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INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT

MIDDLE SECTION
MODEL PAPER 2023 – 24
SUBJECT- ENGLISH Code: MYEN04

CLASS: VII Time Allotted: 2 ½ hrs

Max. Marks: 80

Marks obtained:

General Instructions.
1. The question paper comprises of four sections A, B, C&D. You have to attempt all the sections.
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. All the answers should be written in the answer sheet provided only.

Q.NO SECTION A - READING (15 MARKS) Marks

Read the following passage and answer the following questions based on your 7
I understanding:

Bertrand Russell as a child wrote-

Three days after I was born my mother wrote about me to her mother saying, “The
baby weighed 4 ½ kgs, is 21 inches long, very fat and very ugly.” When I was still a
child I lost my parents and went to Pembroke Lodge to live with my grandparents.
Pembroke Lodge had eleven acres of garden, mostly allowed to run wild. This garden
played a very large part in my life up to the age of eighteen. I got used to wide
horizons and to a glorious view of the sunset. Alone, I used to wander about the
garden, collecting bird’s eggs and thinking about the flight of time.

Throughout my childhood my grandmother was the most important person in my life.

Her life was extremely simple. She ate only the plainest food, and until she reached
the age of eighty, never sat in a comfortable chair until after afternoon tea. She was
completely unworldly. Her intense care for my welfare made me love her and gave
me that feeling of safety which children need. Her fearlessness, her public spirit, her
indifference to the opinion of the majority greatly impressed me.

The grownups with whom I came in contact were simply incapable of understanding
childish emotions. When at the age of four, I was taken to be photographed in
Richmond; the photographer had difficulty in getting me to sit still, and at last
promised me a sponge cake if I remained motionless. I stayed as quiet as a mouse
and the photograph was wholly successful. But I never got the sponge cake.

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1. Complete the statements by choosing the correct option. 3

1.Bertrand’s mother wrote about him to her_________________.

a. grandmother
b. father
c. mother
d. photographer
2. Find one word from the passage which means-
“walk or move aimlessly” ( para 1) -____________________
a. horizons
b. wander
c. wild
d. glorious
3. Bertrand was promised ___________________ if he remained still.
a. a cake
b. a spongy cake
c. a photograph
d. a plum cake
4. Which of the following is the antonym for “mobile”? (para 3)
a. fearlessness
b. motionless
c. indifference
d. comfortable

Choose the correct statement from the following.

5.“I” went to Pembroke Lodge to__________________________________.

a. wander about in the garden.
b. collect eggs.
c. have a glorious view of the sunset.
d. live with grandparents.
6.State whether the sentence is True or False-

The photographer promised the narrator a chocolate. _________________

2 Complete the following sentence. 1

Until after afternoon tea, ____________________________________.

3 Answer the following questions-

3
a.How was Bertrand described by his mother as a baby?
b.Bertrand’s grandmother’s life was extremely simple. Give an example of this.

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 c.What character of his grandmother did Bertrand admire the most?
II Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follows: 8

1. For two months, I have been trying to decide who makes the best ice cream. I
have narrowed it down to my four favourite manufacturers: Randolph Farms,
Goodies, Disco, and Twinkle.

2. Let's start with Randolph Farms. Randolph Farms makes very good ice cream.
They have lots of different flavours, but this doesn't really matter to me. That's
because I always get coffee flavour. They make the best coffee ice cream in the
world. Also, Randolph Farms uses all natural ingredients to make their ice cream.

3. Second, we have Goodies. Like Randolph Farms, Goodies uses all natural
ingredients. They only make three different flavours—strawberry, vanilla, and
chocolate— but they make them very well. The strawberry is amazing. Every bite
of it reminds me of the strawberries that I used to pick behind my old house. The
vanilla is wonderful. It is very smooth and has a refreshing, creamy taste.
Whenever I think of Goodies ice cream, my taste buds jump. Can you imagine
yourself diving into a chocolate waterfall? That’s how outstanding is Goodies
chocolate ice cream. It is made with real cocoa beans from Bolivia. I didn't know
where Bolivia is, so I decided to look for it on a map. After hunting awhile, I
discovered that it is in South America! That’s a long way to get cocoa, so, it must
be good. I would say that the only drawback to Goodies ice cream is that they only
make three different flavours.

