KSEEB Class 9 · English (2nd language) · KTBS Revised 2024-25
Monday Morning
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Karnataka Board Class 9 English.
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About the author
Mark Twain, from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). Twain's comic classic of American boyhood - Tom dreads Monday and school after Sunday's freedom.
Summary
Tom Sawyer wakes Monday morning miserable - school replaces river, adventure, and freedom of the Sabbath.
Tom Sawyer wakes Monday morning miserable - school replaces river, adventure, and freedom of the Sabbath.
He hunts for ailment: examines sore toe, tests loose tooth, finally settles on pretending stomach ache to stay home.
He hunts for ailment: examines sore toe, tests loose tooth, finally settles on pretending stomach ache to stay home.
His aunt Polly loves him but knows boys' tricks - she tests his symptoms with comic medical logic and folk cures.
His aunt Polly loves him but knows boys' tricks - she tests his symptoms with comic medical logic and folk cures.
Tom groans and dramatises pain, hoping pity will excuse him from lessons and the schoolmaster's switch.
Tom groans and dramatises pain, hoping pity will excuse him from lessons and the schoolmaster's switch.
The narrator mocks both Tom's theatrics and adult gullibility - school as prison versus boyish imagination.
The narrator mocks both Tom's theatrics and adult gullibility - school as prison versus boyish imagination.
Tom eventually rises to face school; the episode captures every student's Monday mood with affectionate satire.
Tom eventually rises to face school; the episode captures every student's Monday mood with affectionate satire.
Hard words & meanings
| dread | great dislike expecting something unpleasant |
| ailment | a minor sickness or pain |
| groan | to make a deep sound of suffering - often fake |
| gullibility | tendency to believe too readily |
| satire | using comedy to criticise foolish behaviour |
| guardian | person who legally cares for a child |
| dramatise | to exaggerate for effect |
| Sabbath | day of rest and worship |
| schoolmaster | head teacher in old-fashioned school |
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