AES-School for Girls

First Term Examination 14 Class VI English

AES- School for Girls

First Term Examination December-2014
Class Six Sec: ____
Candidates Name:_______________________________________
Subject: English

Maximum Marks: 100

Date: Tuesday, 17-12-13

Time: 3 Hours

Kindly read all the instructions carefully before answering.

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Answer as per instructions.
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Marks Distribution
Term Marks

/30

Exam Marks

/70

Total Marks

/100

Percentage

Invigilators Name:_______________________

Checkers Signature:____________

Re-Checkers Signature:___________________

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Paper-I

[Marks: 25]

Grammar:
Q1: Do as directed:
1. I buy a new jacket.

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(present perfect tense)

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2. Andy had completed her project.
(present continuous tense)
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3. Mike said, I have been studying in my room since morning.
(indirect speech)
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4. Tom washed the car on Sunday.
(passive voice)
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5. Sara said that she could not pay the bill.
(direct speech)
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6. I wash my clothes.
(past tense)
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7. He said that he was happy that day.
(direct speech)
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8. Telephone was discovered by Graham Bell.
(active voice)
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9. He asked, Can you help me in cooking?
(indirect speech)
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10. He was advised by the doctor to take rest.
(active voice)
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Q2: Give suitable proverbs for the following sentences:

(2.5)

1. A hungry person is totally concentrated on their need for food and nothing
else interests them
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2. People tend to circulate bad news very quickly (accidents, illness, etc.).
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3. A person's character is more important than their appearance.
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4. Family relationships are stronger than relationships with other people.
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5. A person's first duty is to help and care for his own family.
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Q3: Use the following proverbs in your sentences: (any FOUR)

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1. Don't judge a book by

its cover.
2. A closed mouth catches
no flies
3. Elbow grease is the
best polish.
4.Every cloud has a silver
lining
5. A fool at forty is a fool
forever
Q4: Fill the gaps with the Adverbs given in the box.
Early,

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daily, happily, slowly

1. Joe and Ann have been ___________ married for twenty-five years.
2. I do not like getting up __________ in the morning.
3. Grandfather walks __________ in the park as he is too weak.
4. I visit the gym _________ to keep myself fit.
Q5: Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions given in the box:
at,

with,

by,

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above

1. This book must go back to the library ______ Tuesday.

2. Paul crashed his car because he did not stop ________ the traffic lights.
3. The aero plane is flying ___________ the clouds.
4. He is pleased ___________ me.
Q6.a: Write meanings of the following homonyms:

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1. Grave= ______________, __________________.

2. Fair= ______________, __________________.
3. Book= ______________, __________________.
4. Just= _______________, __________________.
Q6.b: Fill in the blank spaces with a suitable relative pronoun:
1. I found the key ____________ was lost.
2. Here is your friend, ___________ I havent met yet.
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3. This is the cat _____________ kittens were lost.

4. Where are the boys ___________ broke the window?
Q7: Form new words, using appropriate suffix or prefix.
1. comfort

7. read

2. continue

8. create

3. paid

9. cook

4. write

10. planned

5. trust

11. view

6. authorised

12. patient

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Q8: Fill in the blanks with the correct degree of adjective of the given words: (1)
1. This is the __________________ (interesting) movie I have ever watched.
2. Prevention is __________________(good) than cure.
3. Plastic is a ____________________ (useful) material than paper.
4. This is the ____________________ (bad) insult to receive.
Q9: Match the following words to form suitable compound adjectives.
1. Brand

known

2. Good

proof

3. Right

new

4. Well

looking

5. Warm

angled

6. Wind

blooded

Q10: Fix the mistakes in the sentences given below:

(1.5)

(3)

2.

I rewrote the whole composition again.

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This bag is more cheap than my bag.

3.

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The bridge is constructed in the river.

4.

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The children are enjoying the picnic yesterday.

5.

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Saras bag was heavier then mine.

6.

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Paper-II

[Marks: 45]

Composition:

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Q1: Write about 200 words on any ONE of these topics:

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Imagine you were twenty feet tall Describe what life would be like.
Imagine you have one of the super powers (invisibility, super strength or the
ability to fly).Describe what kind of things you would do with your powers?
Invent a new kind of sandwich, describe what is on it and how would you
make it?

