Class - IX

ENGLISH

Select at least 50 words from the novel ‘ Three Men In A Boat ‘ and your Literature Reader

, arrange them alphabetically and make a Mini-Dictionary of your own. Avoid taking words

from the foot-notes.

Make an attractive book cover of the novel ‘Three Men in a Boat ‘using your creativity and

imagination.

Read the column ‘Mind Your Language ‘from ‘Middle’ of ‘The Tribune’ every Saturday

and make notes of the grammar items read by you.

Search the site www.google.com and find the details of the works of Robert Frost and find

similarities of these works with your poem ‘Road Not Taken’.

Collect details on ‘Reducing Water Level’ and type in the form of an article in 200 words.

Go through funny incidents from the novel ‘Three Men In A Boat’ as mentioned below:

(a) Jim’s visit to British museum (Ch-1)

(b) Uncle Podger hangs a picture (Ch-3)

(c) Packing incident (Ch-4)

(d) Incident of Paraffin Oil (Ch-4)

(e) Maze Incident (Ch-6)

(f) Incident connected with towing (Ch-9)

Solve the ‘Crossword Puzzle’ given below. Also select another puzzle and solve it.

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A L I 13

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CRYMPLE CLUES (Direct hint has been highlighted)

ACROSS DOWN

6. What December means (3, 2, 3, 4) 1. Editor scored 1st day century in Canada(8)

8. She sounds OK to everyone ( 7) 2. Ramzan Breakfast? (5)

9. Confused Dua has its for actress Goswami (5) 3. Forest type mean to produce silence round

Los Angeles (5)

10. Pay attention to backward school in UK (4) 4. Cub ally rejuvenated in Mumbai (7)

12. Made in India crooner (6) 5. Graduate left on one island (4)

14. Tree used in South American dance (5) 6. Designed by a technocrat editor (10)

15. Deity worshipped by Solkar (6) 7.Damaged hat Rabha took to mother of all

epics

16. Party beat (4) 11. He has trouble (3)

19. Its fine with the first lady to produce (5) 12. Fool stuck up in the passage (3)

21. River has bund next to broken road (7) 13. Model threw dart with sand (8)

22. Aha! Stark Park fancies a communist leader (7, 5) 14. Runs in a buff and makes a mark (7)

17. Notice she delivered to Music director (5)

18. King inside some new grab comes out of chimney (5)

20. Vegetable is fine for artists (4)

Visit general post office of your city. Interview at least 4-5 people asking them questions on

their profession and observe their dealing with the customers. Later, write your experience

in 150-200 words in the form of paragraph.

Solve the grammar sheets given along.

P.S. - Kindly maintain a separate file for holiday’s homework.

English Grammar

Procedure exercises

1. Use the underlined verbs in the passive voice.

a. Put a scoop of vanilla ice-cream into a blender.

b. Add a tablespoon of sweetened lemon squash

c. Add half a bottle of soda

d. Gently stir and serve.

A scoop of vanilla ice-cream __________ in a blender. A tablespoon of sweetened lemon squash

and the juice of one lemon _____________ to the mixture. Soda is also put after which it

____________. It is then served in tall glasses.

2. Read the information given below for preparing dessert. Fill in the blanks to

describe the procedure. Use the passive form of the underlined verbs.

a. Mix fruit jam with water in a pan and heat

b. Mix cornflour with water and add to jam sauce.

c. Put peach halves and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream in a bowl.

d. Pour jam sauce over it.

e. Serve with wafer biscuits.

Fruit jam is mixed with water and heated in a pan. Now, cornflour __________ jam sauce. Peach

halves are put in a bowl. The jam ___________. The dessert ____________ wafer biscuits.

3. Use the underlined verbs in the passive voice.

PREPARATION OF A CAKE

a. Cream the butter and sugar until it gets fluffy.

b. Add the eggs gradually.

c. Add flour, baking powder and milk powder

d. Add vanilla extract with milk and mix well

e. Pour into the baking dish greased and lined with baking paper.

f. Bake at 180OC for about 25 minutes.

To make a delicious cake first of all, butter and sugar are to be creamed until it gets fluffy.

Then _______ gradually. Flour, baking powder and milk powder are added after that. Vanilla

extract is added with milk and mixed well for particular flavor. Baking dish is greased and

added with baking paper and the material ________. The material ________________.

4. Use the underlined verbs in the passive voice to complete the paragraph.

a. Take a pipette and dip the nozzle into water in a vessel.

b. When the water rises to the mark on the pipette, cover its upper end and take the

pipette out.

c. Then empty the water in the pipette into a beaker.

A pipette __________ and the nozzle is dipped into water in a vessel. The air is sucked out

through the other end. When the water rises to the mark on the pipette, its upper end is

covered and ___________. Then ____________ into the beaker.

