KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA DIPATOLI, RANCHI HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2017-18 Class: V (FIVE) Time: 2 ½ HOURS Subject: ENGLISH MM: 80 Name : Roll : Section: Date & Date : Competency Reading Reading (20) Text (20) Grammar (15) GRADE SHEET Writing Creative Writing (10) Spelling (10) Signature of Invigilator Hand Writing (5) Total (80) OVERALL GRADE MARKS OBTAINED General instructions: This question paper has six sections A, B, C, D, E & F Read the question paper carefully. Write the answers in the space provided. Attempt all the questions and write neatly. Passage : 1 SECTION : A [READING (10)] 1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: Oliver was a nine year old boy. He lived with other homeless boys in an orphanage. He was pale and thin as were the other boys living there. This was because they had to work hard but were never given enough to eat. The owner of the orphanage, Mr. Bumble, was a cruel man and he ill-treated the boys. The boys were always hungry. It was true that they were given three meals a day but each meal consisted of only of a bowl of watery soup. They were almost starving. So it 1 P a g e
was decided by them to ask the master for more soup. But who would bell the cat? Finally the task fell to Oliver. When all the boys were assembled in the cold stone hall for their evening meal, the soup was served. It soon disappeared. The boys whispered to one another and one boy pushed Oliver a little. Oliver making a brave effort, stood up, walked up to the master with his bowl and spoon in his hand, and said tremblingly, Please sir, I want some more. a) Who was Oliver? (1) b) Where did he live? (1) c) Why Oliver and the other boys living there were pale and thin? (1) d) Who was the owner? How was he? (1) e) Who was given the task to ask the master for more soup? (1) f) What did Oliver say tremblingly? (1) g) Choose opposites from the passage for the words given and write them. (2) (i) young x (ii) kind x h) Write two naming words from the passage. (1) Ans. i) Which word in the passage mean: (1) behaved badly = 2 P a g e
PASSAGE- II 2. Read the poem below and answer the questions given below: (10) Once there lived a carpenter named Kasi. He had a five year old son. His name was Vasu. Kasi s father Ramu was too old and he also stayed with them. Kasi began to think that his father was of no use to him became he was too old to do any work. Kasi always spoke angrily to his father. One day, Kasi gave food in a mud plate to his father. Being too old, Ramu was not able to hold the mud plate. He dropped it down and broke it. Kasi became very angry and scolded his father. Vasu observed this. The next day,kasi gave a new mud plate. He went out to work. When he came back, he saw the new mud plate also broken into pieces. He scolded his father badly and warned him, Old man, if you break the next plate also, there will be no food for you. Vasu was listening to his father s words. Next day, in the evening, when he came back home he saw his son doing some work with his carpentry tools. He was surprised to see this and happily went near him; Kasi asked Vasu What are you doing my son? Vasu replied Dad, I am making a plate of wood for you. When you become old, I will give you this wood plate so that you will not break it and I need not send you out of the house Kasi realized his mistake and apologized to his father for his mistakes. He never ill-treated his father after that. a) Suggest a suitable title for this story. b) Who was Kashi? c) Why did Kasi always speak angrily to his father? d) Was Kasi right/wrong in being rude to his father? Give reasons e) Why did Vasu make a wooden plate? 3 P a g e
f) What moral do you get from this story? g) Suppose you were Kasi how would you have treated? h) Write past form of begin is i) Opposite of never is: j) Which word in the passage mean felt sorry for SECTION : B [TEXT (20)] 3.Answer these questions: a) Why did the old bird advise the other bird to destroy the creeper? b) What were the preparations in the palace for? c) Write any two summer activities. Ans. d) What are the things that Munna liked to do? e) Read the lines from the poem My Shadow and answer the following questions: He is very very like from heels up to my head i. Who does he refer to? ii. Why are he and me alike? 4 P a g e
f) Name the team members required to play football g) What made Robinson Crusoe think that the print on the ground was a footprint? h) Why did the geese cry for help? i) Why do you think your shadow jumps into bed before you can? j) In which season ice- cream is popular? SECTION : C [GRAMMAR (15)] 4.Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box: (4) And but because so (i) I was frightened ------------------ curious. (ii) I decided to go to the beach -------------- I went along the water s edge. (iii) I ran as fast as I could------------------ I was frightened. (iv) I was very tired ------------- confused. 5. The words in the sentences are jumbled. Write them in correct order (2) (i) Alone was not Robinson an island on 5 P a g e
