Rustomjee Cambridge International School & Junior College
Third Term Examination(2011-12)SUBJECT: English-I GRADE: VI Div: ____
Question No. I II III IV V VI Orals Total Grand
Total
Marks Obtained
Q. I. A. Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions: (10 marks)
Then the Spring came, and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds. But in the garden of the Selfish Giant it was still Winter. The birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children, and the trees forgot to blossom.
The only people who were pleased were the Snow and the Frost. The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak, and the Frost painted all the trees silver. Then, they invited the North Wind to stay with them, and he roared all day about the garden, and blew the chimney pots down. 'This is a delightful spot,' he said, 'we must ask the Hail on a visit.' So the Hail came. Every day for three hours he rattled on the roof of the castle till he broke most of the slates, and then he ran round and round the garden as fast as he could go. He was dressed in grey, and his breath was like ice.
'I cannot understand why the Spring is so late in coming,' said the Selfish Giant, as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden, 'I hope there will be a change in the weather.'
But the Spring never came, nor the Summer. The Autumn gave golden fruit to every garden, but to the Giant's garden she gave none. 'He is too selfish,' she said. So it was always Winter there, and the North Wind, and the Hail, and the Frost, and the Snow danced about through the trees.
Name: __________________________________________________Roll No.__________
Date: ____________ Time: 2 ½ hrs Marks 80 Marks Obtained: ____ ______
One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music. It was really only a little linnet singing outside his window, but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world. Then the Hail stopped dancing over his head, and the North Wind ceased roaring, and a delicious perfume came to him through the open window. 'I believe Spring has come at last,' said the Giant; and he jumped out of bed and looked out.
What did he see?
He saw a most wonderful sight. Through a little hole in the wall the children had crept in, and they were sitting in the branches of the trees. In every tree that he could see there was a little child. And the trees were so glad to have the children back again that they had covered themselves with blossoms, and were waving their arms gently above the children's heads. The birds were flying about and twittering with delight, and the flowers were looking up through the green grass and laughing.
It was a lovely scene, only in one corner it was still Winter. It was the farthest corner of the garden, and in it was standing a little boy. He was so small that he could not reach up to the branches of the tree, and he was wandering all round it, crying bitterly. The poor tree was still quite covered with frost and snow, and the North Wind was blowing and roaring above it. 'Climb up! little boy,' said the Tree, and it bent its branches down as low as it could; but the little boy was too tiny. The Giant's heart melted as he looked out. 'How selfish I have been!' he said; 'now I know why the Spring would not come here. I will put that poor little boy on the top of the tree, and then I will knock down the wall, and my garden shall be the children's playground forever and ever.' He was really very sorry for what he had done.
Questions:-1. Why was he called the selfish giant? (1 mark) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
2. What did the Giant see in one corner of his garden that melted his heart?
(1 mark) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3. In your own words, describe the Giant’s garden in not more than 3-4 sentences.
(3 marks) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4. What was the wonderful sight that the Giant saw one morning when he thought that Spring had come back to his garden? (2 marks) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 5. Do you think that the Giant was right in not allowing the children to play in his garden? Give 2 reasons to support your view. (3 marks) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
B. Directed Writing. (10 marks)
Imagine you are one of the kids playing in the Giant’s garden before the Giant’s arrival. You want your best friend from school named Ravi to come to the Giant’s
garden to play with you. Write dialogue writing between you and your best friend wherein you are convincing him to join you at the garden to play after the school hours. Your story should go on till you have succeeded in convincing Ravi. Write upto 1-1 ½ side allowing the size of your hand-writing.
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B. Do as directed:- (15 marks)
a. This is a delightful spot. ___________________________________________ b. Then the Hail stopped dancing over his head. ___________________________ 2. Underline the verb in the following sentences and identify the tenses: - (2 marks) a. He had dressed himself in grey. – ___________________________________ b. It sounded so sweet to his ears. – _____________________________________ 3. Underline the conjunctions in the sentences and state its type:- (2 marks) a. The Autumn gave golden fruit to every garden, but to the Giant's garden she gave none. _________________________________________________________ b. The birds were flying about and twittering. _____________________________ 4. He was really very sorry for what he had done.