5. Read the instructions to make a delicious Quick Carrot Pickle and complete the

paragraph that follows. Write the correct answers in your answer sheet against

the correct blank numbers.

1. Wash, clean slice 1kg carrot

2. Chop finely ginger, garlic and green chillies

3. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil

4. Add one tablespoon mustard seeds

5. Add all ingredients

6. Mix two tablespoon fulls of vinegar

7. Add salt to taste

8. Pickle ready to eat.

Carrots are __________________________________ Garlic, ginger and green chillies. ___________________

Oil _____________________ in a pan and mustard seeds are added. All the ingredients and salt and

vinegar are added. The pickle is ready to eat.

Gap filling exercises

1. Complete the following passage about Aung San Suu Kyi by filling up the blanks

with suitable options.

Aung San Suu Kyi ___________ a figurehead for Myanmar’s struggle for democracy ______________

1988. She was educated in Burma, India and the United Kingdom, ______________ she got her

PhD. In 1988 she returned home ___________ for her dying mother. Myanmar was in political

chaos ____________a new military junta took power. A nationwide uprising __________________the

Generals started Suu Kyi ____________ for freedom and democracy. Suu Kyi was kept

_____________ house arrest for the best part of two decades till 12 November, 2010. She was

awarded the Noble Prize.

a). has been had been was is become

b). from since between in

c). when there here where

d). caring cared to care cares

e). before after when where

f). opposed opposite against again

g). is campaigned campaigning campaigned was campaigning

h). in above below under

2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words to complete the passage.

Due to terrorist threat vigil is being kept ____________ the airport. The security measures

___________ being taken. ____________ Security agencies have to be vigil all the time.

3. Fill in the blanks with most appropriate words:

She occupied her seat ________________ introduced herself as Promila Kapoor ____________ Kanta.

She began to converse ______________each other.

4. Complete the passage by choosing the correct options from those given below.

The idiot box is __________ pushing the bookshelf out of the ______________ even in regions that

have a high literacy rate and a long tradition of libraries. According to the findings of a

sample survey ______________ average Keralite now spends 90 minutes ____________ cable

television and 80 minutes reading books. However, TV is not the only culprit; the survey

________________ by the Kerala Library Council to mark the 50th anniversary of the library

movement in the state ______________ that lack of interest and high price of books ______________

equally responsible for people running away from serious reading.

a). increasing increasingly increased to increase

b). home house houses homes

c). a an the by

d). watches watched is watching watching

e). was conducted conduct conducted being conducted

f). indicates is indicated indicating indicated

g). is are was were

REARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES (SOLVE ON A SEPARATE SHEET)

1. though the atmosphere/of the sun/the/are scattered as/rays/they/travel

2. the sun/overhead/is/when/rays/the/vertically/travel

3. yellow colour/scattered/the/is/more so/appears/overhead/yellow/the sun

4. I will/I give/the more/the more/have it/it to others

5. choices in life/to be free/the right/I must/to make/be able

6. a happy one/the responsible/will make/use of freedom/my life

7. children’s books/a famous author/of/was/Lewis Carroll

8. poetry/fond of/very/was/also/writing/he

9. for children/many delightful/wrote/and/he/amusing poems

10. opportunities/challenges/growth/for/are

11. stones/failures/stepping/success/to/are

12. be discouraged/your weaknesses/by/failures/and/should not/you

13. waterproof tents/light warm/the equipment/includes/and oxygen cylinders/clothing

14. no footholds/have to make/climbers/over walls of rock/their way/where there are

15. they carry/this dangerous path/their tents,/across/food and everything

else/instruments/they may require

NARRATION PRACTICE

1. Read the dialogues given below and complete the paragraphs in Indirect Speech.

A teacher was once teaching his class. He was surprised to see that one of the students had no

fingers in his right hand. He asked him ____________. The student told him that ______________ to

see __________________. At this, the teacher inquired what happened then. The student simply

said ________________.

2.

Expressing her surprise Renu asked Nandita ________________ such beautiful dolls. Nandita told

her that _______________. Renu then enquired ____________________. Nandita said ___________________.

3. Prerna: Good Morning Varsha. How are you?

Varsha: pretty well, thank you; but these are hard days.

Prerna: Yes, they are. But we have to do the best we can. If you are unemployed, I can

help you get a job.

Varsha: Thank you so much. It will really be a favour.

Prerna wished good morning to Varsha and ____________. Varsha thanked her and said

__________, but __________________. Prerna agreed with her, but remarked _________________. She also

said that ______________. Varsha thanked her adding that it would really be a favour.

4. Patient: Can I have an appointment with the doctor this evening? I am very sick.

Receptionist: I am sorry. There’s a long waiting list. You will have to wait for at least

two weeks.

