Vocabulary - Class 9 English - Extra Questions

Find the word from the passage that means the same as:
To give new life to

The narrator uses the word ‘revitalize’ to describe the situation of bringing back his mother’s energy and putting a halt to her retiring persona. The word ‘revitalise’ literally means 'to give new life to or to be born again.' Thus, the answer is the word ‘revitalize.’



Find the word in the passage that means the same as the following:
Noticed / became aware of

The meaning of the word ‘perceive’ is 'to become aware of or to notice something.' The narrator notices (perceives), with a bit of concern, that his mother isn’t confident about herself despite being truly courageous and hard working. Thus, the answer is the word ‘perceive.’



Find the words in the passage that have the same meaning as:
Hesitant / not certain

In the passage 'tentative' is used to describe the personality of the narrator's mother and 'tentative' means not certain or fixed. Thus we can conclude that  'tentative' has the same meaning as hesitant or uncertain.


Read the words and find out the similar meaning words from the passage :
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(i) Violent $$=$$ Possessed spirit
(ii) Scattered $$=$$ dispelled
(iii) Place of shelter for ships $$=$$ harbour.
(iv) Shine light $$=$$ beam of light/soft light


Find from the passage the related words to sea and write them.
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The words related to the sea are:

(1) Harbour
(2) Arabian sea
(3) Coast
(4) Shipwreck



"I picked' em because they're pretty like you".
(Name and explain the figure of speech in the above line.)

The figure of speech used is simile. The daughter compares her mother to the flower- they're pretty like you.


'Its morning dew tickling our feet'.
{identify and explain the figure of speech in the above line.}

The figure of speech used is personification. The dew is given the human quality of tickling the feet.


"My manhood is cast down in the flood of remembrance."

Identify the figure of speech employed here.

The figure of speech used in the given sentence is metaphor. A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things and the given line compares the rush of memories one experiences to a flood of water.


Use the idiom 'to be at logger heads' in a sentence of your own

To be at logger heads - disagree strongly. 
The captain and the vice-captain of the cricket team are always at logger heads.


Read the following excerpt and answer the given question.

'Till the gossamer thread, you fling catch.
Somewhere, O my soul.'

What is meant by gossamer thread?

Gossamer thread refers to a fine, thin cobweb, that is, the web of a spider.


Read the following excerpt and answer the given question.

'In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of life.'

What is meant by 'bivouac'?

'Bivouac' refers to a temporary camp made by the soldiers.


'As humble plants by country hedgerows growing'

What is the figure of speech employed in the given line?

Simile is a figure of speech that compares one thing with another different thing with the help of 'as', 'like', etc. The given employs a simile.


Read the following lines from the poem you have studied and answer the question given below.

'... my manhood is cast-down in the flood of remembrance.'

The figure of speech in this line is
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Personification

The figure of speech employed here is  a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Here, the poet compares rush of memories to a flood of water.


Find a word from the passage which means 'useful enough'. 

The word 'worthwhile' from the passage means 'useful enough'.


Find the word from the extract which means 'blowing strongly'. 

The word 'gusty' from the extract means 'blowing strongly'.


Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line:
"_________ they're pretty like you".

The line "they're pretty like you" is a simile.
Simile is a figure of speech where one thing is compared to another. In a simile, the word 'like' or 'as' is used. The word 'like' present in this line, tells us that the flowers 'they' are compared to the mother 'you'.


Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with words from the box. You may use a word more than once.

  1. Gandhiji’s life was devoted to the ……………. of justice and fair play.
  2. Have you inspired your house against …………..?
  3. Diamond is nothing, but ………….. in its purest form.
  4. If you put too much coal on the fire at once you will ………. it.
  5. Smoking is said to be the main ………… of heart disease.
  6. When asked by an ambitious writer whether he should put some ……….. into his stories. Somerset
    Maugham murmured, "No, the other way round".
  7. She is a ............ copy of her mother.
  8. It is often difficult to ……………. a yawn when you listen to a long speech on the value of time.

