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1 DAV BORL PUBLIC SCHOOL BINA PRACTICE PAPER, HALF YEARLY ( ) Class: VII Subject: English Time Allowed: Hrs. Maximum Marks: 80 General Instructions: 1.Please check that this question paper contains question No.1 to 15and 5 printed pages. 2.All questions are compulsory.. Marks for each question are indicated against it.. Write the same question number as given in the question paper while answering a questionin your answer book. SECTION-A(READING)-20 MARKS 1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions 10 that follow. Once there was a big village near a small wood.the village was a rich one because of its fertile land.the wood nearby was lively with a large number of birds and animals. But the animals did never enter the village nor did they disturb the villagers.life was peaceful inside and outside the wood. Beside other animals there lived a camel and a jackal who were close friends. One day the jackal took his friend to a big sugarcane farm. It was on the opposite side of the river. After a sumptuous meal the jackal began to howl loudly. The camel pleaded jackal not to do so, but jackal said that it was his habit. Soon the farmers came and thrashed the camel badly. After a few days, the camel planned to cross the river, the jackal joined him on his back. The Jackal was feeling very happy because it was a new and different experience for him. After some time the camel took a deliberate dip into the water. When the jackal pleaded, the camel said that he had the habit of rolling in the water after every meal. The poor jackal was drowned. On the basis of the reading of the above passage, complete the following: (1 x 6=6) (a)the village was there near (b) Life was peaceful inside and outside the wood because. (c) Jackal took the camel one day... PP/ VII/English Page 1

2 (d) After eating stomach full the jackal... (e) The farmers thrashed the camel (f)at the end the jackal.... (g)find the antonyms of following words from the passage. (1x=) (i)barren (para-1) (ii)quietly (para-2) (iii)sad (para-) (iv)thoughtless (para-) 2. Read the following poem given below and answer the questions that follow: MY FAMILY TREE 5 My mother s brother s sister s name is Grace She s my aunt and likes to go from place to place. My mother s sister s brother s name is Brad He s my uncle and he is my cousin s Dad. My grandmother on my mother s side Is my maternal gran, she is my grandfather s bride She also is my father s mother-in-law And not surprisingly they often go to war. My cousin is the nephew of my mother His father happens to be my mother s brother. My aunty s niece is infact myself Hope you re not too confused, because I can t help. On the basis of the reading of the passage complete the following sentences. 1. My uncle s name is. 2. Miss likes to visit new places.. My uncle is also my cousin s.. Bride of my grandfather is my. 5. is my aunt s niece.. Read the following passage carefully. 5 It was Wednesday, the 9th of October. Seven days has passed since MrFogg had begun his journey. The steamer Mongolia was to arrive at the Suez at 11 a.m. This was one of the fastest ship and it voyaged between Brindisi and Bombay regularly. Two men were walking up and down the dock-side at Suez, awaiting the steamer. One of them was a small built man with a nervous, intelligent face PP/ VII/English Page 2

3 with bright eyes peering out from under his eyebrows which were forever twitching. This was Mr Fix, the detective, dispatched from England in search of bank robber. His job was to watch every passenger who arrived at Suez minutely and see if any of the passengers resembled the bank robber whose description he got from police just two days back. Fix was hoping to receive a splendid reward for catching the bank robber. On the basis of the reading of the passage choose the correct option and write in the space provided : (a) How much time had passed since Mr.Fogg started his journey? (i) 11 days (ii) 7 days (iii) 8 days (iv) 1 month (b)what was name of the fastest ship? (i) Suez (ii) Bombay (iii) Mongolia (iv) Steamer (c)which word or phrase is not used to describe Mr.Fix? (i) to watch every passenger at Suez (ii) to get the description from police (iii) to meet Mr.Fogg (iv) in search of bank robber (d)which of the following word from the passage means sudden quick movement? (i) twitching (ii) peering (iii) voyage (iv) dispatch (e)write the opposite of Reward (i)problem (ii)peace (iii)prosperity (iv)punishment SECTION-B(WRITING)-20 MARKS. Your school is organising an Inter-class Volleyball Competition for the students of Class-VI to VIII. As the Head Boy/Head Girl of your school, write a notice in about 50 words to inform the interested students to give their names to the Class Teacher within one week. 5. Your friend had sent you a letter through registered post last month. But, after more than 20 days also the letter has not been delivered to you. Write a letter to the Post Master of your area complaining about the non-receipt of the letter. Also, mention all the details of the letter. 8 PP/ VII/English Page

4 6. A national seminar on the topic Global Warming was conducted by the Dept. of Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh at the State Auditorium, Bhopal. In this seminar, students and teachers from different schools from all over India had taken part. Write a report in about 120 words describing about the seminar. 8 SECTION-C(GRAMMAR)15 MARKS 7. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles a, an or the. (a) school near the hill side is celebrating its 7 th Annual day today. (b)he is M.A. in political science. (c)there is U.P. school near my house. 8. Rearrange the following jumbled words or phrases to form meaningful sentences. (a)bring /festivals /life /colour /to /the/ human /of /a (b) Many /festivals /celebrated /in /types /India /of /are (c) These /Holi /some /Diwali /of /are /Id /Christmas /and 9. Following passage has not been edited. There is a mistake in each line. Write the incorrect word as well as the correction. ½x6= Error Correction (a) One evening, during the informal (b) game on a ground, Ranji s friend (c) Bhim slipped while running after a ball (d) and cut his hand on the sharp stone. (e) Ranji took him to doctor near (f) the clock tower where a wound was washed and bandaged. 10. Fill in the blanks with suitable modals. (i)it rain heavily today evening. (ii)i attend the programme tomorrow. (iii)they to do their work properly. 11. Identify the verbs in following sentences and write whether they are Transitive or Intransitive. (a)they are playing cricket. (b)we will go to Puri tomorrow. (c)the children are jumping now. PP/ VII/English Page

5 SECTION-D(LITERATURE)25 MARKS 12. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. I d rather sleep in the ivy wall; No rain comes through, tho I hear it fall. The sun peeps gay at dawn of day, And I sing, and wing away, away! (a)who is I in the above lines? (b)who is the speaker speaking to? (c)what does the speaker want to convey by describing ivy as a wall? (d)what does the speaker prefer ivy wall to? 1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. Well, I II have you know, young man, that I am the Burgomaster of the village, and I will tolerate no good-for nothings here. We ve mouths of our own to think of. (d)why is he telling that he will tolerate no good-for nothings there? (a)name the lesson. (b)what do you mean by Burgomaster? 1. Answer the following questions in about 0-0 words each. (a)why did the narrator follow Aunt Ruby and Rockey secretly to the jeweller s shop? What reason did Tutu have for following them? (b)how did the soldier react to the unwelcoming attitude of the villagers? (c)how did Swami catch the burglar? (d)why did Manjula tear her painting into pieces? (e)what are the dreams of the poet in the poem I Dream a World? (f)which sentences was underlined in red in the newspaper cutting? Why? 15. Sooner or later the man, who wins, is the man who thinks he can. Write about the importance of having positive attitude in life. Give examples to justify your point of view x6=12 5 PP/ VII/English Page 5

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