Class 9 – English (TL)
LBA Based SA-2 Model Question Papers (2025-2026)
Marks: 80
The Summative Assessment – 2 (SA-2) examination is a crucial stage in the academic year as it evaluates the overall learning progress of students. To support effective preparation, we are providing LBA (Learning Outcomes Based Assessment) Model Question Papers for Class 9 English (Third Language).
These model papers are carefully designed according to the latest academic guidelines and focus on assessing students’ comprehension skills, grammar accuracy, writing ability, vocabulary usage, and overall language proficiency. The structure of each paper ensures balanced coverage of reading, writing, grammar, and literature components.
Key Highlights of This Question Paper Set
- Three separate Model Question Papers available.
- Each paper carries a total of 80 marks.
- Based on LBA (Learning Outcomes Based Assessment) pattern.
- Includes objective, short answer, long answer, grammar, and writing sections.
- All question papers are available in printable PDF format.
- Designed for easy classroom implementation and exam practice.
Examination Details
Class: 9
Subject: English (TL)
Total Marks: 80
Assessment Type: Summative Assessment – 2 (SA-2)
Format: Printable PDF
Available Model Question Papers
- Model Question Paper – 1
- Model Question Paper – 2
- Model Question Paper – 3
Each model paper follows a structured blueprint ensuring proper weightage to all sections. The questions are designed to test conceptual clarity, application skills, grammatical accuracy, and creative writing ability in alignment with LBA principles.
Special Note:
These questions are only for model purposes. Teachers can change any question or content as per their requirement and according to the learning level of students. Necessary modifications may be made based on school needs or academic updates.
We hope these LBA based SA-2 Model Question Papers will help students prepare confidently for their examinations and assist teachers in structured assessment planning. Regular practice using these model papers will enhance time management, answer presentation skills, and overall performance in the final examination.
- a) don’t
- b) didn’t
- c) did’nt
- d) does’nt
- a) leafs
- b) leaves
- c) lefs
- d) leavi
- a) in
- b) dis
- c) un
- d) mis
- a) What
- b) When
- c) Who
- d) Why
- a) does not want to eat
- b) does not want to harm animals and insects
- c) thinks that they may help him in future
- d) thinks that they are useless creatures
- a) 3 litres
- b) 5 litres
- c) 10 litres
- d) 1 litre
- a) Red
- b) Black
- c) White
- d) Blue
- a) Robert Louis Stevenson
- b) Anonymous
- c) Harmony Davis
- d) Rudyard Kipling
9. Write the correct article for the blank: Harini is ___ intelligent girl.
10. Change into indirect speech: Mary said, “The boy is reading a book.”
11. Change the voice: The girl brought a pen.
12. Change the underlined word into past tense: Aunt Polly wants Tom to whitewash the fence.
13. Where did the two brothers go one day?
14. What made the king sad in the lesson ‘A Great King Who Yoked The Plough’?
15. Whom was the cart-driver praying to?
16. What was Rajappa’s friend’s name?
17. What were the three questions usually asked by Napoleon?
18. Why did the priest not accept Ya-toe’s gift initially?
19. Why has water become scarce?
20. What did the queen give to the farmer’s wife?
21. How do friends block the harms according to the poem ‘Friendship’?
22. Where did Grandpa and Debbie go every Saturday?
23. Why did Nagappa grow impatient with Rajappa? What did he do?
24. What did Kunti want her sons (the Pandavas) to do?
25. How did the birds and creatures help the dwarf to complete the tasks successfully?
26. Why was the farmer stunned when he came to harvest the crops?
27. “Life seems to be easy and full of fun when friends are around.” Explain.
28. What was Kunti’s offer and advice to Karna?
29. “Let the poor things enjoy themselves. Please don’t trouble them.”
a. Who said this?
b. Who are the poor things?
c. Who should not trouble them?
30. “Wait, foolish ones! wait, good boys!”
a. Who said this?
b. Whom do ‘foolish ones’ and ‘good boys’ refer to?
c. From which lesson is this sentence taken?
31. “Whoever visits the sick gives them life.”
a. Who said this?
b. To whom was this said?
c. When was this said?
32. “I would like to be your friend.”
a. Who said this?
b. To whom was it said?
c. Why did she say it?
33. “Do as I tell you.”
a. Who does ‘I’ refer to?
b. To whom was this said?
c. When was this said?
34. Little children, never give
__________________________
___________________________
For the crumbs you save at home;
OR
I keep six honest serving-men
________________________
______________________
And How and Where and Who.
35. Did Rajappa succeed in teaching his friend a good lesson? How?
36. Once there was a little boy named Rahul. He found a wallet on the street. It contained 500 rupees and an identity card. Rahul went straight to the police station and handed it over to the inspector. The inspector praised Rahul for his honesty and contacted the owner. The happy owner rewarded Rahul with a new bicycle.
a. What did Rahul find on the street?
b. How much money was in the wallet?
c. Where did Rahul go with the wallet?
d. What was Rahul’s reward?
37. a) Importance of Saving Water b) My Favourite Teacher c) Kindness to Animals
38. Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her to your birthday party.
OR
Write a letter to your class teacher asking for three days’ leave as you are unwell.
I. Multiple Choice Questions
1. b) didn’t
2. b) leaves
3. c) un
4. d) Why
5. b) does not want to harm animals and insects
6. a) 3 litres
7. a) Red
8. c) Harmony Davis
II. One Sentence / Word Answers
9. an
10. Mary said that the boy was reading a book.
11. A pen was brought by the girl.
12. wanted
13. The two brothers went out in search of jobs.
14. The king was sad seeing the plight of the farmer who had yoked his wife to the plough instead of a bull.
15. The cart-driver was praying to Hercules, the god of strength.
16. Rajappa’s friend’s name was Nagappa.
III. Answer in 2-3 Sentences
17. The three questions were: “How old are you?”, “How long have you been in the army?”, and “Did you serve in either of my last two campaigns?”
