Summative Assessment March 2017 Time: 2 ½ hoursClass: VII Subject: English Marks: 80Part_A - ProseI. Four alternatives are given for each of the following incomplete statements. Only one of them is correct or most appropriate. Choose the correct alternative and write the complete answer along with its letter of alphabet in the space provided against each question: [3x1=3]1. The smells of India invoke ----------- in Mark Tully a. anger b. sadness c. nostalgia d. hunger2. The two women who were weaving clothes in the kingdom of serpent king were --------------- a. seasons b. day and night c. rain and fire d. eternal youth3. The mentor of Subhashchandra Bose in the field of politics was -------------- a. Bhagath Singh b. Motilal Nehru c. Gandhiji d. Chittaranjan DasII. Answer the following in three to four sentences each: [2x4=8]4. Why was Bose expelled from his college?5. How does the natural beauty of India attract Mark Tully?6. Why was Uttanka unable to find the queen?7. “Child there is nothing I desire,” Annotate.III. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow: [3x3=9]8. “I cannot remember ever to have looked upon Muslims as different …………” a. Who does the ‘I’ refer to? b. Name his ancestors who had served under the Muslim rulers of Bengal? c. Write the name of the lesson and give the full form of INA.9. “Go to her chamber and ask her.” a. Who is asked to go and who should he ask? b. Who is the speaker? c. What was to be asked?10. “All these kept me in India.” a. What does the speaker say about the worshipping of Sikhs? b. Name the monuments which are mentioned by him. c. From which lesson is this line extracted?IV. Answer the following question in about eight to ten sentences: [1x4=4]11. Write about the bravery of the INA soldiers. Or How did Uttanka lose the ear rings of the queen? How was he successful in getting it back again?Part-B – Poetry V. Fill in the blank with the correct option: [1]12. According to Toru Datt, the red seemulls startles like ---------------- a. beat of drums b. song of choir c. a trumpet’s sound d. notes of a pianoVI. Answer the following in two to three sentences each: [2x2=4]13. What was the solitary reaper doing in the field? What might be the theme of her song?14. Where can the worshipper find his God? Why is the God’s garment covered with dust?VII. Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow: [1x3=3]15. “Breaking the silence of the seas ………… Hebrides” a. What was breaking the silence of the seas? b. What is the figure of speech of the given line? c. What are Hebrides? VIII. 16. Quote from memory: Put off --------------- insence ! [4]IX. Answer the following questions in 8-10 sentences: [4]17. Describe the beauty of Toru Dutt’s garden in your own words. Or Give out the summary of the poem, ‘Convergence of Twain’ in your words.

Part-C Supplementary ReadingX. Answer the following in two or three sentences each: [2x2=4]18. ‘About what time do you think I am going to die?” a. Who said this to whom? b. Why did the speaker feel that he was going to die?19. Who had kept the crab in the camphor box? How did it help Brahmadatta?Part-D - VocabularyXI. 19. Fill in the blank with the suitable prefix of the underlined word : ‘polite’ [in, un, ir, im ] [1]20. Fill in the blanks with the past participle: The begger had -------- [wear] a -------- [tear] shirt. [1]21. Mark Tuly appreciates the --------- dignity in the courtyard of mosque. [1] [ elegant, solemn, silent, arrogant ]22. ‘Subhashchandra Bose’s patriotic fervour is an imparalelled one.” The meaning of the [1] underlined word ---------- [moral sense, foreigner, give up, spirit ]Reading:XII. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follows: [4x1=4] In a small village in Italy, there once lived a toymaker called Geppetto. He used to make wonderful wooden toys. One day, Geppetto found a fine log. He worked hard and made a beautiful wooden puppet. As the clock struck midnight, a strange blue light floated in through the open window of Gepetto’s hut. It slowly changed into a little figure: a tiny fairy was there. She looked at the puppet and waved her wand. The puppet opened its eyes and looked around in wonder.23. Where did Geppetto live?24. What was the proffession of Geppetto?25. Who entered the hut of Geppetto in the midnight?26. What happened when the fairy waved her wand?XIII. Re-arrange the jumbled words into a meaningful sentence: [1]27. home/Uttanka/started/thanked/and/her/for

