Grade: VI Half Yearly Examination Subject: English

Date: 19/08/2024 (A.Y.2024-25) Marks: 80

SECTION A (Reading)

Q.1.Read the following passage and answer the questions .

( 05)

About the year 1900, a small, dark-haired boy named Charles Chaplin was
often seen waiting outside the back entrances of London theatres. He looked
thin and hungry but his blue eyes were determined. He was hoping to get
work in show business. He could sing and dance. His parents were music-hall
performers and he had been born into the life of the theatre. And, although
his own boyhood was painfully hard, he knew how to make people laugh.

His own father had died from drinking too much. And his mother was not
really able to look after Charles and his older half-brother, Sid. She was often
sick in mind and had to be sent to hospital.

1.1 Answer the following questions. (1 X 5 = 5)

Q 1) How does Charles Chaplin look like?

Q 2) Where did Chaplin hope to get a work ?

Q-3) What was his parents' job ?

Q 4) His father had died due to __________.

a) an illness

b) accident

c) drinking
 d) suicide

Q 5) The meaning of ‘determined’ is ___________.

a) mind made up

b) mind turn up

c) mind fade up

d) mind turn down

Q.2.Read the following poem and answer the questions.

(1X5=5)

Whispers of the Wind

In the quiet dusk, where the sun retires,

The wind whispers secrets, igniting fires.

Through rustling leaves and meadows wide,

It spins tales of a world, on a magical ride.

Softly it hums, a lullaby in the night,

Guiding dreams with gentle might.

It weaves through branches, a silent song,

A melody of nature that’s been sung so long.

Moonlit whispers, silver threads in the air,

Stories of love, of joy, and of despair.

The wind carries echoes, both near and far,

An eternal bard beneath the cosmic star.

1. Where does the wind whisper secrets, igniting fires?

a. In the morning
b. In the quiet dusk
c. At noon
d. During the storm
2. What does the wind do in the meadows?
a. It dances
b. It remains still
 c. It sings loudly
d. It sleeps
3. What does the wind guide with its gentle might?
a. Storms
b. Dreams
c. Shadows
d. Birds
4. What is the wind’s song described as?
a. Loud and chaotic
b. Soft and soothing
c. Unpleasant and harsh
d. High-pitched and piercing
5. What does the wind carry echoes of?
a. Laughter
b. Stories
c. Whispers
d. All of the above

SECTION B (Writing)

Q.1.Write a Descriptive paragraph in 100-120 words.( Any 1) (05)

a. A night before the Exam.

b. Describe your favorite person.

Q.2 Diary Entry in 100-120 words (Any 1) (05)

a. Getting scolded by mom for breaking the phone.

b. Rakhi celebration at my home.
or
Q.2. Write the story using outlines.

A shepherd boy ………………looked after a flock of sheep cried wolf? For

fun………… neighbours gathered in a large number no …………….wolf the boy
laughed at them……….. one day wolf really came ……….the boy cried for
help……………. neighbours didnot believe him……….. the wolf killed the boy
and his sheep. Moral

SECTION C (Grammar)

Q.1.Identify the Adjective and mention its type . (04)

1. The food was delicious.

2. Whose pencil box is this?
3. These apples are pretty sweet.
4. Shiv came second in the marathon.

Q.2.Add the correct prefixes/suffix to the words given in brackets

and fill in the blanks.
(04)
 a. He passed the exam; he was ____ (success) in the second attempt.

b. The team we supported won the _____ (champion).

c. Tim is ____ (honest). He never tells the truth.

d. There were only a _____ (hand) of people at the match.

Q.3.Circle the main verb and underline the helping verb in given
sentences. (04)
a. We are going to the store for milk.
b. I will help you in the kitchen.
c. He has taken this test once before.
d. The shoe is missing from the closet
Q.4. Make sentences using the following homophones. (04)
1. I’d rather receive my _________________(male/mail) electronically than
on paper.
2.The fight __________________(scene/seen) in the movie was extremely
exciting!
3. After running out of _____________(flour/flower), the baker had to stop
baking.
4. She purchased a beautiful new gown _________________(for/four) the
dance.
Q.5.Write the tenses of the underlined words. (04)
1. It has been cloudy since yesterday morning.
2. When the doorbell rang, they had been sleeping for two years
3. They will have completed the work by have Sunday
4. What have you been listening to?

SECTION D (Literature)
Q.1.Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct words from above. (5)

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1.Hot water _________________ clothes.
2.The yoga workshop taught us a new ____________ to relieve stress.
3.Sara was _________________ after watching the horror movie.
4.She was _________________to make it to the finals of the tennis match.
5. The chief guest entered the hall in a __________________ way.

Q.2.Make sentences of the given words. (Any 6) (6)

1. foster
2. solitudes
3. profusely
4. expedition
5. triggered
6. clinging
7. sorry state

Q.3.State whether the following statements are true or false. (06)

1.In chapter imagination,Every night the speaker’s parents play with the
speaker.
2.In Acts of Kindness, mother helped the boy buy a drum from the market.
3.Tina mehta became the first woman from northeast india to climb
mount everest.
4.Right to education is a series of diary entries by a girl named Malala.
5. The wonders of Space is a short story of a little girl who wants to visit
Mars.
6.The full form of HAS is “Humane Animal Suffering”.

Q.5. Answer the following with reference to context. (04)

When I told Sneha this over the phone, she was upset. She told me that I
should feel sad about wasting my time and not wanting to learn anything
new. I rolled my eyes and told her that the only thing I felt sad about was my
mother's inability to suspend our washed clothes on the roof to dry.
(a) Who is the speaker here?

(b) Why was Sneha upset?

(c) What did Sneha tell the speaker?

(d) Make a sentence with the word 'wasting'.

Q.6.Answer ANY 5 of the questions in 20-30 words. (10)

1.How does the boy help the potter’s wife?

2.Who was Sherpa?
 3.Why was the narrator dancing in the puddles?
4.Why was narrator dancing in the puddles?
5.Where is the Tine originally from?
6.What was Shoo’s new name?

Q.7.Answer ANY 3 of the questions in 30-40 words. (09)

1. What’s is the main idea of the text “Tine and the Faraway
Mountains?
2.How did Ajit feel when Shoo followed him home?
3. How did the boy feel when he finally got the drum?
4.What should the owners of foreign breeds do to keep their dogs healthy?