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English Assignment Booklet

Grade VI
Periodic II
Periodic 2 Syllabus

Reading Comprehension

Writing Skill: Notice Writing

Poster Making

Grammar: Prepositions
Conjunctions
Sentences
Punctuations

Literature: Brown Wolf

The Village School
Brighter still
Poem – Vocation
Poem- Her Head

Novel Novel: Three Men in a Boat

Chapter Activity
Prepositions Activity to introduce prepositions: Students to describe their ideal
home. Now tell students to imagine they have both just won the lottery
together and can buy their dream house. With their partners, they have
to write a detailed description of their ideal home, using prepositions to
give to an interior designer
Conjunctions Activity: Link-up Game- Have two students write a simple sentence
simultaneously. Then, have your students think of as many
conjunctions as they can that would correctly link these two sentences
together. You might be surprised with the variety of words that will
work!

Sentences Activity: students to distinguish between principal and subordinating

clause in sentences given by the teacher and score a point.

Punctuations Activity: Students to act out the punctuation marks and students to
work in teams to guess the punctuation mark. Also talk about
importance and usage of that punctuation mark.

Brown Wolf Class discussion- Why is it important to respect and accept other peoples
decision
Loud reading of the story

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 The Village School Discussion- Why is school and education important?
Write a quotation about importance of education using beautiful
calligraphy

Brighter still Talk about Jataka Folk tales

Class Discussion: Justice is good but mercy is better
Make an illustration according to your understanding of the story
Poem – Vocation Discussion: Why should I consider myself fortunate and be happy?
Loud recitation of the poem to enjoy it.

Poem- Her Head Design a poster on ‘Conservation of water’

Novel – Three Men in a Act: Students to form groups and read their allotted part of the novel
Boat thoroughly. After that they have to make questions and write them on
quiz cards. These quiz cards to be used for quiz in class.
Dramatic reading from the novel in class.

SECTION 1: READING
Reading comprehension is the understanding of what a particular text means and the ideas the author is
attempting to convey, both textual and sub textual. Comprehension is the understanding and interpretation of
what is read.
To be able to accurately understand written material, we need to be able to decode what we read, make
connections between what we read and what we already know, think deeply about what we have read and
understand and reevaluate how we are currently reading.
Tips to better comprehension-
1. Improve your vocabulary
2. Read for pleasure
3. Stop when you get confused and try to summarize what you just read
4. If you’re struggling, try reading aloud.
5. Re-read (or skim) previous sections of the text.
PASSAGE 1
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations. Travel can be done
by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be
one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements. The
origin of the word "travel" is most likely lost to history.
The term "travel" may originate from the Old French word travail, which means 'work'. Today, travel may
or may not be much easier depending upon the destination you choose e.g. Mt. Everest, the Amazon
rainforest, how you plan to get there and whether you decide to "rough it".
Reasons for traveling include- recreation, tourism or vacationing, research travel, the gathering of
information, visiting people, volunteer travel for charity, migration to begin life somewhere else,
religious pilgrimages and mission trips, business travel, trade, commuting, and other reasons, such as to
obtain health care or waging or fleeing war or for the enjoyment of traveling.
Travellers may use human - powered transport such as walking or bicycling; or vehicles, such as public
transport, automobiles, trains and airplanes.
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Travel dates back to antiquity where wealthy Greeks and Romans would travel for leisure to their summer
homes and villas in cities such as Pompeii and Baiae. While early travel tended to be slower, more
dangerous, and more dominated by trade and migration, cultural and technological advances over many
years have tended to mean that travel has become easier and more accessible.
Travel in the middle Ages offered hardships and challenges; however, it was important to the economy and
to society. Pilgrimages were common in both the European and Islamic world and involved streams of
travellers both locally and internationally.
In the late 16th century it became fashionable for young European aristocrats and wealthy upper class men
to travel to significant European cities as part of their education in the arts and literature. This was known as
the Grand Tour, it included cities such as London, Paris, Venice, Florence and Rome. However, The French
revolution brought with it the end of the Grand Tour.
1. What are the various ways in which travel can be classified according to the passage?
2. What are the factors on which comfort or discomfort of travel depends on?
3. List the motives why people travel?
4. What were the problems faced by early travellers?
5. Why was travel important during the middle ages?
6. Why did the rich travel during the 16th century and what was the name given to such travel?
7. Find one word answer from the passage which means the same as -
a. start off (Para 2)
b. easy to get to ( Para 5)
POEM COMPREHENSION 2
Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Recess
Recess! Oh, Recess!
We love you! You rule!
You keep us away
from the teachers in school.
Your swings are refreshing.
Your slides are the best.
You give us a break
from a really hard test.
Recess! Oh, Recess!
We want you to know,
you’re sweeter than syrup,
you’re special like snow.
You don’t assign homework.
You make the day fun.
You let us play kickball
and run in the sun.
Recess! Oh, Recess!

