SANT KISHORI SHARAN VIDYA MANDIR

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT-1
(2016-17)
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS - VI
NAME: _________________
ROLL NO:

TIME: 50 MINUTES
MAXIMUM MARKS: 30

Section A- Reading
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
There is a story of a man who thought he had a right to do what he liked. One
day this gentleman was walking along a busy road, spinning his walking-stick
round and round in his hand, and trying to look important. A man walking behind
him objected.
You ought not to spin your walking-stick round and round like that! he said.
I am free to do what I like with my walking-stick, argued the gentleman.
Of course you are, said the other man, But you ought to know that your
freedom ends where my nose begins.
The story tells us that we can enjoy our rights and our freedom only if they do not
interfere with other peoples rights and freedoms.
Choose the correct answer :
(2x4=8)
1. The gentleman was moving his walking-stick round and round to
A. hurt other people
B. look important
C. make himself free
D. end his freedom
2. if they do not interfere with other ; they here refers to
A. rights
B. ends
C. other people
D. rights and freedom
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3. A man walking behind the gentleman

A. objected
B. argued
C. agreed
D. laughed
4. This is the story of a man who thought
A. he was a gentleman
B. he was civilised
C. he could spin his walking-stick round and round
D. he had a right to do what he liked

Section B- Writing
1. Your school recently celebrated Sports Day. Write a paragraph about it for
your school magazine. Take help of hints given below. Remember to give a
title to your paragraph.
(8)
-Describe the scene where the Sports Day was held.
-Describe the activities of the participants.
-Describe how each activity followed the next.
-Behaviour of the spectators.
-Chief Guests speech and the prize winners.

Section C- Grammar
1. Underline the Relative Pronouns and circle their Antecedents in the
following sentences.
(1x6=6)
a. God helps those who help themselves.
b. It is only donkeys that bray.
c. Bring me the clothes which the dhobi has washed.
d. This is the man whose mother died.
e. Is this the cup that you broke?
f. Asoka was the wisest king that ever lived.

Section D- Literature
1. Answer any four of the following questions.

(2x4=8)

a. What do smiles and frowns represent in the poem, besides their literal
meaning?
b. If you were granted a wish by a good fairy, what would you like to wish first?
c. How did the peacock treat Surya?
d. Why was Hans in a hurry to finish making the last pair of shoes?
e. Alice was bored. Why?
f. What should Alice do now to go into the beautiful garden?