2011-12-Eng-1-G5-T3.doc

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Rustomjee Cambridge International School & Junior College

3rd_{TERM EXAMINATION (2011-12)}

SUBJECT: ENGLISH -Paper 1 Std: 5 Div. ___

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I) Read the passage given below and answer the following questions. (10 marks) Suddenly he felt someone touch his arm. It was a very old man who had heard him speak in the assembly. He had seen how sad and disappointed Demosthenes was. He looked at him keenly and praised him. He told him that his speech reminded him of the great orator , Pericles. “ How can you give up so easily , Demosthenes ? ” he said.

Demosthenes felt encouraged and tried again but he failed a second time. This time he left the assembly , hiding his face in his cloak. An actor, named Satyrus , who knew him well, followed him . He knew that Demosthenes would be in despair. Demosthenes did not hide his feelings from Satyrus. “A sailor with a foolish story will make them applaud , while if I tell them tales of the glorious deeds of their own countrymen they do not care, “ he said, bitterly.

“ True , Demosthenes ,” answered Satyrus , “ but I ‘ll tell you why it is so if you will recite to me some lines from one of our great poets.”

Then Demosthenes recited some poems to him. He spoke the words correctly , but his voice was dull. There was awkwardness in the way he delivered the speech and Satyrus felt he could not really listen to him for long.

But he said nothing to Demosthenes . He only repeated the lines back to him. Demosthenes stood still with surprise. He could not believe that they were the same lines. The actor’s eyes flashed , his voice, first loud and clear , sank to a whisper , and his body swayed as he spoke.

Name:______________________________________________ Roll No. : _______ Date: __________Time: 2 ½ hrs Marks  60 Marks Obtained: ________

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Demosthenes understood why his carefully studied speeches did not interest the Athenians. He realized that he must not only read or recite them, he must also act them.

1. “How can you give up so easily, Demosthenes.” (2 marks) Who said these words and why?

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 2. Why didn’t Demosthenes’ speeches interest the people of Athens? (2 marks)

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3. What did Demosthenes learn from the actor? (The actor’s style of speaking) (2 marks) ____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 4. Do you think Demosthenes was an ambitious man? Why do you think so? ( 2 marks)

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speech. (2 marks)

with great interest or want… ___________________________________________ appreciate and show approval……________________________________________

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II) Directed Writing: (5marks) Imagine you are Satyrus the actor. Write 10 to 12 sentences where you are trying to convince Demosthenes to boost his confidence, and bring out his hidden oratory skills. Write a persuasive dialogue between you and Demosthenes. You can begin like this…. Satyrus(that is you): This is not the time to feel so low….

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III) Language record: (5 marks) 1) Synonyms: (2 marks) i) praise-_______________________ iii) despair – ____________________ ii) assembly-_____________________ iv) glorious –____________________ Antonyms:

i) encourage – ____________________ ii) disappointed – ________________ iii) interested – ___________________ iv)carefully –___________________ 2) Use the following verb in a sentence of your own: (1 mark)

believe –_____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ IV) Poem: (5 marks)

Read the poem and answer the following questions:

Break, break, break,

On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!

And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me.

O, well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play! O, well for the sailor lad,

That he sings in his boat on the bay!

And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill;

But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still!

Break, break, break,

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But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.

Answer the following questions

1. Give the central theme of the poem ‘Break Break Break’. (2 marks) ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

2. Identify, write and explain one personification in the above poem (2 marks)

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3. In the poem Break, Break, Break, what does the poet mean when he says, “But the

tender grace of a day that is dead will never come back to me”. (1mark)

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ V) English Literature: (5 marks) 1. When did Sandy start cleaning houses each day?

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 2. What was Mr. Campbell’s job?

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 3. What was about to happen to Elgin’s Electrical Works?

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4. Who did Mc Donald and the other two men meet by the canal?

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 5. Who or what did Annie want Pat to talk to Sandy about?

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VI) Spelling and Vocabulary: (10 marks)

1. The process of consuming food in the body

_____ i _____ _____ _____ t _____ _____ _____ 2. That which makes a person fit for a job.

_____ u _____ _____ i f _____ _____ a t _____ o n 3. A short statement of news.

b _____ _____ l _____ t _____ n 4. Keenly strong in purpose.

e _____ r_____ _____ _____ t

5 . A vehicle used to take sick people to hospital. _____ m _____ _____ l a _____ _____ e

6. A thing used to rest their head on while lying down. c _____ _____h _____ o n

4. To find out the order of events at a concert. p____ ____ g____ a____ ____ e

8. It is used to find the date.

____ ____ l ____ n d ____ ____ 9. A machine used to level rough ground.

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b ____ l ____ d ____ ____ e r 10. To mine stones.

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VII) DO AS DIRECTED (GRAMMAR): (20 marks)

1. Change the sentences as indicated. (2 marks) a. The employees have problems regarding their work. (Change to negative)

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ b. They have read her books and poems. (Change to interrogative)

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ c. This is an amazing gift. (Change to exclamatory sentence)

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ d. This bag costs a lot of money. (Change to interrogative)

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 2. Fill in the blanks with the right question tag. (2 marks) a. Those plants will grow fast, ___________________________________ b. You and I love walking, ______________________________________ c. That woman is a singer, _____________________________________ d. The girls have lost those papers, ________________________________

3. State the kind of the underlined adverbs. (2 marks) a. Sometimes dad comes home on time.

____________________________________________________________________ b. My sister sat quietly in her room.)

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____________________________________________________________________ c. It rained very heavily that day.

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d. My mother will go to the library tomorrow.

____________________________________________________________________ 4. Fill in the blanks with the correct degree of adverbs in the bracket. (1 mark) a. It snowed___________________this morning than it did last night. (heavily)

b. Mary speaks better English than Tina, but Rose speaks it _______________________ (fluently)

5. Fill in the blank with appropriate prepositions in these sentences. (2 marks) a. Please don’t lean _________________that glass table.

b. Sharon has been studying ________________ three hours. c. The boy sat___________ his mother and father.

d. The car went ________________the tunnel.

6. Join these sentences using suitable conjunctions . (1 mark) a. The tortoise beat the hare________ the hare was swifter of the two.

b. The bus was late_______ there was a traffic jam.

7. Fill in the blanks with suitable interjections. (1 mark) a._________________ We have won the game.

b.__________________ Is anybody at home?

8. Put a comma, colon or a hyphen wherever necessary. (2 marks) a. The grey haired gentleman won the first prize.

____________________________________________________________________ b. We were asked to get four things for our project cardboard scissors colours and

fevicol.

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9. Change the following into reported speech. (4 marks) a. Jane said, “I went to Water Kingdom yesterday”.

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ b. The teacher said, “Proteins provide energy to our body”.

____________________________________________________________________ c. “Can I have a bicycle for my birthday?” asked Mathew.

____________________________________________________________________ d. “Peter, tuck your shirt in!” ordered his mother.

____________________________________________________________________ 10. Identify and name the parts of speech of the underlined words. (2 marks)

Sharon danced gracefully between five to six p.m.

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 11. Punctuation (1 mark)

Raymond said mt everest is the highest mountain peak in the world.

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