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APPENDIX -II
ENTRY BEHAVIOUR TEST
ENGLISH
Std: VI Marks:20
I. Listen to the reading and find out the odd one: 4X1=4
1. House
2. Jewellery
3. Kitchen
4. King
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III. Match the objects with its suitable actions: 4X1=4
1. Stars - fly
2. Wind - bark
3. Birds - blows
4. Dogs - shine
1. hcolos
2. otua
3. twon
4. collbku
A long time ago there was a Greek story- teller, whose name was Aesop. He told
lots of stories called ‘fables’. Fables are stories with a moral. A moral is a piece of good
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ANSWER KEY FOR THE ENTRY BEHAVIOUR TEST
(Each question carries one mark)
I. Listen to the reading and find out the odd one:
1. my
2. beak
3. site
4. big
II. Choose the best answer:
1. b)
2. c)
3. b)
4. a)
III. Match the objects with its suitable actions:
1. shine
2. blows
3. fly
4. bark
IV. Rearrange the letters to coin meaningful words:
1. school
2. auto
3. town
4. bullock
V. Read the given passage and complete the sentences:
1. Aesop
2. Greek
3. fables
4. Fable
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APPENDIX -III
MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY
ABISHEKAPPATI
Programme : Ph.D.
Dept of Education,.
M.S. University.
Dear Students,
PERSONAL DATA
Sex :
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Please write the corresponding number in the gap provided.
I. Occupation of Father :
1. Unemployed
2. Private sector
3. Government Employee
1. Unemployed
2. Private sector
3. Government Employee
2. School Education
3. College Education
1. Illiterate
2. School Education
3. College Education
V. Parents’ Income :
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ACHIEVEMENT TEST IN ENGLISH – PRELIMINARY DRAFT
2. The letters are delayed due to the ---------(Heavy rain, train accident, bad weather)
3. Balu wants to get some --------- regarding his mail. ( details, message, information)
4.The ------------ helps Balu to show the way to the sorting office ( attendant, postmaster,
peon)
5. The sorting office was ---- kilometers distance from the post office (one, half, two)
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IV. Read the following sentences and state whether it is ‘True’ or ‘False’: 5 X 1= 5
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VII. Read the conversation “Sort it out” and choose the correct answer: 5 X 1 =5
VIII. State whether the given statements are ‘True’ or ‘False’: 5X1=5
1. The Town mouse felt happy about its travel in the train.
2. The Town mouse enjoyed the dinner very much.
3. They went to the farm to hunt for food.
4. The telegram was given by the Town mouse.
5. The Mouse hole was full of delicious food.
IX. Read the following letter and answer the questions given below: 5 X 1= 5
( The Town mouse and the Country mouse were cousins. They often wrote to each other.
One day, the Country mouse got this letter from his cousin).
Kitchen Cupboard,
Mouse Town,
11 March 2150.
Dear Cousin,
I have been ill with cough and my doctor feels I need a holiday. He has asked me to
spend a week in the countryside.
May I please stay with you?
With warm regards,
Yours affectionately,
Town cousin.
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Answer the following questions in one or two words: 5X1=5
1. Who writes this letter? To whom?
2. Where does the Town mouse live?
3. What is he suffering from?
4. What is the advice of the doctor?
5. Who receives this letter?
X. Read the following sentences carefully and arrange them in proper order: 5 X 1 =5
XI. Read the following time-table carefully and answer the questions: 5 X 1= 5
Time-table
Questions:
1. Do you have a holiday for Mathematics?
2. What subject do you have on 22nd December?
3. What is the duration of the examination?
4. How many days will you get for Christmas holidays?
5. When does the examination start and end?
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XII. Choose the correct answer: 5X1=5
1. Country side
2. dreadful
3. delicious
4. whispered
5. strange
1. S __ r__ g __
2. d__ e __ d f __l
3. t r__ff__c
4. d e l __ c __ o u s
5. w __ i s p __ r
6. n __ b __ l __ d
7. r __ o __
8. m __ u s __
9. r __ w
10. t e l __ g r __ m
1. apelraone ---------------------------.
2. cbuopadr ---------------------------.
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3. saucngear ---------------------------.
4. jronuey --------------------------.
5. cnoucto --------------------------.
.
6. jiuec --------------------------.
7. onrgae --------------------------.
8. weart --------------------------.
9..rrlieos --------------------------.
10.gurnod --------------------------.
XVII. Read the following sentences and underline the adverbials of time:5 X 1 = 5
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XVIII. Choose the suitable tense forms of the verbs to fill in the blanks: 5X1=5
XIX. Fill in the blanks with correct tense form of the verbs: 5X1=5
My friend ------ (come) to our house yesterday when I was watching the T.V. I ----------
(switch off) the T.V. We ------- (go) out to the nearby playground. We ---------- (play)
cricket. We -------- (return) home nearly 6.30 p.m.
