SSLC (English Medium) Class 9 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions for English

He _________ (attend) the conference.

What is Amala going to do? Given below is Amala’s schedule for next week. Read it and answer the questions using the future continuous tense.

Amala’s Schedule

1. What will Amala do on Sunday morning?
2. What is Amala planning to do on Saturday afternoon?
3. Where is Amala going on Wednesday morning?
4. Who is Amala meeting on Tuesday morning?
5. What will she buy on Monday afternoon?

Match words from the different columns to make reasonable predictions. Then write them down in the space below. One has been done as an example.

Write the sentences.

1. In 50 years the ice cap will have melted.
2. ________________________
3. ________________________
4. ________________________
5. ________________________
6. ________________________
7. ________________________

Have you ever been to a river?

Describe the beauty of the river you have seen?

Do you think rivers have life like human beings?

Memorise the poem 'The River'

O’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
Through the flowers and foliage glancing.

How does the river flow?

O’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
Through the flowers and foliage glancing.

What is meant by ‘foliage’?

River, river! Swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;

Why does the poet mention the river to be swelling?

River, river! Swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;

What are the surfaces the river flow through?

Over rocks, by rose-banks, sweeping
Like impetuous youth.

Where does the rose grow?

Over rocks, by rose-banks, sweeping
Like impetuous youth.

Which stage of man is compared here?

Broad and deep, and still as time;
Seeming still, yet still in motion.

What is broad and deep?

Broad and deep, and still as time;
Seeming still, yet still in motion.

Is the time still?

Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prime,

Where is the river flowing to?

Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prime.

What does the poet mean by ‘mortal prime’?

How does the poet bring about the comparison of life with the river? Explain it with reference to the poem.

Describe how the poem clearly describes about the features, functions, and destructive power of the river.

Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the summary of the poem by choosing the words/phrases given below.

In the poem 'The River', the poet compares the flow of the river with different__________________. The first stanza explains how the sparkling river goes dancing over _______________ and glancing through the flowers and leaves. These acts of the river is compared to a curious and innocent _______ at play. The second stanza compares the river to a _______________ who goes through rough and smooth patches of life. Like a youth, here the river becomes louder, faster and ___________ everything all along the way. In the third stanza, the river becomes like a hard-working man who is at the _____________ of the life. Here the deep and broad river seems ____________ but it keeps moving towards the sea like a matured man who silently marches towards the goal. In the last stanza, the long ___________ of the river reaches the endless sea like a human life attains eternity.