7) Rewrite the following passage using the present continuous tense of the verbs given in the brackets: 1 x 5=5
What (a)..........(is) the children in the picture (b)...............(do) ? A number of eatables (c)......................(hang) from the ceiling.Four children (d).................(try) to catch them with their mouth. They (e) ...................(have) their hands behind their back.
8) Change the number of the underlined words: 1 x 5=5
A child is playing with a ball.
A mango is kept on the table.
My teeth are aching.
Mothers love their children.
I want a bat and a ball.
9) Fill in a suitable noun. 1 x 2=2
There is a ...............of keys on the table.
Our ................... won the match.
SECTION – D : LITERATURE(35 Marks)
10) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: 1x5=5
The Bear agreed to this readily and said : “ Let us go and find a herd of cows. I’ll kill a cow and then we can both eat our fill.” They walked on and soon saw a herd of cows, but just as they were about to come up to it they were stopped by a terrible noise. The cows were mooing loudly and running in a panic in all directions.
What did the bear agree to do this?
Where did the bear propose to the dog to go?
How will they eat their fill?
Why were they stopped?
Give the sounds of cats, goats and lions.
11) Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow: 1x5=5
How bright on the blue
Is a kite when it’s new!
With a dive and dip
It snaps its tail
Then soars like a ship
With only a sail
From which poem this stanza has been taken?
Who is the poet of this poem?
How does the new kite look?
How does it snap its tail?
How does the kite soar?
12) Answer any five questions: 3x5=15
What was Patrick’s wish?
Who did the dog finally choose as his master and why?
Why did the villagers want to drown Taro?
How did Taro’s father show his happiness after drinking sake?
When and why did she go to the US? Who did she marry?
What was the game that every child in the school had to play?
13) Answer the following questions: 2x5=10
How did the two baby birds get separated?
Why did the farmer bring a baby mongoose into the house?
Who visited the shepherd one day and why?
What made Ray think the visitor was not really a shopper?
What did the other courtiers feel about Hansen?
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NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, JAIPUR REGION
SOLUTION OF PRACTICE PAPER -1
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I 2014-15
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
CLASS VI
SECTION –A READING 20 MARKS
( 8 marks)
A camel and a jackal
A big sugarcane farm
The opposite side
To howl loudly
Thrashed the camel
Dip in the water
Of rolling in the water after every meal
Deliberate
(12 marks)
Vienna
Begged in the streets
Play violin
By his side
It held a cap in its mouth.
All the above
By both (a) and (b)
Nothing
Sad
Stop playing violin
Pity
Violin
SECTION- C GRAMMAR 15 MARKS
6. (3 marks)
Shorter
Most beautiful
Many
7. (5 marks)
Are
Doing
Are hanging
Are trying
Are having
8. (5 marks)
Children are playing with a ball.
Mangoes are kept on the table.
My tooth is aching.
Mother loves her children.
I want bats and balls.
9. (2 marks)
Bunch
Team
SECTION – D LITERATURE 35 MARKS
10. (5 marks)
The bear agreed to keep the dog in his service.
The bear proposed to the dog to find a herd of cows.
They will eat their fill when the bear kills a cow.
They were stopped to hear a terrible noise.
Cats mew, goats bleat and lions roar.
11. (5 marks)
This stanza has been taken from the poem ‘The Kite’
Harry Behn is the poet.
The new kite looks bright.
It snap its tail with a dive and a dip.
The kite soars like a ship with a single sail.
12. (15 marks)
The elf should do all his work till the end of the semester. 3
Finally he chose the man as his master. It was because, man is stronger than anyoe on earth. 3
Because they thought that Taro had tricked them. 3
By doing a little dance in the middle of the floor. 3
After getting the degree of Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering she went to US for a Master Degree. She married flight instructor Jean-Pierre Harrison. 3
Every child in the school had to play the role of a blind, a lame, a deaf, an injured, and a dumb for a day. 3
13. (10 marks)
They get seperated by a storm. 2
To provide a companion to his son. 2
One day the king visited the shepherd because He wanted to meet him. 2
He had no sign of friendliness in his eyes.Moreover he had a gun in his hand. 2
The other courtiers felt jealous about Tansen. 2
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NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI,JAIPUR REGION
PRACTICE PAPER 2
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS – VI
Time:- 3 Hrs M.M. – 90
SECTION – A : READING ( 20 Marks)
Q:1 Read the passage carefully and give the answers given below: 1x8=8
Guru Nanak and one of his disciples Mardana were on their way to Multan. The city was famous for the priests and religious teachers. People went to that town to seek blessings of those priests and religious teachers. The religious teachers feared that people would not listen to them if they come to know about Nanak’s arrival.
