AMRITA VIDYALAYAM

PUSHP VIHAR, NEW DELHI

SESSION 2021-22
UNIT TEST 2

CLASS:- VI SUBJECT:- ENGLISH

TIME ALLOWED:- 1 HOUR MAX. MARKS:- 30 MARKS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:-
1. Write the answers in white ruled sheets.
2. On the top, write your name, class, section, roll no, date and page number.
3. While scanning the pages, maintain uniform orientation. Merge all the pages as one PDF file
and upload it in the Google Classroom assignment folder.
4. If unable to upload the answer script, mail it to the subject teacher within the stipulated time
frame.
6A – dikshakumar@dli.amritavidyalayam.edu.in
6B & 6D - kirtiyadav@dli.amritavidyalayam.edu.in
6C- natashayadav@dli.amritavidyalayam.edu.in
SUBJECT RELATED INSTRUCTIONS:
1. The handwriting must be legible.
2. Overwriting must be avoided.
3. Leave a line after every answer.
4. Use ball point/gel pen. It should not smudge. Ensure that the answer sheets are clean.
5. Check the images of your answer sheet before uploading. They must be clear.
6. Attempt all the questions.
7. Write the question number correctly.
8. Paper has been divided into four sections.
9. The question paper contains 2 pages.

Section A (Reading)
Read the poem and answer the questions that follow:

I wish I lived in a caravan,

With a horse to drive, like a pedlar-man!
Where he comes from nobody knows,
Now where he goes to, but on he goes!

His caravan windows two,

With a chimney of tin that the smoke comes through,
He has a wife, and a baby brown,
And they go riding from town to town!

“Chairs to mend and delft to sell”

He clashes the basins like a bell;
Tea-trays, baskets, ranged in order,
Plates, with the alphabet round the border!

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 The roads are brown, and the sea is green,
But his house is just like a bathing-machine;
The world is round, but he can ride,
Rumble and splash to the other side!

With the pedlar man, I should like to roam,

And write a book when I come home;
All the people would read my book,
Just like the Travels of Captain Cook!
1. Choose the correct option to answer the following: 4

i) The pedlar-man_______________.
a. is a wealthy merchant. b. is a thief. c. mends chairs and sells petty things.

ii) He attracts the attention of his buyers by_______________.

a. ringing bells. b. clashing basins. c. shouting aloud.

iii) What does the pedlar man have?

a. A permanent house b. A floating house c. A house on wheels

iv) The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is__________.

a. ABAB b. ABBA c. AABB

2. What all is the pedlar-man carrying in his caravan? 1

3. Why does the poet want to be like a pedlar-man? 1
4. Find words in the poem that mean the same as: 2

i) crockery (Stanza 3) ii) roar (Stanza 4)

Section B (Grammar) 8

5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate verbs: 4

a. These loaves of bread _________ freshly baked. (are/is/have)

b. Nobody _____ listening to my speech. (are/is/has)
c. Shimla and Gangtok ______ my favourite hill stations. (have/are/visit)
d. Neither Neetu nor Shravan __________ ever seen a crocodile. (have/has/are)
e. Half of the crops _______ ruined. (is/are/has)
f. The staff over here ______ hard working. (are/has/is)
g. Marie_______ some tickets left with her. (is/has/have)
h. He ___________ out an experiment there. (carry/do/carries)

6. Fill in the blanks with am, is, are or was: 2

a. I _________ delighted to meet you yesterday.

b. Grandmother’s spectacles ________ missing.
c. None of these plates _______broken.
d. Why _______ you worried?
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 7. Match the following: 2

a. A swarm of bees i) meet every month.

b. Here ii) are hovering over the flowers.

c. The parents and teachers of the school iii) come the bride and the groom.

d. The butterflies iv) is hovering over the flowers.

Section C (Writing) 6

8. Two friends are discussing about their favourite place in their house. Write six pairs of
dialogues showing this conversation.

Section D (Literature) 8

9. Answer the following with reference to context: 3

“I hear the rusting of their wings

As my butterflies take flight.
My heart is filled with pride and celebration.”

a) Who is ‘I’ in the above lines?

b) Who are the butterflies in the above lines?

c) How is the speaker feeling?

10. Answer the following questions briefly:

a) What did Wali Dad do with his savings? What do you learn about Wali Dad from the story 3
‘The Gifts of Wali Dad’?
b) How did Wali Dad change into a king? 2

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