Complete Textbook Exercise Solve from "ALL SUMMER IN A DAY" | Class - 9

Textbook Exercise from “ALL SUMMER IN A DAY”

Textbook Exercise Solve:

ALL SUMMER IN A DAY

– Ray Bradbury

EXERCISE – 1

Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:

1) Men and women came from the Earth to Venus by –

A) aeroplanes

B) helicopters

C) rockets ✓

D) satelites

2) The children learned that the sun was like a/an –

A) lemon ✓

B) apple

C) orange

D) guava

3) The children had long forgotten the colour of the –

A) Earth

B) Sun ✓

C) Venus

D) Moon

4) When the children felt warm in the sun they took of their –

A) jackets ✓

B) sweaters

C) blazers

D) coats

5) The children came to know that the sun would came out after –

A) two years

B) six years

C) seven years ✓

D) nine years

EXERCISE – 2

Answer the following questions within twenty words:

1) How did the heavy storms affect the islands of Venus ?

Ans- Heavy storms caused tidal waves to crash against the islands.

2) What did the children write about the sun?

Ans- The children wrote small stories, essays or poems about the sun.

3) Where did the children play?

Ans- The children played in the echoing tunnels of the underground city.

4) How did the jungle of Venus look?

Ans- The jungle of Venus developed the colour of rubber, ash and ink.

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EXERCISE – 3

Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:

1) Why were the children eager to see the sun?

Ans- The sun was rising after seven years. The children would experience it for the first time after becoming old enough to understand. So they were eager to see it.

2) What did the children do immediately after the rain stopped?

Ans- Immediately after the rain stopped, the children put their hands to their ears. They stood apart. They slid the door back and felt the silence.

3) Why do you think that the children were feeling unhappy when it started raining again?

Ans- When it started to rain again the children felt unhappy because now the would vanish. It would appear again only for an hour after seven long years.

EXERCISE – 4

Do as directed:

A) I have a blue pen. (Change into a complex sentence)

Ans- I have a pen which is blue.

B) Seeing a snake, the boy shouted. (Change into a compound sentence)

Ans- The boy had seen a snake and he shouted.

C) I know a man who is very wise. (Change into a simple sentence)

Ans- I know a very wise man.

D) The girl who is dancing on the stage is my sister. (Change into a compound sentence)

Ans- The girl is dancing on the stage and she is my sister.

E) I met my friend and told her about an incident. (Change into a simple sentence)

Ans- Meeting my friend I told her about an incident.

F) The sky was overcast but it didn’t rain. (Change into a complex sentence)

Ans- Though the sky was overcast, it didn’t rain.

EXERCISE – 5

Write a letter within 100 words to the postmaster of your locality informing him about the loss of an important letter addressed to you, and requesting him to help you get it.

Ans-

The Postmaster,

Chowringee Head Post office

Chowringee, Hooghly

Sub: Enquiry about an important letter

Sir,

With due respect, I want to inform you that I, Swarup Sen, live in your postal zone. For a few days I have been waiting for an appointment letter from a reputed company in Kolkata. But till now I haven’t received this. I fear, either it has been lost or it has been delivered to a wrong address.

I, thereafter, request you to do the needful to find out the said letter and oblige.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

Swarup Sen