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(Supplementary Reader)
for
Class IX
1 THE MAGIC VIOLIN
Dr.
Anand Malik An orphan lived in Sicily, Italy. He went around looking for work.
He met a farmer who gave him the job of taking his goats to graze on the hills.
Did the boy get paid for the work he did ? What happened when he wanted to
leave the job ?
In Sicily, there once lived a boy who was always happy
although he was very poor. His parents died when he was young, ..............................
...........................Then they fell on the ground because they were all very tired. But the boy went on to find his fortune with his violin under his arm, his gun on his back and the thousand pieces of silver in his pockets.
...........................Then they fell on the ground because they were all very tired. But the boy went on to find his fortune with his violin under his arm, his gun on his back and the thousand pieces of silver in his pockets.
A. GLOSSARY
fortune
: luck troubles : difficulties, sufferings mean : unkind miser : a person who
does not like to spend money wages : money earned by working for someone shabby
: in a bad shape spare : give appeared : came into sight, seen suddenly cloak :
a coat without sleeves deserve : right to have rags : torn clothes certainly :
sure, without doubt sentenced : gave judgement alarm : fear fetch : go and
bring
B.
COMPREHENSION 1. Why did the boy go to the farmer ? 2. What did the farmer ask
him to do ?
LITERATURE BOOK
3.
How much did the farmer pay him and when ? 4. Who did the boy give his three
coins and why ? 5. What did the old man give to the boy ? 6. Where did the boy
go then ? What happened there ? 7. Why did the magistrate punish him ? What was
the
punishment ? 8. How did the boy get the silver coins and his
freedom back ?
C. DISCUSSION
The
brain is mightier than a sword. Discuss.
D. SUGGESTED READING
The
Five Continent Stories in Basic English By Dr. Anand Malik.
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2 WISHES COME TRUE
Rabindranath Tagore
Sushilchandra
wanted to do whatever pleased him-play all day, climb trees and miss school.
Whereas his father Subalchandra longed to have his childhood back, so that he
could study. The Lady of Wishes decided to fulfill their wishes for some time.
Were they happy with the change ?
Subalchandra’s son was called Sushilchandra. But a name
always does not reflect the person. ‘Subal’ means ‘strong’, but he was rather
frail; ‘Sushil’ was not so well behaved, though his name means just that.
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Next morning, Subal was the same old man as before, and
Sushil woke up as the little boy he used to be. Both imagined they had been
dreaming. Subal called his son and said, “Sushil, aren’t you going to start
learning your grammar ?” Sushil scratched his head and said, “Father, I’ve lost
my book."
A. GLOSSARY
frail : weak annoying : making people angry prank : trick played
on people as a joke rheumatic : suffering from painful joints tummy-ache : pain
in the stomach make-up : invent an excuse in a fix : in a mess, in a bad
situation pampered : spoilt crack of dawn : very early in the morning seams :
the line where two pieces of cloth
are sewn together yawned : still sleepy, so opened mouth wide
open to breathe deeply mischief : bad behaviour that makes
people
angry nothing agreed with : made one feel ill or sick
swollen : become bigger than normal box ears : pull someone’s ears
B. COMPREHENSION 1. Why did Sushilchandra’s neighbours get angry
with him ? 2. Why did Sushil not want to go to school one Saturday ? What
happened then ? 3. Why did the Lady of Wishes grant wishes
to both the father
and the son ?
WISHES COME TRUE
4. What changes took place in Sushil ? 5. What happened to
Subalchandra after his wish was
granted ? 6. Why was Sushil kept busy in the evening ? 7.
Was Subalchandra happy with the change ? Why ? 8. What happened when the Lady
of Wishes changed them
once more ?
C. DISCUSSION
Is it not necessary to be strict with children ? Discuss.
D. SUGGESTED READING 1. Tales Told
by an Idiot by Mulak Raj Anand. 2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
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Question Bank
1.Q - Why is money considered so important ?
