Class 7 English: Sample Question Paper - 5 | English Honeycomb Class 7 PDF Download

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CLASS-Vll 
 
ENGLISH  
 
Note : This question  paper is divided into four sections : 
Section : A-  Reading  (16 marks) 
Section : B-Writing    (24 marks) 
Section :  C--Grammar (16  marks) 
Section :  D-Literature (24 marks) 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
 
 
(i)  Attempt all the  questions. 
(ii)  Answers must  be correctly numbered as in t/1e question paper. 
(iii) Questions for each section must be answered together. 
 
 
 
SECTION : A (READING) 
1.  Read  the  passage  carefully   and  answer  the questions that  follow  : 
WAITING FOR THE  MAHATMA. 
(16 MARKS) 
(10  marks) 
 
1.   Granny  had somewhere secured a yard -long sugarcane for the celebration, although it 
was  not  the  season.  She  said,  "No  birthday  is truly  celebrated unless  and  until  a 
sugarcane is seen  in the house. It is auspicious." She strung mango leaves across the 
doorway and decorated the entrance with colored rice powder. A neighbor passing down 
the road stopped to ask: “What’s the celebration? Shall we blew out the ovens in our 
houses and come for the feast in yours?" 
2.   "Yes, by all means. Most welcome," said the old lady courteously and added as if to 
neutralize the invitation, “You are always welcome. “She felt sorry at not being able 
to 
. call in the neighbors, but that recluse son of hers had forbidden her to invite anyone. 
3.  Left to  herself  she  would  have engaged  pipes and  drums  and  processions, for  this 
particular  birthday was a thing she had been planning all along, this twentieth birthday 
when she would  hand over the Savings  Passbook  to her grandson and relinquish  the 
trust. 
It was  an  adventure accompanying granny  to the  fund  office,  four  doors  off. 
4.  She seemed to shrink  in stature under an open sky·  she who dominated the landscape 
 
P.T.O. 
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CLASS-Vll 
 
ENGLISH  
 
Note : This question  paper is divided into four sections : 
Section : A-  Reading  (16 marks) 
Section : B-Writing    (24 marks) 
Section :  C--Grammar (16  marks) 
Section :  D-Literature (24 marks) 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
 
 
(i)  Attempt all the  questions. 
(ii)  Answers must  be correctly numbered as in t/1e question paper. 
(iii) Questions for each section must be answered together. 
 
 
 
SECTION : A (READING) 
1.  Read  the  passage  carefully   and  answer  the questions that  follow  : 
WAITING FOR THE  MAHATMA. 
(16 MARKS) 
(10  marks) 
 
1.   Granny  had somewhere secured a yard -long sugarcane for the celebration, although it 
was  not  the  season.  She  said,  "No  birthday  is truly  celebrated unless  and  until  a 
sugarcane is seen  in the house. It is auspicious." She strung mango leaves across the 
doorway and decorated the entrance with colored rice powder. A neighbor passing down 
the road stopped to ask: “What’s the celebration? Shall we blew out the ovens in our 
houses and come for the feast in yours?" 
2.   "Yes, by all means. Most welcome," said the old lady courteously and added as if to 
neutralize the invitation, “You are always welcome. “She felt sorry at not being able 
to 
. call in the neighbors, but that recluse son of hers had forbidden her to invite anyone. 
3.  Left to  herself  she  would  have engaged  pipes and  drums  and  processions, for  this 
particular  birthday was a thing she had been planning all along, this twentieth birthday 
when she would  hand over the Savings  Passbook  to her grandson and relinquish  the 
trust. 
It was  an  adventure accompanying granny  to the  fund  office,  four  doors  off. 
4.  She seemed to shrink  in stature under an open sky·  she who dominated the landscape 
 
P.T.O. 
 
 
 
under the roof of number  14, lost her stature completely in the open. Sriram couldn't 
help remarking, "You  look like a baby, Granny." Granny half-closed her eyes  in the 
glare  and  whispered, "Hush! Don't talk  aloud,  others  may  hear." 
Hear  what?" 
"Whatever  it may be.What happen behind one's door must be known only to the folks 
concerned. Others  had  better  shut  up." 
5.   As   if  confirming  worst   suspicion,  Kanni   cried   breezily   from  .his shop   "Oh! 
grandmother and her pet on an outing!A fine sight!The young gentleman is shooting 
up, madam!" 
 
 
1.1  Answer  the  following questions  briefly   : 
(a)  Why  had  Granny  secured  the  sugarcane? 
R.K.NARAYAN 
 
(8 marks) 
(1  mark) 
(b)  How  did  Granny  decorate  the  house? Why?                                                   (2  marks) 
(c) How did Granny neutralize the invitation extended to her neighbors? Why?   (2  marks) 
(d) Why had Granny been looking forward to this particular birthday of Sriram?   (1  mark) 
(e)  Why  did  Sriram  remark,  "You  look  like  a baby,  Granny"?                     (1 mark) 
(f) What ·was  Kanni's comment  about  Sriram?                                                        (1  mark) 
1.2   Find  words  from  the  passage  which  mean  the  same  as  given  below : (2x1=2 marks) 
(a)  to  obtain    (para  1)   b} person  who  avoids  other  people     (para 2)                                1 
 
2.  Read  the  poem  carefully  and  answer  the  questions that  follow 
Man! I am  your  life  long  friend 
When  your  ancestors were apes still . 
For  protection on  me  did  they  depend 
Plucked  my  leaves  and  dug  my  roots 
To save  themselves from  pangs  of  hunger 
Thus  they  lived  on  my  bark and  fruits 
My  shades  saved  them  from  scorching sun 
They  burnt  my  wood  to  ward  off  cold 
None  gave  them  such  comfort  and  fun 
If  you  keep  losing  your  love for  me 
Floods  and  storms  shall  rage  wild 
Blotting  out  all  progress  made  by  thee 
The  earth  shall  offer  no sight  to cherish 
Groves  and  fields  will  tum  into  deserts 
Homo  sapiens  are,  thus  doomed  to perish. 
 
(2 ) 
 
(6  marks) 
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CLASS-Vll 
 
ENGLISH  
 
Note : This question  paper is divided into four sections : 
Section : A-  Reading  (16 marks) 
Section : B-Writing    (24 marks) 
Section :  C--Grammar (16  marks) 
Section :  D-Literature (24 marks) 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
 
 
(i)  Attempt all the  questions. 
(ii)  Answers must  be correctly numbered as in t/1e question paper. 
(iii) Questions for each section must be answered together. 
 
 
 
SECTION : A (READING) 
1.  Read  the  passage  carefully   and  answer  the questions that  follow  : 
WAITING FOR THE  MAHATMA. 
(16 MARKS) 
(10  marks) 
 
1.   Granny  had somewhere secured a yard -long sugarcane for the celebration, although it 
was  not  the  season.  She  said,  "No  birthday  is truly  celebrated unless  and  until  a 
sugarcane is seen  in the house. It is auspicious." She strung mango leaves across the 
doorway and decorated the entrance with colored rice powder. A neighbor passing down 
the road stopped to ask: “What’s the celebration? Shall we blew out the ovens in our 
houses and come for the feast in yours?" 
2.   "Yes, by all means. Most welcome," said the old lady courteously and added as if to 
neutralize the invitation, “You are always welcome. “She felt sorry at not being able 
to 
. call in the neighbors, but that recluse son of hers had forbidden her to invite anyone. 
3.  Left to  herself  she  would  have engaged  pipes and  drums  and  processions, for  this 
particular  birthday was a thing she had been planning all along, this twentieth birthday 
when she would  hand over the Savings  Passbook  to her grandson and relinquish  the 
trust. 
It was  an  adventure accompanying granny  to the  fund  office,  four  doors  off. 
4.  She seemed to shrink  in stature under an open sky·  she who dominated the landscape 
 
P.T.O. 
 
 
 
under the roof of number  14, lost her stature completely in the open. Sriram couldn't 
help remarking, "You  look like a baby, Granny." Granny half-closed her eyes  in the 
glare  and  whispered, "Hush! Don't talk  aloud,  others  may  hear." 
Hear  what?" 
"Whatever  it may be.What happen behind one's door must be known only to the folks 
concerned. Others  had  better  shut  up." 
5.   As   if  confirming  worst   suspicion,  Kanni   cried   breezily   from  .his shop   "Oh! 
grandmother and her pet on an outing!A fine sight!The young gentleman is shooting 
up, madam!" 
 