They thought of an idea. They filled up a bowl with milk to its brim and asked one of their messengers to take the bowl to Guru Nanak without spilling a drop.
Messenger reached Guru Nanak with bowl. He understood the message: ‘Just as there is no room for another drop of milk in the bowl, there is no room for another teacher in the city.’ Guru Nanak also sent a message. He gently dropped a Jasmine flower on the surface of milk in the bowl. It not only floated on the surface of milk, but its fragrance also scented all milk. He didn’t say anything. The religious teachers understood the unsaid message: ‘There is always room for holiness and goodness in the world’. The religious teachers rushed to welcome Guru Nanak and Mardana into their city.
Where were Guru Nanak and his disciple going?
Kabul
Multan
Punjab
America
Who was Mardana?
(a) A thief
(b) Guru Nanak’s disciple
(c) A religious teacher
(d) A Guru
The city was famous for ………………..
Priests and religious teachers
Rivers
Mountains
Corruption
Why were the religious teacher feared about the visit of Guru Nanak?
(a) People would not attend to them
(b) People would not listen to them
(c) People would not respect them
(d) People would not talk to them
Who reached Guru Nanak with a bowl?
People
Messengers
(c) Religious teachers
(d) Guru
What was the unsaid message?
There is no room for holiness and goodness in the world.
There is always room for holiness and goodness in the world.
Holiness and goodness are not present in the world.
Holiness and goodness are not worthy.
What is the noun form of ‘Good’ in the passage?
Helpful
Goodness
Religious
Generous
Which flower is mentioned in this passage?
Rose
Jasmine
Lotus
Marigold
Q: 2 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below: 1 x 12=12
Once a farmer lived in Bihar. He was not rich. He behaved with the people wisely. One morning he was ploughing his field. By chance the king passed through his farm. The farmer respected the king. The king asked the farmer about his income. He replied that he was living from hand to mouth. His condition was not good. The king gave him some gold coins.He became rich with the gold coins. So the farmer prayed for king’s prosperity.
Questions:
Where did the farmer live?
Was he rich?
How did he behave with people?
What was he doing one morning?
Who passed through his farm?
What did the king ask the farmer?
What was the condition?
What did the king give him?
How did he became rich?
What did he pray for?
Find the opposite of ‘fool’ from the passage.
Make a sentence of your own using the word ‘prosperity’
SECTION –B : WRITING ( 20 Marks)
3) write an application to your principal asking him to get more story books for your school library. 8
Or
You are Nishant Gupta living in Laxmi Nagar, Delhi. You have received an unsatisfactory report of your brother Abhishek, studying in college and he stays in a hostel. Write a letter to him advising to work hard for the final examination.
4) Write a short paragraph on any one of the following: 6
My favourite sport
My pet
My hobby
My favourite T.V. Programme
5. Write any one of the following stories: 6
The fox and the Grapes
The Greedy Dog
SECTION – C : GRAMMAR (15 Marks)
5) Write three forms of these verbs: 4
……… Worse …………..
Brave ……...... …………..
……….. ……….. Best
Great ………... ……………
6. Fill in the blamks with suitable prepositions: 4
(among, into, with, to)
Teacher was very happy …….. his result.
Lata is married ……….my cousin.
He had a happy time ……….boys of his own age.
She went ……..the kitchen.
7. Give the opposites of the following words: 4
Beautiful ……………..
Long ……………..
Good ……………..
Slow ……………..
8. Rearrange the following words/phrases to make meaningful sentences: 3
Many/festivals/celebrated/in/types/India/of/are
These/Holi/some/Diwali/of/are Eid/Christmas/and
Festival/Holi/the colours/is/of
SECTION- D : LITERATURE (35 Marks)
9. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow: 1 x 5=5
For millions of young Indians, the story of Kalpana Chawla, a girl from a small town who touched the skies, had become an inspiration. In a message that she sent from aboard the space shuttle, Columbia, to students of her college in Chandigarh, Kalpana said : “The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get onto it …………………….. Wishing you a great journey.”
For whom is the story of Kalpana Chawla an inspiration?
From where did she send the message?
Whom did Kalpana send message to?
According to Kalpana which path does success exist?
