English notes for 9th class

English notes
CH # 1

Q. 1. Where and when was she born?
Ans: Helen Keller was born in 1880 in a little town in America.
Q. 2. How old was Helen when she fell ill?
Ans: Helen was two years old when she fell ill and she became blind and deaf.
Q. 3. Who was Miss Sullivan? How did she teach her?
Ans: Miss Sullivan was Helen’s teacher. She would take Helen to the river bank and put her hand in the water. Slowly she made her write word “w-a-t-e-r”. Thus she taught her many words.
Q. 4. How did Helen learn to speak?
An Helen’s teacher would put Helen’s hand on her own lips and let her feel the movement of the lips at the time of speaking. Helen did many exercises like this and at last at the age of ten she was able to speak again.
Q. 5. When did she visit Pakistan and why?
Ans: Helen visited Pakistan in 1956. She came to Pakistan to help the blind and deaf.
Q. 6. Why do you think that Helen Keller is a wonderful lady?
Ans: Helen Keller is a wonderful lady because she devoted her life for the betterment of blind and deaf.
2. Write in ten lines what you know about Helen Keller? / Short No
Helen Keller was born in 1880 in a little town in America. When she was two she fell dangerously ill. She became blind and deaf. At the age of seven her father asked a lady named Miss Sullivan to look after Helen. Miss Sullivan taught her about many things. Then she was sent to a shool for blind and deaf where she was taught speaking and reading books. She passed this level successfully. She went to college then to Harvard University and graduated without difficulty. Helen visited Pakistan in 1956. She came to Pakistan to help the blind and deaf children. She visited the school for Blind, Deaf and Dumb in Karachi. She encouraged the students and admired the teachers.
3. What was her message to the blind and deaf children?
She said to the students of the school,” My dear sons and daughters! Always be happy and cheerful. Never curse your fate. You can do everything in this world”.

CH # 2
Q. 1. What was the poet doing?
Ans: He was walking aimlessly in the valley.
Q. 2. What did he see?
Ans: He saw a host of the Daffodils.
Q. 3. Where were the daffodils?
Ans: He saw the daffodils beside the lake, under the trees.
Q
. 4. With what does the poet compare the daffodils?
Ans: The poet compares the daffodils with the shining and twinkling stars.
Q. 5. What resemblance does he find between th
e stars and the daffodils?
Ans: The poet finds the resemblance between the stars in this way, as the stars are spread on the Milky Way. Similarly the daffodils are along with the bank of the lake in never ending line.
Q. 6. How many flowers were there?
Ans: There were about Ten thousand flowers.
Q. 7. Which of the two danced more: the waves or the daffodils?
Ans: The daffodils danced more than the waves.
Q. 8. What did the poet feel looking at the daffodils?
Ans: The poet felt great joy looking at the daffodils.
Q. 9. How can wealth come to the poet by looking at the scene before him?
Ans: The beautiful sight of the daffodils brought a great wealth of delight to the poet and he remembered this lovely scene in his mind forever.
Q. 10. What happens to the poet when he lies on his couch?
Ans: When the poet often lies on the couch in leisure time or in the serious mood the beautiful sight of the daffodils recall the poet and his heart fills with the pleasure and starts to dance with the daffodils.
Q. 11. How can the heart dance?

Ans: When the poet remembers the beautiful sight of the daffodils and it fills the heart of the poet with pleasure and it starts to dance with the dancing daffodils.
2. Summary
This poem is written by the William Words Worth. One day the poet was walking aimlessly in the valley. He saw a large number of the daffodils under the trees beside the lake.


The flowers were tossing their heads in the breeze as if they were dancing in happiness. The daffodils looked as beautiful as the stars in the galaxy. The poet compared the waves with it.The flowers were tossing their heads in the breeze as if they were dancing in happiness. The daffodils looked as beautiful as the stars in the galaxy. The poet compared the waves with the daffodils and he guessed that daffodils were happier than the waves. The poet was very impressed by the show. This show brought to him a great gift of pleasure. This scene depicted in his mind forever. When the poet would lie on the couch in leisure time or in a serious mood, that lovely sight of flowers would come before his eyes and his heart was then filled with joy and pleasure.
