CLASS V 2017-18

INTERNATIONAL INDIAN SCHOOL, RIYADH

WORKSHEET FOR HALF YEARLY EXAM 2017 –‘18

CLASS V SUBJECT : ENGLISH

SECTION A READING

I.  Read the passage and answer the following questions.

I woke up in the morning with the sun shining on my face. I jumped out of bed with a shock. I realized that there was something definitely something wrong. Mother always woke me up at 6’0 clock. I usually woke up to the sound of my mother singing in the kitchen. Today there was silence.

I walked to my parents bedroom and saw my mother lying there., curled up under a blanket. A blanket ! A blanket in the month of July ! Something must be wrong. I tiptoed upto her --- her skin was burning ! I woke my father up and told him mother had a high fever. Mother awoke with a groan and seeing the look on our faces, smiled and told us not to worry. She wanted to get up and cook for us, but we told her that we would take care of her.

Father and I went to the kitchen to make some tea and toast. We put the water and milk to boil in a pan and looked around for the tea leaves. We opened atleast 15 jars before we found them ! Father yelled in pain as he picked up the pan with his hand---he hadn’t realized it would be so hot !

1.  At what time did the mother wake the narrator up?

Ans:______

______

2.  How did the narrator realized that his mother had fever?

Ans :______

______._____

3.  Why did they go to the kitchen?

Ans :______
______

4.  I usually woke up to the ______.

b. We put the ______and ______to boil in a pan and looked around for some ______.

5.  Why did the father yell in pain?

Ans :______
______.

II.  Read the poem carefully and answer the following questions:

Things are different on Sundays

Which we called the picnic days

Mom packs the meals

Dad loads the reels

We wear our scarves

Feed hay to the calves

We gather berries

We pluck cherries

We listen to the bees

Buzzing around the trees

There’s colourful butterflies

In the clear blue skies;

We begin the matches

On the grassy patches

Towards the end , Mom scores zeroes

While dads emerge as the heroes

Next Sunday you must come with me

Our picnic are fun, you will see

1.  What are Sundays called ?

Ans :______

______.

2.  What do Mom and Dad do on Sundays ?

Ans :______

______.

3.  Who were buzzing around the trees ?

Ans :______.

4.  What happens at the end of the match?

Ans :______

______.

5.  Find out two pairs of rhyming words from the poem:

Ans :______

SECTION B WRITING

I.  Use the given clues and complete the story. Give a suitable title:

(argument between the sun and the wind---wind said that he was stronger than the sun ---the sun disagreed---they saw a man on the road---the wind said that he could make the man take off his coat but the sun could not---the sun accepted the challenge---the wind blew very hard---the man drew his coat tighter---the sun shone strongly---the man felt hot---took off his coat---the wind admitted that the sun was stronger.)

Title______

II.  Write a letter to your friend describing him how you celebrated your birthday.

______

SECTION C (GRAMMAR)

SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

I . Circle the subject and underline the predicate:

1.  My father will come from India tomorrow.

2.  Ram has a good memory.

3.  We must respect others.

4.  I shot an arrow in the air.

5.  The police caught the thief.

6.  The beautiful rainbow faded away.

7.  Saniya was in a bad mood yesterday.

II. Write Subject or Predicate to the following sentences:

1.  The house ______

2.  ______ran in the field.

3.  The students of our school ______

4.  John ______

5.  The teacher ______

6.  ______asked me to clean the room.

7.  ______bakes loaves of bread.

8.  The people ______.

9.  The travellers ______

10. The lemonade ______

III. Define Prepositions. Write two example sentences.

______

______

______

III. Add ‘ly’ to the given words.

1.  Slow ______7. Beautiful______

2.  Pretty ______8. Careful ______

3.  Wild ______9. strong______

4.  Happy ______10. Neat ______

5.  Total ______11. Rare ______

6.  Merry ______12. Angry ______

IV.  Complete the table with correct form of adjectives.

POSITIVE / COMPARATIVE / SUPERLATIVE
tall
sweet
happy
beautiful
much
good
heaviest
more intelligent
thin

