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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, KHAMMAM FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT – 3 (2016 – 17)SUB:ENGLISH Time: 1? hrs Class-IX Max Marks: 40 SECTION – A (READING)Read the following passage carefully: 7 marksWho is the funniest person you have ever watched on screen? A comic actor and director who could raise belly laughs without speaking a single word? I’d pick Charlie Chaplin. How about you?The ‘Little Tramp’, the unforgettable character he invented, was born purely by accident in 1889. While rushing to a film shoot in California, Chaplin grabbed clothes other people had left behind the changing room. And when he emerged, he found he had created a personality everybody loved. A little guy in a bowler hat, a close-fitting jacket, a cane, outsize shoes and a brush-like moustache!Before long, with the release of ‘The Kid’, ‘Gold Rush’, ‘City Lights’ and ‘Modern Times’ Chaplin found himself a star. That puzzled him, for he saw himself essentially as a shy British music hall comedian on an American vaudeville tour. The U.S. acknowledged him as its king of silent film comedy. Soon, so did crowds all over the world.But life wasn’t always a laugh for Charles Spencer Chaplin, born at Walworth in England on April 16, 1889. Both his parents were music hall artists, who separated when Charlie was very young. His childhood was very sad, for his mother Hannah never earned enough to look after Charlie and his older brother, Sydney. Sometimes, Chaplin had to sleep on the London streets and forage for food in the garbage. Charlie took his first bow to stage when his mother made her last appearance. It happened when her voice broke during a song. Her son stepped on-stage and sang a popular song. That’s when a star was born. But soon Hannah was declared insane. So, her boys had to spend time at the asylum, then at tan orphanage. Through all these years of success, Charlie never forgot his troubled childhood.Chaplin did visit that bleak workhouse school at Highgate. It made him recall a Christmas when he was denied two oranges and his bag of sweets for breaking a rule. That would have broken his heart, if the other children had not offered him a share of theirs. Spontaneously, the adult Chaplin gifted the orphanage with a motion picture machine and insisted that each child should have as many oranges and sweets as they plete the following statements by selecting the most appropriate options from the ones given below:Charlie Chaplin is considered a ___________.Comic actor and director who could laugh without speakingComic actor and director who could raise laugh without edy actor and director who could raise laugh without ic author and director who could raise laugh without speaking.The U.S. acknowledge Charlie as _____________________it’s kind of silent film comedy(c) its kindle of silent film comedyits queen of silent film comedy(d) its king of silent film comedySome of the famous movies of Charlie were:___________________________The Kid, Gold Rush, Kidnapped(c) City Lights, Modern Times, The KidGold Rush, City Lights, The Star(d) City lights, Gold Rush, Little Tramp.His popularity puzzled Charlie because:__________________________________He was a poor man(d) he did not like acting The U.S. acknowledged him as its king. He was a shy boy at heart who did not have a high opinion of his acting talents.Charlie had a very unhappy childhood because:_______________________The orphanage was shut downHis mother could not earn enough to feed her childrenHis mother went madCharlie and his brother could not perform on stageCharlie visited his old orphanage and gifted the inmates ___________Sweets and a motion picture machine(c) Oranges and sweets a motion picture machine, oranges and sweets(d) Motion picture, oranges and sweetsWhich of the following words means ‘search for food’? _________________________Stepped(b) forage(c) emerged(d) orphanageSECTION – B (WRITING)You recently visited an orphanage and got to meet children whose parents had died in natural calamities like droughts, floods and earthquakes. Their condition made you feel miserable. After coming back home you decided to write your feelings in the form of diary entry in about 50 words.4 marks You feel ‘Excess of Anything is Bad’. Chatting on Internet, using social sites such as Facebook, Yahoo, etc., lead to neglect of studies and wastage of time on the part of students. Prepare a speech to be delivered in the morning assembly of your school highlighting this increasing tendency among students and advising them to impose self-restrictions on themselves. 5 MarksSECTION – C (GRAMMAR)Choose the best word from the options given in the brackets to complete the following passage: ? x 6 = 3 marksThe refrigerator is (a) ____________ (a/an/the/only) appliance that finds (b)_____ (the/some/little/a) place in (c)_______ (most/few/many/all) homes. Because of the cold atmosphere inside, it (d)_______ (was/is/are/were) used to store and preserve vegetables, milk, curd etc. it consists (e)___ (of/off/with/over) a polished cabinet (f) ___________ (from/with/of/many) shelves inside for storage. The inside of the door has a number of racks. Read the following conversation between Ritu and Reena. Then complete the blanks given below using reported speech: 4 marksRitu: Hello Reena! Do you know that the school trip to Mussoorie has been cancelled?Reena: No, I don’t know that. Why has the trip been cancelled?Ritu: Our Principal is a little worried about our safety.Reena: Why is she worried??Ritu : It has been raining heavily during the past four weeks. Our Principal feels that a landslide could occur in that area.Ritu met Reena and asked her ______________________.Reena Replied that she did not know that. She asked Ritu ______________.Ritu told her that _____________Reena asked her why she was worried. Ritu then told her that it had been raining heavily during the past four weeks and their Principal felt that a landslide could occur in that area.Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentence. Write your answers neatly in your answer sheet. 2 marksExample: our body/carbohydrates and/vitamins/proteins/necessary for/fats areProteins, vitamins, carbohydrates and fats are necessary for our body.have lately/acquired/image/fats/a badmeans of/fats/the body/provide/storing energy/bestSECTION – D (LITERATURE)Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow: 1 x 3 = 3 marksLast scene of all,That ends this strange eventful history,Is second childishness and mere oblivion?Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything‘Second childishness’ means ____________What physical weaknesses does man have in this stage?What happens to man in this stageAnswer the following questions. 3 x 4 = 12 marksQ1. What was Private Quelch’s ambition in life? What had he done to fulfill it?Q2. What kind of a school was it that Harold attended?Q3. How is the world a stage showing seven ages of men?Q4. Why did the poet go to the dentist? How could she have avoided it? ................
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