English Language Skills: Poetry, Grammar, and Reading Comprehension
Class IX English assessment covering poetry analysis of John Keats' 'On the Grasshopper and the Cricket', grammar exercises on tenses and sentence structure, vocabulary usage, and reading comprehension on body language and non-verbal communication.
Questions
What does the line: ‘the poetry of earth is never dead’ signify?
On the Grasshopper and the Cricket
By John Keats
The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;
That is the Grasshopper's -- he takes the lead
In summer luxury, he has never done
With his delights; for when tired out with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening, when the frost
Has wrought silence, from the stove there shrills
The Cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever,
And seems to one in drowsiness half lost,
The Grasshopper's among some grassy hills.
- That the music and poetry of Mother Earth are omnipresent
- That this poem is immortal
- That many poems are written on Mother Earth
- That everyone loves Mother Earth
Who sings the song in the winters?
On the Grasshopper and the Cricket
By John Keats
The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;
That is the Grasshopper's -- he takes the lead
In summer luxury, he has never done
With his delights; for when tired out with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening, when the frost
Has wrought silence, from the stove there shrills
The Cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever,
And seems to one in drowsiness half lost,
The Grasshopper's among some grassy hills.
- The cricket
- The grasshopper
- The birds
- The nightingale
What sort of change is witnessed in the surroundings when the cricket sings the song?
On the Grasshopper and the Cricket
By John Keats
The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;
That is the Grasshopper's -- he takes the lead
In summer luxury, he has never done
With his delights; for when tired out with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening, when the frost
Has wrought silence, from the stove there shrills
The Cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever,
And seems to one in drowsiness half lost,
The Grasshopper's among some grassy hills.
- The weather becomes cold.
- The silence of winter is shattered.
- The flowers bloom.
- The birds also start singing the song.
Fill blank (i).
Directions: Choose the most appropriate option to complete the dialogue given below.
Rahul: Hello! Rajesh, what are you doing?
Rajesh: I (i) _________ a collection of poems written by John Keats.
Rahul: What (ii) ________ in the evening?
Rajesh: I (iii) __________ yet.
- was reading
- am reading
- have been reading
- had been reading
Fill blank (iii).
Directions: Choose the most appropriate option to complete the dialogue given below.
Rahul: Hello! Rajesh, what are you doing?
Rajesh: I (i) _________ a collection of poems written by John Keats.
Rahul: What (ii) ________ in the evening?
Rajesh: I (iii) __________ yet.
- did not decide
- have not decided
- shall decide
- have decided
Fill blank (ii).
Directions: Choose the most appropriate option to complete the dialogue given below.
Rahul: Hello! Rajesh, what are you doing?
Rajesh: I (i) _________ a collection of poems written by John Keats.
Rahul: What (ii) ________ in the evening?
Rajesh: I (iii) __________ yet.
- will you be doing
- will you do
- are you going
- are you going
Who hides in the cooling trees?
On the Grasshopper and the Cricket
By John Keats
The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;
That is the Grasshopper's -- he takes the lead
In summer luxury, he has never done
With his delights; for when tired out with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening, when the frost
Has wrought silence, from the stove there shrills
The Cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever,
And seems to one in drowsiness half lost,
The Grasshopper's among some grassy hills.
- The grasshopper
- The cricket
- The birds
- The earth
Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (i).
Directions: Choose the most appropriate word/verb phrase from the options given below to complete the given paragraph.
Knowledge is great wealth. It can neither be stolen (i) ________ thieves nor snatched away forcibly by robbers. A person (ii) _________ acquires knowledge wins great respect and is held (iii) _________ high esteem. It (iv) _________ decrease on being spent. Rather, it increases day by day. Only one has to work hard (v) __________ knowledge. During studentship there is no other worry than to study. One will never get an opportunity again and then there will be (vi) __________ to do but repent.
- of
- by
- with
- from
What is the theme of the poem, ‘On the Grasshopper and the Cricket’?
