Assignment Code: 240120       Date: 20/01/2024

Homework

COMPREHENSION WRITING  (Class IX)

(1) Books are very useful to us. They are the best companion of man. They never cheat the reader. Books are a good source of knowledge. We get knowledge on different subjects. We can read books. We can read books of our taste. They enlighten our hearts and make us bold to face the realities and difficulties of life. We can find everything in books. By reading books, we can be in the company of great writers of the past. We can make this world a better place to live in. Books are the life-blood of great master-minds. We can never deny their utility. 

Questions:

1. What is useful to us?

2. Whom do they never cheat? 

3. Whose best companions are books? 

4. What are the books a source of? 

5. On which subject can we get knowledge? 

6. How do the books help us? 

7. How can we make this world a better place to live in? 

8. What can we find in the books? 

9. How can we be in the company of great writers of the past? 

10. Can we deny their utility?

(2) Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland. His country was not free. It was under the English. He wanted to free his country. He made many attempts, but all in vain. He lost heart and fled into a forest. He hid himself in a cave. He was very sad. One day he caught sight of a spider. It was trying to reach its cobweb. The cobweb was near the ceiling. It made eight attempts, but failed. In its eighth attempt it had reached its cobweb but it again fell down. The king thought that it would not try any more. But it did not lose heart. It tried once more. This time it got success. The king learnt a lesson. He decided to try once more. He gathered a large army. He attacked the enemy. He fought bravely. This time he succeeded. His country was free again. He was very happy. 

Questions:
1. Who was the king of Scotland? 

2. Was his country free? 

3. Where did he hide himself?

4. What did he see in the cave? 

5. What was the spider doing? 

6. Where was the cobweb? 

7. What did the king think? 

8. Did the spider lose heart? 

9. Whom did the king attack? 

10. How did he fight?

(3) It was a very old book. Margie’s grandfather once said that when he was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper. They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to-on a screen.

Questions:

1. Why were the pages of the book yellow ?

2. Did Margie see the book for the first time ?

3. Trace a word from the passage that means ‘with many folds or lines’.

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