CH # 3 to 5
Q # 1: When and where was The Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) born?
Ans: The Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) was born on 571 A.D. at Makkah.
Q # 2: Where is Mount Arafat?
Ans: Mount Arafat is near Makkah.
Q # 3: What did the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) say about Muslims in his Last Sermon?
Ans: The Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said about Muslims in his Last Sermon that a Muslim is another Muslim’s brother and all the Muslims are brothers among themselves.
Q # 4: When did the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) migrated to Medina?
Ans: The Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) migrated to Medina in 622 A.D.
Q # 5: Where did the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) establish and Islamic Society?
Ans: The Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) established an Islamic Society in Medina.
Q.6 What does the last sermon teach us?
Ans. In the 10th year of Hijra the Prophet (P.B.U.H) together with his followers went to perform Hajj at Makkah. There he addressed a very large gathering of Muslims at mount Aarafat. This was the last sermon of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H).
It teaches us that there is no God except Allah. Only the goodness of a person makes him superior to others. The most righteous is the most honourable. All Muslims are brother to one another. Finnally the last sermon teaches us that the Holy Quran is the message of Allah and if we act according to its teachings, we will never go wrong.
Q.1 Who was Shah Abdul Latif? Where and when was he born?
Ans. Shah Abdul Latif was a great saint who is lovingly called “Lal Latif” by his devotees. He was born in a small village called “Hala Haveli” in the year 1689.


Q. 2. Where is Bhit Shah?
Ans. Bhit Shah is at a distance of 55 kilometers from Hyderabad.
Q. 3. What changes did Shah Abdul Latif make in the music of those days?
Ans. Shah Abdul Latif simplified the music of those days.
Q. 4.Why did Shah Abdul Latif love the lake which is near the mound?
Ans.Shah Latif loved the lake which is near the mound because his poetic nature loved the calm atmosphere.
Q.5. What do you know about the ancestors of Shah Abdul Latif?
Ans. Shah Abdul Latif’s ancestors had migrated to Sindh during the days of Tamerlane. They had come from Hiirat a town in West Afghanistan. They liked Sindh so much so that they decided to make it their permanent home. Many centuries later one of their decendants, Syed Habib Shah, was blessed with a son who grew up to be “Saint Lal Latif”.
Q.6. Why is Shah Latif known as “Saint of Bhit”?
Ans. When Shah Latif father died, he left his home and went to live on a Mound at some distance from his village. A mound of sand is called “Bhit” in Sindhi. Due to the fact that he lived on this mound for the rest of his life, Shah Latif came to be known as “The Saint of Bhit.”


Q.7.Name the shrines of saints found in Pakistan.
Ans. In every part of our country, there are shrines of such saints:
In Lahore, The shrines of Data Ganj Bakhsh and Mian Mir Sahib.
In Pak Pattan, Lived and Died Baba Fareed.
In Multan, The Shrine of Ghoues Bahaul Haq.
In Sindh, the Shrines of Shah Abdul Latif and Qalander Lal Shahbaz.
In Peshawar, in Quetta, and in countless other towns and cities there are the tombs of these man of God.
Q.8. What do you know about Tamboora?
Ans. The tambooro is a simple musical instrument invented by the Sufi, philosopher Shah Abdul Latif.
Q.9.Make sentences of your own using the following words:
Message, example, religion, famous, invented
Message: He gave your message.
Example: The teacher taught the lesson with the example.
Religion: Islam is the religion of peace.
Famous: Sheikh Ayaz is the famous poet of Sindh.
Invented: Marconi invented Radio.
Q.10. Short Note / Paragraph
The great saint and poet Shah Abdul Latif was born in 1102, Hijra in a small village called “Hala Haveli.” His father’s name was Shah Habib. He was the scholar of Arabic and Persian. At the age of twenty, he married a good lady. After the death of his father he left his home and went to live on a mound (Bhit) at some distance from his village. Latif was a very loving person. He spent his most time in devotion and prayer. He had a large number of followers. They loved him very much and they lovingly called him “Lal Latif”. Near by the mound is a lake. He would spend much of his time sitting on the bank of this lake where he prayed to God and composed poetry in His praise. Shah Latif was not only a great saint and a poet, but also he was a great musician. He simplified the music of those days. He invented a musical instrument and called it “Tambooro”.


