Q1] Refer to the extract and answer the following questions:
Closer inspection proved that this strange garment closer inspection proved that this strange garment was made up of a mass of tiny babies clinging to the mother’s back. I was enraptured by this family, and I made up my mind to smuggle them into the house and up to my bedroom so that I might keep them and watch them grow up.
a) Give the meaning of the word:
enraptured: b) Frame a sentence of the word: hurried: c) Explain scene one of the above chapter.
Q2] Answer the following questions.
a) What did Mary’s parents work as?
b) Who inspired Mary Kom to become a boxer? c) Write the character sketch of Mary Kom.
Q3] Refer to the extract and answer the following questions:
The serpent was ferocious and fought hard. Perseus flew in and out of its coils and sliced at it with Zeus’ sword.
a) Give the meaning of the word:
ferocious: b) Frame a sentence of the word: sliced: c) What did Goddess Athena give Perseus? d) Write the character sketch of Polydectes. Section – B
Q4] Answer the following questions:
a) Name the items of clothing on which the child wrote notes on?
b) What emotions do you usually feel before a test?
c) What message do you get from the poem ‘This Morning Is Our History test’?
Q5] Read the stanza and answer the following questions:
The earth was green, the sky was blue:
I saw and heard one sunny morn, A skylark hang between the two, A singing speck above the corn;
a) What time of the day is mentioned in the above stanza.
b) Explain the above stanza in your own words and write the rhyming scheme.
Q6] Read the stanza and answer the following questions:
Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir,
Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine
a) Give the meaning of the word: : haven:
b) Write the rhyming scheme of the above stanza. : c) Explain the above stanza in your own words.
Section C – Language
Q7] Do as directed
a) Fill in the blanks with suitable articles.
i) Kiran is ___ best student in the class. ii) She returned after __ hour. b) Write comparative or superlative sentences using the verbs in brackets. i) Australia is the _____ (small) continent in the world. ii) He is ____ (strong) than his brother. c) Complete the table given below. Positive Comparative Superlative
bold
dangerous
d) Fill in the blanks using appropriate helping verbs.
( was, have, were and had) i) They ___ playing in the park. ii) Rita ___ sleeping in her room. e) Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs given in the bracket. i) Someone ____________ (knock) at the door. ii) He ____ (study) hard these days.
f) Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.
i) We live __ London. ii) We are going __ a holiday next week.
g) Rewrite the sentence using conjunctions.
1. I like him. He's annoying.
h) Rewrite the following sentences in the future tense.
He works very hard.
Q8] Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her to spend the summer vacation
with you:
Q9] Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
Bees live in a house that is called a hive. There are three kinds of bees: workers, drones, and queens. Only one queen bee can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the other bees will stop their work. Bees are very wise and busy little creatures. They all join together to build cells of wax for their honey. Each bee takes its proper place and does its own work. Some go out and gather honey from the flowers; others stay at home and work inside the hive. It is not safe for children to handle bees. Bees have a painful sting that they use in their defense. (a) Name the three kinds of bees who live in a hive?
(b) How many queen bees live in a hive?
(c) What will happen if queen bee is lost or dead?
(d) Give a title to the passage.
Q10] Observe the picture and write 8-10 sentences about it:
