A Textbook

Of
English
Tulip series Book-9
for
Class IX

The Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School

Education, Srinagar/Jammu.


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 A Textbook
Of

ENGLISH
for

Class IX

Chief Editor:
Dr. Sheikh Bashir Ahmad (Secretary BOSE)

Editor:
Mehraj ud din Zargar (Dy. Director, Academics)

Associate Editor:
Naila Neelofar (Academic Officer, English)

The Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School

Education, Srinagar/Jammu.

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 PREFACE

Curriculum is as dynamic a concept as society in itself and since it is from the

society that school curriculum derives its contents, the requirements of the dynamism
of society necessitates continuous and comprehensive revision of school curriculum in
order to make it more vibrant and more meaningful for students who are an important
part of and parcel of it. The J and K BOSE initiated the process of review and revision
of school curriculum in order to remove the dichotomy that is likely to creep in if left
unrevised and thereafter what will be transacted in classroom will be sheer anachronism.
This revision and review has been carried out also in the light of guidelines of N.C. F.
2005.
In view of globalization, learning of English language by students reflects new
aspirations. However, globalization does not mean distancing from the culture that the
learner comes from. The textbook of English language namely Tulip Series –Book 9 for
class IX has been developed which does not only sensitize students to different genres of
literature and not only initiates them to the common core of curriculum but also attempts
to place students in the context from which he hails . Sufficient contextualization has
been done in the textbook.
Besides, the book aims at developing proficiency in various skills like listening,
reading , writing and speaking. An attempt has been made to improve pronunciation
of students which has remained causality in most of the language textbooks. However,
the transaction of contents demand paradigm shift in pedagogy and it is this shift in
pedagogy which the teachers are expected to resort to in the delivery of contents of this
book in the sense it is envisaged in it. Developing a textbook is not a final event in itself.
The J and K BOSE is open to suggestions and teachers are requested to feel free in giving
suggestions so that the textbook is updated and brought closer to the requirements in the
class room and to the real life of the students.
I record my appreciations and thanks to the subject experts who helped in
the development of the contents of this textbook and also to the faculty members of
Academic Division, particularity Dr. Sheikh Bashir Ahmad, Secretary, Mr. M.D. Zargar,
Deputy director Academics, Ms. Naila Neelofar, Academic officer, English and Mr. Arif
Jan Academic Officer, Biotechnology for putting in their efforts in bringing about this
book.

Sd/=
Prof. Desh Bandhu Gupta
CHAIRMAN

J and K BOSE

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The development of textbook is not an easy job. It is a tiring yet creative process
involving co-operation and support of many people. The workshops held in two phases,
one held on Sep 15, 16 and 17 2008 and the other on Nov 4, 2008 resulted in the
development of Tulip Series Book - 9.
I place on record my deep sense of gratitude to Prof. G. R. Malik, Ex H.O.D,
Deptt of English, University of Kashmir and Prof Neerja Mattoo, Ex-Principal , Govt
College for Women, M.A. Road for their valuable suggestions and contributions in the
development of the textbook. I am also grateful to Prof. Lalit Mangotra H.O.D. Deptt
of Physics, University of Jammu and Mrs. Manmeet Bali, lecturer DIET, Jammu for
arranging the Dogri material used in the textbook.
I also thank all the experts who participated in the workshop and put forth their
ideas and suggestions in making this textbook a comprehensive one, meeting to the
demands of the National Curriculum Framework 2005.
I thank the Academic Division CDRW KD particularly Mr. Mehraj –ud- Din
Zargar (Dy. Director Academics) and Ms. Naila Neelofar (Academic Officer, English)
for developing Tulip Series Book – 9, a textbook of English for class IX. The List of
participants who participated in the workshop are
1. Prof. G. R. Malik, Ex H.O.D.Deptt of English, University of Kashmir
2. Prof Neerja Mattoo Ex Principal Govt College for Women, M.A. Road
3. Mr. Irshad Ahmad Sheikh, Lecturer DIET Sopore
4. Mrs. Haniefa Qureshi, Lecturer Govt BHSS, Sopore
5. Mrs. Fatima Sultana Lecturer, S. P. Hr.Sec. School Srinagar
6. Mr. Z.A. Bandey lecturer DIET, Srinagar
7. Mrs. Osia Jabeen Lecturer S.P.Hr.Sec .School
8. Mrs. Surjeet Kaur Principal Rawalpora High School
9. Mr. Mohammad Shafi Kar Master, GBHSS, Seeloo Sopore
10. Mr. Bashir Ahmed Sofi Teacher, Sopore
11. Mrs. Abida Khan Teacher Kothi Bagh, Srinagar
12. Mrs. Kiran Pandita Teacher Kothi Bagh , Srinagar
13. Mrs. Shazia Hussain Teacher Amirakadal Srinagar
14. Mrs. Anjum Maqbool, Teacher Jawahar nagar Hr Sec. School
15. Mr. Mehraj-ud-Din Zargar, Dy. Director Academics KD
16. Ms. Aliya Qayoom, Academic Officer.
17. Mr. Arif Jan Academic Officer,
18. Ms. Naila Neelofar Academic Officer.
Dr. Shiekh Bashir Ahmad
Secretary, BOSE

