heroism.

Question 8.
What kind of visitors does Mt. Everest get?
Answer:
Mt. Everest gets visitors who scaled the Everest without the iae of oxygen. Mrs. Bachchendri Pal is the Indian woman to do it.

M. The Adventure Club of your school is organising an expedition to Kohl hills. Design an attractive poster for the same, giving relevant details. (The following table will help you design your poster)

Answer:

Grammar:

A. Identify the dependent clauses or phrases in the following sentences and underline them.

1. ………………….., the man swerved into a ditch. (Phrase)
2. It isn’t necessary to cram all night if you have studied a little each day (Dependent clause)
3. We climbed up the hill ………………… (Phrase)
4. We enjoy painting …………………. (Phrase)
5. ……………………. I have decided to do (Dependent clause)
6. I will stop playing the drum when you go to sleep. (Dependent clause)
Answer:
1. Texting on his phone
3. to enjoy the view
4. during the holidays
5. Whether he attends the party or not

B. Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositional phrases.

1. I would like to order coffee …………………… tea.
(a) instead of
(b) instead from
(c) instead to
Answer:
(a) instead of

Question 2.
…………………. the rains, we went out.
(a) In spite of
(b) In spite
(c) In spite of
Answer:
(a) In spite of

Question 3.
…………………. fire, break the glass to escape.
(a) In case of
(b) In case
(c) In the case with
Answer:
(a) In case of

Question 4.
I am standing here …………………. my friends
(a) in behalf of my friends.
(b) on behalf of
(c) on behalf
Answer:
(b) on behalf of

Question 5.
We solved the problem …………………… a new device developed bv our engineers.
(a) by means of
(b) by means
(c) by means to
Answer:
(a) by means of

Question 6.
………………… we are impressed with their performance.
(a) In general
(b) On general
(c) In generally
Answer:
(a) In general

C. Look at the action words in bold. Identify whether they are either finite or non-finite verb.

Answer:
1. to try (non – finite)
2. Trying (Non – finite)
3. tired – (Non – finite)
4. try (non – finite)
5. tried (Finite)

D. Read the following pairs of sentences.

1. Travelling might satisfy your desire for new experiences.
2. The study abroad program might satisfy your desire for new experiences.

Identify the subject in the first sentence Travelling .

1. They do not appreciate my singing.
2. They do not appreciate my assistance.

Identify the direct object in the first sentence Singing

1. My cats favourite activity is sleeping.
2. My cats favourite food is salmon.

Identify the subject complement in the first sentence Sleeping

1. The police arrested him for speeding.
2. The police arrested him for criminal activity.

E. You may role-play the conversation.

Teacher: This is Mr.Gerund.You may have seen him after these verbs ‘enjoy ‘finish’, ‘keep’, ‘mind’, ‘suggest’, ‘forgive’, ‘excuse ‘postpone’go’
Gerund: I come after a Preposition too.
Teacher: Mr. Gerund comes in handy to describe a real action.
Infinitive: Hello friends, I am Infinitive. Words such as ‘like ‘refuse’ are followed by me.
Dinesh: I know you. I take your help to describe a general or future action. (I think I need to get up early tomorrow to complete my grammar exercise)
Divya: You have helped me to express ‘reason ‘intention’ purpose (I wish to finish my assignment by tonight)
Gerund: Do you know, after verbs like ‘begin’,’ love’ continue ‘try ‘learn ‘start ‘neglect you can use either of us?
Infinitive: But remember we mean different things when used after ‘stop
Dinesh: Divya, When we saw Rajesh at the mall, I stopped to talk to him. Why didn’t you wait?
Divya: Don’t you know I stopped talking to him?
Gerund: I am also used after these phrases – ‘It’s no use’, ‘It’s no good’
Dinesh and Divya: Thank you, mam. Bye Mr.Gerund and Ms.Infinitive.

F. Now, work in pairs and help Dinesh and Divya complete the exercise given below.

Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verbs in the blanks.

1. The astronauts managed ……………… (complete) their training in record time.
2. They learned how ……………….. (survive) in space without gravity.
3. The best astronaut almost quit …………….. (try) to leam the complex information.
4. Their mission appeared ……………….. (be) in jeopardy.
5. Then Marina encouraged him by saying, “It’s no good ………………….(quit) the project right at the end.”
6. Being an astronaut will enable you …………….. (achieve) great success in life.
7. If you give up ………………….. (study) now, our mission will be scrubbed.
8. Think of your fellow astronauts who wouldn’t hesitate …………….. (help) youin time of treble.
9. We astronauts must keep on ………………. (prepare) for our space launch.
10. Some say it’s no use …………………… (travel) to distant planets, because it takes too long.
11. But we really want ………………….. (visit) other planets and find out if life exists on them.
12. Can you imagine ………………. (walk) up to a Martian and shaking hands and ………………… (say), “Hello, how are you?”
13. We really look forward ………………….. (meet) alien creatures and ………………… (find) out what they are really like.
14. Many scientists have warned us not ……………… (take) this dangerous journey, but we are not discouraged.
15. Travelling to far away planets involves …………………… (risk) our lives for the thrill of discovery.
16. However we won’t delay blast off into space.
17. Would you like ………………… (accompany) us on our journey if you could?
18. During our training we have got used to ……………….. (be) weightless and ……………………. (live) under difficult conditions.
19. Scientists admit to ……………………… (be) intensely curious about life on other planets.
20. I’m sure they would also enjoy ……………….. (travel) with our crew.
21. We told them …………………… (come) with us on our trip, but some of them think it is a waste of time ……………… (search) for life that doesn’t exist.
22. We have been taught how ……………… (endure) hardships during our training and now we can’t afford ………………….(waste) money. We’re on our way!

Answers:

1. to complete
2. to survive
3. trying
4. to be
5. quitting
6. to achieve
7. studying
8. to help
9. preparing
10. travelling
11. to visit
12. walking, saying
13. to meet, finding
14. to take
15. risking
16. blasting
17. to accompany
18. being, living
19. being
20. travelling
21. to come, searching
22. to endure, to waste

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Pdf Poem 6 The Comet Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Solutions Poem 6 The Comet

9th English Guide The Comet Textbook Questions and Answers

B. Read the following lines and answer the questions.
1. Rampaging through the heavens
Never stopping day or night.

Question (a).
How does the comet travel?
Answer:
The comet travels through the sky, making a lot of noise and causing damage.

Question (b).
Which word could you replace ‘rampaging’ with?
Answer:
Speeding

2. Faster than a cheetah
with a tail that’s miles long.

Question (a).
Why is the comet compared to a cheetah?
Answer:
Comet is compared with the cheetah due to its speed.

Question (b).
Whose tail is compared here?
Answer:
The tail of the comet is compared here.

3. With shockwave reaching to the ground
causing the land to quake.

Question (a).
What is reaching the ground?
Answer:
The shockwave produced by the comet reaches the ground.

Question (b).
What is causing the land to quake?
Answer:
The shockwave is causing the land to quake.

4. In the dust they leave behind could have started life
on the earth which resulted in mankind

Question (a).
What does the word ‘they’ refer to?
Answer:
The word They’ refers to the comets.

