EVENTS
CONVENT H. SCHOOL
11/02/2021
CLASS-9 SLOT-2
English
Chapter-9
The Bond Of
Love
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I. Answer the following questions.
Question 1.“I got him for her by accident.”
1.
Who says this?
2.
Who do ‘him’ and ‘her’ refer to?
3.
What is the incident referred to
here?
Answer:
1.
The author says this.
2.
‘Him’ refers to the baby bear and
‘her’ refers to the author’s wife.
3.
The incident refers to the catching
of the baby bear.
Question 2.He stood on his head in delight.”
1.
Who does ‘he’ refer to?
2.
Why was he delighted?
Answer:
1.
‘He’ refers to the baby bear.
2.
‘He’ was delighted to see the
author’s wife after a long time.
Question 3.“We all missed him greatly: but in a sense we
were relieved.”
1.
Who does ‘we all’ stand for?
2.
Who did they miss?
3.
Why did they nevertheless feel
relieved?
Answer:
1.
The author, his wife and son.
2.
They missed the baby bear.
3.
They felt relieved because it was
getting difficult to keep the baby bear at home.
II. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.
Question 1.On two occasions Bruno ate/drank something that
should not be eaten/ drunk. What happened to him on these occasions?
Answer:Bruno ate Barium Carbonate which was put to kill the
rats and mice. Paralysis set in to the extent that he could not stand on his
feet. Once he drank one gallon of old engine oil. But it had no ill effects
whatever.
Question 2.Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why, then,
did he have to be sent away?
Answer:Yes, Bruno was a loving and playful pet. But he was
mischievous also. The bear became very attached to the narrator’s two Alsatian
dogs and the children of the tenants. Bruno had grown many times the size he
was when he came. Now her name was changed to Baba. Now he was getting too big
to be kept at home. So he was sent to a zoo.
Question 3.How was the problem of what to do with Bruno
finally solved?
Answer:Bruno was not feeling happy after getting separated
from the narrator’s family. He was getting weak everyday. The narrator’s wife
went to Mysore to meet Bruno. Bruno. After seeing his pitiful condition she
decided to get Bruno back home. The narrator and his wife made special
arrangement for Bumo and created all facility for him. At last Bruno was got
back home in a small cage.
III. Question 1.Given in the box are some
headings. Find the relevant paragraphs in the text to match the headings.
An Orphaned Cub; Bruno’s Food-chart;
An Accidental Case of Poisoning; Playful Baba; Pain of Separation; Joy of Reunion; A Request to the Zoo; An
Island in the Courtyard.
Answer:Find the adverbs in the passage below.
We thought that everything was over when suddenly a black
sloth-bear came out panting in the hot sun. Now I will not shoot a sloth-bear
wantonly but, unfortunately for the poor beast, one of my companions did not
feel that way about it, and promptly shot the bear on the spot.
Answer:suddenly, wantonly, unfortunately, promptly.
Question (i)Complete the following
sentences, using a suitable adverb ending in ‘—ly’.
(a) Rana does her homework carefully
(b) It rains heavily in Mumbai in June.
(c) He does his work diligently
(d) The dog serves his master faithfully
Question (ii)Choose the most
suitable adverbs or adverbial phrases and complete the following sentences:
(a) We should get down from a moving train, (never,
sometimes, often) -never
(b) I was in need of support after my poor performance,
(badly, occasionally, sometimes) -badly
(c) Rita met with an accident. The doctor examined her
(suddenly, seriously, immediately) -Immediately.