SECOND TERMINAL EXAMINATION, 2016 ENGLISH Time : 3 hrs. Class V M.M. : 100 Date 25.02.2016 Name of the student Section Roll No. Invigilator s Signature SECTION A (READING 10 MARKS) A.1 Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. Animals tell us Many animals and birds can tell us what the weather will be. They can sometimes tell more than this. A geologist, who studies about rocks, had a very ordinary sheep dog. Once he was sitting at his desk, late in the evening. His baby daughter was sleeping nearby, in a pram, and the dog was dozing in the corner. All was peaceful and quiet. Suddenly the dog leapt up, took the baby by her night dress, pulled her out of the pram and dived towards the door. The geologist was terrified. He thought the dog had gone mad. He snatched up his rifle and rushed from the house. Just then the earth shook and the house collapsed. An earthquake had started. The dog had saved the whole family. Animals and birds can feel it when an underground storm is approaching. People may not notice if somewhere far off there is a slight shaking. But dogs, snakes, lizards and fish get excited. They know that something terrible is going to happen. i) What was the geologist doing late in the evening? ii) What did the geologist think about the dog? iii) Correct the following sentences and rewrite them: (1 2=2) a) The geologist had a baby son. b) The dog was sleeping in the pram. iv) Tick the correct answer: (1 2=2) a) A geologist is one who studies rocks stars what the earth is made of b) The house collapsed because of earthquake storm rain (1/10)
v) Fill in the blanks with words from the passage : (1 3=3) a. The geologist up his and rushed from the house. b. Animals and birds can feel it when an storm is approaching. vi) Write T for TRUE and F for FALSE statements: (½ 2=1) a. Dogs, snakes, lizards and fish get excited if there is a slight shaking. b. The whole family was saved because of the dog. SECTION B (Writing 20 marks) B.1 Write an essay on any one of the following: (8) a) Diwali Mela at Our School b) The Painting Which Won Me the First Prize (2/10)
B.2 Write a letter on any one of the following. (7) A letter to your father thanking him for the birthday gift. OR A letter to your brother wishing him good luck for his examinations. (3/10)
B.3 Write a paragraph on the following topic : (5) My Last Vacation SECTION C (Grammar 30 marks) C.1 Complete these sentences using am / is / are / was / were : (2) a. all these children in your class? b. He a sincere friend. c. The farmers in the fields when it began to rain. d. I unwell today. C.2 Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense of the verbs: a. You these answers well. (know) b. She excellent arguments to prove her point. (give) C.3 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the present continuous tense: a. The servant (switch) on the lights now. b. Sapna and Anu near the window. (sit) (4/10)
C.4 Fill in the blanks with the present perfect tense: Our old house was rather small for us. So we (shift) to our new house. Papa (give) me a room on the second floor. C.5 Use the past tense of these words to fill in the blanks: As soon as I (see) the signal turning red, I (stop) the car. C.6 Fill in the blanks with the past continuous tense of the verbs: a. The luxury ship (sail) in the sea when we reached the port. b. The naughty boys (throw) stones at a small puppy when I saw them. C.7 Complete the sentences using the simple future tense: (2) a. If I find the dress too expensive, b. If you tease the dog, C.8 Fill in the blanks with is/am/are + going to: a. Many cracks have appeared in this wall. It fall any day. b. There have been no rains so far. There be a drought. C.9 Fill in the blanks with the future continuous tense: a. We to Shimla in our Wagon R. (go) b. I am sure she for me. (wait) C.10 Make this sentence negative: Shivani is sure of her success. C.11 Make this sentence interrogative: The car had broken down. C.12 Circle the correct agreement of verb: (2) a. Our team (is/are) ready for the match. b. Many ships (was/were) in danger. c. She (spend/spends) two hours on homework. d. We (has/have) a yoga teacher in our school now. (5/10)