On the Grasshopper and the Cricket
By John Keats
The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;
That is the Grasshopper's -- he takes the lead
In summer luxury, he has never done
With his delights; for when tired out with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening, when the frost
Has wrought silence, from the stove there shrills
The Cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever,
And seems to one in drowsiness half lost,
The Grasshopper's among some grassy hills.
- To depict the beauty of nature
- To depict the life cycle of a grasshopper
- To depict the life cycle of a cricket
- To tell that sounds of nature don’t end even after the birds go to sleep
Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (v).
Directions: Choose the most appropriate word/verb phrase from the options given below to complete the given paragraph.
Knowledge is great wealth. It can neither be stolen (i) ________ thieves nor snatched away forcibly by robbers. A person (ii) _________ acquires knowledge wins great respect and is held (iii) _________ high esteem. It (iv) _________ decrease on being spent. Rather, it increases day by day. Only one has to work hard (v) __________ knowledge. During studentship there is no other worry than to study. One will never get an opportunity again and then there will be (vi) __________ to do but repent.
- to gain
- for gaining
- to the gaining of
- and gained
Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (iv).
Directions: Choose the most appropriate word/verb phrase from the options given below to complete the given paragraph.
Knowledge is great wealth. It can neither be stolen (i) ________ thieves nor snatched away forcibly by robbers. A person (ii) _________ acquires knowledge wins great respect and is held (iii) _________ high esteem. It (iv) _________ decrease on being spent. Rather, it increases day by day. Only one has to work hard (v) __________ knowledge. During studentship there is no other worry than to study. One will never get an opportunity again and then there will be (vi) __________ to do but repent.
- do not
- does not
- did not
- is not
Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (iii).
Directions: Choose the most appropriate word/verb phrase from the options given below to complete the given paragraph.
Knowledge is great wealth. It can neither be stolen (i) ________ thieves nor snatched away forcibly by robbers. A person (ii) _________ acquires knowledge wins great respect and is held (iii) _________ high esteem. It (iv) _________ decrease on being spent. Rather, it increases day by day. Only one has to work hard (v) __________ knowledge. During studentship there is no other worry than to study. One will never get an opportunity again and then there will be (vi) __________ to do but repent.
- at
- in
- with
- for
Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (ii).
Directions: Choose the most appropriate word/verb phrase from the options given below to complete the given paragraph.
Knowledge is great wealth. It can neither be stolen (i) ________ thieves nor snatched away forcibly by robbers. A person (ii) _________ acquires knowledge wins great respect and is held (iii) _________ high esteem. It (iv) _________ decrease on being spent. Rather, it increases day by day. Only one has to work hard (v) __________ knowledge. During studentship there is no other worry than to study. One will never get an opportunity again and then there will be (vi) __________ to do but repent.
- who
- which
- whose
- by whom
Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (vi).
Directions: Choose the most appropriate word/verb phrase from the options given below to complete the given paragraph.
Knowledge is great wealth. It can neither be stolen (i) ________ thieves nor snatched away forcibly by robbers. A person (ii) _________ acquires knowledge wins great respect and is held (iii) _________ high esteem. It (iv) _________ decrease on being spent. Rather, it increases day by day. Only one has to work hard (v) __________ knowledge. During studentship there is no other worry than to study. One will never get an opportunity again and then there will be (vi) __________ to do but repent.
- everything
- nothing
- something
- none
From the findings of the research described in the passage, one can come to the conclusion that
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the given question:
One of the most potent elements in body language is eye behaviour. You shift your eyes, meet another person's gaze or fail to meet it - and produce an effect out of all proportion to the trifling muscular effort you have made. When two people look searchingly into each other's eyes, emotions are heightened and .the relationship tipped toward greater intimacy.
In normal conversation, each eye contact lasts only about a second before one or both individuals look away. Because the longer meeting of the eyes is rare, it is weighted with significance when it happens and can generate a special kind of human-to-human awareness. Most of the time, a lingering look is interpreted as a sign of attraction and this should be scrupulously avoided except in appropriate circumstances. A young woman once complained. ‘That man makes me so uncomfortable, half the time when I glance at him he's already looking at me - and he keeps right on looking.'