V.  Fill in the blanks with correct form of adjectives given in brackets.

1.  The snail is ______than a mouse (slow)

2.  This bag is as ______as a feather (light)

3.  That restaurant serves the ______coffee in town (good)

4.  He is the ______man in this city (happy)

5.  This lesson is ______than the last lesson (difficult).

6.  The king was the ______man on the earth (kind)

7.  My city is ______than your city (crowded)

8.  There is only ______milk left at home (little).

9.  July is the ______month of the year (wet).

10. This movie was ______than the others (long)

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

I.  Complete the sentences with correct reflexive pronouns.

1.  I wrote this letter ______.

2.  They arranged the party ______.

3.  We often talk to ______.

4.  She fell down and hurt ______.

5.  You must do it ______

6.  The horse has hurt ______.

7.  Boys, you will hurt ______.

8.  He washes his car ______every day.

9.  The children decorated the class ______.

10. My mother went ______for shopping.

PUNCTUATION---COMMAS, FULLSTOPS, CAPITAL LETTERS

II.  Punctuate and rewrite the following sentences.

1.  we wear clothes made of cotton wool and silk

Ans : ______

2.  delhi mumbai bangalore and hydrabad are famous cities in india

Ans :______

______

3.  lions tigers panthers and leopards all belong to the cat family

Ans :______

______

4.  london the capital of england stands on thames

Ans : ______

______

LESSON 3 THE WRITER

PAST PERFECT TENSE

I.  Complete the sentences using past perfect tense of the words given in brackets.

1.  I didn’t have any money because I ______my wallet at home (leave)

2.  We went outside after we ______our lunch (take)

3.  The teacher ______--the class before we reached(start)

4.  Before the servant came Mary ______the room (sweep)

5.  The magic show ______before we reached the hall (begin)

6.  By the time we arrived the park ______(close)

HOMOPHONES

I.  Complete the sentences with correct homophones.

1.  In a little village by the ______(see / sea)lived a small village.

2.  A hive is a nest for a ______(be/bee)

3.  My ______(friend / front) and I went to visit the museum.

4.  We have to ______(need/knead)the ______

( flour / flower) to make rotis.

5.  “Be careful, the vase will ______(break / brake),”Mother said.

II.  Fill up the words with ‘augh or ough’

1.  b______t 6. c______

2.  f______t 7. ca______t

3.  d______ter 8. dr______t

4.  en______9. l______

5.  th______t 10. n______ty

LESSON 5 INVISIBLE MAN

I.  Complete these sentences with the adjectives ending with “ed” or “ing”

1.  My new job is extremely ______( tired / tiring)

2.  I was ______(surprised /surprising )when I heard she did well in her test.

3.  Did you hear the ______( shocking /shocked ) news about the accident ?

4.  I am not very ______(interested /interesting)in sports.

5.  The wet weather is so ______(depressed /depressing ).

II.  Complete the words with “tch” or “ch”.

1.  ca ___ 4. ba_____ 7. ma ___

2.  whi ___ 5. tea_____ 8. clu____

3.  wa____ 6. bea ___ 9. mun ___

LESSON 6 JOURNEY IN TO THE EARTH

SUBJECT - VERB - OBJECT

I.  Write the Subject , Verb, Object of the following sentences.

1.  An old man buys sweets.

Ans : Subject______Verb______Object______

2.  My aunt will come home today.

Ans Subject ______Verb______Object______

3.  The mad dog bit the child.

Ans :Subject ______Verb______Object______

4.  Harry broke the slate .

Ans : Subject______Verb______Object______

5.  We must clean the class room.

Ans : Subject ______Verb______Object______

6.  A large light is hanging from the ceiling.

Ans : Subject______Verb______Object______

II.  Fill in the blanks using the suitable prepositions:

(in, on, at, with, among, of, across, into, beside, over)

1. I went to school ______my brother.

2. The examination is ______September.

3. Mihir Sen swam ______the English Channel.

4. The glider flew ______the grey clouds.

5. The diver dived ______the pool.

6. There is a playground ______our school.

7. I am not afraid ______surprise tests.

8. The letter came ______Monday.

9. He returned the book ______night.

10. She distributed chocolates ______her friends

SECTION D ( LITERATURE)

I.  Fill in the missing lines of the poem.

I have wished a ______

______by my house all day,

Have clapped ______

______as if I could bear no more.

The fault ______

______for his key.

And of course ______

______any song.

Poet ‘s name ______

(Learn all the word meanings, Make sentences, QAns, Who said to whom, Missing lines of the poem. Coursebook and Workbook exercises)

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