English Class 9 - Jumbled Words Notes

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Jumbled Words

Welcome to the chapter on Jumbled Words for Class 9. In this chapter, you will learn how to rearrange jumbled words to form meaningful sentences. By the end of this chapter, you will be able to identify and correct jumbled sentences with ease!

Introduction

Jumbled words are words placed in the wrong order. Rearranging them helps you understand sentence structure and improves your grammar skills.

How to Rearrange Jumbled Words

  • Look for the subject, verb, and object in the group of words.
  • Identify helping words like articles (a, an, the), prepositions, and conjunctions.
  • Arrange the words to make a meaningful sentence.
  • Check if the sentence makes sense and follows correct grammar.

Examples

  • Jumbled: book / reading / is / she
    Correct: She is reading a book.
  • Jumbled: quickly / runs / the / boy
    Correct: The boy runs quickly.
  • Jumbled: beautiful / is / the / garden
    Correct: The garden is beautiful.

Tips for Solving Jumbled Words

  • Start with the subject of the sentence.
  • Find the verb and then the object.
  • Use articles and prepositions correctly.
  • Read the sentence aloud to check if it sounds right.

Practice Questions

  1. school / to / goes / he / every / day
  2. cake / delicious / is / this
  3. friends / my / are / helpful / very
  4. the / in / birds / trees / are
  5. football / playing / likes / Rahul

Challenge Yourself

  • Create five jumbled sentences and ask your friend to solve them.
  • Try rearranging jumbled words from a newspaper headline.

Did You Know?

  • Solving jumbled words helps improve your vocabulary and grammar.
  • It is a common exercise in competitive exams and language tests.

Glossary

  • Jumbled Words: Words placed in the wrong order.
  • Sentence: A group of words that makes complete sense.
  • Subject: The person or thing doing the action.
  • Verb: The action word in a sentence.
  • Object: The person or thing affected by the action.

Answers to Practice Questions

  1. He goes to school every day.
  2. This cake is delicious.
  3. My friends are very helpful.
  4. The birds are in the trees.
  5. Rahul likes playing football.

Practice rearranging jumbled words to improve your sentence-making skills!