1. Who do you think is saying these lines?

2. What do the students do during the recess?
3. How does the poet praise the recess in the second stanza?
4. What is not done by the students during recess which they do otherwise in school?
5. How does ‘recess’ give a break to the students?

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 6. Work out the rhyme scheme of stanza 1.
7. Mention any one poetic device from the poem.
SECTION 2: WRITING
Notice Writing
A notice can be described as a written or a printed information or news announcement. It is written in for
basically informing people or pupils (in a school) about an activity or an event and is specifically only meant
for a select group. Since a notice is a formal announcement or piece of information, its tone and style are
formal and it is strictly factual. Its language is also simple and formal.
Important Points:
 Stick to the specified word limit.
 You need to write the word NOTICE at the top.
 Do not forge to mention the Name and Place of the school, or organization that is issuing the notice.
 An appropriate heading is required.
 Include the date of issuing the notice.
 State the target group clearly (for whom the notice is to be displayed).
 Write the purpose of the notice.
 Mention other relevant details like date, venue and time.
 State that the designated person needs to be contacted for extra information.
 The signature, name and designation of the person who is issuing the notice should be there.
Format:

NAME OF THE INSTITUTION (capitals)

NOTICE(capitals)

Date:

Heading (underline)

50 words
Passive Voice – 3rd person
What, When, Where
Eligibility (if required)
Contact undersigned for further details.

Sign
Name
Designation

1. You are the Sports captain of your school. Write a notice to announce the organizing of a football match
in your school on 20 December 2018 at 8:00 a.m. for the boys and girls of class VI and VII in the school
field.
2. You are the Secretary of the Cultural club in your school. Write a notice to inform students about a dance
competition being conducted on 30 January 2019 for students of class IV to VII in your school Auditorium
at 10am. The participants must give their names latest by 25 January.

Poster Making
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A poster is any piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface. Typically posters
include both textual and graphic elements. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and informative.
Posters may be used for many purposes. They are a frequent tool for creating awareness and advertising
events, and communicate a message.
Important Points:
 Original - Something eye-catching that makes the public want to stop and read it (color, pictures,
drawings, unusual shape, etc.)
 Simple - Put 1-2 basic points on each poster.
 Colorful - Use color for emphasis, variety, and to get and hold attention.
 Organized - Make your points easy to read and follow.
 Readable - If using more than 5-6 words, use capital and lower case letters rather than only
capitals.
 Spaced - space areas between letters adequately.
 Be neat
 Accurate - spelling and all information should be correct.
 At the bottom write the name of issuing authority ‘Issued in Public Interest by________’

Format:

1. Design an awareness poster informing people about the benefits of exercising every day. You can add
that it has been issued in public interest by the students of Delhi Public School.
2. Design a poster to create awareness about water conservation in your locality.

SECTION 3 GRAMMAR
Prepositions
Activity to introduce prepositions: Students to describe their ideal home. Now tell students to imagine they
have both just won the lottery together and can buy their dream house. With their partners, they have to
write a detailed description of their ideal home, using prepositions to give to an interior designer
A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence.
Prepositions are normally placed directly in front of nouns. There are three types of prepositions. Time are
those such as before, after, during, and until; place prepositions are those indicating position, such
as around, between, and against; and direction prepositions are those indicative of direction, such as across,
up, and down.

