9th Class English Second Formative Assessment Test

9^th Class English Second Formative Assessment Test (FA II)                (20 Marks)

I Do as directed:                    

1) Fill in the blanks with has/ have. (1x2=2)

a) Butterflies………….colourful wings.

b) Roshan………………..five pencils.

2) Complete the sentences with the help of the clues given: (1x2=2)

a) The children shouted………….. (loud)

b) The teacher speaks…………….. (clear)

3) Complete the passage using the right form of words given in the brackets. (1x2=2)

The teacher valued answer scripts scrupulously. We should really appreciate her for awarding the marks……………. (generous). Students were…………….. pleased with their marks.

4) Write appropriate adverbs for each verb. (1x2=2)

a) Laugh          b) Run

5) Add prefixes/ suffixes to the words given and fill in the blanks. (1x2=2)

a) If children………… (behave), they must go to bed early.

b) Jaya is the most ……………… (grace) dancer in the group.

6) Fill in the blank with suitable articles. (1x2=2)

a) One day……….. bird decided to travel to the mountains to see ……… sunset.

7) Complete the sentences with suitable prepositions given in the brackets.

(beside, in) (1x2=2)

a) Once upon a time, there lived a woman………….. a forest …………. a river.

8) Complete the sentences using appropriate conjunctions. (1x2=2)

a) My grandfather………… grandmother live in Mysore.

b) …………. You work hard, you score good marks.

II Read the passage and answer the questions. (2x2=4)

9) In a thick forest, two banyan trees stood side by side. Thousands of cranes and a big black snake lived there. When crane’s parents went away in search of food, the snake ate the baby cranes. When the cranes returned, they found their babies missing. They knew that the snake had eaten them and would become sad. One day, a crab saw some cranes crying. He asked them as to why they were crying. The cranes said there was a big black snake living in the banyan tree who ate their babies when they went to find food.

Mongooses and cranes ate crabs. So, the crab wanted to get rid of both his enemies. He told the cranes a big mongoose lived close by that loved fish. The crab advised the cranes to put a few fish all along the path from the mongoose’s hole to the banyan tree and to see what happened. The cranes did as they were told.

The mongoose ate up the fish on the path and whey he reached the snake, he killed it. After that, he got greedy and went up and ate the baby cranes too. When coming down the tree, the fat mongoose slipped from the tree and died. The cranes came back and cried yet again for their loss.

a) Who lived on the banyan tree? And why were the cranes crying?

b) Whom did the crab want to get rid of? And briefly explain the plan given by the crab?