DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BANGALORE (EAST)
ANNUAL EXAMINATION (2021-2022)
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
NAME: DURATION: 3 hrs
LEVEL 5B MAX MARKS: 80
Section-A (Reading)
I. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
[5 M]
The traditional harvest festival, Pongal, is celebrated by Hindus on 13 January every
year. ‘Pongal’ means to have happiness, luck and success. This festival lasts for four days.
The celebration involves the boiling of sweet rice using milk and sugar.
On the third day of the celebration, also known as ‘Mattu Pongal’, cattle which are
treated as sacred and important by Hindus are given royal treatment. They are bathed and
their horns are polished. Their bodies are painted with bright colours. Tinkling bells and
flowers are also tied around their necks. The cattle are then fed with sweet rice.
On this day, bull fights take place as well. Young men get to show off and test their
strength against the bulls. It is a wonderful sight.
i. When is Pongal celebrated by Hindus?
[1]
ii. What is the third day of celebration called?
[1]
iii. Fill in the blank with one word from the passage:
[1]
a) The cattle are then fed with rice.
iv. Complete the sentence:
[1]
a) Pongal means to have happiness, and _.
v. Frame the sentence:
[1]
a) festival
II. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
[5 M]
Many people love to drink tea. They drink tea at various times during the day. Some
people drink plain tea as it is said to help in the digestion of food.
How was tea discovered? It is said that an emperor in China was resting under a
tree. As the servants were boiling some water for the emperor, some dried leaves from the
tree fell into the water. Being a curious man, the emperor tasted the water. He loved the
taste of it. It turned out that the leaves that had fallen into the water were tea leaves. From
then on, the emperor had to have a cup of tea every day.
Tea is said to be a healthy drink. Some people believe that it can lower the risk of
cancer and fight viruses in our body. China is one of the world’s largest tea producers. Tea
is also grown in countries like India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
i. Who was resting under a tree?
[1]
ii. Which is one of the world’s largest tea producers?
[1]
iii. Fill in the blank:
[1]
a) Tea is said to be a drink.
iv. Complete the following sentence from the passage
[1]
Tea is also grown in countries like India, and .
v. Find the antonym of the given word from the passage.
[1]
a) increase -
Section-B (Writing)
III. Write a paragraph on the given topic in 80-100 words.
[6]
‘My Grandmother’
or
‘Visit to a Zoo’
IV. Look at the pictures carefully. Complete the story with the help of words given
in the box below.
[7]
upset meet fever worried hospital flowers got well
Mona was not feeling well. Her mother took her temperature with a thermometer.
She was shocked to see that Mona had a very high _. She got _and took her
to the _. Mona got very as she had to stay in the hospital. But soon her
friends came to her and brought for her. Now, Mona became very happy
and _ soon.
V. Complete the following dialogues by choosing the correct option from the box:
[7]
come, school, family, student, friends, who, from
Nisha: Hello! I’m Nisha. are you?
Aditi: Hello! I’m Aditi. I’m a new here.
Nisha: Where do you _from, Aditi?
Aditi: I come Jaynagar. And you?
Nisha: I’m from Indranagar. My family lives near the _ .Where does your
family live?
Aditi: My _also lives here.
Nisha: Good. Can we be friends?
Aditi: Okay. We’ll be _ _.
Section-C (Grammar)
VI. Replace underlined words in the following sentences with their synonyms
from the options given.
[1/2X2=1]
talk/ hard/ neat/ secure
i. The room was very tidy.-
ii. Pamela does not like to chat on the telephone. -
VII. Pick out the antonym of the given word with the help of the options.
[1/2X2=1]
i. beautiful
a) ugly
a) good-looking
ii. freedom
a) slavery
b) liberty
VIII. Write the following words after adding the suitable suffix and prefix:
[1X4=4]
i. move + ment = _
ii. weak + ness =
iii. semi + final =
iv. im + possible =
IX. Identify the following sentences from the given options.
[1X3=3]
i. Where is your new cat? (Assertive/ Interrogative)
ii. Please, join us for dinner. (Imperative/ Interrogative)
iii. Happy birthday, Amy! (Imperative/ Exclamatory)
X. Fill in the blanks with the given verb and tense.
[1X4=4]
i. Tom _ (will go/ goes) for a walk every morning. (Simple Present)
ii. He _( sang/sings) very well. (Simple Past)
iii. Mona is (will talk/ talking) to her friend. (Present Continuous)
iv. My mother (went/will go) for shopping in the afternoon. (Simple Future)
XI. Change the gender of the following nouns:
[1X4=4]
i. grandmother
ii. tigress
iii. heroine
iv. brother
XII. Identify the adjectives in the following sentences and name what kind they are:
[1X3=3]
i. Radha is an intelligent girl.
ii. Ramesh is a clever boy.
iii. There is some water in the tank.
XIII. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate adverbs:
[1X3=3]
i. Sumitra reads the paper . (intelligent/ daily)
ii. I cross the road _. (carefully/ everywhere)
iii. Come and sit . (down/ loudly)
XIV. Rewrite the sentences using correct punctuation marks:
[1X2=2]
i. it is a cloudy day today
ii. are you going out shopping today
Section-D (Literature)
XV. Read the extract and answer the following questions:
[1X3=3]
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!
i. What are the things the girl does not want to share?
ii. Why the girl is nobody’s friend?
iii. Is it good to share our things with others?
XVI. Choose the correct answer:
[1X2=2]
i. In Topsy Turvy Land we can find buses moving
a) on the sea
b) on the streets
ii. The hunter climbed the tree with the help of
a) a ladder.
b) a creeper.
XVII. Write whether the following statements are true or false:
[1X2=2]
i. Hari had many friends.
ii. Children loved Rip Van Winkle.
XVIII. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words:
[2X6=12]
i. What was the only problem with Rip Van Winkel?
ii. What are the things that Munna liked to do?
iii. Why did Hari liked his lunch?
iv. What does the child in the last stanza of the poem “Nobody’s Friend” want to share?
v. Give two differences between the Topsy-tury land and our land.
vi. What did Bhaiya do all day?
XIX. Answer the following question in 50-70 words:
[3X1=3]
i. Why did children hate Hari?
XX. Read the extract and answer the following questions:
[1X3=3]
“They are all dead”, he muted to himself. He threw them out of the net one by one.
i. Who is ‘he’ in the above lines?
ii. Who are ‘they’ in the above lines?
iii. Why did he threw them out one by one?
i. A tortoise.
ii. A puppy.
iii. A goldfish
QIV. Where did he keep the change?
i. In his bag.
ii. In his pencil box.
iii. In his pocket.
QV. What was Miss Mona’s reaction after receiving the gift?
i. She was angry.
ii. She was sad.
iii. She was at a loss for words.
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