Shiv Jyoti Senior Secondary School

Mid Term Examination

Session 2022-2023
Class : III M.M. : 60

Sub. : English Text Time : 2.5 hrs

Instructions:

 Read the questions attentively.

 All questions are compulsory.
 Write your answers neatly.

Q.1 Read the passage given below and answers the following questions.

A frog is an animal that lives both on land and in water, so it’s also called an amphibian. When
there is more cooling in the atmosphere, it goes inside the ground for about 2 feet. There is a
difference between the front and back legs of the frog. Actually, it has four legs and its hind legs
are bigger than the front legs. The temperature of the frog varies according to the temperature of
the environment. They are mostly seen during the rainy season. So far, more than five thousand
species of frogs have been discovered.

Answer the following: - (6)

1. Where do frogs live?

2. How many species of frogs are there?

3. Which legs of the frogs are bigger?

Fill in the blanks: - (2)

1. When there is more ________ in the atmosphere, it goes inside the ground.

2. A frog is also called an ________.

Find the opposite of the given words from the passage : - (2)

1. outside 2. back
Q.2 Read the passage given below and answers the following questions.

Ice cream is a frozen dessert made by mixing milk, dry fruits, cream, sugar, and fragrance.
Although there are many flavours of ice cream, but some are very popular like vanilla,
strawberry, butterscotch, chocolate, etc. Most people use the freezer of the refrigerator to make
ice cream, but some use ice cream making machines. To make delicious ice cream, useful
ingredients are mixed in the right proportion. Everyone likes ice cream.

Answer the following:- (6)

1. What are the ingredients used for making ice cream?

2. What are the most popular flavours of ice cream?

3. What should we use to make delicious ice cream?

Fill in the blanks:- (2)

1. Most people use the freezer of the _______ to make ice cream, but some use ice cream making
machines.

2. ________ likes ice cream.

Find the opposite of the given words from the passage : - (2)

1. left 2. useless

Q.3 Who said to whom? (4)

1. “I want to keep him. He’s mine.”

2. “This child has a wonderful gift.”

3. “I am so happy and proud of you for helping this little whale.”

4. “One would almost think you had brains instead of straw.”

Q.4 Answer in one word. (10)

1. Where is the baby bird?

2. Who are Kalidahs?

3. What did Noi spot on the beach?

4. Who takes the baby bird away?

5. What is the rhyming pair of word ‘cool’ from the poem “Frog in a Well”?

Q.5 Write the meaning of the following words:- (5)

1. spring

2. alarmed

3. hope

4. roost

5. fine

Q.6 Make sentences of the following words: - (5)

1. shouts

2. excellent

3. picture

4. deep

5. hungry

Q.7 Read the given extract and answer the following:-

“I like to watch the merry brook

Go rippling on its way;

It sings me such a happy song,

All through the summer day.”

1. Name the poet of the poem “The Brook”. (2)

2. Write one rhyming pair from the extract. (1)

3. What is the meaning of ‘rippling’? (1)

Q.8- Answer the following questions: - (Any 6) (6X2=12)

1. Why does the baby bird become so thin and weak?

2. What did Benjamin use to draw the picture?

3. How did the bird thank the monkey, the snake and the chameleon?

4. Why did Noi put the whale in the cart?

5. What made Dorothy sad?

6. When did Benjamin draw a picture of his baby sister?

7. What does the baby bird eat to grow fast?

8. Why do you think the fall would not have hurt the Scarecrow at all?