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9th class second language English prose 3 My Beginnings question and answer
PROSE: 3
My Beginnings
Extract questions and answers
Read each of the following extracts and answer the questions given below:
1. “I was born on a cold winter morning.”
a) Who is the speaker here?
Ans: Kapil Dev
b) Who does he say?
Ans: The readers.
c) Why did he say so?
Ans: Because he did not know his date of birth.
2. “Our beginnings never know our ends.”
a) Who said this?
Ans: Kapil Dev
b) Where does his life begin?
Kapil’s life begins in Chandigarh.
c) When did he say so?
Ans: When Kapil Dev has concluded by looking back at his life, he said so.
3. “I was very curious and it was my ambition.”
a) Who is the speaker here?
Ans: Kapil Dev
b) What were his ambitions?
Ans: Travel around the world and drive Mercedes Benz.
c) Were they come true?
Ans: Yes, his ambitions were come true.
4. “I found it hard to sit still.”
a) Whom does ‘I’ refer to?
Ans: Kapil Dev
b) Where did he not sit to find?
Ans: In house or outside.
c) Why did he found hard to sit still?
Ans: Because he was very naughty and he was never managed to control himself.
5. “These dreams seemed like castles in the air.”
a) Who said this?
Ans: Kapil Dev
b) What do you mean by ‘castles in the air’?
Ans: ‘Castles in the air’ means not fulfilled dreams.
c) What are the dreams seems like ‘castle in the air’?
Ans: Travel around the world and drive a ‘Mercedes Benz’.
My Beginnings extract questions and answers for class 9
6. “I now sympathize with her.”
a) Who does ‘I’ refer here?
Ans: Kapil Dev
b) Who does ‘her’ refer here?
Ans: The neighbour lady
c) Why did he sympathize?
Ans: Because he made mischief with her.
7. “The rash that Papaya sap can cause.”
a) Who said this?
Ans: Kapil Dev
b) What do you mean by ‘Papaya sap’?
Ans: Papaya juice.
c) What made him to discover rash?
Ans: Kapil stayed on Papaya tree for a while due to the woman and the guests with tea party under papaya tree.
8. “She knows we were up to mischief.”
a) Whom does ‘She’ refer to?
Ans: ‘She’ refers to Kapil’s Neighbouring woman.
b) Who is ‘we’ referred here?
Ans: Kapil and his friends.
c) Why did Kapil said this?
Ans: Kapil’s neighbour women had ninety – two pomegranates on the tree. She counted them every day because she knew Kapil and his friends were naughty. Therefore, Kapil narrated this line.
9. “She counted them every day.”
a) Whom does ‘She’ refer to?
Ans: Kapil’s Neighbouring lady.
b) What did she count every day?
And: Pomegranates in the tree.
c) Why did she count every day?
Ans: Because she knew that Kapil and his friends were very naughty and might have stolen them.
10. “I was fairly good at all games.”
a) Whom does ‘I’ refer to?
Ans: Kapil Dev
b) Which is his favourite game?
And: Football
c) What are the games that are offer at Kapil Dev School?
Ans: Basketball, football, table tennis and hockey.
Notes of the lesson My Beginnings
11. “That is a decision I will always be grateful to them for.”
a) Whom does ‘them’ refer to?
Ans: Kapil’s friends.
b) What is the decision here?
Ans: Changing Football to Cricket.
c) Why does Kapil Dev grateful for his friends?
Ans: Kapil Dev’s friends convinced him to change his game. As they, unconsciously introduced him to cricket which he was made so he is grateful for his friends.
12. “I switched from one game to the other.”
a) Who is the speaker here?
Ans: Kapil Dev
b) Which game he like most?
Ans: Football
c) Which game did he switch to?
Ans: Cricket
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