ENGLISH

TEACH FOR INDIA

GRADE 1
PAPER I

Name: ________________________________________________________

Roll No.: ________________________________________________________

School: ________________________________________________________

Teacher’s Name: ________________________________________________________

[Reading Time: 10 minutes] [Time: 45 minutes]

[Total Marks: 12]
General Instructions:
This question paper consists of 12 questions.
Marks are indicated for each question separately.
Space has been provided in the question-cum-answer booklet itself to answer the
questions. Space for rough work also has been provided on each page.
Enough space for each question is provided. You have to answer the questions in
the space provided in the box below each question, wherever required.
This question paper contains 6 pages (including the cover).
Write your name, roll number and school in the space provided above.
 TOTAL MARKS
Q. No. STANDARD DESCRIPTION BLOOMS LEVEL
MARKS RECEIVED

1.7 Retell a story with the beginning,

1. Factual 1
middle and end
1.9 Describe characters, settings, and
2. Factual 1
major events in a story, using key details
1.9 Describe characters, settings, and
3. Factual 1
major events in a story, using key details
1.10 b) Use prior knowledge to
4. Inferential 1
understand events and actions
1.11 Identifies and states some simple
comments about preferences and
5. similarities with one’s own prior Critical Thinking 1
experience

6. Vocabulary- Meanings Identify 1

7. Vocabulary- Opposites Identify 1
8. Grammar-Nouns Identify 1
9. Grammar -Opposites Identify 1
Grammar-Demonstratives
10. Apply 1
This/That/Those/These
11. Grammar-Articles Apply 1
12. Grammar-Punctuation Compare/Synthesize 1

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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

A Kitten for Radha

Daddy brought home a fluffy little kitten. It was for Radha. She loved
to play with it. When Radha got tired playing, she and kitten rested a bit.
Kitten wanted to sleep in Radha’s bed. Mummy said, “No, it is too fluffy.
It will make you sneeze.”
Radha got a cardboard box. She put it next to her bed. The kitten got
inside. But it would not stay in it.
Then Radha got an old sweater. She put it inside the box. The box was now soft. The kitten
got into the box. It lay down, and went to sleep.

1. What did daddy bring home for Radha? (_____/1 mark)

(A) A naughty monkey (B) A fluffy little kitten
(C) A brown puppy (D) A bird in a cage

2. Why didn’t mummy let kitten sleep in Radha’s bed?

(A) Because kitten was too naughty.
(B) Because kitten was too smelly.
(C) Because kitten was too fluffy.
(D) Because kitten was too dirty.

3. Fill in the blank with the right word from the box:

Bed cardboard box towel ribbon

Radha got a _________________. She put it next to her bed.

4. Why do you think kitten wouldn’t stay in the cardboard box? (_____/1 mark)
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 (A) The cardboard box was hard (B) The cardboard box was warm
(C) The cardboard box was big (D) The cardboard box was small

5. Complete the following sentence using words of your own.

If I could keep a pet, I would keep a _______________________________.

6. Match the pictures to their correct meanings. (_____/1 mark)

Dancing

Swimming

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7. Match the word with its correct opposite word.

Wet

Soft
Cold

Hot
Dry

Hard

8. Underline two naming words in the following sentence.

The dog runs after the ball.

9. Circle the action word in the following sentences.

A. Geeta is playing with a ball.

B. Mohan is writing a letter.

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10. Fill in the blanks with ‘this, that, these and those’.
____________ is Rahul’s shoe.
(i)

___________ is Priya’s dress.

(ii) _____________ books are mine.

_____________ are yours.

11. Fill in the blanks with ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’. (_____/1 mark)
There is _______ apple and _________banana on __________ plate.

12. Tick the sentence with the correct capital letter and full stop. (_____/1 mark)
(A) mohan is playing with a ball
(B) Mohan is playing with a ball.

(_________/ 12 marks)

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