INVIGILATOR’S SIGN :……………......
DWARKA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
SAMPLE PAPER , CLASS V SUBJECT: ENGLISH
Roll No: ______Time: 3hrs
Name: ______M.M: 80
Date: ______
General Instructions:
1) All questions are compulsory. The handwriting should be neat and clean.
2) The marks have been assigned against each question.
SECTION – A (READING) (20M)
A1.Read the passage and answer the following questions:(10)
A father one day asked his daughters, “What is the sweetest thing in the world?” “Sugar”, said the elder daughter. “Salt”, said the younger daughter. Her father thought that she was making fun of him, but she stuck to her opinion. The father was obstinate, but so was his daughter. A quarrel broke out between them over this small matter, and he drove her out of the house, saying, “As you think that salt is sweeter than sugar, you had better find another home where the cooking is more to your taste.”
It was a beautiful summer night, and as the pretty maiden sat singing sadly in the forest around her father’s cottage, a young prince, who had lost the way while hunting the deer, heard her voice, and came to ask her the way. Then, struck by her beauty, he fell in love with her, took her home to his beautiful palace and married her.
The bride invited her father to the wedding feast, without telling him that she was his daughter. All the dishes were prepared without salt, and the guests began to complain as they ate the tasteless food. “There is no salt in the meal!” they said angrily. “Ah,” said the bride’s father. “Salt is truly the sweetest thing in the world!” But when my daughter said so, I turned her out of my house. If only I could see her again and tell her how sorry I am!” Drawing the bridal veil aside from her face, she went to her father and kissed him. Now properly salted dishes were brought in and all the guests were satisfied.
Q1 Answer the following questions:
a)What question did the father ask from his daughters? What answers did the daughters give?(2)
b)Whose answer did the father think to be right?(1)
c)Who had lost the way? To whom he asked the way?(2)
d)Who were angry in the wedding feast?(1)
Q2. Fill in the blanks:
a)The bride invited her ______to the wedding feast(1)
b)A ______broke out between the father and the younger daughter.(1)
Q3. Tick the correct answer:(2)
a)The meaning of “obstinate” is ______
(i)stubborn(ii) flexible
b)The opposite of “satisfied” is ______
(i)pleased(ii) unfulfilled
A2. Read the passage and answer the following questions:(5)
Dolphins are mammals, not fish. They are warm blooded like man, and give birth to one baby, called a calf, at a time. At birth, a bottlenose dolphin calf is about 90-130 cms long and will grow to approximately 4 meters, living up to 40 years.
They are highly sociable animals, living in groups, called pods, which are fairly fluid, with dolphins from other pods interacting with each other from time to time. Dolphins carry their young inside their womb for about 12 months. The baby is born with tail first, and its mother will feed the calf up to 2 years. However, the calf will stay with its mother for between 3-6 years, during which time it will learn all about feeding techniques, social interaction and group hunting.
Some species of dolphins are endangered. The reasons behind this are demand of humans for sea food which leads to lack of food for many dolphins. Another reason is water pollution that is causing toxins and acidic levels rise. Materials are dumped into rivers and washed to sea and poison the dolphins and cause health problems, which effect their reproduction, swimming speed and can even lead death.
Q1 Answer the following questions:
a)What are dolphins?(1)
b)What is the group of dolphins called?(1)
Q2. Fill in the blanks:
a)The baby dolphin called a ______.(1)
b)Dolphins carry their young inside their ______.(1)
Q3. Write true or false:
a)The calf will stay with its mother for 2 years. ______(1)
b)A dolphin can live up to 40 years. ______(1)
A3.Read the poem and answer the following questions:(5)
I WANT………
I want to break free,
Like a bird on a tree
Where there is no limit to fly,
High up in the sky.
I want a room full of soft toys
In the school I want to make noise,
I want rainy seasons,
Why? I just want it, there is no reason
I want a clock,
Which would stop,
When I say,
And should obey
I want boxes of chocolates,
Which I wouldn’t give my classmates,
I want to sleep, I want to play,
And just do it my way.
QA3. Tick the correct answer:
Q1. The poet wants to be free like a ______(1)
a)soft toysb) bird
c)clockd) chocolates
Q2. The rhyming word of ‘play’ is ______(1)
a)wayb) clock
c) seasond) toy
Q3. The poet wants that ______should obey him. (1)
a) soft toyb) school
c) bird d) clock
Q4. The meaning of ‘limit’ is ______(1)
a)boundaryb) reasonc) obeyd) high
Q5. What is the opposite of ‘obey’?(1)
a)dutifulb) agree
c) followd) disobey
SECTION - B (WRITING) (15M)
QB1. Write a paragraph on ‘My School Fete’ with help of following hints:(5)
- held on second Saturday
- many stalls – games and eatables
- some swings
- big crowd
- a grand success
QB2. Write an application to the Principal of your school asking for leave of one week as your grandfather is hospitalized in Bengaluru. (5)
QB3. Write any one paragraph:(5)
a)Health is wealth
b)Uses of internet in our daily life
SECTION - C (GRAMMAR) (20M)
QC1. Rearrange the following words to form a complete sentence with the correct punctuation: (2)
a)sandcastles the who making beach on is
b)cake Robin a bakes icing with chocolate
QC2. Tick the correct type of sentence:(4)
a)The floor was wet and slippery.(interrogative / assertive)
b)Please sit down.(imperative / exclamatory)
c)Have you washed your hand?(interrogative / imperative)
d)How peaceful this place is!(assertive / exclamatory)
QC3.Write the interrogative sentences with the given words in the bracket:(3)
a)Sudhir is sad because his mother is ill.(Why)
b)Yuri Gagarin was the first man to go into space.(Who)
c)Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October.(When)
QC4.Rewrite the following sentences into negative sentences:(4)
a)It is raining.
b)They were here yesterday.
c)I went to my hometown on Sunday.
d)She is going to the party.
QC5. Write the question tags to the following sentences:(3)
a)Mary can’t type, ______?
b)You didn’t meet him, ______?
c)Grace works in hospital, ______?
QC6. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions:(4)
a)There is a new picture ______the wall. (on/between)
b)The boy put the pencil ______the box. (among/in)
c)Rajani sat ______Amjad and Seema. (between/over)
d)The kitten was sitting ______the table. (in/under)
SECTION - D (LITERATURE) (25M)
QD1.Answer the following questions with Reference to Context:
“ One tall oak tree
Wishing it could run
‘Nuisance, grumped the farmer”
a)Name the poet and the poem from where the above lines are extracted?(2)
b)Who wishes it could run? Why?(2)
QD2. Answer any five questions: (10)
a)What was the weather like before the forest fire broke out?
b)How did the Yeti get its name?
c)Why could the girls not afford a good Christmas present?
d)What act of kindness did the girls do?
e)Do you think people are scared of meeting a Yeti?
f)Who was Teju? How did he meet Romi?
g)Where does the poet’s father and mother go in the evenings?
QD3. Write the meanings of the following words: (any four)(4)
a)sizzleb) encounteredc) cologne
d)escorted e)local f) monstrous
QD4. Make sentencesof the following word: (4)
a)duskb)brightenedc)desertedd)pills
QD5. Answer any one question in brief:(3)
a)Mention one similarity and one difference between the Yeti of Legends and the yeti as seen by Messner.
b)How was the kindness of the family rewarded?