Half Yearly Class 2 English Set 2 | 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 This is My Town and answer the following questions. (10 Marks)
"My town has a market. People buy fruits and vegetables there. There is a big park. Children play in the park. The school is near the park."
(a) Fill in the blanks with the words given in the help box. (½ × 4 = 2)
[Help box: market, park, school, fruits]
(i) The town has a _____________.
(ii) People buy _____________ in the market.
(iii) Children play in the _____________.
(iv) The _____________ is near the park.

(b) What do people buy in the market? (1)
(i) Books
(ii) Fruits and vegetables

(c) Write the opposite of: (1 × 2 = 2)

• Big _________ (small/large)
• Near _________ (far/close)

(d) Write one word from the passage that means the same as ‘large’. (1) 
(big/park/town)

(e) Where do children play? (2)

(f) What is near the park in the town? (2)

Q2. Read the poem from Seeing without Seeing and answer the following questions. (10 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) Write the rhyming words – (not from the poem). (1 × 2 = 2)

• Scent _____________
• Loud _____________

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

• f l o ___ e r
• s c ___ n t
• s ___ n g
• l ___ u d

(c) Complete the given line. (2)
But I hear its song ___________________.

(d) What can the child not see in the poem? (2)

(e) What can the child smell in the poem? (2)

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Section B

Q1. Look at the picture from Picture Reading (a classroom with a blackboard, books, and a teacher). Write five sentences about the picture. (2 × 5 = 10)

• ________________________
• ________________________
• ________________________
• ________________________
• ________________________

Q2. Make meaningful sentences with the jumbled words from Between Home and School. (1 × 5 = 5)
(i) cow / see / I / road / on
(ii) tree / tall / is / the
(iii) dog / barks / the / at
(iv) bag / carry / I / my
(v) road / wide / is / the

Q3. Circle the correct spelling from It is Fun. (1 × 5 = 5)
(i) swinng swing swimg
(ii) slidee slide slidd
(iii) parkk park pakr
(iv) funn fun fune
(v) runn run rune

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Section C

Q1. Choose the correct answer from Come Back Soon. (1 × 4 = 4)
(a) The opposite of high is _______________
(i) Low
(ii) Tall

(b) Plural of flower is _______________
(i) Flowers
(ii) Floweres

(c) The silent letters in ‘light’ are _______________
(i) gh
(ii) li

(d) The bird flies high. _______________ sings sweetly.
(i) It
(ii) He

Q2. Fill in the blanks with the help of the words given in brackets from My Bicycle. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) The bicycle is _______________ (fast/slow).
(ii) I _______________ to the park. (ride/walk)
(iii) The bell _______________ loudly. (rings/sings)
(iv) The wheels are _______________ (round/square).

Q3. Match the following from It is Fun. (1 × 4 = 4)

Q4. Circle the odd one out from This is My Town. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) market school park fruit
(ii) buy pray learn swing
(iii) temple hospital market children
(iv) big small near town

Q5. Make meaningful words from the given jumbled letters from Seeing without Seeing. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) o f l e w r – __________________
(ii) s c t e n – __________________
(iii) b r i d – __________________
(iv) s g o n – __________________

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Section D

Q1. Read the paragraph from Between Home and School and answer the following questions. (4 Marks)
"I see a cow on the road. The tree is tall. A dog barks at me. I carry my bag to school. The road is wide."
Fill in the blanks. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) The child sees a _______________. (cow/cat)
(ii) The tree is _______________. (tall/short)
(iii) The _______________ barks. (dog/cow)
(iv) The child carries a _______________. (bag/book)

Q2. Read the poem from It is Fun and answer the following questions. (4 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."
Fill in the blanks. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) The swings go _______________. (up/down)
(ii) The slides are _______________. (smooth/rough)
(iii) The children play in the _______________. (park/school)
(iv) The rhyming word for sun is _______________. (fun/run)

Q3. Name the following from My Bicycle. (1 × 4 = 4)
(i) Something that rings on the bicycle. _______________
(ii) The place where the child rides. _______________
(iii) The round parts of the bicycle. _______________
(iv) What the child does on the bicycle. _______________

Q4. Answer the following from Come Back Soon. (2 × 3 = 6)
(i) What does the bird do in the sky?
(ii) What does the child say to the friend?
(iii) What is pretty in the story?

Q5. Correct the sentence from This is My Town. (1 × 2 = 2)
(i) The market are busy.
(ii) Children plays in the park.

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