Class 6 Sample Paper English (Half Yearly)

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HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER

Class - VI Subject – English
Time – 3 Hours Maximum Marks- 80

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :
1. The question paper is divided into three sections: A, B & C.
2. It is compulsory to attempt all the sections.
3. Handwriting carries marks.

SECTION A: (Reading)

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:-
(10 marks)

In 1912 the British Captain Robert Flacon Scott and his men were caught in a fierce snowstorm
and perished while returning to their base camp, after reaching the South Pole. Their tent, buried
under snow was discovered the following year by Sir Ernest. He handed over a letter written by
Scott to his author – friend, James Barvie. After describing the snowstorm and their impending
doom, Scott wrote that he and his colleagues were spending the time singing songs and making
pleasant conversations. Below these lines he had also written in bold letters, one word-
COURAGE. When he returned to England, the letter was handed over to Sir James Barvie who
read it and kept it in a box.
A few years later Sir James developed some defect in his right hand because of which he could not
hold a pen. The author despaired of ever being able to write again. One day, in a despondent
mood, he took out Scott’s letter and read it again. It lifted his spirits and set him thinking. If Scott
and his men could remain cheerful in the face of death, could he too not learn to face adversity
bravely? He picked up his pen and began practicing writing with his left hand. In a few weeks he
could write perfectly well with it and he thought he would write again when pigs fly.
1.1Answer the following questions

(i) When and how were Robert Falcon Scott and his men killed? (1 mark)
(ii) Who was James Barvie? (1 mark)
(iii) Why was James in despair? (1 mark)

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1.2 Complete the following:
(i) Sir Ernest discovered ……………………………….. (1 mark)
(ii) The lesson Scott’s letter taught James was…………………….. (1 mark)

1.3 Find the synonyms:
(i) Fellow workers (para 1) (ii) happy (para 2) (2 marks)

1.4 Find the antonyms of:
(i) cowardly (para 2) (ii) drop (para 2) (2 marks)

1.5 What is the meaning of the idiom, ‘When pigs fly’? Choose from the given options. (1 mark)
(i) refrain from doing
(ii) unlikely to happen
(iii) taking more time than necessary
(iv) get double results with one attempt

2. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:-
(10 marks)
I’ll tell you the story of Jimmy Jet.

And you know what I tell you is true.
He loved to watch his TV set
Almost as much as you.

He watched all day, he watched all night
Till he grew pale and lean.
From ‘The early show’ to ‘The late late show’.
And all the shows in between.

He watched till his eyes were frozen wide,
And his bottom grew into his chair
And his chin turned into a tuning dial
And antennae grew out of his hair.

And his brain turned into TV tubes,

And his face to a TV screen,

And two knobs saying ‘vert’ and ‘Horzt’

Grew where his ears had been
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And he grew a plug that locked like a tail

So we plugged in little Jim.

And now instead of him watching TV

We all sit around and watch him.

2.1 Which of the following statements best describes Jimmy Jet? (1 mark)

(i) He sometimes watched T.V.

(ii) He watched T.V only once.

(iii) He watched T.V, too much.

(iv) He did not watch T.V at all.

2.2 Did Jim watch only some of the programmes on TV or all of them? (1 mark)

2.3 What happened to Jim’s brain and face as a result of watching T.V ? (1 mark)

2.4 Read stanzas 3, 4 and 5 and fill in the blanks in these sentences. (3 marks)

Jimmy watched TV so much that he soon began to look ……………………………....

……………….himself.

As a result, his family sat around watching ………………………………….. rather than
……………………………...

2.5 Is there a moral that this poem is perhaps teaching? Write down the valuable lesson that
you’ve learnt through this poem. (2 marks)

2.6 Write two pairs of words from the poem, that rhyme. (2marks)

SECTION B: (WRITING AND GRAMMAR)
3. You are Sabir/Sabita, the sports secretary of your school. Put a notice for your classmates to
participate in the skating competition to be held on next Sunday in the school campus.
(5 marks)
4. (a) A cousin has gifted you books from his/her personal library. Write a letter thanking your
cousin and stating how happy you are to receive the books. (5 marks)

OR

4 (b) Write a paragraph on, “The most memorable day of your life.” (5 marks)

