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Un ified M id-Yea r Exa mination 2OL9-2O

SCHOOL
NAME

EXAMINATION
ROLL NUMBER

ENGLISH December 2019

CLASS 5 2 hours

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

o Write your School Name and Examination Roll Number in the space provided.
o You have ten minutes reading time - use it to look carefully through the paper
o Read and follow the instructions of the questions given.
o Answer all question in the spaces provided.
o Check your answer paper before you hand it in.
o Marks for each section are shown below.

For Examiner's use only

Section A: Writing Section B: Reading
Part 1 Part 2 Part 1 Part 2
Total
Section Extract from:
Directed Creative Comprehension Marks
Reader/Novel
Writing Writing Passage
(Literature)
Max. Marks 20 30 25 25 100
Marks Obtained

Percentage Grade

!nvigilated by: Marked by: Marks tallied by:

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 TotalMarks 20
Section A Writing: Part 1(D irected Writing)

Q1. Write on one of the

following topics'

because of a mischief a fire accident

a. write an account of a school incident where
happened,youraccountmustincludewhatyoudidandhowwasthesituationresolved.
OR
in chief of the newspaper' stating the preparation
b write a newspaper report to the editor
held at your school'
and conduction of a musical night
OR
How were
the occasion of the event of Bonfire'
c. write a report to your class teacher on
make it a success'
the preparation made and who did what to
Word Limit: 120-150 words

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 Total Marks 30
Section A Writing: Part 2 (Creative Writing)

of the following topics'

Q2. Write on any one

i.Writeajournalentryusingnarrationaboutaplacethatyourememberfromyour
childhoodthatyouwishtorevisit'Adddetailsastothereasonsforyourrevisit.
OR
famous character)
personality (a living person or a
ii. Describe your favourite
OR
to visit
you remember from your childhood' and you still wish
iii. Describe a place that

thesameplace,adddetailsastothereasonsofyourrevisit.
Word Limit: 150-180 words

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 Section B Reading Part 1 Comprehension Passage Total Marks 25

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

Ramon looked at the food on his tray and made a face. "Macaroni and cheese again," he said
to his friend Brian. "They never serve anything good for lunch." Brian gave his own lunch a
critical look and frowned. "You think that's bad," he said, "l've got peanut butter and jelly
again. lt's the third time this weekl"

They pushed the food aside. "We can get something at the burger place after school," Ramon
said. They concentrated on studying for their English test instead of eating. English was next
period, and Mr. Friedman had a reputation for giving difficult tests. When the bell rang, they
dropped their uneaten lunches into the garbage. Mr. Friedman was standing nearby. "Not
hungry, guys?" he asked. They shook their heads and hurried off to class.

When the test was over, there were still ten minutes left in the period. Mr. Friedman stood at
the front of the class. "Before you leave today," he said, leaning against the desk, "l'd like to
share an old African folktale with you. I think you'll find this one interesting. lt's called 'Why
the Sky ls Far Away'":

Long ago the sky was close to

the Earth. Men and women did not have to plant their own food.
lnstead, when they were hungry, they just reached up and broke off a piece of the sky to eat.
Sometimes the sky tasted like ripe bananas. Other times it tasted like roasted potatoes. The
sky was always delicious. People spent their time making beautiful cloth. They
painted beautiful pictures and sang songs at night. The grand king, Oba, had a wonderful
palace. His servants made beautiful shapes out of pieces of sky.

Many people in the kingdom did not use the gift of the sky wisely. When they took more than
they could eat, the sky became angry. Some people threw the extra pieces into the garbage.
Early one morning the angry sky turned dark. Black clouds hung over the land, and a great sky
voice said to all the people, "You are wasting my gift of food. Do not take more than you can
eat. I don't want to see pieces of me in the garbage anymore or I will take my gift away."
The king and the people trembled with fear. King Oba said, "Let's be careful about how much
food we take." For a long time, all the people were careful.

But one man named Adami wasn't careful. At festival time, he took so many delicious pieces
of sky that he couldn't eat them all. He knew he must not throw them away. He tried to give
the pieces to his wife. "Here, wife," Adami said. "you eat the rest."

"l can't," Adami's wife said. "l'm too full."

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but the chirdren couldn't

asked ail his chirdren to herp him eat the dericious pieces of sky,
Adami of the garbage
to try to hide the pieces at the bottom
eat one more bite. So Adami decided gift of
turned black' "You have wasted my
pile. suddenly,the sky became angry and the clouds
foodagain,',yelledthesky.,,Thistimelwillgoawaysoyoucannotwastemeanymore.',

we eat? We might starve!"