28. Look at the two pictures. Write a sentence using ‘bigger than’ what you see: 8 10 [1]

XIV. Read the following conversation and answer the questions that follow: [2x1=2]Porter : Are you a merchant?Person I : I am Sindbad. I have many things to sell.Porter : These Arab merchants have wonderful things to sell. Look at the beautiful cloth ! Such lovely carpets , pots and pans.King: Sindbad, you are a lucky man. I will give you a job on the sea port.Sindbad: I have a good life here, but I miss home. If a ship going to Basrah come here , I will go back on it.29. Who does the king call as lucky?30. Which is the home town of Sindbad?XV. Writing: 31 .Complete the short story with the given clues: [4] [the holy man, treasure, a merchant, left, camels , Abdullah , greed , right ]

Abdullah was -------- and made a good living. Abdullah had eighty --------. ----------- told him about a land of treasure. Abdullah begged to go to the --------. -------- didn’t want to share the treasure. The holy man knew that Abdullah was full of --------. The holy man told Abdullah to rub powder only on his ------- eyelid. Abdullah rubbed powder on his ------ eyelid and went blind.32. Write a letter to your friend Hima in Bengaluru about your preparations for the annual examination. [3]XVII. Editing:33. The following lines have two errors in each line. Edit it and rewrite it ,using the clues given below: [2]a. It’s through them I have become involved in their countryb. Many years passed by he grew upa. Insert apostrophy and fullstopb. Insert comma and fullstopXVIII. Grammar:34. Read the following conversation and rewrite into reported speech: [2]a. ‘Where does the sun go? ‘ asked the deer.b. ‘No, it doesn’t go behind the hill.’ Said the monkey.35. Fill in the blanks using the appropriate past form of the verb from the brackets: [2] 1. -------- [want] to buy a new t-shirt last week. 2. She ------- [wear] a new dress to the party.36. Neha : a] can you pass me the salt please? [1] Latha : b] can by all means. The underlined words show - a. order and request b. ability and order c. possibility and ability d. request and ability37. You didn’t do your homework, ------ [add an appropriate question tag to complete the statement] [1]38. They went ------ the zoo last week. [at, to] [complete the statement with appropriate preposition][1]39. No one has got -------- umbrella. [ fill in the blank with article] [1]40. Fill in the blanks choosing the right form of verbs in brackets: [2] a. If my clothes ------- dirty, my mother ------- them. b. The plants -------- if you ------ to water them. [forget, die]41. It is easy to travel in Australia. “Australians speak English.” The right passive form of the [1] underlined words: a. Speak only English in Australia b. English is spoken by Australians c. English speaking is necessary in AustraliaXIX. Reference skill:42. To find the meaning of ‘Ecstacy’ one should refer to ------ [library, computer, dictionary, diary][1]43. Write in the normal way: Hw r u ? [1]44. Arrange the following words in the order in which they are in dictionary : [4x ½ =2] [hard, house, him, hold ]

Class & section: V_____ Summative Assessment I March 2017 Time: 2 hours Roll No : _____________________ Marks Obtained : Name of the Student : ______________ Total Marks : 40 Signature of the invigilator : _________ English Signature of the evaluator:________

Part-A

I. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings in column ‘B’ [ ½ x4=2]

1. capture noticeable ------------------------------------------

2. evident pretty quarrel -------------------------------------------

3. commotion catch -------------------------------------------

4. squabble run faster than -------------------------------------------Noise and confusion

II. Give one word: [ 1x2 x4=2]

1. Building where soldiers live. ---------------------------------------

2. Move from one country to another to reside there. --------------------------------------

3. A person with strange habits. --------------------------------------

4. One who studies about animals and plants. -------------------------------------

III. Complete the analogy: [ ½ x2=1]

1. Roadway : Johnmasefield : : Another chance : ---------------------------------------------------

2. Stanford : Calfornia : : Antoine Lumiere : ----------------------------------------------------------

IV. Quote from memory: [2]

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V. Answer the following: [1x4=4]1. What do the words ‘heaving and shining’ refer to?