Question (b).
According to scientists how did life start on earth?
Answer:
According to scientists, life started on the earth by the dust left behind by these comets.

5. But I know no better spectacle
Then a comet in full flight

Question (a).
Who does T ‘refer to?
Answer:
T refers to the poet.

Question (b).
What is the best spectacle mentioned in the above lines?
Answer:
The flight of the comet is the best spectacle mentioned in the above lines.

Additional Questions And Answers

1. A spectacle of a lifetime A comet is in full flight.
Question (a).
What is a spectacle?
Answer:
A spectacle is an unusual event that attracts attention and interest.

Question (b).
What is the spectacle of a lifetime?
Answer:
The flight of the comets is a spectacle of a lifetime.

Question (c).
What is in full flight?
Answer:
A comet is in full flight.

Question (d).
What is meant by ‘flight’?
Answer:
A flight is a journey made by flying.

2. Bigger than a mountain
So powerful and strong

Question (a).
What is bigger than a mountain?
Answer:
A comet is bigger than a mountain.

Question (b).
Which is so powerful and strong?
Answer:
The comet is so powerful and strong.

3. And leaves a trail behind
it As it travels on its course

Question (a).
What does ‘it’ refer to?
Answer:
‘It’ refers to the comet.

Question (b).
What does the comet leave behind it?
Answer:
The comet leaves a trail behind it.

Question (c).
What is a trail?
Answer:
A trail is a path made for a purpose.

Question (d).
Where does the comet travel?
Answer:
The comet travels on its course.

Question (e).
What is meant by “course” here?
Answer:
Here, course means “line of action’’.

4. The outer ice is melting
causing vapor from the force.

Question (a).
What is melting?
Answer:
The outer ice is melting.

Question (b).
What is outer ice?
Answer:
The ice that has covered the comet is the outer ice.

Question (c).
How is vapor caused?
Answer:
Vapour is caused by the force.

5. If one should come too close to
earth The atmosphere will shake

Question (a).
What does ‘one’ refer to?
Answer:
‘One’ refers to a comet.

Question (b).
What will happen if a comet comes too close to the earth?
Answer:
If a comet comes too close to the earth the atmosphere will shake.

Question (c).
What is meant by the atmosphere?
Answer:
The atmosphere is the mixture of gases surrounding the earth.

6. I cannot say if this is true
I do not have the right

Question (a).
Who is T?
Answer:
I is the poet.

Question (b).
What doubt does the poet raise here?
Answer:
The poet raises the doubt that he cannot say if all said about the comet is true or not.

Question (c).
What does he admit?
Answer:
He admits that he has no right.

Question (d).
What is meant by ‘right’?
Answer:
Right is something one may do or have by law.

C. Complete the summary by filling in the given space with suitable words phrases given below.

The poet describes a moving comet which speeds through the heavens and never takes a break by (1)………… or night. When a comet is in full flight, it gives a (2)…………. which can never be compared to anything else for a lifetime. The comet is compared to (5)………….. for its speed and a mountain as it is (3)………….. The (4)…………. melts which cause a vapour from the force and leaves behind (6)………… as it travels on its way. If it comes very close to the atmosphere, it causes a shake which in turn produces (7)…………. that reach the Earth’s surface. According to the (8)…………. the comets leave behind chemicals in the form of dust which resulted in the (9)……….. and mankind came into existence. But the poet is not sure whether this principle is true or not but he knows for sure that whatever the truth may be, the sight of the comet in full flight is the best (10)…………
Answer:

1. day
2. spectacular scene
3. a cheetah
4. powerful and strong
5. outer ice
6. a trail
7. a shock wave
8. scientist
9. emerging of life on earth
10. spectacular

D. Poem Appreciation

If one should come too close to the earth
The atmosphere will shake,
With shock wave reaching to the ground Causing the land to quake

Question 1.
Pick out the rhyming words.
Answer:
Shake and quake are rhyming words.

Question 2.
Mention the rhyme scheme of the stanza.
Answer:
The rhyme scheme is a b c b.

Question 3.
When you read the poem aloud, you can feel/hear a rhythm. What according to you gives rhythm to the poem- the rhymes or the words in a line. Support your answer with examples from the poem?
Answer:
When I read the poem aloud, I feel a musical rhythm and feel a regular pattern of sound. This is due to the number of syllables in lines 1 and 3 which is similar to the number of syllables in lines 2 and 4.

The consistency of(the verses in each stanza is well managed and controlled. The first and third lines do not rhyme at all. If we consider the poem stanza wise, the lines are metered uniformly. The rhyme scheme of each stanza is abcb. The poet has used simple language to make the readers to enjoy the poem meaningfully.

D. Answer the following questions in about 80 -100 words.

Question 1.
Narrate how the poet describes the comet.
Answer:
Title: The Comet (Poem)
Author: Norman Littleford (Poet)
Characters: Poet and Comet.
Theme: Comets are like libraries storing the record of our formation in tiny particles.

The poet Norman Littleford wonders at the beautiful spectacle of the comet in the sky. The comet is moving through the heavens at a great speed. It has never stopped day or night. When a comet is a complete flight, it gives a spectacular scene. The poet says that it can never be compared with anything else for a lifetime. He says that a comet runs faster than a cheetah.

To him, a comet is more powerful and stronger than a mountain. The outer ice melts causing a vapour from its force. As it travels on its way, it leaves behind a trail. If the comet comes very close to the atmosphere, it can cause a shake which in turn produces a shockwave that reaches the Earth’s surface.

The scientists are of the opinion that the comets leave behind chemicals in the form of dust that has resulted in the emerging of life on earth and thus the mankind has come into existence. But it is not very sure whether this concept is true or not. However, he knows for certain that whatever the truth may be, the appearance of the comet in full flight is the best spectacular in the sky.
“A comet is an incredible and incomparable spectacle ”.

(OR)

Norman Littleford describes a moving comet in his poem. It speeds through, the heavens never stopping day or night. In its full flight, the comet gives a spectacle and it has no comparison to anything else. It is compared to a cheetah for its speed. It is stronger and more powerful than a mountain.

The outer ice melts causing a vapour and leaving a trail as it travels. Coming close to the atmosphere it causes a shake with shock waves resulting from an earthquake. The scientists say that the comets leave behind chemicals as dust and it produced life on earth. But the poet is doubtful if it is true or not. However, he is certain that the comet in full flight is the best spectacular scene.
“A Comet is an incomparable spectacle.

Question 2.
Give a detailed account of various effects caused by the comet to the earth.
Answer:
Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the sun. The dust and gases form a tail that stretches away from the sun for millions of miles. The poet describes the comet that travels at a great speed. He says that it is faster than a cheetah and stronger as a mountain. He imagines that the comet is very large in size and it can shake the earth if it comes very close to it.

He thinks that the shake can cause shockwaves and it can result in an earthquake. The comets leave behind the chemicals in the form of dust. The poet says that life could have started then on the earth. He also affirms that it might have resulted in mankind. However, the poet is not very sure whether this is true or not. But he admires that there can be no better spectacle than a comet in full flight.
“Amidst all dangers, a comet is spectacular”.