 
1.1  Answer  the  following questions  briefly   : 
(a)  Why  had  Granny  secured  the  sugarcane? 
R.K.NARAYAN 
 
(8 marks) 
(1  mark) 
(b)  How  did  Granny  decorate  the  house? Why?                                                   (2  marks) 
(c) How did Granny neutralize the invitation extended to her neighbors? Why?   (2  marks) 
(d) Why had Granny been looking forward to this particular birthday of Sriram?   (1  mark) 
(e)  Why  did  Sriram  remark,  "You  look  like  a baby,  Granny"?                     (1 mark) 
(f) What ·was  Kanni's comment  about  Sriram?                                                        (1  mark) 
1.2   Find  words  from  the  passage  which  mean  the  same  as  given  below : (2x1=2 marks) 
(a)  to  obtain    (para  1)   b} person  who  avoids  other  people     (para 2)                                1 
 
2.  Read  the  poem  carefully  and  answer  the  questions that  follow 
Man! I am  your  life  long  friend 
When  your  ancestors were apes still . 
For  protection on  me  did  they  depend 
Plucked  my  leaves  and  dug  my  roots 
To save  themselves from  pangs  of  hunger 
Thus  they  lived  on  my  bark and  fruits 
My  shades  saved  them  from  scorching sun 
They  burnt  my  wood  to  ward  off  cold 
None  gave  them  such  comfort  and  fun 
If  you  keep  losing  your  love for  me 
Floods  and  storms  shall  rage  wild 
Blotting  out  all  progress  made  by  thee 
The  earth  shall  offer  no sight  to cherish 
Groves  and  fields  will  tum  into  deserts 
Homo  sapiens  are,  thus  doomed  to perish. 
 
(2 ) 
 
(6  marks) 
 
 
 
 
 
2.1. Complete  the  following sentences  on the  basis of the  reading  of the  poem : 
(a)  Man's ancestors were dependent on trees a5 they got (i)  and  (ii)   _ 
from them. (1 mark) 
(b) In order to protect themselves from cold, our ancestors    
(c)  If man loses. his love for nature/trees he will suffer in the following ways: 
(i)------- 
 
(ii) --- - - -  -
- (iii.,   
(1 mark) 
(3 marks) 
 
(d)The following lines of the poem tell us that the tree is addressing to the man:    (1mark) 
(i)------- 
(ii) --------- 
 
SECTION  : B (WRITING) (24 marks) 
3.  Write a letter to your friend who lives in another city, describing your visit to a hill station. 
(7 marks) 
 
4.  Imagine that you wish to watch an English movie in a theatre. Frame a dialogue between 
you and your father, where you request him to take you for a movie .Your father agrees to 
do so, but on certain conditions. Write five sets of dialogues on the situation.         (5 marks) 
5.  Write a paragraph on 'My  School Library'- A storehouse of knowledge, in about 120 
words. (7 marks) 
Hints-very spacious, books available on various topics, novels, story books, biographies 
encyclopedias, newspapers and magazines, reading period to enjoy books. 
 
6.  Given below is a profile of Mahatma Buddha. Write a short bio- sketch of him with the help 
of clues given below.                                                                                          (5 marks) 
Birth 560 B.C .in India in a royal family 
Early Life ]-lived in royal comforts, as a prince. Got married, had a son called Rahul. On 
seeing an old man, a sick man and later a dead body, he left home to seek the truth. 
Life in search of enlightenment-he lived in self denial and meditated under the Bodh tree 
in Gaya. On being enlightened, he taught the principles of four noble truth, belief in non- 
violence and in ahimsa 
Later life - wandered from city to city, spreading his message. 
Death-in about 480 B.C 
 
SECTION  : C ( 
•
 
GRAMMAR 
 
)  (16 marks) 
7.  Fill in the blanks with simple past tense or the past continuous tense of the. verbs given in 
the brackets. (4x1=4 marks) 
 
 
 
 
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CLASS-Vll 
 
ENGLISH  
 
Note : This question  paper is divided into four sections : 
Section : A-  Reading  (16 marks) 
Section : B-Writing    (24 marks) 
Section :  C--Grammar (16  marks) 
Section :  D-Literature (24 marks) 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
 
 
(i)  Attempt all the  questions. 
(ii)  Answers must  be correctly numbered as in t/1e question paper. 
(iii) Questions for each section must be answered together. 
 