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1. Fill in the correct prepositions.

a. _______ this picture, I can see a family standing ________the beach.

b. There is a ship sailing ________ the sea.
c. The mother is standing _________her son and daughter.
d. She is holding a bag _________in her hand.
e. The son and the daughter are splashing ________ the water, smiling ________ each other.
f. There are beautiful trees _________ the beach.
g. There is a bird ________ the mother, flying in the sky.
h. The woman is looking __________her daughter.
2. Fill in the appropriate prepositions.
a. I am going to the countryside _______the weekend.
b. I haven't been to the countryside _________ December.
c. What time are you leaving?
I am leaving _______ the afternoon. May be _________ three o'clock pm. I am coming
back _________Sunday evening. I'll catch the half ________ seven train __________Sunday. I'll
be here ___________nine o'clock.
3. Fill in appropriate prepositional phrases.
a. She paid for lunch _______advance, so we don't need to pay now.
b. I went to the wrong house________ mistake.
c. Please make sure that you're_______ time for the class.
d. I was walking to the station and_______ chance I saw the glove that I'd lost on the ground.
e. I love eating out in London ________instance; one of my favourite restaurants has best Japanese food.
f. I think the cat is _______danger on that high roof.
Conjunctions
Activity: Link-up Game- Have two students write a simple sentence simultaneously. Then, have your
students think of as many conjunctions as they can that would correctly link these two sentences together.
You might be surprised with the variety of words that will work!
Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together.
Coordinating Conjunctions

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Coordinating conjunctions allow you to join words, phrases, and clauses of equal grammatical rank in a
sentence. The most common coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so;
Correlative Conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions that work together. Some examples are either/or,
neither/nor, and not only/but also.
Subordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions join independent and dependent clauses. A subordinating conjunction can signal
a cause-and-effect relationship, a contrast, or some other kind of relationship between the clauses. Common
subordinating conjunctions are because, since, as, although, though, while, and whereas. Sometimes an
adverb, such as until, after, or before can function as a conjunction.

1 Complete each sentence using the subordinating conjunction from the parenthesis:
a. I'd love to stay (so / and / but) I have to catch my bus.
b. His hot chocolate was too hot (so / and / but) he put some cold milk in it.
c. (Or / Although / Because) we had an umbrella, we got extremely wet.
d. I only passed my exam (because / but / although) you helped me.
e. They were hungry (but / because / so ) they made some sandwiches.
f. We can go to the pool (and / but / or ) we can go horse-riding, whichever you prefer.
g. She didn't want him to see her (and / so / although ) she hid behind a plant.
h. He's in the town centre (so / because / but) he wants to look for shoes.

2. Complete each sentence using the correct conjunction from the parenthesis:
a. I like chicken ____ not fish. (and/since/ but/ for/ or)
b. ____ it rains on Sunday, I will not be able to drive. (After/ When/Either/ If/Yet)
c. I like both dogs ______ cats.( also/ but/and/if/until)
d. The items are on sale in the local store _____ not online.( but/and/ although /or/ while)
e. Neither my mother _____ my father will be able to attend the party on Sunday.( or/ not /and/ nor/
also)
f. Carrie didn't know whether her bike would be fixed _____ if she would have to walk.( but /and /nor/
or/ either)
g. Luke was late to the party ______ his car broke down on the highway.(if /
because/while/although/where)

3. Read the sentences below. Then write the correlative conjunctions that complete each sentence.
a. _____________ Alex _____________ Carlos tried out for the school play. a. Whether . . . or b. Both
. . . and
b. _____________ you clean your room _____________ you will stay home this weekend. a. Either . . .
or b. Neither . . . nor
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 c. _____________ we go home _____________ stay at the park doesn’t matter to me. a. Whether . . .
or b. Not only . . . but also
d. __________ ___________ did she do well on her math test, ___________ she ___________ got an
A on her social studies report. a. Both . . . and b. Not only . . . but also

Sentences
Activity: students to distinguish between principal and subordinating clause in sentences given by the
teacher and score a point.
Sentence is a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a
statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more
subordinate clauses.