“Tambooro” is popular all over Sindh. Lal Latif died in 1165 Hijra and he was buried on the mound. A famous king of Sindh, Ghulam Shah Kalhoro built a shrine over his grave. Latif’s poetry was collected and this collection came to be called the Risalo of Shah Abdul Latif. He wrote poetry in Sindhi language. His poetry has been translated into many languages. Latif’s “urs” is held at his shrine every year on 14th Safar. Latif’s message is the message of love. He believed in the brotherhood and equality of men and in pleasing God by good deeds.
Q. 1. How can the Neem tree prevent the burning heat of the sun from troubling us?
Ans: The Neem tree can prevent the burning heat of the sun from troubling us by intercepting the sun’s scorching rays.
Q. 2. Why does the poetess say that the Neem tree is unafraid?
Ans: The poetess says that the Neem tree is unafraid because it stands straight in the open atmosphere without any protection.
Q. 3. What does the Neem tree look like?
Ans: The Neem tree looks like a bold and brave creature. OR It looks like an umbrella which gives shelter from the heat.
Q. 4. How does the poetess compare the Neem tree to man?
Ans: The poetess compares the Neem tree to man in this way that as the Neem tree suffers from heat itself but provides his soothing shade to passers by so the man should stand on the earth to save the suffering people from troubles by giving sacrifice.
Q. 5. What according to the poetess is the highest aim of life?
Ans: According to the poetess, the highest aim of life is to face every difficulty in order to protect others from harm, sorrows, poverty and sin.
SUMMARY THE NEEM TREE
Q. 1. Where was Allama Iqbal born?
Ans: Allama Iqbal was born in Sialkot, on 9th November, 1877.
Q. 2. Why did Iqbal want a separate state for the Muslims of India?
Ans: Iqbal wanted a separate state for the Muslims of India because the Muslims of India were a separate nation.
Q. 3. When did the Muslims demand Pakistan?
Ans: The Muslims demanded Pakistan in Lahore on 23 March, 1940.
Q. 4. What did Allama Iqbal say in Allahabad meeting?
Ans: In Allahabad meeting he said that India was a continent of human groups belonging to different religions and races and they could not be governed by a common race feeling. The Muslim demanded to create a Muslim India with in India.
Q. 5. What was Quaid’s message on the death of Allama Iqbal? or How did Quaid-e-Azam praise Iqbal’s role in the message on his death?
Ans: Allam Iqbal died in 1938. On his death, the Quaid-e-Azam sent a message in which he called him a guide, friend and philosopher. He praised Iqbal for standing like a rock during the difficulties and troubles, which the Muslim league had to face which fighting the rights of the Indian Muslims.
Q. 6. What was the results of Allama Iqbal efforts?
Ans: The result of Allama Iqbal efforts was that he woke the Muslims from their sleep and make them realize that the solution to all their problems was the creation of a separate Muslim state in India.
Q. 7. Write in three to four sentences about the political life of Allama Iqbal from 1926-1930?
Ans: Allama Iqbal was elected a member of Punjab legislative council in 1926 and held this office till 1929. He was then selected as the President of the Punjab branch of the All India Muslim League. and held that important office till his death in 1938.
Q. 8. Use the following words in your own sentences:
Generally, abroad, struggle, movement, majority
Generally: He was generally known as a scientist.
Abroad: He went abroad to get education.
Struggle: He struggles for his future.
Movement: Lawyers movement became successful.
Majority: Majority is authority.