Proper street behaviour requires a balance of attention and intention. You are supposed to look at a passer-by just enough to show that you are aware of his presence. If you look too little, you appear haughty or furtive; too much and you are inquisitive. Usually what happens is that people eye each other until they are about eight feet apart, at which point both cast down their eyes.
Much of eye behaviour is so subtle that we react to it only on the intuitive level. This has been demonstrated in elaborate experiments. Subjects sit and talk in the psychologist's laboratory, irrespective of the fact that their eye behaviour is being observed from behind a one-way vision screen. In one fairly typical experiment, subjects were induced to cheat while performing a task, then were interviewed and observed. It was found that those who. had cheated met the interviewer's eyes less often than was normal, an indication that 'shifty eyes' can actually be a tip-off to an attempt to deceive.
- innocent people maintain longer eye contact than the guilty ones
- guilty people make frequent gazes during interrogation
- 'shifty eyes' indicate an intent to deceive
- 'shifty eyes' indicate a feeling of guilt
As per the author, the muscular effort we make is
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the given question:
One of the most potent elements in body language is eye behaviour. You shift your eyes, meet another person's gaze or fail to meet it - and produce an effect out of all proportion to the trifling muscular effort you have made. When two people look searchingly into each other's eyes, emotions are heightened and .the relationship tipped toward greater intimacy.
In normal conversation, each eye contact lasts only about a second before one or both individuals look away. Because the longer meeting of the eyes is rare, it is weighted with significance when it happens and can generate a special kind of human-to-human awareness. Most of the time, a lingering look is interpreted as a sign of attraction and this should be scrupulously avoided except in appropriate circumstances. A young woman once complained. ‘That man makes me so uncomfortable, half the time when I glance at him he's already looking at me - and he keeps right on looking.'
Proper street behaviour requires a balance of attention and intention. You are supposed to look at a passer-by just enough to show that you are aware of his presence. If you look too little, you appear haughty or furtive; too much and you are inquisitive. Usually what happens is that people eye each other until they are about eight feet apart, at which point both cast down their eyes.
Much of eye behaviour is so subtle that we react to it only on the intuitive level. This has been demonstrated in elaborate experiments. Subjects sit and talk in the psychologist's laboratory, irrespective of the fact that their eye behaviour is being observed from behind a one-way vision screen. In one fairly typical experiment, subjects were induced to cheat while performing a task, then were interviewed and observed. It was found that those who. had cheated met the interviewer's eyes less often than was normal, an indication that 'shifty eyes' can actually be a tip-off to an attempt to deceive.
- approximately equal to the effect of our shifting of the eyes
- much more than the effect of our eye movement
- much less than the effect of our eye movement
- inversely proportional to the effect of our eye movement
The young woman in the passage was uncomfortable because
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the given question:
One of the most potent elements in body language is eye behaviour. You shift your eyes, meet another person's gaze or fail to meet it - and produce an effect out of all proportion to the trifling muscular effort you have made. When two people look searchingly into each other's eyes, emotions are heightened and .the relationship tipped toward greater intimacy.
In normal conversation, each eye contact lasts only about a second before one or both individuals look away. Because the longer meeting of the eyes is rare, it is weighted with significance when it happens and can generate a special kind of human-to-human awareness. Most of the time, a lingering look is interpreted as a sign of attraction and this should be scrupulously avoided except in appropriate circumstances. A young woman once complained. ‘That man makes me so uncomfortable, half the time when I glance at him he's already looking at me - and he keeps right on looking.'
Proper street behaviour requires a balance of attention and intention. You are supposed to look at a passer-by just enough to show that you are aware of his presence. If you look too little, you appear haughty or furtive; too much and you are inquisitive. Usually what happens is that people eye each other until they are about eight feet apart, at which point both cast down their eyes.
