Class VI English Formative Assessment — 4 Test 20 Marks Name: Class VI Roll Number: Read the passage given below. ‘Trees make all the starch in the world. Starch is the most important part of our food, Without trees we will not have any starch to eat. Trees help us to get rain. The leaves of trees breathe out a lot of water vapor into the air. This makes the air cool. The cool air helps rainfall. Rain gives us water. No one can live without water. And we need trees to get water. Trees have many more uses. The rubber tree grows in many parts of the world. From the sap of this tree we get rubber. Rubber is a very useful thing. Some trees like eucalyptus give us medicines. in South America there is a tree called the cow tree. People drink the sap of this tree instead of milk! Its less expensive than milk. How long can a big tree live? Nobody knows. Some trees have already lived for more than four thousand years. They can live for five to six thousand years more. Some of them will ive as ong as ten thousand years. There is a tree called General Sherman in California in America. Itis a huge evergreen tree. It is said to be several thousand years old. How do we know the age of a tree? Do trees have birthdays? Yes, they do. They even get gifts on their birthdays. They get rings! Every year a tree grows a litle bigger. As it grows, the trunk gets another layer of wood; it gets another ring. You cannot see the rings because they are inside the tree. But if you look at the trunk of a cut down tree carefully, you will find the rings. One ring indicates one year. Some trees can live only for five to ten years. But some can live for hundreds or even thousands of years, like General Sherman. Q1. Now choose the correct response for the questions and write the corresponding letter in the brackets. (4xi=4) 1) Treeshelp us get a) Rain b) Firewood ©) Timber d) Allthe Above 2) How long does a tree a) 10 years b) 100 years ©) 1000years d)_ Nobody knows 3) What are the gifts mentioned in the passage to a tree on its birthday? a) Rings Scanned by CamScanner52 b) Fruits ©) Leaves d) Timber 4) The evergreen tree mentioned in the passage is a) Neem tree b) Jamun tree ©) General Sherman d) Teak wood tree Q2. Now answer the following questions in about two sentences. (3x2=6) 1. What isa ring of atree? 2. Write the uses of atree? 3. Whats a tree in youropinion? in the blanks with suitable word fromthe given. (5x1=5) shade most carbon-dioxide iif die ~~ TTT ww er wr wwrrwrrwrrwuevwvwewviesew Trees are the .. (1) useful things in the world. Children play under them. Travelers rest in their cool . (2). Trees give us fruit to eat and firewood to bum, We build houses and make furniture with the wood of the trees. We need trees for our lives. If there were no trees, there would be no . @) on earth, Living things (people and animals) breathe in air. They breathe in oxygen from the air and breathe out carbon dioxide. fall the oxygen in the air was used up leaving only .. ‘would happen to all of us? Everyone would ........ - (4), what [6 Q4. Imagine that you are the Secretary of the Environment Club of your school. Write a notice informing all the students to participate in the tree plantation week. You can add when and where does it take place, who participate init, chief guest, and other relevant information. Scanned by CamScannerSummative Assessment 2 (2016-17) Class: VI f English (Set -B) _Time:3 hrs M. M: 80 General Instructions: Te, [a 1. This paper consists of THREE sections: Section A Reading 20 marks Section B ——Writing/Grammar 30 marks Section C _Literature/Long Reading Text 30 marks 2 Attempt all questions. 3. Domotwrite anything on the question paper. 4. Allthe answers must be correctly numbered asin the question paper and written in the Answer sheet provided fo you. 5. Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. 6.__ Strictly adhere to the word limit given with each question. SECTION A: READING Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : 2 ‘What would life be without music? The world would be a very quiet place. Music is in many ‘ways the fabric of our lives and the definition of society. Music is the direct reflection of the picture of society. Music can be a way to deliver, messages, a poetic medium, a fine art or hothing more than a source of entertainment. No matter what itis used for, music is the perfect art and our lives would be incomplete without it, Music helps the mind to develop and grow. Its a proven fact that participating in a music program in a school will help to develop Your brain to a higher level and faster than other students. So, why do we need music in our ‘schools? Well, because music is everything, ) Without music the world would be. b) What presents the direct picture of the society? ©) Music is important as it can be a 4) How does music help your mind to develop and grow? 6) Give the antonym for- loud (Line 1) elow and answer the questions that follow: xr animals depend directly or