Class 5 PT I Question Paper 2025-26 English

CBSE CLASS 5
PT I Question Paper
Session 2025-26

ENGLISH

Exam CBSE Class 5
Subject English
Session 2025-26
Document Type PT I Question Paper

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SESSION: 2025-2026
CLASS: V MAXIMUM MARKS: 40
SUBJECT: ENGLISH TIME: 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES

General Instructions:
� This paper consists of 2 printed pages and four sections: A, B, C and D.
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SECTION: A (READING)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Once there was a little seed that lay buried deep in the warm earth. It was a tiny seed,
no bigger than a speck of dust. All around it, the soil was soft and dark. One day, a
gentle rain began to fall. The water soaked into the earth and reached the little seed.

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The seed drank the water and began to wake up. Soon, a tiny root grew downwards,

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reaching for more water. Then, a little sprout pushed upwards, reaching for the

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sunlight. The sprout grew taller and taller, and soon it became a beautiful plant with

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green leaves. Birds came to sing on its branches and butterflies danced around its

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colourful flowers. The little seed which was once so small, had grown into something
grand and colossal!
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Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives: (1)
(a) What made the little seed wake up?
(i) the warm earth (ii) the gentle rain
(iii) the soft soil (iv) the sunlight
(b) What grew downwards from the little seed? (1)
(c) What did the little sprout push upwards for? (1)

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The little seed was bigger than a speck of dust.

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(e) Find the word from the passage which means- „lovely‟ or „pretty‟.
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SECTION: B (WRITING)

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7 days as you need to go to Chennai for an urgent health checkup.

SECTION: C (GRAMMAR)
3. Complete the following sentences with abstract noun forms of the words mentioned
in the brackets: (1×5=5)
(a) Hercules was famous for his _____________ and endurance. (strong)

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(b) Everybody respects my father for his ______________. (honest)

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(c) _____________ to animals is a punishable offence. (cruel)

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(d) The teacher listened to the child with a lot of ____________. (patient)
(e) The boy‟s _______________ impressed me . (wise)

4. Choose the correct determiner from the brackets and complete the following
sentences: (1×5=5)
(a) I would like to ask __________ questions. (a little / a few / little)
(b) Has she got__________ friend? (any / much / little)
(c) Hurry up! We don‟t have ____________ time. (many / much / few)
(d) We should drink ____________water in summer. (few / any / plenty of)
(e) I saw __________ one horned rhino in the zoo. (a / an / the)

SECTION: D (LITERATURE)

5. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives: (1×5=5)
(a) On Monday mornings, Tom Sawyer felt to be-
(i) energetic (ii) excited (iii) enthusiastic (iv) lazy
(b) “It makes my flesh crawl to hear you”. What does the phrase „makes my flesh crawl‟
mean?
(i) To feel excited (ii) To feel a sensation of horror or disgust
(iii) To feel happy (iv) To feel angry
(c) The Headmaster laughed it off at first but the excitement and the seriousness of the
boys made him___________________. (Complete the sentence using an idiomatic
expression from the text)
(d) The dental instruments that Aunt Polly used were a silk thread and dental forceps.
(Write whether the statement is True or False)
(e) ‘Sir, please let us go out. We do not want to disturb the class.’- Who is the speaker
of the above extract?

6. Answer the following questions briefly: (2×5=10)
(a) „Tom, Tom, I love you so much but I‟m very unhappy with you.‟---Who said this
and why was the speaker unhappy with Tom? Write your answer with reference to
„Monday Morning Blues‟.
(b) Why did Swaminathan feel embarrassed when he entered the classroom?
(c) „The three youngsters could hardly believe their eyes.‟--- What was difficult for
the youngsters to believe?
(d) Oh, aunty, my sore toe is going to fall off.’- What was the immediate reaction of
the listener after hearing the above remark?
(e) Why, according to you, was the Tamil Pundit unable to stop the fight among
Swaminathan, Shankar and Pea?

7. Do you think Tom Sawyer had a correct attitude towards school? Give reasons for (4)
your answer.

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