The City School

Academic Year 2018-19

Admissions Test Paper for Class 6
Answer Key
English

Name: __________________________ Age: ________ Date: ____________

Maximum Marks: 30 Time: 45 minutes

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

 Write your name, age and date clearly, in the space provided.
 Answer all questions.
 At the end of the test, recheck your work before handing it over.
 The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question.

---------------------------------Don’t write below this line --------------------------------

Section Reading Writing Total

Max. Marks 3 7 5 15 30

Marks Obtained

Remarks: _____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Recommended for admission to _________________________________________

Not recommended for admission to ______________________________________

Checked by Head of School Campus

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 Reading

Q1. Choose the most suitable answer

i) According to the author, some people are more afraid of tigers and sharks than
mosquitoes because tigers and sharks [1]

A. kill more people than mosquitoes

B. are big and powerful

C. are found all over the world

D. have no natural enemies

ii) Based on the information in paragraph 2, we can understand that [1]

I. male mosquitoes and female mosquitoes have different eating habits

II. male mosquitoes are harmless to humans

III. female mosquitoes are responsible for transmitting diseases to humans

A. I only

B. I and II only

C. II and III only

D. I, II, and III

iii) As used in paragraph 2, minor most nearly means [1]

A. insignificant

B. deadly

C. frustrating

D. dangerous

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Q2. Answer the following questions in light of the passage:

i) According to the information provided in paragraph 2 what happens when a female

mosquito bites a human? [2]

The female mosquito bite transmits a small amount of saliva into the blood. This
saliva may or may not contain a deadly disease.

ii) Write the two of the deadliest diseases which can be carried by mosquitos: [2]

a. ____malaria _____

b. __yellow fever___

iii) According to the passage how many people get sick and die of mosquito carried
diseases? [2]

More than 700 million people become sick from these diseases every year. At least 2
million of these people will die from these diseases.

iv) Name one natural enemy to mosquitos according to the passage? [1]

___bats/birds/dragonflies/certain kind of fish______

Q3. Draw lines to match the words with their meanings: [5]

Words Meanings

nectar usual

harm juice

solution scratchy

itchy hurt

natural way out

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Imagine you got into a bus to go to the market and you fell asleep on the bus. When you
woke up, the bus dropped you at a place which has farmland all around and people are
dressed in different clothes than you have ever seen. What would be the life there, what do
people do for a living and how will you survive and get back to your own time and home?
(use the pictures for reference). Write not more than 180 words. [15]

Content 6
Flow of the story/Sequence 3

Use of Character Description 3

Grammar and punctuation 3

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