(OR)

A comet is a ball of mostly ice that moves around in outer space. It travels at great speed on its way. The comet is big in size and very powerful and strong. If the comet comes very close to the earth, the atmosphere will shake. The shockwave reaches the ground.

It certainly causes the land to quake. The comet leaves behind the chemicals in the form of dust. Then life started on the earth. And it resulted in mankind. The poet is not sure if this is true or not. But he is confident that there is no better spectacular scene than a comet in full flight.

F. Listening

Listen to the passage on ‘Comet’ and fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

Question 1.
Comets are believed to be remnants of the materials created by the
(a) Moon
(b) Sun
(c) Star
(d) Asteroids
Answer:
(b) Sun

Question 2.
Comets are mostly made of
(a) dust
(b) ice
(c) sand
(d) snow
Answer:
(b) ice

Question 3.
The can be seen in the night sky as bright, quickly-moving light.
(a) head
(b) star
(c) tail
(d) wings
Answer:
(c) tail

Question 4.
Comets orbit at the very edge of the galaxy, past the
(a) Earth
(b) Neptune
(c) Pluto
(d) Saturn
Answer:
(c) pluto

Question 5.
State whether the statement is true or false.
The melting process causes bits of dust and debris to trail behind the comet.
Answer:
True

G. Speaking
Imagine you are interviewing an astronaut about his/her experiences in space. Select a partner to be an astronaut and present the interview as a role-play in front of the class.
“Interviewing an astronaut”

You: We are lucky to welcome you, sir. I would like to ask you a few questions.
Astronaut: Thank you. It’ll be my pleasure to answer your questions.
You: What is the view like from space?
Astronaut: The first time you look out the window once you’re in space, I think the reaction of every astronaut is the same; first there’s a huge gap. It goes ‘AW, Vow!’ You just can’t believe what you’re looking at. I was amazed at the blackness of space. It was a darker, richer colour than I had ever seen before.
You: What are the best views of Earth from space?
Astronaut: I always loved passing over Egypt. To see the Nile River the bright green
pathway cutting through the centre of Egypt was just spectacular.
You see the blue water of the Mediterra nean and the brown desert areas.
This contrast between, green and bright blue was just breathtaking and, because I had been there on Earth, it was extra special for me to see from space.
You: What’s the in-flight food and entertainment like on a spacecraft?
Astronaut: The food is not good, but it is not horrible. I think the most popular
entertainment for astronauts is looking out the window. I love sitting near the window and just watching the Earth go by.
You: Do you think space is the future of travel?
Astronaut: Space tourism is definitely coming and we’re very close to it. I think there’s going to be a long line of people who want to get in on that. The more people that can get up to space to look back at planet Earth, I think the better off we’re all going to be. I wanted everybody to see the perspective that I just had.

Writing

H. Imagine that you and your friend get a chance to visit another planet there you befriend an alien who takes you around the planet. After reaching the earth, write a letter thanking him for all the help he did.
Answer:

Dear alien, We landed on the earth safely. It was an amazing experience to travel in space. My friend and 1 were very fortunate to be a friend of yours on the strange planet. We felt at home after meeting on the new planet. But for your help, we could not have made our visit a success. We are very thankful to you for your friendship and entertainment. We have enough confidence to make another visit there as you are there to host us. We are heartened to feel that we are not alone in the universe. We are sure that you are friendly beings, as we have observed you all. We invite you to visit us. Please come and live among us and share your wisdom with us. We do really need it. If you come to earth, I am sure that you would like it. On behalf of all humanity, I welcome you to Earth. Looking forward to your early arrival.   Yours Sincerely, Jegan Kumar

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Pdf Poem 5 The River  Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Solutions Poem 5 The River

9th English Guide The River Textbook Questions and Answers

B. Read the following lines and answer the questions given below:

1. O’er the yellow pebbles dancing
through the flowers and foliage glancing.

Question (a)
How does the river flow?
Answer:
The river flows over the yellow pebbles dancing through the flowers and leaves in a playful manner.

Question (b)
What is meant by ‘foliage’?
Answer:
Foliage means a cluster of leaves and branches of a tree or plant.

2. River; river! Swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth.

Question (a).
Why does the poet mention the river to be swelling?
Answer:
The poet mentions the river to be swelling because the river is like a reckless youth.

3. Over rocks, by rose – banks, sweeping
like impetuous youth.

Question (a).
Where does the rose grow?
Answer:
The rose grows by rose-banks

Question (b).
Which stage of men is compared here?
Answer:
The youth of men is compared here.

4. Broad and deep, and still as time Seeming still, yet still in motion.

Question (a).
What is broad and deep?
Answer:
The river is broad and deep.

Question (b).
Is time still?
Answer:
Yes, the time is still.

5. Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like a mortal prime.

Question (a).
Where is the river flowing to?
Answer:
The river is flowing to the ocean.

Question (b).
What does the poet mean by ‘mortal prime’?
Answer:
Mortal prime means a man in the best of his life.

Poetic Devices:

C. Road the following lines and answer the questions.

1. Bright you sparkle on your way;
O’er the yellow pebbles dancing.
Through the flowers and foliage glancing Like a child at play.
Pick out the rhyming words,
Answer:
Dancing and glancing; way and play are the rhyming words.

2. Mention the rhyme scheme of the poem.
Answer:
The rhyme scheme of the poem is abba.

3. Through the flowers and foliage glancing like a child at play.
Mention the figure of speech used in the above line.
Give various other examples from the poem.
The figure of speech used is “simile”
Other examples of the simile in this poem.
Answer:

1. “Like impetuous youth”
2. Just like mortal prime
3. Still as time
4. Like eternity”.

4. Seeming still, yet still in motion.
Question (a).
Pick out the words in alliteration from the above lines.
Answer:
The alliterated words are seeming, still, and still.

Question (b).
Identify other examples from the poem for alliteration.
Answer:
Other examples for alliteration from this poem:

1. River, river, little river
2. Through the flowers and foliage glancing
3. River, river Swelling river!
4. On you rush through rough and smooth
5. Over rocks, by rose – banks, sweeping
6. River, river! Brimming river!
7. River, river! Headlong river!
8. Down you dash into the sea.
9. The sea that line hath never sounded
10. The sea that sail hath never rounded.

5. Pick out the examples for epithet from the poem.
Answer:

1. Swelling river
2. Brimming river
3. Mortal prime
4. impetuous youth.

6. Pick out the examples for imagery from the poem.
Answer:

1. Through the flowers and foliage glancing.
2. On you rush through rough and smooth
3. Louder, faster, brawling leaping
4. Broad and deep and still
5. Seeming still, yet still in motion
6. By rose – banks.

Additional Questions And Answers

1. River, river, little river!
Bright you sparkle on your way.

Question (a).
What sort of river is it?
Answer:
It is a little river.

Question (b).
How does the river look?
Answer:
The river looks bright and it sparkles on its way.

2. O’er the yellow pebbles dancing Like a child at play

Question (a).
What are the pebbles?
Answer:
The pebbles are small smooth and round stones.

Question (b).
What is dancing over the yellow pebbles?
Answer:
The river is dancing ever the yellow pebbles.