indirectly on plants, Plants are th. They are the basic source of food for al living beings. ‘water and carbon dioxide is used by the pants to make their food, The food prepared by plants is eaten by human beings and animals. This gives them the energy to work and grow. In the absence of oxygen, no animal or human being can survive. If there were no green plants, there would be no oxygen for human beings and animals to breathe, If there was no carbon-dioxide, green plants would not be able to carry out photosynthesis. : ‘The plants not only help to maintain the balance of nature but also m: ook beautiful and pleasant. ‘Thus, human beings depend on plants, surce of food forall living beings? (What is the basic sot a)Animals b)Plants )Natural food arr hare 2 Read the passage given b Human beings and all other necessary for life on this eart The sun’s energy along with ake our surroundings Scanned by CamScanneri) What do plants use along with Sun’s energy and Carbon-dioxide to make food? a)Water byoxygen Air (iii) What would happen in the absence of carbon dioxide? a) Humans and animals cannot breathe _b) plants cannot prepare their food ) human beings cannot grow (iy)Human beings and animals can’t survive without a)food b)sunlight oxygen ())Give the antonym for ‘presence’-(Line 5) a)absence bypleasant survive Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 5 Reading newspapers is considered to be a boring thing by school students. They generally think that newspaper reading is something to be done by elders. Parents also tend to overlook the fact that newspapers are a very important source of information and knowledge and can become an enjoyable experience for children too If this habit is inculcated in the early childhood, the child can have all round development. To ‘achieve this, students need to be encouraged to start reading sections like kids section, leisure, sports and cartoons, Once they start enjoying these, they can be steered towards the main page, editorial, city and international sections. Children could be given information associated with the pictures that appear in the newspapers. This works very well with the young ones. (i) Children think newspaper reading is for. a)students boelders, Parents (ii) What are important source of information? a)Cartoons, byParents Newspapers (iii)How can a child have complete development? 4) By reading Newspapers from Early childhood b)By parents care ©)By making cartoons (ivJTo inculcate habit of Newspaper reading, children need to be encouraged to read sections like__ ‘a)main page, editorial _b)International sections )Leisure, sports and cartoons (v)Give the Synonym for “free time’ (Line 2) a)reading bpleisure enjoying Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow: Ss POSITIVE ATTITUDE Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure it means that you haven’t succeeded yet. Failure doesn’t mean you have been a fool _. it means hat you have lots of faith. Failure doesn’t mean you are inferior __ It means that you are not perfect. Failure doesn’t mean that you have wasted your life _.. It means that you have reason to start a fresh. Failure doesn’t mean you should give up _... it means that you must try harder. Failure doesn't mean you will never: make it "it means that it will take alittle longer Failure doesn’t mean that God has abandoned you It means that God had a better idea. 4) How ‘failure’ doesn’t mean you are a failure? 'b) ‘Failure’ doesn’t mean you are inferior because ____——~ a, ‘VI Page 2 of 4 Scanned by CamScanner©) How do you have reason to start atiesh? 8) Why does the poet say 'you should never give up 8) Why does the poot says Got has not abandoned you" SECTION B: WRITING AND GRAMMAR Write @ Hotter in about 120 words to the Editor of a newspaper expressing your views onthe —& problem of inereasing road accidents due to pit holes on roads in your area [ate points srofer to some recent road aevidents and say their number is en increase give reason fOr this inorease suggest some steps that the traffic police! highway authorities can take 10 repair these pit roles and roads} OR ‘You father has gone abroad; write an email to your father requesting him to join you in the New Yeats party, ‘Write an Article it about 120 words on the “Importance of following time-tablein school 6 life, [Value points: -Significance of time-table in school and at home......timings and decorum to be followed to maintain order in school, How time-table helps in smooth functioning of the school), ‘With the help of the following outline, develop a readable story in about 80-100 words: 5 A dispute between the sun and the wind....,....each claims to be stronger.......SaW @ ‘trayeller,....traveller wearing a coat.,......both the sun and the wind challenge to make him. take off his coat.,,.the wind blows hard... falls miserably.....,.the sun shines brightly......the traveller takes off his coat,...... 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