ST.
AUGUSTINES DAY SCHOOL
FINAL EXAMINATION 2022-23
CLASS: VI
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TIME: 2HRS
Question 1 F.M:80 MARKS
Write a composition in about 200 to 250
words on any one of the following topics: -
(20)
a) Narrate a frightening experience that you
had in
clearly and mention how the situation was resolved. the past. Explain what happened
b) Describe in details how you spent the day of
your favourite festival. Write about your
involvement in the celebrations and what this day means to you.
c) Write an original story which illustrates the truth of the
statement: Hard work leads
to success".
d) Your school had arranged for a career fair. Narrate your
experience about the different
discussions that you attended, the personalities whom you met on that day, how the
event influenced your career related decisions and what you have learnt.
Question 2
Write a letter on any one of the following topics: - (10)
a) You have started taking classes to learn somnething new (a new sport, language or
musical instrument). Write a letter to your grandmother telling her why you decided to
take up this class and write about your experience in the first class.
b) Traffic jams in your locality are getting worse day after day. Write a leter to the
Superintendent of Police complaining about the problem and offering suggestions for
improvement.
Question 3
following questions: -
Read the passage carefully and answer the
him. When you are hungry tell me. she
Sita went to her grandfather and sat down beside
asleep?" Yes, but she will soon wake.
said. 'and I willmake the bread. ls your grandmother at the
across the river at the dark green of the forest.
The pain is deep. The old man stared in
by morning, I will take her to the hospital
leaden sky and said, If she is not better or three
They will know how to make her well. You may be on your own for two
Shahagani.
on your own before.'
days. You have been
Sita nodded gravely. the river so hioh
alone before but not in the middBe of the rains with ond sho
She hadbeen
must stay behind. She wanted grandmother to get wel!
Bt she knew that someone small boat across the river when the current was So
only grandfather could take the
knewthat of being left alone, but
she did not like the look of the river.
Sita was not afraid scarring the: surface of the river.
strong.
began to rain again. Big pellets ot rain were
That evening it Sita could move
about in it
warmrain and
But it was
Qu
Black hair streaming across her face. Black
eyes. Slim brown arms. A scar on her thigh:
when she was small visiting her mother's
village, a hyena had entered the house where she
was sleeping, fastened on to her leg and tried to drag her
away but her screams had roused
the villagers and the hyena had run off.
She moved about in the pouring rain, chasing the her:s into a shelter
she noticed a harmless brown snake, flooded out of its behind the hut. Suddenly
hole, moving across the open ground.
Sita iook a stick, picked up the snake with it and dropped it behind the
cluster of rocks. She
disliked the huge black scorpions who left their waterlogged dwellings and tried to
take
sheler in the hut. It was so easy to step on one and the sting could be very painful. She
had
been bitten by a scorpion the previous monsoon and for a day and a night she had known
fever and great pain. Sita had never killed living creatures but now, whenever she found a
scorpion, she crushed it with arock!
When finally she went indoors, she was hungry.
The roof was leaking and a smal puddle formed on the floor. Grandfather kept the kerosene
lamp alight. They did not need the light but somehow it made them feel safer.
1. Givethe meanings of the following words: - (5x1=5)
a) Leaden
b) Gravely
c) Roused
d) Previous
e) Alight
2. Answer the following questions: - (5x2=10)
a) Why was Sita willing to stay alone?
b) How dià Sita get a scar on her thigh?
c) When did Sitanotice the brown snake moving across the open ground?
d) Why did Sita crush scorpions with a rock?
e) How was the small puddle formed? Why did they keep the lamps alight?
Question 4
Underline the phrases and name its kind: (1X5=5)
(i) Chanakya was a man of wisdom.
(ii) He loves to talk to nme
iüi) Nita was walking in aswiftmanner to the bus stop
iv)Horses prefer living in a dark room.
v) It must be done at any cost.
high:
sie
Question 5
Underline theclauses nd name its kind:
1. He (1X5=5)
didn't know where he was.
2. The diary
which
3. Billy is not
is black is mine.
sure
4. Kolkata is the where he went.
city where Iwas born.
5. Shreya drove
wherever she wanted.
Question 6
Fillin the blanks with the
correct form of the words given in
(i) The leader as well as
bracket: (1/2 x 5=2.5)
his brother to the same tribe.
(ii) A lot of houses
(ii1) A large sum of money collapsed in the stom. (have/has) (belong/belongs)
(iv) Plenty of mangoes and stolen. (was/were)
(v)The news
bananas available in this season. (are/is)
too good to be true. (is/are)
Question 7
Fillin the blanks with the correct form of the
verbs given in bracket: (1/2X5 = 2.5)
(i) When Ireached the station, the train
(left)
(i) The police (leave) no stone unturned to trace the culprits.
(ii) It (rain) when I left the house.
(iv) Don'tdisturb me. I (do) my work.
(v) He (go) to Shimla tomorrow,
Question 8:
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions: (Ix5=5)
(i) Ireceived this message 7o' clock in themorning.
(ii) We walked the end of the street.
(ii)l saw him felling a big tree a hatchet.
(iv)My contract has been extended another year.
(v) He is short money these days.
Question 9:
Fili in the blanks with the correct homophones given in the brackets: (1x5=5)
1. Al! Mr. Sen will agree to participate in this programme.
ii. are three bedrooms in this house. (There/Their) (accept/except)
ii. The wound on her elbow took a long time to (heelheal)
iv. The head of our community is a man of
V. We must our expenses. (lesson/lessen)
(principle/principal)
Question 10:
Transformthe toilowing sentences asdirccted: (ix10-10)
1. Everyoneloves flowers. (Change to Negative sentence)
2. Thiswas the mostexciting match. (Change to exclamatory sentence)
3. No one can tolerate this.(Change to interrogative sentence)
4. Hercules was the strongest man in the world. (Change to positive degree of
comparison)
China is larger than most othcr countries in the world. (Change to superiative degrec
of comparison)
6. He is too old to work (Remove too' with "so...that')
7. The Apples are so cheap that they cannot bc good. (use 'too' instead of 'so')
8. The children sang the national anthem (Change to passive voice)
9. He stole my pen. (Change to passive voice)
10. Raj says, it has been raining since this afternoon." (Change to indirect speech)
