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The Smart School

(A project of The City School )

UNIFIED MIDTERM EXAMINATION 2016
CLASS VII ENGLISH KEY
Total Time Allowed = 2:30 hours
Maximum Marks = 100
Name: ________________________________

Section: ________________

Campus/Branch: ________________________

Date: __________________

INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS

1. Make sure your name, roll number, section, branch and date is filled in.
2. Use 10 minutes to read through the paper.
3. Write answers of all the questions in the space provided.
4. Check your answer sheet carefully before you hand it over to the invigilator.

Section -A
Comprehension
(25)

Parts

Questions

Max.
Marks

Section B
Grammar
(25)

Section C
Section D
Composition Literature
(25)
(25)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

Q6 Q7

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q1

Q2

Q1 Q2 Q3

12

13

12

10 10

Total %age Grade

100

Marks
Obtained

Invigilated by: _______________Marked by: _______________ Rechecked by:____________

This question paper key consists of 6 pages including the cover page.

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Section A
Comprehension

[__/25]

Read the comprehension passage and answer the following questions:

Rembrandt
Rembrandt, one of the greatest artists of all time, was born in Leyden in the Netherlands. His family ground its
own grain in a windmill on the citys wall. As a child he liked to sketch the sun coming in through a tiny window
and making a streak of light on the inside of the windmill. He carried this interest in light and shadow through
life. His paintings often show one hand of a person in light and one in dark.
Many artists travelled to faraway lands. Rembrandt always stayed within 50 miles of his home, although he lived
to be 63. Much of his life was spent in Amsterdam, then the richest town in Europe. In some of Rembrandts
paintings we see the rich clothes and jewels worn by people of that time in Amsterdam.
During the ten first years of his career he was a famous and fashionable painter. Then something happened which
ruined him. He became so poor that he had to sell all his furniture and even his rich velvet clothes. To make
matters worse, his wealthy wife died, and her parents took the money she had left for him. This is what happened
to ruin the sale of his paintings: the Amsterdam Civic Guard had paid him to paint a picture of them. Since he
liked light and shadow, he painted the men as they were leaving the armory at noon to go on their duty. The men
still inside were in such deep shadow that their faces could not be recognized. These men were very angry. The
men in the sunlight of course showed well. But their satisfaction did not make up for the anger of the others. The
picture is one of Rembrandts best. It is called The Night Watch, although it was painted at noon.
The Dutch artists of the time painted cloth of lovely texture, dishes, tiles and other such things simply because
they were beautiful. They painted the pictures of rooms with handsomely dressed people in them. Rembrandt was
greater because he painted people so that we can tell how they felt and thought. He painted their personalities, not
just clothes. Rembrandt worked hard all his life, becoming a better and better artist. The world stopped paying
him. The people of his time stopped honoring him. But he was far greater than they. He was a great artist working
on art problems ahead of his time.
Even poverty did not keep Rembrandt from painting. He married a girl who had been a nurse to his son. They had
a daughter. Since Rembrandt was too poor to hire models, he painted his wife, his daughter, and, with the help of a
mirror, himself. He painted the poor, the lame, the blind, and the sick. He dressed them in Biblical costumes, as
was often done in his time.
Q1. Choose the best answer:
i. Rembrandts was born in:

a. Netherlands
ii. b. His parents-in-law took away all his money when his first wife died.
iii. a. The Night Watch
iv. a. When he saw a windmill.
v. d. 63
vi. a. Biblical clothes

(/6)

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Q.2 What is the major difference between Rembrandt and other contemporary painters? (/3)
Ans. The contemporary artists painted cloth of lively texture, dishes, tiles and rooms with handsomely
dressed people in them. Rembrandt painted people as how they felt and thought.
Q.3 Who was not satisfied with the painting The Night Watch?

(/2)

Ans. Some members of the Amsterdam Civic Guard were not pleased with the painting as their faces
were not clearly shown as he used light and shadow technique.
Q.4 Could you suggest any other title for the passage?

