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HERITAGE SCHOOL SAMPLE PAPER (HALF YEARLY) (SESSION 2017–2018)

SUBJECT: ENGLISH M.M: 80 CLASS: VI TIME: 3 hr

SECTION A: (READING) Q1. Read the passage carefully: (5) The and bird sanctuary is located in Gurugram district of . This National park has a lake called Sultanpur Jheel which is the habitat of a number of organisms like crustacean’s fish and insects. The lake is the home for many resident birds like black Francolin, Indian Rotter and migratory birds like and Great Flamingo and antelopes like blue bulls and Black bucks.

But what’s left today is the dry bed of the lake that is covered with fish bones and Neelgai carrion. The only life forms visible across its vast expanse are the tiny baby frogs, which jump from one dry crack in the lake’s bed to another and stray cattle from neighbouring villages. The lake is dry since it did not receive its share of water from the western canal since 3 months. The canal owned by the Haryana government’s Irrigation department would not supply water to the lake. Water is being diverted to farmers for irrigation purposes. (The )

On the basis of reading the passage, answer the following questions choosing the correct option: 1) Sultanpur National Park is located in which state? (a) (b) Gurugram (c) Sultanpur (d) Haryana

2) Name the migratory bird that arrives in the Sultanpur National park. (a) Great Flamingo (b) Black Francolin (c) Indian Rotter (d) Sparrow

3) What is the only life form left on the dry lake of Sultanpur National park? (a) Fish bones (b) Neelgai carrion (c) Baby frogs (d) All of the above

4) Why has the Lake of Sultanpur National Park become dry? (a) Birds drank all the water. (b) It did not rain (c) It did not receive water from western Yamuna (d) it rained too much 1 | P a g e

5) Which of the following word means ‘decaying flesh of dead animals?’ (a) Habitat (b) Stray (c) Cattle (d) Carrion Q 2. Read the given passage carefully. (5 ) Think of the shehnai and the first thing you will probably imagine is a wedding or a similar function. The next would probably be Ustad Bismillah Khan, the Shehnai maestro. Emperor Aurangzeb banned the playing of a musical instrument called pungi for it had a shrill unpleasant sound. Pungi became the generic name for receded noisemaker.

A barber of a family of professional musicians, who had access to the royal palace, decided to improve the tonal quality of pungi. He chose a pipe with a natural hollow stem that was longer and broader then pungi. He made seven holes on the body of the pipe. When he played on it, closing and opening some of these holes, soft and melodious sounds were produced. He played it in the royal palace and everyone was impressed. As the story goes, since it was first played in the Shah’s chamber and was played by (barber), the instrument was named the shehnai.

On the basis of reading of the passage, answer the following questions. i) Who is called the Shehnai maestro? ii) Why did Aurengzeb ban the playing of the pungi? iii) Who decided to improve the pungi? iv) How did the improved pungi get the name Shehnai? v) Which word from the passage means ‘official order to stop something’

Q3. Read the given poem carefully. (5) Hey, this little kid gets roller skates. She puts them on. She stands up and almost flops over backwards. She sticks out a foot like she’s going somewhere and falls down and smacks her hand. She grabs hold of a step to get up and sticks out the other foot and slides about six inches and falls and skins her knee. And then, you know what? She brushes off the dirt and the blood and puts some spit on it and then sticks out the other foot.

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On the basis of reading of the passage complete the following sentences i The kid got ______as a gift. ii She ______. iii The child hurt herself on ______and ______. iv The child can be said to be ______. v The poem can be titled ______. SECTION B: WRITING (20) Q4. You are Shrey/Sreya, the head boy/ head girl of Somerville school, . ( 4) Your school is going to organise an English debate competition. Write a notice to announce the event giving necessary details. (50 words)

OR You are Rohit/Rohini, the school captain of St Stephens’s convent ; write a notice about a blood donation camp to be held in your school. Give the required details. (50 Words)

Q5. You have gone to a hill station for a holiday with your parents while ( 4 ) wandering about, you lost your way. Write a diary entry about your fear and panic and how you managed to reach home. OR Prepare a poster for creating awareness about kindness to animals. These animals could be pet or wild or the ones on the streets or in a circus.

Q6. Write a letter to your friend, asking her about the new school she has joined ( 6 ) and wishing her luck for her examinations.

Q7. Supposing yourself to be Vikrant/Vahini, write an e-mail to be sent to your ( 6 ) cousin Mrinal, congratulating him / her on his selection in the district cricket team. OR Write a paragraph in about 80 words on ‘Traffic ’

SECTION C: GRAMMAR 15 Q8. Do as directed. ( 1 x 6 ) i He goes to school regularly. (Change into interrogative) ii b. is a beautiful city. (Change into exclamatory)

iii c. Please rest. You will fall ill. (Join using appropriate conjunction) iv d. He studied really hard. He did not score well in the exams. (Join using appropriate conjunction) v e. These are the boys who were punished. (Identify the pronoun and state its kind) vi f. Please pass me a salt. (Use correct determiner)

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Q9. Fill in the blanks. ( ½ x 6 )

i Time is of essence only ____ you are alive (conjunction)

ii I ______like to meet you. (model to express desire)

iii My friend Gautam works in ____shop on ____corner of the street. (article)

iv ______beautiful is the valley ! v We____ obey our elders. (moral obligation) vi We exercise ______we may stay fit.(conjunction)

Q10. Edit the errors and write the correct sentences. ( ½ x 6 ) a. The parents were wait to meet the principal. b. I went to buy a Arab horse. c. This are the books my friend gave me. d. He missed the bus for his father dropped him to school. e. Have you been work here for long? f. Which time will they come? Q11. Jumbled sentences. ( 1 x 3 ) a. Fairly strict/yet/Mr Prasad/is/his subordinates/respect him. b. Were/that/the/so/children/noisy/could not sleep/I. c. Give/to/makes/we/best project/the/will/prize/the/whoever.

SECTION –D (LITERATURE)

Q12. Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow. ( 1 x 3 ) i) “I was only making fun”, he replied gloomily. I didn’t mean to hurt old Hank.

a. Who is the speaker here and who is he talking to? b. Who is old Hank? c. What did the speaker do to hurt old Hank? ii) From the poppy bole ( 1 x 3 ) for you I stole a little lovely dream

a. Who is I and who is being addressed here? b. Why do you think the speaker used the word stole? c. What is poppy bole? Q13. Answer any five of the following questions briefly. (30-40 Words) ( 2 x 5 ) i) How did Johnny’s father react to the kidnapping? ii) Do you think Ju was not unhappy about receiving used things as gifts? iii) Why do you think the rabbit moved back into its burrow?

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iv) The kidnappers felt that their kidnapping project would be more successful in a village. Give reasons to support your answer. v) Akulya’s mother and Malasha’s mother had a fight. What was the reason behind their quarrel? vi) Do you think the brook was far away or close by? How do you know? Q14. Answer any two of the following questions. (50-80 Words) ( 4 x 2 ) i) Do you think the title ‘little girls are wiser’ is appropriate. What lesson do the elders learn from the two girls? ii) Pick out the episode of happiness in Ju’s life. iii) Discuss the various events described by the poet in ‘going for water’ Q15.a Frame sentences of the following words: ( 1 x 2 )

i pleaded ii stealthily b. Strike out the incorrect words in these sentences and write the correct in ( 1 x 2 ) your answer : i The mountain is bear /bare. ii I hope my plants don’t dye /die. c. Replace the word thing /things with suitable words from the box. ( 1 x 2 ) details ,act ,belongings, quality Shruti packed all her things in a small box. Politeness is a thing lacking in Mohit

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