Give the opposite of ‘courage’
9. Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow: 1x5=5
I quarreled with my brother
I don’t know what about,
One thing led to another
And somehow we fell out.
From which poem this stanza has been taken?
Who is the poet of this poem?
Between whom did the quarrel take place?
What was the quarrel about?
Give the rhyming words in the above stanza.
10. Answer any five of the following questions: 3x5=15
Why did the little man grant Patrick a wish?
Why did the dog serve the lion for a long time?
Why did the emperor reward Taro?
Where was Kalpana Chawla born? Why is she called an Indian American?
Why did the dog feel the need for a master?
Why did Taro run in the direction of the sound?
11. Answer the following questions: 2x5=10
What did the farmer say on his wife’s fear of Mongoose?
Why did Akbar ask Tansen to join his court?
Why did the king made shepherd the governor?
How did Ray communicate with the Shoppers?
What did the first bird say?
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NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, JAIPUR REGION
SOLUTION OF PRACTICE PAPER -2
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
CLASS VI
SECTION –A READING 20 MARKS
1. (8 marks)
(b)Multan
(b)Guru Nanak’s disciple
(a)Priests and religious teachers
(b)People would not listen to them
(b) messengers
(b) There is always room for holiness and goodness in the world.
(b) Goodness
(b) Jasmine
2. (12 marks)
The farmer lived in Bihar.
No, he was not rich.
He behaved with people wisely.
He was ploughing his field.
The king passed through his farm.
The king asked him about his income.
His condition was not good.
The king gave him some gold coins.
He became rich with the gold coins.
He prayed for the king’s prosperity.
wise
* The answer of this question may differ.
SECTION – B WRITING (20 MARKS)
3. (8 marks
Format – 2 marks
Concept - 3 marks
Accuracy and Fluency – 3 marks
4. (6 marks)
Concept - 4 marks
Accuracy and Fluency – 2 marks
5. (6 marks)
Concept - 4 marks
Accuracy and Fluency – 2 marks
SECTION –C GRAMMAR (15 MARKS)
6. (4 marks)
Bad worse worst
Brave braver bravest
Good better best
Great greater greatest
7. (4 marks)
With
To
Among
Into
8. (4 marks)
Ugly
Short
Bad
Fast
9. (3 marks)
Many types of festivals are celebrated in India.
Some of these are Holi, Diwali, Christmas and Eid.
Holi is the festival of colours.
SECTION – D LITERATURE (35 MARKS)
10. (5 marks)
For millions of Indians the story of Kalpana Chawla is an inspiration.
She sent the message from aboard the space shuttle.
She sent the message to the students of her college in Chandigarh.
The path from dreams to success does exist.
Discourage
11. (5 marks)
This stanza has been taken from the poem ‘The Quarrel’
Eleanor Farjeon is the poet.
Between a brother and a sister / between two brothers
The quarrel was about some issue not known to either of them.
Brother- another
About – out
12. (15 marks)
Because Patrick saved him from the cat. 3
Because no other beast in the forest was stronger than the lion. 3
To encourage the children to honour and obey their parents. 3
She was born at Karnal in Haryana. She was married to a flight instructor of US. Therefore she is called an Indian American. 3
He was sick and tired of his life . He was frightened of the stronger creatures. So, he felt the need for a master. 3
Because he was thirsty. 3
13. (10 marks)
The farmer said that mongoose was friendly animal and there is no need to be afraid of him. 2
Because he was very much impressed by his singing. 2
Because he was very wise. 2
Ray communicated with the shoppers by writing on a notepad. 2
The first bird called the thieves to steal the King’s jewels. 2
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NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI JAIPUR REGION
PRACTICE PAPER 3
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS – VI
Time:- 3 Hrs M.M. – 90
SECTION-A(READING)MARKS 20
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions that follow: 1x8=8
One day it rained heavily. The hole of the Kalanag was filled with water. He came out of his hole. He was sitting in the open lawn. His hood was shining. The ground was muddy. He could not run. The boys brought sticks. They attacked him. He tried to escape. They put it into a tin.
What happened one day?
What was filled with water?
Who came out of his hole?
Where was the Kalanag sitting?
What was shining?
How was the ground?
Who bought sticks?
Where did the boys put the Kalanag?