Q. 9. Short Note:/Paragraph
Allam Mohammad Iqbal was born in Sialkot on 9th November, 1877. He received his early education in his home town. He passed his M.A. in 1899 from the University of Punjab. He received law degree from England and in 1908 he was awarded a degree of Ph.D. by Munich University. He was not only a great poet but he was also a great philosopher. He took an active part in politics he worked for the Muslims of South Asia with great courage. He was elected president of the Punjab branch of the All-India Muslim League. In 1930, in Allahabad meeting he gave the idea of Pakistan. For the fulfilment of his idea he wrote to Quaid-e-Azam and made him realise to come to lead the Muslims of India. Allama Iqbal died in 1938, and he could not see the actual creation of Pakistan, but he has played a major roll in its creation. Pakistan came into being on 14th August, 1947 and thus his dream became true.
She sent them a word not to ask for pardon which was condition of their release. For this courage, she is remembered till today.
Q. 2. How did the Muslim women work for Independence?
Ans: The Muslim women took an active part in the movement of independence. They formed, the women’s branch of the Muslim League to organise women and inform them about the politics of the country. They travelled far and wide. They met the wives and daughters of the British officers including those of the Viceroys and made them realise that their demand was just.
Q. 3. Why is Miss Fatima Jinnah called Madr-i-Milat?
Ans: Miss Fatima Jinnah was the sister of the Quad-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. She helped her brother in the struggle for the establishment of Pakistan. That is why; she called Madr-i-Milat.
Q. 4. What is he meaning of Madr-i-Milat?
Ans: The meaning of Madr-i-Millat is the Mother of the Nation.
Q. 5. In Sindh, where did the first meeting of women take place?
Ans: The first public meeting of women in Sindh was held in Karachi’s Zoological Garden.
Q. 6. How did the Muslim women work for independence?
Ans: Though the Muslim women were in street “purdah” and were less and less politically aware, they played an active part in the independence movement. They formed the womens branch of the Muslim League to organize women and inform them about the politics of the country. They organized public meetings for women and addressed large gathering. They had opened classes in their honour to educate Muslims girls. Thee brave ladies encouraged their brothers, husbands and sons not to give up the struggle for Pakistan until their goal was achieved.
Q. 7. what role did Begum Mohammad Ali play in the freedom movement?
Ans: Begum Mohammad Ali was a admirable and remarkable lady. Dressed in Burqah she not only attended men’s public meeting but was called the first women to address them.
Q. 1. What are the children doing?
Ans: The children are playing a game.
Q. 2. What is the question that is disturbing the poet?
Ans: The question that is disturbing the poet it is about his worries of life.
Q. 3. How has this question been answered?
Ans: This question has been answered by the children when he hears them at their play.
Q. 4. What does the poet mean by saying that the children open the windows that look to the east?
Ans: The poet means by saying so means that the children have world of light in themselves which lightens the world.
Q. 5. With what does the poet compare the thoughts?
Ans: The poet compares the thoughts with the singing swallows and with the small streams.
Q. 6. Why does he compare them so?
Ans: He compares them so because he feels like that.
Q. 7. How can the birds and the sunshine be I n the hearts of the children? What does poet mean?
Ans: The birds and the sunshine are symbols of blooming life. The children are the greatest lively objects so they have all the excitements of life within them. This is what the poet means.
Q. 8. The poet says that the children are thinking of the brooks while he is thinking of autumn. What does this mean?
Ans: The poet means that children are young and fresh but the poet is a grown up man. He has seen ups and downs of life and he is getting older.
Q. 9. Is the poet using word autumn for old age? What other words does the poet use to show the coming of old age upon him?
Ans: Yes, the poet using word autumn for old age besides this he uses the words “the first fall of it.
Q. 1. Why did Kashif”s mother refuse to buy sweets from the first shop?
Ans: Kashif’s mother refused to buy sweets from the first shop because flies were sitting on the sweets.
Q. 2. Why was the second shop dirty?
Ans: The second shop was dirty because a man was sweeping the road by the shop.
Q. 3. What do flies and dust carry?
Ans: Flies and dust carry hundred of germs.
Q. 5. How are diseases caused?
Ans: Diseases are caused by germs.
Q. 6. How do flies carry germs to food?
Ans: When flies sit on the dirty things. There are germs on these things and they stick to the flies’ legs. When the flies sit and walk on food the germs stick to it.
