KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SITAPUR
HALF YEARLY 2018-19
CLASS V
SUBJECT - ENGLISH
TIME :2:00 HRS M.M 80
Name ……………………………………………………………... Class & Sec ……………
Roll. No. ……………… Date ………………… Sign of Invigilator……………………
Competency Value Point Obtained
Marks
Unseen Passage
VSA 1 x 10=10
Seen
Passage VSA 1 x 10=10
Prose and VSA 1x5 =5
Poetry SA 2 x 5 = 10
Grammar
VSA 1 x 15 = 15
Creative
Writing LA 5 x 3 = 15
Spelling
VSA 1 x 10 = 10
Handwriting LA 5x 1 = 5
Reading
SEEN PASSAGE
*Read the given passage and answer the given questions:- 10
Many years ago, at the foot hills of the Kaatskill mountains, was little village. In the village
lives a simple, good natured fellow named Rip Van Winkle. He was a kind neighbor. The
children of the village shouted with joy whenever they saw him because he played with
them, he taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles. The only problem with Rip was that
he was very lazy. He did not work on his farm. Rip’s constant companion was his dog,
named Wolf.
Q1 Name the mountain.
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Q2 Write two adjectives from the paragraph.
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Q3 write two games from paragraph.
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Q4 what was the problem with Rip?
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Q5 what was the name of Rip’s dog?
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Q6 write rhyming word of
Good ___________
Q7 write opposite of
Lazy _______________
Q8 complete the spelling
N E _ GH _ _UR
Q9 Fill in the blank.
In the village lives a simple, good __________ fellow named Rip Van Winkle.
Q10 True/ false
Rip was kind to children. ________________
Unseen passage 10
*Read the passage and answer the following questions ---
Alladin was a poor boy.He found an old lamp in an tomb. He proudly took it home. But he
did not know what are treasure he had found until he began to polish the lamp . As soon
as he began rubbing the lamp, a big jinni appeared.Jinn told him that he was the slave of
magic lamp.He also told him that he was bound to do any task his lord and master
wanted .Alladin has only to rub the lamp to wish for anything and Jinn would appear to
carry out his wishes . The Jinn was good at his words. He supplied Alladin with boundless
wealth,build splendid palaces in a moment . He also married Alladin to the king’s daughter
and made him a prince .
Q1- What did Alladinfind ?
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Q2- Where did he find the lamp ?
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Q 3- What did the Jinn say ?
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Q 4- What did the Alladin see as soon as he began to rub the lamp ?
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Tick the correct option -
Q 5- The Jinn made him
i) A poor boy iii) A slave
ii) A prince iv) An old lamp
Q 6-Alladin was
i) A greedy boy iii) A poor boy
ii) A rich boy iv) A tomb
Q7- Complete the following sentence –
Ans Jinn was the slave of __________________________
Q 8- Write the opposite of -
i) Rich ______________ ii) In _______________
Q 9- Write the plural of the given words –
i) Palace _________
ii) Wish __________
Q10- Change the gender of the given words –
i) Queen ____________
ii) Daughter ________
(Prose and poetry )(25)
VSA (1*5)
Q1- in which season is ice cream popular?
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Q2 at what time of the day our shadow is the tallest?
Ans ______________________________________________
Q3 what did the frog do all day?
Ans __________________________________________________
Q4 according to the poet , should you cry a little or should you cry a lot?
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Q5 True/ false
The king had ordered a dinner in the palace. _____________
SA (2*10)
Q1 how do you interact in class?
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Q 2 why was the Sultan in a hurry?
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Q3 what the things that Munna liked to do?
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Q4 Why was Robinson afraid when he looked at he bushes and trees?
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Q5 why did the geese pretend to be dead?
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( Grammar ) (15x1=15)
1) Encircle action words in the sentence.
My father goes to Lucknow daily.
2)Opposite words-
i) important _________ ii) respect ___________
3 ) Find out the silent letters –
i) Knee ______ ii) neighbour________
4 ) fill in the blanks using ‘for ‘ or ‘since’.
i) This big jar has been in our family _______ many years .
ii) Nobody has seen him _________yesterday.
5) Add ‘ness’ with the following words –
i) Sad+ ______=__________ ii) Happy+____=_____________
6) Write the rhyming words –
i) Plus _______________ ii) Joy __________
7) Write the full forms of-
i) it’s ________ ii) wasn’t _________________
8 )Write the past tense of –
i) Come __________ ii) Find _____________
9 )Write the plurals of –
i) Brick - ______________
ii) Bush- ______________
10 ) Find out the ‘ modifying word ‘ in the following sentence
Amit goes to Delhidaily.
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11) Fill in the blanks with a suitable describing word :
1. Uma is an ___________________ girl.
2. We had a ___________________ time in the park.
12) Use the word too, to, or two to complete each sentence.
1. Mohan and Sohan went _______________ a football game.
2. Ram said, “I ate _______________ much ice cream.”
13) Make pairs of words opposite in meaning using prefix : un-, im-,
i) able ____________
ii) patient ____________
14) write comparative word for
Good _____________________
15) fill in the blank
A __________ of birds.
Creative Writing ( 5x2=10)
1 ) write a notice about a meeting of Drama Committee .
2) Write application for sick leave.
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3) Write recipe of ‘LEMONADE’
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( Spelling ) (1*10)
Complete the spelling.
(i) S_A_ _OW
(ii) L_Z Y
(iii) D_S_USS_ON
(iv) B_RB _ R
(v) T_ _ MW_ RK
Rearrange the letters to make meaningful words.
There are clues to help you. The first one is done for you.
vi). OMEH : It rhymes with DOME. We all live in it._____
vii) LALB : It rhymes with CALL. We play with it. _______
viii) YALZ : It rhymes with HAZY. It is opposite of active. _
ix) YREAL : It rhymes with CURLY. It is the opposite of late. __________
x) PMJU : It rhymes with HUMP. You often do it. __________
( Hand Writing ) (5)
Everybody wants to be happy. Some people believe that happiness comes from riches
and material things but they are wrong. Don’t under mine your worth by comparing
yourself with others.
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