AONSNANL Total no. of printed pages : 10 “ Time: 2 hours Class : V Section : Name : Roll no. : School : Centre : Date : MLM. : 50 M.A | Examiner's signature : Invigilator's signature : Checker's signature : SECTION - A (READING) (10 MARKS) Al Read the following passage carefully. Humayun was the king of Hindustan. Sher Shah was his enemy. It was the month of August. Humayun was returning to Delhi after a battle. He had a small army with him. It was raining heavily. On the way, Sher Shah and his army attacked Humayun and his soldiers. Humayun managed to escape with a few of his officers. They had to cross the river on horseback. But Humayun’s horse tripped and he fell into the swollen river. A water carrier saw that the king was about to drown. He jumped into the river with his leather water bag. The bag was full of air and it floated on the river. He put the tired king on the water bag and saved his life. Humayun was grateful and said, ‘You have saved my life. Tell me what I can do for you.” ‘Your majesty, he said, ‘make me king for three hours.’ The next day, for three hours the water carrier became king. He sat on the throne. The king’s courtiers asked him. ‘What are your orders?’ The new king said, ‘Make coins from my water bag; these will be the coins in my kingdom.ALL AL2 A13 A2 Answer the following questions. (3 marks) a) What do you think was the capital of Humayun’s kingdom? b) Why did Sher Shah attack Humayun? c) For how long would the people have used the water carrier's coins? Complete the following statements. (1 mark) a) Humayun was returning home during the season. b) The coins made from the water bag were not made of gold or silver. They were made of What do the following words mean? 1 mark) a) float b) battle Read the following poem. I dance on your paper, I hide in your pen, I make in your inkstand My little back den; When you are trying to finish Your ‘i’ with a dot, I slip down your finger And make it a blot; 4Q050401/2A21 And when you're so busy To cross a big ‘t’, I make on the paper A little Black Sea. I drink blotting paper, Eat penwiper pie, You never can catch me, You never need try. I leap any distance, T use any ink, I'm on to your fingers Before you can wink. Answer the following questions. a) Who is the ‘I’ in the poem? b) What does he mean by ‘his den’? c) How does he make a blot? d) When does he make a little Black Sea? ——————————— e) A penwiper is ane____ __ f) You and you wink. one eye quickly when (5 marks) (1) qd) (1) (ty (A) (4) A.Q050401/3Bl B2 B3 B4 SECTION B (WRITING) (15 MARKS) Use each of the following words and phrases in a sentence that brings out its meaning. (3 marks) a) seldom — b) break into — ce) catch sight of — ‘Advice’ is a noun. Write a sentence in which it is another part of speech (not a noun). (1 mark) Which adverb can be used as an adjective? Write a sentence in which the word is used as an adverb. (1 mark) Write a short story with the help of the following points. Give a suitable title to it. (5 marks) Androcles, a Greek slave runs away from his master — meets a lion in the forest — the lion crying with pain — takes out a thom from its foot — live like friends — the slave caught by the soldiers — taken to the magistrate — his punishment, to be torn to pieces by a lion — thrown before the same lion — the lion licks his hand.BS Write a letter to your class teacher saying you want to get a chance to be the monitor of the class. Tell him / her what you want to do as a monitor. (5 marks) , AQ0S0401/5Cl SECTION C (GRAMMAR) (15 MARKS) Rewrite the sentences as given in the brackets. (5 marks) a) He (heard) a noise and looked in that direction. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with the -ing form of the word in brackets.) b) I wish I had learnt some English. (Rewrite the sentence as an exclamatory sentence beginning with If only.) c) My mother left the gas on in the kitchen. She remembered it when she locked the door. (Rewrite the sentences using the had+the past participle form of the verb where necessary.) d) Example: Where was the money to be left? Where was I to leave the money? (Change the following sentence to the active voice with the to-infinitive.) The work will have to be completed. e) How many idlis do you want? Take so many. (Write a sentence using as-------= as.)C2 Each of the following sentences has one or two mistakes. Correct each of the mistakes and rewrite the sentences correctly. (6 marks) Example : It’s ten passed nine. a) b) ¢) d) e) f) It’s ten past nine. His bungalow was old and there was hard any furnitures in it. The stones were dragged hundreds kilometres. Who build a Taj Mahal? The fatter he gets, the laziest he became. Please go threw this book and tell me what it is about? She made some chapatis with wheat flower and some been curry.c3 C4 D1 Punctuate the following. (2 marks) wont you speak to me pandora asked epimetheus Write the following in reported speech. (2 marks) a) ‘Are you going to win the race?’ his father asked, b) “You are a team of excellent detectives,’ the policeman said. SECTION D (LITERATURE) (10 MARKS) Read the following lines and answer the questions. Canary birds feed on sugar and seed, (2 marks) Parrots have crackers to crunch; And as for the poodles, they tell me the noodles Have chicken and cream for their lunch. a) What is a poodle? Describe it. b) In the poem, is noodle an eatable?B) D2 D3 ‘To me ’tis mighty clear (2 marks) This wonder of an elephant Is very like a spear!” a) Which part of the elephant did the second blind man feel? b) Why did he say that the elephant looked like a spear? Answer the following questions. (2 marks) a) Why did Hawthorne lose his job? b) Why was Jean Val Jean sent to jail? Complete the following statements, (1 mark) a) It was impossible for the tortoise to go with the cranes because. b) — While passing through a forest Gerard and Denys carried an axe and a crossbow to AQ050401/9D4 What do you know about blubber and its uses? Write in five sentences. (3 marks)