Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 9 TN Board chapter 2.1 - I can’t Climb Trees Anymore [Latest edition]

Have you ever tried swinging from a tree?

Have you ever climbed up a tree to pluck fruits?

Think of other occasions when you have climbed up trees, either near your home or outside. Share your reasons with the class.

What was the old house built with?

Does the visitor still live in the house?

What did the visitor hide in the jackfruit tree?

When did the visitor actually hide the iron cross?

The visitor had hidden a few old coins in the tree.

The jack fruit tree was still there.

As a boy, the visitor used to swing on the turnstile.

The visitor had sold the house.

A girl came out of the house.

The visitor’s grandfather used to sit on the stone bench.

The visitor was able to remember the music of a piano.

The visitor was able to climb the jack fruit tree.

The purpose of the visit of the narrator was to buy his ancestral house back.

The visitor climbed over the wall easily.

The story I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore highlights the importance of ________.

The house which was visited by the man ______.

Who said, “A blessing rests on the house where the shadow of a tree falls”?

The visitor came back to the house because he ______.

The visitor gifted the _________ to the little girl.

Explain: “Blessings rest on the house where the shadow of a tree falls.”

What did the writer observe about the house?

What was the local superstition about trees?

What did the visitor do with the turnstile when he was a boy?

Who is the owner of the house now?

Why did the visitor return to his old house?

How did he get back the Iron Cross?

How did the grandfather get the iron cross?

What did he do with the old Iron Cross?

Where had he left his childhood treasures?

Match the words in column A with the meanings in column B

Read these shortened forms of words and write the full form for the remaining words and complete the table given below.

won’t: will not
I’d: I had/ I would
I’ll: I will

You are visiting the primary school where you studied classes I to IV, after six years. You get a chance to go to your standard two classrooms and you are permitted to sit at the same place where you used to sit.

What would you remember?

You are visiting the primary school where you studied classes I to IV, after six years. You get a chance to go to your standard two classrooms and you are permitted to sit at the same place where you used to sit.

Describe your feelings at that time.

You are visiting the primary school where you studied classes I to IV, after six years. You get a chance to go to your standard two classroom and you are permitted to sit at the same place where you used to sit.

Who do you miss very badly, your friends or teachers?

You are visiting the primary school where you studied classes I to IV, after six years. You get a chance to go to your standard two classroom and you are permitted to sit at the same place where you used to sit.

Share your thoughts with the class.

On seeing these pictures, you would have gone down your memory lane. Write a paragraph in about 50 words describing your favourite sport when you were young.

Imagine yourself as the writer. Narrate the story of your visit to your ancestral house.

The man who came to the house gave the cross as a gift to the girl. Why did he do this? What do you think would have happened if he had taken back the cross with him?

Write a letter to your friend describing your ancestral house.

Work with a partner and fill in the table with information about your locality. You may add more information, if necessary. When you finish filling the table, write a short paragraph comparing the two places.

Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.

1. healthy
2. wholesome
3. calorific.

Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.

1. eco-friendly
2. economical
3. safer.

Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.

1. educational
2. interesting
3. trendy.

Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.

1. safe
2. comfortable
3. quick.

Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.

1. cozy
2. costly
3. sturdy.

Look at the bar-graph. Write five sentences using the appropriate degrees of comparison.

Listen to the conversation between Leena and her mother and list down a few new words. Using a dictionary find out the meaning for those words.