Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 9 TN Board chapter 4.1 - Seventeen Oranges [Latest edition]

Imagine you are caught while sneakily eating something without your parent’s permission.

What would be your reaction at that moment?

Imagine you are caught while sneakily eating something without your parent’s permission.

How would you manage that situation?

Where did the narrator work?

What was the narrator’s job in the docks?

What was Clem Jones carrying in the box?

What happened when the box was opened?

Did the narrator believe Clem’s story?

What was the narrator carrying in his pockets?

Who is Pongo?

Why did Pongo want to bring another policeman?

What did the voice in the narrator’s head tell him to do?

Why did the policemen arrive a little late to the cabin?

What did the narrator do with the pips and peels?

The narrator was very fond of ______.

The narrator was searched by the policeman, because __________.

The narrator kept his mouth shut when questioned by Pongo because ______.

The voice in the narrator’s head advised him to ______.

Pongo found no trace of the oranges on the table because ______.

Why did the narrator call Clem Jones a careful planner?

What was Clem Jones carrying in the box during his second attempt?

Why did the policeman suspect the narrator?

What did Pongo consider as evidence against the narrator?

How did the narrator feel when he was alone in Pongo’s cabin?

What did the narrator do to get rid of the evidence?

What did Pongo do when he found no oranges on the table?

Why were the policemen not able to bring any charges against the narrator?

How did the narrator feel after eating seventeen oranges?

What happened to the narrator’s love for oranges after the incident?

Narrate the clever strategy followed by Clem Jones to deceive Pongo.

Describe the confrontation between the narrator and Pongo.

Find the synonym for the underlined word.

The voice in his head asked the narrator to eat the evidence.

Find the synonym for the underlined word.

Clem looked at Pongo furiously.

Find the synonym for the underlined word.

When Pongo caught the narrator with the oranges, he was very frightened.

Find the synonym for the underlined word.

The narrator was quiet when Pongo questioned him.

Find the synonyms for the underlined word.

The narrator was in trouble because he took the oranges.

Find the antonym for the underlined word in the following sentence.

Seventeen oranges were hidden in the narrator’s pockets.

Find the antonym for the underlined word in the following sentence.

Clem Jones was ordered to open the box.

Find the antonym for the underlined word in the following sentence.

Pongo locked the narrator inside the cabin.

Find the antonyms for the underlined word in the following sentence.

Pongo carefully searched the narrator’s pockets.

Find the antonyms for the underlined word in the following sentence.

The narrator of the story felt very sick for a week.

Complete the table with suitable responses.

Why did Chatur Pandit ask the king for 1000 gold coins?

Where did Chatur Pandit find the red peacock?

What sort of a person was Chatur Pandit?

State whether the statement is true or false.
Tenali was given three weeks to bring more red peacocks.

Why did the people feel that they were lucky to have Krishna Deva Raya as their king?

Work in groups of four. Discuss how the story would have been different if.

Pongo had pardoned the narrator after scolding him.

Work in groups of four. Discuss how the story would have been different if.

Pongo had arrived on the scene before the last orange was eaten.

Work in groups of four. Discuss how the story would have been different if.

Pongo had forgotten to lock the door properly but the narrator only discovered it just before Pongo returned.

Work in groups and discuss. Then write a diary entry in about 60-80 words describing your feelings and emotions for the given situation.
Imagine, you are Pongo.

Your feelings when you caught the boy.

Work in groups and discuss. Then write a diary entry in about 60-80 words describing your feelings and emotions for the given situation.
Imagine, you are Pongo.

Your feelings and emotions when you came back and found the oranges gone.

Complete the following table with information from the anecdote about Mr. Scotti’s short trip.

In New York, Mr. Scotti left the plane because he thought he.

He decided to find his cousins’ home without their help. He asked the policeman for information in Italian because he.

On the next day, Mr. Scotti was __________ at how the local people responded to his queries.

Select three words that best describe Mr. Scotti.

clever / unlucky / stupid / successful / miserable / happy.

Have you experienced any unexpected turn of events in your life? What happened? How did you feel about it at that moment? How do you feel about it now?

Write an article for your school magazine describing your experience in about 150 words.

Given below in Column A are some phrasal verbs taken from the text. Find the meanings by using a dictionary and complete Column B.

Can You do It?

Talking about the abilities of your class members is a great way to review the use of the modal can.

Choose the correct option.

We use ______ when something is compulsory, obligatory, and important.

Choose the correct option.

We use ______ when something is the right thing to do.

Choose the correct option.

We use ______when something is suggested or recommended.

Students ____________ be quiet when they write the examination.

You ____________ wear a coat, it’s quite warm.

______ open the window? It is very hot in the room.

I ____________ go to the school yesterday because I was ill.

When she was eighteen, she ______ run fast.

You ____________ drive fast. It’s not safe.

Sachin is a famous cricketer. He ______ bat well.

You are Aadhav. While you were away on a holiday, your house was burgled. Use appropriate modals and complete the letter to your friend telling him/ her about it.

No. 36, Gandhi Road
Chennai – 45
04 August 2018

Dear Ramesh,

How are you? I feel sad to inform you that my house was burgled last week when I was on a holiday. Burglars ______ have known from the accumulated newspaper pile that I had gone away. When I came back last Sunday, I found the back-door lock broken. I ______ have forgotten to bolt the back-door from inside and they _______ have entered through it. My room was ransacked. They took my laptop and other valuables. I ______ have deposited the jewellery in a bank locker to avoid this loss. I _______ have informed my neighbours about my week-long trip. Well, I have registered an FIR with the police. They are investigating the case. They have assured that I _____ get my jewels back. The burglars ______ be caught very soon. Convey my regards to all at home.

Yours lovingly,
Aadhav

Match the Squares to form proper sentences.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals.

(will, shall, would, should, can, could, may, might, ought to)

Milk is a nutritious food enriched with vitamins and proteins. We ________take milk regularly so that we _______not develop deficiencies in our body. Aged persons, children, and patients ________take milk in sufficient quantities as it provides strength to their body. We _______supplement it with fruits, vegetables, and pulses for proper growth of the body. But we _______consume milk of good quality. Otherwise it _______cause harm to the body. We _______be very careful while selecting our food items because there are chances that these _______ be adulterated. We _______ protect our health.