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  1. cause
  2. fire
  3. carbon
  4. smother
  5. cause
  6. fire
  7. carbon
  8. make


Use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.

  1. The cat chased the mouse the lawn.
  2. We were not allowed to cross the frontier.
    So, we drove . it as far as we could and came back happy.
  3. The horse went ..  the winning post and had to be stopped with difficulty.
  4.  It is not difficult to see .. your plan. Anyone can see your motive.
  5. Go . the yellow line, then turn left. You will reach the post office in five minutes.

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  1. across
  2. along
  3. past
  4. through
  5. along


One word is kept in inverted comma in each sentence. Find its opposite in the box and fill in the blanks.

  1. You were required to keep all the doors 'open', not ……………
  2. Pupil: What mark did I get in yesterday's Maths test?
    Teacher: You got what when you 'add' five and ……………… five and ten from the total?
  3. Run four kilometers a day to 'preserve' our health. Run a lot more to ……………..  it.
  4. If a doctor advises a lean and lanky patient to …………… 'reduce' his weight further, be sure he is doing it to his income.
  5. The world is too much with us; late and soon.
    'Getting' and ………….. we lay waste our powers.         -WORDSWORTH

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  1. shut
  2. subtract
  3. destroy
  4. increase
  5. spending


Complete each of the following words using gh, ff, or f.
Then say each word clearly after your teacher.
(i) e ort             (ii) act
(iii) con ess    (iv) lau ing
(v) enou          (vi) hal
(vii) scru         (viii) rou
(ix) sti ly         (x) di erence
(xi) sa ety           (xii) lush

(i) effort           (vii) scruff
(ii) fact             (viii) rough
(iii) confess     (ix) stiffly
(iv) laughing   (x) difference
(v) enough      (xi) safety
(vi) half           (xii) flush


Identify the figure of speech used in these lines.

The figure of speech used in these lines is ‘Simile.’ The poet uses the expression “ashen like that of a corpse” to compare the face of her aging mother to that of a corpse. Such a comparison between two different entities used to make a description more vivid is called a simile. Another example of a simile is the phrase ‘as clever as a fox.’



Word register
(from the passage)
Prepare a word register for the word
Education $$\rightarrow$$ ...................................

Education is the most powerful scream in the world and important for every person. 

Education in life is vital for shaping the future good and considers man is dull when he is not educated. 

Without education, there is nothing to do and taken major factors in life. 

So, conversation begins and already taken with education related concerns.




List the similes the poet has used in the poem.

The similes that the poet uses in the poem are 'creeping like snail', 'sighing like furnace', and 'bearded like the pard'.


Name and explain the figure of specch in the following lines.
Old wome once
were continents.

Old women one were continents.
Figure of speech: Metaphor
An implied comparison between old women and continents stating the common quality that they share of being full of depth and experiences of changing phases.


Give an example of personification from the poem.

In the line "Then Cruelty knits a snare", cruelty has been endowed with human traits, that is, the human practice of knitting. Thus it is an example of personification.


"If you can meet with triumph and disaster;
And treat those two impostors just the same"

Identify the figure of speech employed in these lines. 

The figure of speech employed here is personification. By calling triumph and disaster 'impostors', the poet attributes human-like qualities to them. Thus the figure of speech employed is personification.


What is Euphemism? Give an example.

Euphemism is the use of an inoffensive word or phrase in the place of a harsh or possibly offensive one Eg: House-Wife:Homemaker.


Name and explain the figure of speech in the following lines :
"If you do not get lowered in your own eyes while you raise yourself in those of others."

In the given line the poet employs antithesis, that is, the use of two opposite ideas 'get lowered' and 'raise' for poetic effect.


Identify three similes in the first stanza.

The similes found in the first stanza are: "My heart is like a singing bird", "My heart is like an apple-tree", and "My heart is like a rainbow shell".


Use suitable words or phrases from column A above to complete the paragraph given below.