 
 
SECTION : A (READING) 
1.  Read  the  passage  carefully   and  answer  the questions that  follow  : 
WAITING FOR THE  MAHATMA. 
(16 MARKS) 
(10  marks) 
 
1.   Granny  had somewhere secured a yard -long sugarcane for the celebration, although it 
was  not  the  season.  She  said,  "No  birthday  is truly  celebrated unless  and  until  a 
sugarcane is seen  in the house. It is auspicious." She strung mango leaves across the 
doorway and decorated the entrance with colored rice powder. A neighbor passing down 
the road stopped to ask: “What’s the celebration? Shall we blew out the ovens in our 
houses and come for the feast in yours?" 
2.   "Yes, by all means. Most welcome," said the old lady courteously and added as if to 
neutralize the invitation, “You are always welcome. “She felt sorry at not being able 
to 
. call in the neighbors, but that recluse son of hers had forbidden her to invite anyone. 
3.  Left to  herself  she  would  have engaged  pipes and  drums  and  processions, for  this 
particular  birthday was a thing she had been planning all along, this twentieth birthday 
when she would  hand over the Savings  Passbook  to her grandson and relinquish  the 
trust. 
It was  an  adventure accompanying granny  to the  fund  office,  four  doors  off. 
4.  She seemed to shrink  in stature under an open sky·  she who dominated the landscape 
 
P.T.O. 
 
 
 
under the roof of number  14, lost her stature completely in the open. Sriram couldn't 
help remarking, "You  look like a baby, Granny." Granny half-closed her eyes  in the 
glare  and  whispered, "Hush! Don't talk  aloud,  others  may  hear." 
Hear  what?" 
"Whatever  it may be.What happen behind one's door must be known only to the folks 
concerned. Others  had  better  shut  up." 
5.   As   if  confirming  worst   suspicion,  Kanni   cried   breezily   from  .his shop   "Oh! 
grandmother and her pet on an outing!A fine sight!The young gentleman is shooting 
up, madam!" 
 
 
1.1  Answer  the  following questions  briefly   : 
(a)  Why  had  Granny  secured  the  sugarcane? 
R.K.NARAYAN 
 
(8 marks) 
(1  mark) 
(b)  How  did  Granny  decorate  the  house? Why?                                                   (2  marks) 
(c) How did Granny neutralize the invitation extended to her neighbors? Why?   (2  marks) 
(d) Why had Granny been looking forward to this particular birthday of Sriram?   (1  mark) 
(e)  Why  did  Sriram  remark,  "You  look  like  a baby,  Granny"?                     (1 mark) 
(f) What ·was  Kanni's comment  about  Sriram?                                                        (1  mark) 
1.2   Find  words  from  the  passage  which  mean  the  same  as  given  below : (2x1=2 marks) 
(a)  to  obtain    (para  1)   b} person  who  avoids  other  people     (para 2)                                1 
 
2.  Read  the  poem  carefully  and  answer  the  questions that  follow 
Man! I am  your  life  long  friend 
When  your  ancestors were apes still . 
For  protection on  me  did  they  depend 
Plucked  my  leaves  and  dug  my  roots 
To save  themselves from  pangs  of  hunger 
Thus  they  lived  on  my  bark and  fruits 
My  shades  saved  them  from  scorching sun 
They  burnt  my  wood  to  ward  off  cold 
None  gave  them  such  comfort  and  fun 
If  you  keep  losing  your  love for  me 
Floods  and  storms  shall  rage  wild 
Blotting  out  all  progress  made  by  thee 
The  earth  shall  offer  no sight  to cherish 
Groves  and  fields  will  tum  into  deserts 
Homo  sapiens  are,  thus  doomed  to perish. 
 