1. Identify the subordinate and independent clause in each of the following sentences.
a. Every day teachers throw away hundreds of sheets of paper that they should be recycling.
b. Since landfills are getting full, our school doesn't need to be contributing to the problem.
c. If our teachers recycled in their classrooms, it would set a good example for students.
d. Students who may never see an example of recycling at home could learn about it.
e. Once these students learn to recycle, they can show their family how to do it.
2. Make compound sentences by filling in the blanks with an appropriate coordinate conjunction.
a. I called her many times _______ she didn’t answer the phone.
b. He is intelligent _______ honest.
c. He is old ______ he is active.
d. He _______ lost his reputation _______ brought a bad name to his family.
e. You may ______ spend the night here _____ go home.
Punctuation
Activity: Students to act out the punctuation marks and students to work in teams to guess the punctuation
mark. Also talk about importance and usage of that punctuation mark.

Punctuations are the marks, such as full stop, comma, and brackets, used in writing to separate sentences and
their elements and to clarify meaning.

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1. 1.Punctuate and rewrite the paragraph.
winston is one of the most laid-back people i know he is tall and slim with black hair and he always wears a
t-shirt and black jeans his jeans have holes in them and his baseball boots are scruffy too he usually sits at
the back of the class and he often seems to be asleep however when the exam results are given out he always
gets an "A" i don't think hes as lazy as he appears to be
2. Punctuate the following sentences
a. he is not really nice looking and yet he has enormous charm
b. when i was a child icould watch tv whenever i wanted to
c. it is a fine idea let us hope that it is going to work
d. mrs solomon who was sitting behind the desk gave me a big smile
SECTION 3:
LITERATURE

Brighter Still
Talk about Jataka Folk tales
Class Discussion: Justice is good but mercy is better
Make an illustration according to your understanding of the story
1. New words and meanings
a. reckless b. panic c. sacrifice
2. Phrasal verbs
a. look forward to b. look up to
3. Character web chart
King Brahmadutta Brighter than the sun

4. Reference to context
a. ‘Friend, our herds are being torn apart by pain and despair. Our losses are high and in a few days
we will be destroyed’
i. Name the story and the writer.
ii. Who is speaking these lines and to whom?
iii. What is the problem being talked about here?
iv. Give opposite of the word ‘despair’.
b. When I was a child, I had heard about this thing called sacrifice, but I had never seen it before’
i. Who is speaking this line and to whom?
ii. Who is sacrificing himself and for whom?
iii. What was the reason for the sacrifice?
iv. Give opposite of the word ‘before’.
5. Answer the following question.
i. What is the lesson that we learn from this story?
ii. Why did the villagers make a big park for the king? How did they get the deer into the park?
6. Grammar exercise –
a. Mr. Shyam/ our/ has/teacher/ a/ named/ Timmy/cat
b. park/is/a/place/a walk/for/the lake/good/the/beside/
7. Fill in the blank using ‘ful’ or ‘less’ as a suffix.
a. Do not be _______(aim) in life.
b. I was ________(speech) looking at the beautiful mountains.
c. I am _______(hope) of getting good marks.
d. We should be ______(mercy) towards animals.
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Poem: Vocation
Discussion: Why should I consider myself fortunate and be happy?
Loud recitation of the poem to enjoy it
Vocation is a poem written by Rabindranath Tagore. It echoes a child's ever-changing dreams for the
future, the search for a vocation. The poem describes a child's longing for the freedom he sees in the lives
of those around him.
1. New words and meanings
a. vocation b. hawker c. soils
2. Poetic devices
Imagery
Simile
3. Answer the questions briefly.
a. Where does the poet meet the bangle seller?
b. Why does the boy want to become a bangle seller?
c. When did the boy meet the gardener?
d. What was the gardener doing?
e. Why does the boy want to become a gardener?
f. When did the boy see the watchman?
g. What does he want to do after becoming a watchman?
4. Write a letter to your friend telling him/her about your vocation you wish you can take up?
5. Edit the passage correcting the prepositions and articles.
In the 6th of March, at my ______
birthday, my mom made the vanilla ______
cake with a cherry in the top. We had ______
an party in home. There were lots of ______
balloons all along the room. My ______
parents brought the gift for me- it was ______
a red cycle.
6. Rearrange to make correct sentences.
a. important / it / is / to observe / rules / traffic
b. not / children / below / of / the age / must / drive / eighteen years.
Brown Wolf
Class discussion- Why is it important to respect and accept other peoples decision
Loud reading of the story
1. New words and meanings
a. futile
b. vainly
c. trot
2. Phrasal verbs
a. turn down
b. turn off

