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INTERNATIONAL INDIAN SCHOOL, RIYADH CLASS : IX ENGLISH LITERATURE WORKSHEET FIRST TERM EXTRACTS: ‘I knew my student passed with flying colours’. My student refers to The computer students Sudha Murty The grandmother The grandmother’s friends. Two qualities of the students that describe her the best are Polite, gentle Deligent, hardworking Kind affectionate Prudent, emphatic. “The once iron muscles slacked on the rangy frame. Secretly, Marcy cried as she watched the big man’s grin fade away. Chuck stared at the ceiling for hours because He was thoughtful His left side was completely paralysed He and his dog wanted to sit peacefully. He had no desire to live. ‘The once iron muscles slacked ……….. means The muscles were no more tight The muscles were less active The grip loosened The muscles wrinkled Marcy cried secretly because Duke jumped and hit chuck above the belt. She was sad She didn’t want Hooper to feel sad She couldn’t face Hooper ‘And here and there a foamy flake upon me, as I travel, with many a silvery water break above the golden gravel.’ Foamy flake and golden gravel are examples of which literary device- Pun Simile Onomatopoeia Alliteration Identify the rhyme scheme ab cd aa bb ab ab ab cb Whom does the brook draw along? Blossoms Grayling Golden gravel and foamy flake All the above. ‘I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance, among my skimming swallows.’ I make the netted sunbeams dance against my sandy shallows. Which line in the verse, tells us that the brook is not deep? Explain the poetic device used in the first line. Why is the sunbeam netted? What do skimming swallows mean? ‘And both that morning equally lay – In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day. Yet knowing how way leads on to way. I doubted if I should ever come back. What does ‘the first’ refer to The leaves The morning The undergrowth The more travelled road Why did the author doubt he would ever come back? He would become lazy One road would lead t