Question (c)
How does the river dance?
Answer:
The river dances like a child at play.

3. River, river! Headlong river!
Down you dash into the sea,

Question (a).
What is meant by ‘Headlong’?
Answer:
Headlong means with the head first and the rest of the body following.

Question (b).
Where does the river dash into?
Answer:
The river dashes into the sea.

Question (c).
Who does ‘you’ refer to?
Answer:
You refer to the (little) river.

4. Sea that line hath never – sounded Sea that sail hath never rounded,
Like eternity.

Question (a).
What is meant by ‘line’ here?
Answer:
Here, the line means a long rope used for a particular purpose.

Question (b).
What is meant by ‘sail’ here?
Answer:
Sail means a trip in a boat or ship.

Question (c).
What is ‘eternity’?
Answer:
Eternity is life continuing without end after death.

Question (d).
Pick out the rhyming words in these lines.
Answer:
The rhyming words are sounded and rounded,

D. Answer the following in a paragraph of about 120 – 150 words.

Question 1.
How does the poet bring about the comparison of life with the river? Explain it with reference to the poem.
Answer:
‘The River’ is a poem describing the beauty of a river, in all its glory. Caroline Ann Bowles says that the river is a dynamic and vital symbol of nature. The poem has philosophical undertones also. The flow of the river shows the journey of life to eternity. The different stages of life are brought in through the imagery used in the poem. Initially, the river is compared to the yellow pebbles dancing.

This indicates childhood. The river then rushes through rough and smooth paths, brawling and leaping referring to the stage of reckless youth. When the river ebbs and flows, appearing to be broad and deep, inclining towards the ocean, one can see the prime phase of a human being. The flow of the river shows the journey of life to eternity.

As human life passes through childhood, youth, old age, and eternity, likewise the river also undergoes changes in its course of action. The gentle, sparkling dancing river, faster, brawling, leaping river, its stillness, and the merging with the sea towards the end of the poem, indicate the different stages of the river like the stages of human life.

(OR)

In the poem ‘The River’ the poet compares the river with the different stages in a man’s life. The river is bright sparkling on its way. It dances over the yellow pebbles. It glances through the flowers and foliage. It is like a child at play. The river is selling and rushing through rough and smooth surfaces. It is brawling and leaps. It goes through the rough rocks and rose-banks. It is compared to a reckless youth.

The river is full, wide, and deep. it is still like time. It appears motionless but keeps moving to the ocean. It is like life in its prime. l’he river runs quickly into the sea. The line has never measured the depth of the sea. No ship has ever rounded the sea company. the river is compared to eternity.
‘The river of knowledge has no depth’.

Question 2.
Describe how the poem clearly describes the features, functions, and destructive power of the river.
Answer:
Title: The River
Poet: Caroline Ann Bowles (1786-1854)
Theme: Rivers can favour but courses fear too.

A river is a natural watercourse usually freshwater flowing towards an ocean, sea on another river. Small rivers can be referred to as streams, brooks, and rills. Rivers are part of the hydrological cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a . drainage basin from surface runoff. The other sources are groundwater recharge, springs, and glaciers. Rivers can flow down from mountains, through valleys, or along planes.

Rivers source to the river mouth, do not necessarily take the shortest path. Rivers are sources of water for consumption, agriculture, and industry. A river provides transportation routes, energy, and a means of disposal of wastes. The flow of water in rivers is never constant. High amounts of water flowing in rivers after leads to flooding. Flooding is one of the more common and costly types

after leads to flooding. Flooding is one of the more common and costly types of natural disasters. A flood results when a river runs out of its confines and submerges the surrounding areas. However, floods have enormous destructive power. Floods occur naturally. Floods can devastate an environment. It is not always possible to prevent floods, but it is after possible to minimize flood, damage.
“A river doesn’t just carry water, it carries life.”

(OR)

A river is a natural flowing watercourse towards an ocean. Rivers are part of the hydrological cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from the surface runoff. Groundwater recharge, springs and glaciers are the other sources. Rivers can flow from mountains, through valleys or along planes. Rivers are sources of water consumption, agriculture and industry. The flow of water in rivers is never constant.

High amount of water flowing in rivers after leads to flooding. Flooding is one of the more common and costly types of disasters. A flood results when a river runs out of its confines and submerges the surrounding areas. However, floods have enormous destructive power. Flood occur naturally. They can environment. It is not always possible to prevent floods but it is after possible to minimize flood damage.
“We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one”

E. Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the summary of the poem by choosing the words/phrases given below :

In the poem ‘The River’, the poet compares the flow of the river with different (1)……………….. The first stanza explains how the sparkling river goes dancing over (2)……………….. and glancing through the flowers and leaves. These acts of the river is compared to a curious and innocent (3)……………….. at play. The second stanza compares the river to a (4)……………….. who goes through rough and smooth patches of life. Like a youth, here the river becomes louder, faster, and (5)……………….. everything all along the way. In the third stanza, the river becomes like a hard-working man who is at the (6)……………….. of life. Here the deep and broad river seems (7)……………….. but it keeps moving towards the sea like a matured man who silently marches towards the goal. In the last stanza, the long (8)……………….. of the river reaches the endless sea like a human life attains eternity
Answer:

1. Stages of human life.
2. The yellow pebbles
3. Child.
4. Reckless youth
5. Sweeping
6. Prime phase
7. Motionless
8. Journey

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Pdf Poem 4 The Spider and the Fly Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Solutions Poem 4 The Spider and the Fly

9th English Guide The Spider and the Fly Textbook Questions and Answers

B. Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions in a sentence or two.

1. The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,
And I’ve many curious things to show when you are there”

Question (a).
How to reach the spider’s parlour.
Answer:
The spider’s parlour can be reached through a winding stair.

Question (b).
What will the fly get to see in the parlour?
Answer:
The fly will get to see many curious things in the parlour.

2. ” Oh no, no,” said the little Fly, “kind Sir, that cannot be,
I’ve heard what’s in your pantry, and I do not wish to see!”

Question (a).
Is the fly willing to enter the spider’s pantry?
Answer:
No. The fly is not willing to enter the spider’s pantry.

Question (b).
Can you guess what was in the pantry?
Answer:
No, I cannot guess what was in the pantry.

3. “Sweet creature!” said the Spider, “you’re witty and you’re wise,
How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!”

Question (a).
List the words used by the spider to describe the fly.
Answer:
Sweet, witty, wise, handsome, gauzy, brilliant.

Question (b).
Why does the spider say that the fly is witty?
Answer:
The spider is flattering. So it says that the fly is witty.

4. The Spider turned him round about, and went into his den,
For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again:

Question (a).
Why is the poet using the word den to describe the spider’s web?
Answer:
The spider is like a lion in its web. So the poet uses the word.

Question (b).
Why was the spider sure that the fly would come back again?
Answer:
The fly was silly and ignorant. So the spider was sure that the fly would come back again.

5. With buzzy wings she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew,
Thinking only of her brilliant eyes, and green and purple hue

Question (a).
Who does she’ refer to?
Answer:
She refers to the fly.

