ENGLISH WORKSHEET
Class 9th
1. Read the following passage carefully: 1x5=5
New Delhi: Atithi Devo Bhavah. To make visitors to the city feel welcome during the Commonwealth Games, India Tourism
Development Corporation (ITDC) is set to train taxi and auto drivers, CISF personnel posted at monuments, Dhaba owners,
hotel staff etc. Participants will be taught English as well as courtesy and ways to communicate with tourists. At present,
there is a shortage of trained guides in the city and with Commonwealth Games drawing close, the issue has to be
addressed promptly.
With hundreds of historical sites to visit and each monument boasting its own unique history, foreign nationals are often
left to fend for themselves and depend on tourist books and brochures for information. Language is another problem. Quite
a contrast to facilities offered in tourist sites in western countries, where trained guides-proficient in several languages-are
easily available to aid visitors apart from group-guided trips at regular intervals. Although the Archaeological Survey of India
(ASI) plans to introduce audio guide services in five languages at some world heritage sites our experts point that not a
single monument or tourist place in the city has an interpretation centre where tourists can come and get all information
pertaining to a particular site. ASI is also in the process of bringing out more brochures and guides for foreign visitors in the
city. Experts say such facilities are crucial if the government wants to promote Delhi as a ‘heritage city’. Various agencies like
INTACH are also involved in the plans.
Under ITDC’s plans, etiquette training for the Games will also be provided to residents who offer rooms to foreigners under
Delhi government’s bed and breakfast scheme. “House-owners will be given hospitality related training and a brief of
Indian tourism scenario. Most visitors generally question their hosts on information about the city so they will be provided
information on the golden triangle- Delhi, Agra and Jaipur as well as where tourists should go visiting in Delhi,” said an
official.
Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet.
Q1: What are the initiatives to be taken up by the India Tourism Development Corporation to make the visitors feel
welcome during the Commonwealth Games?
(i) training of drivers, CISF personals, Dhaba owners and hotel staff.
(ii) promoting the sale of tourist books and brochures.
(iii) arranging audio cassettes and tapes on tourism.
(iv) constructing more bed and breakfast homes.
Q2: How have the western countries managed to offer aid and better facilities to their tourists?
(i) by providing good tourist books and brochures.
(ii) by providing well-behaved and courteous guides.
(iii) by training guides in several languages and group-guided trips at regular intervals.
(iv) by allowing foreign nationals to fend for themselves.
Q3: Apart from the guides and the guided tours, Archaeological Survey of India has expressed the need for establishing
______________ at historical sites to help tourists.
(i) interpretation centres.
(ii) rehabilitation centres.
(iii) cessation centres.
(iv) training centres.
Q4: What steps have been taken by ASI to promote Delhi as a heritage site?
(i) making brochures very informative and training the residents.
(ii) bringing out more brochures and involving other agencies in planning and visitor management.
(iii) offering tourists all sources of comfort for their stay and visits to historical sites.
(iv) providing owners of bed and breakfast homes information about Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.
Q5: _________________ are to be provided to residents who offer rooms to foreigners under ITDC’s plan.
(i) comfortable stay, friendly and hospitable treatment
(ii) etiquette training, hospitality treatment
(iii) better tourist guides and interpretation centres
(iv) visits to the golden triangle cities.
2. Rearrange the jumbled words to form sentences as directed: 1 x 15 = 15
a) most/he/in/active/class/is/the/boy/the (assertive)
b) ride/what/a/was/it (exclamatory)
c) man/the/is/healthy/old/strong/and (assertive)
d) the/bless/almighty/you/may (exclamatory)
e) you/the/have/latest/by/Ruskin Bond/read/novel (interrogative)
f) useful/made/the/a/discovery/scientist (assertive)
g) buy/you/for/what/yourself/did (interrogative)
h) place/this/at/leave/once (imperative)
i) next/going/are/Manali/we/week/to (assertive)
j) any/beautiful/as/Kashmir/is/place/as/there (interrogative)
k) your/seats/fasten/and/take/your/belts/seat (imperative)
l) enchanting/looks/how/valley/this (exclamatory)
m) allow/they/people/to/mobiles/stadium/the/will/to/into/carry (interrogative)
n) throw/the/do/plastic/not/ground/in/bottles (imperative)
o) shop/a/expensive/she/an/watch/jewellery/saw/at (assertive)
3. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word and the
correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. 4x2=8
Passage I Incorrect Correct
India is very fortunate that it have many (a) _____________ _____________
rivers. Their famous rivers are Sutlej, (b) _____________ _____________
Ganga, Yamuna or Narmada. Some of (c) _____________ _____________
the river like Ganga, which (d) _____________ _____________
originated from the Himalayas, flow (e) _____________ _____________
throughout a year. They provide water (f) _____________ _____________
for both drinking and irrigational purpose. (g) _____________ _____________
Some rivers in India are consider very sacred
and are worshipped. (h) _____________ _____________
Passage II Incorrect Correct
We are living in an age for science. Man has reached (a) __________ __________
the moon. The unconquerable have been conquered. (b) __________ __________
The dreams of yesterday was the realities of today. (c) __________ __________
Atomic energy is the great power in the hands (d) __________ __________
of man today. But the help of atomic energy, man (e) __________ __________
should change this world into a heaven of prosperity (f)__________ __________
or joy. The study of the various sciences helps us (g) __________ __________
understand most of these phenomena that we witness. (h) __________ __________
4. The sentences given below have a single omitted word. 3x2=6
Passage I Before Omitted After
Higher education is_important part of _____ _____ _____
the life of every individual. Be_any field of _____ _____ _____
work, the best professionals_always more _____ _____ _____
likely to hail_a rich educational background. _____ _____ _____
Education not_provides essential job skills, _____ _____ _____
but it also broadens_horizons of the mind. _____ _____ _____
Passage II Before Omitted After
The man_forgives a wrongdoing _____ _____ _____
proves himself to_the superior of _____ _____ _____
the man who wronged him_puts _____ _____ _____
the wrong-doer_shame _____ _____ _____
Forgiveness_even turn a foe into a friend, _____ _____ _____
so_is the noblest form of revenge. _____ _____ _____
Letter Writing 5
5. Write a letter to the editor of an English daily, making an appeal to the common people to switch over to solar energy
to conserve electricity and limit electricity bills.
Or
You recently visited an important historical monument. You were shocked to find it in a state of utter neglect Taking help
from unit, ‘Travel and Tourism’, the clues given below and with your own ideas write a letter to the editor of a leading
newspaper highlighting the poor condition of important archaeological and heritage ‘ sites. Point out the lack of essential
services, the poor state of maintenance and its misuse by people. Give suggestions for improving the situation.
