English Question Paper for Class 9th:

Section A: Reading
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
The world is full of different kinds of people, and it is our duty to respect and accept them all. We should not judge someone based on their color, race, religion, or nationality. We are all human beings and should treat each other with kindness and dignity.
a) What is our duty towards people?
b) Should we judge someone based on their color, race, religion, or nationality?
c) How should we treat each other?

2. Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
a) What is the poem about?
b) Which road did the poet take?
c) What is the significance of the road less traveled by?

Section B: Writing
3. Write a story in 150-200 words on the topic 'A Brave Act'.
4. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper on the topic 'Increasing Pollution in the City'.

Section C: Grammar
5. Identify the type of clause in the following sentence:
Although it was raining, he went for a walk.
6. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate determiners:
______ milk you bought yesterday was sour.
7. Change the following sentence into indirect speech:
She said, "I am going to school."

Section D: Literature
8. Name the author of the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
9. Who is the protagonist of the play 'The Merchant of Venice'?
10. What is the theme of the poem 'Ode to the West Wind' by Percy Bysshe Shelley?

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- Section A: Reading
- Section B: Writing
- Section C: Grammar
- Section D: Literature

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- Passage reading and questions
- Poem reading and questions
- Story writing
- Letter writing
- Clause identification
- Determiner filling
- Indirect speech transformation
- Novel author naming
- Protagonist naming
- Theme explaining