(2 ) 
 
(6  marks) 
 
 
 
 
 
2.1. Complete  the  following sentences  on the  basis of the  reading  of the  poem : 
(a)  Man's ancestors were dependent on trees a5 they got (i)  and  (ii)   _ 
from them. (1 mark) 
(b) In order to protect themselves from cold, our ancestors    
(c)  If man loses. his love for nature/trees he will suffer in the following ways: 
(i)------- 
 
(ii) --- - - -  -
- (iii.,   
(1 mark) 
(3 marks) 
 
(d)The following lines of the poem tell us that the tree is addressing to the man:    (1mark) 
(i)------- 
(ii) --------- 
 
SECTION  : B (WRITING) (24 marks) 
3.  Write a letter to your friend who lives in another city, describing your visit to a hill station. 
(7 marks) 
 
4.  Imagine that you wish to watch an English movie in a theatre. Frame a dialogue between 
you and your father, where you request him to take you for a movie .Your father agrees to 
do so, but on certain conditions. Write five sets of dialogues on the situation.         (5 marks) 
5.  Write a paragraph on 'My  School Library'- A storehouse of knowledge, in about 120 
words. (7 marks) 
Hints-very spacious, books available on various topics, novels, story books, biographies 
encyclopedias, newspapers and magazines, reading period to enjoy books. 
 
6.  Given below is a profile of Mahatma Buddha. Write a short bio- sketch of him with the help 
of clues given below.                                                                                          (5 marks) 
Birth 560 B.C .in India in a royal family 
Early Life ]-lived in royal comforts, as a prince. Got married, had a son called Rahul. On 
seeing an old man, a sick man and later a dead body, he left home to seek the truth. 
Life in search of enlightenment-he lived in self denial and meditated under the Bodh tree 
in Gaya. On being enlightened, he taught the principles of four noble truth, belief in non- 
violence and in ahimsa 
Later life - wandered from city to city, spreading his message. 
Death-in about 480 B.C 
 
SECTION  : C ( 
•
 
GRAMMAR 
 
)  (16 marks) 
7.  Fill in the blanks with simple past tense or the past continuous tense of the. verbs given in 
the brackets. (4x1=4 marks) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a)   Meera ---- (leave ) the house when her maid .------ (come). 
(b) Theboy-----  (read) when his father---(switch)on the 
television. (c) She (shout)for help when a biker (snatch)her chain. 
(d) Jess  (sing) while I------ (drive). 
 
8.  Change the following into Indirect speech 
(a)   My doctor   said , " Cut down on cakes and biscuits." 
(b) The old man said to me, "Your guests are noisy". 
(c) She said to her friend, "I am seriously ill." 
(d) He said to his parents, "I  have no plans to leave university." 
(4x1=4 marks) 
 
9.  Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one using past perfect and simple 
past tense.                                                                                                   (4x1=4 marks) 
(a) He picked up his brush. He started .to paint. 
(b) The match started. The players entered the stadium. 
(c) I sang   a song . Everyone applauded it.
 
-
 
(d) Mother took me to a function. She locked the house. 
 
10. Complete the sentences by adding an appropriate reason. Use 'as'or 'since'.(4x1=4  marks) 
(a) I didn't  attend the lecture _-------- 
(b) The  programme started  late    
(c) She lost the final match -- -  -----
- (d)   I saved it for future. 
 
SECTION  : D (LITERATURE) 
11.  Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow : 
You were right, said Starglyn 
They must have been a very aggressive people. 
What was your main source of information?' 
(a)  Who does ' they' refer to in the above lines? 
(b)  Where is Starglyn ? 
(c)  What did he learn about 'they' and how? 
12.  Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow 
But he's locked in a  concrete cell 
His strength behind bars, 
stalking the length of his cage, 
Ignoring visito rs. 
 
 
(4) 
 
(24 marks) 
(4 marks) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1 mark) 
(1 mark) 
(2-marks) 
(4 marks) 
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CLASS-Vll 
 
ENGLISH  
 
Note : This question  paper is divided into four sections : 
Section : A-  Reading  (16 marks) 
Section : B-Writing    (24 marks) 
Section :  C--Grammar (16  marks) 
Section :  D-Literature (24 marks) 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
 
 
(i)  Attempt all the  questions. 
(ii)  Answers must  be correctly numbered as in t/1e question paper. 
(iii) Questions for each section must be answered together. 
 
