CBSE Class 5 English Model Test Paper (3)

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I. Read the passage given below careful'». 14M

GRAN[)FATHER'S POND

I had never realized them wasmuch to be found in the rain waterpond behind our house except forlia.rge! quantities of mud andsometimes a water buffalo. lfwas!;;Jrandfatherwho introduced me to thepond's variety of life. To show his'pond world' grandfather one day toldme to sit under the shade of an oldpeepul tree with him near the pond.

For the first ten minutes we sawnothing. Then a small black mass ofshining shadow could be seen. Wetouched this mass with the end of astick and' it soon became alive. /Thousands of !:ttle black tadpoles /wriqqled into life, pushing and hustling l/'each other. Soon another black blob /'

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appeared i:1 the middle of the pond. /This time it was a frog's head, its great. /eyes staring hard at us. He did netknow if W6WE!re friends or enemiesand kept his body out of sight. After alla bird called a heron his enemy mighlbe waiting to make him into a tasty.meal. When he made sure we werenot herons he informed his friends and ,neighbours and soon there Vlere.several big heads and eyes above the 'water's surface.' The air was soon'filled with the sound of wurk, wurk, ;fi.

wurk.

"Their croaking would certainly drive graj:'~;.l~)ther crazy," I said. Allthe sarne I took home a number of frogs in ~'~:::ta whole dozen andplaced them in a large glass jar and leftil ui~~:nthe window sill in mybedroom. At five in the rnorninq the entire he: "::et"lold was woken by a'lanJe andfeartulnoise. My grandpa_rents, aucs and servants gathered

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on the verandah. They were furious when they discovered that my frogswere the c:aUSE~of the noise. SE~eingthat dawn was breaking the frogshad in one voice begun croaking their morning song. Grandmother. .wanted to throw the frogs, bottle and all, including me out of the window.It was grandfather who got peace by giving the jar a good shaking andthe fro:g::;stayed quiet. VVhile everybody went 'back to bed I was obligedto stay awake and shake the bottle whenever the frogs showed signs ofdemonstrating their singing ability and breaking into a song.

~r!.!~Ner"thefollowj.nn~~stions:-

1. Complete the filJrlloVlingsentence, 1

ThE~small black mass of shifting shadow transformed itself

into. .....

2. What did the writer do with about a dozen frogs from thepend? . 1

3. What was the C:cUJSG! of the entire household being

. awakened at five in the mornfng? 2'

4. ThE~trick grandfather applied to keep the frogs from singingout loud was to.............· 1

5. Find words in the passage which mean the same as thefoUc.wing. 1

a) a roundish mass or shape found 'especially in water. (para 2)' ) ..

~:b) extremely angry _ .__ (para3)

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6. Give the deqrees of adjective for the following word, '

takerifrom thle passage, . 1

(1) tasty, ._ ---..;.-,. "

III. Do ~(IOUsometimes think of all the wonderful things that youwould like to do someday';' Here is a.poem about just that.Read it carefully.

§OIVlE DAY

Many people I know make listsLists of all the.thinqs to doThey make shopping lists,

And birthdays to remember lists. And lists of important telephone numbers too.

But the lists I make once in a while,After I've had time to think matters through,

Are quite unlike any of these, you know,For my lists' 'are full of wonderful things

That I hope,' someday to do!

Somnday, I'll buy a rocketAnd zoom to outer space,

I'll visit Venus, Jupiter and Mars.I'll make stopovers at every planet I see

To check If I can find new undiscovered stars.

Someday I'll dive to the bottom of the sea,To hunt for mermaids with long green tailsOn my way down, I'll swim with dolphins,And listen for sin9ing humpback whales

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Someday. I'll fly one hundred kitesUp into the blue sky, all at once! '

As they flutter and leap and dance,I'll make them perform, the most incredible stunts! '

Someday I'll own a thousand pets}For I'll adopt every creatu ra

,who rolls a friendly eye at me:Gosh! As you read all these things

On my wonderful list, Can't you seeWhat fun some day is going to be

Sanf'hini Govindiim

1. Give'n below is a tsummary of; the' poem. Com,plete thesummary by fiUing tnothe blanks with asujtablewol~d taken "from thepc;>em: ,,' ,\ " ,'," , .3

People all over th~world,'~~re generally in thefJ~bit of making, lists "

of Clrd,fr,taryeverycfay matters. I too do so on~~';i~ ~awhile, though in

a different manner. For instance I plan one day to go 'out into

_______ and visit planets and find stars which are as yet

_______ . ThE:! bottom, of the sea would be a good place to

_________. to and hunt for mermaids. The -

of the hump back whales would be good to' iisten to also. One day

I also plan to send up _ kites into the sky. I'll also ,fill

up my house with pets which I will _,_\ _

2. There Is one error or mistake each of the sentences givenbelow under Section Aand they do not match the informationin the poem. Corrlec'tthe error and rewrite the sentences in theepaee gmvenunder Sectic)n B. \ 2--- ~---

Section Aa) Mo!)t people-make sh

telephone numbers abooks to remember tclists.

