SSC (English Medium) इयत्ता ९ वी - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

You are the class representative and you have been asked by the Principal to conduct an interview of a cop. Frame 8-10 questions with the help of the following points, give introduction and conclusion.

• reasons for joining the department
• special training
• developing the skill to identify and locate criminals
• dealing with criminals
• achievements and awards.

Make a list of jobs which would give you an opportunity to help the society or serve the country. Also mention the different ways in which they can be beneficial to the people and also the country.

Go to your school/college library and read some other stories by O’Henry like, ‘The Gift of the Magi’, ‘The Last Leaf’ and ‘After Twenty years’. Write the stories in short in your notebook.

Interview the students of your class regarding the career they would like to pursue and the reason for selecting that particular career. Collect the data from your class and analyze the information you have collected.

There are certain words that are repeated in the poem. For example, ‘no more’ (Line 7).
Find out other similar expressions.
Explain the effect they have created in the poem.

Find the meaning of ‘anticlimax’.

Divide the class into groups of 4-6. Each group selects for itself, one of the difficult situations listed below. Each group imagines itself to be in that situation.

(a) marooned on an island

A group of passengers is marooned on an island in the middle of the ocean.

(b) lost in a forest

A group of pilgrims walking through a thick jungle have lost their way.

(c) stranded on the highway

A team of players from an office has got down at the wrong place on a highway at night. It is a lonely spot.

1. Describe their surroundings in 4-5 sentences.
2. Write the reactions of the companions using exclamations.
3. Using your imagination, write what is the only ray of hope for them.
4. Two members of the group are going out to try to get help. They can take any five things with them. Write what they choose, and why they choose it.

Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.

armloads

Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.

footprints

Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.

driftwood

Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.

fireplace

Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.

crosscurrents

Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.

spyglass

The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.

hold

The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.

value

The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.

knot

The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.

travel

The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.

return

The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.

reach

The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.

knock