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 1 x 12=12
Fishes are cold-blooded animals that live in water. They breath with gills. Their bodies are covered with scales. Fish swim with the help of fins. Many of them swim very fast. Such fishes are long and narrow and thick in the middle. Others are flat fishes. Some have a bladder filled with air. With the help of this bladder fishes can stay anywhere in water without moving. Most fishes lay eggs. These eggs are called ‘roe’.
Where do fishes live?
How do they breath?
What are their bodies covered with?
How do fishes swim?
What is the shape of the body of fast swimming fishes?
What are the other fishes called?
How is the bladder helpful to the fishes?
What is the bladder filled with?
What do most fishes lay?
What are the eggs of the fish called?
Find a word from the passage opposite to ‘empty’.
Make a sentence using the word ‘swim’.
SECTION-B (WRITING) MARKS 20
Write an application to the principal requesting him for sick leave. 8
Or
Write a letter to your father requesting him to send you some money.
Write a paragraph on any one of the following topics in 80 words or 10 sentences: 6
Myself
My Best Friend
Deepawali
Write any one story: 6
The Thirsty crow
The Lion and the Mouse
SECTION-C (GRAMMAR) MARKS 15
Change the number of the following: 1/2 x 6=3
Cat, Church, Baby, Step-daughter, Story, Toy
Change the gender of the following: 1/2 x 6=3
Poet, Lion, Husband, Sir, Man, Uncle
State the kinds of the following nouns: 1x5=5
Ram, Book, team, gold, beauty
9) Fill in the blanks using (is,am,are) 1x4=4
He……..a good singer.
We…….friends and we play together.
You……….. a good swimmer.
I ............. ten years old.
SECTION-D (LITERATURE) MARKS 35
10) Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 1 x 5=5
Most of the snakes are quite harmless- but there are a few that are so poisonous they can kill a human being with just one bite. Most snakes lay eggs, but there are many which give birth to their young. In the dry, rocky deserts of America lives a rather evil looking snake with a very bad reputation. Its frightening rattle can be heard as far as thirty metres away, and it can strike with lightning speed.
Are all the snakes harmful?
What can the very poisonous snakes do?
Do all the snakes lay eggs?
Where does the evil looking snake live?
How far can its frightening rattle be heard?
11) Read the extract carefully and answer the questions that follow: 1 x 5=5
Last night, while I lay thinking here,
Some what-ifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old What if song;
Name the poem.
Vocation b. What if c. Beauty d. The Kite
Who is the writer of this poem?
Shel Silverstein b. Harry Behn c. Peter Dixon d. Mary O’Neill
What was the poet doing last night?
Sleeping b. Writing c. Singing d. Thinking
What came to the poet?
Whatifs b. Dreams c. New songs d. Fear
Which time is mentioned in these lines?
Afternoon b. Night c. Morning d. Evening
12) Answer any five of the following questions: 3x5=15
What was Jumman’s verdict as head panch? How did Algu take it?
Why do you think Rasheed’s uncle asked him not to buy anything in his absence?
How do mongooses kill snakes?
Which day of the week is Peter’s favourite day and why?
What did the myna do finally?
Why was Rasheed upset?
13) Answer any five of the following question: 2x5=10
Why was the crocodile’s wife annoyed with her husband?
What happens to our body when we sleep?
Why were the sunrays keen to go down to the earth the next day?
Why is Prem determined not to return to his village?
What was Vijay Singh’s weakness? Which awkward situation did it push him into?
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NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, JAIPUR REGION
SOLUTION OF PRACTICE PAPER -3
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
CLASS VI
SECTION –A READING 20 MARKS
(8 marks)
One day it rained heavily
The hole of the kalanag was filled with water.
Kalanag came out of his hole.
He was sitting in the open lawn.
His hood was shining.
The ground was muddy.
The boys brought sticks.
They put it into a tin.
(12 marks)
Fishes live in water
They breathe with gills.
Their bodies are covered with scales.
Fishes swim with the help of the gills.
They are long and narrow and thick in the middle.
Others are called flat fishes.
With the help of the bladder, fishes can stay anywhere in water without moving.
The bladder is filled with air.
Most fishes lay eggs.
The eggs of the fish are called ‘roe’.
filled
Make any sentence using this word.