(ii) I around me looked 6. Fill in the blanks with prepositions: to, at, off, on, in, into, with: - (2) (i) He noticed the creeper the foot of the tree. (ii) As they flew the tree they were trapped. (iii) He was calling my name and waving me. (iv) The children walked the bridge. 7. Underline adjectives in these sentences: (4) a) She bought a blue frock. b) You are an intelligent student. c) She looks beautiful. d) My uncle is a rich man. 8. Fill in the blanks with the exact word. (3) (i) The tourists were to see the beautiful Taj Mahal. (amazed, shocked ) (ii) The lights went out suddenly. I was alone and. ( shocked, frightened) (iii) He has been ill for a long time and his parents were. ( worried, angry) SECTION : D [CREATIVE WRITING (10)] 9. Select any one topic and write a short paragraph. (i) Book you Like Most OR (ii) My best friend 6 P a g e
10. Look at the picture and write five sentences. SECTION : E [SPELLINGS (10)] 11. Circle the correct one out of the three: - ( 5 ) 7 P a g e
(i) lisened listened lestened (ii) Remember remembr remembre (iii) Diference difference difference (iv) butterfly butterfli butterfye (v) wonderful wanderfull wounderfull 12. Circle the pair of words that rhyme together. City heat blows do cart street goes go hard bowl cow label yard doll so table sky play race write my obey face night SECTION : F [HANDWRITING (5)] 13.Rewrite the following passage in cursive handwriting on the space provided- Effective studying and learning depend on three main factors. You need the right mental attitude. You need to be properly organized. And you need the ability to motivate yourself. You cannot study or learn well if your mind is half asleep. You require an alert mental condition with eagerness to absorb new facts or ideas. Once you are aware of these facts, you can turn them to your advantage. 8 P a g e
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Answer Key 1. a) He was a nine-year-old boy. b) He lived in an orphanage. c) They had to work hard but not enough food was given to them. So, they were pale and thin. d) Mr. Bramble was the owner of the orphanage. He was a cruel man. e) Oliver was given the task to ask for more soup. f) He requested his master for some more soup. g) (i) Old (ii) cruel h) Oliver, Mr. Bramble, meal (OR any suitable answer may be awarded) i) ill treated 2. a) The Carpenter/Respect the Elders b) He was a carpenter. c) Because his father often broke the mud plate. d) He was wrong in being rude to his father. He should respect his elders. e) He made wooden plate so that it would not break and he would not have to scold him for this. f) We learn the lesson that we should respect out elders. g) If I were Kashi I had never scolded my parents. h) Began i) Always j) Apologise 3. a) He advised them to destroy it because one day it grow thick and strong. It would be possible for hunters to climb the tree. b) There were preparations for a grand dinner in the palace. 9 P a g e
c) Swimming, sitting under the fan (OR any suitable answer may be awarded) d) He liked to fly kites, play marbles and idle away his times. e) (i) He refers to the Shadow. (ii) Because one is my shadow. f) Captain, players, coaches, referee g) It was a footprint because it had toe, fingers and every part of the foot. h) They cried for help because they were trapped in hunter s net. i) It jumps into bed before me because source of light is behind me. j) Ice- cream is popular in summer season. 4.(i) but (ii) so (iii) because (iv) and 5. (i) Robinson was not alone on an island. (ii) I looked around me. 6. (i)at (ii) off (iii) to (iv) across 7. (a)blue (b) intelligent (c) beautiful (d) rich 8. (i) amazed (ii) frightened (iii) worried 9. Book you like Most SECTION : D [CREATIVE WRITING (10)] The Ramayana has influenced me most. This is my favourite book. The book has many charms of its own. It is more interesting than any other book. It is more philosophic than any other book on philosophy. It is a complete moral code. It contains the life story of Rama who is thought to be an incarnation of God. Hence it is a religious book which helps us to make us good and pious. The book is full of ideals. It presents every situation of life. From the examples given in the book, we learn how we should behave with our parents, brothers, sisters, friends, enemies, teachers, learned persons, strangers, husbands, wives, sons and even the low caste people.it teaches us to be brave and cheerful in all circumstances. Thus we may call it the best book for character-building in the world. OR My Best Friend My best friend is Archana. We are good friends from the childhood. She is a smart girl having fair complexion and dimpled cheeks. She is a pretty girl. She is very entertaining, jolly and helpful in nature. She understands me a lot and become always ready to help me in my all bad or happy conditions. We are classmates and become together every time. We go to the school everyday together and play sports daily in the nearby ground of our house. 10 P a g e
10. There are two policemen in the picture. They are in the jungle near the cave. They are investigating something. We see some footprints going towards the cave. They are trying to identify whose footprints it may be. SECTION : E [SPELLINGS (10)] 11. (i) listened (ii) remember (iii) difference (iv) butterfly (v) wonderful 12. Heat street, blows-goes, hard-yard, bowl- doll, label-table, sky-my, play-obey, race-face, write-night SECTION : F [HANDWRITING (5)] 13. Effective studying and learning depend on three main factors. You need the right mental attitude. You need to be properly organized. And you need the ability to motivate yourself. You cannot study or learn well if your mind is half asleep. You require an alert mental condition with eagerness to absorb new facts or ideas. Once you are aware of these facts, you can turn them to your advantage. 11 P a g e