(Separate the subject and predicate.) (1 mark) Subject: ___________________________________________________________ Predicate: __________________________________________________________ 5. 'How selfish I have been!' (Identify the type of sentence) (1 mark) __________________________________________________________________ 6. Give the adjective of ‘gently’ and frame a sentence of the new word. (3 marks) Adjective : ________________________________________________________ Sentence : __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 7. Pick out a synonym of ‘view’ from the passage – __________________(1 mark) 8. Pick out an antonym of ‘asleep’ from the passage - ________________ (1 mark) 9. Give the homophone of ‘ears’ – _______________________________ (1 mark) 10. It bent its branches down. (Underline the adverb and state its kind) (1 mark)
Q. II. Poem
Just as it gets dark in the evening and my mother sends me to bed,
I can see through my open window the watchman walking up and down.
The lane is dark and lonely, and the street-lamp stands like a giant with one red eye in its head.
The watchman swings his lantern and walks with his shadow at his side, and never once goes to bed in his life.
I wish I were a watchman walking the streets all night, chasing the shadows with my lantern
Questions:-1. Name the poet of this poem? (1 mark) __________________________________________________________________ 2. Give the adjective form of ‘dark’ – ____________________________ (1 mark) 3. State and explain the figure of speech in the following line: - (1 mark) I can see through my open window the watchman walking up and down.
__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4. Identify the figure of speech and explain this line: and never once goes to bed in
his life. (2 marks)
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III. Literature: - (5 marks)
1. Name the earlier two people who were hiding in shadows on the London Bridge. (2 mark)
__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did Dr. Losberne move to the village finally? (1 mark) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3. Why did Rose decide to go to Mr. Brownlow? (1 mark) __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________ 4. Why did Mary jump toward the ivy and catch it in her hand? (1 mark) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
IV. Words are Important:- (10 marks)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the given
bracket:-(era , deficiency, prone, anecdote, temperate, dependent, spectre, adapt, scan, audible)
1. The climate of this region is _____________________ , and quite suitable for survival.
2. Due to the __________________________ in nutrients, she was suffering from malnourishment.
3. She is ______________________ to fall into trouble very soon.
4. Teenagers are always ________________________ on their parents for money.
5. The crying sound of the baby coming from the ground floor was clearly _____________________ on the top floor.
6. Nikita hardly gets time to ______________________ through the newspaper every morning, as she gets late to go to work.
7. My friend told me a story about a dangerous _____________________ who lived in a haunted house.
8. Everyone needs to receive education in today’s _________________________ 9. The students had to _____________________ to the new environment as their school premises were shifted.
10. My grandmother always tells me an ___________________________ before going to bed.
1. Underline the verb in the following sentence and state the tense:- (2 marks) (a). The teacher was observing us in the computer laboratory.
__________________________________________________________________ (b). She will be working in this firm from next week.
__________________________________________________________________ 2. Choose the correct answer from the bracket with goes in agreement with the
subject:- (3 marks)
(a). Anita and her sister (dances, dance) wonderfully. _______________________ (b). A bunch of grapes (is, are) is kept in the plate. __________________________ (c). The doctor, along with his assistants, (is, are) leaving to Singapore for a
workshop. ________________________
3. Identify the Part of Speech of the underlined words:- (5 marks) (a) The students had to rest after the long hours of travelling.
__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ (b) The tree had raw mangoes on it.
__________________________________________________________________ (c) Those dogs eat food only in Reena’s house.
__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ (d) Let us match the dresses with their respective dupattas.
__________________________________________________________________ (e) Hurray! We won the matchand felt elated.
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4. Underline the verb in the following sentences and state whether they are Transitive or Intransitive. (2 marks)
(a) Ravi scored good marks in French. __________________________________ (b) They played. ____________________________________________________ 5. Punctuate the following sentences: - (3 marks) (a) You need to exercise regularly said Deena
__________________________________________________________________ (b) she asked are you going to Kerala nainital or Ooty this vacation
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6. Do as directed: - (5marks)
(a) Heena has prepared many dishes for dinner. (Rewrite the sentence using Present Continuous tense)
_________________________________________________________________ (b) How beautiful the flower is! (Identify the type of sentence)
__________________________________________________________________ (c) He is ________________(short) than Hari.
(Fill with the appropriate form of the adjective)
(d)The __________________ girl gave a speech. (Fill in the blank with suitable adjective of quality)
(e) The tribals migrated from Africa. (Underline the subject)
VI. Language record:- (5 marks)
a) Give the noun form of ‘happy’ - ______________________________ b) Give the synonym of ‘teacher’ - ______________________________ c) Give the adverb form of ‘certain’ - _____________________________ d) Give the antonym of ‘worst’- _________________________________