Patient: But by then I could be dead.

Receptionist: No problem. If your wife informs me, I can cancel the appointment.

i). A patient went to his doctor’s clinic and asked the receptionist _________________

ii). The receptionist _____________________

iii). She further added that _______________________

iv). When the patient said that he could be dead by then, the receptionist calmly replied that

____________________

EDITING PRACTICE

In the following passages, there is a word missing in each line. Find out the missing

word and write it in the space provided along with the preceding and succeeding

words:

1. One has to be all-rounder in more e.g. to be an all rounder

ways one to survive in contemporary ________________

cricket. Not just kind of player ________________

who good at batting as well as ________________

bowling one who can juggle ________________

Test cricket with one-dayers. So much ________________

cricket being played these days that ________________

not only the players but the viewers feeling ________________

fatigued. Having the best of worlds ________________

become a luxury not many cricketers can afford. ________________

2. My neighbour Mrs Das is short-tempered e.g. is a short tempered

and fiery lady. She does not lose opportunity ________________

to bring her aggressive faculties the open. ________________

She forever on the look-out for any ________________

small incident in which she aptly utilize ________________

her quarrelsome abilities. No one in our ________________

neighbourhood is willing to deal her to avoid ________________

giving her slightest of provocation to ________________

quarrel. Her quarrelsome attitude resulted ________________

in a lonely and companionless life for her and the rest her family. __________________

In the following passages, there is an error in each line. Find out the error and write

incorrect and correct word in the space provided.

1. Error Correction

Singapore is located in a highest strategic highest highly

area in South-East Asia. It lay on an ___________________________________

important trade route. Trade was its life ___________________________________

line. It is a major port. Goods from every ___________________________________

East Asian countries flow in Singapore ___________________________________

on their way for ports in Western Asia, ___________________________________

Africa and Europe. From a Singapore docks ___________________________________

ships carry rubber, copper, timber and spices ___________________________________

sail to other countries. Other ships bring out

manufactured goods and machinery from the

industry countries of the world. ____________________________________

2. Incorrect Correct

Trees that has resistance against adverse has have

climate conditions and the capacity for ____________________________________

Survival are a best to be used for Bonsai. ____________________________________

The ones to the ficus family are suited ____________________________________

for the purpose. Saplings of banyan, peepul,etc. Who ____________________________________

grow in the wild in the roadside and ____________________________________

cracks on walls, can be plant to be trained ____________________________________

into desired forms. Trees that grew aerial ____________________________________

roots from the trunk and branches look

antique and fascinate in miniature. ____________________________________

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PUNJABI

MATHS

1. Represent√ on number line.

2. Write 15.023 the form of rational number.

3. Rationalise the denominator

√ √

√ √

√ √

√ √

4. Prove that

√ +

√ √ -

√ = 0

5. Find the value of .025

6. Simplify { 7(271/3 +641/3)3}1/4

7. If p(x) = X3 + 3X2 -2X + 4 Find the value of p(-2) +p(1) +p(0).

8. The polynomial p(x) = 2X3 +kX2-3X+5 and Q(x) = X3 +2X2 –X +k when divided

by X-2 leaves remainders R1 and R2 resp. Find the value of K if R1 –R2 = 0.

9. What should be subtracted from the polynomial 2X4 – 4X3 + 4X2 _4X +3 so

that the obtained polynomial is exactly divisible by X2 +X+1?

10. Let ABC be an equilateral triangle in which co-ordinates B and C are (5,0)

and (-5,0) resp. Find the coordinates of point A.

11. Plot two points A(5,5) and B(-5,-5) on the graph paper. Draw a line segment

and find its mid-point.

12. Write axioms and postulates of Euclid.

13. C is the mid-point of AB and Dis the mid-point of AC. Prove that AD=1/4AB.

14. Find the area of isosceles triangle whose one side is 10cm greater than its

each equal side and its perimeter is 100cm.

15. Find area of the triangle whose sides are 5cm, 12cm and 13cm. Also find

the shortest altitude.

16.If two diagonals of the Rhombus are of lengths 240m and 44m then find

height and perimeter of Rhombus.

17. Find the area of the Field which is in the shape of a trapezium having

parallel sides are 20m and 42m and non–parallel sides are 21m and 23m.

18. Find the area of a rhombus whose side is 100m and one diagonal 160m also

find the length of other diagonal.

19. Prove that if two lines intersect each other than the bisectors of vertically

opposite angles are in same line.

20. If the arms of one angle are respectively parallel to arms of another angle

then prove that angles are either equal or supplementary.

21. If the bisectors of the base angles of a triangle enclose an angle of 1350,

prove that the triangle is a right angle.