4. Third, we have Disco. Disco ice cream is okay. They don't have many good
flavours. Actually, the only Disco flavour I like is Bubblegum. It is vanilla ice cream
with a little chunk of bubblegum in it. After you eat the ice cream, you can blow
bubbles with the gum. That's pretty fun.

1. Choose the correct option and fill in the blanks below.

The narrator is trying to find out who makes the best_____________________. ½

a. hot chocolate
b. bubble gum
c. ice cream
d. coffee
2. The Bubblegum ice cream in Disco is ______________________. ½
a. vanilla beans with a little chunk of bubblegum
b. vanilla ice cream with chunks of bubblegum
c. vanilla cream with a little chunk of bubblegum
d. vanilla ice cream with a little chunk of bubblegum
3. The narrator’s four favourite manufacturers are ___________________. ½
a. Randolph Farm, Goodies, Disco, and Twinkle

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 b. Randolph Farms, Goodies, Disco, and Twinkle
c. Randolph Farms, Goodies, Disco, and Twinkling.
d. Radolph Farms, Goodies, Discos, and Twinkle.
4. Find a word from the passage which is the opposite of the word ‘artificial’. ½
a. excellent
b. amazing
c. natural
d. different
5. Find a word from the passage which means ‘to find out, recognise, or realise for the ½
first time.’ (para .3)
a. reminds
b. discovered
c. decided
d. behind
6. State whether the following statements are True or False.
a. Randolph Farms makes the best coffee ice cream – 1½

b. The narrator likes all the ice cream flavours from Disco _
c. Goodies uses artificial ingredients-
7. The chocolate ice cream in Goodies are made with real cocoa beans from
_______________. 1

8. What does the strawberry flavour remind the author of? (Answer in a complete 1
sentence.)

9. Why does the author like Bubblegum flavour of Disco ice cream? (Answer in a 1
complete sentence.)

10. What is the only drawback of Goodies ice cream? (Answer in a complete sentence.) 1

SECTION ‘B’ – (WRITING) – 17 Marks 17

III A newspaper reporter took notes on the Eye Examination Camp conducted in
your school. Below you can see his notes. Use the information to complete the
report he wrote for his newspaper. Do not add any new information. (Choose
the correct option and fill in the blanks) ½ X6=3

Eye examination camp.

January 14th 2023.
Organised by Eye care centre.
Canvassing done by students of the school for a fortnight.
Doctors checked the patient’s degree of vision and other defects.
Visitors were middle aged adults and old people.
Closed at 5.30 pm.
Students helped doctors and assistants to prepare the reports.

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 (was closed, was organised, was heartening, 14th January 2023, were checking,
started gathering)

An Eye-examination camp was held on the premises of ISM on

(a)________________. It (b)____________________________________ by the
members of Eye Care Centre which is one of the leading eye institutes of the city.
The doctors in charge were Dr Dholakia and Dr Soman, both well-experienced
ophthalmologists. People(c) _____________________ as it struck 9 a.m. The
canvassing had been done by the students of the school. It
(d)______________________to see the students and the assistant doctors guiding
and helping each visitor. The doctors(e) ____________________ patient’s eyes for
degree of vision and other defects of the eye such as colour blindness, cataract,
astigmatism and glaucoma. The visitors included middle aged and old people. The
camp(f) ________________ around 5.30 pm.

IV You are the Secretary, Cultural Club of your school. The school is celebrating 4
its Annual Cultural Day on 24 December, 2024. Write a notice informing the
badge holders and house captains of a meeting you are conducting to take
decisions on important matters regarding the conduct of the programme.
Provide all the necessary information.

It was the happiest day of your life when your class teacher informed you that
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you have been selected as the ‘Best sportsperson of the year’. You are excited
as now you will receive the award at the Annual Day Celebrations. Make a diary
entry recording your feelings in not more than 80 words.
VI a) Develop an interesting story with the given outline in 120 words. Provide a 6
suitable title and a moral.

An old lady becomes blind …………. calls in a doctor ………. agrees to pay large
fees if cured ………….. doctor comes daily…….. Starts stealing one piece of
furniture daily ………. delays the cure ……… at last cures her ………. demands his
fees……… lady refuses to pay, saying cure is not complete……… doctor objects
lady says sight not restored as she cannot see all her furniture ……………..