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5. Do as directed: (1x10=10 marks)

(i) Stop making a noise. (State the kind of sentence)
(ii) How enchanting the night is! (Pick out the subject)
(iii) It is a warm day today. (Add an appropriate question tag)
(iv) The thief ran away. (Write the Plural of the Noun)
(v) The landlady requested her son-in-law to fetch a bucket of water. (Change the gender of
the underlined Nouns)
(vi) Androceles was as brave as a lion. (Identify the Figure of Speech)
(vii) Legal (Add a prefix to from a new word)
(viii) Ria has finished all her work. (Rewrite as a question)
(ix) The dog is a ……………………animal. (Fill in the blank with an Adjective of Quality)
(x) Tim is the ……………………..(intelligent) student in the class. (Fill in the blank with a
suitable degree of comparison of the given Adjective)

6. Insert suitable Articles in the blanks: (3 marks)
Once (i) ……………………… old hermit saw (ii) ……………………….. kite catch (iii)
…………………… little mouse. He felt sorry for (iv) …………….. mouse. He took (v)
…………….. orange and aimed it at (vi) ……………………… kite which dropped the mouse in
fear and flew away.

7. Fill in the blanks with Pronouns as indicated in the brackets-: (1x4=4 marks)
(i) She hurt .............................. while chopping vegetables. (Reflexive Pronoun)
(ii) ………………………... will disturb others. (Indefinite Pronoun)
(iii) Tina and I both had questions. The teacher answered …………………… but not
…………………………… (Possessive Pronoun)
(iv) My parents asked …………………….. to accompany ……………………… for a movie.
(Personal Pronouns)

8. Fill in the blanks with the form of the Verbs in brackets as instructed-: (4 marks)
(i) Kitty’s parents …………..………. (rent) a house near the school. (Present perfect)
(ii) Birds ………………...(migrate) to warmer countries during winter. (Simple present)
(iii) I …………………… (read) the novel after my exams get over. (Simple future)
(iv) She ………………….. (want) a gold medal, but she won silver. (Past perfect)

9. State whether the verbs in these sentences are transitive (T) or intransitive. (4 marks)
(i) They saw a tiger at the National Park.
(ii) The baby is sleeping.

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(iii) Mitali ate a cheese burger at Mc Donald’s.
(iv) Annie has been playing all afternoon.

SECTION C: (LITERATURE)
10. Answer the following with reference to context:
“But thou art Nature’s freeman, -free to stray
Unfettered through the wood.”

(i) Who is Nature’s freeman? (1 mark)
(ii) What activity is the speaker describing here? (1 mark)
(iii) What other animals does the speaker compare the butterfly to? (1 mark)
(iv) What makes the butterfly different from the birds? (1 mark)
(v) What is the meaning of ‘freeman.’ (1 mark)

11. “But you signed the contract, good neighbour. Well, we will see about that. Let us have
the council of elders make a ruling.”

(i) Why did the neighbour call for a meeting with the council of elders? (1 mark)
(ii) What clause did Mullah add to the contract that was signed? (1 mark)
(iii) What ruling did the council of elders give? (1 mark)
(iv) Give a reason to prove that Mullah was the hero of the story. (1 mark)
(v) Give a reason to prove that the neighbour deserved what he got. (1mark)

12. Answer ANY FOUR of the following questions in about 20-30 words-: (2x4=8 mark)
(i) Who was Mullah Nasreddin? Why was he considered mysterious?
(ii) Write any two instances of humour from the lesson, ‘The Malgudi Cricket Club.’
(iii) What did Tom wish to be on a Monday morning?
(iv) Why did Tom try to get Sid’s attention?
(v) What was Swaminathan doing when Rajam arrived?

13. Think and answer the following question: (3 marks)
Do you believe that butterflies represent hope and freedom? Do you believe that hope and
freedom are very important in one’s life? Give examples to support your answer.

14. STARKEN GLOSSA : VOCABULARY (1x4=4marks)

(i) What is the meaning of ‘austere’?
(ii) The boy found the test to be a piece of cake.Write the meaning of the underlined idiom.
(iii) Make a sentence from ‘abide by.’
(iv) Write the antonym of ‘ ambiguous’.
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