English Chapter 9
A. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box and complete the story.
[lonely, alone, turmeric, ochre, Golu, children, Peetha, laddoos, diyas, lime, I wish I had,
came to life, hugged her]
Lakshmi lived _____________ in her house in a village. On the day of Deepavali, she felt
very ________________. She said, '__________________ children of my own'. She took
some _________________, _________________ and __________________ and
painted pictures of two ________________ on either side of her door. She named the boy
_____________ and the girl _________________. In the evening, she lighted
____________ before them, and put ________________ in leaf cups in front of them. At
night, the children ____________________. They ate the ___________________. Then
they woke up Lakshmi, _________________ and lived with her for ever after.
B. Answer these questions.
1. Why was Lakshmi lonely?
2. What did she wish for on Deepavali?
3. Why did she make laddoos?
4. What else did Lakshmi do for Deepavai?
5. Why did Lakshmi not eat food at night?
6. What wonderful gift did she get on the night of Deepavali?
C.Choose the words that can be used to describe Lakshmi. Give reasons for your answer.
[ kind, gentle, greedy, selfish, lonely, wicked, beautiful, caring]
D. Find the names of nine festivals from the word grid.
E. Fill in the blanks with the present continuous tense forms of the verbs in the brackets.
1. The dog ______________________ at the stranger. (bark)
2. The children _______________________ football. (play)
3. I _________________________ my homework. (do)
4. Pragati _________________________ a movie. (watch)
5. They _________________________ a lot of noise. (make)
6. We __________________________ to the fair. (go)
F. Fill in the blanks with past continuous tense forms of the verbs in the brackets.
1. At 7 a.m., I _____________________ kites. (fly)
2. The children ______________________ when the bell rang. (sleep)
3. We _______________________ television when the guests arrived. (watch)
4. They _________________________ on the stairs when I came. (sit)
5. Mother ___________________________ dinner at 8 a.m. yesterday. (prepare)
G. Write homophones for following words:
1. pear 2. hare 3. sun 4. be 5. pitcher 6. flower
H. Match the following:
I. Fill in the blanks with the correct words. Use the correct tense of the verb whenever needed.
[ plain, fare, air, fire]
1. Monu walked home from school because he did not have money for the bus ________.
2. My dad likes ____________ food.
3. It was so cold that we had to light a ______________.
4. My aunt sang on the radio. The programme was _____________ yesterday.
5. This is very tasty ______________.
6. Asha wore the ______________ frock and not the frilled one.
7. Bond _____________ the gun.
8. The ______________ is fresh in the garden.
A. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box and complete the story.
[lonely, alone, turmeric, ochre, Golu, children, Peetha, laddoos, diyas, lime, I wish I had,
came to life, hugged her]
Lakshmi lived _____________ in her house in a village. On the day of Deepavali, she felt
very ________________. She said, '__________________ children of my own'. She took
some _________________, _________________ and __________________ and
painted pictures of two ________________ on either side of her door. She named the boy
_____________ and the girl _________________. In the evening, she lighted
____________ before them, and put ________________ in leaf cups in front of them. At
night, the children ____________________. They ate the ___________________. Then
they woke up Lakshmi, _________________ and lived with her for ever after.
B. Answer these questions.
1. Why was Lakshmi lonely?
2. What did she wish for on Deepavali?
3. Why did she make laddoos?
4. What else did Lakshmi do for Deepavai?
5. Why did Lakshmi not eat food at night?
6. What wonderful gift did she get on the night of Deepavali?
C.Choose the words that can be used to describe Lakshmi. Give reasons for your answer.
[ kind, gentle, greedy, selfish, lonely, wicked, beautiful, caring]
D. Find the names of nine festivals from the word grid.
E. Fill in the blanks with the present continuous tense forms of the verbs in the brackets.
1. The dog ______________________ at the stranger. (bark)
2. The children _______________________ football. (play)
3. I _________________________ my homework. (do)
4. Pragati _________________________ a movie. (watch)
5. They _________________________ a lot of noise. (make)
6. We __________________________ to the fair. (go)
F. Fill in the blanks with past continuous tense forms of the verbs in the brackets.
1. At 7 a.m., I _____________________ kites. (fly)
2. The children ______________________ when the bell rang. (sleep)
3. We _______________________ television when the guests arrived. (watch)
4. They _________________________ on the stairs when I came. (sit)
5. Mother ___________________________ dinner at 8 a.m. yesterday. (prepare)
G. Write homophones for following words:
1. pear 2. hare 3. sun 4. be 5. pitcher 6. flower
H. Match the following:
I. Fill in the blanks with the correct words. Use the correct tense of the verb whenever needed.
[ plain, fare, air, fire]
1. Monu walked home from school because he did not have money for the bus ________.
2. My dad likes ____________ food.
3. It was so cold that we had to light a ______________.
4. My aunt sang on the radio. The programme was _____________ yesterday.
5. This is very tasty ______________.
6. Asha wore the ______________ frock and not the frilled one.
7. Bond _____________ the gun.
8. The ______________ is fresh in the garden.
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