SHALOM HILLS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Subjective Sample Paper - (2021-22)
SUBJECT-ENGLISH
CLASS – VII
Name: Date:
Time: Max. Marks: 40
General Instructions:
i. The question paper is divided into two sections.
ii. All questions are compulsory.
iii. Attempt the paper neatly and legibly.
SECTION A – Writing and Grammar (20 marks)
I. You are Shikha/Ranjan. Your school celebrated Christmas online. Write the factual
description of the celebration in about 150-200 words. (6)
OR
Given below is the beginning of the story. Complete the story using your imagination and
creativity. Give a suitable title to the story.
The car screamed to a halt, four men wearing masks jumped out and ran into the nearest
building, I looked around. The street was deserted except for me………………………………………
II. You are Kanupriya/Keshav, the Sports Captain of Green Valley Public School, Chandigarh.
Draft a notice informing the members of the School Hockey Team about a special coaching
camp that is being organized in the school premises during the summer vacation. Write the
notice in not more than 50 words for your school notice board. (4)
OR
You happened to visit the science city, Gandhinagar as a part of educational excursion of
your school. Describe your experience in the form of a diary entry.
III. Write the following into indirect speech: (1x2=2)
1. Aditya said to me, “Your painting will win you the first prize.”
Aditya told me that my painting would win the first prize.
2. “Where were you yesterday at this time?” the policeman asked the suspect.
The policeman asked the suspect where he was the previous day at that time.
IV. Change the tense of the following sentences as per the instructions: (1x2=2)
1. The audience was making fun of the speaker. (Present Perfect)
The audience have made fun of the speaker.
2. Were the teachers monitoring the weak students’ progress? (Past Simple)
Did the teachers monitor the weak students' progress?
V. Change the following sentences as per the instructions: (1x2=2)
1. We need to book hotel rooms in advance. (Passive Voice)
Hotel rooms need To be booked by us.
2. Where had those crucial documents been hidden by her? (Active Voice)
Where had she hidden those crucial documents?
VI. Fill in the blanks with correct Determiners: (1x2=2)
neither
1. Both players in the tennis match have been warned by the referee but ---------------------
of them seems to take it seriously. (neither/none)
little
2. Unfortunately, I have ------------- talent for music although I have always wanted to be a
famous singer. (a few/little)
VII. Fill in the blanks with one of the words given in the bracket: (1x2=2)
have
1. The majority of these people …………..voted for the sitting candidate. (has/have)
contain
2. Each of these packets……………..twenty-four pencils. (contain/contains)
SECTION B – Literature (20 marks)
VIII. Answer any five of the following questions: (3x5=15)
a) What was the need for Mr Wonka to invent Vita-Wonk?
b) How did Chandni feel on reaching the hills?
c) The cook loved the bear like her own son. Justify.
d) The author didn’t go for the bicycle ride he had planned with his friend why?
e) Why did Tilloo’s father advise him not to try to reach the surface of the planet?
f) What is the message of the poem ‘Garden Snake’.
IX. Answer the given question in 80-100 words: (5)
Parents and elders give too many instructions to the children in order to discipline them. Do
you think children always need to be told what to do and what not? Does this continuous
nagging really help in making them disciplined and well mannered? Justify your answer
giving reference from the poem ‘Chivvy’.
OR
Do you think there is life on other planets? Can you guess what kind of people there may be
on them? In what ways are they likely to be different from us?