SECTION –B WRITING (20 Marks)
3. (8 marks)
Format – 2 marks
Concept – 3 marks
Accuracy and Fluency – 3 marks
4. (6 marks)
concept – 5 marks
Accuracy and Fluency – 3 marks
5. (6 marks)
Concept – 5 marks
Accuracy and Fluency – 3 marks
SECTION – C : GRAMMAR (15 Marks)
6. Cats, churches, babies, step-daughters, storeys, toys 3
7. Poetess, lioness, wife, madam, woman, aunt 3
8. Ram – Proper Noun Book – Common Noun 5
Team – Collective Noun Gold – Material Noun
Beauty- Abstract Noun
9. (4 marks)
Is
Are
Are
Am
SECTION – D : LITERATURE (35 Marks)
10. (5 marks)
No
It can kill a human being with just one bite.
No, many snakes give birth to their young.
In rocky deserts of America.
Thirty metres away.
11. (5 marks)
b) whatif
a) Shel Silverstein
d) thinking
a) whatifs
b) night
12. (15 marks)
That Sahu should pay Algu the price of the bullock. Algu was overjoyed. 3
Because he could be made fool by businessmen. 3
They dodge the strokes of the snakes and then kill the snakes without getting hurt. 3
Sunday. Because his whole family always goes to the cinema. 3
The myna gave a shrill cry of congratulation and flew away. 3
Because he had lost all his money at Lucky Shop. 3
13. (10 marks)
Because she had to wait for her husband too much. 2
Our muscles and heart beat becomes slower, temperature and blood pressure also slow down. 2
Because they had given their word to Saeeda. 2
Because in his village people of different religions quarrel with each other. 2
He was fond of boasting. He had to go to the haunted desert. 2
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NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI,JAIPUR REGION
PRACTICE PAPER 4
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS – VI
Time:- 3 Hrs M.M. – 90
SECTION-A(READING)MARKS 20
1) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow each:- 1 x 10=10
There lived a man in a town. His name was Govind. But people called him Mote Ram because he was fat. He had a nice little house and a lovely garden behind it. There was a deep well in it. Mote Ram drew water from it for his garden.
Once there was no rain during rainy season. The plants and the flowers in his garden were going to die. They were badly in need of water. He wanted to water the garden. But he was very old and weak. The water in the well had already gone down, so he could not draw it.
Questions:
Where did the man live?
What was his name?
What did people call him?
Why did they call him by that name?
Was his house big?
What sort of garden had he?
Where was the garden?
Where was the well?
What did the plants and the flowers in the garden need?
Why could he not draw water from the well?
2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: 1 x 10=10
Of all the creatures living on the earth, none causes more harm than the rats and mice. Their high rate of breeding beats all efforts at controlling them. The damage done by them to agriculture alone is enormous. Grains of all sorts are their chief and favourite food. Grave havoc is also caused to all kinds of fruits and vegetables and to poultry and other domestic stock. They are also the cause of dangerous diseases. Rat-tainted food causes disease to man and animal. Bubonic plague, the dreadful disease, is spread by rats. There are many kinds of rats and mice in India; first, those that live in fields, the common enemy of crops; the second, the wild species found in forests; and the last those which are household pests.
Which creature do the most harm to man on earth?
a) snakes b) lions c) rats and mice d) elephants
To which sector do they make the most damage?
a) agriculture b) animal husbandry c) heavy industry d) shipping
Which disease is spread by rats?
a) malaria b) cholera c) chicken pox d) plague
Three species of rats are mentioned in the above passage. Which one species i not include of the following?
a) field rats b) wild rats c) pet rats d) household pests
What is the favourite food of the rats?
a) ragged clothes b) food grains of all sorts d) flesh d) human and animal refuse
Why is it not possible to control rats?
a) They live undergrounds b) we can’t kill them because they run fast c) their life expectancy rate is high d) their breeding rate is high
Which word has the meaning same as ‘very great/immense’?
a) enormous b) high c) havoc d) species
Select the opposite of ‘lost’:
a) enormous b) found c) controlling d) sorts
___________causes disease to man and animals.
a) rat tainted food b) sweets c) grass d) water
__________is spread by rats.
a) Malaria b) fever c)Bubonic plague d) poison
SECTION-B (WRITING (20 Marks)
3. Write an application to the principal requesting him for two days leave as you have an urgent work at home. 8
Or
Write an application to the principal requesting to grant 2 days leave on Holi festival.
4. Write a paragraph on any one of the following topics in 80 words or 10 sentences: 6
Myself
My Best Friend
My school
5. .Write any one story: 6
The Dove and the Bee
The Lion and the Mouse
SECTION-C : GRAMMAR (15 marks)
6. Change the following into plurals : 1/2 x 6=3
Book, Boy, Baby, Man, Tooth, Pencil
7. Write down the comparative and superlative degrees of the following : 1 x 6=6
Large, Bold, Great, Lucky, Hot, Difficult
8. Change the following sentences into negatives:1 x 6=6
She is cooking food.