A Traffic Jam

During power cuts, when traffic lights go off, there is utter ________ at crossroads. Drivers add to the confusion by ________ over their right of way, and nearly come to blows. Sometimes passers-by, seeing a few policemen ________ at regulating traffic, step in to help. This gives them a feeling of having ________ something.

chaos, getting into a row, slaving, accomplished.


Here are sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means?
Our entire class is quacking in its boots.

Quacking in its boots means shaking with fear and nervousness.


The table below has some proverbs telling you what to do and what not to do. Fill in the blanks and add a few more such proverbs to the table.
Negative
Positive
Negative
i)Save for a rainy day.i)Dont cry over spilt milk.
ii)Make hay while the sun shines.ii)Dont put the cart before the horse.
iii) .. before you leap.iii). a mountain out of a mole hill.
iv) and let live.iv) all your eggs in one basket.


Positive
Negativeiii)Look before you leap.iii)Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill.iv)Live and let live.iv)Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.v)Morning shows the day.v)Don’t believe in all and sundry.vi)Keep all things in apple-pie order.vi)Don’t count your eggs before they are hatched.vii)Tagore was a man of letters.vii)Don’t act before thinking.viii)Gandhi died in harness.viii)Don’t keep your father in the dark.


Match the compound words List A with their meanings List B. Use each in a sentence.

A - 4
B - 7
C - 6
D - 1
E - 8
F - 2
G - 5
H - 3


Match the phrases in Column 'A' with their meanings in Column 'B'. 

A-3
B-6
C-4
D-2
E-1
F-5



Pick out words from the text that mean the same as the following words or expressions. 
based on reason; sensible; reasonable

rational


Match the words/phrases in Column A with their meanings in Column B.

A-8
B-6
C-5
D-2
E-7
F-4
G-3
H-1


What are the things that can erupt? Use examples to explain the various meanings of erupt. Now do the same for the word surge. What things can surge? 

An earthquake can erupt. Emotions can erupt. Anger can erupt.
Example: An earthquake erupted in Sicily last night. Surge means a sudden powerful forward or upward movement. A wave surges. A crowd surges. A storm surges.
Example: Birds search for fish when waves surge towards the shore.


What is a nominative case?

Answer
Nominative case is the case for the subject of the sentence - the thing that actually does something.
Explanation:
The nominative case is the case that the subject(s) of the sentence go in.
The subject of the sentence is the thing that is acting, e.g.
I am going to church
'I' is the subject, because it is 'I' that is actually doing something, therefore 'I' would be in the nominative case.
Nominative case is often talked about in conjunction with the accusative case, which is the object of the sentence, e.g.
you read this.
'You' is the subject because it is 'you' that is actually reading. 'This' is the object, because it is simply being read, not doing anything for itself. Therefore, 'you' is in the nominative case, and 'this' is in the accusative case.
'Nominative' comes from the Latin nomen meaning 'name', because it is often the first named thing.


What is a metaphor, simile, hyperbole, irony, alliteration, and imagery?

Explanation:
A metaphor is a thing that is symbolic of something else, especially abstract.
*Usually creates a comparison without using like or as
Example:
- The English assignment was a breeze.
This implicates that the assignment was very easy
- My mom was boiling mad.
This implicates that she is very mad.
A simile compares two things using like or as
Example:
- Soldiers are as brave as lions.
This use of a simile compares the braveness of a soldier to that of a lion.
A hyperbole is extreme exaggeration.
*Not to be confused with similes and metaphors because hyperbole's do not make comparisons, they just create an overstatement that cannot be taken seriously
Example:
- My grandmother is as old as dirt.
Though you may think this is a simile, it is not. This is a hyperbole because it is an exaggeration, and therefore cannot be taken seriously
Irony is used to contradict what one says and what one does, or what one says and its literal meaning (sarcasm)
*It's usually used to create suspense.
Example:
- The teacher passed back the exams. When Jamie received her exam, she exclaimed, "Oh, great!". At the corner of the page held a big red F.
This is an example of irony because though Jamie exclaims, "Oh, great!", she's contradicting what is her test score actually is, which isn't so great. In other words, she was being sarcastic.
Alliteration is the repetition of a single letter at the beginning of words in a sentence.
Example:
- Peter P iper p icked a p eck of p ickled p eppers
- S he s ells s eashells by the s eashore
These sentences are nursery rhymes also known as tongue twisters because they start the words within the sentence begin with the same letter.
Imagery is visually descriptive language using the 5 senses
Example:
- The red blazing sun shone bright throughout the wide pale blue sky over the rich green grass.
This example of imagery appeals to the sense of sight by stating colors of specific nouns.


