SAN THOME ACADEMY, DEWAS
CLASS – V
Subject – English
Term – I Examination- 2020-21
M.M. –80
NAME-___________________________________ SECTION-___________________ DATE-______________
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS-
NOTE- The questions where the space is provided in the question paper should be solved here
and the remaining questions must be solved in a thin test copy.
These questions are divided into 4 sections-
Section A Reading 15 marks
Section B Grammar 30 marks
Section C Literature 20 marks
Section D Writing 15 marks
SECTION- A (READING)
I) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions- (5)
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One day Alice was lying under a tree listening to her sister reading a story. Suddenly she saw a
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white rabbit with pink eyes and wearing a blue coat. He took a big watch from his waist coat and hurried
away. The rabbit said, “Oh! Dear, I will be late”. Alice thought there is something different about this
rabbit. She wondered a ‘talking rabbit?’ Alice was burning with curiosity and followed the rabbit. The
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rabbit suddenly popped down a large burrow. Alice chased the rabbit through a small door and she was
so big. She reached a door. “Sorry”, said the door. You have to drink the little bottle on the top of the table.
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Then something happened to Alice. She shrunk slowly. Alice was in Wonderland.
I. Complete the following sentence:
1) Alice was lying ___________________________________________________________________________________________
2) The rabbit was wearing _________________________________________________________________________________
3) The eyes of the rabbit were______________________________________________
4) When Alice followed the rabbit. The rabbit ___________________________________________________________
5) Alice shrunk slowly and ________________________________________________________________________________
II. Write three things which were different about the rabbit-
1) ________________________________
talking rabbit 2)______________________________3)______________________________
pink eyes he took a big watch
III. Find out the opposite words of the following from the passage.
1) black- _________________________
white 2) up-_______________________________
down
II.) Read the poem carefully and answer the following questions: (10)
Everyone grumbled. The sky was grey.
We had nothing to do and nothing to say.
We were nearing the end of a dull day,
And there seemed to be nothing beyond.
THEN
Daddy fell into the pond!
And everyone’s face grew merry and bright,
And Timothy danced for sheer delight.
‘Give me the camera, quick, oh quick!
He’s crawling out of the duckweed.’
CLICK!
Then the gardener suddenly slapped his knee,
And doubled up, shaking silently,
And the ducks all quacked as if they were draft
And it sounded as if the old drake laughed.
O, there wasn’t a thing that didn’t respond
WHEN
Daddy fell into the pond!
Answer the following questions:
1) How was everything, before Daddy fell into the pond?
Everyone grumbled. The sky was grey.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2) Why did everybody grow merry and bright?
Everybody grow merry and bright because Daddy fell into the pond
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3) What was the gardener’s reaction?
gardener suddenly slapped his knee
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4) How did the ducks and drake respond?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ducks and drake were laughed
5) Write the word from the poem which means the same as-
a) happy________________
merry b) sad ________________
grew
c) quietly _________________
silently
6) Write the rhyming word from the poem for the following:
respond
a) beyond _________________ b) bright _______________________
delight c) say ____________________________
day
SECTION-B (GRAMMAR)
1. Separate the subject and predicate 2
A. The boy stood on the burning deck.
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(The boy) (stood on the burning deck).
B. The earth revolves around the sun.
(The earth) (revolves around the sun).
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2. Change into feminine gender- 1
A. The boy stood and stared at his grandfather with teary eyes.
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The girl stood and stared at her grandfather with teary eyes.
3. Choose the correct form of noun and fill. 1
One of the _________
children who came to the picnic fell sick. (child / children/ child’s )
4. Identify the kind of sentence. 1
How colourful is the botanical garden!
Exclamatory sentence
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Select the correct punctuated sentence. 1
Jrd tata was a great visionary.
J.R.D. Tata was a great visionary.
6. Change it into an interrogative sentence. 1
You are asking for direction to the bus stop.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
are You asking for direction to the bus stop.
7. Punctuate the following sentence- 1
Jerin knew three languages Hindi Urdu English.
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8. Select the correct plural noun. 2
a. There are so many ___________
foxes in the jungle. (Fox, foxes, fox’s)
b. There are __________
two degrees of comparison of adjectives. (two, four, three, five)
9. Fill in with articles. (a, an, the ) 1
a. __________
the Taj Mahal is ________
a beautiful monument.
10. Fill with the appropriate option. 1
There aren’t ________
few people in the park today. (much, few, many, more )
11. Use the opposites of the adjectives underlined and fill in- 2
a) My knife is sharp but yours is ____________________________.
blunt
b) The stormy path by the riverside is narrow. Take the other path that is _______________________.
wide
12. Fill in the blanks using the adjectives given in the bracket in appropriate degree of
comparison- 3
a) Mr. Verma is the ____________
wise man in the firm. (wise)
b) Richa is _______________than
clever Rani. (clever)
c) Nainital is a very _______________place.
cold (cold)
13. Identify the pronoun and state its kind - 3
a) They went to the store. - _______________________________ ______________________________________________
b) Those are lovely flowers. - _______________________________ ______________________________________________
c) What are you bringing to the party? - _______________________________ _________________________________
14. Write the proper noun of the given common nouns- 3
a) mountain - ______________________________________
Himalaya
b) state- _____________________________________________
Madhyapradesh
c) restaurant - _____________________________________________
Taj
15. Supply suitable adjectives to the following sentences- 2
a) They live in a ___________________house.
big
b) ______________cars
black are parked in the basement.
16. Fill in the blanks with a collective noun. 2
A ______________________ of wolves surrounded the deer.
A ______________________ of lions were resting under the tree.
17.. Change the gender of the underlined word. 1
The washerman was washing clothes in the river.
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The washerwoman was washing clothes in the river
18. Change the sentence into singular form. 1
The boys were throwing football.
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The boy is throwing football.
19. Change into a negative sentence 1
The maid came today.
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The maid did not came today.
SECTION-C (LITERATURE)
I. Answer the following questions- (2X5=10)
1) Why does the poet want John to win the race?
2) Write an instance where Gandhiji proved truthful.
3) How and where did Robin Hood meet the stranger?
4) How did king Hiero bring out the truth?
5) Why Galileo Galilee is called the father of modern science?
II. Fill in the blanks- 3
1) The poet was waiting at the ______________.
2) Gandhiji was an example of _________________.
light
3) Galileo Galilee was the first to measure the speed of _____________.
III. Write the meaning of- 4
1) bare 2) credited 3) incident 4) furious
IV. State whether True or False- 3
1) The cock was crowing in the poem.
2) Gandhiji studied at Rajkot.
3) Mr. Giles was the educational inspector.
SECTION- D (WRITING)
I. You have a book from the school library. You want to keep it for 2-3 days after the date of return. Write
a letter to the school Librarian asking permission to keep the book. (5)
II. Write a composition on ‘Save Environment”. (5)
OR
Write about the Safety Measures during COVID 19 pandemic.
III. Picture composition- (5)
Look at the picture and write few lines on it-
