KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA (AVADI CLUSTER)

SESSION ENDING EXAMINATION - MARCH 2019

QUESTION BANK – CLASS V ENGLISH

Portions from ‘TopsyTurvy Land’ to ‘Who will be Ningthou?’

Types of questions:

I Seen passage: Reading (Practice) (10 x 1 = 10 marks.)

Passages from lessons ‘Who will be Ningthou?’ Page 176.

‘Around the world’ Page 157. ‘The little Bully’ P 135.‘Gulliver’s travels’ Page 116.

Types of questions to be asked: (10 questions should be asked)

1) Answer the questions 2) Complete the sentence 3) Choose the correct answer
4) Which of the statements is TRUE 5) Name of the lesson.

Sample Questions Lesson – ‘Who will be Ningthou?’ page -177

Type (1) Answer the Questions

E.g., Q 1. According to the ministers who should be the future king?

AnsThe eldest son should be the future king.

Type (2) Complete the sentence.

E.g., So let us select a King who is most worthy of becoming a king.

Type (3) Choose the correct answer.

E.g., ‘Khongnang’ means Banyan tree (Neem tree, Banyan tree)

Type (4) Which of the statements is TRUE?

e.g., 1) All three sons finished the race together (TRUE)

2) Sanajoaba, came first in the race ( )

Type (5) What is the name of the lesson from which the paragraph is taken?

Ans. ‘Who will be Ningthou’.

II Unseen passage (10 x 1 = 10 marks)

Reading practice – any unseen passage. (e.g. given below)

One day a wonderful plate made of gold fell from the heaven into the court of a
temple. The following words were written on it.”A gift from heaven to him who
loves mankind the best”. The priest of the temple invited people to the temple
and told them about the gift from heaven. Everybody claimed that they love
mankind best, then each one got up and one by one and narrated his own kind
deeds. But as soon as he touched the plate, it turned into lead. The richest man
in the village got up and spoke about his big charity, but as soon as he touched
the plate it turned into lead. A poor farmer was also present there. He did not
know about the plate. He sat in a corner quietly. The priest called him to touch
the plate. He bowed to the plate and touched the plate. It shone more brightly.
The priest awarded the farmer, the plate as his love for mankind was true.
Types of Questions 1) Answer the questions 2) Complete the sentence
3) Tick the correct answer 4) Which word in the passage means this ‘ __________’
5) Give a suitable title 6) What did you learn from the story?

Sample Questions: (10 questions should be asked)

1. From where did the plate of gold fall?

Ans. The Plate of gold fell from heaven

2. Complete the sentence.

“The richest man in the village got up and spoke about his bigcharity”.

3. Tick ( ) the correct answer:

a) The poor farmer got the gold plate ( )

b) The rich man got the gold plate ( )

4. Which word in the passage means “a place of worship”

Ans. Temple

5. Give a suitable title for the story:

Ans. ‘A gift from heaven’ (or any other suitable title)

6. What did you learn from the story?

Ans. We should be loving to everybody. (or any other relevant moral)

Lesson wise Revison :-

I ‘Who will be Ningthou?’

Q1. Name the place in Manipur where the Ningthou and Leima ruled.

Q2.Why did the people of Kangleipak love their king and queen.

Q3. How did King want to select their future king?

Q4. What kind of child was Sanatombi?

Grammar – Past tense Page 184.

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word.

e.g.In a forest, there __________(live) a goblin named Cruel. One day, he ________( meet) an
old man wandering in the forest.

II ‘MaluBhalu’

Q1. Where did the polar bear live with her family?

Q2. What did Malu learn to do from her parents?

Q3. Was Malu scared to swim? Did she learn it easily?

Rhyming words. (from the poem)

e.g., lair - bear, day - play etc…

Grammar: Pronouns Page -175.

Replace the underlined nouns (naming words) with pronouns (other words)

e.g.,Maluhad great fun with Malu’sseagull friends.

Ans. Malu had great fun with her seagull friends.

III ‘ Around the world’

Q1. Which tribe of Red Indians attacked the travelers?

Q2. Which was the highest point of their journey?

Q3. Why did the train stop the first time?

Grammar. Describing words(Page – 160) Fill in the blanks with suitable describing words
e.g., “RedIndians”, “ RockyMountains” etc..

Opposites Write the opposites

e.g., disappeared Xappeared, etc… (Page – 160)

Word meaning Match the word with its meaning

e.g.halted - stopped, entirely - completely.etc.. (Page – 160 Q 6)

Group words ,Choose the correct group word (collective noun)

e.g., The choir sang beautifully. (choir, bunch) etc…(page – 166 Q 4)

Add ly,Fill in the blanks by changing the word in the bracket suitably (add ‘ly’)
e.g., The girl danced beautifully. (beautiful) etc.. (page 166 Q 5)

IV ‘ Sing a song of people’

Q1. Which modes of transport do the people use to move around in the city?