OR

b) Your school has decided to organize a yoga camp in your school to create
awareness among students about mental and physical wellbeing. Write a letter
to the Vice Principal expressing your gratitude for the new initiative.

SECTION ‘C’ – (GRAMMAR) – 26 Marks 10

VII Choose the correct answer from the given options.

1. Complete the sentences using suitable determiners from those given in the brackets. 1½

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 a. Please add ____________ salt to this curry. It is tasteless.

i. many ii. must iii. a little iv. few

b. The doctor assured Michael not to worry. “_____________ son will be fine soon,”
he said.
i. His ii. Mine iii. He iv. Your

c. The taxi driver returned the wallet to ____________ owner.

i. its ii. his iii. whose iv. mine
2. Hamid was watering the plants. (Choose the correct sentence in passive voice.) ½
a. The plants were watered by Hamid.
b. The plants was being watered by Hamid.
c. The plants were being watering by Hamid.
d. The plants were being watered by Hamid.

3. The ball was caught by the boy. (Choose the correct sentence in active voice) ½
a. The boy caught the ball.
b. The ball caught the boy.
c. The boy catches the ball.
d. The boy will catch the ball.
4. Choose the correct option and complete the sentences. 1½

a. His greatest desire is ________________ this song.

i. sing ii. singing iii. to sing iv. sang
b. We cannot survive without _______________________.
i. breathing ii. to breathe iii. breathed iv. to breathing
c. Sujata likes ______________________ her room.
i. to decorating iii. decorated iii. to decorate iv. was decorating
5. Complete the sentence with the given tense of the verb. 1½

a. It ___________________(rain) all day. (present perfect tense)

i. was raining ii. has been raining iii. will be raining iv. is raining
b. Raj _____________ (cook) dinner for everyone at home. (past perfect tense)
i. had cooked ii. has cooked iii. have cooked iv. is being cooking
c. The bus _______________ (leave) in an hour.( future continuous)
i. shall leave ii. will leave iii. will be leaving iv. will leaving
VIII Choose the correct answer for the following questions from the given options.

1. Select the correct conjunction for the following sentences. 1

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 a. Tania is reading the book ______________ she found it interesting.
i. because ii. though iii. but iv. or
b. You might have to register your name ___________ send an email.
i. nor ii. or iii. if iv. till
2. Select the correct sentence with appropriate conjunction. ½
a. You will reach your goal before you are serious about the work.
b. You will reach your goal if you are serious about the work.
c. You will reach your goal unless you are serious about the work.
d. You will reach your goal ever you are serious about the work.
3. Select the correct sentence with the appropriate conjunction. ½
a. You can either courier the parcel or ask Jake to deliver it.
b. You can either courier the parcel nor ask Jake to deliver it.
c. You can either courier the parcel so that ask Jake to deliver it.
d. You can neither courier the parcel or ask Jake to deliver it.

4. Rahim said, “I want to buy a new laptop.’ Choose the correct sentence in reported ½
speech from the given options.
a. Rahim says that he wanted to buy a new laptop.
b. Rahim said that he wanted to buy a new laptop.
c. Rahim says that he wants to buy a new laptop.
d. Rahim said that he want to buy a new laptop.

5. Gia said to Ravi ,“Can you help me?” Choose the correct sentence in reported ½
speech from the given options.
a. Gia asked Ravi if he could help her.
b. Gia asked Ravi if he can help her.
c. Gia asked Ravi if he could helped her.
d. Gia said to Ravi if he could help her.

IX. Select the correct answer for the following questions from the given options.

½
1. The war _________________________in 1942.
a. will start
b. starts
c. have started
d. started.

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 He has been ______________ for two hours. ½
2. a. painting
b. painted
c. paint
d. be painting
3. in/ clothes/ warm/ winter /in (Choose the correct sentence from the given options.) ½
a. Wear clothes warm in winter.
b. Wear warm clothes in winter.
c. You have to wear clothes in winter.
d. d. Wear in winter warm clothes.
X. Read the instructions and complete the following sentences.

