rev test 2

DASS AND BROWN WORLD SCHOOL

ENGLISH REVISION TEST II

CLASS V                                                                                                                MM: 15

SECTION A (Comprehension)

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

The igloo was a small house made of snow. It was built in very cold places where building materials such as wood, stone and bricks were not available. We may think that a house made of ice would be very cold but igloos acted large like large blankets trapping body heat. Animal skins which were used as door flaps kept the warm air in. The Inuit lived in the northern most part of the earth. Some people called the Inuits ‘Eskimos’. They built igloos and lived in them.

Q1          Where were igloos built?

Q2          From the passage find the antonym of the words:

a)Small                                 b) cold

SECTION B (Writing)

Q2          Write a paragraph in about 80-100 words on the topic “If I were the President of India”.                You may use the following hints:                                                                                                                                                                                                 (3)

·         Work for development of country

·         Provide water and electricity

·         Free education

·         Remove poverty

·         Set up hospitals, colleges                                                                                                                                                            

SECTION C (Grammar)

Q3          Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs.                                                                                                                                  (2)

1              You ____________ forget to close the door. (adverb of frequency)

2              I am ____________ prepared. (adverb of degree)

3              She _____________ stroked the bird’s feathers. (adverb of manner)

4              It was raining heavily, ____________ they took an umbrella. (adverb of reason)

Q5          Make new words by adding prefix:          a) literate                            b) available                                                         (1)

Q6          Make new words by adding suffix:          a) bless                                 b) decide                                                             (1)

Q4          Change into indirect speech                                                                                                                                                        (1)

1              Pinki said to Rahul, “I am new to this school.”

2              Ravi said to Aman, “We have a new TV in the classroom.”

SECTION D (Literature)

Q5          Answer with reference to context                                                                                                                                           (2)         

                Her mien is humble, and with them

Her dignity she shares;

                She would not that her lustrous eye

                Should dim the light of theirs.

1              Name the poem and the poet.

2              With whom does the moon share her light?       

Q6          Write the meanings of the following words:                                                                                                                        (0.5)

1         Shambles                            2              mien

Q7          Make sentences using the following words:                                                                                                                        (0.5)

1         Chase                                    2              affectionate

Q8          What happened when Nalia and his men tried to cut off the baby’s escape routes?                                         (1)