18. The priest did not accept Ya-toe’s gift because it was an ordinary, small copper coin, and he was collecting only gold and silver for a majestic statue of Lord Buddha.
19. Water has become scarce because our need for water is increasing with the growing population, trees are being cut down mercilessly, rainfall has become scanty, and groundwater is drained too much.
20. The queen gave two well-fed and strong bulls to the farmer’s wife so that they could match speed and energy while ploughing.
21. Friends block the harms by welcoming us with open arms, comforting us, keeping our secrets hidden, and being there in times of smile or tear.
22. Every Saturday, Grandpa and Debbie walked to a nursing home a few blocks away from their house to visit the old and sick people.
23. Nagappa grew impatient because Rajappa did not turn up to bury the coins at the banyan tree for many days. So, Nagappa himself went to Rajappa’s house to ask why he hadn’t come.
24. Kunti wanted her sons, the Pandavas, to regain their territories through their might and personal valour instead of living like mendicants.
IV. Answer in 4-5 Sentences
25. The dwarf was helped by the creatures he had saved earlier. Five thousand ants collected the scattered pearls from under the moss. Two ducks dived into the lake and brought up the lost key. Finally, the queen bee guessed the youngest princess by sitting on the lips of the one who had eaten honey.
26. The farmer was stunned because the portion of the land which the king had ploughed yielded a harvest of real pearls instead of normal grains. He immediately recognized it as the fruit of the king’s righteous labour and took the pearls to offer them to the king.
27. Life becomes easy with friends because they heal our wounds, pull us out of sadness, and brighten our days. They comfort us, protect us from harm, keep our secrets safe, and share our happiness and tears, making the ties of friendship last forever.
28. Kunti offered Karna to join the Pandavas and rule over all the land and sea. She advised him to leave Duryodhana and live in brotherly amity with Arjuna, which would solve all the knotty problems and prevent the destructive war.
V. Read the Extract & Answer
29. a. The little brother (dwarf) said this.
b. The poor things are the ants in the anthill.
c. The two elder brothers should not trouble them.
30. a. The cart-driver said this.
b. It refers to his two bullocks, Red and Brown.
c. It is taken from the lesson ‘Hercules and the Cart-driver’.
31. a. Grandpa said this.
b. It was said to Debbie (the little girl).
c. He said this when they walked to the nursing home to visit the old and sick people every Saturday.
32. a. Lynn, a sixth-grader from Texas, wrote this in a letter.
b. It was said to Amy Hagadorn.
c. She said it to offer friendship and support to Amy so she wouldn’t feel lonely or teased.
33. a. ‘I’ refers to the village chief.
b. It was said to Rajappa.
c. It was said when Rajappa reported to the chief that his hundred silver coins were stolen.
VI. Complete the Poem
34. Option 1:
Little children, never give
Pains to things that feel and live!
Let the gentle robin come
For the crumbs you save at home;
Option 2:
I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
VII. Answer in 5-6 Sentences
35. Yes, Rajappa succeeded brilliantly. Following the village chief’s advice, he lied to Nagappa that he had acquired a thousand more coins and wanted to bury them in the same pit. Greedy Nagappa, hoping to steal the larger amount later, secretly replaced the originally stolen 100 coins in the pit. Rajappa, who was secretly watching, immediately retrieved his 100 coins safely and told Nagappa he had loaned the money to the chief instead, leaving the greedy thief empty-handed and his wife’s ornaments pawned.
VIII. Reading Comprehension
36. a. Rahul found a wallet on the street.
b. It contained 500 rupees.
c. Rahul went to the police station.
d. His reward was a new bicycle.
IX & X. Writing sections
Answers will vary based on student’s creativity. Evaluate based on format, content, and grammar.
1. Who ruled over Malwa?
Answer: Raja Bhoj.
2. What covers 70% of the earth’s surface?
Answer: Water.
3. What did the dwarf save from the fire?
Answer: A bee’s nest (or the queen bee and other bees).
4. What is the moral of the poem ‘The Fox and the Grapes’?
Answer: Don’t be upset if something is too difficult to get.
5. What does ‘DRWH’ stand for?
Answer: Domestic Rain Water Harvesting.
6. Who was the President of the District Ecology Club?
Answer: John.
7. Name one of the cart-driver’s bullocks.
Answer: Red (or Brown).
8. What was Mr. Meyer called by Debbie?
Answer: The Joke Man.
9. Who wrote the poem ‘Friendship’?
Answer: Harmony Davis.
10. How many silver coins did Rajappa have for his pilgrimage initially?
Answer: Two hundred.
11. What was the name of Rajappa’s generous friend?
Answer: Nagappa.
12. Who was Amy Hagadorn?
Answer: A nine-year-old girl in the third grade.
13. What medical problem did Amy have?
Answer: Cerebral palsy.
14. How many gold medals were given at the end of the Special Olympics race?
Answer: Nine.
15. Who was Karna’s mother?
Answer: Kuntidevi.
16. Who wrote the poem ‘Six Honest Friends’?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling.
17. What did Ya-toe find in the backyard?
Answer: A small copper coin.
18. What did Napoleon’s soldiers call the new, tall recruit?
Answer: The Swede.
19. Who did Karna promise not to kill, except for one person?
Answer: He promised not to kill the four Pandavas, except Arjuna.
20. According to the poem ‘Believe in Yourself’, what should you set high?
Answer: Your standards.