3. Web Chart-

Brown
Wolf

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 4. Reference to context
a. ‘It ain’t going to be easy, I can tell you that……...as he turned and went slowly up the trail’
i. Who speaks this line and to whom?
ii. What is not going to be easy?
iii. Where is the person going ‘up the trail’?
b. ‘Then he was on his feet. He had made up his mind. His eyes were fixed on the trail’
i. Who is the ‘he’ here?
ii. What had he made up his mind about?
iii. Why were his eyes fixed on the trail?
5. Answer the questions briefly.
a. How did Walt ensure that the dog came back every time he went away?
b. Why do you think the story is titled ‘Brown Wolf’?
The Village School
Why is school and education important?
Write a quotation about importance of education using beautiful calligraphy
1. New words and meanings
a. scholar b. sorrow c. earnings
2. Idioms
a. Learn by heart b. Cover a lot of ground c. Draw a blank
3. Web chart
Totaram

4. Reference to context from the text

a. ‘You have become a great sorrow to us, and your father will be very angry’.
i. Who spoke these lines and to whom?
ii. Why is that person called ‘a great sorrow’?
iii. Was the person correct in making this statement?

5. Answer the questions briefly.

i. How did Totaram’s mother come to know that he was attending school?
ii. How did the father’s attitude change towards the end of the story?
Poem–Her Head - activity
Class discussion: How is water important for us and why and how to conserve water.
Design a poster on ‘Conservation of water’
Novel: Three Men in a Boat
Students to form groups and read their allotted part of the novel thoroughly. After that they have to make
questions and write them on quiz cards. These quiz cards to be used for quiz in class.
Dramatic reading from the novel in class.

PRACTICE WORKSHEETS
SECTION 1- READING
1. Read the passage and answer the questions.
Although almost all penguin species are native to the Southern Hemisphere, they are not found only in cold
climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin actually live so far south. Several species
live in the temperate zone; one, the Galápagos penguin, lives as far north as the Galápagos Islands, but this
is only made possible by the cold, rich waters of the Antarctic Humboldt Current that flows around these
islands.

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Penguins for the most part breed in large colonies, the exceptions being the yellow-eyed and Fordland
species; these colonies may range in size from as few as a 100 pairs to several hundred thousand in the case
of king, macaroni and chinstrap penguins. Living in colonies results in a high level of social interaction
between birds, which has led to a large repertoire of visual as well as vocal displays in all penguin species.
Penguins form monogamous pairs for a breeding season. Most penguins lay two eggs in a clutch, although
the two largest species, the emperor and the king penguins, lay only one. With the exception of the emperor
penguin, where the male does it all, all penguins share the incubation duties. These incubation shifts can last
days and even weeks as one member of the pair feeds at sea.
Penguins generally only lay one brood; the exception is the little penguin, which can raise two or three
broods in a season. When emperor penguin mothers lose a chick, they sometimes attempt to "steal" another
mother's chick, usually unsuccessfully as other females in the vicinity assist the defending mother in keeping
her chick. In some species, such as king and emperor penguins, the chicks assemble in large groups
called crèches.
Penguins appear to have no special fear of humans, and will approach groups of people without hesitation.
This is probably because penguins have no land predators in Antarctica or the nearby offshore
islands. Dogs preyed upon penguins while they were allowed in Antarctica during the age of early human
exploration as sled dogs, but dogs have long since been banned from Antarctica. Instead, adult penguins are
at risk at sea from predators such as sharks, the orca, and the leopard seal. Typically, penguins do not
approach closer than around 9 feet at which point they appear to become nervous. This is also the distance
that Antarctic tourists are instructed to maintain between themselves and penguins.
a. In which hemisphere and areas are penguins found?
b. Why do penguins prefer to live in colonies?
c. What is the difference between the emperor penguin and other penguins in terms of laying and
incubation of eggs?
d. Why is the emperor penguin unable to steal the other penguin’s chick?
e. Why have dogs been banned in Antarctica?
f. Find antonyms from the passage.
i. Foreigner (Para 1) ii. Calm (Last Para)

