ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Second Term Examination - 2020 (Grade 9)

Chaminda Sir

1. Complete the following dialogue. Use the phrases from the given box.

Shop assistant : Can I help you?

Amali : Yes, please. I’m looking for a T shirt.
a bit darker.
Shop assistant : What colour are you (1)..................................................?
Amali : Blue Yes, of course
Shop assistant : Do you like (2) ..........................................................? this colour
Amali : No. It isn’t (3)........................................
looking for
Shop assistant : What about this one?
Arnali : It’s (4)..................................... the right colour.
Shop assistant : Well. What about this one?
Amali : I like this one. Can I fit on...?
Shop assistant : (5) ....................... The changing room is over there.

2. Read the following notice and answer the questions.

Notice

A mini drama on “How to use Mobile phones”

will be staged on Sunday the 11th August
from 4.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. at the YMBA auditorium
Tickets available at the school library and the canteen.
20th July 2019 Head of The English Unit
Saranath M V

1. What is this notice about?

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2. What is the title of the drama?
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3. When will it be held?
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4. Where will it be held?
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5. Name two places where the tickets are available.
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2. .........................................................................................................................................
3. Fill in the blanks using the most suitable adverb given in the box. First one is done for you.
colourfully / extremely / totally / heavily / slightly / badly

1. The building was .................. destroyed in the fire.

2. It’s a reasonably cheap restaurant and the food is..............................good.
3. A lot of things went wrong during our holiday because it was..................................planned.
4. It wasn’t a serious accident. The car was only..................................damaged.
5. We didn’t go out because it was raining ..................................
6. Everybody at the party was............................dressed.

4. Fill in the blanks with words given in the box.

chair
a cat
members
piano
book
living room
the
something
sofa
chair

This is a picture of a living room. There are six (1)....................in the family. There is a
(2)....................., a stool and a piano in the(3).....................The youngest boy sitting in the
(4)........................is talking with his father. There is (5)..........................sleeping on the upper part of
the (6)............................ The boy sitting at the (7).........................is looking at his father. Mother is
standing near (8).......................sofa. She has a (9).........................in her hand. She is telling
(10)...........................to the father. All seem to be happy.

5. Read the dialogue and state if the following sentences are “True or False”
Menuka : Good morning Banuka, nice to meet you at the exhibition.
Banuka : Good morning Menuka, nice to meet you too. Who organized this exhibition? Is it you all?
Menuka : Yes. Our junior prefects’ board did it this time. How is it?
Banuka : Well organized. How many of you are there in the board now?
Menuka : Well, there are about twenty, but all of them didn’t contribute for planning except few. But
luckily, almost all of them contributed financially.
Banuka : Really, it’s nice to hear, you know in our days it was very difficult. By the way who did all
these art work?
Menuka : It was done by our deputy head prefect, Chanuka.
Banuka : Superb work of art, my congratulations! See you later. Bye.
Menuka : Bye. Thanks for coming.
 1. The dialogue is about an exhibition. (.................................)
2. It was organized by the senior prefects’ board. (.................................)
3. Only few members contributed financially. (.................................)
4. The deputy head prefect was Chanuka. (.................................)
5. Menuka congratulated to Banuka for organizing it. (.................................)

6. Write a note to your mother saying that you wait after school for two hours for cricket practices. Use
about 20-30 words.

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7. Read the following text and answer the questions given below.

Udawalawa
National parks provide visitors the opportunity to appreciate the free spirit of wild animals. Udawalawa
national park, which is located in the Rathnapura and Monaragala districts with 30821 hectares, was
established in 1972. The park is rich in bio diversity and genetic variation within the same species. At
the centre of the park lies the Udawalawa reservoir. The habitat surrounding the reservoir includes
marshes, forest and grassland. There is a teak plantation beyond the southern boundary which was
planted before the declaration of the park.

Udawalawa is a home to over 500 elephants that include about 300 residents and 200 migratory. The
park is unique in the sense that you can see elephants throughout the day and during the entire year.
Species recorded from the park include 21 fish, 12 amphibians 33 reptiles, 184 birds, 43 mammals and
135 species of butterflies and 94 varieties of plants.

Two kilometres from the park there is a positive story of human intervention in the case of young wild
elephants. There is an elephant transit home for abandoned, sick, elephant calves. They are provided
milk, food and companionship till they are released to the wild again.

01.Where is the park located?

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02.Name four species you can see in the Udawalawe park?
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 03.What is the elephant transit home used for ?
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04. Find a word from the passage which has the same meaning for the following.
(a) admire
(b) artificial lake

05. Why is this park unique?..

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8. Write an essay on any of the following . ( Use about 150 words)

a. Write about a religious festival you celebrated recently.
b. An unforgettable day in my school.
c. A story you have read or heard
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9. Write the past participle from.

Present verb Pat participle verb

work
repair
break
build
buy
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read
go
sing
sell

10. Transform the following into the passive.

1. Rahim will write a letter tomorrow.
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2. A dog followed me.
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3. The police has arrested the thieves.
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4. He paints the window.
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5. They had borrowed books.
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6. Yoga invited you to the party.
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7. I clean my room.
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8. Inura is finding his purse.
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9. The elephants were eating the cultiviation.
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10. Father is calling me.
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11. Write short answers.

Eg:- Does Mr. Brown live in London?

Yes he does

1. Are salley and Thomas tired?

Yes, ………………………………………………………………………………………………...
2. Do penguins live at the North pole?
No, ………………………………………………………………………………………………...
3. Is your brother a doctor?
Yes, ………………………………………………………………………………………………...
4. Was the principal in the office?
No, ………………………………………………………………………………………………...
5. Will it rain tonight?
Yes, ………………………………………………………………………………………………...
6. Will the bus be late?
No, ………………………………………………………………………………………………...
7. Has Madura come to day?
Yes, ………………………………………………………………………………………………...
 8. Have you done home work?
No, ………………………………………………………………………………………………...
9. Did the teacher give home work.
Yes, ………………………………………………………………………………………………...
10. Are you tired?
Yes, ………………………………………………………………………………………………...

12. Join the sentences using the given relative pronoun.

1. This is the camera. I use it to make photos (which)

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2. A girls was injured in the accident. She is now in hospital (who)
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3. I met a young man. His mother paints pictures (whose)
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4. That is the hotel. We styed there (where)
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5. Ann is very friendly. She lives next door. (who)
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13. Find the best single word

1. fashion - …………………………………………
2. things to make something - …………………………………………
3. think - …………………………………………
4. safety - …………………………………………
5. foot ware - …………………………………………
6. not wide - …………………………………………
7. ten years of time - …………………………………………
8. outer look - …………………………………………
9. period or time - …………………………………………
10. hundred years of time - …………………………………………

● protection ● century ● style

● imaging ● era ● appearana
● materials ● decade ● narrow
● sandals