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CBSE Class 9 English Grammar — practice questions

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In the lesson 'How I Taught My Grandmother to Read', the narrator stays in a village in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Kannada word 'Avva' used by the narrator for her grandmother means:Read the answer and worked solution →In which Kannada weekly was the novel 'Kashi Yatre' appearing as a serial?Read the answer and worked solution →A clause that depends on another clause is:Read the answer and worked solution →A subordinate clause acting as a subject or object is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A subordinate clause that describes a noun is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Words that come before nouns and specify quantity are:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'some clay', the word 'some' is a:Read the answer and worked solution →A relative clause acts like which part of speech?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'she realised that the pot was ready', the underlined subordinate part is a:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'She sensed that something momentous had happened', the main clause is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which word usually begins a relative clause?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'the potter's hands, which shaped the clay', the clause is:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'as many pots as they could', the determiner is:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'any individual', the word 'any' shows:Read the answer and worked solution →A sentence with one main and one subordinate clause has how many clauses?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is NOT a job of a determiner?Read the answer and worked solution →'Enough days of sunshine' uses 'enough' as a:Read the answer and worked solution →A noun clause can work in a sentence as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Relative clauses are also called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence part can never stand alone?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'who had suddenly found momentum', the clause describes a:Read the answer and worked solution →Noun clause or relative clause?Read the answer and worked solution →Tap the determinersRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about clausesRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the clause ruleRead the answer and worked solution →Name that clauseRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →Clauses bingoRead the answer and worked solution →In 'I bought the book', the verb is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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In the lesson 'How I Taught My Grandmother to Read', the narrator stays in a village in:

  1. Tamil Nadu
  2. Kerala
  3. North Karnataka
  4. Andhra Pradesh
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Correct answer: C. North Karnataka

The story is set in a village in north Karnataka where the narrator (Sudha Murty, in her childhood) stays with her grandparents. The local dialect of Kannada is spoken there.

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The Kannada word 'Avva' used by the narrator for her grandmother means:

  1. Sister
  2. Mother
  3. Aunt
  4. Friend
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Correct answer: B. Mother

In the Kannada spoken in north Karnataka, 'Avva' means mother. The narrator uses it as an affectionate term for her grandmother.

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In which Kannada weekly was the novel 'Kashi Yatre' appearing as a serial?

  1. Karmaveera
  2. Mayura
  3. Sudha
  4. Taranga
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Correct answer: A. Karmaveera

The novel Kashi Yatre, which the grandmother loves, was being published serially in the Kannada weekly magazine Karmaveera.

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