DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BOPAL, AHMEDABAD ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT November, 2011 Class 6 11/ENG/6/11/6 ______________________________________________________________________ Name: Roll no:

Date: Section A
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: Ella loves music. Her favorite kind of music is rock and roll. She is constantly listening to music on her radio, and her computer is always playing music in her room. Her birthday is coming up in a few weeks and she really wants to see a concert to celebrate it. She has been dreaming about it daily. Ezra, her friend, has decided to surprise her with tickets for her birthday. Ella, I am going to pick you up at eight tomorrow night, said Ezra. Great, I will be ready. What are we doing? asked Ella. We are going to your favorite restaurant and then I have a surprise for you, said Ezra. Great, thought Ella, The surprise is probably a piece of jewelry or something useless like that. The following day, Ezra arrived at eight to take Ella to dinner. They ate at her favorite restaurant and as they were paying the bill Ezra gave her an envelope. Go on, open it, said Ezra. Okay, thank you so much, replied Ella. She opened the envelope and found two front row tickets to her favourite concert. Oh wow! Ezra, what a wonderful surprise! she exclaimed. They left the restaurant and went to the concert. Ella was so excited. They both had a great time at the concert. The band played all of her favorite songs. Ella and Ezra decided that it was the best birthday celebration she had ever had. Questions: 1. What is Ella always doing? 2. What does Ella want to do to celebrate her birthday? 3. What does Ezra surprise Ella with for her birthday? a) Dinner at a restaurant b) A piece of jewellery c) Tickets to her favourite concert d) A music CD 4. Find words in the passage which mean the same as always and to think about something to oneself. Section B Apoorva Shah of class 6 A has lost his calculator in the school. He decides to put up a notice on the students notice board. Write the notice.

Section C Fill in the blanks using appropriate prepositions: 1. Sugar is selling _____ 30 rupees a kilo. a) At b) in c) of d) with 2. Mahesh is now rid ______ all his troubles. a) In b) of c) for d) from 3. Look _________ the picture. a) In b) on c) at d) by 4. He agreed _________ my plan. a) To b) at c) in d) by 5. We did it ________ you. a) By b) of c) from d) for 6. She jumped _________ the well. a) In b) from c) into d) at 7. I am disappointed _______ you. a) Of b) in c) at d) from 8. He has a car ___________ a scooter. a) Beside b) besides c) with d) by 9. She turned pale __________ fear. a) In b) with c) at d) by 10. I am proud __________ my heritage. a) With b) of c) at d) in Change the following sentences into active or passive voice: 1. The horses have been bought at the carnival. 2. The cat killed the rat. 3. Kamal sang a lovely song. 4. The trees were cut down by the evil people. 5. The cupboard was made by the carpenter. 6. The gardener planted the bushes. 7. Gifts were distributed by the President. 8. The deer was chased by the tiger. 9. Jeevan threw the garbage. 10. The criminals were punished by the king. Section D Answer the following questions briefly: 1. Jumman did not give a separate kitchen to his aunt because: a) He did not want to eat his aunts cooking. b) He wanted his wife busy in cooking for all. c) He did not wish to do anything good for his aunt. d) He felt his aunt would hurt herself in the kitchen alone. 2. The old aunt chose Algu as the judge because: a) She trusted him to side with the truth. b) She felt she could bribe him to side with her. c) She felt he would respect her and give judgment in her favour. d) She wanted to break the friendship between Jumman and Algu.

3. Why did Sahu choose Jumman as a judge? 4. What verdict did Jumman give? a) He asked Algu to drop his case. b) He asked Sahu to make the payment for the bullock. c) He asked Algu to give Sahu a new bullock. d) He asked Sahu to give Algu a new bullock. 5. Victory to the Panchayat. This is justice? Why did Algu say this?