PRACTICE SET- CLASS IX

PRACTICE SET

☛Reading Comprehension (Seen)
01. Read the following passage and answer the following questions:

Tom always found Monday mornings to be miserable. Monday began another week’s slow suffering in school.
Tom lay thinking. Presently, he wished that he was sick: then he could stay home from school. He investigated his body with the hope of finding some ailment. He thought that he had found symptoms of stomach trouble. He began to grow hopeful. However, the symptoms soon grew feeble and wholly went away. image
Tom thought further. Suddenly he discovered something. One of his upper front teeth was loose. He felt lucky. He was about to groan when it occurred to him that if Aunt Polly was to know she would surely pull it out and that would hurt. Tom thought he would hold the tooth in reserve for the present. He remembered hearing from a doctor that a certain ailment could lay up a patient for three clays and make him lose a finger: He eagerly drew his sore toe from under the sheet and held it up for inspection. He did not know the necessary symptoms. However, it seemed like a good chance. Tom fell to groaning. But his brother Sid slept on.


A. Write the correct alternatives to complete the following sentences in the given spaces:  1x5=5
i. The author of the story “Tom loses a Tooth” isa) Mulk Raj Anand b) Mark Twain c) Emily Bronte d) Aunt Esther. 
ii. Tom wished thata) he could play with his friends b) the school was open c) he was sick d) he could not walk
iii. The symptoms of Tom’s stomach troublea) started to grow b) grew weaker and faded away c) were completely absent d) after several years
iv. If aunt Polly was to know that Tom had a loose tooth, she woulda) surely pull it out b) tell him to test c) call a docter d) relatives v. Tom drew his sore toe from under thea) blanket b) pillow c) sheet d) mosquito net


B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:                                    1x1=1 
i. The day of Monday started another_____________________________

 C. Answer the following question:                                                                                              2x2=4

i. Why did Tom find Monday mornings miserable? Ans:
_____________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________
ii. What dids Tom discover after further thought? Ans:
__________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________

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