All of the people cried, "What will
in the forests'
,,you will have to learn how to prant crops in the ground and hunt
The sky said,
not to waste the gifts of nature'"
lf you work hard, you may learn
hard to grow their
away' From that time on' they worked
Everyone watched as the sky sailed gifts of nature'
iried to remember not to waste the
food and cook their meals. They always
,,That,S the end,,, Mr. Friedman said, smiling. He looked at
The bell rang for the next period. chairs
,,What did you think of the story?'' he asked. They slouched in their
Ramon and Brian.
and looked aPologetic'

"No more lunches in the garbagel"

"We get the message," they said' smiling'

from the following choices'

Q1. Choose the best answer

t1I
place in
i. The beginning of story takes

a) Mr. Friedman's class

b) the school's cafeteria

c) Africa

d)the school librarY

t1l
ii. According to the folk tale, Adami is
a) thankful

b) honest

c) obedient

d) greedY

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 Q2' According to the folktale, why does the sky become angry with
the villagers? what
lesson does it want them to learn?
121

QS' According to folk tale, what happens when Adami cannot finish
al! of food he has
taken?
I2l

Q4' Based on the end of the story, what do you think Ramon
and Brian will do next? 121

Q5. ln your opinion why did Mr. Friedman tell this story to
the crass? 121

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Q6. Make sentences using the fotlowing words:- tsl
i. garbage

ii. apologetic

iii. delicious

iv. yelled

v. obstinate

Q7. Write "T" in front of true statements and "F" in front of false ones. tsl
i. Ramon was not ready to eat a mayonnaise and cheese sandwich.

ii. Ramon and Brian concentrated on playing instead of eating.

iii. Mr. Friedman shared an African folk tale with the students.
iv. The sky became angry when they took less than they could eat.

v. The grand king had wonderful palace.

e8. ldentify the Verb Phrase in the following sentences and write the answers in the spaces
provided. t5l

i. We could get something at the burger place'

ii. They will paint beautiful pictures.

iii. Brian will pay the bill for extra lunch.

iv. The sky has become angry.

The king had wondered a long time.

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 Section B Reading Part 2 Extract from: Novel (Literature) Total Marks 25

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

' "Now work out the profit I made on each of the five cars and add up the total. Then you'll be
t_

able to tell me how much money your rather brilliant father made altogether today." "That's a
I lot of sums," the boy said. "Of course it's a lot of sums," the father answered. "But when you,re
in big business like I am, you've got to be hot stuff at arithmetic. l've practically got a computer

inside my head. lt took me less than ten minutes to work the whole thing out." "you mean you

did it in your head, dad?" the son asked goggling. "well, not exactly,,, the father said. ,,Nobody
could do that. But it didn't take me long. When you're finished, tell me what you think my profit

was for the day. l've got the final total written down here and l'll tell you if you're right."

Matilda said quietly, "Dad, you made exactly four thousand three hundred and three pounds

and fifty pence altogether." "Don't butt in," the father said. "Your brother and I are busy with
high finance." "But dad..." "shut up," the father said. "stop guessing and trying to be clever.,,
"Look at your answer, dad," Matilda said gently. "lf you have done it right it ought to be four

thousand three hundred and three pounds and fifty pence. ls that what you've got, dad?" the

father glanced down at the paper in his hand. He seemed to stiffen. He became very quiet.

There was a silence. Then he said,'saythat again."'Four thousand three hundred and three

pounds fifty," Matilda said. There was another silence. The father's face was beginning to go

dark red. "l'm sure it's right," Matilda said. "you.... you little cheat!,, the father suddenly
shouted, pointing at her with his finger. "You looked at my bit of paper! you read it off from
what l've got written here!" "Daddy, l'm the other side of the room," Matilda said. "How could I

possibly see it?" "Don't give me that rubbish!" the father shouted. "Of course you looked! you

must have looked! No one in the world could give the right answer just like that, especially a

girl! You're a little cheat, madam, that's what you arel A cheat and a liar.,,,

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Ql. Answer the following questions after reading the passage. [181 i

a. After reading the passage, how many cars' profit totals Mr Wormwood wanted his son
to calculateZ [1]

b. What did Mr Wormwood reply when his son declared that it was a large sum? 12)

c, Why was Mr Wormwood' son surPrised? t1l

d. What numbers did Matilda calculate? 121

e. How did Mr Wormwood respond to Matilda's calculation? 12)

f. ln you r opinion what was the reason that Mr Wormwood did not think Matilda could
calculate? l4l

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 g. lf you were in Matilda's place, what would you do to win your parents' understanding
and care? l4l

h. What did Mr Wormwood think that Matilda had done to know the answer? l2l

Q2. Write down the character sketch of Mr Wormwood. 17l

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