Sunshine School & College

First evaluation exam-2020

Subject: English 1ST Paper
Class-Seven
(Marks for individual items are mentioned next to the test items.)

Time – 3 Hours Full Marks: 100

Part-A: Seen Part (20)
Farabi is Flora’s best friend. They live in the same area. Also they are both in class 7. But they
go to different schools. It is a school holiday. Flora has come to visit Farabi. They are talking.
Flora wants to know about the prize giving ceremony of Farabi’s School. “Yesterday was our
school prize-giving day”, Farabi says. “On this occasion our school auditorium and its dais were
brightly decorated. Prizes were also neatly displayed on a separate table on the dais. All the
students were present at the function. Among others. The guardians and some eminent persons of
the locality attended the functions, “Farabi continues. “The principal of PN College was the chief
guest”. “When did the function start?” Flora asked, “Oh, it started on time- just at 4 pm,” Farabi
says, “Our Head teacher first read out the annual report. Then the chief Guest gave a short
speech. He highly praised the overall performance of the school and its excellent JSC and SSC
Exam results. Then he gave away the prizes among the students for their outstanding activities:.
“Did you get any prize, Farabi?” Flora enquires. “Yes, I did,” Farabi Replies, “I’ve got two
prizes- one for regular attendance and the other for good results in the last year ending exams.”
1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7

i) The word same means-

a) Unusual b) unique c) Matching d) Special
ii) The word different means-
a) Similar b) dissimilar c) alike d) related
iii) The word visit means-
a) Invite b) see c) entertain d) call
iv) The word ceremony means-
a) Exhalation b) fair c) occasion d) gift
v) The word prize means-
a) Energy b) force c) power d) reward
vi) The word dais means-
a) Table b) bridge c) stage d) mat
vii) The word neatly means-
a) Messily b) tidily c) clumsily d) untidily
2. Answer the following questions. 2×4=8

a) What is the relationship between Flora and Farabi?

b) How was the school auditorium decorated?
c) Who read out the annual report?
d) What are they talking about?

3. Read the following text and fill in the gaps with appropriate words to make it a meaningful one.

1×5=5
I was very (a)….. I couldn’t (b)….. of anything him. I was always (c)…… about the school the
teachers and the students of our school. I couldn’t even (d)….. well that night. The next morning
my mother (e)……up early in the morning. I had a bath and put on my best other.

Part B: Unseen (25 Marks)

Read the following text and answer questions 4 and 5.
Reading Test (Unseen Passage) Read the following text carefully and answer question 3 and 4.
Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born on 24th May, 1899. His father died when he was
only nine years old. So he had to start a very struggling life from his very childhood. Nazrul
Completed his primary education in 1909 and joined a local ‘Maktab’ as a teacher in the same
year. Nazrul again got himself admitted in Mathrun school of Bardwan in class six. But he could
not prosecute his studies for financial crisis and left for asansole. He had to work there for his
livelihood in a loread factory. In Asansole Nazrul came in contact with a police sub-Inspector,
Kazi Rafizullah. Nazrul requested him to make arrangements for his education. Tn 1914 Kazi
Rafizulllah sent Nazrul to his Village home at Kazirrshimla in Mymensingh. There he get
admitted in Darirampur High School in class seven. Nazrul read in that school only for one year
and left Kazirshimla. On returning home Nazrul got himself admitted in Raniganj siarsole High
School in class eight in 1915 and continued his studies till 1917. While he was a student of class
ten in 1917. He gained the army putting an end to his formal education. After the Second World
War Nazrul came back to Calcutta in 1920.

4. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage. 1×5=5
The name of events place Year
Nazrul’s Birth (i).............
(ii)............. In 1909
Working in a bread factory (iii)............
Getting into class eight (iv)............
Joining the Army (v).............

5. Read the passage again and write True or False beside the following statements. Give
answers for the false statement. 1×5=5
a) Nazrul was eleven years old when his father died.
b) He had to struggle hard after his father’s death.
c) Nazrul joined a local ‘Maktab’ after completing secondary education.
d) Kazi Nazrul studied up to class eight.
e) Nazrul returned from the war in 1920.

