KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO. 1 TAMBARAM
FA 3– NOVEMBER 2010
CLASS VI
Time :90 mts ENGLISH Marks : 50
SET-1
SECTION –A -READING- 10marks
1.Read the following passage carefully (5Marks]
One evening a hungry fox came to a farmhouse. There was a big dog lying outside the house. It was tied to a tree by a rope. A woman came out of the house and put a plate of meat on the ground. She put it near enough for the dog to reach it. Perhaps the dog was not hungry, because it did not eat the meat.
The fox had not eaten anything for two days, but it was afraid of the dog. The fox began to walk slowly round the tree. The dog was very angry and tried to attack the fox. But the rope was not long enough. The fox walked round the tree, and the dog followed it round and round. The rope was also going round the tree and becoming shorter and shorter. At last the rope was too short for the dog to reach the plate. Then the clever fox ate up the meat and ran away.
Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet: 5 X 1 = 5
(a)The dog did not eat the meat because i) it was not hungry ii) the meat was not kept near iii) the fox
was hungry
(b)The hungry fox wanted i) to attack the dog ii) to walk around the tree iii) to eat the meat
(c)The dog became angry because i) the fox came closer to the meat ii) the fox tried to attack the dog iii)
the rope was not long enough
(d) The rope became shorter and shorter when the i) fox walked round and round the tree ii) dog
followed the fox round the tree iii) woman came round the tree
(e) The fox was i) timid ii) greedy iii) intelligent
2. Read the following passage carefully and complete the sentences given below (5Marks]
DISCIPLINE Discipline is a much misunderstood word, especially among the young people. They think that it is a means by which their elders want to keep them under their thumb and make them dance to their tunes. But nothing could be far from the truth. Discipline is primarily the training of the body and the mind to produce obedience to certain personal, social, intellectual and moral needs. It means following a system of code of conduct peculiar to an
institution or organization. This organization may be as small as a family or as big as a nation. It is no doubt a restraint observed by people. 5 X 1 = 5
a) For the young people, discipline means ___________________
b) Discipline is ___________________________
c) The phrase ‘dance to their tunes’ means____________________
d) The word from this passage which means ‘self-control’ is ________________
e) The word from this passage which is the opposite of ‘usual’ is_____________
Section –B-Writing-15 Marks
3.Last week while you were returning home from school, you were caught in a sudden shower
of rain.Write a paragraph in about 100 words describing your experience. You may use the
clues given below. 5 Marks
4.Write a letter to your Principal in about 150 words giving your suggestions to implement some changes in your school. 10 Marks
Section –C- GRAMMAR- 10 Marks
6. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify each error and correct it in your answer sheet by choosing the correct option given below 6x ½ = 3Marks
Incorrect Correct
Wild birds are afraid with us.They (a)
flew away when we go near them.But (b)
It is easy to be friend with any bird.You (c)
must be patient but have plenty of time. (d)
You must not try to caught a bird or (e)
hurt them (f)
a) i) to ii) over iii) of b) i) fly ii) flown iii) flying c) i)friends ii) befriend iii) friendly
d) i) so ii) and iii) therefore e) i) catches ii) catched iii) catch f) i) us ii) it iii) you
7. Complete the following passage by filling in the gaps with suitable words 6x ½ = 3 Marks
Write your answers in your answer sheet.
Venice is i)___strange and beautiful city in ii)__north of Italy.It is not one island but a
hundred and seventeen iii)_______.These small islands iv)___ near one another.v)___are
about 400 old stone bridges joining the islands vi)________ Venice.
8 . Do as directed :- 4 X 1 = 4 Marks
a) If we stay in a hostel , we may become_________( thoughtless/homesick-Choose the correct
word)
b) A journalist is one who__________________(Complete this sentence)
c) The noun form of fortunate is __________________
d) joy/thing/forever/a/beauty/is/of/a (Rearrange the jumbled words to get a beautiful thought)
SECTION –D LITERATURE 15 MARKS
8. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: 3x1= 3 Marks
Do they live with other people?
Have they mums and dads?
And were they ever children?
And were they ever bad?
i)Who are ‘they’?
ii)Have they completed their childhood?
iii)Who is anxious to know about them? Why?
9. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow by choosing the
correct options: 3x1= 3 Marks
I want to see the mountains of New Zealand because they looked beautiful in a magazine
picture.
a)The speaker is i)Nasir ii) Rohit iii) Peter
b)He wanted to visit New Zealand i) to see the mountains ii) to see the magazine picture
iii) to see the people
c)He also wanted to visit i) London,China, and Egypt ii)South America,China and Egypt
iii)New Zealand,Orissa,Delhi
10. Answer the following questions : 2x 2 = 4Marks
(i) How do we know that Akbar was fond of Tansen?
(ii) What were the special days in Miss Beam’s school? What was the purpose of those days?
11. Everyone wants to be intelligent. What kinds of intelligence do you have or like to develop in you? Write a short paragraph in about 75 words sharing your feelings. 5 Marks
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