Pick out words from the text that mean the same as the following words or expressions. 
the usual way of doing things (para 3)

custom


What is hyperbole?

A hyperbole involves blatant exaggeration of an idea to better get the point across.
A hyperbole is a figure of speech that involves an over-exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. Due to the exaggeration, a hyperbole isn't mean to be taken literally and therefore uses figurative language.
Here are some examples:
My backpack weights a ton!"
The backpack probably doesn't weight a ton (otherwise, the wearer would be dead): however, claiming that it does conveys that the backpack is very heavy.
When I froze up on stage, I nearly died of shame!
The exaggeration of shame nearly causing death shows how strong the shameful feeling was.


Now fill in the blanks with suitable words from the ones that you have formed.

I could not resist the .. to open the letter.

I could not resist the temptation to open the letter.


Pick out words from the text that mean the same as the following words or expressions. 
the power to endure, without falling ill (7): …………………….

resistance/endurance


What are some song lyrics that use personification?

Listen to any song and you'll probably find some examples. for a specific example, pick thriller by Micheal Jackson

Explanation:
personification is when a person makes it seem as if an object is alive. For example, "the wind whistled in the night" or "The rock skipped on the glassy water"


What are some rock songs with alliteration, assonance, simile, or onomatopoeia?

Let it Be, Boom Clap, American Pie, Like a Rolling Stone

Explanation:
Alliteration: Let it Be by the Beatles ("whisper words of wisdom")
Onomatopoeia: (if pop songs are acceptable) Boom Clap by Charlie XCX
Assonance: American Pie by Don McLean
Simile: Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan


Where is an example of an alliteration in Martin Luther King's speech ?

Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words.
Answer 
I assume that you are talking about his "I Have A Dream" speech, given at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28th, 1963.
Explanation :
There are multiple examples of alliteration in his "I Have A Dream" speech
"Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation...
"This sweltering summer.."
"The marvelous new militancy..."
"I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations."
"...when all of God's children, black men, and white men, Jews and Gentiles,..."
Included below is the entire "I Have A Dream" speech, as well as a copy of the speech with all of the rhetorical techniques used in this speech


The word tip has only three letters but many meanings.
Match the word with its meanings below.

  1. finger tips be about to say something
  2. the tip of your nose make the boat overturn
  3. tip the water out of the bucket the ends of ones fingers
  4. have something on the tip of your tongue give a rupee to him, to thank him
  5.  tip the boat over-empty a bucket by tilting it
  6. tip him a rupee-the pointed end of your nose
  7. the tip of the bat if you take this advice
  8. the police were tipped off the bat lightly touched the ball
  9. if you take my tip the end of the bat
  10. the bat tipped the ball the police were told or warned

  1. Finger tips- the end of one's fingers
  2. The tip of your nose- the pointed end of your nose
  3. Tip the water out of the bucket- empty a bucket by tilting it
  4. Have something on the tip of your tongue- be about to say something
  5. Tip the boat over- make the boat overturn
  6. Tip him a rupee - give a rupee to him to thank him
  7. The tip of the bat - the end of the bat
  8. The police were tipped off - the police were told or warned
  9. If you take my tip- if you take my advice
  10. The bat tipped the ball - the bat lightly touched the ball


Class 9 English Extra Questions