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SECTION-A
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions: 5
Sports is an integral part of a healthy life. It is one way in which
we amuse ourselves, with each other and stay fit. Among the
various sports such as hockey, football and tennis, cricket
appears to be the most appealing national entertainment
today . It originated in south-east England in the 16th century.
The origins of Indian cricket are to be found in Bombay and the
first Indian community to start playing the game was the small
community of the Parsis , who founded the first Indian cricket
club, the Oriental Cricket Club, in Bombay in 1848.
Television coverage has expanded the audience for the game
by beaming cricket into small towns and villages.
India entered the world of Test cricket in 1932. Today the most
popular form of cricket is one-day cricket matches.
1. Where and when did cricket originate?
2. Who started Indian cricket and when? What was the name
of the cricket club?
3. What is the most popular form of cricket now?
4. Identify the verb tenses of –
i) Originated ii) appealing
5. Find out the word which means essential.
SECTION-B
6. You are Prince of class VII in Yash Memorial School ,
Bishanpura Noida. Write a letter to your class teacher
requesting to organize extra classes of Math and Science .
* 5
7. You are Raunak of class VII, and you have lost your water
bottle in the playground yesterday .Write a notice for
the school notice board.* 5
8. Write a paragraph on: 5
“Mother”
OR
“Joys of Cycling”
SECTION- C
9. Transform any four of the following sentences as per
directions: 4
i) She wants to learn music. (Negative sentence )
ii) They go to school by bus. (Present perfect tense)*
iii) The snake entered the room . ( Present continuous
tense)*
iv) We complete our homework on time. (negative
sentence)*
v) I have eaten my lunch. (Interrogative sentence)