Exercise Solve from ‘AUTUMN’, Class – 9:
Textbook Exercise:
AUTUMN
– John Clare
EXERCISE – 1
Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:
1) All through the day the fitful gust shakes the –
A) window – pane
B) cartains
C) casement ✓
D) door
2) The poet loves to see the shaking twig dance till the –
A) coming of dawn
B) end of night
C) end of afternoon
D) shut of eve ✓
3) The sparrow sat on the –
A) cottage rig ✓
B) house – top
C) mossy elm-tree
D) casement
4) The pigeons nestled round the –
A) cage
B) cote ✓
C) branch
D) heath
5) The cock was crowing upon the –
A) dunghill ✓
B) lea
C) tree tops
D) millsails
6) The grunting pigs –
A) walk slowly
B) scrambled by
C) scrambled and hurry ✓
D) dive and swim
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EXERCISE – 2
Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:
1) What happens to the leaves of the mossy elm-tree in autumn?
Ans- In autumn the leaves of the mossy elm-tree become faded. The gust of wind twirls them by the window-pane. Then it carries them away.
2) What are the things the poet loves to see on November days?
Ans- The poet loves to see the cottage smoke, the pigeons round the cote, the cock crowing on the dunghill and the a-going mill sails on the heath.
EXERCISE – 3
State wheather the following sentences are in Active voice or Passive voice:
1) Anil will visit his grandmother’s house.
Ans- Active voice.
2) The president has left his office.
Ans- Active voice.
3) The project will have been finished by the students.
Ans- Passive voice.
4) Promita’s leave has been sanction by the school authority.
Ans– Passive voice.
EXERCISE – 4
Change the voice of the following sentences:
1) The boy has read out the letter.
Ans- The letter has been read out by the boy.
2) I shall have brought a cricket bat by tomorrow.
Ans- A cricket bat will have been brought by me by tomorrow.
3) Sohini’s friend had organized a picnic.
Ans- A picnic had been organized by Sohini’s friends.
4) The football team will put up a brave fight.
Ans- A brave fight will be put up by the football team.
EXERCISE – 5
Change the following sentences into indirect speech:
1) I said to him, “Will you share your tiffin with me?”
Ans- I asked him if he would share his tiffin with me.
2) Anjan’s mother said, “Your father has left for Mumbai.
Ans- Anjan’s mother said that my father had left for Mumbai.
3) The girls thumphantly said, “Hurrah! We have own the match.
Ans- The girls exclaimed with joy that they had own the match.
4) He says, “Let you be successful in life”.
Ans- He wishes that I should be successful in life.
5) The captain informed, “The tournament was postponed last month”.
Ans- The captain informed that the tournament had been postponed the previous month.
EXERCISE – 6
Use the following flow-chart to write a paragraph within 100 words on how to make paper:
Preparing Paper Sheet
In today’s world, paper is one of the most vital ingredients of civilization. The total system of education and other official works mainly depend on paper. To make paper in a factory, the following process is adopted.
First, bamboos are cut down and carried to the factory. Then pulp is made out of those bamboos. Necessary chemicals are then added to it. Colour is also added. Then it is rolled into sheets by the rolling machine. Then those papers are dried. Now the paper is ready for the market
EXERCISE – 7
Write a biography of Annie Besant within 100 words based on the hints given below:
Annie Besant – the Great Sout of Indian Freedom Fighting
Annie Besant was an English by birth, but an Indian by choice. She was a great freedom fighter. She was born on 1st October 1847 in London. She was a famous writer and a well-known socialist. She was also an activist for the rights of women.
Later she took part in Indian politics. She joined the Indian National Congress to liberate Mother India from the clutches of the British. In 1917 she became the first woman president of this frontal organization in the struggle for freedom. This great lady passed away on 20th September, 1933 in Madras, India. The country will remember her contribution to the freedom movement forever.