DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, JODHPUR
Summative Assessment – 1 (2011 - 12)
Subject – English
Class – VII
Time: 2½ hours
M.M. 80
Section ‘A’ : Reading Comprehension : 16 Marks
Section ‘B’ : Writing Skills
: 24 Marks
Section ‘C’ : Grammar
: 16 Marks
Section ‘D’ : Literature
: 24 Marks
General Instructions :–
i) Please check that this question paper contains 04 printed pages and 20 questions.
ii) All the answers are to be written in the answer sheets.
iii) Attempt all the questions in each section before going on to the next section.
iv) Answers must be correctly numbered in the answer sheets.
v) Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.
A1
Section A (Reading Comprehension) (16 Marks)
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
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The sure way of making and keeping friends is to be a good listener. Take great care to listen to a person
with interest. Also make sure that when you speak yourself, you say only as much as is needed to open up
some fresh topic for the other person to start a conversation.
People don’t like to be interrupted by others while speaking. They wish to put up their views forward. So one
is delighted with the company of someone who is content to listen attentively. Most of the friendships begin
by little acts of kindness, sympathy and understanding to lonely folk. Sincerity is the key-note of friendship.
Sincerity includes loyalty, sympathy and trust. A common interest will draw you very close to some friends.
A 1.
On the basis of your reading of the above passage answer the following questions.
a) How can we make good friends ?
b) How can you come close to someone ?
c) What is the key-note of friendship ?
A. 2
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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
[5]
Television is changing people’s lives quite dramatically. They are sleeping less, reading less, communicating
less with their families. In a countrywide survey, a tenth of television viewers have admitted that the care of
children and the elderly is getting neglected. While television has contributed popularity of games and
sports, ironically enough, children have reported that they play less.
Television has increased the general knowledge of children, in particular their knowledge of the various
products being advertised. The survey shows that hardly any children are watching educational
programmes. The parents interviewed said their children’s studies were affected. Many parents had cut off
cable T.V. to reduce the distraction for the children.
A 2.
On the basis of your reading of the above passage answer the following questions.
a) Why do the parents feel that their children’s studies are affected ?
b) What changes do we notice in the lives of the people under the influence of television ?
c) How are the children and old people affected by television viewing ?
A. 3
Read the given poem carefully.
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Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
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Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heave of freedom, my father,
Let my country awake.
A 3.
Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most
appropriate in your answer sheet.
1) The poet is talking about a world where :
(a)
people live with fear.
(b)
(c)
there is violence.
(d)
2) ‘Knowledge is free’ means that education is :
(a)
available without any cost.
(b)
(c)
not for all.
(d)
3) The phrase ‘narrow domestic walls’ refers to :
(a)
narrow road.
(b)
(c)
small houses.
(d)
4) ‘The clear stream of reason’ means :
(a)
people want to follow their old beliefs. (b)
(c)
to think logically.
(d)
5) The phrase ‘depth of truth’ refers to :
(a)
from the bottom of the heart.
(b)
(c)
from illogical thinking.
(d)
6) The poet is addressing _____________ :
(a)
his father.
(b)
god.
(c)
[1 x 6 = 6]
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bad people rule.
people live in a peace with each other.
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only meant for the privileged.
not for the under privileged.
(1)
differences due to religion language etc.
the walls of a building.
(1)
people are confused.
people have stopped thinking logically.
(1)
from past experiences.
from the unwanted facts/truth.
(1)
his neighbour. (d)
nobody.
Section B (Writing Skills) (24 Marks)
You are Vaibhav / Vaibhavi Sharma Head Boy/Head Girl of Modern Public School,
Udaipur. Draft a notice informing students about a calculator lost in the auditorium
during zero period, giving all the necessary details.
Read the following conversation and complete it in any suitable way.
B 4.
B 5.
Amit :
Sumit :
Amit :
Sumit :
Amit :
Sumit :
B 6.
C 8.
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What are you doing this weekend, Sumit ?
(a) ________________________________.
(b) ________________________________ Book fair ?
(c) ________________________________ ?
They have books on various subjects. Which kind of book would you prefer ?