Question (b).
What was she thinking of?
Answer:
She was thinking of her brilliant eyes and green and purple hue.

6. And now dear little children, who may this story read,
To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne’er give heed:

Question (a).
Who does T’ refer to?
Answer:
T refers to a poet

Question (b).
What is the advice given to the readers?
Answer:
The poet advises us not to fall prey to flattery and sweet words.

Additional  Questions and Answers

1. ‘I’m sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high
Will you rest upon my little bed? “said the spider to the fly.

Question (a).
Who does T’ refer to?
Answer:
I refers to the spider.

Question (b).
Who does ‘You’ refer to?
Answer:
You refers to the fly

Question (c).
Who was weary according to the spider?
Answer:
The fly was weary.

Question (d).
Why was the fly weary?
Answer:
It was because the fly was going up very high by flying.

Question (e).
What did the spider ask the fly?
Answer:
The spider asked the fly if she would rest upon his little bed.

2. There are pretty curtains drawn around; the sheets are fine and thin.
And if you like to rest awhile.
I’ll snugly tuck you in.

Question (a).
Describe the spider’s bed.
Answer:
There are pretty curtains around and the sheets are fine and thin.

Question (b).
What is the condition laid by the spider?
Answer:
If the fly likes to rest awhile, the spider will snugly tuck the fly in.

3. I have within my pantry, good store of all that’s nice;
I’m sure you’re very welcome – will you please to take a slice?

Question (a).
What is the pantry?
Answer:
A pantry is a room where beverages, food, dishes are used.

Question (b).
What kind of pantry is it?
Answer:
It is good pantry of all nice things.

4. So he wove a subtle web, in a little corner sly
And set is table ready, to dine up the fly.

Question (a).
Who wove a subtle web?
Answer:
The spider wove subtle web.

Question (b).
What is a subtle web?
Answer:
A subtle web is the dwelling place of a spider.

Question (c).
What is the table mentioned here?
Answer:
It is the dining table.

Question (d)
What is the table ready?
Answer:
The table is ready for eating the fly.

5. Your robes are green and purple – there’s a crest upon your head
Your eye are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead.

Question (a).
Whose robes are green and purple?
Answer:
The fly’s robes are green and purple.

Question (b).
What is there upon the fly’s head?
Answer:
A crest is upon the fly’s head.

Question (c).
What are the fly’s eyes compared to?
Answer:
The fly’s eyes are to bright diamond.

Question (d).
Whose eye are dull like lead?
Answer:
The spider’s eyes are dull like lead.

6. Up jumped the cunning spider, and fiercely held her fast,
He dragged her up his winding stair, into his dismal den.

Question (a).
Why did the spider jump up?
Answer:
The spider caught the fly so he jumped up.

Question (b).
How did the spider hold the fly?
Answer:
The spider fiercely held the fly fast.

Question (c).
Who dragged whom up the winding stair?
Answer:
The spider dragged the fly up the winding stair.

Question (d).
Where did the spider take the fly?
Answer:
The spider took the fly into his dismal den.

Question (e)
What is meant by dismal den?
Answer:
“Dismal den’ means a gloomy or horrible cave.

Question (f).
What is the dismal den?
Answer:
The dismal den is the cobweb (home of the spider).

Question (g).
Why is it called a dismal den?
Answer:
The spider kills and eats his prey in the cobweb. So it is called a dismal den.

7. Unto an evil counsellor, close heart, and ear and eye,
And take a lesson from this tale, of the spider and the fly.

Question (a).
To whom one should close heart, ear and eye?
Answer:
One should close heart, ear and eye to an evil counsellor.

Question (b).
What lesson do the readers take from this tale?
Answer:
Don’t listen to evil counsellor and don’t take their advice, is the lesson from this tale.

Question (c).
Do you want to be the spider or the fly?
Answer:
I don’t want to be the spider or the fly.

Question (d).
Who is an evil counsellor in general?
Answer:
In general, the one who makes the other as his prey through their evil advice.

Question (e).
What is the advice given here?
Answer:
“Beware of evil counsellors” is the advice given here.

B. Complete the summary.
The poem begins with the spider’s (1)…………… of the fly. He (2)…………. to the fly to come into its home. The spicier describes his parlour as the (3)…………. one. The spider kindles the curiosity of the fly so that she may enter his home. Fortunately, the fly was (4)……….. and refused to get into his home. Now the spider pretends to be a(5) ……….. man and asks her to come and rest in his home. He offers her (6)………… and a. thin fine sheets to rest. This time also the fly (7)………… the spider’s offer very politely. The next weapon that the spider uses is (8)……….. The spider praises the (9)……….. and (10)………. of the fly and also praises her (11)……… He invites her to look at herself in the (12)………… which is in his parlour. The fl y is (13)……….. by the words of the spider and she falls a (14)………. to her (15)……….
Answer:

1. Friendliness
2. requests
3. prettiest
4. wise
5. good
6. bed
7. refuses
8. flattery
9. wing
10. eyes
11. head
12. mirror
13. enticed/tempted
14. prey
15.  enemy

C. Answer the following

Question 1.
Write a character sketch of the spider.
Answer:
Title : The spider and the fly
Author/poetess : Mary Botham Howttv (1799 -1888)
Characters : Spider and fly
Theme : Beware of evil councellors.

In the poem, the spider first tries to inveigle the fly into the spider’s house. He tells the fly that his parlour is comfortable he will be welcoming the fly. The spider promises the fly a rest on his bed and treats from his pantry. The fly wisely resists these attempts to get her to enter the spider’s house. However, she cannot resist the spider’s flattery. The spider praises her wings and eyes and offers her a chance to look into the mirror.

Motivated by her great vanity, the fly enters the spider’s den and is ensnared. The poet tells the readers not to be tricked by “idle, sjlly, flattering words” at the end of the poem. The spider is cunning and full of vice. Spider wins in its. He deceived the fly at the end. Vanity makes people susceptible to doing foolish things. So the people need to be wary of others who flatter them only to deceive them. The poet advises the readers to close their hearts, eyes and ears to the evil counsellors.
“Look before you leap”

(OR)

The spider is a cunning creature. He tries to inveigle the fly into his house. He tells the fly about the comforts in his parlour. He wishes to welcome the fly. The spider promises the fly a rest on his bed and treats from his pantry. The fly resists firstly. The spider flatters but the fly fails to resists. The spider praises her eyes, and wings. He offers a mirror to look into.

Vanity defeats the fly. She enters the spiders den. The fly is trapped. The poetess tells the readers not to be deceived by “idle, silly, flattering words. Spider makes fly his prey. Vanity makes the people susceptible to do foolish thing to doing foolish thing. So people must be wary of others who flatter them only to cheat them.

Question 2.
What happens if we fall prey to flattery? Give instances from the poem The spider and the fly’.
Answer:
Title : The spider and the Fly
Poetess : Mary Botham Howitt
Characters : Spider and fly
Theme : Prevention is better than cure Flattery is a deadly weapon to defeat the enemies. The poem stresses the idea that cam be seen in social trends today. If individuals succumb to superficiality, bad things are not far behind. The fly is ensnared because of the superficial praises of the spider.

