KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, GREATER NOIDA

Periodic Test I – (2023 -2024)

Class: V Subject: English Time: 90 minutes

READING (10)
1) (A) UNSEEN PASSAGE (5)

Read the passage and answer the questions:

Meera went to the school outside her house. In the park she saw a very pretty butterfly.The butterfly was blue
and yellow in colour. It was sitting on a white petal.

Soon she saw that there were four more butterflies. One
other butterfly was black and white. When she went to touch
this butterfly, it flew away. This made Meera jump a little.
The butterfly went and sat under a tree. Meera ran down to
the tree, but by then it was gone. She tried to follow it, but
couldn’t find it again.

Meera soon left for home. When she reached her house, she
was surprised to see the butterfly sitting by her window. This
got a smile on her face.
a) What did Meera see in the park outside her house?
b) What were the colours of butterfly seen by Meera?
c) Was Meera able to catch the butterfly in the park?
d) Why was she surprised on reaching home?
e) From the passage, find out:
i. Opposite of inside
ii. Past tense of fly

(B) UNSEEN PASSAGE ( 5)

Read this story and answer the given questions :
Teamwork, teamwork,
Together we can make our dream work.
Then we'll share the joy of what we've done,
Teamwork, everyone!
It's fun to shoot the basketball through the hoop,
But if nobody passes then nobody shoots.
And the relay race just can't go on,
If nobody wants to pass the baton.
We're the parts that make up the whole,
And we've got our eyes on a common goal.
Sometimes it can be a big plus,
When a you or a me becomes an us!
Now answer these questions:
a) Name any two games where we play as teams?
b) Think and write two qualities of a good team player?
c) What word is used in the passage for ‘group of players’?
d) What does ‘dream work’ refer to in the poem?
e) From the passage write describing word for
____________________ goal.

PROSE /POETRY (5)

2. Answer the following questions :

a) What is the ice - cream cart compared to in the poem? (1)

b) What made Robinson Crusoe think that the print on the ground was a footprint? (2)

c) What did the wise old goose advise the other birds? (1)

GRAMMAR (5)
4. Fill in the blanks with suitable question words: (1)

a) ________ do you live ?

b) _________ is your favourite fruit?

5. Write the opposite of the underlined word. (1)

Mita is clever but Rita is ____________.

6. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions : (1)

a) The books are ………..the bag.
b) She fell…………the well .
7. Write the contractions for the following. (1)
a) it is __________
b) they have _______

9. Choose the correct joining word and join the sentences. (1)
( and / because)

She wore a raincoat.

It was raining.
CREATIVE WRITING (5)
10. Observe the picture and write 5 sentences about it.

(clue words –rainy ,children ,rainbow ,puddles ,umbrella ,happy ,clouds)

OR
Write five sentences on your favourite ice – cream.

SPELLINGS (5)
11. Encircle the correct spellings: (1)
(a) Imaginasion Imazination Imagination
(b) Imhabited Inhebited Inhabited

12. Fill the missing letters and make meaningful words: (1)
a) H _P_IN_S_
b) F _ I_H_E_ED

13. Choose suitable word for “Group of geese “ . (1)

(a) Herd (b) cluster (c) flock

14. Write rhyming words for : (1)

(a) soup ______________

(b) found _______________

15. Write two compound words of your choice : (1)

(a) ______________

(b) ________