Domohana Al- Habeeb Academy

2nd Terminal Examination-2023

Class -VII

Time: 1.30 hrs sub: English F. M - 40

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the question given below:

It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seonee hills. Father wolf woke up from his days' rest. He scratched
himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother wolf
lay with her big grey nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs. This moon shone into the mouth of the
cave where they are lived." Aurgh" ! said father wolf ". It is time to hunt again. He was going to spring down hill when a
little shadow with a bushy tail crossed the threshold and whined.

A. Tick [√] the correct alternatives: 1×2=2

I) The name of the above extract writer is- a) Robert Louis Stevenson b) Jerome Klapka Jerome c) Rudyard Kipling.

II) Father wolf woke up at -a) 7 am. b) 7 pm c) 5 am.

B. Identify which of the following statement are true and which are false. 1×2=2

I) Father wolf thought it was time to hunt. [ ]

II) Mother wolf had a small, black nose which she dropped across her four cubs. [ ]

C. Answer the following questions: 2×2=4

I) What did father wolf do to get rid of the sleepy feeling?

II) Who crossed the threshold and whined?

2. Read the poem and answer the questions given below:

Give to me the life I love,

Let the lave go by me,

Give the jolly heaven above

And the byway nigh me

Bed in the bush will stars to see

Bread I dip in the river -

There's the life for a man like me

There's the life for ever.

A. Choose the correct alternatives : 1×2=2

I) The Baga wishes to have his bed - a) in the bush B) in a frosty field c) in a desolated place.

II) The Vagabond wants the lave to go - a) above him b) by him c) far away of him.

B. Answer the following questions : 2×2=4

I) Who wrote the above poem?

 II) What kind of heaven does he want above his head.

3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that follow :

This song ' Jana - Gana - Mana ', composed originally in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted in its Hindi
version by the government as the national anthem of India on 24 January, 1950. It was first sung on 27 December, 1911
at the Calcutta session of Indian National Congress. The complete song consists of five stanzas , full version of the
national anthem takes nearly 52 seconds to sing. A shorter version consisting of the first and last lines of stanza is also
sung on certain occasions. It takes 28 seconds.

A . Complete the following sentences with the information from the text : 1×2=2

I)" Jana -Gana- Mana " was adopted as national anthem on............................................... .

II) The complete song consists of.................... .

B. Answer the following questions: 2×3=6

I) Who composed :Jana -Gana -Mana'?

II) When was it first sung?

III) How much time does full version of the national anthem take to sing?

Grammar and Vocabulary

4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verbs given in brackets : 1×3=3

I) My uncle..............( reach) home just now.

II) They................( live) in Kolkata for last ten years.

III) Bread and butter ..........( be) my favorite breakfast dish.

5. Do as directed: 1×5=5

I) The snake was killed......... him with....... stick.

( Use Article and prepositions)

II) Darjeeling is.............. (cool) than Siliguri.

(Use proper degree)

III) Murshidaabad is a............. (history) place.

(Use suffix)

IV) I told the whole story. ( Voice)

V) They write a letter.( Change into interrogative)

6. Describe in a short story pparagraph(within 80 words) your experience of enjoying a picnic. 10

Or

Write a letter to your friend telling him /her about your experience in the Zoo. 10