2. Read the poem and answer the questions

Where do all the teachers go
When it’s four o’clock?
Do they live in houses
The same as you and me?
Do they live with other people
Have they mums and dads?
And were they ever children
And were they ever bad?
Did they ever, never spell right?
Did they ever make mistakes?
Were they punished in the corner
If they pinched the chocolate flakes?
Did they ever lose their hymn books
Did they ever leave their greens?
Did they scribble on the desk tops
Where Do All the

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Teachers Go?
a. What time does the school get over and where do the teachers go then?
b. What mistakes does the child wonder if the teachers made when they were students?
c. Mention any mischievous things that the students do in their school?
d. Find another word from the poem which means the same as-
i. write untidily
ii. steal in a mischievous way
e. Find two pairs of rhyming words from the poem.

SECTION 2 - WRITING SKILLS

1. Notice Writing
a. As the head boy/head girl of your school write a notice informing students about English Poetry
Recitation competition to be held on 5 August 2018 at 8 am in your school.
b. As the Sports Captain of your school, write a notice informing students about inter house basketball
matches to be held in school beginning 20 July. All students interested in being part of house teams have
to come for trials on 10 July at 11 am near the basketball court.
2. Poster Designing
a. Design an awareness poster requesting students of your school to avoid wasting paper.
b. Design an awareness poster on the occasion of earth day urging people to plant more trees to save the
earth.

SECTION 3 – GRAMMAR
Prepositions
1. Choose the correct preposition to complete each of the following sentences:
a. It’s ________ time you told him the truth! (on / about/in)
b. The soccer player was ejected because he had done something that was ________ the
rules.(without/outside/against)
c. You shouldn't pick ________ him just because he's different. (on / to / with)
d. The animal hospital? It's somewhere ________ that big blue building. ( around /about/ on)
e. Being a nurse is hard work, especially if you're ________ call all the time.(in/with/ on)
f. She's the kind of girl who knows everything ________ everyone.(about/on/in)
g. She is, ________ a doubt, the best student in the class. (without/outside/about)
h. ________ our visit to Japan, we saw a lot of interesting places. (while/during/through)
i. ________ the year, I've spoken to her five times. (in /during /throughout)

Conjunctions
1. Fill in the correct conjunction.
a. Don't expect him to come; he has ______ the time ______ the money to make the trip.
b. ______ we last saw him, he was in good health. ______, it is a shock to hear of his death.
c. _______ we were returning home, we found that one of the boys was missing, _______ we turned
back to search for him.
d. I might have come to your house ______ it was raining; ______ some friends dropped in, ______ I
had to entertain them.
e. He thought his parents would be home late, ______ he made a feast for himself with all the food in
the house.
f. ______ they entered the house, they found that it had been ransacked. _______ nothing was
missing, they called the police ______ reported that their house had been broken into.
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Sentences
1. Make compound sentences by filling in the blanks with an appropriate coordinate conjunction.
a. I reached the counter ____ took my purse out _____ there was no money in it.
b. The way may be long _____we may feel tired _____we will not give up hope.
c. We took part in the competition _____ we did not win any prize.
d. Our servant is slow _____ he is honest _____ dependable.
e. Leave the house at once _____ I will call the police.
2. Identify the subordinate and independent clause in each of the following sentences.
a. If every student taught their family to recycle, it would reduce the waste going to landfills.
b. If you model recycling in your neighborhood, more neighbors will join in and start recycling.
c. Although you may only think of recycling paper, many other items can be recycled.
d. Some communities recycle glass and plastic which must be put in separate bins.
e. Make sure you rinse out containers that you recycle so you won't attract bugs.
Punctuation
1. Punctuate the following sentences
a. I don’t like this one bit said julia
b. have you met our handsome new financial director
c. If you are ever in london come and see you
d. Michael in the ferrari was cornering superbly
e. Looking straight at her he said I cant help you
SECTION 4- LITERATURE
Brighter still
1. Answer the given question in 40-60 words.
a. What were the names of the leaders of the deer herd? Why were the leaders named so?
b. Was the king a wise king? Why/ Why not?
c. What was the plan hatched by the leaders to save the deer?
Poem – Vocation
1. Answer the questions.
a. Who did the boy see while walking to school? What did the boy want to do after meeting him?
b. Who did the boy see while coming back from school and what was he doing?
c. What was the watchman doing and why does the boy want to be a watchman?
Brown Wolf
1. Answer the questions.
a. Why did brown decide to stay with Walt and Madge?
b. How did Miller and Madge decide who the dog would go with?
c. Do you think it was easy for the dog to take the decision?
The Village School
1. Answer briefly in 40-60 words.
a. How did Totaram’s mother come to know that he was attending school?
b. How did Totaram help his father?