Q. 7. How do we get malaria?
Ans: We get malaria from a mosquito bite.
Q. 8. How can we get rid of Malaria?
Ans: We can get rid of Malaria by not allowing any kind of stagnant water near the house. The last matter to getting rid of a mosquito is to spray kerosene oil or D.D.T to kill the mosquitoes before they are big enough to be harmful.
Q. 9. Use the following words in your own sentences:
Diseases, dangerous, typhoid, malaria, enemies, dirty, to get rid of.
Q. 4. Point out all the lines where the last word sounds the same as that of another time in the same stanza.
Ans: In first, second and third stanzas: line first, second and fourth. In fourth stanza: all the four lines have the last word sounds the same.
Q. 5. Why does the poet use words with the same sound at the end of these lines?
Ans: The poet does so to produce a poetic rhythmic effect and melody.
Q. 6. What kind of scene does the poet describe in this stanza?
Ans: The poet describes the scene of woods (trees) , frozen lake and the darkest evening of the year.
Q. 7. What season is it?
Ans: It is season of the winter.
Q. 1. Why will the name of Major Aziz Bhatti be written in letters of gold?
Ans: The name of Major Aziz Bhatti be written in letters of gold because he laid down his life in the defence of his country.
Q. 2. When and where did he fight?
Ans: Major Aziz Bhati fought on Lahore front in1965, war.
Q. 3. What was his reply to his commanding officer?
Ans: Major Aziz Bhatti replied his commander not to recall him. He did not want to go back. He would shed the last drop of his blood in the defence of his dear homeland.
Q. 4. What lesson do you learn fro the martyrdom of Major Bhatti?
Ans: We learn the lesson from the martyrdom of Major Bhatti that we should be ready to shed last drop of our blood in defence of our dear homeland Pakistan.
Q. 5. What was Major Aziz Bhatti’s reply to the commanding officer?
Ans: When Major Aziz’s commanding officer asked him to take rest, he requested his officer not to recall him for he did not want to go back and would shed the last drop of his blood in the defence of his home land.
Q. 6. Why will the name of Major Bhatti’s be written in letters of gold?
Ans: In the year 1965, Mjor Bhatti fought on the Lahore front against the enemies for six days and nights without rest. He laid down his life in the defence of his country Pakistan. He was awarded the Nishan-e-Haider the highest military aard of Pakistan in appreciation of his bravery. It is for this reason that the name of Major Bhatti will never be forgotton and will be written in letters of gold.
Q. 7. Use the following idioms and phrases in your own sentences:
Flying colours, heart and soul, letters of gold, day and night, without rest, to shed the last drop of blood, in the defence of the homeland, to lay down one’s life to top the list, right and left
Flying colours: He passed his examination with flying colours.
Heart and soul: He works with heart and soul so that he may get first prize.
Letters of gold: His name will be written in the letters of gold for his work.
Day and night: He worked day and night.
Without rest: He performed his duty without taking rest.
Right and left: He saw right and left before crossing the road.
To lay down one’s life to top the list: He laid down his life to top the list.
To shed the last drop of blood: The troops wove to shed the last drop of their blood in the defence of
their country.
In the defence of the homeland: They fought against their enemies in the defence of the homeland.
Q. 8. Short note:/Paragraph
Aziz Bhatti was born in Hong Kong, where his father Abdullah Bhatti was a teacher. He received his early education in Hong Kong. In 1945, he came with his father to his home village Ladian in Gujrat District. He first joined the Air Force, and in 1948, he became a cadet of Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul. He performed very well at academy and was awarded Sword of Honor, and the Norman Medal. He joined, the 6th Punjab Regiment as a commissioned officer. On 6 September, 1965, he was ordered to proceed to the front at once where Indians had advanced to Lahore. Major Aziz Bhatti with his small company fought bravely and stopped indian’s advance and pushed them back.
On 11 September, when he was reorganizing his company, a shell from an enemy tank struck him on his right shoulder, and he got martyrdom. For this act of valour he was awarded the Nishan-e-Haider, the highest military award of Pakistan.