Half Yearly Class 2 English Set 1 | English for Class 2 (Mridang) PDF Download

Time: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 80
Instructions:
1. Read the questions carefully.
2. Write answers neatly in the space provided.
3. All questions are compulsory.

Section A

Q1. Read the paragraph from My Bicycle and answer the following questions. (10 Marks)
"I have a red bicycle. It has two wheels and a bell. I ride it to the park. My friend comes with me. We play and laugh together."
(a) Fill in the blanks with the words given in the help box. (½ × 4 = 2)
[Help box: red, park, bicycle, friend]
(i) The child has a _____________ bicycle.
(ii) The bicycle has a _____________.
(iii) The child rides to the _____________.
(iv) The child plays with a _____________.

(b) What does the bicycle have besides wheels? (1)
(i) Horn
(ii) Bell

(c) Write the opposite of: (1 × 2 = 2)
(i) Big _________ (small/large)
(ii) Laugh _________ (cry/smile)

(d) Write one word from the passage that means the same as ‘happy’. (1)
(laugh/ride/play)

(e) Who rides the bicycle to the park? (2)

(f) Why does the child go to the park? (2)

Q2. Read the poem from It is Fun and answer the following questions. (10 Marks)
"Swings go up, swings go down,
In the park, we run around.
Slides are smooth, slides are fun,
We play together in the sun."
(a) Write the rhyming words – (not from the poem). (1 × 2 = 2)

• Fun _____________
• Down _____________

(b) Find the letter and complete the words – (from the poem). (½ × 4 = 2)

• s w i ___ g s
• s m o ___ t h
• r ___ n
• f ___ n

(c) Complete the given line. (2) 
We play together ___________________.

(d) How many things are mentioned that the children play with in the poem? (2)

(e) Where do the children play in the poem? (2)

Section B

Q1. Look at the picture from Picture Reading (a park with a swing, slide, and children playing). Write five sentences about the picture. (2 × 5 = 10)

• ____________________________
• ____________________________
• ____________________________
• ____________________________
• ____________________________

Q2. Make meaningful sentences with the jumbled words from This is My Town. (1 × 5 = 5)
(i) market / buy / people / fruits / in
(ii) park / children / play / the / in
(iii) school / we / learn / in / the
(iv) temple / pray / people / the / in
(v) hospital / sick / go / people / to

Q3. Circle the correct spelling from Between Home and School. (1 × 5 = 5)
(i) coww cow cowe
(ii) trea tree trie
(iii) roade raod road
(iv) bagg bag bage
(v) dogg doge dog

Section C

Q1. Choose the correct answer from Seeing without Seeing. (1 × 4 = 4)
(a) The opposite of loud is _______________
(i) Soft
(ii) Hard

(b) Plural of bird is _______________
(i) Birds
(ii) Birdes

(c) The silent letters in ‘high’ are _______________
(i) gh
(ii) hi

(d) The flower is pretty. _______________ smells nice.
(i) It
(ii) She

Q2. Fill in the blanks with the help of the words given in brackets from Come Back Soon. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) The bird flies _______________ (high/low).
(ii) We should not _______________ in the park. (shout/run)
(iii) I can _______________ my friend. (miss/see)
(iv) _______________ are you going? (Where/What)

Q3. Match the following from This is My Town. (1 × 4 = 4)

Q4. Circle the odd one out from My Bicycle. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) wheel bell park handle
(ii) red blue green cycle
(iii) ride run play park
(iv) friend child mother bicycle

Q5. Make meaningful words from the given jumbled letters from It is Fun. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) w s i g n – __________________
(ii) l s i d e – __________________
(iii) p l y a – __________________
(iv) f n u – __________________

Section D

Q1. Read the paragraph from Come Back Soon and answer the following questions. (4 Marks)
"The bird flies high in the sky. I miss my friend. I say, ‘Come back soon.’ The flowers are pretty."
(a) Fill in the blanks. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) The bird was _______________. (high/low)
(ii) The child misses a _______________. (friend/teacher)
(iii) The _______________ are pretty. (flowers/trees)
(iv) The child says _______________ back soon. (come/go)

Q2. Read the poem from Seeing without Seeing and answer the following questions. (4 Marks)
"I cannot see the flower,
But I can smell its sweet scent.
I cannot see the bird,
But I hear its song so loud."
(a) Fill in the blanks. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) The flower has a _______________ scent. (sweet/sour)
(ii) The child cannot _______________ the flower. (see/touch)
(iii) The bird’s song is _______________. (loud/soft)
(iv) The rhyming word for loud is _______________. (cloud/proud)

Q3. Name the following from This is My Town. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) A place where people buy things. _______________
(ii) A place where children learn. _______________
(iii) A place where people pray. _______________
(iv) A place where children play. _______________

Q4. Answer the following from Between Home and School. (2 × 3 = 6)
(i) What does the child see on the way to school?
(ii) What does the child carry to school?
(iii) What animal barks on the way?

Q5. Correct the sentence from My Bicycle. (1 × 2 = 2)
​(i) My bicycle have two wheels.
(ii) I rides to the park.

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