JKBOSE Class 9 English Tulip Play Chapter 2 If I were You Solution
JKBOSE (Jammu Kashmir State Board Of School Education) Class 9 English Solution Chapter 2 If I were You all Exercise Question Answers. Students of JK Board Grade 9 Standard can download all Answer.
IF I WERE YOU
Thinking about the Text
Answer these questions:
1.) “At last a sympathetic audience.”
i.) Who says this?
Answer: Gerrard says this.
ii.) Why does he say it?
Answer: The only person to listen to his story was the intruder so he said that.
iii.) Is he sarcastic or serious?
Answer: He is sarcastic.
2.) Why does the intruder choose Gerrard as the man whose identity he wants to take on?
Answer: Gerrard closely resembles to the intruder. The intruder is a criminal. He chooses Gerrard as the man whose identity he wants to take on because his intention is to kill Gerrard so that he led a free life just like him.
3.) “I said it with bullets.”
i.) Who says this?
Answer: Gerrard said this.
ii.) What does it mean?
Answer: He means to say that he has killed someone and got away with it.
iii.) Is it the truth? What is the speaker’s reason for saying this?
Answer: No, it is not the truth. He does that to confirm that the intruder that he is the real killer. He wanted to make fool of him.
4.) What is Gerrard’s profession? Quote the parts of the play that support your answer.
Answer: Gerrard works in a theatre.
Sorry I can’t let you have the props in time for rehearsal, I’ve had a spot of bother — quite amusing. I think I’ll put it in my next play.
5.) “You’ll soon stop being smart.”
i.) Who says this?
Answer: The intruder says this.
ii.) Why does the speaker say it?
Answer: Gerrard pretends to be a smart guy to make fool of the intruder. But the intruder threatens him and asks him to stop being smart.
iii.) What according to the speaker will stop Gerrard from being smart?
Answer: The intruder had put his gun on Gerrard’s head and said that he will make him crawl and that would stop his smartness.
6.) “They can’t hang me twice.”
i.) Who says this?
Answer: The intruder says this.
ii.) Why does the speaker say it?
Answer: The speaker is already wanted for killing one person so he didn’t care about killing another one. He was already going to die for one murder and even he killed another one he would not be hanged twice.
7.) “A mystery I propose to explain.” What is the mystery the speaker proposes to explain?
Answer: He tries to befool him by creating mystery. By creating mystery, he wants to make sure that he is also a criminal and he expects him to be in trouble.
8.) “This is your big surprise.”
i.) Where has this been said in the play?
Answer: Gerrard says this when the intruder was prepared to shoot him.
ii.) What is the surprise?
Answer: The surprise is that he looks like a criminal. He made the bag ready to run from that place and he tells the intruder that he killed a person and the police were chasing him.
Language work
I .) Choose the correct word from the pairs given in brackets.
1.) The (site, cite) of the accident was (ghastly/ghostly).
Answer: The site of the accident was ghastly.
2.) Our college (principle/principal) is very strict.
Answer: Our college principal is very strict.
3.) I studied (continuously/continually) for eight hours.
Answer: I studied continuously for eight hours.
4.) The fog had an adverse (affect/effect) on the traffic.
Answer: The fog had an adverse effect on the traffic.
5.) Cezanne, the famous French painter, was a brilliant (artist/artiste).
Answer: Cezanne, the famous French painter, was a brilliant artist.
6.) The book that you gave me yesterday is an extraordinary (collage/college) of science fiction and mystery.
Answer: The book that you gave me yesterday is an extraordinary collage of science fiction and mystery.
7.) Our school will (host/hoist) an exhibition on cruelty to animals and wildlife conservation.
Answer: Our school will host an exhibition on cruelty to animals and wildlife conservation.
8.) Screw the lid tightly onto the top of the bottle and (shake/shape) well before using the contents.
Answer: Screw the lid tightly onto the top of the bottle and shake well before using the contents.
Look up the dictionary entries for the word’s sympathy, familiarity, comfort, care, and surprise. Use the information given in the dictionary and complete the table.
Noun Adjective Adverb Verb Meaning
1.) Sympathy Sympathetic Sympathetically Sympathize Compassion
Familiarity Familiar Familiarly Familiarize Known
Comfort Comfortable Comfortably Comfort Safe
Care Careful Carefully Care Protection
Surprise Surprising Surprisingly Surprise Amaze
Love Loving Lovely Love Fondness
Beauty Beautiful Beautifully Beautify Pretty
Thought Thoughtful Thoughtfully Thought View
Hope Hopeful Hopefully Hope Wish
Fear Fearful Fearfully Fear Afraid
Writing work
I.) Which of the words below describe Gerrard and which describe the Intruder?
Gerrard – Smart, humorous, clever, beautiful
Intruder – Cool ,confident, flashy witty nonchalant
Write a paragraph each about Gerrard and the Intruder to show what qualities they have.
Answer: Gerrard is one of the main characters of the play. He works in a theatre. He is a smart man. He tries to fool by making himself as a criminal. This shows that he was clever. He is quite smart in a way that he makes the intruder believe that the police are chasing him to catch him. He snatches the gun from the intruder and locks him in the cupboard by which he saved his life.
The intruder is a murdered in the play. He has already killed a person and now running from the police. He is cool and confident because he knows that he won’t be hanged twice since he has killed a person already. He tries to kill Gerrard but at the end of the play gets arrested.
II.) Convert the play into a story (150–200 words). Your story should be as exciting and as witty as the play. Provide a suitable title to it.
Answer: Smart Trick
Gerrard was packing his bag. But then came an intruder without any clear intention. The intruder had a revolver with him. Gerrard didn’t lose his calm. The intruder threatened to kill him if he tried to show any smartness. The intruder revealed that he had killed a policeman and the police were chasing him. He also told him that he wanted to have a clean image by killing Gerrard and take his identity and live life freely. This made Gerrard create his own imagination. He told him that he too was a criminal. He played the trick with the intruder by telling him that by killing him, he would be accused of double murder. After that Gerrard very smartly told the intruder that his friend was standing nearby. Gerrard took the intruder to the door to show his friend. When they went near the cupboard, Gerrard pushed the intruder in the cupboard and locked him in. The intruder asked him to open and let him out, but Gerrard as smart he was, didn’t listen to him and called the police. Gerrard got him arrested.
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