 
 
SECTION : A (READING) 
1.  Read  the  passage  carefully   and  answer  the questions that  follow  : 
WAITING FOR THE  MAHATMA. 
(16 MARKS) 
(10  marks) 
 
1.   Granny  had somewhere secured a yard -long sugarcane for the celebration, although it 
was  not  the  season.  She  said,  "No  birthday  is truly  celebrated unless  and  until  a 
sugarcane is seen  in the house. It is auspicious." She strung mango leaves across the 
doorway and decorated the entrance with colored rice powder. A neighbor passing down 
the road stopped to ask: “What’s the celebration? Shall we blew out the ovens in our 
houses and come for the feast in yours?" 
2.   "Yes, by all means. Most welcome," said the old lady courteously and added as if to 
neutralize the invitation, “You are always welcome. “She felt sorry at not being able 
to 
. call in the neighbors, but that recluse son of hers had forbidden her to invite anyone. 
3.  Left to  herself  she  would  have engaged  pipes and  drums  and  processions, for  this 
particular  birthday was a thing she had been planning all along, this twentieth birthday 
when she would  hand over the Savings  Passbook  to her grandson and relinquish  the 
trust. 
It was  an  adventure accompanying granny  to the  fund  office,  four  doors  off. 
4.  She seemed to shrink  in stature under an open sky·  she who dominated the landscape 
 
P.T.O. 
 
 
 
under the roof of number  14, lost her stature completely in the open. Sriram couldn't 
help remarking, "You  look like a baby, Granny." Granny half-closed her eyes  in the 
glare  and  whispered, "Hush! Don't talk  aloud,  others  may  hear." 
Hear  what?" 
"Whatever  it may be.What happen behind one's door must be known only to the folks 
concerned. Others  had  better  shut  up." 
5.   As   if  confirming  worst   suspicion,  Kanni   cried   breezily   from  .his shop   "Oh! 
grandmother and her pet on an outing!A fine sight!The young gentleman is shooting 
up, madam!" 
 
 
1.1  Answer  the  following questions  briefly   : 
(a)  Why  had  Granny  secured  the  sugarcane? 
R.K.NARAYAN 
 
(8 marks) 
(1  mark) 
(b)  How  did  Granny  decorate  the  house? Why?                                                   (2  marks) 
(c) How did Granny neutralize the invitation extended to her neighbors? Why?   (2  marks) 
(d) Why had Granny been looking forward to this particular birthday of Sriram?   (1  mark) 
(e)  Why  did  Sriram  remark,  "You  look  like  a baby,  Granny"?                     (1 mark) 
(f) What ·was  Kanni's comment  about  Sriram?                                                        (1  mark) 
1.2   Find  words  from  the  passage  which  mean  the  same  as  given  below : (2x1=2 marks) 
(a)  to  obtain    (para  1)   b} person  who  avoids  other  people     (para 2)                                1 
 
2.  Read  the  poem  carefully  and  answer  the  questions that  follow 
Man! I am  your  life  long  friend 
When  your  ancestors were apes still . 
For  protection on  me  did  they  depend 
Plucked  my  leaves  and  dug  my  roots 
To save  themselves from  pangs  of  hunger 
Thus  they  lived  on  my  bark and  fruits 
My  shades  saved  them  from  scorching sun 
They  burnt  my  wood  to  ward  off  cold 
None  gave  them  such  comfort  and  fun 
If  you  keep  losing  your  love for  me 
Floods  and  storms  shall  rage  wild 
Blotting  out  all  progress  made  by  thee 
The  earth  shall  offer  no sight  to cherish 
Groves  and  fields  will  tum  into  deserts 
Homo  sapiens  are,  thus  doomed  to perish. 
 