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Q2: Write a paragraph on 100-150 words on All about me, my likes and dislikes. (6)

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Q3: Summarize the following passage in (110 words)

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The Mayan Indians lived in Mexico for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in
the 1500s. The Maya were an intelligent, culturally rich people whose achievements
were many. They had farms, beautiful palaces, and cities with many buildings. The
Mayan people knew a lot about nature and the world around them. This knowledge
helped them to live a better life than most people of that time, because they could use it
to make their lives more comfortable and rewarding. Knowledge about tools and farming,
for instance, made their work easier and more productive.
The Maya believed in many gods, including rain gods, sun gods, and corn gods. The
people built large temples to honor the Mayan gods. Skillful workers built cities around
these temples. It was difficult for them to construct these cities, because they had no
horses to carry the heavy stone they used to build with. Workers had to carry all of the
building materials themselves. Today, many of these ancient Mayan cities and temples
are still standing. Although the cities that the Maya built were beautiful, and the people
worked hard to build them, very few of the people lived in them. Usually, only the priests
lived in the cities. The other people lived in small villages in the forests. Their houses
were much simpler than the elaborate structures in the cities. The Mayan priests studied
the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets. They made a calendar from what they learned. The
year was divided into 18 months of 20 days each with five days left over. The Mayan
calendar was far more accurate than the European calendars of the time.
Around the year 800, the Maya left their villages and beautiful cities, never to return. No
one knows why this happened. They may have died from an infectious disease. They
may have left because the soil could no longer grow crops. Archaeologists are still trying
to find the lost secrets of the Maya. They are still one of our greatest mysteries.

Comprehension:

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Q1: Read the passage and answer the question.

Long ago the sky was close to the Earth. Men and women did not have to plant
their own food. Instead, when they were hungry, they just reached up and broke
off a piece of the sky to eat. Sometimes the sky tasted like ripe bananas. Other
times it tasted like roasted potatoes. The sky was always delicious.
People spent their time making beautiful cloth. They painted beautiful pictures
and sang songs at night. The grand king, Oba, had a wonderful palace. His
servants made beautiful shapes out of pieces of sky.
Many people in the kingdom did not use the gift of the sky wisely. When they took
more than they could eat, the sky became angry. Some people threw the extra
pieces into the garbage.
Early one morning the angry sky turned dark. Black clouds hung over the land,
and a great sky voice said to all the people, "You are wasting my gift of food. Do
not take more than you can eat. I dont want to see pieces of me in the garbage
anymore or I will take my gift away."The king and the people trembled with fear.
King Oba said, "Lets be careful about how much food we take." For a long time,
all the people were careful.But one man named Adami wasnt careful. At festival
time, he took so many delicious pieces of sky that he couldnt eat them all. He
knew he must not throw them away. He tried to give the pieces to his wife. "Here,
wife," Adami said. "You eat the rest. I cant," Adamis wife said. "Im too full."
Adami asked all his children to help him eat the delicious pieces of sky, but the
children couldnt eat one more bite. So Adami decided to try to hide the pieces at
the bottom of the garbage pile. Suddenly, the sky became angry and the clouds
turned black. "You have wasted my gift of food again," yelled the sky. "This time I
will go away so you cannot waste me anymore. All of the people cried, "What
will we eat? We might starve!"
The sky said, "You will have to learn how to plant crops in the ground and hunt in
the forests. If you work hard, you may learn not to waste the gifts of nature."
Everyone watched as the sky sailed away. From that time on, they worked hard
to grow their food and cook their meals. They always tried to remember not to
waste the gifts of nature.
Question/Answers

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1. How people got their food long ago when they were hungry?

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2. How people spent their time in that era?

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3. Why the sky turned dark and angry one morning?

4. Who was not careful with the blessing of food from the sky?
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5. What Adami did to hide the unwanted food from the sky?

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6. What punishment they got from the sky on the disobedience?

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Q2: Use the following words in your own sentences: (5)

i. festival

ii. starve

iii. tremble

iv. delicious

v. kingdom

Q3: Write the forms of the following verbs.

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1. think, ________________ , __________________ .
2. shut, ________________ , __________________.
3. make, ________________ , __________________.
4. drive, ________________ , __________________.
Q4: Write the homophones of:
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1. people ________________
3. deer _______________

2. sun ____________________
4. hole ______________________

Q5: Fill in the blanks in given passage using opposites of the underlined words: (1)
When he returns, he shuts ___________the door, and the hole becomes
invisible _____________ in consequence of the door being coated with earth
on the outside ______________. Its inside is lined with a pure __________
white, silky substance.
Q6: Find any two adjectives from the above passage and write its comparative
and superlative form in the given table.
(1.5)
Adjective
Comparative
Superlative

Q7: Find any 7 words from this crossword puzzle.

(3.5)
Q

Q8: Dictation:

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