Vikas Bharati Public School Summative Assessment I (Session 2017-18) Class: VI Subject: English SAMPLE PAPER Time : Hrs M.M :80 ______Note: 1.This question paper contains 5 printed pages 2. The question paper consists of four sections- Reading, Writing, Grammar and Literature. 3.Read all the questions carefully before attempting. 4. All the questions are compulsory.
SECTION-A (READING SKILLS ) 20 A1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 12 In a lake lived three fish. The three were good friends. One day, one of these fish heard some fishermen talking. They were discussing their plans to catch the fish from that lake the next day. The fish rushed to tell this to her friends. She was very wise and decided to swim off to another lake. The second fish refused to leave. She was clever and she knew she would be able to save herself. The third fish believed that no one could change what was going to happen. She simply said, “We’ll see when they come” and continued being in the same lake. Next day, when the fishermen cast their nets, the two friends were also caught along with other fish. The clever fish pretended to be dead. So, the fishermen threw her back into the lake. She was saved too. The third fish, first looked for a way out of the fishermen’s net but gave up trying, soon. She was taken away by the fishermen. So the foolish fish who did not make efforts, lost her life. a. Why did the first fish want to leave the lake? b. How was the second fish saved? c. Complete the following sentences: (i) The ______fish who did not ______lost her life. 2 (ii) The first fish rushed to inform her friends that ______. 2 d. Choose the correct answer: The expression ‘cast their net’ in the passage means 3 (i) removed their net (iii) spread their net (ii) tie their net (iv) packed their net e. Find a word from the passage means : (i) denied : f. Write Part of Speech of the following word: (i) wise : g. Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ for the following statements: 1 (i) The two friends were thrown back into the lake . _____ (ii) The fishermen caught the third fish. ______
A A2.Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow: 1
Money is the root of all evils 1
1 P.T.O And greed of money, makes man a devil
Man loves money 2 Like a bee loves honey
Today man wants to accumulate more wealth
Without caring even a bit about health 8 Money leads to many crimes
Now for man, hoarding money is prime
I feel, in life the biggest thing is satisfaction
Money does not make the difference even by a fraction a. What is the root cause of all evils? b. How does money turn into a devil? c. What is the man compared to? d. Today man wants to (i) gather more and more money (ii) earn more money by working hard (iii) empower others e. Money does not 1 (i) make any sense 1 (ii) make any difference 1 (iii) create any distance. f. Which word in the above passage means ‘gather’ g. Complete the following sentence: 1 According to the poet, the greatest thing in life is ______. h. Give a suitable title to the above written poem.
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2 P.T.O SECTION- B (WRITING SKILLS) 20
B1. You are the Cultural Secretary of R.M Public School, Delhi. You have been asked to 4 inform the students of class VI and VII about an Inter School Debate Competition. Draft
a notice with all the necessary details.
OR Mike is a helper at Mr. Johnson’s office. He receives a call from one of the client who wishes to meet Mr. Johnson at 4 p.m. the next day. Since Mr. Johnson is not in office, Mike decides to write a message to Mr. Johnson. Imagine you are Mike, write a message with all details that you want to convey to Mr. Johnson.
B2 Write an application to the Principal of your school requesting her to provide more variety in 5 the food options available in your school canteen.
B3 Your school had taken you for a one day trip to a village. You were astonished to see the 5 natural beauty of the surroundings and the simplicity of people in the village . Write
an article in about 75 words on ‘A Memorable Day in Village’.
B4 Imagine you are a news paper reporter and you have to draft a newspaper report on a 6 tragic road accident. Refer to the notes given below and complete the report. Road accident occurred in front of St. Paul School, Nainital Details of the accident as per the eyewitness Place and time of accident- Monday February 15, 2017 at 4 p.m. Details of the dead and injured –one killed two injured Vehicles involved – Heavy loaded truck and SUV car Police inquiry and its outcome – In progress
SECTION-C (GRAMMAR) 20 C1. Do as directed :- 10 a) All the citizens ______show respect to the national flag. (Fill up with modal) b) The girl is sitting on the bench. (Mark the clause in the given sentence) c) The waiter was very cordial. (Rewrite after changing the gender of the noun) d) The Biology teacher ______(show) us different kinds of insects in the lab ( Fill in the blanks with Simple Present tense) e) Seema likes to read. (Rewrite as a negative sentence) f) Rohan was going to school.(Change into future continuous tense) g) My mother bought a new bag. (state whether the verb is Transitive or Intransitive) h) The magician took out a ______of cards and showed various tricks. (Fill up with collective noun) i) where do you live asked the teacher (punctuate the given sentence) j) He said to her, “What is your name?” (Identify the speech)
In the following sentences mark the verb, direct object and indirect object:- 3
3 P.T.O C2. a) The young lady gave the child some money. b) My mother cooked my favorite food for me
C3. Read the following sentences carefully and convert into indirect speech. 2
a) The lady said to the hairstylist, “Please give me a good hair cut”. b) Seema said to Vijay, “Where do you live?”
C4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns. 2
a) The girl gave ______application to the teacher. (Possessive Pronoun) b) All the team members should help ______.(Reciprocal Pronoun)
C5. Replace the word given in bold with its synonym:- 2 a) The accused person was proved to be blameless in the court. b) The day was awful as there was nothing new to do.
C6. Form abstract noun with word given in bracket and fill in the blank. 1 a) The ______of the poor boy impressed everyone. (honest)
SECTION-D ( LITERATURE) 20 D1. Why was Aunt Maria annoyed with Uncle Podger? 2 D2. Hanging picture on the wall was a simple task for Uncle Podger. Do you agree with the 2 statement? Give reason for your answer.
D3. What did the Muddle head put to sleep on his bed? What does it show about his attitude? 2 D4. Read the following extract and answer the questions: He rushed into the first café: ‘A railway ticket please, One way’. And at the ticket office said: ‘A slice of tea and a cup of bread’. a. Who is ‘he’ referred to here? 1 b. What does ‘he’ ask at the café counter? 1 c. Where does ‘he’ ask for a bread and tea? 1 d. The last line of the above stanza tells that Muddle head is ______. 1 D5. ‘ And, when half an hour had been spent in tying up his finger……….. a. Whose finger is injured? 1 b. How was the finger injured? 1 c. Why did it take so much time to tie up his finger? 1 D6. Write the meaning and frame sentences of the following words: 2 a. dead beat b. sprightly
D7. It has been observed that kids laugh more than adults. Is it so? Give reason to support 5 your answer.
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