2. Q - Does time wait for anyone ?
3. Q - Who was Sher Singh Bahadur ?
4. Q - Why were there no men in the village ?
5. Q - What had happened to the other children ?
6. Q - Why did Persome rebuke Marie again and again ?
7. Q - Why had the Bishop gone to see Marie's mother ?
8. Q What is the theme or central idea of the poem "No men are foreign ".
Grammar:-
Act ( use as verb and noun )
Book ( use as verb and noun )
Close ( use as verb and noun )
Synonyms :-
Allow, Beautiful, Discover, End, Excuse
Antonyms :-
Active, Arrival, Attack, Better, Blunt
Homonyms :-
Berth - Birth, Brake - Break, Cell - Sell, Died - Dyed, Hair - Hare
Conjunction :-
1. Wisdom is better.........riches.
2. I ran fast........ I missed the train.
3. Wait .......... I come back.
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Determiners ( ਡਿਟਰਮਿਨਰਜ਼ )
ਨਾਂਵ / Noun
ਅਸੀਂ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ ਕਿੰਨੇਂ ਹੀ ਵਾਕ ਪੜ੍ਹਦੇ ਹਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਲਿਖਦੇ ਹਾਂ | ਇਹਨਾਂ ਵਾਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸੀਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਆਦਮੀ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਵਸਤੂ ਬਾਰੇ ਗੱਲ ਜਰੂਰ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਾਂ | ਇਹੀ ਆਦਮੀ ਜਾਂ ਵਸਤੂ ਜਿਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਵਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਗੱਲ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਂਵ ਆਖਦੇ ਹਾਂ |
We daily read or write so many sentences. We do talk of some person or thing in these sentences. Such person or things which we talk about are called Nouns.
ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਵਾਕ ਹੋਵੇ ਉਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ Noun ਜਰੂਰ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ |
ਇਹ ਉਹ Noun ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਵਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਗੱਲ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ |
ਜਿਵੇਂ :-
1. ਰਾਜੂ ਸਕੂਲ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ |
Raju goes to school.
2. ਰੋਹਿਤ ਪਾਣੀ ਪੀਂਦਾ ਹੈ |
Rohit drinks water.
ਉੱਪਰ ਲਿਖੇ ਵਾਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਾਜੂ ( Raju ) ਅਤੇ ਰੋਹਿਤ ( Rohit ) Noun ਹਨ | ਵਾਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਜਿਹੇ Noun ਜਿਹਨਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਅਸੀਂ ਕੋਈ ਗੱਲ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ Subject ਵੀ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ |
What are Determiner ? ਡਿਟਰਮਿਨਰਜ਼ ਕੀ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ ?
Any word before the Noun, which determines the Noun is called Determiner ei.
ਨਾਂਵ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਕੋਈ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਜੋ ਨਾਂਵ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਿਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਨੂੰ ਡਿਟਰਮਿਨਰਜ਼ ਆਖਦੇ ਹਨ | ਜਿਵੇਂ :
ਇੱਕ ਕਿਤਾਬ, ਇੱਕ ਬੈਲ, ਇਹ ਬਾਈਬਲ , ਕੁਝ ਲੜਕੀਆਂ, ਮੇਰਾ ਸਕੂਲ, ਥੋੜਾ ਪਾਣੀ, ਦੋ ਕੇਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਲੜਕਾ ਆਦਿ |
A book, An ox, The Bible, Some girls, My school, little water, two bananas, which boy
Kinds of Determiner ( ਡਿਟਰਮਿਨਰਜ਼ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ )
1. Possessive My, our, your, his, her, its, their.
2. Demonstrative Definite : The, this, that , these, those, which, some, etc.
Indefinite : A, an, any, some, other, certain, etc.
3. Quantitative Much, more, less, little, no, some, any, enough, sufficient, all, whole, half, etc.
4. Numeral : One, two, three, first, second, third, etc.
: All, some, no, many, few, several, etc.
: Both, each, every, neither, either, etc.
5. Articles Definite : The
Indefinite : A, an
6. Wh. words What(ever), which(ever), whosoever, whose.
Let us learn the use of some determiners.
