Class 5 Question Paper 2022-23 English (Half Yearly)

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION

Question Paper
2022-23

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PT-2/HALF
2/HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION, 2022
2022-
22-23
ENGLISH
Time - 11:30 AM to 02:45 PM Class - V M.M. : 80
Date – 07.09.2022 (Wednesday)
Name of the student _________________________________________________ Section _____

SECTION –A (READING : 20 MARKS)
Q.1 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Sachin Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973. He was one of the best batsmen and
was also called the God of Cricket. He was awarded, Bharat Ratna, India’s highest
civilian award in 2014. Moreover, he received many awards like Arjuna Award,
Padma Shri Award, Padma Vibhushan Award, etc. He scored more than 14,000 runs
in his cricket career.
Presently, he is associated with an organization named Apnalaya. In this
organization, he takes care of the upbringing of about 200 children. There is a film
related to his life. The name of the film is Sachin: A Billion Dreams which was
released in 2017.The film was directed by James Erskine.
(a) Choose the correct option. (2)
(i) Sachin was born in the month of _______
a. April b. March c. May d. July
(ii) Sachin has been awarded with the ________award for his contribution to cricket.
a. Bharat Ratna b. Arun Award
c. Film Fare Award d. President’s Trophy
(b) Pick out a word from the passage which means- (1)
‘the treatment and instructions received by a child from its parents throughout its
childhood.’
(c) Pick out a word from the passage which is the superlative of the adjective ‘good’. (1)
(d) Answer in one word. (1)
The movie “A Billion Dreams” is related to Sachin’s _________________________
(e) Complete the following sentence. (1)

Sachin is known as the ‘God of Cricket’ because _________________________ .
(f) Answer the following questions.
i. What is Apnalaya? (2)
ii. How many runs did Sachin score in his cricket career? (2)

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Q.2 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follows.
Everything that is alive needs energy. All animals get the energy they need from food.
People are animals. Think about the human body as an amazing machine. It can do all
kinds of things for us. Food is the fuel that helps keep the amazing machine running.
Plants use sunlight to make their own food. Animals are not able to do that. Some
animals eat only plants. Some animals eat other animals as meat. Some animals, like
people, eat both plants and animals.
Since plants make their own food using sunlight, the sun’s energy is found in plants.
The sun’s energy is very strong. It loses a lot of its strength by the time it goes into a
plant. When we eat plants, we get more of the sun’s energy than when we eat
animals. That’s why it is good to eat fruits and vegetables.
(a) Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the passage. (2)
i. Food is the _______ that helps keep the amazing machine running.
ii. Plants use ________ to make their own food.
(b) State “T” for true and “F” for false for the following statement. (2)
i. The sun’s energy is also found in plants. _________
ii. We get more of sun’s energy when we eat plants than when we eat animals.______
(c) Find the word from the passage with the same meaning as the following
words. (2)
i) living ii) Surprising
(d) Answer the questions.
i) How do all plants and animals get their energy? (2)
ii) Why is it good to eat fruits and vegetables? (2)
SECTION-B (GRAMMAR : 20 MARKS)
Q.3 Form abstract nouns from the following adjective. (1)
Leader
Q.4 Write the plural form of the word. (1)
Goose
Q.5 Pick out the right word to fill in the blank. (1)
I cannot eat this _______ (much/any/many) food.

Q.6 Fill in the blanks with the opposite gender of the nouns given in bracket. (2)
The _____________ (Emperor) saw many _____________ (drakes) in the pond.
Q.7 Choose the correct pronoun from the bracket and rewrite the sentence. (2)
He told Mary and (I/me) to go with (he/him).
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Q.8 Do as directed.
i) Unscramble the words in brackets and fill in the blanks. (2)
I enjoyed a __________ (camislu) concert with my________ (iwes) friend.
ii) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the words in brackets. (2)
The Sun and the moon may look like __________ (small) balls from Earth but
actually the Sun is much _____________ (large) than the moon.
Q.9 Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs. (2)
She is ____________ (learning/learns/learned) to speak English well but still _______
(speak/speaks/spoken)Tamil at home.
Q.10 Fill in the blanks with a correct form of the verb given in brackets. (2)
The Arabian Nights ________ an interesting book.(is/are/am). Our teacher ________
(saying/say/says) all the children should read it.
Q.11 The paragraph below has spelling, punctuation and grammar errors. Rewrite it in
your answer book by correcting the errors. You should underline the corrections
for clarity. (5)
My name are raju. I was born in september. I am dance with my freinds in my
birthday party. Them have bring many gifts choclates and sweets for me
SECTION-C (READER : 25 MARKS)
DO AS DIRECTED.
Q.12 Tick the correct option. (2)
i. Chandu mistook the disguised king for a _____________ .
a. beggar b. thief c. guard d. trader
ii. The poet describes winter mornings to be____________.
a. sunny b. cloudy c. frosty d. warm
Q.13 Fill in the blank with the synonym of the word given in the bracket. (1)
Mr. Ray’s stories always have such (interesting) __________ characters.
Q.14 Tick the True statement. (2)
i) Rikki-tikki wanted to kill Chuchundra.
ii) Nag entered the house through Teddy’s window.

iii) Rikki-tikki jumped on Nag’s tail and bit it very hard.
iv) Nagaina wanted to be queen of the garden.
Q.15 Add a prefix and a suffix to the given word to make 2 new words. (1)
Polite

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Q.16 State whether the following statement is True or False. (1)
The king made Chandu his servant. _______
Q.17 Read the sentences given below and answer the questions that follows.
‘She has risen again and grown loftier and prouder.’
i) Who is ‘she’ ? (1)
ii) What does the wind do to her? (2)
iii) How does she rise again? (2)
Q.18 Answer the following questions: (DO ANY THREE) (3x3= 9)
i) How did Nag enter Teddy’s house? What frightened Rikki-tikki when he saw Nag?
ii) What is the death zone? Why is it so called?
iii) Why do you think it is important for a family to be together? Give at least 3
reasons.
iv) Why does the poet call the winter days ‘happy chimney-corner days’ ?
Q.19 Answer in not more than 50 words. (DO ANY ONE ONLY ) (4)
Describe the incident that changed Arunima’s life.
OR
Write a character sketch of ‘Rikki-tikki’.
SECTION-D (WRITING : 15 MARKS)
Q.20 Write a short paragraph on ANY ONE of the following topics in approximately 50
words. (5)
(i) Caring for Animals OR (ii) The India of my Dreams
Q.21 Write an application in the correct format. (5)
Write an application to the Principal of your school requesting him to grant you
leave of 5 days as you are down with viral fever.
OR
Write an application to the Principal of your school requesting him to grant you
leave for 1 week as you wish to attend your cousin’s wedding in New Delhi.
Q.22 Write a Diary Entry in approximately 50-60 words. (5)
Imagine you are Arunima Sinha. Write a Diary Entry about your experience of the
historic day when you reached the summit of Mount Everest.
OR

You had participated in an Inter-school Drawing Competition but could not win any
prize. Write a Diary Entry about how you got upset but quickly motivated yourself
with the message, ‘Don’t Give Up!’

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