C.13 Fill in with suitable adverbs: a. He is late for his class. b. I walked up the stairs. C.14 Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition: a. The old man sat leaning (in/on) the wall. b. Open your book (at/on) page twelve. C.15 Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunction: a. She is slow does not make mistake. b. Raja Deb are good friends. C.16 Insert commas where necessary: The room was small dark dirty and smelly. C.17 Fill in the blanks with the correct word: (2) a. This shop battery also. (sells, cells) b. The wound on his took a long time to (heel, heal) C.18 a) Write the Synonym of the following: i) empty ii) loyal b. Write the Antonym of the following: i) peace ii) success C.19 Do as directed: a) Frame questions for the given statements with whose/ which/ what. i) Asia is the largest continent in the world. (2) ii) I want the red shirt and not the blue one. (6/10)
b) Complete the sentences with the suitable words given: i) We take orders from Ajay as he is of the project. ii) Mark is a great leader. His look good. (resign, dismiss, prospects, incharge) c) Use the clues to complete each word. i) Gifts come like this - rapped ii) He repairs your taps - plum er d) Fill in the blanks with for or since. i) I ve been studying three hours. (2) ii) I have nt seen a film two months. iii) I have been going to his recitals I was twelve. iv) I ve been waiting here eight in the morning. e) Write down the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives. (2) positive comparative superlative brave nice SECTION D (30 MARKS) D.1 Answer the following questions: ( Any five) (2 5=10) i) Why did Hasty and Blackie need a car? ii) What were the students asked to do during the holidays in the story School Breaks up? iii) What value did we learn from the poem The Recycling Rap? (7/10)
iv) Where did Ani get the things to make her decoration? v) Why was Sudha upset? What did she decide to do? vi) Why does the poet say that we should wash squash and squeeze empty drink cans? vii) How did the lady spend the ten dollar bill? D.2 Complete the statements (1 4=4) i) Any black who tried to protest against ill- treatment was ii) The boy began to wait for the next day because iii) People called Old Jack s money dirty because iv) Where should the following be taken? empty drink cans D.3 State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE:- (1 4=4) i) Sudha was a brilliant student. ii) Sudha met J.R.D. Tata at the interview. iii) Sankar was the first to leave the examination hall. iv) Swaminathan was planning to sleep a lot. (8/10)
D.4 Tick the correct answer:- (½ 4=2) i) The passage Ani s key is about a. Ani s ability to overcome all odds. b. The idea of recycling waste. c. The qualities of a true artist. ii) The main purpose of the story A letter to J.R.D. Tata is to highlight a. Sudha Murthy s achievements. b. The achievements of the Tata Company. c. The greatness of J.R.D. Tata. iii) My mind and attitudes were ready for the books yet to come means a. I was getting ready to study. b. I was going to read lots of books. c. All the reading I had done helped me to read more and even write books. iv) To have found one s place in the world could mean a. finding deep satisfaction in writing. b. finding a nice corner to write. c. finding out what one wants to do in life. D.5 Do as directed. a) Frame answer to the following questions. i. Why are the police here? (investigate, robbery) (2) ii. Why are you carrying those wooden planks? (build, tree house) b) Pick the odd one out. i. scan glance study browse ii. fair wise right just (9/10)
c) Read the clues and complete the word. i. Before you enter a room, do this. nock ii. He repairs your taps. Plum er d) Change the following nouns (countable and uncountable) into plural or singular form of the word. i. Soap ii. Furniture e) Match the following. A dirty work forbidden cleared out predominantly B stolen everything polluted and fond mainly ordered not to (2) f) Give one word for each of the phrases given below. i) money paid for parking carts/vehicles in the wrong place ii) a place where money is manufactured g) Fill in the blanks with the plural or singular form of the words given in brackets. (2) The farmer was feeding his two (calf). Suddenly, his (wife) rushed in saying that the freshly baked (loaf) of bread were missing. There were a lot of (mouse) in the farm. ACTIVITY (i) JAM (ii) Newspaper Reading. (10) (10/10)