He has done his homework.
Radha was drawing pictures.
It has been raining since morning.
They will go to picnic.
The washer-man washes the clothes.
SECTION-D : LITERATURE (35 marks)
10. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 1 x 5=5
Its spreading branches, which hung to the ground and took root again, forming a number of twisting passages, gave me endless pleasure. Among them were squirrels and snails and butterflies. The tree was older than the house, older than Grandfather, as old as Dehradun itself. I could hide myself in its branches, behind thick leaves, and spy on the world below.
Name the lesson.
Desert Animals b The Banyan Tree c. Who I am d. A Game of Chance
Who is the narrator of this passage:
Ruskin Bond b. E.V. Lucas c. Premchand d. Carol Moore
Which tree is referred to here?
Banayan tree b. Mango tree c. Palm tree d. Oak tree
The tree was older than............
Mongoose b. Cobra c. The boy d. Grandfather
From which place could the narrator spy on the world below?
Tree b. Garden wall c. House d. roof
11. Read the following stanza and answer the following questions: 1 x 5=5
Everyday the gong sounds ten in the morning
And I walked to school by our lane
Everyday I meet the hawker crying,”Bangles,crystal bangles”
From which poem this stanza has been taken?
Who is the speaker of these lines?
When does he walk to school?
Whom does he meet everyday?
What does the hawker sell?
12. Answer any five of the following questions: 3 x 5=15
When Jumman’s aunt realised that she was not welcome in his house, what arrangement did she suggest?
How many prizes did the boy win? What were they?
How do desert animals survive without water?
What did the cobra and the mongoose do to show their readiness?
What happened to the crow in the end?
Why was Jumman happy over Algu’s nomination as head panch?
13. Answer any five of the following question: 2 x 5=10
What did the crocodile tell the monkey midstream?
What is the most obvious advantage of sleep?
What did Saeeda tell the sunrays to do?
In what way is Pambhupatti different from other village?
Why did Vijay Singh ask the ghost to accompany him to town next day?
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NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, JAIPUR REGION
SOLUTION OF PRACTICE PAPER -4
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
CLASS VI
SECTION –A READING 20 MARKS
(10 marks)
The man lived in a town.
His name was Govind.
People call him Mote Ram.
Because he was fat.
No, his house was not big.
He had a lovely garden.
The garden was behind the house.
The well was in the garden.
They need water.
Because he was very old and weak. And the water in the well had already gone down.
(10 marks)
Rat and mice
Agriculture
Plague
Pet rats
Food grains of all sorts
Their breeding rate is high
Enormous
Found
Rat tainted food
Bubonic plague
SECTION –C GRAMMAR (15 Marks)
6. Books, Boys, Babies, Men, Teeth, Pencils 3
7. Large larger largest 6
Bold bolder boldest
Great greater greatest
Lucky luckier luckiest
Hot hotter hottest
Difficult more difficult most difficult
8. ( 6 marks)
She is not cooking food.
He has not done his homework.
Radha was not drawing pictures.
It has not been raining since morning.
They will not go to picnic.
The washerman does not wash the clothes.
SECTION - D : LITERATURE (35 Marks)
10. (5 marks)
b) The Banyan Tree
a) Ruskin Bond
a) Banyan tree
d)Grandfather
a) tree
11. (5 marks)
This stanza has been taken from the poem ‘Vocation’
The child Tagore is the speaker of these lines.
He walks to school at 10’ O’colck in the morning.
He meets a hawker everyday.
The hawker sells bangles.
12. (15 marks)
She suggested that she should be given monthly allowance. 3
The boy won four prizes. They were a comb, a fountain pen, a wrist watch and a table lamp. 3
Gerbils spend the hottest part of the day in cool underground burrows. The darkling beetles catch drops of moisture on their legs. 3
The cobra raised three of his six feet off the ground. The mongoose bushed his tail. 3
The cobra struck the crow back with his hood and snout. The crow fluttered his wings and it was dead. 3
Because Algu was his best friend. 3
13. (10 marks)
That his wife wanted to eat his heart. 2
Our body recovers from fatigue. 2
To come next day with lots of warmth and brightness. 2
In this village people of different religions live together happily. 2
He wanted to present him as a trophy of his victory. 2
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