SENTIA THE GLOBAL SCHOOL

PERIODIC TEST 1
DAY 2 REVISION
SHEET DATE:

Q.1 Answer the following question in 30-40 words. (2 x5 = 10M)

a) How did the birds get separated in the story “ A Tale Of Two Birds”?
b) Differentiate between a house and a home.
c) Discuss the movement of the kite using similes.
d) Why does the poet want to know where does teachers go at four o ‘clock
e) Why did not the farmer’s wife want to leave the baby alone with the mongoose ?

Q.2 Read the extract and answer the questions that follows. (1 x 5 = 5M)

When string goes slack

You wind it back
And run until
A new breeze blows
And its wings fill
And up its goes !
a) What is the poet describing in these lines ?
b) Write the word from the extract that means ‘not stretched tight’
c) Write two rhyming words for ‘bring’ from above lines.
d) Write the rhyme scheme of the poem.
e) Name the poem and the poet .

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Q.1 Answer the following question in 30-40 words. (2 x 4 = 8M)

a) Who visited the shepherd one day & why ?
b) How did the king reward the new governor ?
c) What message does the poem “Quarrel” give us ?
d) Can ‘beauty’ be heard as mentioned by the poet ? How ?

Q.2 Answer the following question in 120 words (Any 1) (4M)

a) Why did the other governors grow jealous of the shepherd ?

OR
b) When did the ‘the unfriendly face’ of the visitor turn friendly ? Elaborate.

Q.3 Read the passage and answer the questions that follows. (3M)

Tansen went to Akbar’s court in 1556, and soon became a great favourite of the
Emperor. Akbar would call upon Tansen to sing at any time during the day or night.
Quite often he would walk into Tansen’s house hear him practice. He also gave him many
presents. Some of the courtiers became jealous of Tansen.
a) Whose court did Tansen go?
b) What made Tansen a favourite of the Emperor?
c) Why did the courtiers become jealous of Tansen?

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DAY 2 REVISION SHEET

Q.1 Read the extract and answer the questions that follows. (1 x 5 = 5M)

I quarreled with my brother

I don’t know what about,
One thing led to another
And somehow we fell out.
The start of it was slight,
The end of it was strong,
He said he was right,
I knew he was wrong!

a) How did the quarrel start ?

b) Describe ‘slight’ and ‘strong’ in the context.
c) Write the rhyme scheme of the poem.
d) Explain ‘he said he was…… he was wrong!’
e) Name the poem and the poet .

Q.2 Read the passage and answer the questions that follows. (1 x 5 = 5M)
One evening, the farmer brought with him a tiny mongoose. “It’s a baby mongoose,”
said his wife, “but will soon be fully grown. He will be a friend to our son.”
a) Why did the farmer bring a pet ?
b) How did the farmer’s wife react?
c) Write a synonym for the word ‘friend’.
d) Name the story from where the extract is taken.
e) What did the farmer bring and when ?
Q.3 Read the extract and answer the questions that follows. (1 x 5 = 5M)
Did they ever lose their hymn
books Did they ever leave their
greens?
Did they scribble on the desktops
Did they wear old dirty jeans?.
a) What is the poet conveying here?
b) ‘They’ here refers to .
c) What the poet imagine about activities when they were children in school?
d) Write the rhyme scheme of the poem.
e) Name the poem and the poet .

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Q.1 Answer the following question in 30-40 words. (2 x 4 = 8M)

a) How did Ray communicate with the visitors in his shop ?
b) Why did Tansen agree to sing Raga Deepak?
c) Why do you think that the man and his friends had come to the shop in the story ‘Old ClockShop’ ?
d) What was farmer’s comment on his wife’s fear ?

Q.2 Read the extract and answer the questions that follows. (1 x 4 = 4M)
Beauty is seen In the sunlight,
The tress, the birds,
Corn growing and people working. Or
dancing for their harvest.
a) In the extract is beauty ‘internal’ or ‘external’ ?
b) Bring out the beauty in the 4th line.
c) Is the word ‘dancing’ associated with ‘beauty? How?
d) Name the poem and the poet .

Q.3 Read the passage and answer the questions that follows. (1 x 3 = 3M)
He smiled at the unfriendly face, then pointed to his ears and shook his head from side to side.
A quick look of surprise changed the man’s face as he studied the notepad, then turned and said something to
his friend.
a) Who is ‘he’ and what did he do?
b) Why was the ‘man’ surprised?
c) How was this ‘man’ unfriendly ?

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 PERIODIC TEST 5
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Q.1 Read the extract and answer the questions that follows. (1 x 6 = 6M)
What is a home ? It’s unselfish acts
It’s loving and family and kindly sharing
and doing for others. and showing your loved ones
It’s brothers and sisters and showing your loved ones
and fathers and mothers you’re always caring.

a) A home is _______________
b) ‘Unselfish’ means ___________
c) What does the author want to show loved ones ?
d) Apart from ‘loving’ and ‘doing’, two other verbs are _________
e) ‘Acts’ are ___________ in a home.
f) Name the poem and the poet.

Q.2 Answer the following question in 120 words (Any 1) (5M)

a) What steps did Tansen take to save himself ? Did his plan work? How
OR
b) Discuss the need of the pet in a house, with reference to the story “The Friendly Mongoose”.
Q.3 The poet in the poem “Beauty” uses short phrases. Rewrite these phrases as complete
sentence . (1 x4 = 4M)
a) Corn Growing .
b) A singer chanting .
c) Wind sighing .
d) Rain falling .

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