ਆਓ ਅਸੀਂ ਕੁਝ ਡਿਟਰਮਿਨਰਜ਼ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਯੋਗ ਕਰਨਾ ਸਿੱਖੀਏ :
Some ਅਤੇ Any ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਯੋਗ ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖੇ ਵਾਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ | Some ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ "ਕੁਝ" | ਇਹਨਾਂ ਵਾਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ ਦੇਖੋ :
1. There are some students in the class.
ਕਲਾਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੁਝ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ ਹਨ |
2. Some people were standing at the bus stand.
ਕੁਝ ਲੋਕ ਬਸ ਸਟੈਂਡ'ਤੇ ਖੜੇ ਸਨ |
3. I need some money.
ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕੁਝ ਪੈਸਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ੍ਹ ਹੈ |
4. I bought some vegetables.
ਮੈਂ ਕੁਝ ਸਬਜ਼ੀ ਖਰੀਦੀ |
5. You must have some knowledge of your city.
ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਦੀ ਕੁਝ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਜਰੂਰ ਹੋਣੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ |
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Class-IX
Main Course
(L-6,7)
Q. 1. Why did Persome rebuke
Marie again and again?
Ans. Persome rebukes Marie all
the time. She rebukes her for telling the Bishop that her mother is not well.
Ans. The Bishop asked Marie how
her mother was. She told that she was not feeling well. Bishop was very
kindhearted person. He at once went to see her mother.
Q. 3. What happened to the
silver salt-cellar?
Ans. There was a poor woman. Her
name was Mere Gringoire. She was too poor to pay her house rent. Her landlord
could turn her out of the house. The Bishop was a kindhearted man. He sold his
salt-cellar to help the woman.
Q. 4. Persome said that she
could not trust the Bishop out of her sight. Why?
Ans. The Bishop is very kind
hearted man. Persome thinks that people try to befool him. Marie told Bishop
that her mother is not well. He at once went to see her. Persome is angry with
him. She says lovingly,” you are like a child. I can’t trust you out of my
sight.
Ans. The convict said that he had
eaten nothing for three days.He was starving.He asked the Bishop to give him
food to eat.
Ans. The Bishop believed in the
goodness of mankind. He had no fear of any theft. That was why he kept the
doors unbarred.
Q. 7. Why did the convict
become a thief?
Ans. The convict was out of job.
His wife was ill. She was dying. He had no food to give her. So he had to steal
to buy food for his wife.
Q. 8. What did the convict
tell the Bishop about his prison life?
Ans. The convict told the Bishop that he was kept
chained like a wild animal. He was lashed. He was fed on filth. He was made to
sleep on boards. If he complained, he was lashed again.
Q. 9. Why did the convict
steal again?
Ans. The convict had run away
from prison. He spent the night in the Bishop’s house. There he saw the
Bishop’s silver candlesticks. He thought he could get a lot of money by selling
them. That was why he stole them. He said they would help him to start a new
life.
Q. 10. Who had given the
candlesticks to the Bishop?
Ans. His mother had given him the
candlesticks as a gift.
Q. 11. Why did the Bishop not
go to the police?
Ans. The Bishop knew how cruelly
the convict had been treated in prison. He did not want him to be caught and
sent to prison again. So he didn’t go to the police.
Q. 12. What did the Bishop
tell the policeman about the convict?
Ans. The Bishop told the police
that the convict was his friend. He also said that he himself had given him the
candlesticks.
Q. 13. Why does the Bishop
give the candlesticks to the convict in the end?
Ans. The Bishop is very
kindhearted man. He knows that the convict has no money with him. He could sell
the candlesticks and thus have some money. That is why he gives the
candlesticks to him.
Q. 14. Write a short note on
the Bishop.
Ans. The Bishop is a very
kindhearted person. He goes out in the cold night to attend on the sick mother
of his maid. He sells his silver salt-cellars to pay the rent for a poor old
woman. The Bishop is also very forgiving. The convict runs away with his
candlesticks. Even then the Bishop saved him from the police.
Q. 15. Write a short note on
Persome’s Bhaviour.
Ans. Persome is the Bishop’s sister. From her
talking with Marie she appears to be a short-tempered , selfish and abusive
woman. She loves her brother very deeply. All her wrongs are born out of her
love for the brother.
Q. 16. Write a short note on
the changing of the convict from a wild beast to a man.
Ans. The convict threatens to
kill the Bishop. But the Bishop gives him food to eat and a comfortable bed to
sleep on. The convict slips away with the Bishop’s candlesticks. A police man
catches him and brings him to the Bishop. But the Bishop says that he himself
has given him the candlesticks. This kindness of the Bishop touches the
convict’s heart. He is now changed completely.
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Prepared
by : Omeshwar Narain
