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

State the counter-action for the following actions.

From either of our two Indian epics, find out which battle/war lasted the longest? Write down its cause, the enemy armies, its heroes, its duration, and the final outcome.

1. Cause _________________.
2. The enemy armie _________________.
3. Heroes _________________.
4. Duration _________________.
5. Final outcome _________________.

Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.

Epics are long poems that ______________________.

Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.

They may be composed and sung or recited for many years before __________________.

Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.

Nobody knows for certain who ___________________.

Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.

It is believed that _________ Homer, who __________ and who ________ to all who __________________.

Complete the following sentence with reference to the passage.

At the back rose the high peak of Mount Ida, from which _______________.

Find and write the Greek and Trojan names used in the story (Part I and II).

List all the words related to ‘war’ from both parts of the story.

Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:

A horse big enough to hold men inside it.

______ enough to ______.

Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:

The Greeks were tired of the long war.

______ tired of ______.

Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:

They are afraid of the long voyage home, too.

______ afraid of______ .

Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:

They made it too big to go inside your city.

______ too ______ to ______.

Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:

They were so excited that they paid no attention to his words.

______ so ______ that ______.

Put the following events in the order in which they took place. Number them accordingly.

Form pairs. Imagine you are a pair of Trojans and you have come to know about Odysseus’s plan. Make a counter plan to defeat the Greeks. Write down your plan as you would explain it to your fellow Trojans.

Identify one example of a main clause and one example of a dependent clause from the content below:

        Troy was filled with the sight of leaping flames and the sound of shouting and the noise of weapons and the cries of weeping women. The sleeping Trojans sprang out of their beds, but they were taken by surprise. Their enemies were right inside their walls, and many of the Trojans were killed before they could put on their armour and seize their weapons.

        A bright light lit up the night sky as palaces and houses, temples and towers, went up in flames. The Trojans fought as well as they could, but it was all in vain. Old King Priam was killed with all his brave sons. Hector’s wife and his old mother and sister were carried off as slaves by the conquerors. Their fate was in contrast to Helen’s when King Menelaus rushed through the city, looking for her, and found her in her palace. She hung her head in shame and sorrow as she faced her former husband. Her voice was choked with emotion and she could not speak. But Menelaus forgave her and she went back with him, for it was only Aphrodite who had turned her heart away from her home and her husband and her child.

       When morning came, nothing was left of the proud, rich city that had resisted attack for ten years.

Read the following and observe the use of tenses.

‘Last week I witnessed a strange accident. Let me tell you about it. The signal flashes green. Vehicles start in the opposite direction. They move fast. Suddenly a speeding motorcyclist tries to cut across, from the wrong side. He is about to collide with a loaded truck. He applies the brakes. He falls and slides out with his bike from under the truck. He comes out unscathed on the other side.’

- When an event, which has occurred in the past, is narrated in the Present Tense to create a dramatic effect its Tense is called the ‘Dramatic Present Tense’.

- Now try to relate Jayant’s sci-fi story, in brief, in the dramatic past tense.

What changes do you see in nature in each of the following seasons? A few sentences are given below as examples. Use these and your own to describe a season appropriately.

• New grass sprouts
• Tender leaves shoot out on plants or trees.
• Migratory birds return.
• The sun shines brighter than before.
• We see the mist in the morning.
• There are sudden showers and hailstorms.
• Trees blossom.

Name the six seasons according to the Indian calendar. Which of the seasons is equivalent to Autumn?