DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JODHPUR
Summative Assessment - 1 (2011 - 12)
Subject – English
Class – VI
Time: 2½ hours
M.M. 80
Section
Section
Section
Section
'A'
'B'
'C'
'D'
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Reading Comprehension
Writing Skills
Grammar
Literature
16 Marks
24 Marks
16 Marks
24 Marks
General Instructions :–
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
Please check that this question paper contains 04 printed pages and 18 questions.
All the answers are to be written in the answer sheets.
Attempt all the questions in each section before going on to the next section.
Answers must be correctly numbered in the answer sheets.
Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.
Section A (Reading Comprehension) (16 Marks)
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
A1
A certain number of ladies and gentlemen from the United States of America came to India on a pleasure
trip. Among the many cities that they visited, Calcutta was the one that left an impression on their minds
which lasted for a long time. They arrived at Calcutta – the biggest city in the country – about the middle of
the month of October. At this time of the year almost all the Hindus in West Bengal are busy with ‘Durga
Puja’. The party of Americans saw that a great many of the shops were closed. Almost all Government
offices, schools and colleges were closed on account of Durga Puja holiday.
On the last day of these holidays, the tourists were amazed to see an extraordinary large crowd of men,
women and children, consisting of more than a hundred thousand individuals, forming procession and
following a big idol which appeared to be made of silver and bedecked in jewels which must have cost a
large sum of money. This was the Idol of Goddess Durga. The Americana took a keen interest in the
procession which impressed them deeply.
They expressed their deep, great and sincere admiration for the devotion and faith of the worshippers of
the Goddess Durga. But they could not understand why such a beautiful idol, which had cost the Bengalis
so much money, and which they held in high esteem, should have been thrown into the river Hooghly.
A 1.
Read the questions given below and answer them :
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
A. 2
[1 x 5 = 5]
Who came to India ? Why ?
Which city impressed the visitors the most ?
During which month of the year all government offices, schools and colleges were closed ? Why ?
Why American Tourist’s were amazed ?
At the end what the tourists did not understand ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Little Billy
Little Billy was born without hands. He had stumps where his hands were supposed to be. His sleeves
always hung loosely about his shoulders. Yet he was a very happy child. He went to a normal school like any
other child of his age. When he was just three years old, his mother taught him how to use his mouth to hold
a pencil to draw. It was very difficult at first but Billy was a determined boy and he soon mastered the skill
and was able to draw & paint using his mouth. His drawings and paintings were so good that his mother
made them into cards and sent them out to his friends on special occasions like birthdays and Christmas.
When Billy first started school, his classmates teased him or avoided him. Nobody played with him or
talked to him. He felt very dejected and lonely. One day, during an art lesson, his classmates saw that he
could paint beautiful pictures using his mouth and they were impressed with his talent. Ever since they
treated Billy like any other child. Billy made many friends in school and in the neighbourhood. He was not
ashamed of how he looked. In fact, he soon inspired people around him and encouraged them to look at
the bright side of life.
(1)
P.T.O.
Billy tried to do whatever he had in mind. Though there were some things he could not do without hands,
he made sure he could do other things that did not require hands. He has shown the world that success
only comes to those who live with his motto –– ‘To be the best that I can be’.
A 2.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
A. 3
[1 x 5 = 5]
Read the questions given below and answer them :
What was Billy’s physical disability ?
What did Billy’s mother do to his drawings and paintings ?
How did Billy’s classmates treated him at first ?
What lesson did Billy give to the world ?
Find the antonym of the given words from the passage : (i)
Encouraged
(ii)
Failure
Read the poem carefully.
Close your eyes my little one,
The owl says it’s the night,
Comets burn a dark blue dome,
With tails of fiery light.
Close your eyes my little one,
Sleep till the break of the day,
Listen the stars are singing,
Fruits bats are out to play.
Close your eyes my little one,
And dream a little dream,
Of jewelled fishes gliding,
Along a golden stream.
Close your eyes my little one,
I cannot sing any more,
I’m hungry and tired and thirsty,
And I’ll sleep by your side on the floor
A 3.
Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most
appropriate. Write the correct answer number, option number and the
option in your answer sheet.
a) Why did the mother sing this song ?
(i)
For fun
(ii)
(iii)
To entertain people
(iv)
b) The ‘Little One’ in the poem refers to –
(i)
The Owl
(ii)
The Bats
(iii)
c) Which time of the day is mentioned in the poem ?
(i)
Morning
(ii)
Evening
(iii)
d) The rhyming scheme of the first stanza is –
(i)
aabb
(ii)
abba
(iii)
e) Why can’t the mother sing any more ?
(i)
She was tired, thirsty and hungry
(ii)
(iii)
She was ill
(iv)
f) What burns with fiery light ?
