FIRST STEP SCHOOL,NEEMUCH

II-ASSESSMENT EXAM 2021-22

CLASS-VI

NAME: ______________________ SUBJECT- ENGLISH MARKS : 100

SECTION—A (READING)

READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

Mirrors have been used since ages. It is said that Archimedes used huge mirrors to focus the heat of
the sun’s rays on the enemy ships to burn them.

The same principle is used in solar cookers where mirrors are used to reflect and focus the sun’s rays
on to cooking containers. Astronomers use huge concave mirrors to focus starlight.

The mirrors used in telescopes are polished by giving a thin coat of silver or aluminium to the glass.
With the telescopes, astronomers can see the heavenly bodies but even without the telescopes one can
see the moon.

A full moon shining overhead is a beautiful sight, but it is also a puzzle because if the sun and the
moon both give the same sunlight, then why is the moonlight more pleasant?

The reason is that the moon reflects very little sunlight, in fact, only seven percent of the light is
receiving.

The earth reflects about half of the radiation that it receives from the sun. Imagine how bright the
earth will look from the moon?

One can even read a book on the moon in the earth light. However, you do not have to travel all the
way to the moon to realise how strong the earthlight is.

Observe the crescent moon soon after the new moon. The bright crescent is illuminated by the sun.

The rest of the moon is illuminated by earthlight in other words, the light reflected by the earth is
falling on the moon which is being reflected back to us and is strong enough to show the moon faintly
as the crescent increases in size.

Fresh snow is the best reflector of sunlight in nature, the bright light reflected by it can dazzle and
harm the eyes of mountaineers, therefore, they use dark glasses.

Q1. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS [4]

1. Why Archimedes used mirrors?

2. How mirrors in telescope help astronomers?

3. What percent of sunlight is received by moon?

4. Which is the best reflector of sunlight?

a. The principle of focusing the sun’s rays is used in:

b. How much of the radiation received from the sun does the earth reflect?
(i) about half
(ii) about one – fourth
(iii) all of it
(iv) about three – fourth

c. Mirrors used in telescopes are polished by giving the glass a thin coat of:
(i) gold
(ii) silver and gold
(iii) silver or aluminium
(iv) tin and white paint

d. The bright light reflected by fresh snow can:

Q3. WRITE THE MEANING OF [2]

1. Illuminated

2. Pleasant

SECTION-B (WRITING)

Q1. You are Riya, the member of NGO Sargam, Delhi. The condition of Yamuna River is declining day by
day. Write a letter to editor to publish an article for arranging a public campaign to clean Yamuna River. [10]

Q2. Write an Essay on the topic ‘Women Empowerment’. [10]

SECTION-C (GRAMMAR)

Q1. DO AS DIRECTED [14]

1. You won’t be able to dance this routine _______ you attend all the classes. (if/unless)

2. What is the synonym of ‘yelled’______

3. The police are ________ the burglary at Mr. Varma’s house. (Fill in the blank with correct form of
phrasal verb with ‘look’)

4. We ________ to the beach this evening. (go) (the present continuous tense)

5. I ______ on pavement. (stand/standing)

7. The poet of poem ‘Invictus’ is ___________________

8. The lawyer spoke to us about how important it is that everyone has __________. (Fill with the
correct form of fixed expression)

9. The lion caught a deer. (Identify the object in these sentence)

10. ______ we go early for the film; we can eat lunch at the restaurant across the street. (because/if)

11. Synonym of ‘murmured’ ____________

12. She _________ when she won the Student of the Year award. (Fill with fixed expression)

13. That is the building ___________ my mother lived as a child. (where/wherever)

14. Writer of story ‘Horsing Around’ _________________

Q2. WRITE THE MEANING OF THE WORDS [6]

1. Briskly 2. Suspended 3. Arms 4. Superstition

5. Encouraging 6. Passion

Q3. DO AS DIRECTED [20]

1. The comparative degree of strong _____________

2. Look at _________ tall pine trees over there. (Fill with demonstrative adjective)

3. Anshika _____________ her sister a photo frame. (fill with transitive verb)

4. Whose parents ___________? (fill in the blank with interrogative adjective)

5. Mayank and Richa ___________ (is/are) students of this school.

6. I think ______________ take a nap. (will/shall)

7. Aunt Jennifer __________________________ back for dinner. (stay) (fill with future continuous tense)

8. If you visit Agra, you ____________ visit Taj Mahal. (Fill with appropriate modal)

9. The young girl helped the old lady cross the road. (identify the type of adjective)

10. We bought ___________________ a birthday cake. (fill with ditransitive verb)

11. Shweta ____________ wear my jacket. (may/could/can)

12. I should/might go to the library today but I am not sure.

13. Ratan is more funnier than Rahul. (Rewrite the correct form of sentence)

14. Mother ______________ strawberry muffins. (bake) (fill with simple past)

15. Rashi is __________ than Rahil. (fill with correct form of degree)

16. __________ students participated in the event. (adjective of quantity).

17. He ______________ some new essays. (write) (fill with present perfect tense)

18. Write the comparative form of enjoyable.

20. A _____________ verb is a verb that can have two objects.

Q4. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING [10]

1. What is a verb?

2. What are adjectives? Name any five types of adjectives

3. What are ditransitive verb?

4. Write the difference between the meaning of following and form a sentence for each.

a. Advice, Advise

b. Cereal, serial

SECTION-D (LITERATURE)

Q1. READ THIS LINES AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. [6]

I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul.

a. Do you think that the speaker believes in what he/she is saying? How do you know?

b. These lines sum up what the speaker is trying to say in the poem. How do they do so?

c. Do you think the speaker has the strength of a hero? If so, why?

Q2. ANSWER IN BRIEF [4]

a. What was the decision Malala made?

b. Where was the speaker studying?

c. What did the zebra do after listening to the question?

d. Was Grandpa afraid of ostrich? How do you know?

Q3. ANSWER IN DETAIL [10]

a. Who was Yashwanti? What was her role in the plan?

b. How did the situation in Swat change?

c. What did the speaker do first after seeing the horse? Then what did he do to anger the horse?

d. What did the fox ask the zebra?

e. Did Tanaji survive the battle? What happened?