Question

Surprise test : 25 marks
Time : 1.15 hrs.

A. Answer The following questions:

1) What sounds did the poet hear in the poem "Someone"? (2)
2) What frightened Mortimer? (2)
3) What was the name of the shepherd in the story 'Man who planted trees'? (1)
4) What was Roald Dahl's mother's name? (1)
5) Where did Mortimer find the old battered book? (1)

B. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

Have you ever heard the sound of a hummingbird? They make a buzzing noise when they fly. They make this noise because they beat their wings very fast. They beat their wings up to 80 times a second. All that flapping makes a lot of noise. That’s why we call them hummingbirds. Hummingbirds fly in a unique way. They move their wings so fast that they can hover. This means that they can stay in one spot in the middle of the air. They are the only bird that flies backward too. Hummingbirds need lots of energy to move as fast as they do. This means that they need to eat a lot of food. Their favourite food is nectar, a sweet liquid found inside some flowers. They drink nectar in large quantity, daily. They have to visit hundreds of flowers to get enough nectar to live. Hummingbirds use their tongues for eating, not their long beaks. Hummingbirds help flowers too. They get pollen on their heads and bills when they feed. Flowers use pollen to make seeds. Hummingbirds spread pollen from one flower to the other. This helps flowers make more seeds. More seeds mean more flowers. More flowers mean more food for hummingbirds. Isn’t it nice how that works out?

a) On the basis of your reading the above passage choose the most appropriate option and complete the sentences: (1×5=5)

i. They are called hummingbirds because ______________.
a. they are very light
b. they sing when they fly
c. their wings make a humming sound
d. they move very fast

ii. Humming birds can hover because__________________
a. they can move their wings very fast.
b. they can fly backward.
c. they have a lot of energy .
d. they can fly very fast.

iii. Humming birds visit hundreds of flowers because______________________
a. they need enough nectar to live
b. they eat pollen.
c. they spread pollen from one flower to the next
d. they plant seeds.

iv. This is the only bird that __________________
a. can fly faster than any other bird.
b. can fly longer than any other bird.
c. can fly backward.
d. cannot hover in mid air.

v. Humming birds help flowers by ________
a. spreading pollen from flower to flower
b. spreading seeds by carrying them on their heads.
c. spreading seeds by carrying them on their bills
d. all the above.

C. Grammar part:

1) Subject-verb agreement: (1/2×4=2)

i) Either of you (have/has) ringed the bell. 
ii) Mumps (is/are) a contagious (ছোঁয়াছে) disease. 
iii) My family (belongs/belong) to Maharashtra. 
iv) Mr. Swamy as well as his family (is/are) quite humble. 

2) Fill in the blanks with prepositions: (1/2×4=2)

i) Mohan has been accused …………..murder.
ii) She did not agree …………. me.
iii) I was astonished ……………. his success.
iv) I walked …………. the sea beach.

3) Combine the following sentences using an appropriate conjunction: (1×4=4)

i) It was a very nice place. We decided to live there.
ii) He was badly wounded. He fought the battle courageously.
iii) Taj Mahal is a wonderful monument. We know it.
iv) Keep silence. Leave the class.
[Hints: Though, or, so, unless, that]

D. Write a paragraph on "Save tree, save future." (5 marks)​

Answer 1

Explanation:

A. Answer The following questions:

1) What sounds did the poet hear in the poem "Someone"? (2)

ans:

2) What frightened Mortimer? (2)

3) What was the name of the shepherd in the story 'Man who planted trees'? (1)

4) What was Roald Dahl's mother's name? (1)

5) Where did Mortimer find the old battered book? (1)