TERM II: SUBJECT: ENGLISH Invigilator's Sign NAME: CLASS/DIV : 7 G ROLL NO.: MAX. MARKS : 60 DATE : DURATION : 2 HRS Q. NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Out of Examiner Marks 60 Moderator Marks Examiner's Signature READ THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BELOW : 1. Write your name and roll number in the spaces provided at the top of this page. 2. Answer all/ any one/ any two questions in the spaces provided on the Question Paper. Write in dark blue or black pen. 3. The Number of marks is given in the bracket '[ ]' 4. This document consists of 22 pages. ( 21 printed +1 blank ) 5. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. 6. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. PAGE:1
I. SEEN PROSE PASSAGE : [9] Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:- In the poorer parts of New York, there was a colony where many struggling artists lived, among them were Sue and Joanna. They had come to New York from different parts of the United States. When they met, they found that they shared the same interests, and so became friends. Together they set up a joint studio, and tried to earn a living through art. Joanna was small, thin and not very strong. After spending few months in New York, she became ill with pneumonia. In those days, it was not easy to cure pneumonia patients. Though Sue looked after her well, Joanna or Johnsy as she was called, showed no signs of improvement. One day, the doctor told Sue that Johnsy had one chance in ten. And that chance is for her to want to live, he said. Your little lady has made up her mind that she s not going to get well. He told Sue that medicines alone did not help if the patient did not wish to live. That day, Johnsy just lay in bed without making any sound or movement. First, Sue thought that she had fallen asleep but then she noticed that Johnsy was looking out of the window and was counting something again and again in a very low voice almost a whisper. Questions:- 1. Who was Joanna? /(1) PAGE:2
2. How did the two girls earn their living? /(1) 3. Why did Joanna show no signs of improvement? /(1) 4a. Give the adverb form of /(2) patient - b. Change the voice Joanna showed no signs of improvement. 5a.Find the word from the passage that means /(2) to observe - b. Give the word class of whisper - PAGE:3
6. What did the doctor advise about Joanna s health? /(2) II. UNSEEN PROSE PASSAGE: [9] Read the given passage and answer the following questions:- In a small village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfish service. Because the entire village revolved around the fishing industry, a volunteer rescue team was needed in case of emergency. One night the winds raged, the clouds burst and a gale storm capsized a fishing boat at sea. Stranded, and in trouble, the crew sent out the signal. The captain of the rescue rowboat team sounded the alarm and the villagers assembled in the town square overlooking the bay. While the team launched their row boat and fought their way through the wild waves, the villagers waited restlessly on the beach, holding lanterns to light the way back. An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared and falling exhausted on the sand, the volunteers reported that they had to leave one man behind. Even one more passenger would have capsized the rescue boat and all would have capsized the rescue boat and all would have been lost. Frantically the captain called for another volunteer team to go after the lone survivor. Sixteen year old Hans stepped forward. His mother grabbed his arm, pleading, Please don t go. Your father died in a shipwreck ten years ago and your older brother Paul has been lost at sea for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have left. PAGE:4
Hans replied, Mother I have to go. What if everyone said I can t go, let someone else do it? Mother, this time I have to do my duty. When the call for service comes, we all need to take our turn and do our part. Questions: 1. What was the occupation of the villagers? /(1) 2. What happened in the village? /(1) 3. Who saved the lone survivor? /(1) 4 a. Give the opposite of / (2) patiently - b. Give the adjective form of frantically - 5. Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunctions /(2) i. I have just eaten my dinner, I am not hungry. (coordinating) PAGE:5
ii. you have finished your homework, you can watch television. (subordinating) 6. Why did mother hold back her son? /(2) III. SEEN POEM: [5] Read the given passage and answer the following questions: The curving, wide wall border Was marble like the snow. I walked that wall a fairy prince And, pacing quaint and slow, Beside me were my pages, Two giant, friendly birds. Half-swan they were, half peacock. They spoke in courtier words. Their inner wings a chariot, Their outer wings for flight, They lifted me from dreamland. We bade those trees good-night. PAGE:6
