SECTION A (READING)

Q1. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:
Once upon a time, there was a little boy who became very ill. He had to spend all day in
bed. There wasn’t much he could do except look out of the window. One day, he saw a
strange sight outside the window. It was a penguin eating a sandwich. The penguin
squeezed in through the open window and said, “Good afternoon.” The little boy didn’t tell
anyone about this because who would have believed him? Even so, more strange
characters ended up putting the joy back in his heart, and in his body. Before long, his
health has improved so much that he was able to go back to school again. There, he got to
talk to his friends and tell them all the strange things he had seen. While he was talking to
his best friend, he saw something sticking out of his friend’s school bag. The boy asked his
friend what it was,
and he was so insistent that finally, his friend had to show him what was in the bag. There,
inside, where all the fancy dress suits that his best friend had been using to try to cheer up
the little boy! From that day, the little boy always did his best to make sure that no one felt
sad and alone.

i) The little boy was sad because_______

a) his mother scolded him
b) he did not have any friend
c) he got less marks in exams
d) he was ill

ii) Which animal did he see near his window, one day?
a) dog
b) penguin
c) elephant
d) lion

iii) Why didn’t the little boy tell anyone about what he saw?

iv) While talking to his friends, what did the boy see?

v) What was inside the school bag of the boy’s friend?

vi) Write the words from the passage which mean the same as:
a) apart from
b) happy

1. Amrita ___________ tired.

1. be
2. is
 3. has
4. have
2. ” ___________ is she?” “She’s my friend from London”
1. Who
2. Why
3. Which
4. What
3. Today is Wednesday. Yesterday it ___________ Tuesday.
1. were
2. is
3. be
4. was
4. Its Thursday today. Tomorrow it ___________ Friday.
1. be
2. was
3. will be
4. will
5. ___________ lots of animals in the zoo.
1. There
2. There is
3. There are
4. There aren’t
6. How many people ___________ in your family?
1. are there
2. is there
3. there are
4. there
7. “Has Sara got a sister?” “No, he ___________, but he’s got 2 brothers.”
1. has
2. hasn’t
3. haven’t
4. not
8. Where ___________ Steve live?
1. are
2. is
3. do
4. does
9. ___________ to London on the train yesterday?
1. Did Christy went
2. Did Christy go
3. Christy go
 4. Christy goes
10.Jack ___________ English, Spanish and a bit of French.
1. speaks
2. speak
3. speaking
4. is speaking
11.Write the Opposites of the following:
1. fresh x ______________
2. defeated x ______________
3. end x ______________
4. shouted x ______________
5. seldom x ______________
6. victory x ______________
12.Write the Plurals of the following:
1. daisy = ______________
2. church = ______________
3. stomach = ______________
4. knife = ______________
5. chief = ______________
6. tomato = ______________
7. flamingo = ______________
8. cactus = ______________
9. millennium = ______________
13.Choose the best describing word for each animal and fill in the blanks:
1. A __________ lamb ( cunning, wild, gentle)
2. A___________ fox ( wild, sly, tiny)
3. A ___________ rabbit (brave, faithful, cruel)
4. A ___________ elephant ( faithful, heavy, huge)
5. A ___________ mouse ( clever, tiny, sly)
6. A ___________ lion ( strong, cruel, mighty)
14.Making naming words by using ness, ity, ty at the end of the words given
below. a) Public
1. Stupid
2. Forgive
3. Polite
4. Cruel
5. Moral