GRADE 9
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FRENCH- Wednesday
Updated 19/1/22
Homework: ()
Une mésaventure
On dit que le temps est toujours imprévisible et capricieux. Une tente était sous les arbres à Pereybere sur le littoral du nord. La mer était calme sous un ciel couvert. Une pirogue était amrarrée tout près de la plage. Tout était tranquille et on entendait des clapotis.
Dans la tente somnolaient trois hardis gamins, trois camarades de classes, Abdool, Jiyi et Rayyan tous agés de treize ans, après avoir pris un bain de mer.
Cependant le temps se gâchait et de gros nuages couvraient le ciel. Un vent violent soufflait du nord et il s’est mis à pleuvoir. La mer devenait houleuse. Une tempête a éclaté et la tente n’est pas épargnée par le vent. Vifs comme l’éclair les trois gamins essayaient de la consolider. Abdool et Jiyi tiraient sur la corde pendant que Rayyan enforçait le piquet à l’aide d’une grosse pierre. En vain ! La tente s’envolait et toutes leurs affaires sont éparpillées. La tempête était si violente que la pirogue était projetée sur la plage.
Finalement, découragés, ils ont décidé de rentrer chez eux. Ils ont ramassé leurs affaires et se sont dirgés tristement sous une pluie battante et contre le vent vers l’arrêt d’autobus. AussitÔt arrivés, ils se sont mis à l’abris sous la varangue d’une boutique.
- C’est ça du camping, dit Jiyi ironiquement.
- Quel temps de chien, remarque Rayaan.
- Atchoum ! fait Abdool, assis sur la tente pliée.
Je crois qu’il attrapera une mauvaise grippe.
ENGLISH- Wednesday
Homework: (10/11/21)
Copy composition explained below:
A Dangerous Act
I was packing up the things in the attic when I saw a photograph of my brother. Looking at the photograph, I was transported back to the time when I was six years old.
It was a bright and sunny day. I was at home watching television with my sister. We were feeling bored. All of a sudden, I had an idea. “Do you wanna play with matches?” I asked my sister, flashing a mischievous grin. My sister nodded her head eagerly. I quickly went to take the matches and my sister waited for me in the backyard. Soon, we started playing with the matches.
“Stop playing with the matches, Shayanne and Shannon!” my mother instructed from the kitchen. However, we turned a deaf ear to our mother’s instruction and continued to play with the matches. Out of the blue, a fire started. We screamed in horror and my heart almost stopped beating. My sister dashed to the kitchen and told my mother what happened.
My sister was so frightened that she started wailing. I froze in terror as the fire started spreading and got bigger. We rushed out of the house while my mother called the fire department and the police. Soon, we were safe at the void deck near our house and a crowd had also gathered nearby. We heaved a sigh of relief thinking that we had managed to escape in time. Suddenly, my mother gasped in horror and shrieked, “Sammy! Where’s Sammy?” I stood rooted to the ground when I remembered that my brother was still sleeping inside his room! My mother crossed her fingers and hoped that Sammy would be fine.
Soon, the firemen arrived and put out the raging fire. They managed to carry Sammy out of the house but he was burnt partially. The ambulance brought Sammy to the hospital while the police officers took down statements from my sister, my mother and I. My father also rushed back from work when he heard what had happened.
My mother started sobbing uncontrollably when she heard that Sammy could not be saved. She cried her heart out and would sometimes lock herself in the room and cry. My father also reprimanded my sister and I for playing with matches and told us that this was the consequence. We were remorseful and promised not to do it again. From then on, I was afraid of matches as this had cost my dear brother’s life. Our family was never the same since…
“What is taking you so long, Shayanne?” my mother’s voice jolted me back to the present. After that, I saw the matches in one of the boxes and went to throw them away. I would not want to see matches again.
An Interesting Person I Once Met
During the last school holidays I often went out for walks in the evenings and the beach was one of my favourite choices. It was there that I met an interesting person.
He was sitting under a coconut tree where a fishing boat was moored. His gaze was fixed on something far away, something as far, perhaps, as the horizon. He was hardly aware of my approach. But, as I halted my steps, about two metres away from him, he turned and greeted me with a toothless smile. He looked sun-tanned and wrinkled. I guessed he must be in his early 70s'. But he was cheerful and friendly as I talked to him.
During the course of our conversation, he unfolded certain parts of his personal history to me. He had been a fisherman all his life. In fact, he started learning the trade ever since he was a young boy of thirteen when he helped his father to earn a living. It had been a very tough life at sea, getting up as early as two or three in the morning to go out fishing.