Questions: 1. Describe the garden wall. /(1) 2. Which are the two birds mentioned in the passage? /(1) 3. How did the poet travel? /(1) 4 a. Give the rhyme scheme of last stanza. /(1) b. Name and explain the figure of speech: The curving, wide wall-border Was marble, like the snow. /(1) PAGE:7
IV. Rapid Reader: [5] Read the given passage and answer the following questions:- Cook s answer was to lock herself in her room. It was William who discovered first that it was tea-time and there was no tea. At first he felt slightly upset. Then he thought of the larder and his spirits rose. Come on! he called. All jus get what you can. They trooped in, panting, shouting, laughing and all just got what they could. George drank a whole jar of cream with great gusto, William and Douglas between them ate a gooseberry pie, Henry ate a whole currant cake. They ate two bowls of cold vegetables, two pots of honey, three dozen oranges and three loaves of bread. They left the larder a place of gaping emptiness. Shouts of triumph and laughter filled the air. Then the shouts of triumph died away abruptly. William s smile also faded away. A taxi was turning in at the front gate. The taxi contained his family. Two hours later, a friend of William s who had come with a note for his mother, looked up to William s window and caught sight of William s untidy head. Come and play with me, William, she called eagerly. I can t. I m going to bed, said William sternly. Why? Are you ill, William? No. Well, why are you going to bed, William? William leant out of window. I m going to bed, he said, because my father don t understand about English Grammar, that s why! PAGE:8
Questions: 1. What made William feel upset? /(1) 2. Which sentence from the passage conveys that the party was enjoyed by all? /(1) 3. Why did William s smile fade away? /(1) 4. What did everyone eat at the party? /(2) PAGE:9
V. Grammar: [12] 1. Mary did a mistake in her life. (Add a question tag) / (1) 2. Father said to Rohan, Did you get punished in school? / (1) (Change to Reported Speech) 3. Is not wisdom better than riches? (Make it assertive) / (1) 4. This act is so risky that I cannot do it. (Rewrite using too to) / (1) 5. one afternoon i was going down the garden when jim called me. / (1) (Punctuate the sentence) 6. My birthday is never forgotten by him. (Change to active voice) / (1) 7. I have known him a long time. / (1) (Fill in the correct preposition) PAGE:10
8. They are watching a movie. (Change to active voice) / (1) 9. Leopard is faster than deer. (Change the degree) / (1) 10.Very few animals are as useful as the cow. / (1) (Change to Superlative degree) 11. He wrote the letter. / (1) (Change to Future Perfect tense and rewrite the sentence) 12. This is my drawing room where I listen music. / (1) (Pick out the non-finite verb and state its kind) PAGE:11
VI. WRITING SKILLS: [20] A. Letter Writing /(5) Write an application for the post of a Yoga teacher in Utpal Shanghvi Global School, in response to an advertisement in The Times of India dated 15 th March 2017.Attach your Curriculum Vitae along with the covering letter. PAGE:12
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B. Information Transfer: /(5) Look at the pie chart below which shows the sleeping pattern of 250 students in North Delhi. Write a paragraph of about 100-150 words comparing how much each segment of student spent their weekend. Remember to give it a suitable title. 20% 12% 16% 12% woke up early morning 20% slept till afternoon 20% 32% helped their parents in household work 32% 16% studied 20% watching TV and gaming PAGE:15
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C. Dialogue writing / Report writing: /(5) Write a short conversation between two friends discussing the necessity of exercise. OR Write a report on the Dental Check-up which was held in your school recently. Include the following points: Venue Schedule (Day and Time) Arrangements made Excitement and eagerness in students Way it was conducted Report by the doctor Feedback of the students Title: PAGE:17
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D. Expansion of Ideas: (Any 1) /(5) Write on any one of the topics given below in about 100-150 words. 1. Knowledge is power. 2. Slow and steady wins the race. 3. Honesty is the best policy. PAGE:19
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