“To idle, silly, flattering words, I pray you never give heed. Unto an evil counsellor, close heart and ear and eye” The spider is able to ‘ weave a web’ to ensnare the fly because of the superficial praise heaped on it. When the fly gives into this praise, believing it as truth, the fly is destroyed. In the society, if the people are giving into tempting words and praises then they fall a prey to flattery. Just as the fly is destroyed by the spider, the people will also be affected by the flatterers.
” Don’ t be penny wise and pound foolish”

(OR)

Title: The Spider and the Fly
Poetess: Mary Botham Howitt (1799 -1888)
Characters: spider and fly
Theme: “Look before you leap”

Flattery is a deadly weapon to overcome enemies. The poem stress this idea. It is seen in society. If people who succumb to superficiality, bad things approach them easily. The spider praises the fly excessively. The fly becomes prey to the flattery of the spider. The spider is able to ‘weave a web.

The spider ensnares the fly by his praises. Trusting the flattery, the fly gives in to destroy herself. There are people in the society, who yield to the tempting words fall prey to their enemies. The poet advises the readers not to keep their hearts, eyes and ears open to the evil counsellors.
“All that glitters is not gold”

Question 3.
In your own Give a detailed description of:
(a) The spider’s parlour
Answer:
The story “The spider and the fly” tells of a cunning spider who ensnares a na’ive fly through the use of seduction and flattery. The spider invites the fly to his parlour. The way to the parlour is up a winding stair. It is the prettiest little parlour that the fly had ever spied. There are many curious things. The spider wants to show them to the fly. There is a little bed to rest upon. There are pretty curtains drawn around. The sheets are fine and thin. On the whole the spider’s parlour is the best and the prettiest.

(OR)

(b).  The fly’s appearance.
Answer:
The spider tries to flatter the fly by praising her appearance and inviting her in to look into a mirror. The spider tells the fly that she has handsome gauzy wings and brilliant eyes. The spider further tells the fly is pretty with pearl and silver wing. The fly’s robes are green and purple hue. There is a crest upon the fly’s head. Her eyes are like a bright diamond. On the whole, the fly is elegant and beautiful.
“Appearance is deceptive”

Appreciate the poem
Figures of speech

1. Consonance:
Repetition of similar consonant sounds in the neighbouring words.
Ex: “T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy;
Pick out one more instance of consonance from the poem.
Hearing his wily, flattering words, came slowly flitting by;
So he wove a subtle web, in a little corner sly.

2. Assonance:
Repetition of similar vowel sounds in the neighbouring words.
Ex: “T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy;
Pick out one more instance of consonance from the poem.
The spider turned him roundabout and went into his den,
“I’m sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high.”

3. Anaphora:
Repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of a sequence of sentences, paragraphs and lines.
Ex: How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!
Identify the figures of speech.
“Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead! ’’
A simile is the figure of speech.

4. Alliteration:
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Pick out the words in alliteration.
“Sweet creature! ” said the Spider, “you’re witty and you ’re wise,”
Sweet – Spider; and witty – wise are alliterated.

Listening

D. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with appropriate answers:

1. Without trust there is no …………..
2. ………….. is a very rare thing to find in life.
3. When people betray you learn from the …………
4. Don’t let ………….. on the road throw you back.
5. If we keep moving forward you will have a wonderfully …………
Answer:

1. relationship
2. Trust
3. situation.
4. small bumps
5. fulfilling life

Speaking:

E. The cunning spider was waiting for a chance to put the fly into its web and it used all the possible ways to trap her. Have you ever been trapped by flattery to do something you did not want to do? Discuss in pairs and share your experience in the class.
Answer:
A jay and I are – friends. A jay is elder to me by a year of age. We used to go everywhere to¬gether. Ajay is cleverer than me. We both were studying in the same class. We occupied the same bench in the class. Many have called us twin though we don’t look alike nor brothers even. Ajay was in the habit of making fun of me often. But I never minded it. One day he told me about going to the river and bathe there. He knows swimming.

But I don’t swim well. He flattered me that day saying that I could swim well and he promised me to make me swim well and he promised me to make me swim better. Even though I refused to swim, he com¬pelled me to get into the river. 1 trusted him and jumped into the river. The river was deep and the water was flowing faster. He saw me struggling in the river shouting for help. Ajay took it as fun and did not come to my rescue.

I thought that I would die. But to my surprise, a few people were watching me in this panic-stricken situation swam across the river and took me to the bank of the river. They advised Ajay not to be playful and betraying anyone. He was ashamed for his senseless active. Later I was taken to my house. I forgave Ajay but never wanted to be his friend anymore.
” Only a friend in need is a friend indeed”

Writing

F. The fly gives into flattery and becomes the spider’s prey. I you are asked to give a happy ending to the poem, how will you save the fly? Write in your own words.
Answer:
The cunning spider tried to ensnare the fly. Firstly the fly refused to accept the invitation to enter the spider’s parlour. Then the spider used flattery to seduce the fly. The spider started praising the fly. The fly believed the spider’s words and gave into his praises. At last the spider jumped up and caught the flypast. The fly released the danger and wanted to escape. While the spider was trying to make the fly its prey, there came a lizard.

The spider was scared of it. So the spider went up leaving the fly-half – dead. The fly became alert. It struggled hard to come out of the thin thread of half hazard. The fly got some hope. In the last attempt, the fly fell down and flew away from there. The spider’s hard effort with great flattery entered in vain. The spider had to wait for another chance to get any little creatures as it prey.
“Where there is a will, there is a way”

 

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Pdf Poem 2 A Poison Tree Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Solutions Poem 2 A Poison Tree

9th English Guide A Poison Tree Textbook Questions and Answers

A. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two.

1. I was angry with my friend
I told my wrath my wrath did end.

Question (a).
Who does T refer to?
Answer:
‘I’ refer to the Poet.

Question (b).
How did the anger of the poet come to an end?
Answer:
The anger of the poet came to an end when he told his wrath

2. And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears;

Question (a).
What does ‘it’ refer to?
Answer:
It refers to the seed [wrath]

Question (b).
How is ‘it’ watered?
Answer:
It is watered with tears.

3. In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree

Question (a).
How did the poet feel in the morning?
Answer:
The poet was glad to see it in the morning

Question (b).
Who is the ‘foe’ referred to here?
Answer:
Satan is the foe referred to here.

Question (c).
Why was the ‘foe’ found lying outstretched beneath the tree?
Answer:
The foe was dead. So he was found to be so.

4. And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.

Question (a).
Who does ‘it’ refer to?
Answer:
‘It’ refers to the tree.

Question (b).
What does ‘apple’ signify?
Answer:
Apple signifies wrath

Question (c).
What grew both day and night?
Answer:
The tree grew both day and night.

Additional Questions and Answers

1. I was angry with my foe
I told it not, my wrath did grow

Question (a).
Who was angry?
Answer:
The poet was angry.

Question (b).
Who was the Poet angry with?
Answer:
The poet was angry with his enemy (foe)

Question (c).
What was the effect for not telling the wrath?
Answer:
The wrath started growing.

Question (d).
What is the antonym of ‘wrath’?
Answer:
The antonym of ‘wrath’ is calm or pleasure.

