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Billabong High International School, Juhu

Grade:V
First Term Examination
English Language

Time:

Date: September 2014

Maximum Marks: 40
Marks Obtained:

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST.

Write your Candidate number on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
Answer all questions
The number of marks is given in [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

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SECTION A: READING [22 MARKS]

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that
follow:

But Tom's energy did not last. He began to think of the fun he had
planned for this day, and his sorrows multiplied. Soon the free boys would
come tripping along on all sorts of delicious expeditions, and they would
make a world of fun of him for having to workthe very thought of it burnt
him like fire. He got out his worldly wealth and examined itbits of toys,
marbles, and trash; enough to buy an exchange of work, maybe, but not
half enough to buy so much as half an hour of pure freedom. So he
returned his straitened means to his pocket, and gave up the idea of trying
to buy the boys. At this dark and hopeless moment an inspiration burst
upon him! Nothing less than a great, magnificent inspiration.

He took up his brush and went tranquilly to work. Ben Rogers hove in
sight presentlythe very boy, of all boys, whose ridicule he had been
dreading. Ben's gait was the hop-skip-and-jumpproof enough that his
heart was light and his anticipations high. He was eating an apple, and
giving a long, melodious whoop, at intervals, followed by a deep-toned
ding-dong-dong, ding-dong-dong, for he was impersonating a steamboat.
As he drew near, he slackened speed, took the middle of the street, leaned
far over to starboard and rounded to ponderously and with laborious pomp
and

circumstancefor

he

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personating

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Big

Missouri,

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considered himself to be drawing nine feet of water. He was boat and

captain and engine-bells combined, so he had to imagine himself standing
on his own hurricane-deck giving the orders and executing them.
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Glossary:
Hove-stood in a certain position or direction
Straitened poor
Ponderously-bulkily,awkwardly

1. What emotion does the phrase an inspiration burst upon him evoke? [2
marks]
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2. The very thought of it burnt him like fire. Why is the simile used?
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3. What do you mean by the phrase sorrows multiplied.
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4. Why was the moment dark and hopeless?

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5. Quote two phrases

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a. Ben Rogers jovial mood
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b. He was the leader
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6. Explain the phrase slackened speed

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7. Complete the sentences with suitable relative clauses
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a. I wish to go to a place
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b. Pass the novel

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c. Do you know
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8. Punctuate the following

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Dont do that exclaimed the irritated mother what am I doing questioned
ned forget it I dont wish to discuss it
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9. Identify the voice and change accordingly
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a. The sumptuous breakfast was eaten by us.
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b. The mountaineers climbed Mt. Everest
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10.

Do as directed

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a. Complete all the work. The teacher told the students(change to
passive voice)
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b. The commander ordered the soldiers to go back(change to active
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SECTION B: WRITING [18 MARKS]

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11.

Imagine you are Tom. You are being made fun of. Write a diary entry

and include your thoughts and feelings. (50 -70 words)

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12.

The urchins (street children) constantly throw stones at dogs and

cats on the road.Write a complaint letter to the municipal authorities

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