WBBSE Class 9 English Chapter 5 Solution | All Summer in a Day |

 Lesson 5. 

All Summer in a Day

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[1] Read the text and answer the question :

It had been raining for seven years. Thousands upon thousands of days filled from one end to the other with rain. The days were filled with the gush of water and endless showers. Heavy storms caused tidal waves to come over the islands. A thousand forests crushed under the rain, had grown up a thousands times to be crushed again. This was the way of life forever on planet Venus. Here was located the schoolroom of the children belonging to men and women who came by rockets from Earth. They set up a civilization in this raining world.

"Ready?"

"Ready."

"Now?"

"Soon."

"Will it happen today, will it ?"

"Look, look, see for yourself."

The children in the schoolroom chattered and pressed to each other like so many roses. They peered out of the window to look at the hidden sun.

it rained.

Answer in a word or two : 1x5=5

Qus. What will happen today?

Ans. Sun will come out after seven years.

Qus. How long had it been raining?

Ans. For seven years.

Qus. Which planet is referred to here?

Ans. Planet Venus.

Qus. How did men and women come to Venus ?

Ans. By rockets.

Qus. From where did they come to Venus ?

Ans. From the Earth.

a. Tick(✔) the correct and cross (x) the wrong alternative: 1x5=5

(i) All the children were nine-year old except two (x)

(ii) The sun rose just for an hour. (✔)

(iii) The rain stopped before the rising of the sun. (✔)

(iv) The children lived in an underground city. (✔)

(v) The children wrote poems on the sun the day before the rising of the sun. (✔)

[3] Read the passage and answer to the questions :

It was the colour of flaming bronze and it was very large. The sky around it was blazing blue. The jungle burned with sunlight. The children, released from thier spell, rushed out, yelling, into the summertime.

"Now, don't you go too far," their teacher called after them. "You've only an hour, you know."

The children were running and turning up their faces to the sky to feel the warm sun on their cheeks. They took off their jackets and let the sun warm their arms.

"Oh, it's better than lamplights, isn't it?"

"Much, much better."

They stopped running and stood in the great jungle that covered Venus. The jungle grew and never stopped growing. The jungle had spent years without the sun. It was the colour of rubber, ash and ink.

The children lay out laughing on the jungle mattress. They ran among the trees. They slipped and fell. They pushed each other and played hide and seek. Most of all they squinted at the sun until tears ran down their faces. They breathed the fresh air and listened to the silence which held them in blessed sea of no sound. They looked at everything and savoured everything. Then, wildly, like animals escaped from their caves, they ran and ran, shouting, in circles. They ran for an hour and did not stop running.

And then-

In the midst of their running, one of the girls wailed.

Everyone stopped.

a. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences: 1x5=5

1. The summertime lasted only-

(i) one hour (✔),

(ii) two hours, ( ),

(iii) three hours ( )

2. All the children were-

(i) Satisfied in playing (),

(ii) Not satisfied in playing (√),

(iii) Happy ().

5. The colour of the jungle was-

(i) rummer (),

(ii) ash and ink (),

(iii) rubber, ash and ink (✔)

Answer the following questions within 15 words: 1x5=5

Qus. What was there in the palm of the girl?

Ans. There was a big raindrop in the palm of the girl.

Qus. Where did the sun fade ?

Ans. The sun faded behind a dark cloud of mist.

Qus. Why did the children stop playing?

Ans. The children stopped playing because it was about to rain.

Qus. Why were the children startled ?

Ans. The children were startled because there were booms of thunder.

Qus. How did the darkness come?

Ans. The midnight darkness came in flash.

EXERCISE - 1

Tick (✔) the correct alternative from given below: 1x5=5

Qus. The children learned that the sun was like a/an-

(a) lemon [✔ ],

(b) apple [ ],

(c) orange [ ],

(d) guava [ ]

Qus. The children had long forgotten the colour of the -

(a) Earth [ ],

(b) Sun [✔],

(c) Venus [ ],

(d) Moon [ ]

Qus. Men and women came from the Earth to Venus by -

(a) aeroplanes [ ],

(b) helicopters [ ],

(c) rockets [✔],

(d) satellites [ ].

EXERCISE - 2

Answer the following questions within 25 words: 2x3=6

Qus. Why do you think that the children were feeling unhappy when it started raining again?

Ans. When it started raining again, the children were feeling unhappy because they had to remain confined for seven years in their underground house again.

Qus. What did the children do immediately after the rain stopped ?

Ans. When the rain stopped, the children put their hands to their ears, they stood apart and rushed out, yelling into the summertime.

Qus. Why were the children eager to see the sun?

Ans. The children were eager to see the sun because the sun rises after seven years in Venus.

EXERCISE-3

Qus. The sky was overcast but it didn't rain. (Complex) Do as directed: 1×6=6

Ans. Though the sky was overcast, it didn't rain.

Qus. The girl who is dancing on the stage is my sister. (Compound)

Ans. The girl is my sister and she is dancing on the stage.

Qus. I met my friend and told her about an incident (Simple)

Ans. Meeting my friend, I told her about an incident.

Qus. I have a blue pen. (Complex sentence)

Ans. I have a pen which is blue.

Qus. Seeing a snake, the boy shouted. (Compound)

Ans. The boy saw a snake and he shouted.

Qus. I know a man who is very wise. (Simple)

Ans. I know a very wise man.

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