(/2)

Ans. Open
Q.5 Suppose if you were Rembrandt what would you like to paint?

(/2)

Ans. Open
Q.6 Give a synonym for each word from the passage:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

(/5)

Age
Depict
Distant
Well known
Destroyed

Q.7 Use the following expressions from the text in sentences of your own:
Ans. Students to make their own sentences.

Section B Grammar and Vocabulary

Q.1 a. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.

(/25)
(/8)

Tariq will climb the stairs with difficulty.

Amina gets a doll from her uncle.
Irfan has bought a diamond.
Shazia is buying a doll from the market.
Tariq does not fall from the slope.
Nida bought a new camera.
It was raining.

b. Pick out the adverbs in the following sentences:

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

(/4)

Once
Perfectly
Secretly
Sometimes

Q.2 a. Use was and were to fill in the blanks in the following sentences: (/5)
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

Was
Were
Were
Was

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b. Underline the metaphors and similes used in the following sentences and write them in the space
provided:
(____/4)
i.

The king was as brave as a lion.

simile

ii.

The sun bathed us in glories light.

Metaphor

iii.

She travelled fast, like the wind.

iv.

The hungry children were as thin as sticks. simile

Simile

Section C-Composition

(/25)

Q1. Write a description of your grandmother or grandfather but concentrate on the qualities rather than
a physical description (150 words)
OR
(/13)
What do you think life on the moon would be like? Write a short description.

Rubric

Marks

Content

Grammar and spelling

Writing style

Total

13

Write a letter to your friend telling him/her to spend summer holidays with you in Swat (150 words)
OR
Write a letter to your uncle on his Sixtieth birthday and wish him well.

Rubric
Format of letter: date, address to and from,
salutation, sign off at end

Marks

Grammar and spelling

content
Total

5
12

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Section D
Literature

(/25)

Q1. Answer the questions based on the Novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne.
A. Tick the correct answer:
1. (i) Hamburg
2. (iii) nephew
3. (ii) a parchment
4. (ii) the center of the Earth
5. (iv) code
B. Write short answers.
1. Who was Hans and what was his condition to work for Axels uncle?

( /5)

(/10)
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Ans. He is the guide of Axel and Lidenbrock during their journey to the center of the earth. His
condition for work was to be paid handsomely.
2. What did Professor Lidenbrock find that made him discover the center of the Earth? ( /2)
Ans. He found a parchment in a book containing about twenty lines of some strange language
which contained a code to make a journey to the center of the Earth.
Q.3 Who said these words? Choose the names from the box:

(/6)

Axel, Grauban, Professor Lidenbrock, Martha, Mr. Fridriksson

1. Grauban
2. Professor Lidenbrock
3. Martha
4. Axel
5. Professor Lidenbrock
6. Fridriksson

Q2. Read the poem to answer the questions that follow. All questions carry equal marks. (/10)
Grandfather by: Oliver Shirley
Our grandfather by the sea, blind.
His deck chair settles our rug on the
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And his face takes sunlight like

thirst.
We always play games that need
speaking;
Each of our cards and moves are told
And he smiles in his taking part.
We are saying our childhood to this
old man
And his beautiful face, liver-marked
and shy,
Has no end in its place, no end in its
gentleness,
To hold a whole life listening left to
do.
Q.1 What important fact do we learn about the grandfather from the first three lines of the poem?

(/2)
Ans. We learn from the first three lines that grandfather is blind and his face is very bright as it
appears that it takes sunlight like thirst.
2. Describe the personality of the grandfather in a few words.

(/3)

Ans. Grandfather is kind, loving and a gentle fellow. He likes to play cards with the children
and talks gently with the children.
3. Where does grandfather sit?

(/2)

Ans. He sits on a deck chair.

Q4. Why do children play games with grandfather that need speaking?

(/3)

Ans. The children play games like cards with grandfather and tell him every move because he
cannot see.