DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BANGALORE SOUTH

SAMPLE PAPER – ANNUAL EXAMINATION – [MARCH 2023-24]

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

ANSWER KEY
MAX. MARKS 80

NAME: _ CLASS: VI SEC:

ROLL NO: _ DATE: - 03- 2024

General Instructions:
• All questions are compulsory.
• Marks are indicated against questions.
• Please write down the serial number of the question before attempting it.
• This question paper has 7 sides.

A.1. (1 X 3 = 3)
i. (c) Daily
ii. (c) Attention of customers
iii. (b) A press reporter

A.2. (2 X 3 = 6)
i. Can get knowledge of current affairs / can shine in competitive exams / can
enhance in vocabulary.
ii. The one who reads Newspapers and interprets editorial pages can only be a
master in current affairs and general knowledge.
iii. Education and health related / political, social, sports and games related /
economics, monetary, business and commerce related.

A.3. (1 X 1 = 1)
i. cultivate

B.
B.1. (1 x 5 = 5)
i. (d) spring
ii. (b)humming
iii. (b) elms
iv. (a) quiet
v. (a) plentiful

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B.2. (1 x 5 = 5)
i. The butterfly celebrates the coming of a new season by dancing in the
sunshine.
ii. The lark is soaring high in the blue and sunny sky.
iii. The flowers in the fields, the bright stream and the fruits indicate the arrival
of the new season.
iv. The gnats are wheeling round in airy rings.
v. Coming-humming, sky-high, wing-ring, bleating-meeting, crowd-loud

SECTION C – GRAMMAR

D.1. (1 x 3 = 3)
i. Fight – verb (intransitive)
ii. stopped – verb (transitive)
iii. receive – verb (transitive)

D.2. (1 x 3 = 3)
i. Dependent clause
ii. Independent clause
iii. Independent clause

D.3. (1 x 3 = 3)
i. The old beggar said that poverty is a great curse.
ii. He asked me what I was doing.
iii. The food minister said that they tried to control the prices of food grains
previous year.

D.4. (0.5 x 6 = 3)
i. My father, who is a school master, is fifty years old.
ii. This is a present from my uncle.
iii. Neither of the subjects is interesting.
iv. What are those marks on your shirt?
v. She blamed herself for the mistake.
vi. They will enjoy themselves.

D.5. (0.5 x 6 = 3)
Incorrect Correct
One morning, the Nawab call (a) call called
his minister and said him (b) said told
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that I wanted the length and (c) I he
breadth from the earth (d) from of
measured. He also feel the (e) feel felt
need to have the stars on the (f) on in
sky counted.

D.6. (0.5 x 6 = 3)
Chocolates lift up your mood. Eg. Chocolates / can / lift
When you eat chocolate, a (a) eat /a / chocolate
chemical called serotonin released(b) serotonin / is / released
in brain making you feel good. (c) in / the / brain
According research, chocolates may(d) According / to / research
also effective in relieving persistent (e) also / be / effective
cough because soothe the throat.(f) because / they / soothe

D.7. (1 x 2 = 2)
i. Her family encourages her to participate in every competition.
ii. Many things are taught right from nursery.

SECTION D – LITERATURE

E.1. (1 x 3 = 3)
i. A hawker used to cry “bangles, crystal bangles” every morning on the road.
ii. The hawker was seen in the morning and was never in a hurry. He can take
any road, go anywhere and return home anytime.
iii. The poem is ‘Vocation’ and the poet is Rabindranath Tagore.

E.2. (1 x 3 = 3)
i. The kite makes the sharp sound with its tail while moving in the air.
ii. The kite has been compared to a ship.
iii. The poetic device in the line ‘then soars like a ship’ is simile.

E.3. (1 x 3 = 3)
i. Nasir wanted to become a seed collector.
ii. Nasir’s father spend a lot of money on buying new seeds to grow their cotton
plants.
iii. Nasir’s grandfather told him that many years ago he used to collect seeds from
his own plants.

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E.4. (1 x 5 = 5)
i. The unfriendly face of the visitor turned truly friendly when he got fifty
dollars for his ordinary watch.
ii. The kite loses its beauty and shines when it gets trapped in the branches of
the tree.
iii. Jean Pierre Harrison was an American flight instructor and was married to
Indian born astronaut Kalpana Chawla.
iv. The child saw the gardener outside his house in the afternoon after returning
from his school.
v. Saeeda requested the sun rays to come the next day with lots of warmth and
brightness.

E.5. (2 x 5 = 10)
i. The second Sunday of every month was special because on this day Peter’s
family used to visit a cinema hall. His family members enjoyed peanuts and
ice cream.
ii. Kalpana Chawla’s first mission in the space shuttle Columbia was of 15 days,
16 hours and 34 minutes long. During her journey, she went around the earth
252 times. There was a Japanese and an Ukrainian astronaut in the crew and
they conducted many experiments.
iii. The poet said that English is a wonderful game because we can play with
words and frame them in such a way as to convey the desired message.
iv. The specialist prescribed her effective and costly medicine. He told her to eat
anything that she likes to have. In addition to this, he told her to leave the
dark room and shift to a bigger room with doors and windows open. He told
her to sit under the sun every morning and inhale fresh air.
v. Ray’s rich experience told him that the visitor was not a shopper. One man
stood at the door and the other man, with no signs of friendliness in his eyes
came towards him.

E.6. (3 x 1 = 3)
i. The clocks in the shop gave a message of humanity by striking together at the
midnight. Their sweet musical message was filled with hope and joy. No
matter how evil a mind is, it can be changed with kindness and love. The two
men came to the shop with an intention to rob the shopkeeper that night as
they were in dire need of money. The shopkeeper understood their motive
but behaved in a gentle way.