KALPA SCHOOL

Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Annual Examination 2020-2021
Subject: English

Name: __________
Class II – A, B, C, D, Time: 1hr : 30 mins.
Date: 16.4.2021 Marks: 30.

I. Read the paragraph and answer the questions: 5M

Once upon a time, a mother hen built a nest with some dried grass and
twigs. Then she laid some eggs in a nest. Next, she sat on the eggs. After a few days,
the eggs cracked open and little chicks came out of the eggs. They were tiny, yellow
and fluffy. The brood of little chicks chirped loudly around the mother hen. The
mother hen clucked and went to find some grain and worms for them to eat.

1. What did the mother hen use to built the nest?

Ans. The mother hen used some dried grass and twigs to built the nest.

2. What sound do they make:

a) chicks chirped b) hen clucked
3. Write the collective noun for a group of chicks. a brood
4. Which word in the paragraph means ‘soft and feathery’ ? fluffy

Number the following sentences in the correct order:-

5. A mother hen built a nest ( 1 )
6. She sat on the eggs. ( 3 )
7. The eggs cracked open and little chicks came out. ( 4 )
8. She laid some eggs in the nest. ( 2 )

II. Punctuate the following using capital letters, fullstops, commas, and 2M
question marks.

9. sita and i live in hyderabad

Sita and I live in Hyderabad.

10. do we have English Math and Evs classes on monday

Do we have English , Math and Evs classes on Monday?

 III. Choose describing words from the box and fill in the blanks: 2M

faithful, exciting, dusty, beautiful

11. The young princes heard an exciting story.

12. Dogs are faithful and smart animals.
13. Raman’s mother polished his dusty shoes and washed the dirty socks.
14. The roses in the vase are red and beautiful.

IV. Identify the tense (past, present, future) for the following and write them 2M
in the blanks provided.

15. We went to Disney land yesterday. ____past tense___________________

16. I play with my best friend every day. _____present tense______
17. He will go to Mumbai tomorrow. ________future tense_____________
18. They enjoyed the picnic very much. _______ past tense ________________

V. Use the -ing for the verb and make sentences for the following words. 2M
19. Rohit / laugh / clown / at / the
Ans: Rohit is laughing at the clown.
20. The stars / shine / in / sky / the
Ans: The stars are shining in the sky.

VI. Complete the sentences using the past form of the action words given 2M
in the brackets:
21. I ____ate___ a lot of green vegetable to stay healthy. (eat)
22. Fareeda _fixed__ a leaky tap as she is good at fixing things. (fix)
23. Grandmother ___carried_____ an umbrella to the forest to look for oak trees.
(carry)
24. Who __bought__ the cakes and yummy biscuits to the birthday party? (buy)

VII. Give meanings for the following words: 2M

25. wonderful - ___very good__ 26. teased - _made fun of____
27. greet - ___welcome____ 28. stretch - _become longer____

VIII. Use the suitable helping verb to complete the sentences given below: 2M
29. I (am, are) the class captain. _______ am __________
30. Police dogs (has, have) special collars. ____ have _______
31. The king and his sons (was, were) sitting on their comfortable chairs. were
32. Sita (is, are) plucking flowers to make a garland. _______is_________

IX. Answer the following questions 8M

33. How was Pinocchio different from other puppets?

Ans: Pinocchio could see talk, laugh and move his hands and legs where as
other puppets could not.
 34. In which season did the tree match its name? Where was the Red Bud tree?
Ans: The tree matched its name in spring season. The Red Bud tree was in the
deep forest woods.

35. How did the duckling feel when he saw his reflection at the end of the story?
Ans: The ugly duckling felt happy and surprised when he saw his reflection at
the end of the story.

36. Why did the little goblin say, ‘Good Little Shoes’?
Ans: The little goblin said ‘Good Little Shoes’ because he had forgotten his
shoes behind but they came running after him.

X. Answer the given reference to context. 3M

“But as he got closer, he felt shy and scared. What if they too laughed at him? So he
bent his head low.”
37. Who was ‘shy and scared’?
Ans: The ugly duckling was shy and scared.

38. Why was he ‘shy and scared’?

Ans: The ugly duckling was shy and scared because he felt that swans might
laugh at him.

39. What did he do when he felt ‘shy and scared’?

Ans: The ugly duckling bent his head low when he felt shy and scared.

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