(d) ________________________________.
You read an article in your school Magazine and realized that reading newspaper
everyday is very useful for the students in many ways. Write a letter to your friend
motivating him/her to read newspaper daily.
Write a diary entry in about 100-120 words expressing your happiness at re-finding
your lost dog, which had gone missing some time ago but was brought back by a
stranger.
Section C (Grammar) (16 Marks)
Choose the appropriate determiners from the options given below to fill in the blanks.
B 7.
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[8]
[8]
[2]
1) There isn’t _______________ sense in our waiting here. (few, many, any, some)
2) ______________ shopkeepers responded to the bandh call. (a few, nothing, any, a little)
C 9.
Fill in the blanks choosing appropriate pronoun from the options given below.
[2]
1) All of us enjoyed ___________ at the party as the atmosphere was friendly. (myself, ourselves,
themselves, herself)
2) This new teacher is going to be with ____________ for a short time. (us, mine, their, hers)
C 10.
Identify the relative clauses in the following sentences choosing from the given options.
1) The group which sings in Choir is absent today.
(i)
the group which
(ii)
(iii)
choir is absent
(iv)
(2)
[3]
is absent today
which sings in choir
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2) The boys whom we praised have won the match.
(i)
whom we praised
(ii)
(iii)
they boys whom
(iv)
3) The umbrella that he kept here was stolen.
(i)
the umbrella
(ii)
(iii)
here was stolen
(iv)
C 11.
the boys won
have won the match
that he kept here
umbrella that he
Change the tense of the following sentences as directed.
[3]
1) They finished their work much before the deadline. (Present Perfect Tense)
2) Are the students doing the exercise ? (Past Perfect Tense)
3) The postman delivered the letters. (Future Continuous Tense)
C 12.
Change the following sentences in to Indirect Speech.
[3]
1) He said, “I have passed the examination”.
2) Rohan said to Mohit, “I was watching television”.
3) Ramesh said to me, “When will you return ?”
C 13.
Rearrange the following jumbled words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.
[3]
1) is situated / the / northern part / India / of / in / Taj Mehal
2) great ruler / the / by / Shah Jahan / built / was / it
3) the world’s / of / is / it / one / buildings / most / beautiful
D 14.
D 15.
Section D (Literature) (24 Marks)
Why did Ruskin start digging in the beginning ? As he progressed, what became his
aim of digging ?
Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow :
[4]
[4]
Trees are great, they just stand and wait
They don’t cry when they are teased
They don’t eat much and they seldom shout
Trees are easily pleased.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
D 16.
D 17.
How can you say that trees are tolerant and patient ?
Mention any of the figures of speech used in the above stanza with an example.
Write the rhyming words and rhyme scheme of the above stanza.
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Who helped the villagers to get rid of the sunlight-eating tree ? How did they teach a
lesson to U Khla ?
Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow, by choosing the
most appropriate option from those given below :
[4]
[4]
He mused upon this curious case
And Swore he’d change the pigtail’s place
And have it hanging at his face
Not dangling there behind him.
(1) ‘He’ in the above lines stands for :
(i)
the poet
(ii)
the reader
(iii)
the sage
(iv)
(2) He wanted to have his pigtail :
(i)
at the back of his head
(ii)
near his eyes
(iii)
at the back of his palm
(iv)
hanging at his face
(3) He tries to find a solution to his problem by :
(i)
cutting his pigtail
(ii)
turning around
(iii)
sitting on his pigtail
(iv)
doing none of these
(4) The example of alliteration from the above stanza is :
(i)
dangling behind
(ii)
hanging face
(iii)
curious case
(iv)
mused upon
D 18.
(1)
the pigtail
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Why did ‘The Pickwick Club’ want Mr. Pickwick to go on special journeys ?
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D 19.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
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He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle’s edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws
Terrorising the village !
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
D 20.
Name the poem and the poet.
Why should the tiger be hiding near the water hole ?
Where is the tiger actually and how does he feel ?
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Why was Mr. Nathaniel Winkle sent with Mr. Pickwick on special journeys by his
father ?
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