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LEBRAT CE F IN SO G SAMPLE PAPER SYLLABUS 2023-24 CLASS Total Questions : 50 Section (1) Word and PATTERN & MARKING SCHEME Structure Knowledge (2) Reading (3) Spoken and Written Expression Time : 1 hr. (4) Achievers Section 7 SOF INTERNATIONAL No. of Questions 30 10 5 5 ENGLISH OLYMPIAD Marks per Ques. 1 1 1 3 SYLLABUS Section – 1 : Spellings, Collocations and Words related to Travel, Locations, Activities, Homonyms and Homophones, etc., Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies and Spellings, One word, Phrasal verbs and Idioms, Modals, Word order, Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Punctuation, Tenses, Voices and Narration, etc. Section – 2 : Search for and retrieve information from various text types like News stories, Brochures, Formal and informal letters and advertisements. Understand information given in News reports, Brochures, Itinerary, etc., Acquire broad understanding of and look for specific information in short narratives, Biographies, Notices and Messages, etc. Section – 3 : Ability to understand situation-based variations in functions like requesting and refusing, Apologies and stating of preferences and expression of intent, etc. Section – 4 : Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Sections 1, 2 and 3. WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE Direction (Q. No. 1 and 2) : Choose the suitable word 3. Choose the correct option. for each blank. Ravi: Did you invite her to the party? 1. Someone who interprets is an __________. Rahul: Well! Being invited is one thing. _______ (A) interpretist inviting oneself is another. (B) interpreter (A) Whoever (B) Whereas (C) interprecian (C) Compared (D) Besides (D) interpretor 2. Many diamond mines are ________ in South Africa. 4. In which sentence is the word ‘to’ correctly used? (A) situation (A) This watermelon is to heavy. (B) situate (B) Hold it with to hands. (C) situated (C) It’s very slippery to. (D) situating (D) Well, hand it to me. READING Direction (Q. No. 5 and 6) : Read the passage and answer said one of the rabbits, “things are not so bad as they the following questions. seem.” There is always someone worse off than you. “There is always someone worse off than you.” 5. Rabbits wanted to drown themselves because they Once upon a time, the rabbits of Jim Corbett were so ______________________. terrorised by the other animals, they did not know where (A) were scared of the horses (B) did not like living in fear to go. As soon as they saw a single animal approach (C) were chasing the frogs them, off they used to run. One day, they saw a troop (D) had nowhere to go of wild horses stampeding about and in quite a panic all the rabbits scuttled off to a lake close by, determined to 6. Rabbits ran away from other animals because they drown themselves rather than live in a continual state _______________________. of fear. But just as they got near the bank of the lake, a (A) wanted to drown themselves (B) were shy troop of frogs frightened in their turn by the approach of (C) were scared of being stepped on the rabbits, scuttled off and jumped into the water. “Truly,” (D) were arrogant Sample Paper | Class-7 | 1
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SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION Direction (Q. No. 7 and 8) : Choose one sentence to (D) Therefore, He created the Earth complete each dialogue. 8. Sentence 1 : From ancient times Indians have 7. Sentence 1 : God wanted the people He had created worshipped plants and trees. to have a happy life. Sentence 2 : ___________________________. Sentence 2 : __________________________. Sentence 3 : Water, air and sunlight were, therefore, Sentence 3 : While modern man often works to given in abundance. ‘conquer’ nature, ancient Indians worshipped her. (A) That’s why He decided to bless the Earth with (A) They regarded all flora and fauna as sacred riches (B) These plants give us food and oxygen (B) People had to live with water, air, and Sun (C) They lend beauty to our surroundings (C) Earth could have them in abundance (D) These plants sacrifice themselves to serve us ACHIEVERS SECTION 9. Choose the best word/phrase to complete the 10. Choose the appropriate phrase. sentence. The teacher approved her project after she had The new engineer has __________ qualifications but only a few months’ experience. _______________ it. (A) a plentiful (B) plenty (A) fine turned (B) fine-tuned (C) plenty of (D) a lot than (C) tinkered with (D) refining SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK ANSWERS IEO – 1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (B) 2 | Sample Paper | Class-7