The passage is about a formative assessment test for English class consisting of 4 sections - reading comprehension, writing, grammar, and literature. In the reading comprehension section, the passage is about a ghost who plans to scare the residents of an old house on a stormy night. The ghost's favorite weather is stormy weather because it allows him to rattle the house's windows and doors without being seen. The ghost is most angry with Washington for removing a blood stain, and plans to terrify the residents through various haunting methods. The writing section asks students to write a letter to their younger sister advising her on lifestyle changes to get more sleep. The grammar section contains rearranging words and phrases to

1. Formative Assessment
English
Date: Class: IX
Time Allowed: 45 min. Max.Marks:25
Instructions:
• All the answers should be written legibly in the answer sheet provided separately.
• The intended marks are indicated against each question.
• The question paper has 4 sections – Section A(Reading), Section B(Writing), Section C
(Literature).
SECTION-A (Reading)
Q.1 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Towards evening, there was a storm and it started to rain heavily. The wind was so strong
that all the windows and the doors in the old house shook and rattled. In fact, it was exactly
the sort of weather that the ghost loved. This is what he planned to do. He would first go
quietly to Washington Otis’s room, gibber at him from the foot of the bed. Then the ghost
would stab himself three times in the throat to the sound of soft music. He was particularly
angry with Washington, because he knew it was Washington who kept on removing the
famous Canterville blood- stain by using his Pinkerton’s Paragon Detergent.
Having thoroughly terrified the reckless and foolhardy young man, the ghost planned to the
room of Mr. Otis and his wife. While he was there the ghost was going to put a clammy hand
on Mrs. Otis’s forehead. At the same time he was going to hiss into her trembling husband’s
ear the awful secrets of the grave. He was not sure what he was going to do about little
Virginia. She had never insulted him in any way, and was pretty and gentle. A few groans
from the wardrobe, he thought, would be quite enough for her, or, if that didn’t wake her up,
he might pull at the counterpane with palsy-twitching fingers. But the ghost was very
determined to teach the twins a lesson they would never forget.
Answer the following questions:
1. The ghost loved the stormy weather because… 1x1=1
2. The ghost was most angry with… 1x1=1
3. What impression do you form of the ghost after reading the passage? 1x1=1
4. Why did the ghost not wish to frighten Virginia? 1x1=1
5. Why was the ghost particularly angry with Washington? 1x1=1
6. How did the ghost plan to avenge the residents of the house? 1x1=1
SECTION-B (Writing)
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2. Q2. Write a letter to your school going younger sister who is sleep deprived. Advise her
to make lifestyle changes to her daily schedule in order to get the desired hours of sleep
daily. 5x1=5
(The format of the letter should be correct. It should have a proper opening and closing lines
and the ideas expressed should be coherent. The letter should be well organized with
impressive presentation)
SECTION-C (Grammar)
Q3. Rearrange the following words and phrases to make meaningful sentences. 1x5=5
a) in / Kumbh Mela / 2003 / Nasik / held / the / in / was
b) spot / named / to / pilgrims / of / Ramkund / were / thousands / the / waiting / reach / holy
c) of / gathered / had / banks / of / holy / on / bath / the / many / the / Godavari river / them /
for
d) crowd / a / silver / threw / sadhu / into / some / the / coins
e) many / a / devotees / took / costing / of / stampede / the / place / tragic / lives
Q.4. Read the following passage and complete the same choosing the correct answers
from the options given: ½x3=1½
Last week the Annual Function of our school was celebrated. The Mayor of the town (a)
_____ to grace the occasion as the chief guest. The function (b) _____ by the Principal while
the Mayor, the Chief Guest (c) _____the prize to the winners.
(a) (i) was invited (ii) has been invited (iii) is invited (iv) shall be invited
(b) (i) is inaugurated (ii) was inaugurated (iii) will be inaugurated (iv) has been inaugurated
(c) (i) will distribute (ii) distributed (iii) has distributed (iv) is distributing
Section- D (Literature)
Q5. Read the extracts and answer the following questions.
(A) “Goodness knows I’ve never liked your profession, Bill, but there is this to be said
for it, that it’s earned you good money and made it possible for us to give Harold as
good an education as any duke ever had, I’m sure.” ½x3=1½
a) Who is the speaker?
b) Who helped Bill Bramble earn ‘good money’?
c) Suggest one word that could be used in the place of the phrase ‘made it possible’.
(B) ‘Yet Harold, defying the laws of heredity had run to intellect as his father had run
to muscle. He had learned to read and write with amazing quickness. He sang in the
choir.’
a) Justify with examples that “Harold had defied the laws of heredity.’ 3
b) Suggest a synonym for the word ‘Heredity’. 1
c) What was the profession of Harold’s father? What was his nickname? 2
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