Chanderbala Modi Academy
Holiday Homework
Class IX
Novel
Answer the following questions in detail.
Q1.
Lemuel Gulliver, surgeon to Antelope,sets sail to the south sea on May 4th, 1699. At first the
voyage is without any mishap what happen then?
Q2.
Describe the way Gulliver was fed by the Lilliputians.
Q3.
What is the allegorical significance of the floating island of Laputa?
Q4.
Why does Gulliver want to stay with the Houyhnhnms? Does his desire make sense in light of
the other societies he has visited?
Q-5.
Discuss Gulliver’s progress from chained alien to important ally of the Lilliputians.
Q6.
Discuss the changes in Gulliver’s relationship with the people of Blefuscu.
Q7.
Discuss the changes in Gulliver’s relationships with the Brobdingnagians in these chapters.
Q8.
How does the description of Brobdingnag in Chapter Four use the difference in scale between
Gulliver and the Brobdingnagians? Discuss.
Q9.
How does Gulliver’s trouble with the dwarf satirize human frailty?
Q10.
How do Chapters Three and Four deepen the reader’s understanding of Brobdingnag in general?
Discuss.
Literature
Value based questions :
Lesson 1 : How I Taught My Grand Mother to Read. [Page :10, Question : 9]
Poem 1 :The Brook [Write an autobiography of the Brook ]
Grammar :
Imperative Sentences-3
Affirmative Sentences-6 [Simple Tenses- Active -3 Passive-3]
Negative Sentences-6- [Perfect Tenses – Active -3 Passive-3]
Interrogative Sentences-6 [Continuous present and Continuous Past- Active -3 Passive-3]
Exclamatory Sentences-3 [Any tenses of your choice]