Q2. What are the things that people carry with them while moving around?

Q3. Where have you seen crowds of people?

Rhyming words(from the poem) : e.g. ground - round, etc..Poet’s name: ‘Lois Lbnski’

Opposites: Write the oppositese.g., slow X fast, back X forward etc..(page: 150 )

V ‘The little Bully’

Q1. Why did all the children hate Hari?

Q2. How did the seaside creatures, the crab, the lobster etc. teach Hari a lesson?
Write in a few lines.

Add ly.Write words ending in ‘ly’)

e.g., friend - friendly, proud – proudly etc.. (Page no. 141-142)

Grammar articles. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles (a, an, the)
e.g., Hari was an unpopular boy.etc..(Page no. 143)

Rhyming words.
e.g., carriage marriage etc... (Page no. 142 ex-2)
Grammar is/areChoose the correct word and fill in the blank.
e.g., Mary is climbing up the slide.( is/are)etc..(Page no. 145 - 146)

VI ‘Nobody’s friend’ poet name ‘Enid Blyton’

Q1.What are the things the girl does not want to share ?

Q2.Why are the two children nobody’s friends?

Q3.What does the child in the last stanza want to share?

Rhyming words from the poem e.g. lend – friend etc.. (Page no.130-131)

Grammar – No words. Underline the no words e.g., Nobody is at home.etc..(Page no.133) ,

Words ending with less.
Make words ending with lesse.g., Home - Homeless etc..(Page no. 132).

VII ‘Gulliver’s Travels’

Q1. Why did the captain send the men to the land?

Q2. Why did the men rush back to the ship?

Comparisons. e.g., as light as a feather. (Page no. 122).

Use a suitable comparison: e.g. The old man’s hair was as white as snow. etc…

Combine using ‘when’(page no. 124) My mother was cooking. The lights went out.

Ans. When my mother was cooking the lights went out.(The lights went out when my mother
was cooking. – is also grammatically correct)

Degrees of comparison: Choose the correct answer e.g. Ram is taller than Shyam (taller/tallest)

Sita is the smartest girl in the class. (smarter/smartest) etc.. (page 125-126)

Punctuate (Page no. 127 ex-5 and ex-6).

e.g. did you visit bombay on saturday.

Ans. Did you visit Bombay on Saturday?

VIII ‘Topsy-turvy Land’ Poet : ‘H.E. Wilkinson’

Q1.When do children go to school in Topsy-turvy Land?

Q2.In the poem, if buses travel on the sea, then where do the boats travel? How should
it rightly be?
Rearrange jumbled words e.g., Renu naughty is a girl. (Page no. 113)etc….

Note: From poems a stanza will be given and questions asked based on the lines
e.g. She had some sweets that she wouldn’t share,
She had a book that she wouldn’t lend
She wouldn’t let anyone play with her doll
She’s nobody’s Friend!

Qa. Write a pair of rhyming words from the given lines:

Ans. Lend – Friend

Qb. What are the things that the girl does not want to share?

Ans. The girl does not want to share her sweets, book and her doll.
 Creative writing.

Note: Children should write a paragraph of five lines on the given topic.

1. General Topics. Myself, My Teacher, My Best Friend, A great Indian Personality,

My Favourite festival etc…

2. Observe the pictures and complete the story (sample given)

1. Once there lived a _______________ farmer named _______________.

2. One day his ________________named ________ and __________ visited him.
3. Rohan said to Sohan, “ _________________________________________” and Ramu said,
“___________________________________________________________________________.”
4. The __________ day Sohan said to his friends “___________________________________”
5. In the ______________________ they said to Sohan “ _____________________________”.
6. Sohan replied, “_____________________________________________________________.”
Spelling practice:

lesson worthy passengers triumphantly contest Conductor important

hurt Clasped interruption procession herd supporting Naughty

monster Underneath grumpy elevators buffaloes autobiography bruise

chasing Bellowing grand nipped crossing discovered subway

Sioux tribe Inhabitants pierced barren pinched farmer crumbled

Railway tricycle crab pleasure pricked Lobster hurried

stations

transport reversed soldiers pincer markets Naturally mounted

stalk

Types of Questions
1. Encircle the correct spelling e.g. Soldiers , Soldeirs, Solidiers
2. Fill in the missing letter e.g. l ob st e r
3. Correct the spelling e.g. Condest – Contest
4. Give one word for the following e.g. Hunter’s weapon: S PEA R
5. Make (3) words having 4 letters or more from the given word (letters can be repeated)
e.g. EXAMINATION
1. Nation 2. Mate 3. Team
Note: Students should learn word meanings of new words and their spellings given in each
lesson. (for type 4: e.g. Hunter’s weapon: S P E A R)