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SECTION – A (Reading)

Q1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions-

Although almost all penguin species are native to the Southern Hemisphere, they are not found only in cold
climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin actually live so far south. Several species
live in the temperate zone; one, the Galápagos penguin, lives as far north as the Galápagos Islands, but this
is only made possible by the cold, rich waters of the Antarctic Humboldt Current that flows around these
islands.
Penguins for the most part breed in large colonies, the exceptions being the yellow-eyed and Fordland
species; these colonies may range in size from as few as a 100 pairs to several hundred thousand in the case
of king, macaroni and chinstrap penguins. Living in colonies results in a high level of social interaction
between birds, which has led to a large repertoire of visual as well as vocal displays in all penguin species.
Penguins form monogamous pairs for a breeding season. Most penguins lay two eggs in a clutch, although
the two largest species, the emperor and the king penguins, lay only one. With the exception of the emperor
penguin, where the male does it all, all penguins share the incubation duties. These incubation shifts can last
days and even weeks as one member of the pair feeds at sea.
Penguins generally only lay one brood; the exception is the little penguin, which can raise two or three
broods in a season. When emperor penguin mothers lose a chick, they sometimes attempt to "steal" another
mother's chick, usually unsuccessfully as other females in the vicinity assist the defending mother in keeping
her chick. In some species, such as king and emperor penguins, the chicks assemble in large groups
called crèches.
Penguins appear to have no special fear of humans, and will approach groups of people without hesitation.
This is probably because penguins have no land predators in Antarctica or the nearby offshore
islands. Dogs preyed upon penguins while they were allowed in Antarctica during the age of early human
exploration as sled dogs, but dogs have long since been banned from Antarctica. Instead, adult penguins are
at risk at sea from predators such as sharks, the orca, and the leopard seal. Typically, penguins do not
approach closer than around 9 feet at which point they appear to become nervous. This is also the distance
that Antarctic tourists are instructed to maintain between themselves and penguins.
a. In which hemisphere and areas are penguins found?
b. Why do penguins prefer to live in colonies?
c. Why is the emperor penguin unable to steal the other penguin
d. Why have dogs been banned in Antarctica?
e. Find antonyms from the passage.
i. Foreigner (Para 1)
ii. Calm (Last Para)
SECTION B: WRITING
Q2. As the head boy/head girl of your school write a notice informing students about English Poetry
Recitation competition to be held on 5 August 2018 at 8 am in your school.
SECTION C: GRAMMMAR
Q3. Use appropriate punctuation
a. He is not really nice looking and yet he has enormous charm
b. When I was a child I could watch TV whenever I wanted to
c. It is a fine idea let us hope that it is going to work
d. Mrs. Solomon who was sitting behind the desk gave me a big smile

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Q4. Fill in the correct conjunction.
a. I like chicken ____ not fish. (and/since/ but/ for/ or)
b. ____ it rains on Sunday, I will not be able to drive. (After/ When/Either/ If/Yet)
c. I like both dogs ______ cats.( also/ but/and/if/until)
d. The items are on sale in the local store _____ not online.( but/and/ although /or/ while)
Q5. Identify the subordinate and independent clause in each of the following sentences.
a. Every day teachers throw away hundred of sheets of paper that they should be recycling.
b. Since landfills are getting full, our school doesn't need to be contributing to the problem.
c. If our teachers recycled in their classrooms, it would set a good example for students.
d. Students who may never see an example of recycling at home could learn about it.
Q6.Edit the passage using correct prepositions.
China is one in the large countries a. _____
from the world. It has the highest population b. _____
on the world too. It is a stronger nation militarily c. _____
Its industries have progressed in a fastest pace. d. _____
Q 7. Rearrange to make correct sentences.
a. important / it / is / to observe / rules / traffic
b. not / children / below / of / the age / must / drive / eighteen years.