(2 ) 
 
(6  marks) 
 
 
 
 
 
2.1. Complete  the  following sentences  on the  basis of the  reading  of the  poem : 
(a)  Man's ancestors were dependent on trees a5 they got (i)  and  (ii)   _ 
from them. (1 mark) 
(b) In order to protect themselves from cold, our ancestors    
(c)  If man loses. his love for nature/trees he will suffer in the following ways: 
(i)------- 
 
(ii) --- - - -  -
- (iii.,   
(1 mark) 
(3 marks) 
 
(d)The following lines of the poem tell us that the tree is addressing to the man:    (1mark) 
(i)------- 
(ii) --------- 
 
SECTION  : B (WRITING) (24 marks) 
3.  Write a letter to your friend who lives in another city, describing your visit to a hill station. 
(7 marks) 
 
4.  Imagine that you wish to watch an English movie in a theatre. Frame a dialogue between 
you and your father, where you request him to take you for a movie .Your father agrees to 
do so, but on certain conditions. Write five sets of dialogues on the situation.         (5 marks) 
5.  Write a paragraph on 'My  School Library'- A storehouse of knowledge, in about 120 
words. (7 marks) 
Hints-very spacious, books available on various topics, novels, story books, biographies 
encyclopedias, newspapers and magazines, reading period to enjoy books. 
 
6.  Given below is a profile of Mahatma Buddha. Write a short bio- sketch of him with the help 
of clues given below.                                                                                          (5 marks) 
Birth 560 B.C .in India in a royal family 
Early Life ]-lived in royal comforts, as a prince. Got married, had a son called Rahul. On 
seeing an old man, a sick man and later a dead body, he left home to seek the truth. 
Life in search of enlightenment-he lived in self denial and meditated under the Bodh tree 
in Gaya. On being enlightened, he taught the principles of four noble truth, belief in non- 
violence and in ahimsa 
Later life - wandered from city to city, spreading his message. 
Death-in about 480 B.C 
 
SECTION  : C ( 
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GRAMMAR 
 
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7.  Fill in the blanks with simple past tense or the past continuous tense of the. verbs given in 
the brackets. (4x1=4 marks) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a)   Meera ---- (leave ) the house when her maid .------ (come). 
(b) Theboy-----  (read) when his father---(switch)on the 
television. (c) She (shout)for help when a biker (snatch)her chain. 
(d) Jess  (sing) while I------ (drive). 
 
8.  Change the following into Indirect speech 
(a)   My doctor   said , " Cut down on cakes and biscuits." 
(b) The old man said to me, "Your guests are noisy". 
(c) She said to her friend, "I am seriously ill." 
(d) He said to his parents, "I  have no plans to leave university." 
(4x1=4 marks) 
 
9.  Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one using past perfect and simple 
past tense.                                                                                                   (4x1=4 marks) 
(a) He picked up his brush. He started .to paint. 
(b) The match started. The players entered the stadium. 
(c) I sang   a song . Everyone applauded it.
 
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(d) Mother took me to a function. She locked the house. 
 
10. Complete the sentences by adding an appropriate reason. Use 'as'or 'since'.(4x1=4  marks) 
(a) I didn't  attend the lecture _-------- 
(b) The  programme started  late    
(c) She lost the final match -- -  -----
- (d)   I saved it for future. 
 
SECTION  : D (LITERATURE) 
11.  Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow : 
You were right, said Starglyn 
They must have been a very aggressive people. 
What was your main source of information?' 
(a)  Who does ' they' refer to in the above lines? 
(b)  Where is Starglyn ? 
(c)  What did he learn about 'they' and how? 
12.  Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow 
But he's locked in a  concrete cell 
His strength behind bars, 
stalking the length of his cage, 
Ignoring visito rs. 
 
 
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(a) Who is locked in a concrete cell? 
(b) Why is he ignoring visitors? 
(c) Explain the line ' his strength behind bars'. 
(d) Name the poet of the above lines? 
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13.  Answer the following questions in about 60 -80 words.  (Sx2=10  marks) 
(a)  Do you agree that Adela Pingsford is a self centred person? Give two examples from 
the story to support  your answer. (The stalled ox) 
(b)  Why is king Hobu angry with his minister Gobu? What is the effect of Hobu's threat on 
Gobu? (The invention of shoes) 
(c)  Why do you think Adela is rude to Eshley. Give an example to support your answer. 
(The stalled ox) 
(d) What does Anancy do to show that he is very clever? (Bro  tiger goes dead) 
(e)  How do   Amma , Moti and Lambi treat Chaambali?   (Chaambali) 
14Imagine you are Anancy in the story 'Bro tiger goes dead'. Write a diary entry in about 120 
words describing  how you exposed  Bro Tiger's  plan.  (6 marks) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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