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Prose
1. Packing Jerome. K. Jerome 1-8
2. Gulliver in Lilliput-I 9-18
Gulliver in Lilliput -II Jonathan Swift
3. Saint of the Gutters Prof. Neerja Mattoo 19-23
4. Shaikh Noor-Uddin Wali Prof. G. R. Malik 24-27
5. The Fun They Had Issac Asimov 28-36
6. The Tempest-I 37-47
The Tempest –II William Shakespeare
7. How a Client was Saved M.K. Gandhi 48-55
Poetry
8. No Men Are Foreign James Kirkup 56-58
9. To Blossoms Robert Herrick 59-61
10. Beauty John Masefield 62-63
11. The Road Not Taken Robert Frost 64-66
12. I Cannot Remember My Mother Rabindra Nath Tagore 67-69
13. On Killing a Tree Gieve Patel 70-73
14. Cart Driver Padma Sachdev 74-76
15. To the Cuckoo William Wordsworth 77-79
16. Palanquin Bearers Sarojini Naidu 80-82
17. The Child’s Prayer Muhammad Iqbal 83-84
Short Stories
18. The Adventures of Toto Ruskin Bond 85-89
19. Moti Guj-Mutineer Rudyard Kipling 90-96
20. Old Man at the Bridge Ernest Hemmingway 97-101
21. The Last Leaf O. Henry 102-106
22. The Happy Prince Oscar Wilde 107-115
Play
23. A basketful of Sea Trouts Neil Grant 116-132
24. If I Were You Douglas James 133-142

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Key to English pronunciation

T
he readers may bear in mind that when we write any lan-
guage we use letters but when we speak language we use
sounds. Letters and sounds must never be mixed up. Letters
are written, sounds are spoken. English language has definite
sound pattern. There are twenty six letters in English language
but there are forty four sounds. Again when we transcribe a
sound of a word it is called phonemic transcription. A phoneme
is a distinct audible sound. In order to familiarize the read-
ers with the sound pattern of English language the following
table is given. But before going to the table it is suggested
that teachers will drive the sound of different phonemes home
to the students. The table gives the words written in English
language followed by the phonemic transcription. For the con-
venience of the readers it will not be out of place to remember
that there are 24 consonant sounds while as there are 12 vowel
sounds and 8 diphthongs sounds. In the tables that follow,
consonant sounds are given first followed by vowel sounds and
then the diphthong sounds. The symbols of English language
sounds are as follows:

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Following are the Consonant Sounds

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Long Vowel Sounds

Short Vowels

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Diphthong Sounds (Two vowels sound together)

Note :

In English language a ‘r’ sound is the usual pronunciation of the letter r and when it is followed by
a vowel sound it is pronounced as in ‘red, write, grow and story’. In British English no ‘r’ sound
is ever used at the end of a word or before a consonant, except occasionally when sound is elided.
Thus ‘far, fir, err, fear, fair, four’ are pronounced without ‘r’ sound. Exceptionally ‘r’ occurs be-
fore ‘n’ and ‘l’ in one pronunciation of words like barren, quarrel. But when a word ending with r
is immediately preceeded by a word beginning with a vowel ‘’, the ‘r’ sound is usually inserted in
the pronunciation. Thus though ‘pair’ by itself is pronounced without ‘r’ sound, yet in a sentence
‘a pair of shoes’ is usually pronounced with ‘r’ sound in it.

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