2. Where and when Puttaraj Gawai was born?

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3. Should individuals make attempts in their life for success?

4. Name the college from where Sam Manekshaw passed out.

5. Why did the man protest to participate in the competition? [2x2=4]6. What was the special feature of light weight camera?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------VII. Answer briefly: [1x3=3]

1. Name the characteristic features of a patriot.VII. Explain with reference to context: [ ½ x4=2]1. “Because it was crawling across my foot.” a. What does ‘it’ here refer to?

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. “Falling from the elder tree.” a. From which poem this line is taken?

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. He plays cricket with his friends. (change into simple past tense)

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3. Neema was happy. She had scored 100 marks in maths. (so/because) (join the sentence using suitable conjunction given in the bracket)

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5. Mr. Sen works as ----------------- editor in -------------------- news paper. (Fill in with suitable articles)

6. My school starts --------------------------- 8.45 a.m. ---------------------- Saturdays. (Fill the blanks with suitable prepositions of time)7. She wrote the competitive exam last month. (rewrite the sentence with negative form)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8. A plant with a small blue flower is called Periwinkle. (Write the Subject and predicate from the given sentence)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9. Look before you leap (Make your own sentence for the given proverb)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10. Look at the picture and complete the phrase using adjectives:

a)----------------------------------- rose b) ------------------------------------ neck II Reading, writing and comprehension : 1. Read the comprehension and answer the following question given below :

Trees are great They don't cry when they are teased They don't eat much and seldom shout Trees are easily pleased. a) Write the opposite of laugh : ------------------------------- [½ ]

b) Write a pair of rhyming words : ------------------------------- [ ½ ]

c) Pick out a noun : ---------------------- A verb : ----------------------- [1 ]

2. Read the conversation and write the message: [2]

Akshay : Hello, can I talk to Nihal Mother : Nihal has gone to Tennis Akshay : Today is my birthday aunty, ask him to come to my house at 6.30 p.m. Mother : I am going out, but I will leave the message

3.Find the answer in the Grid : [ 2 ] a) opposite gender of 'Vixen' --------------------

b) Collective noun for number of players: -------------------------

c) Singular of mice: ---------------------------------

d) Past tense of find: ------------------------------

3. Frame a story by observing the sequence of picture : [ 2 ]

5. Write a letter to your friend asking him/her to come to Mysore to watch Dasara Procession [ 2 ]-------------------------------------------------------------

K R M S G

A C O P X

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Class & section: VI_____ Summative Assessment I March 2017 Time: 2 ½ hours Roll No : _____________________ Marks Obtained : Name of the Student : ______________ Total Marks : 80 Signature of the invigilator : _________ English Signature of the evaluator:________

Part-A1. Match the meanings: [ ½ x6=3]

1. abducted walk laboriously -----------------------------------------------

2. plod speak merrily -----------------------------------------------

3. extinct kidnapped ----------------------------------------------

4. destiny determination ---------------------------------------------

5. persistence not existing ---------------------------------------------

6. chirp fate ----------------------------------------------

II. Re-write the statements by correcting the underlined words: [1x4=4]1. Trees are said to be ‘Jewels of Earth’.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. The writer of the poem ‘The Comet and the Moon’ is Thomas Renny.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. Subhas Chandra Bose wrote a letter to Sharath Chandra Bose before joining the freedom movement.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. Michael Stone was soaring with the fear of falling.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------III. Frame meaningful sentences of your own: [1x3=3]

1. Quit : -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. Enthusiasm : -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. Threshold : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------IV. Reference to the context: [3x3=9]1. ‘Then out of nowhers and from the deepest depths of his soul, he imagined his mother.’

a. Who is ‘he’ referred to ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b. Why did he think of his mother?

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. ‘Sit properly amma you’ll fall off.’

a. Who is ‘amma’ here? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b. Who said this and to whom?

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V. Quote from memory: [8 lines] [Name the name of the poem and its poet] [3]

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Choose the correct option: [1x4=4]1. The commander wanted to arrest Maqbool for -------------------------------------------------------------------- a. stealing the gold from the palace b. accompanying the princess Jahanara c. not tending the rose garden properly d. ill-treating the commanders

2. The narrator hesitated even to touch her father because ------------------------------------------------------- a. That’s how she had been raised b. he was suffering from illness c. she hated her father d. her husband had told her to keep distance.

