English (Compulsory) Class 9 Chapter 10: Comprehension 2: Technology, Digital World, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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• Class 9
• English (Compulsory)
• Unit 10
• Book pages Class 9 book U2, U3, U5 (pp 17-40, 57-79) (themes only)
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Chapter summary

Passages on technology, the digital world, innovation and entrepreneurship often include numbers: a short table, a list of statistics or a graph described in words. You must read these correctly. This unit repeats the Q2 skills from Comprehension 1 and adds reading data and understanding the writer's viewpoint.

Topics in this chapter

• Main idea and supporting details
• Summary/precis
• Interpreting charts, graphs and tables
• Inference and writer's viewpoint
• Contextual meanings
• Mixed topics

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1. A school asked 80 students whether they mainly read e-books or paper books. The results were: e-books 48 students; paper books 32 students.Write the percentage of students for each choice and give one conclusion from the data. (3 marks)
2. The founder of the start-up was ambitious but humble. He used his first profit to recruit two engineers and bought no luxuries for himself.Give the meaning of 'ambitious' and 'recruit' as used in the paragraph. (2 marks)
3. Only forty per cent of homes in the district have a computer, yet the school expects every student to submit typed homework.What criticism does the writer make? Explain how the word 'yet' helps to show it. (3 marks)

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English (Compulsory) tests reading, writing, grammar and comprehension. Read a little every day, learn the formats of letters and essays, and practise unseen passages.