rev test 1

DASS AND BROWN WORLD SCHOOL

ENGLISH REVISION TEST I

CLASS V                                                MM:15

SECTION A (Comprehension)

Q1          Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:                                                                                                              (2)

One day, it was raining heavily, and a dog was running in the rain looking for shelter. He did not have any place to go. Finally, the dog found a stable and went inside. There was a horse inside the stable. Both the animals were standing there and shivering because of the rain outside. There was some grass lying on the floor. When the horse began to eat the grass the dog became very angry that the horse was having its food while the dog was not having any. The dog started barking and biting the horse. The horse was scared and moved away from the grass.

Q1          Why was the dog looking for shelter?

Q2          What made the dog angry?

SECTION B (Writing)

Q2          Write a bio- sketch based on the following value points:                                                                                                                (4)

                Name                                    :               Pele

                Birth                                      :               born in a village in Brazil in 1940.

                Important events            :               well known name in football

                                                                                Played first match in 1951

                                                                                1958 played in World Cup for Brazil.

                                                                                Called ‘King of Football’

                                                                                Retired from international football in 1977.

               

SECTION C (Grammar)

Q3          Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunctions.                                                                                                                         (1)

1              I rang the bell for a long time ___________ nobody opened the door.

2              We can go to a Chinese restaurant ______ an Indian one.

Q4          Fill in the blanks with determiners.                                                                                                                                          (1)

1                     Can I borrow ____________ book for a week?

2                     I take my coffee with _____________ sugar.

Q5          Fill in the blanks by filling the correct form of verb given in the bracket.                                                                  (1)

1                     “You ______________ (show) great courage, my boy”, said Professor Lidenbrock to Axel. (present perfect)

2                     My mother _____________ (speak) fluent French. (simple past)

SECTION D (Literature)

Q6          Answer with reference to context                                                                                                                                           (2)         

                Sound the flute!

Now it’s mute.

Birds delight

Day and night,

1              Name the poem and the poet.

2              Why do you think the flute has been mute?                                       

               

Q7          Write the meanings of the following words:                                                                                                                        (1)

1              Dale                                                       2              minnow

Q8          Make sentences using the following words:                                                                                                                        (1)

1         Soft                                        2              pause

Q9          How many people claimed that they had caught the trout? Who were they?                                                       (2)