6. Read the text below and fill in the gaps using the clues given in the boxes. There are many more
words than necessary. One word can be used once only. 0.5×10=5

signboard extended neighborhood house wife six

bondage nuclear consisting however forty

Family is a way to keep social (a)….. It is a group (b)…… of own or two percept and their
children. It’s of two types. They are (c)…… family and (d)……… family. (e)…….. I know a
family in my (f)……. . There is a (g)……… in front of the house of the family. Emma Castle, in
letters of gold. The family of Emma castle is nuclear. There are (h)……. members in the family.
Mrs. Rifa in a (i)……. She in (j)…… year old

7. Read the text below and fill in the gaps using suitable words to make it a meaningful text. 1×5=5
Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was (a)…… on 24th May, 1899. His father (b)…. when he
was only nine years old. So he had to (c)……. a very struggling life from his very childhood.
Nazrul (d)……. his primary education in 1909 and (e)……. a local ‘Maktab’ as a teacher in the
same year. Nazrul again (f)…… himself admitted in Mathrun school of Bardwan in class six.
But he could not prosecute his studies for financial crisis and left for Asansole. He had to (g)…..
there for his livelihood in a loread factory. In Asansole Nazrul (h)….. in contact with a police
sub-Inspector, Kazi Rafizullah. Nazrul (i)……. him to make arrangements for his education. In
1914 Kazi Rafizulllah (j)……. Nazrul to his Village home at Kazirrshimla in Mymensingh.
8. Match the part of sentences from column A and B to make five complete sentences. 1×5=5

Column A Column B

(i) Newspaper carries news and views
(ii) In the morning we wait eagerly
(iii) We cannot have our breakfast
(iv) It is a part and parcel
(v) There are many kinds
(a) of news in the world.
(b) in our day to day life.
(c) for a newspaper.
(d) of home and abroad to us.
(e) without a newspaper of the day.

Part C: Grammar (25 Marks)

9. Read the text below and fill in the gaps with the root words in the brackets adding suitable suffix,
prefix or both. 0.5×10=5
Money cannot buy (a) (happy). Money is a must for our life. Happiness is absolutely a (b) (psychology)
matter. It means the (c) (content) of mind. He is in real (d) (satisfy) with what he gets and contented with
his life, is really happy. Happiness is not (e) (purchase) with money. (f) (Doubt), money has some
relation with happiness. So, we see that the most (g) (wealth) men of our society are not the happiest
men. They lead a life (h) (burden) with cares and (i) (anxious). It is only moral and spiritual (j)
(develop) that gives us happiness.
10. Fill in the gaps in the following text with appropriate articles (a, an, the). Put a cross (x) where
no article is used.
0.5×10=5
(a) -------- aim of every student is to do better in (b) -------- examination. But it is not (c) -------- easy task.
Regular study is (d) -------- must. It is (e) -------- unique quality of a good student. He should not cram (f)
-------- answers without knowing the meaning. He should have a good command over (g) -------- English
too. Besides, a student should form the habit of speaking (h) -------- truth. He should make the best use of
time. Bur the students who are (j) -------- idle will suffer in the long run.
11. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets. 1×5=5
(a) Mobile phone is a wonderful invention. (Exclamatory)
(b) It has added a new dimension to our life. (Passive)
(c) By doing something good to the society, we can be immortal. (Complex)
(d) People will always remember those who do something good for the society. (Negative)
(e) The popularity of mobile phone is ever on increase. (Negative)

12. Rewrite the following passage changing the form of speech: 5

“Did you shoot the son of this widow with an arrow?” said the Kazi. “Yes, sir I did. But it was
unintentional,” said Sultan Giasuddin. The Kazi summoned, “Pay 100 gold coins to this woman as blood
money.” “I shall obey your command,” said the satisfied Sultan.
13. Use capital letters and punctuation marks as needed in the following passage. 5
one day Neela went to see bela her elder sister bela she found her very depressed there Neela asked what
happens darling

Part D: Writing (30 Marks)

14. Suppose, you are Smiha and chatting with your friend, Dalia. Write a dialogue between you and
your friend how to make a good result. 10
15. Suppose, you are Shohan/Soha. Write an email to your friend Rakib/Dalia congratulating
him/her on his/her brilliant result in the JSC examination.
10
16. Write a paragraph of 250 words on “A School Library”. 10