SSC (English Medium) 9th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde :

Mathilde did not tell her friend about the loss and replacement.

Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde :

Mathilde worked very very hard to pay the debt.

Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde :

Mathilde and her husband paid off the debt in ten years.

Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde :

Mathilde told her friend about the lost necklace.

Form pairs. Discuss how ‘Part II’ of the story could have been different. Write your storyline in the form of bullets showing the main events.

Imagine what must have happened after Mathilde’s friend discovered that the diamonds were real. Do you think she would return the necklace to Mathilde? Would that make Mathilde happy?

Discuss the following and write about the following in your own words in 5-6 lines.

What would you do, if something like this happens to you?

Discuss the following and write about the following in your own words in 5-6 lines.

What opinion do you form about Mathilde’s husband from her story?

Discuss the following and write about the following in your own words in 5-6 lines.

Which events in the story (Part I and Part II) changed Mathilde’s life?

Make a table of verb forms for your own reference. Try to arrange the verbs in alphabetical order. Keep adding new verbs to your table from time to time. When you write, check your work to see whether you have used the correct verb form.

List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the present participle. Example: put- putting

List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the past participle. Example: write - written

List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the past tense form. Example: sob - sobbed.

Think and respond with ‘YES’ or ‘NO’.

When you are faced with a very serious problem or some grave danger, what do you experience?

Write about your feelings and reactions in 4-5 lines.

You may describe your feelings and reactions using other words than those given here

Write the rhyme scheme of the poem (Invictus).

Form groups of 5-8. Prepare short autobiographical speeches for each of these animals (10-15 lines). Use the following points :

• How the animal lives - It’s the only way he/she can.
• How he interacts with nature and other animals.
• How humans interact with that species - whether it is fair, necessary, or desirable, etc.
• The possible ill effects of the way human beings treat the animals, for the whole living world.
• The animal getting ready to bid farewell to this world.

Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :

1. clause
2. sentence

Underline the main clause in the following sentence.

There are a few people in every village who keep combing the beach in the early hours of the morning, throughout the year.

Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :

1. clause
2. sentence

Underline the main clause in the following sentence.

When the female turtle comes onshore to nest and to lay eggs, she leaves behind a trail just like a track of wheels on the sand.

Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :

1. clause
2. sentence

Underline the main clause in the following sentence.

The egg hunters follow this trail right up to the nest which is about half a metre deep.