Rustomjee Cambridge International School & Junior College
3rd TERM EXAMINATION (2011-12)SUBJECT: ENGLISH GRADE:II Div.___
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Marks Obtained
I) Fill the boxes with the clues given: (5 marks)
1. Instead if R in race write ‘Pl’ _______________________________ (½ mark)
2. It rhymes with wrong _______________________________ (½ mark)
3. Double the last letter and add y to
gum _______________________ ted _____________________ (1 mark) 4. Singular of
ponies _______________________ drivers _____________________ (1 mark)
5. Plural of
jelly _______________________ hunter ____________________ (1 mark) 6. A person who unloads ships -_____________________________ (½ mark)
7. A person who carries luggage -_____________________________ (½ mark)
II) Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below: (12 marks)
Name: ___________________________________Roll No.______________
made on her loom! People came from all over to see her work. Everyone said only Arachne could weave such soft and bright cloth.
But all this praise made Arachne very proud. “No one else can weave so beautifully in the whole world!” she boasted. “Even the goddess, Athena, cannot spin and weave like me!”
Saying this, she looked up from her loom. She saw a beautiful, tall young woman standing before her. The grey eyes of the woman were very sharp and bright.
“Who are you? What is your name?” asked Arachne.
“Arachne,” said the woman, “I m Athena, the queen of the air. I’ve heard your boast. Do you think you can weave and spin better than I can?”
“Indeed I do,” said Arachne. “Can you spin fine threads of yarn like these? Can you weave cloth soft and bright as mine?”
Athena was very angry when she heard this. “We’ll both weave a piece of cloth on our looms,” she said. “Let the great god Zeus be the judge. If he says your work is better than mine, I shall stop weaving forever. But if I’m better, you have to stop.”
“I agree,” said Arachne.
Answer the following questions:
Q1) What did Arachne do all day long? (1 mark) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Q2) Describe the cloth Arachne wove. (2 marks)
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Q4) Grammar time
i) Write the synonym of listened (from the passage) ______________________ (½ mark)
ii) Write the antonym of dull (from the passage)____________________ (½ mark)
iii) Pick two adjectives from the above passage. (1 mark)
______________________________ _______________________________ iv) Rewrite the sentence using correct punctuation marks. (1 mark)
athena and arachne started weaving and spinning
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v) Pick common nouns and circle proper nouns in the following paragraph and write in the
box given below. (2 marks)
Roy loves to draw and paint. He has a lot of colouring books. Last year, on his birthday, aunt Rita gifted him a set of coloured pencils.
Common noun Proper noun
vi) Fill in the blanks with the correct articles. (1 mark)
Athena _________ goddess of the air gave _________ piece of cloth to the child.
vii) Rewrite the following using ’s (apostrophe) in the correct place. (1mark)
A web that belonged to the spider.
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music with it. His name was Karim.
One fine day, while he was practicing his favourite song he heard a loud splash from the sea. Right before his eyes, he saw the princess of the sea coming out of the water. She sat on a rock nearby and listened to Karim's beautiful music.
When he had finished, she asked him if he could take a journey to the bottom of the sea. He agreed. She then gave him a strange brightly coloured mixture to drink. She explained that the mixture would allow him to breathe in the water.
In the sea, Karim saw seahorses, colourful corals and lots of other beautiful sea creatures he had never seen before. When both of them were in the sea king's big palace, Karim's sharp ears heard weeping sounds. He asked the Princess who they were and why were they crying. A tear trickled down the princess' cheek and she explained that the Sea King was dying and the sea princesses were weeping.
Karim went to see the sea king. The king's eyes were closed and he looked as if he would die soon. Karim felt sad too and he started to play a song called "Be Happy". As Karim's merry music filled the air, the King was cured. Everybody in the palace was overjoyed. As a reward, the King made Karim a musician in his palace.
Answer the following questions:
Q1) What musical instrument did Karim have? (tick the correct option) (1 mark)
a. Harmonica b. Flute c. Violin
Q2) Karim was a __________ (tick the correct option)
a. Fisherman b. Musician c. Painter
Q3) How was Karim able to breathe in the sea? (1 mark) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Q5) Karim was rewarded to be the musician of the palace. Do you think it was the correct
reward given? Why? (2 marks) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
Q6) Use this word in a sentence of your own: (1 mark)
weep: _________________________________________________________________ Q7) Grammar time:
1) Rewrite the sentence using a pronoun in place of the underlined words. (½ mark)
Karim and the King practiced a lot for the competition.
________________________________________________________________________ 2) Fill in the blank with an appropriate helping verb. (½ mark)
The princess said, “ they ______ crying loudly.”
3) Fill in the blank with the correct form of verb. (½ mark)
She is ____________________ on a rock nearby and listening carefully. (sit)
4) Rewrite the sentence correctly using the plural noun in place of the underlined singular
noun (1 mark)
The fisherman loves music.
_______________________________________________________________________ 5) Rewrite the sentence correctly using the singular noun in place of the underlined plural
noun (1 mark)
The princesses were filled with wonder and delight.
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7) Choose the correct preposition from the bracket and fill in the blanks. (1mark) (into, through, behind, in front of, over, on)
a. The princess dived ____________ the sea. b. The king was lying ____________ his bed. c. Karim stood _____________ the princess.
d. The sea princesses sat ______________ the king and cried aloud.
8) Complete the following table (1 mark)
Positive Comparative Superlative
sharp
bigger
9) Choose the correct word from the bracket and fill in the blanks. (1 mark) i) The __________ princesses were happy. Karim was happy ________ (to, two, too) ii) Karim could _______ a lot of fishes in the ________ (sea, see)
10) Rewrite the sentence using the contraction for the underlined word. (½ mark)
Karim could not buy a violin.
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Imagine you are Karim the musician. Write a paragraph of seven to eight sentences on what you saw when you went into the sea with the sea princess? What happened that changed your life? (take points from the passage)
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title to your story; do not forget to write the moral. (5 marks)
Characters: A magician, a boy and a parrot Setting: In a village
Title : _____________________________________________
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Moral -
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