Chapter 1

NCERT
Class 9
English
Solutions
 1. Find the sentences in the lesson which have the adverbs given in the box below:
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Question:

Read this sentence taken from the story:

They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely. The word complete is an adjective. When you add–ly to it, it becomes an adverb.

1. Find the sentences in the lesson which have the adverbs given in the box below:

Answer:

The sentences in the lesson which have the adverbs are :

Awfully : They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to- on a screen, you know.

Sorrowfully : The mechanical teacher had been giving her test after test in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had shaken her head sorrowfully and sent for the County Inspector.

Completely : They had once taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month because the history sector had blanked out completely. Loftily and Carefully : He added loftily, pronouncing the word carefully, “Centuries ago.”

Differently : "But, my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently". Quickly : “I didn’t say I didn’t like it,” Margie said quickly.

Nonchalantly : "May be," he said nonchalantly.

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