HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION

SUBJECT: ENGLISH
CLASS – VII
NAME: MAXIMUM MARKS: 40
ROLL NO. TIME: 11/2 HOURS

1. Read the passage.

No one knows exactly where or when cricket began, but it is most likely that it
began as a children's game in England, and was played only by children from many
countries. It is believed that the game was invented by Children who belonged to
the farming families of south-east England. They would play in grass cleaning or
areas grazed by sheep. A matted lump of sheep's wool, or even a stone or lump of
wood, would be used as ball, a stick or some other farm tool would serve as the
bat, and a gate or tree stump would be used for the Wicket. The earliest written
reference to the game was in 1598, where it was called ‘Creekett'. In the 17th
century, it slowly became a village game and adults began to take part in it. Today
cricket is one of the most popular sports of the world and is played and watched by
millions.

Answer each of the following questions in a few words :- (1x5=5)

a. Where is Cricket believed to have started?
b. Who were the earlier players of Cricket?
c. In which year was the earliest written reference to cricket made?
d. What was the game called at that time?
e. When did cricket become a game played by adults?

2. Fill in the following blanks appropriately. (1x5=5)

a. Raj, you should really stop ___________________ me when I am teaching.
b. The poor camel was too sick to walk any further and in pain it ______________
its face against my arm.
c. The injured man ______________over the wall and disappeared.
d. Although the criminal ________________, the judge didn’t forgive him.
e. Indian roads have become so unsafe that there are hundreds of ______________
everyday.

3. Write the meaning of any six of the following words. (1x6=6)

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a. Council b. Queer c. Sarcastic d. Persevering
e. Tenacious f. Vowed g. Shell h. Astonishment
4. Give one word for each of the following: (1x6=6)
a. A person who chooses to live alone and far away from society. ____________
b. A set of straps with which you tie a horse to a cart. ____________
c. A practice or discipline, involving physical and breathing exercises, which
ancient Indians practiced and is popular today. ____________
d. Sugar syrup heated till it turns brown, to flavor sweets or make toffees.
____________
e. A person who makes or sells sweet foods such as candies and chocolates.
____________
f. Someone who learns a trade from a skilled person. ____________

5. Read the following stanza and answer the given set of questions. (2x4=8)
And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –
And sore must be the storm –
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm–
a. Does Hope leave us when we are in great trouble? For how long does it leave
us?
b. Gale here stands for ‘troubled times’. What is the sweetest thing we hear when
times are bad?
c. Storm, too, implies ‘troubled times’. What does the storm try to do to ‘the little
Bird’?
d. What keeps the troubled person warm?
6. Answer any five of the following questions. (2x5=10)
a. How did taking up one idea and making that idea his life, work for Milton
Hershey?
b. How does the poem ‘Sweet Success’ reflect Milton Hershey’s life?
c. Even tough soldiers have soft hearts. Support this statement with evidence
from the story – ‘The Valley of Fears’.
d. How do innocent people suffer when bombardment takes place? Discuss how it
affected the narrator’s village and its people.
e. The hermit didn’t pay any attention to the king while he was digging. Why do
you think he did so?
f. Who is the most disorganized person in the Sharma family?