1 Fill in the blanks using suitable conjunctions. 1½

a. He is intelligent ____________ lazy.
b. I closed the window ___________ a strong wind was blowing from the North.
c. I wanted to buy a basket of fruits ________________ a sack of rice.
2. Complete the sentence with the given tense of the verb in the bracket. 1
a. Meera _______________ (read) a book. (Present Continuous)
b. The army __________________ (build) this bridge in 1997. (Simple Past)
3. Complete the sentences as instructed. 1
a. The baby is sleeping______________________. (intransitive)
b. The little boy watered __________________________. (transitive)
XI. There is an error in each line of the following paragraph. Write the correct form 2
to complete the sentences.
In sunrise the birds began to fly in all directions. a. ________
The Sun shining bright, spreads it golden hues all around. b. ________
Soon a people of the village began to emerge from their c. ________
houses. The birds were chirp with merriment and flying d. _________
high in the sky.
XII. Fill in the blanks using non-finite verb forms.

1.They decided ______________(buy) a new house. 1

2.I heard the teacher ____________ (speak) to Rani.
XIII. Fill in the blanks using determiners. 1½
1.There was hardly __________ milk in the bowl.
2.Copper is ____________ useful metal.
3. Anita fell and hurt ______________ finger.
XIV. Fill in the blanks with correct form of the verb. 1
1. A lot of old songs _________________ (play) on the radio last week.

2. Raju _____________ (decorate) his house for the party yesterday.

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XV. Do as Directed.

1. The residents went to meet the mayor. He refused to see them. (Join the sentences 1
using a suitable coordinating conjunction)

2. Change the following sentence into passive voice. The children made paper boats. 1

3. Use the verb ‘speak’ to frame a sentence intransitively. 1

4. Sarita prefers to work with a team. (Rewrite the sentence using gerund in place of
infinitive.) 1

Rewrite the sentences following the instructions given in the bracket.

XVI.

1. I like playing football. I like swimming. (Join the sentences using not only ….but also)
1

2. The dinner has been prepared by Sarita. (Change the sentence into active voice.)
1

on / Farmers / for / depend / rain /crops. / growth /the / of / (Rearrange the jumbled
3. 1
words to form a meaningful sentence.)
SECTION ‘D’ – (LITERATURE)- 22 Marks

XVII
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.

“Go hang yourself, you old MD!

You shall not sneer at me.
Pick up your hat and stethoscope,
Go wash your mouth with laundry soap.”

1) The poet is ________________________

½
a) J R R Tolkein
b) Gieve Patel
c) Ogden Nash
d) Toru Dutt
½
2) Name the poem;_______________________________.

3) ______________________________ is referred to as ‘old MD’ here. 1

4) Why does the speaker tell the old MD to hang himself? 1

XVIII “I’ll stay with mother, he said. ‘She’s all excited. I stepped back onto the
landing. Don’t either of you go a step, said mother. We’ll call the police.”

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 1) ________________________ referred to as ‘he’ here?
a) Roy ½
b) Grandfather
c) Father
d) Herman

2) ‘She’s all excited’. Here ‘she’ refers to________________________________.

½
3) Why did the narrator step back onto the landing?
1
4) Why did the mother want to call the police?
1

XIX Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words. 3x2=6

1. What did Mrs. Salmon remember about the night of the murder?
2. In the poem Invictus, what quality does the poet hope to retain all through his life
and why?
3. How did the hitch-hiker conclude that the driver of the car was a good writer?
4. What was Swami’s comment regarding the bat in the catalogue and how did Mani
react to it?

XX Answer any one of the following questions in 60-80 words

1. Would you say that Swami was not very keen about his club? Answer with two 1x5=5
textual references.

2. What is the question that will bother us about the story ‘The Case for the
Defense’?
XXI Choose the correct meaning of the given words.

1. admonition- i. grand ii. blessings iii. disregard iv. warning ½ x2=1

2. exquisite- i. rare ii. immortal iii. beautiful iv. unfair

XXII Write the correct meaning of the given word.

1.Verdict-______________________________ 1 mark

XXIII Choose the correct antonym of the given words.

1. bludgeoning x i. joy ii. comfort iii. save iv. threat

½ x2=1
2. delicate x i. decent ii. guilty iii. strong iv. innocent

XIV Complete the following poem.

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The morning_____________________________
________________________________________ ½ x4=2
________________________________________
______________________________ paid no heed.

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