Then, with a twinkle in his eyes, he began to relate to me some of his adventures at sea. Once, during a storm, his boat was wrecked and smashed up but he was finally rescued by a passing boat after clinging to a piece of plank for one day and one night. Next, came his encounter with a hungry shark in the rough sea. He had been tossed into the water from his boat but he managed to escape from its jaws when a friend in another fishing boat helped him out of the water in time.
Here was a humble man who had come through life with a smile in spite of its many dangers and hardships.
Vocabulary:
moored = tied
wrecked = very badly damaged
humble = not arrogant
“Darkness always terrified me”. Continue the story.
Darkness always terrified me when I was
alone. I was sitting on the beach with some friends a few years ago. It was a
moonless pitch-dark night. One by one, my friends went to sleep in our camping
tent. I was left alone in this frightful darkness. Soon, terrifying memories
started flowing in my mind.
Suddenly, a dog crossing the nearby road was hit by a car but the
driver did not bother to stop. With such a violent impact, the dog apparently
died in the darkness. At this very moment, horrible thoughts about souls came
to my mind. However, I took my courage in both hands and using my dim torch, I
headed towards the dog. As I neared towards it, my horror came to its peak
when I saw blood all around the dog and its body still. Immediately, I rushed
to the camping tent.
Inside the tent, I could see shadows of a moving head. I began to
tremble with fear of being attacked by ruffians. Since my friends were snoring
in a deep sleep, I preferred not to wake them up. The shadow drew closer and
thoughts of the dead dog’s soul filled my mind. Suddenly, I heard noises in the
vicinity. I could not bear the terror anymore and tears were flowing out.
Eventually, I woke up one of my friends and alerted him of the imminent danger
with a weak voice.
At once, he stepped out of the tent and to his amazement, only saw
a cat nearby. Soon after, I realised that the shadows in the tent were
only my hallucinations due to fear. The next morning, we packed up our
belongings and returned back home. Ever since that day, I decided never to go
camping on the beach because of my phobia for darkness.
ENGLISH- Wednesday
Homework: (25/8/21)
P. 8 Ex 4- 6
Questions on choosing correct Tenses below.
Present Simple & Continuous
Past Simple
1. Leonidas ________ the king of the Spartans.
a. has been b. is
c. was d. were
2. I _______ just __________ my dinosaur report.
a. have finished b. am finishing
c. finished d. was finishing
3. Look! My turtle ____________ lunch.
a. was eating b. has eaten
c. eats d. is eating
4. I was walking home, when the rain __________.
a. started b. was starting
c. is starting d. has started
5. Last year I _______ a tennis tournament.
a. win b. was winning
c. won d. have won
6. Over 40 years ago astronauts ________ on the moon.
a. are landing b. were landing
c. have landed d. landed
7. We __________ pizza for dinner right now.
a. are having b. have had
c. have d. were having
8._______ you ________ the e-mail yet?
a. Are…sending b. Have…sent
c. Do…send d. Did…send
9. Godzilla ________ at the cinema this week.
a, was playing b. plays
c. has played d. is playing
10. Yesterday Greece __________ the USA.
a. was beating b. is beating
c. beats d. beat
11. Oh no! It _______________ at the moment.
a. was raining b. rains
c. is raining d. has rained
12. We _______ to school every morning.
a. are walking b. walked
c. have walked d. walk
13. My family __________ here since 2008.
a. were living b. are living
c. has lived d. live
14. ______ you ever _______to Disney World?
a. Are… going b. Have…gone
c. Did…go d. Do…go
15. My sister rarely __________ scary movies.
a. watches b. is watching
c. has watched d. was watching
16. Listen! A jet ______________ overhead.
a. was flying b. is flying
c. has flown d. flew
17. We were watching a movie about aliens while we ____________ pepperoni pizza.
a. ate b. have eaten
c. were eating d. are eating
18. Martians __________ Earth 20 years ago!
a. is visiting b. was visiting
c. has visited d. visited
19. I ____________ any good movies lately.
a. haven’t seen b. saw
c. didn’t see d. don’t see
20. Martians always _________ in groups of ten.
a. are traveling b. travel
c. have traveled d. were traveling
21. I __________ this school for 5 years.
a. have attended b. attend
c. am attending d. was attending
22. Greece _________ the Olympic Games in 2004.
a. hosts b. hosted
c. have hosted d. are hosting
23. The World Cup _________ in Rio this summer.
a. took place b. was taking place
c. is taking place d. has taken place
24. Last night the Miami Heat _________ 120 points.
a. is scoring b. scored
c. has scored d. was scoring
25. How long _______ they _______ basketball?
a. have… played b. are… playing
c. do…play d. did …play
26. We often ________ cornflakes for breakfast.
a. have had b. are having
c. have d. were having
27. This is the first time I __________ fried shrimp.
a. am trying b. try
c. was trying d. have tried