XX. Choose the correct plural nouns for the words: 5 X1= 5
XXI. Read the poem and find out the correct answers: 5X1=5
1. The dog is --------------------------------( bad, good)
2. It bays at the -----------------(moon, sky)
3. It teases the ---------------------(sheep, cat)
4. It is very -------------------------(fat, lean)
5. It is a ---------------------- (rough, soft) dog.
XXII. Write down the rhyming words from the poem: 5X1=5
1. LEAN ----------------.
2.ROUGH ---------------.
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3. BAD ---------------.
4. LONE ---------------.
5. SHEEP ---------------.
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APPENDIX- IV
THE ITEMS OF THE ACHIEVEMENT TEST IN ENGLISH AND THEIR
DIFFICULTY AND DISCRIMINATIVE INDICES- (PRELIMINARY DRAFT)
Discriminative
Item No. Content Difficulty Index
Index
I. Multiple choice - Dialogue
1. Listening comprehension 100 .0
2. Listening comprehension 100 .0
3. Listening comprehension 93 .0
4. Listening comprehension 25 .21
5. Listening comprehension 64 .14
II. Odd one out - Prose
1. Pronunciation-Listening 64 .14
2. Pronunciation 21 .14
3. Pronunciation 46 .64
4. Pronunciation 71 .28
5. Pronunciation 71 .14
6. Pronunciation 71 .14
7. Pronunciation 89 .21
8. Pronunciation 89 .21
9. Pronunciation 79 .14
10 Pronunciation 46 .35
III. Multiple choice - Prose
1. Listening comprehension 100 .0
2. Listening comprehension 93 .14
3. Listening comprehension 93 .0
4. Listening comprehension 93 .14
5. Listening comprehension 75 .14
IV. True or False - Dialogue
1. Listening comprehension 50 .14
2. Listening comprehension 64 .0
3. Listening comprehension 46 .28
4. Listening comprehension 50 .42
5. Listening comprehension 89 .07
V. Sentence completion - Prose
1. Speaking 82 .07
2. Speaking 86 .21
3. Speaking 18 .14
4. Speaking 04 .07
5. Speaking 18 .21
6. Speaking 07 .0
7. Speaking 04 .07
8. Speaking 07 .0
9. Speaking 04 .07
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10 Speaking 11 .07
VI. Multiple choice – Other Activities
1. Speaking 93 .14
2. Speaking 75 .21
3. Speaking 14 .28
4. Speaking 54 .21
5. Speaking 68 .50
VII. Multiple choice - Dialogue
1. Speaking 68 .21
2. Speaking 21 .14
3. Speaking 36 .14
4. Speaking 14 .0
5. Speaking 54 .35
VIII. True or False - Prose
1. Reading comprehension 89 .07
2. Reading comprehension 79 .14
3. Reading comprehension 68 .14
4. Reading comprehension 79 .14
5. Reading comprehension 61 .07
IX. Answer in one word - Prose
1. Reading comprehension 79 .42
2. Reading comprehension 50 .57
3. Reading comprehension 39 .64
4. Reading comprehension 11 .21
5. Reading comprehension 50 .57
X. Arranging Jumbled sentences - Prose
1. Reading 61 .35
2. Reading 39 .21
3. Reading 50 .14
4. Reading 43 .21
5. Reading 61 .50
XI. Answer in one word – Other
Activities
1. Reading 57 .28
2. Reading 71 .14
3. Reading 21 .42
4. Reading 14 .28
5. Reading 43 .28
XII. Multiple choice - Prose
1. Vocabulary 61 .07
2. Vocabulary 50 .28
3. Vocabulary 61 .35
4. Vocabulary 36 .28
5. Vocabulary 39 .07
XIII. Fill in the missing letters - Prose
1. Spelling 75 .07
2. Spelling 75 .50
3. Spelling 61 .35
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4. Spelling 96 .07
5. Spelling 75 .50
6. Spelling 42 .28
7. Spelling 75 .21
8. Spelling 61 .35
9. Spelling 75 .07
10. Spelling 93 .14
XIV. Coining words - Prose
1. Vocabulary 82 .14
2. Vocabulary 71 .28
3. Vocabulary 68 .35
4. Vocabulary 64 .42
5. Vocabulary 75 .35
6. Vocabulary 79 .28
7. Vocabulary 96 .07
8. Vocabulary 07 .14
9. Vocabulary 14 .14
10. Vocabulary 61 .35
XV. Tick the correct spelling - Prose
1. Spelling 82 .14
2. Spelling 93 .0
3. Spelling 86 .0
4. Spelling 86 .14
5. Spelling 89 .07
XVI. Match - Prose
1. Vocabulary 64 .57
2. Vocabulary 64 .71
3. Vocabulary 79 .42
4. Vocabulary 89 .21
5. Vocabulary 86 .28
XVII. Underline Time Adverbials -
Prose
1. Grammar 75 .21
2. Grammar 29 .28
3. Grammar 64 .42
4. Grammar 64 .42
5. Grammar 79 .28
XVIII. Multiple choice - Prose
1. Grammar 50 .28
2. Grammar 50 .42
3. Grammar 50 .14
4. Grammar 71 .14
5. Grammar 54 .50
XIX. Fill in the blanks - Prose
1. Grammar 50 .28