3. When the weather was good the cricket ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ a. collected and stored food for the winter b. slept all day c. sang and danced the whole day d. went out begging food.4. Bose wanted to know about the programme organized by C.R. Das because ------------------------------------ a. to help and contribute his service towards the nation b. to guide C.R. Das about the programme c. To leak out the plans of the programme d. To prove his sincerityVII. Answer the following questions in a sentence: [1x5=5]1. When was life better for the moon?

2. Name few things of nature which gives you inspiration.

3. Why does the princess gift silk cloth to Maqbool?

4. Why had the narrator come to that town?

5. Who monitored Michael’s training?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------VIII. Answer the following questions in 2 or 3 sentences: [2x3=6]1. How did Usha save the plant from the goats?

2. Two thoughts crossed the poet’s mind in the poem ‘An August Midnight’. What are they?

3. What does Bose request C.R. Das to do?

IX. Answer the following in 5 to 6 sentences: [3x1=3]1. Who was Maqbool? Describe tMaqbool’s devotion to tending the garden.Part –B – GrammarI. Rewrite as directed: [ 1x10=10 ]1. I like to burn crackers (change the sentence into negative form)

2. elections will be held soon in bihar rajasthan and assam (punctuate)3. Rohit is eating an icecream (change into interrogative sentence)4. Menon lives in my neighbourhood. He is a famous writer (which/who) - rewrite the sentence using suitable relative pronoun given in the bracket)5. My younger brother is studying in boarding school at Mumbai(Change into past continuous tense)6. their/they/complete/never/homework/online (correct the jumbled sentence)7. Akshay could not come for wedding. He was not in town (join the sentence by using suitable conjunction)8. He dyed of a rode accident (correct the mis-spelt homophones and rewrite the sentence)9. I broke this toy. (change into passive voice)10. Sonali said, ‘I am a tall girl’ (change into indirect speech)II. Fill in blanks suitably : [1x10=10]1. Arun’s shoes was so big that ----------- (Complete the sentence by adding exaggerated details)2. Give the synonyms for the word TALK : ------------ --------------3. Gandhiji was born ------- 2nd October --------the year 1869 (Supply suitable prepositions of time)4. ‘Pull one’s leg: (Make your own sentence for the given idiom)

5. I do my homework regularly. (identify the adverb and mention its type) Adverb: --------- Type of Adverb: ---------------6. Root verb :Know : Past verb : ------- Past Participle : --------------7. The sub inspector of police investigated the crime : Subject : ------------ Predicate : --------8. Dinesh is ------- honest and -------------- hardworking boy (Supply suitable articles)9. ‘Interesting’ : Comparative degree : ----------- Superlative degree : -----------------10. Form the opposites using prefix for the words a) fortune X -------- b) able X ------------II. Writing 1. Write a notice to put up in your school about your lost ID Card. (2)2. Make a list of 4-6 things which is required to go on a school trip to GRS . (2) 3. Transform this simple sentence into complex sentence: (with two or more sentence) (2) “The girl sang”4. Bring out the difference in meaning and make your own sentence for the homonym ‘RING’ (2)5. Imagine that you are Dhanya/Dinesh and write a letter to the Editor of Star of Mysore news paper requesting him to publish an article about the garbage which is dumped in the main road since 15 days and not yet cleared. (3) 6. Expand the given outline story (3) Abdul requests Mulla Nazaruddin __ deliver nine donkeys to next village farmer_ counted one by one – nine donkeys – sets off – hungry- stops- finish his meal- climbs on donkey-counts the donkeys-only eight donkeys--horrified--gets down--again counts- nine-gets on- only eight-thinks and says punishment of God for riding on a donkey-decides to walk with donkeys

7. Complete the flow chart on how to prepare Banana Milkshake a) Blend the content b)Add chilled (2) milk, banana pieces and vanilla essence c) Cut banana into small pieces d) Pour into glass and serve

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9. Observe the picture & Write the kinds of noun : (2)

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