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3. IPh:l(out the elmllar !!i~:>undingword from the line given belowand w,·ito it down alculg with its different spellinq too. 1

I,And listen for singing humpback whales'

._--- ,4. GU'v,e a blriefaccount of somethlnq you would really like to do

in your 'someday list' and why? 2

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,1. Im~I{line you are the elephant in the story 'The "WhiteEleph~ult'. Write a letter to yctur friend, Yogi the bear, about yourexperiences of being captured by the greedy forester, your stay atthe palace with the noble kirlg and eventual return to the forest.Your address is- Cave INurnber-12,Lotus Pond View, Kipling Forest'Re~~erlf.~. 5

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:2. S0l1a!1 and Monal are discussing plans 'for a surprise birthdayparty for their mother. Both however can't agree on the type of caketo order. Sanall prefers a chocolate one while Monal prefers a BlacklFore!st cake, VVrite the conversation both of them have in thespeech bubbles given below. 4

(Nota.- Please ensure each speech bubble does not contain only oneword or sentences.

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SEC1]ON ,C - GRAMMAR ..

'1. ThE~rE! is one error or mistake in each 'of the sentences below.

Underline the error and write the correct word in -the blank

alonqslde using its adverb 'form. 3

a) As a tour operator my father has to travel extensive all overthe world, ---,--,----

b) The traveller walked weary along the dusty road.

c) The rich man boastful spoke about all the money he had.

2. Read about Mici<y, the tiny mouse and complete· theparagraph by filling in the blanks with the correct prepositionstaken from the brackets. .

(1/2 x 8 = 4)

Mischievous Micky is a tiny mouse who never stays _ .'(on / in) one

place. HE! lives inside a hole (near/of) the kitchen

floor. HE~ often takes food lying (into/on) the table

___ .__. . _.__ (below/beside) the kitchen 1> • He peeps. '~ -::/

________ . (into/over) the dust bin to see if the cat is out. If he is not

thereM,icky runs ._ (among/around). Once when he was

________ (in/under) the chair, he heard a 'meow' at the kitchen

door. Micky ran and found another hole' near the wall and escaped.

Sometimes he is joined by Mini Mouse who comes '

(after/along) to play with ·him. If Tom the cat sees them ever _

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:3.CompletEt the sentences wlth simple past or past continuous tensee.f the verb giVE!" in the bracket. 2

a) . We ourselves in the park when suddenly dark clouds___ . . in the sky.(enjoy, appear)

b) Last night I had a dream. I I was in a rocket.(imaqlne, fly)

4. Uf.i'ngl ccniunctlcne-- and, or, but, because join thesentences 'in column A with those in Column B. Rewrite thesentences then in the space given below. (Y2 x 4 = 8)·-···---i-·· "-" "-' ."- . -- ..-- - - _..- , -.-._ ----..--------- -- ..-.------.- ..-.----.

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5. The letter written by Veena to her friend Anu in Pune ismcomplete. Complete the letter by filling in the blanks withthe most suitable modal ~Jivenin the brackets. (Y2 X 8 = 4)

Dear Anu,

I helve sorneexcitinq news-to share. I have been selected for

the interstate sWimrnin,g contest in Pune. I (may I can

I will) be coming to PUl1e for a fortnight in November. I will visit you

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as VIH _ ('I"'iII/,~an I must)be able to meet our friends

or relatives over the weekend. Of course for this I _

(may I 'nefed to I could) take my parent's permission beforehand.

Since this is my first visit to Pune I ( could I would I '

rnlqht) like! to know 81 few things. How is the weather in November?

___.__.____ (would /shoulo I could) I ,carry woollen clothes?

Further I ( can / may / should) go to

Mahabaleshwar for a few days, though nothing is definite. If I do, it

would be fun if you _. ( may I could I should) join me.

U9t. me know so that I (will I can I would) make'

plans accordingly. That's all for now.

.Lots of' love

Veena

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'SEgI!9N 0 -LITERATURE

(3 x 2 = 6)

1. Why did the white elephant decide to live in a distant cavewlth his mother?

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,,2. GHve.two instances of how Heidi gave Miss Rottenmeier ahard day and give Heidi's explanation for the same.

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3. In whiat manner were Daddy and Mother Dickens very unlikeeach other?

·4. Read the lines given belaw carefully and answer the.questions which follow? (1 x 3 = 3)

'Here is a child wno clambers and scrambles. ,

All by himsett gathering brambles"

a) Pick out the words or phrase which tell us that the child is allalone. .

b) ThE~meaning of clambers is

c} Why does the child clamber and scramble?

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5. Read the lines giv~n below and answer the followingquestlons. . (1 x 4 = 4)

"Now, Irvlc)thelr,I was th.;nI1r,;ngebout doing that last Tuesday,but it loc)lr<edlike rain. n

a) The 'line about is taken from the lesson _written by .•__ _' 1

.b) What work had Mother Dickens given Daddy to do ? 1

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cj VVhat excuse did Daddy Dickens give for not doing the work.1

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d) ,Pick out a similar spelling word from the line above. 1

C3. M:d<ch the words in column A with the meanings in column BusinSJnumbers. (% x 6 = 3)

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owed disloyalty ,

ine with a soft light

orneless person who lives by begging_.

'7. Fill in the,blanks with words taken from Column A. (% x 2=1)

a) .Thouqh the __ . was lost the _all along the way helped him reach his destination.

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