MID TERM EXAMINATION (SEP-2024) MID TERM EXAMINATION (SEP-2024)

English - Answer Key – Grade-VII (80) English - Answer Key – Grade-V (60)
Section-A (Reading Comprehension) Section-A (Reading Comprehension)
I. Reading Comprehension. (10×1=10) I. Reading Comprehension. (10×1=10)
1. The narrator has to first sort, clean and then tidy the attic with the hope of 1. He had a shower, put on his pyjamas and went to bed.
finding the stamps in the process. 2. To see a little gecko
2. No, he wasn’t happy about it. 3. A little gecko was running on his arm.
3. Photos, teddy bear, and pictures. 4. He screamed as if he had just seen the devil.
4. No, he didn’t play golf that day. 5. I tried to relax and keep calm
5. Yes, he finished the job. 6. He searched under the pillow, in the wardrobe, in the drawers, behind the bedside
Circle (True) or (False). And then correct all mistakes: table.
1. False - The narrator doesn’t love cleaning and tidying the attic. 7. It was midnight.
2. True 8. He couldn’t sleep at all.
3. True 9. Individual answers may differ.
4. False - His wife tried to paint pictures and did not do well. 10. Individual answers may differ.
5. False - He didn’t throw anything away. Section-B (Writing & Grammar)
Section-B (Writing & Grammar) I. Answer the following. (2×5=10)
I. Answer the following. (2×5=10) 1. Individual answers may differ.
1. Individual answers may differ. 2. Individual answers may differ.
2. Individual answers may differ. II. Find the given nouns which category they belong. (16×¼=4)
II. Question tags. (5×1=5) 1. Pro – con – count – sing
1. The girl is playing the piano, isn’t she? 2. Com – abst – uncount – sing
2. Patrick will come to the seminar tonight, won’t he? 3. Com – con – count – plu
3. Sam isn’t a student, is he? 4. Com – con – count – sing
4. It is very humid today, isn’t it? III. Identify the missing words. (4×½=2)
5. Laura is beautiful, isn’t she? 1. Myself, 2. We, 3. His, 4. Them
III. Active or Passive. (5×1=5) IV. Fill in the blanks with your own sentences. (6×½=3)
1. Active 2. Active 3. Passive 4. Passive 5. Active 1. They are going to select someone. They are not going to select someone.
IV. Tenses (5×1=5) 2. I am not going to invite him tomorrow. Am I going to invite him tomorrow?
1. He has thought about this. (present perfect tense) 3. They are going to participate in it. Are they going to participate in it?
2. He wants to know more about the job. (simple present) V. Identify the given statements as PLAN / PREDICTION. (2×½=1)
3. I will be leaving for England tomorrow. (future continuous tense) 1. Plan 2. prediction
4. She didn’t think about that. (simple past) VI. Identify the following sentences as ACTIVE / PASSIVE. (2×1=2)
5. He did not accept this proposal. (simple past) 1. Passive 2. Active
V. Reported Speech. (5×1=5) VII. Change the Order of Adjectives appropriately. (4×1=4)
1. Ira said that she had seen an elephant in the zoo. 1. Beautiful big old green
2. Peter said that he could do that work. 2. a beautiful big white
3. Uma told her mother that she had passed the exam. 3. A wonderful old Italian
4. Ajay told Lucy that he would go to Bangalore the following day. 4. A big square blue
5. Lewis said that his mother was sleeping. VIII. Name the parts of speech of the underlined words. (2×1=2)
Section-C (Literature) 1. Noun, 2. Prepostition
I. Poetic Devices. (2×1=2) IX. Write an example for each of the following combination. (2×1=2)
I. Trees are for birds. 1. Verb + noun = Individual answers may differ
Trees are for children. = Anagram 2. Noun + noun = Individual answers may differ
 Section-C (Literature) Trees are to swing swings on. = Alliteration
I. Fill in the blanks. (4×1=4) II. Fill in the blanks. (5×1=5)
1. Sleepy old 1. King’s bodyguard 2. Tapi 3. Gopal 4. Rice 5. German / shoe maker.
2. Himachali III. Extract Based Questions. (2×4=8)
3. Orange and black 1. The king said these lines to the courtier.
4. Victor He lost his temper when he heard Gopal talking about Hilsa fish.
II. Identify the following sentences True / False. (2×1½=3) d) Guilty
1. True Gopal and the Hilsa Fish
2. True 2. The mortar and the mill
III. Answer the following questions in short. (5×2=10) (d) Envious
1. Murali came crying to Solomon Uncle because his Puppy had disappeared. (a) Blossom
2. The author felt clumsy and awkward because her body felt double its size and The old man
her arms looked bloated and her legs were like those of an elephant. IV. Answer in short. (5×3=15)
3. The tiger calls the sabre-toothed cats as its cousins because they all came from a 1. The king was not satisfied with the answers of the wise men. They all had given
common ancestor. different answers to the same questions because of which he was unable to come
4. Solar power is used in the future in the following ways, to a conclusion, so he refused giving the reward to anyone.
 All the cars in the future are running on solar power. 2. The intruder was enemy of the king he had planned to attack the king but was
 All electricity is solar powered. instead attacked by the king’s bodyguards, as they had recognized him. He had
5. The Sphinx sat at the entrance to Thebes and asked a riddle to every traveller that received a wound in his stomach. He was rushing towards the hermit’s hut for
wanted to visit the city. If the riddle was answered wrongly, he would be eaten. help.
IV. Answer the following in detail. (1×5=5) 3. The beggar felt that the ladies of the household were very kind. They have
1. A smart refrigerator is a computer that keeps check on what is inside the fridge enabled him survive for a week by giving him food to eat. He called them
and tells people if they have all the required ingredients for a balanced meal generous and found it hard to believe that they wanted to send him away.
every day. For example, if you have a cold, it will send a message to the store to 4. Gopal showed half of his face and smeared ashes on himself. He put on tottered
recommend a food item that is loaded with vitamin C and hot soups. All the clothes which made his wife surprise and ask him the cause of his wired look. He
people in the future have smart refrigerators at home. said to her that he was going to buy hilsa fish from the market. He was looking
disgraceful that made his wife think her husband had gone mad.
5. The old couple bought a piece of land. Arranged a feast for their friends and their
poor neighbours. They were also kind to their pet no doubt rich or not.
V. Answer in detail. (2×5=10)
1. The old couple was issueless so when they found a little dog, they look after as if
it were their child. Once he was taken to a heap with buried gold by digging.
Later during the New Year feast, they were made rich. Further the king showered
him with gifts. Thus, if we spread selfless love to the animals, they too
reciprocate with their bountiful love. So, without having selfish interests one
should unconditionally love the animals. The one who has selfish interest, would
remain empty handed.
2. His name was Mr Nath and they must find out his first name. Other tenants at
Shankar House called him mad, strange and unfriendly. He didn’t speak with
anyone and lacked manners. He never received any letters and has been living as
tenant in Room No. 10 in Shankar House. He didn’t go to work anywhere and
stayed in his room the whole day. All the kids and some of the grown-up people
in Shankar House were scared of him. He had no visitors except the same man
on every Sunday. Ramesh brought his food from the restaurant downstairs and
Mr Nath was not much bothered about what he ate. He settled the bills by paying
cash and tipped Ramesh liberally.