22. Show that the sum of exterior angles of a triangle is 1800.

23. Prove that the bisectors of the angles of a linear pair are at right angles.

24. If two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal. Prove that the

bisectors of the interior angles form a rectangle.

25. If AB//CD, find the value of x.

26. In the given figure, side BC of ABC is produced in both the directions. Prove

that the sum of the two exterior angles so formed is greater than 1800.

27. In the given figure AO and DO are the bisectors of ∠A and ∠D respectively of

a quadrilateral ABCD. Prove that ∠AOD = ½ (∠B + ∠C).

28. In ∆ABC, it is given that ∠C-∠A = 400 and ∠C - ∠B=200. Find ∠A, ∠B.

29. Factorize (i) X3 + 6X2 + 11X +6

(ii) 3Y4 -243

(iii)25 –(Y2 +4y +4)

(iv)m(m-1) – n(n-1)

(v) (x-a)3 +(x-b)3 +(x-c)3 -3(x-a)(x-b)(x-c)

30. E and F are the mid points of the sides AB and AD resp. of square ABCD of

each side 4cm. find the area of the shaded region

PROJECT

Verify Heron’s Formula by taking suitable cut-outs of triangular figures and

pasting them on graph sheets

Note: Your homework will be evaluated on the basis of following rubrics 1. Punctuality (2 marks) 2. Completion of work (3marks) 3. Quality of work (3 marks) 4. Self-Effort (2 marks)

SCIENCE

1. Research based projects - Collect 5-7 weeds, dry and paste in your scrap book. - Note the distance covered and time taken by any 3 vehicles and calculate their speed

.Draw their speed- time graph and calculate acceleration for each of them. - Read chapter -Force and laws of motion, Atoms and molecules and write the

reflections of the lesson read by you.

2. Draw the following diagrams from lesson 2 – Is matter around us pure? - Separation of immiscible liquids - Sublimation

- Distillation

- Fractional distillation

- Separation of components of air.

3. Solve the following questions

i. Thermal conduction takes place in

a solids only b liquids only

c gases only d all of these

ii .A mixture of water and silver chloride can be separated by

a centrifugation b sedimentation

c filtration d sublimation

iii. The percentage of hydrogen in H2O molecule is

a 5.55 b 11.11

c 44.45 d 88.89

iv The husk of the coconut is made up of

a collenchyma b sclerenchyma

d apical meristem d intercalary meristem

v The inner lining of blood vessels is made up of which tissue ?

a nervous tissue b epithelial tissue

c connective tissue d muscle tissue

vi A block of wood of length 40cm and area of cross section 15cm³ floats in water with

3/8 of its length above water .What is the density of water? (density of water 1g/cm³)

a 0.256g/cm³ b 0.526g/cm³

b 0.625g/cm³ d 0.650g/cm ³

vii A ship going from sea water to river water , then it

a rises slightly b sinks slightly

c remain at same level d bent to rear end

viii Work done by the force of gravity on the moon moving around the earth is

a positive b negative

c zero d either negative or positive

ix A light and a heavy body have equal momentum , the kinetic energy is greater for

a heavy body b. light body

c both heavy and light body d neither heavy nor light body

x With decrease in water vapour content in air , velocity of sound

a increases b decreases

c remains constant d cannot say

RUBRICS (CRITERION) FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF HOMEWORK (For classes 6-10 it will be

considered as a part of FA 2 activity )

Self-effort – 3 marks, with help-2marks, from market- 0 marks

Punctuality – 2 marks

Creativity – 3 marks

Completion of the work – 2 marks

Date of submission

Class III, IV, V, VI – 14.7.2016

Class VII, VIII, IX, X – 12.7.2016

NOTE:: Keep your homework simple and authentic , avoid usage of stickers, stars and glitters

otherwise negative marking will be there.

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Submit your Holidays HW on 12-07-16 positively.

1. Frame M.C.Q of Ch- Physical Features, Drainage and India size and location(15 MCQs from

each chapter in Class Work notebook)

Prepare a Scrap Book and do the following

2. Weather report from 1st June to 30th June (Morning, Afternoon and Evening temperature)

3. Map skills of Geography Ch-1,2,3

All rivers of India

Ranges

Peaks

Physical Features

4. Draw the symbols of French Revolution and write meaning of each symbol.

5. Show the comparison between Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi based on following

points:

Method of struggle

Life style of both the leaders

Outcome of struggle

6. Story Writing

Health Education and other related factors are very important for human resource

development. Demonstrate the importance of above factors by developing a story.

7. What type of government do the following countries have?

Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

Mexico

Zimbabwe

China

Poland

Chile

India

Mention any two features of government of each of the above countries.

List the common features if any.

8. Rubrics for Evaluation of Holidays HW

Self-made Punctuality Quality of Work Completion of Work

3 2 3 2