SECTION D: LITERATURE

Q8. Read the extract and answer the questions:

a. ‘It ain’t going to be easy, I can tell you that……...as he turned and went slowly up the trail’
i. Who speaks this line and to whom?
ii. What is not going to be easy?
iii. Where is the person going ‘up the trail’?
b. “I wish I were a gardener digging away at the
garden with nobody to stop me from digging.”
i. Name the poem and the poet.
ii. Where did the boy see the gardener?
iii. Why does the boy want to be a gardener?
Q9.Answer the following questions:
a. How did Totaram’s mother come to know that he was attending school?
b. Why do you think the story is titled ‘Brown Wolf’?

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 ANSWER KEY
Preposition
1. Fill in the correct prepositions.
a. In, at e. in , at
b. in f. on
c. with g. behind
d. in h. at
2. Fill in the appropriate prepositions.
a. for
b. since
c. in, at, on, to, on, at
3. Fill in appropriate prepositional phrases.
a. in d.by
b. by e. for
c. in f. in
Conjunctions
1 Complete each sentence using the subordinating conjunction from the parenthesis:
a. but e. so
b. so f. or
c. Although g. so
d. because h. because
2. Complete each sentence using the correct conjunction from the parenthesis:
a. and e. nor
b. If f. or
c. and g. because
d. but

3. Read the sentences below. Then write the correlative conjunctions that complete each sentence.
a. b. Both . . . and
b. a. Either . . . or
c. a. Whether . . . or
d. b. Not only . . . but also
Sentences
1. Identify the subordinate and independent clause in each of the following sentences.
a. Every day teachers throw away hundred of sheets of paper that they should be recycling.
b. Since landfills are getting full, our school doesn't need to be contributing to the problem.
c. If our teachers recycled in their classrooms, it would set a good example for students.
d. Students who may never see an example of recycling at home could learn about it.
e. Once these students learn to recycle, they can show their family how to do it.
2. Make compound sentences by filling in the blanks with an appropriate coordinate conjunction.
a. but d. not only, but also
b. and e. either or
c. but
1. Punctuate and rewrite the paragraph.
Winston is one of the most laid-back people I know. He is tall and slim with black hair, and he always
wears a t-shirt and black jeans. His jeans have holes in them, and his baseball boots are scruffy, too. He

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 usually sits at the back of the class, and he often seems to be asleep. However, when the exam results
are given out he always gets an "A". I don't think he's as lazy as he appears to be.
2. Punctuate the following sentences
a. He is not really nice looking and yet he has enormous charm
b. When I was a child I could watch TV whenever I wanted to
c. It is a fine idea let us hope that it is going to work
d. Mrs Solomon who was sitting behind the desk gave me a big smile
Prepositions
1. Choose the correct preposition to complete each of the following sentences:
a. about f. about
b. against g. without
c. on h. during
d. around i. throughout
e. on

Conjunctions
1. Fill in the correct conjunction.
a. neither, nor d. Even though, but, so
b. Last,so e. so
c. When, so f. when, even though, and
Sentences
1. Make compound sentences by filling in the blanks with an appropriate coordinate conjunction.
a. and but
b. and but
c. but
d. but and
e. or
2. Identify the subordinate and independent clause in each of the following sentences.
a. If every student taught their family to recycle, it would reduce the waste going to landfills.
b. If you model recycling in your neighborhood, more neighbors will join in and start recycling.
c. Although you may only think of recycling paper, many other items can be recycled.
d. Some communities recycle glass and plastic which must be put in separate bins.
e. Make sure you rinse out containers that you recycle so you won't attract bugs.
Punctuation
1. Punctuate the following sentences
a. I don’t like this one bit said Julia.
b. Have you met our handsome new financial director?
c. If you are ever in London come and see you.
d. Michael in the Ferrari was cornering superbly.
e. Looking straight at her, he said, “I can’t help you”.

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