CLASS : IX REVISION WORKSHEET FOR PT-3

SECTION – A (READING)
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:-

CHESS IS CALLED THE GAME OF KINGS

1. Chess is called the game of kings. It has been around for a long time. People have been
playing it for over 500 years. Chess is based on an even older game from India. The chess we
play today is from Europe.
2. Chess is a two-player game. One player uses the white pieces while the other uses the
black pieces. Each piece moves in a special way. One piece is called the king. Each player
has one. The players take turns moving their pieces. If a player lands on a piece, he or she
takes it. The game ends when a player loses his or her king. There are a few more rules, but
these are the basics.
3. Some people think that chess is more than a game. They think that it makes the mind
stronger. Good chess players use their brains. They take their time. They think about what
will happen next. These skills are useful in life and in chess. Chess is kind of a work out for
the mind.
4. You don’t always have lots of time to think when playing chess. There is a type of chess
with short time limits. It’s called blitz chess. In blitz chess, each player gets ten minutes to
use for the whole game. Your clock runs during your turn. You hit the time clock after your
move. This stops your clock. It also starts the other player’s clock. If you run out of time, you
lose. Games of blitz chess are fast-paced.
5. Chess is not just for people. Computers have been playing chess since the 1970s. At first,
they did not play well. They made mistakes. As time went on they grew stronger. In 1997, a
computer beat the best player in the world for the first time. It was a computer called Deep
Blue. Deep Blue was big. It took up a whole room. By 2006 a cell phone could beat the best
players in the world. Chess sure has come a long way. Don’t you think so?

On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, answer the following
questions.
i. What is the author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph?
a. To explain the rules of chess b. To compare different types of games
c. To talk about game pieces d. To persuade people to play chess
ii. Which is not a reason that chess is a good workout for the mind according to the text?
a. Good chess players think about what will happen next. b. Good chess players take a lot
of risks.
c. Good chess players take their time. d. Good chess players use their brains.
iii. How long have people been playing chess?
a. Over 100 years b. Over 500 years c. Over 1000 years d. Over 5000 years
iv. Where did the game that chess is based on come from?
a.Europe b. India c.America d.All of these

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v. Which best describes the main idea in the fourth paragraph?
a. This paragraph argues that players should think less.
b. This paragraph explains how blitz chess is played.
c. This paragraph explains how time clocks work.
d. This paragraph describes many different ways to play chess.
vi. How does a game of chess end according to the text?
a. One player takes all of the other player’s pieces. b. One player makes it to the end of the
board.
c. One player becomes king. d. One player loses his or her king.
vii. Which happened first?
a. Computers did not play chess well b. Deep Blue won an important game.
c. Cell phones got good at playing chess. d. Deep Blue took up a whole room.
viii. How is blitz chess different from regular chess?
a. Each player has two kings. b. Players are blindfolded.
c. Players only have ten minutes to play. d. Players start from a random position.
ix. If it’s your turn in blitz chess, what happens when you hit the clock?
a. Both your clock and the other person’s clock keep running
b. The other person’s clock stops running and yours starts.
c. Both clocks stop running.
d. Your clock stops running and the other person’s clock begins.
x. When did a computer first beat a strong human player in chess?
a. 2006 b. 1997 c. 1970 d. 1976

SECTION – B ( WRITING)
2. You are Reena. You want to take up fashion designing as your career in life but your
conservative parents are pressuring you to take up traditional academic studies. Using the
information given below, construct a dialogue between you and your parents in about 100
words.
Parents radical --- traditional --- modern times changing fast --- fashion designing popular ---
career-wise necessity of marching ---- with the times ---liberalisation --- fashioning global
craze ---window to make a grand career – safe and secure life.

3. You recently visited a small town in Madhya Pradesh. The sight of small children, around
the age of ten, working in a glass making factory has disturbed you. Write a paragraph about
the grave problem in our country. Also highlight the ill-effects of child labour using the
points from the MCB unit “ Children”.
4. The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the
incorrect word and the correction.
Incorrect Correct
The passenger were waiting at the a) ---------------- a) -------------
Bus stop when four police officials rushing b) ---------------- b) ------------
Into difference buses. C) --------------- c) ----------

5. Rearrange the words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.

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 SECTION – D (LITERATURE )
Read the extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow:-
6. A. How I laughed at my mother’s false teeth.
As they foamed in the waters beneath.
But now comes the reckonin’
Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth.
1. What does ‘my mother’s false teeth’ mean?
2. Give the meaning of the word ‘beckoning’
3. Why did the poet laugh at her mother’s false teeth?
B, Pa, can’t you give me a picture of yourself boxing? I could wank like anything. And
you don’t know how sick a chap gets of having chaps call him, ‘Goggles’?
1. Who speaks these words to whom? When?
2. Why does the speaker want a picture of boxing from the listener?
3. Those who call him ‘Goggles’ are his -----------------------
C. In two minutes we were faced, had shaken hands, and had finished with such topics
as rain, prosperity, health, residence, and destination.
1. The speaker of these line is ----------------
2. Who did the narrator see? Where?
3. What were the general topics of conversation?’
D. Convict:- Tell you about it? Look here, I was a man once. I’m a beast now, and they
made me what I am.]
1. What is ‘it’ here in the first line?
2. ‘They’ here are -----------
3. In prison the convict had to eat -----------------------
7. Answer the following questions in 30 – 40 words:-
a. How are the Bishop and Persome different though they are real brother and sister?
b. How was the convict treated in the prison?
c. What was Pescud’s objection to Best Sellers?
d. What reason did Bramble give for his decision of not taking part in boxing contest?
e. What is the message of the poem ‘Oh, I wish I’d looked after me Teeth’?
f. How did the poet spend her pocket money?
8. Answer the following questions in 100 – 120 words:-
a. How does the narrator in the poem’Oh, I wish I’d looked After Me Teeth’ regret over the
damage of cavities, decay, etc. in her teeth?
b. The prison is meant for reformation, not punishment, Justify this statement with reference
to the play ‘The Bishop’s Candlesticks”
c. Jerry Fisher, in his pursuit to unravel the secret that the Brambles had hidden so long from
Harold, actually helped the Bramble family. Discuss.
d. “The Best Seller” reveals the hypocrisy of Pescud, Why do people say something and
practice something else? How can we avoid being hypocrites?

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