2. Grammar 50 .14
3. Grammar 50 .42
4. Grammar 68 .21
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5. Grammar 79 .0
XX. Multiple choice - Prose
1. Grammar 96 .07
2. Grammar 100 .0
3. Grammar 96 .07
4. Grammar 96 .07
5. Grammar 82 .21
XXI. Multiple choice - Poem
1. Reading comprehension 86 .28
2. Reading comprehension 93 .14
3. Reading comprehension 89 .21
4. Reading comprehension 93 .14
5. Reading comprehension 93 .0
XXII. Finding Rhyming words - Poem
1. Pronunciation 68 .35
2. Pronunciation 36 .42
3. Pronunciation 40 .21
4. Pronunciation 36 .14
5. Pronunciation 43 .42
XXIII. Multiple choice - Poem
1. Vocabulary 21 .42
2. Vocabulary 11 .07
3. Vocabulary 21 .28
4. Vocabulary 11 .21
5. Vocabulary 07 .0
XXIV. Fill in the blanks - Poem
1. Listening comprehension 100 .0
2. Listening comprehension 50 .42
3. Listening comprehension 54 .21
4. Listening comprehension 21 .14
5. Listening comprehension 04 .07
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APPENDIX - V
Std:VI Marks:50
II. State whether the following sentences are ‘True’ or ‘False’: 2X1=2
III. Choose the correct Modal auxiliary to fill in the gaps: 3X1=3
IV. Read the conversation ‘Sort it Out’ and choose the correct answer: 2 X 1 = 2
V. Read the following sentences carefully and arrange them in proper order 3 X 1 = 3
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VI. Read the following letter and answer the questions: 3X1=3
( The Town mouse and the Country mouse were cousins. They often wrote to each other.
One day, the Country mouse got this letter from his cousin).
Kitchen Cupboard,
Mouse Town,
11 March 2150.
Dear Cousin,
I have been ill with cough and my doctor feels I need a holiday. He has asked me to
spend a week in the countryside.
May I please stay with you?
With warm regards,
Yours affectionately,
Town cousin.
VII. Read the following Time-table carefully and answer the questions: 2X1=2
Time-table
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22. 12. 2008 Holiday --------
Questions:
1. Do you have a holiday for Mathematics?
2. When does the examination start and end?
1. dreadful
2. delicious
1. d_e_df_l
2. tr_f_ ic
3. w _is_ _r_d
4. n_bbl_d
5. ro_t
6. r_w
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XI. Match the following: 3X1=3
1. Village - buildings, traffic, college
2. Town - roots, nuts, sugarcane
3. Farm - bullocks, fields, huts
XIV. Fill in the blanks with correct tense forms of the verbs given in brackets:3 X 1 = 3
My friend -----------------(come) to our house yesterday when I was watching the T.V.
We --------------------(go) out to the nearby playground. We -----------------------(play)
Cricket then.
XV. Write the other rhyming word from the poem: 3X1=3
1. Lean -----------------------------------.
2. Bad ----------------------------------.
3. Rough ---------------------------------.
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ANSWER KEY FOR THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE ACHIEVEMENT TEST IN
ENGLISH
(Each question carries one mark)
I. Ring the odd one:
1. food
2. round
3. huge
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VIII. Choose the correct answer:
1. c)
2. a)
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3. returned
XIV. Fill in the blanks with correct tense forms of the verbs:
1. came
2. went
3. played
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APPENDIX- VI
A Scale of Attitude Towards Computer Integrated Method
SD – Strongly Disagree D – Disagree U – Undecided
A - Agree SA- Strongly Agree
For each statement tick in any one box:
S.
Statement SD D U A SA
No.
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Learning English through computers increases
10.
my concentration.
17.
Computers help me to learn items easily.
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SCORING KEY FOR THE SCALE OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS COMPUTER
INTEGRATED METHOD
Score
Response
Positive Negative
items items
Strongly disagree 1 5
Disagree 2 4
Undecided 3 3
Agree 4 2
Strongly agree 5 1
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