2. And I sunned it with smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.

Question (a).
How did the Poet sun the tree?
Answer:
The poet sunned the tree with smiles and soft deceitful wiles

Question (b).
What is meant by ‘deceitful wiles’?
Answer:
‘Deceitful wiles’ means cunning tricks.

3. And my foe beheld it shine
And he knew it was mine.

Question (a).
Who beheld it shine?
Answer:
The poet’s foe beheld it shine.

Question (b).
What does ‘foe’ refer to?
Answer:
‘Foe’ refers to Satan, the enemy of mankind.

Question (c).
What did the enemy know about the fruit?
Answer:
The enemy knew that the fruit belonged to the poet.

4. And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole

Question (a).
Where did the enemy steal?
Answer:
The enemy stole in the garden.

Question (b).
What did the enemy steal?
Answer:
The enemy stole the apple.

Question (c).
When did he steal the fruit?
Answer:
He stole the fruit when the night covered the pole.

Question (d).
What is meant by ‘the pole’?
Answer:
The pole means north or south pole of the earth.

Question (d).
Explain the phrase; “night had veiled”
Answer:
The night is dark and it covers all. So night had covered up under darkness.

B. Complete the summary by filling in the given spaces with suitable words.

Once the poet was angry with his friend. He expressed his (1) ……….. and it ended. They became friendly but when he grew angry with his foe, he (2) ………. it and allowed his anger to grow. Day and night he watered it with his tears allowing it to grow. He (3) ……….. his foe with false smiles and cunning tricks. The tree kept growing and yielded a bright apple which (4) ………. his foe to eating it stealthily during the night. The next morning the poet was happy to see his foe lying (5) ……….. under the tree.
Answer:

1. wrath or anger
2. did not tell
3. sunned
4. beheld
5. outstretched

C. Answer the following questions in about 80-100 words

1. How did the poet’s anger with his friend end?
Answer:
The poet expressed his anger towards his friend as well as his enemy. But he specified the difference between two types of anger. He told me that when he was angry with a friend, he convinced his own heart to forgive his friend. He sorted out the differences with his friend by expressing his anger to him and by discussing his own points of view with him. Even if he was hurt and he knew that his friend had done injustice to him, he would have tried his best to forget the past and end the feeling of vengeance in his heart. In this way, the poet’s anger, with his friend, came to an end.

(OR)

The poet tells about a friend and an enemy. He was angry with both of them. But he told his friend that he was angry and why he was so. Due to some reasons, it might have happened. But the poet had love for his friend. He approached his friend. He could become easy and smooth. They could strengthen their friendship. The anger disappeared from their minds. The poet told his friend his extreme anger. The displeasure vanished in no time. Love defeated enmity. Enmity could not grow anymore.
“Love Your enemies”

2. Describe how his anger kept, growing.
Answer:
Poem: A poison tree
Author: Ruskin bond
Theme: Grow love but not enmity
Character : poet, his friend, and enemy, tree

The poet encountered his enemy. But he was very careful not to tell him his anger. He allowed his anger to grow. He watered it regularly. It grew into a tree. It blossomed and began to bear fruit. The poet pretended to be friendly. But he sunned the tree only with false love.

The poet made his attitude more attractive. His aim was only to defeat his enemy and kill him finally. The poet was keen on his aim. His anger kept growing as a tree robustly.
“Grow love and throw enmity”

(OR)

The poet describes a different scenario with him. He was once angry with his enemy but he did not tell him about it. Since the poet did not talk about his anger, it became bigger and bigger. The Poets anger was like a seed. He watered the seed regularly in fear with tears. It sprouted and grew like a tree.

The poet pretends to be friendly to his enemy. The very act of being friendly strengthens his enemy act like sunshine on the plant of his anger. The poet makes his behavior appear more attractive than it is. But inwardly the poet’s anger keeps growing by all means.
“Never grow enmity but love”

3. Describe the effect of the poisonous fruit on the ‘enemy’.
Answer:
The poet, William Blake, revealed his anger to his friend and the anger ended. But when the poet concealed his anger from his enemy, the anger grew. It grew like a tree that bore a bright apple. His enemy saw the shining apple. Even though he knew that the apple belonged to the poet, he wanted to have it. So the enemy came secretly into the garden when it was night and ate the apple. In the morning, the ‘ poet’s anger changed into gladness when he found the enemy outstretched under the poison tree. The apple in the tree of anger symbolizes the poisonous effect.

(OR)

The wrath of the poet has become an actual tree. Anger does not bear apples. But apple trees can do. The tree has grown well. It has started blossoming and bearing fruits. The apple is very bright and it is attractive to the enemy’s eyes. The enemy makes up his mind to taste it. He tries to get the fruit stealthily. Apparently, in the dark night the enemy eats the apple. It ends up killing the enemy or making him fall asleep. Death has become inevitable to the enemy. Thus the poisonous fruit killed the enemy and made the poet happy.
“Destroy enmity but not enemies”

Poem appreciation:
D. Figures of Speech:

Question 1.
I was angry with my foe
Answer:
The words ‘was’ and ‘with’ are alliterated. ( The sound /w/ is repeated)

Question 2.
Till it bore an apple bright
Answer:
The words ‘bore’ and ‘bright’ are in alliteration ( The sound / b / is repeated)

Question 3.
Night and morning with my tears
Answer:
The words ‘morning’ and ‘my’ are in alliteration (The sound / m / is repeated)

Question
And with soft deceitful wiles
Answer:
The words ‘with’ and ‘wiles’ are in alliteration. (The sound / w / is repeated)

E. Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

1. I was angry with my friend
I told my wrath, my wrath did end
I was angry with my foe I told it not, my wrath did grow.

Question 1.
Pick out the rhyming words
Answer:
The rhyming words are “friend, end” and “foe, grow”

Question 2.
What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza?
Answer:
The rhyme scheme is “aabb”

Question 3.
Identify the figure of speech in the title of the poem
Answer:
The figure of speech is a “metaphor”

2. And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears.

Question 1.
What figure of speech is used in ‘watered it in fears’?
Answer:
The figure of speech used here is a ‘metaphor’

Additional Questions & Answers

1. And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears
And I sunned it with smiles And with soft deceitful wiles

Question 1.
What are the rhyming words in this stanza?
Answer:
The rhyming words are fears, tears; smiles, wiles.

Question 2.
What is the rhyme scheme used in this stanza.
Answer:
The rhyme scheme used in this stanza is “aabb”

Question 3.
Pick out the alliterated words in this stanza.
Answer:
(a) The words in alliteration in second-line are morning and my
(b) The words in alliteration in third line are ‘stunned and smiles’.
(c) The words in alliteration in the fourth line are ‘with and wiles’

Listening:

F. Listen to your teacher reading out the tips on anger management. The recording can be played more than once if needed.

Answer:

1. c. to calm your inner self.
2. e. who always tells you how to act.
3. b. to know how to handle it is a virtue.
4. a. who will take care of the reason why you got angry?
5. d. speak to your self and calm yourself.