(i)
wood
(ii)
coal
(iii)
B 4.
B 5.
B 6.
B 7.
[1 x 6 = 6]
To put her baby to sleep
To perform in a concert
Jewelled Fishes (iv)
The little baby.
Night
(iv)
Noon
abcd
(iv)
abab
She doesn’t like singing
None of the above
Huts
(iv)
Comets
Section B (Writing Skills) (24 Marks)
You are Maya/Mayank. Your younger brother Mehul has done very badly in the
half yearly examination. Write a letter to your younger brother advising him to
concentrate on his studies.
Write a diary entry sharing your wonderful experience about he day of School
Picnic to ‘Osian’.
Write a paragraph on the topic ‘Education cannot be complete without games and
sports’ in about 60 to 80 words.
Draw a web of a ‘Soldier in about 8 words
(2)
[8]
[8]
[4]
[4]
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Section C (Grammar) (16 Marks)
State the kind of noun from the options given below and write the correct
answer number, option number and the option in your answer sheet.
C 8.
a) There was a hair on his coat.
(i)
Abstract Noun
(ii)
(iii)
Uncountable Noun
(iv)
b) All that glitters is not gold.
(i)
Material Noun
(ii)
(iii)
Common Noun
(iv)
c) Honesty is the best policy.
(i)
Common Noun
(ii)
(iii)
Collective Noun
(iv)
d) Akbar was the greatest Mughal ruler of India.
(i)
Abstract Noun
(ii)
(iii)
Proper Noun
(iv)
[1x4=4]
Countable Noun
Material Noun
Abstract Noun
Material Noun
Proper Noun
Abstract Noun
Collective Noun
Material Noun
Read the given sentences carefully and state their kind from the options [ 1 x 4 = 4 ]
provided. Write the correct answer number, option number and the option in
your answer sheet.
C 9.
a) God save our Queen !
(i)
Assertive Sentence
(iii)
Interrogative sentence
b) Keep Quiet.
(i)
Assertive Sentence
(iii)
Interrogative sentence
c) Have you found your text book, Aryan ?
(i)
Assertive Sentence
(iii)
Interrogative sentence
d) The Earth revolves round the Sun.
(i)
Assertive Sentence
(iii)
Interrogative sentence
C 10.
D 13.
D 14.
D 15.
D 16.
(ii)
(iv)
Imperative Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence
(ii)
(iv)
Imperative Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence
(ii)
(iv)
Imperative Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence
[1x4=4]
They are writing a poem. (Past Perfect)
My mother will bake a cake for me. (Future Continuous)
I have prepared for my exams. (Simple Future)
Some boys were disturbing the class. (Present continuous)
Rearrange the jumbled up words to make meaningful sentences.
a)
b)
c)
d)
D 12.
Imperative Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence
Change the tense of the given sentences as directed .
a)
b)
c)
d)
C 11.
(ii)
(iv)
[1x4=4]
Game / is / India / the / of / hockey / national
Apple / a / doctor / keeps / away / an / the / day
Your / what / opinion / is / corruption / about
Festival / is / diwali / of / lights / the
Section D (Literature Reader) (24 Marks)
Do you think that ‘The Wish’ is the appropriate title of the story ? Why do you think
so ?
Why was Ayah unhappy when the family decided to leave Dehra ?
“No one has been harmed Miranda,” said Prospero. ‘Everything is as I planned. For your sake, I
have used my magic to help right a great wrong, done long ago.’
Who is Miranda ? What is the ‘wrong’ that Prospero is talking about in the above
lines ?
Tricki had grown fat because of two reasons. What were they ?
Who was the little boy ? Where does he take the giant and why does he take him
there ?
(3)
[2]
[3]
[3]
[4]
[4]
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D 17.
Love came to Flora asking for a flower,
That would of flowers be undisputed queen,
The lily and the rose, long, long had been
Rivals for that honour. Bards of power.
Had sung their claims.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Name the poem and the poet.
What does the “Rivals for that honour” mean here ?
Explain the line “Bards of power had sung their claims”.
(1)
(1)
(2)
Scarves, caps, suits, socks –
Her needle tick like fifty clocks
But not for you and not for me.
What makes her knit so busily ?
D 18.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
The above lines are written by _______________.
(a)
Toru Dutt
(b)
Ted Hughes
(c)
Ruskin Bond (d)
Vikram Seth
The figure of speech used in the above stanza is _____________.
(a)
Alliteration
(b)
Metaphor
(c)
Repetition
(d)
None of the above
Who does grandma knit for ?
(a)
For friends
(b)
For neighbours
(c)
For grandchildren
(d)
For plants and animals
In the above lines the sound of knitting needles are compared to ____________.
(a)
Plants and animals
(b)
Suits and socks
(c)
Machines
(d)
To the ticking sound made by fifty clocks
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