Much of eye behaviour is so subtle that we react to it only on the intuitive level. This has been demonstrated in elaborate experiments. Subjects sit and talk in the psychologist's laboratory, irrespective of the fact that their eye behaviour is being observed from behind a one-way vision screen. In one fairly typical experiment, subjects were induced to cheat while performing a task, then were interviewed and observed. It was found that those who. had cheated met the interviewer's eyes less often than was normal, an indication that 'shifty eyes' can actually be a tip-off to an attempt to deceive.
- the man appeared to be showing great interest in her with his prolonged gaze
- the man's sharp gazes would take the relationship toward greater intimacy
- because she feels that such gazes are dangerous
- she did not like the man who was looking at her
What is meant by the expression 'proper street behaviour' in the passage?
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the given question:
One of the most potent elements in body language is eye behaviour. You shift your eyes, meet another person's gaze or fail to meet it - and produce an effect out of all proportion to the trifling muscular effort you have made. When two people look searchingly into each other's eyes, emotions are heightened and .the relationship tipped toward greater intimacy.
In normal conversation, each eye contact lasts only about a second before one or both individuals look away. Because the longer meeting of the eyes is rare, it is weighted with significance when it happens and can generate a special kind of human-to-human awareness. Most of the time, a lingering look is interpreted as a sign of attraction and this should be scrupulously avoided except in appropriate circumstances. A young woman once complained. ‘That man makes me so uncomfortable, half the time when I glance at him he's already looking at me - and he keeps right on looking.'
Proper street behaviour requires a balance of attention and intention. You are supposed to look at a passer-by just enough to show that you are aware of his presence. If you look too little, you appear haughty or furtive; too much and you are inquisitive. Usually what happens is that people eye each other until they are about eight feet apart, at which point both cast down their eyes.
Much of eye behaviour is so subtle that we react to it only on the intuitive level. This has been demonstrated in elaborate experiments. Subjects sit and talk in the psychologist's laboratory, irrespective of the fact that their eye behaviour is being observed from behind a one-way vision screen. In one fairly typical experiment, subjects were induced to cheat while performing a task, then were interviewed and observed. It was found that those who. had cheated met the interviewer's eyes less often than was normal, an indication that 'shifty eyes' can actually be a tip-off to an attempt to deceive.
- Our behaviour when we walk in the street
- Behaviour among friends and acquaintances
- Behaviour among strangers
- None of these
Prolonged eye contact between two individuals is weighted with great significance because
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the given question:
One of the most potent elements in body language is eye behaviour. You shift your eyes, meet another person's gaze or fail to meet it - and produce an effect out of all proportion to the trifling muscular effort you have made. When two people look searchingly into each other's eyes, emotions are heightened and .the relationship tipped toward greater intimacy.
In normal conversation, each eye contact lasts only about a second before one or both individuals look away. Because the longer meeting of the eyes is rare, it is weighted with significance when it happens and can generate a special kind of human-to-human awareness. Most of the time, a lingering look is interpreted as a sign of attraction and this should be scrupulously avoided except in appropriate circumstances. A young woman once complained. ‘That man makes me so uncomfortable, half the time when I glance at him he's already looking at me - and he keeps right on looking.'
Proper street behaviour requires a balance of attention and intention. You are supposed to look at a passer-by just enough to show that you are aware of his presence. If you look too little, you appear haughty or furtive; too much and you are inquisitive. Usually what happens is that people eye each other until they are about eight feet apart, at which point both cast down their eyes.
Much of eye behaviour is so subtle that we react to it only on the intuitive level. This has been demonstrated in elaborate experiments. Subjects sit and talk in the psychologist's laboratory, irrespective of the fact that their eye behaviour is being observed from behind a one-way vision screen. In one fairly typical experiment, subjects were induced to cheat while performing a task, then were interviewed and observed. It was found that those who. had cheated met the interviewer's eyes less often than was normal, an indication that 'shifty eyes' can actually be a tip-off to an attempt to deceive.
- it always generates a special awareness
- such contacts are extremely rare
- such contacts are often interpreted negatively
- such contacts create a great impression