NCERT solutions for इंग्लिश कावेरी कक्षा ९ chapter * - A Friend Found in Music [Latest edition]

Read the questions given below and share your answers with your classmates and teacher.

1. What kind of music do you prefer to listen to vocal or instrumental?
2. Name your favourite musician(s).
3. Give reasons for your choice.

Read the poem again to complete the poet’s diary about her feelings on music. Fill in the blanks with words from the poem.

Today, I’ve been thinking about how essential music is to me. It is like an ocean that calls me to its 1. ______. Music is the 2. ______ that harmonises with my 3. ______, moving me in ways I can’t explain. When I feel sad or upset about things, music is the 4. ______ that eases the ache. It is amazing how music has the power to lift my 5. ______, and give me strength to pull through difficult times. I know that it is the effect of music whenever I feel 6. ______. Music is the much 7. ______, dependable friend when there is no one to 8. ______. Thank you, my dear music, for being my all-time comfort.

The phrase ‘moves me’ in the line ‘That moves me to the core,’ is an example of ______.

The poet uses metaphors for music. List these metaphors and rewrite them as similes. For example, Music is as ......... as .........

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? What impact does it have?

What is the poet’s purpose in using the word ‘music’ repetitively?

What is the message the poet wishes to convey through the poem?

Identify the mood of the poem from the options given below

Give evidence from the poem to support that the speaker is the poet herself.

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

(i) Complete the following sentence suitably.

The phrase ‘feel blue’ indicates ______.

(ii) Identify the line which shows music makes the poet happy.

(iii) What does the last line of the extract signify?

(iv) State whether the following sentence is true or false.

Music plays a vital role in the poet’s life.

(v) Select the central idea of the extract from the following options.

1. Music brings comfort during sadness.
2. Music is a necessity in times of happiness.
3. Music improves our ability to pull heavy loads.
4. Music is a source of knowledge and excitement.

How is music able to move the poet ‘to the core’?

Why does the poet compare music to a ‘needed friend’?

Explain the poet’s attitude towards music.

Support the opinion that this poem has a universal appeal.

Compare your experience of music with the feelings expressed in the poem.

Classify the words given in the box below as positive emotions and negative emotions.

• Positive emotions (happiness): 
• Negative emotions (sadness):

Fill in the blank by choosing the correct word from those given in the bracket.

The familiar tune stimulated a rush of ______, transporting listeners back to cherished moments from their past. (nostalgia/elation)

Fill in the blank by choosing the correct word from those given in the bracket.

The soulful ballad expressed the singer’s ______, leaving the audience moved by the intensity of their emotions. (despondence/anguish)

Fill in the blank by choosing the correct word from those given in the bracket.

The pianist played a soulful melody on the stage, creating an ambience of ______. (melancholy/despair)

Fill in the blank by choosing the correct word from those given in the bracket.

The festive symphony filled the air with ______ tones, lifting the spirits of everyone present on the joyous occasion. (jubilant/euphoric)

Read the highlighted word in the line given below. To make sure I pull through.

Choose the correct meaning from the box given below for the underlined phrasal verbs in the following sentences.

1. He’s planning to move out of his parents’ house next month.
2. Our new neighbours moved in yesterday.
3. I’ve been in this job long enough-it’s time I moved on.
4. Can you move over a bit so I can sit down?
5. The police officer told the crowd to move along.
6. The bus moved off as soon as all the passengers were seated.

Create phrasal verbs from the verbs ‘put’, ‘get’, ‘look’, ‘break’. Find the meanings of the phrasal verbs you create. Make sentences with the phrasal verbs. Discuss them with your classmates and teacher.

How are the two speakers connected?

Where is the conversation taking place?

Which musical instrument is the reason for the problem?

What is the problem being discussed?

What has been the unsuccessful solution?

What is the final decision taken?

Now, listen to the conversation between the two people. As you listen, check your previous answers and rectify them wherever needed. Once done, discuss your responses with your classmates and teacher.

Work in groups of four and choose a role each. Use the cues given below to present a role play in the class. Frame your responses logically in complete sentences. You may frame appropriate questions to ensure continuity in the conversation.

Your school is organising a musical evening on 21 June, World Music Day. You are presenting a Sitar recital at the event. Draft an invitation letter requesting your grandparents to attend the event.

Did you know, India’s rich musical heritage has a lot to offer to our well-being? Raga Chikitsa, one of the ancient texts, elaborates on the healing properties of music. A seventeenth century work titled Sangita Sudha gives an account of the effects of music on emotions. Find out how music is used as an alternative therapy in the present times.

Everything in nature has a rhythm or sound vibration, even our heartbeat. Speak to your music teacher and find out about the origin of the seven swaras (notes) of Indian classical music.

You must have read or heard poems and songs about music both in English and in your own language. Share some of them with your classmates and create a collection of these poems and songs together.

Read and enjoy the poem given below.