G. Answer the following in about 80 – 100 words. Take ideas from the poem and also use your own ideas.

Question 1.
Recall a recent situation when you became angry. What were the consequences of your anger? After listening to the guidelines on anger management, find out how well you could have handled the situation. Write your findings.
Answer:
“When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out – because that s what is inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.” – Wayne Dyer
I don’t remember what the specific dates were of the incident but I do remember it involved my supervisor at the time. I think she had reacted in a way that I didn’t like.

Question 2.
What might have caused the conflict which led to the poet becoming angry with his enemy? Think of one such situation that you have experienced. Describe how you felt and how the enmity grew and things became worse.
Answer:
In the poem ‘A poison tree’ the poet is not satisfied to wait for his enemy to die But he wants to kill him using deceit. Everyone knew a bully or had an enemy when they were growing up . There is enmity between individuals, groups, countries etc. The love of hating paves way to enmity. Enmity grows because of jealousy, greed, pride and arrogance, disloyalty and intolerance.

Things become worse when enmity grows. Enmity is a result of all evils. It leads to hatred and aversion. Enmity destroys the virtues of man. It affects the good character of oneself. It makes anyone very selfish. It cheers up at the defeat and death of the enemy. Thus the things become worse when the enmity grows.

H. Discuss and Write.

Question 1.
Identify five to six qualities that make an ordinary person, loved and respected by all Work in groups of five or six. Each group has to take up one quality and discuss the methods for imbibing that quality and identify the challenges that need to be faced.
Answer:
Six qualities which make an ordinary person loved and respected by all

1. Politeness
2. Listening
3. Helpfulness
4. Avoiding excuses
5. Adapting to changes
6. forgiveness

Question 2.
Adolescents are often distracted by feelings like anger, disappointment, and general helplessness when they face challenges at school or at home. Suggest ways to turn such feelings into positive ones.
Answer:

1. When you are distracted by your feelings you may do the following to turn them into positive ones,
2. Breathe and relax yourself
3. Suspend your point of view and take on the others.
4. Become more mindful
5. Bring humor to the rescue.

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Pdf Poem 1 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Solutions Poem 1 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

9th English Guide Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Textbook Questions and Answers

B. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two.

1. He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

Question (a).
Who does ‘he’ refer to?
Answer:
He refers to the owner of the forest.

Question (b).
Identify the season with these lines
Answer:
It is the winter season.

2. My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near

Question (a).
Who is the speaker?
Answer:
The poet is the speaker.

Question (b).
Why should the horse think it queer?
Answer:
The horse thought it queer because there was no farmhouse near,

Question (c).
Pick out the rhyming words:
Answer:
The rhyming words are: “queer, near”

3. He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.

Question (a).
Whom does ‘he’ refer to in these lines?
Answer:
He refers to the horse.

Question (b).
Why does he give his harness bells a shake?
Answer:
He gives his harness bells a shake to ask the master if there is some mistake.

Question (c).
How does the horse communicate with the poet?
Answer:
The horse communicates with the sound of the harness bells.

4. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep
But I have promises to keep

Question (a).
How are the woods?
Answer:
The wood are lovely, dark and deep.

Question (b).
Who does T refer to?
Answer:
T refers to the poet.

Question (c).
What are the promises the speaker is talking about?
Answer:
The poet is talking about his commitments in life.

5. And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Question (a).
Why has the poet repeated the last line?
Answer:
The poet has repeated the last line to show the regrets that he is unable to enjoy the beauty of the forest filled with sno w.

Question (b).
Explain: miles to go before I sleep
Answer:
The poet reminds himself of his duties he has to do before he goes to sleep. Sleep symbolizes daily sleep and eternal sleep which is death.

C. Complete the summary of the poem by filling in the blanks.

After a long travel, the poet entered a (1) ………. He wondered to whom the wood (2)……….. He realized that the owner of the wood lived in a (3)………. He was happy that the owner would not be able to (4)………. him stopping in his woods to watch (5)………. fill the woods. The poet felt that the horse would think it very (6)………. to stop near the woods as he had never (7)……….. He was actually standing between the woods and (8)……….. The time was (9)………. The horse indicated that the poet had made a (10)………….. by shaking its head, The poet felt that the woods are lovely, (11)………. and (12)………. He suddenly realized that he had worldly (13)………. which would not allow him to (14)………. in the woods for a long time.
Answer:

1. forest
2. belongs to
3. village
4. see
5. how the snow would
6. strange
7. stopped there
8.  lake
9. evening
10. mistake
11. dark
12. deep
13. duties
14. stay

D. Answer the questions in two or three sentences.

Question 1.
What information does the poet highlight about the seasons and the time of the day in the poem?
Answer:
The darkest evening of the year refers to December 21, the longest night of the year, when there is biting cold. The winter season had its spell on Nature. By using the symbol of darkness in the second stanza, the poet brings forth a sense of sadness and peace.

Question 2.
In which way is the reaction of the speaker different from that of the horse? what does it convey?
Answer:
The poet is compelled to stop to stare at the beauty of the woods. The horse is thinking it queer to stop by the forest before reaching the farmhouse. It conveys contradictory ideas over a certain action.

Question 3.
What are the sounds heard by the poet?
Answer:
Shaking of harness bells and the sound of the wind is heard by the poet.

Question 4.
The poet is aware of two choices, what are they? what choice does he make ultimately?
Answer:
Hie poet can wait and watch the lovely woods or he can go home and attend to the important business. His ultimate choice was to go a long way and reach home.

Question 5.
Pick out words from the poem that brings to mind peace and quiet.
Answer:
Pick out words from the poem that brings to mind peace and quiet. Some words that bring to mind peace and quiet are: deep; easy wind; woods; snow; frozen lake; And miles to go before I sleep.

E. Identify the rhymes scheme used in each stanza. One example has been done for you.

Answer:

1. aaba
2. aaba(bbcb)
3. aaba (cede)
4. aaaa (dddd)

F. Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices front the poem. One example is done for you.

Answer:

Writing

G. Answer the following questions in a paragraph about 80-100 words.

Question 1.
It is said that ’’the choices made by one, shape one’s destiny” Ponder on the thought and write a paragraph.
Answer:
The choices made by one, shape one’s destiny. This is the theme of the poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ by Robert Frost. The biggest choice that he wrestles with is whether to return to the warmth and safety of the village or to stay and watch the woods fill up with snow. The poet finds it hard to decide. He ultimately decides to return home, but it seems to take all of his will power.

H. Work in. pairs and discuss the factors that contribute towards making a choice and make a presentation to the class.
Answer:
No one on this earth is without a choice, choice is an ambition in life. Everyone wants to become; somebody, Everyone wants to do something new in life. Each one wants to do different things. Each one is unique. Each choice demands a lot from the choice maker. In order to become an engineer or a scientist or doctor or sportsman or lawyer, one must choose his subject matching with the
career.

This is the first level in career choice. Once the studies are over, then comes the choice of a career. For everything, education is the basic thing except a few. whatever we desire or aim to do becomes true in our life. Destiny or fate is shaped by every individual’s choice. One who wants to be a sports person like Sachin or Srikkanth must work towards it. One who wants to be a doctor or a scientist.