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Solutions – Class 9 English Half-Yearly Exam
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Section A – Reading (10 marks)
Q1
a) Two sides of technology → (i) Blessing: instant communication, knowledge (ii) Curse: stress,
dependency, less face-to-face talks
b) Students spend hours on devices instead of hobbies or social skills
c) True wisdom = balancing technology with real-life values
d) i. very fast → fast-paced
ii. dependence → dependency
e) Main idea → Technology is helpful but harmful too, so balance is needed
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Section B – Writing (20 marks)
Q2 Formal Letter (Book Exhibition)
Principal Sir,
Subject: Permission to organize a Book Exhibition
As Head Boy, I request your kind permission to organize a Book Exhibition in our school
auditorium next month. The exhibition will help students develop reading habits and explore
books of different genres. Publishers and bookstores will be invited. I assure proper discipline
and arrangements. Kindly approve.
Yours faithfully,
Arshad, Head Boy
Q3 Informal Letter (Exam preparation)
Dear Friend,
I hope you are fine. I want to share how I prepared for my Half-Yearly exams. I made a timetable
and studied 2 hours in morning and revised at night. I divided subjects day-wise and solved
sample papers. I also took short breaks for freshness. This helped me manage stress and study
better. Hope you too prepare well.
Yours lovingly,
Arshad
Q4 Notice (Debate Competition)
Imperium Sr. Sec. School
Notice
Date: 15 Sept 2025
Inter-School Debate Competition
An Inter-School Debate Competition will be held in the school auditorium on 5 Oct 2025 at 10
am. Students interested may give their names to the undersigned by 25 Sept 2025.
— Arshad (Cultural Secretary)
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Section C – Grammar (20 marks)
Q5 Fill in present tense
a) comes
b) am waiting
c) play
d) moves
Q6 Parts of speech correction
a) Honesty is the best policy
b) She sings very sweetly
c) I have many pieces of information about the topic
d) The scenery of Kashmir is beautiful
Q7 Transformation
a) She is so weak that she cannot walk
b) Gold is the most precious metal
c) This question is too easy to be missed by anyone
d) I asked him where he was going
Q8 Error correction
is → are
have → has
leader → leaders
fight → fought
Q9 Present tense
a) speaks
b) are playing
c) boils
d) checks
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Section D – Literature (30 marks)
Q10 Extracts
a) The Road Not Taken
i) Poet → Robert Frost
ii) Symbolize → life choices
iii) Sorry because he cannot take both roads
iv) He chooses the less travelled road
b) The Adventures of a Boy Named Iswaran (Iswaran the Storyteller)
i) Iswaran
ii) Confident about cooking and storytelling
iii) Shows skill and imagination
iv) Chapter → Iswaran the Storyteller (by R.K. Laxman)
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Q11 Short Answers (Any 4)
i) Toto created nuisance by tearing clothes, breaking plates, and troubling other animals
ii) Margie was shocked at old schools where children studied together with a human teacher
iii) Einstein was curious, imaginative, peace-loving and worked for humanity beyond science
iv) Astrologer feared king because he punished people unpredictably and foolishly
v) Central idea of Wind → wind is a symbol of challenges, it destroys weak things but
strengthens the strong
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Q12 Long Answers (Any 2)
i) Sound of Music shows Evelyn Glennie’s courage and determination. Despite deafness, she
mastered music through vibration and hard work. Lesson → determination overcomes disability.
ii) Kezia feared her father as strict but later realized his love when he comforted her during
illness. Their bond changed from fear to affection.
iii) Lake Isle of Innisfree contrasts busy urban life with peaceful rural nature. Poet longs for
quiet, simplicity and spiritual satisfaction.
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Q13 Abstract Based (2×2=4)
i) I would choose old school system because it has social interaction, human teacher, and real
friendships unlike isolated machine-based learning.
ii) Choices shape life → In The Road Not Taken, the poet’s choice of the less travelled road
made “all the difference,” showing decisions build destiny.
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✅ Total = 80 marks covered
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