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SECTION-A: READING COMPREHENSION (SEEN)
1. Read the passage and answer the following questions:
A. Tick the correct alternative:
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(i) Big Half Moon is the name of a/an -
(a) island
(ii) The family moved over to the mainland in -
(b) Winter
(iii) When the children had to return to the Island, people used to -
(a) pity
(iv) The keeper of the Big Half Moon was -
(c) Father
(v) The narrator was - years old -
(c) Eleven
B. Complete the following statements with information from the text:
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(i) When the spring came, the family used to return to the island.
(ii) The people of the mainland pitied them when they returned to the island.
(iii) It is all on account of the kite that there are more of us.
C. Answer the following questions:
2×2=4
(i) Name the people who lived on the Big Half Moon Island.
Answer: Father, Claude, the narrator, Aunt Esther, Mimi, and Dick lived on the Big Half Moon Island.
(ii) What was the funny part of the story?
Answer: The funny part was that people on the mainland pitied the children for being lonesome on the island, but Claude and the narrator enjoyed their life there and never quarreled.
2. Read the poem and answer the questions:
A. Tick the correct alternative:
1×4=4
(i) In the expression "I'll not deny...." the squirrel does not deny the fact that -
(b) the mountain makes a very pretty squirrel track
(ii) The word 'Spry' means -
(c) full of life and energy
(iii) The squirrel cannot carry on its back -
(d) forest
(iv) The poem was written by -
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson
B. Answer the following questions:
2×2=4
(i) In which aspect do the mountain and the squirrel differ?
Answer: The mountain is big and powerful, while the squirrel is small and active.
(ii) What is not a disgrace to the squirrel?
Answer: It is not a disgrace to the squirrel to be small and occupy its place in nature.
SECTION-B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
4. Write the correct alternatives to fill in the blanks:
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A kite-flying festival was organised last Sunday to promote the use of cotton strings which are considered safe for birds.
5. Do as directed:
A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate article or preposition: in on the
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As Chennai Super Kings prepares to take on Rajasthan Royals in its final home league match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday, the atmosphere will be feverish for more than one reason.
B.
(i) The authority postponed the cricket match.
Answer: The cricket match was postponed by the authority.
(ii) He said to me, "Can you do something for me?"
Answer: He asked me if I could do something for him.
(iii) Sheetal is the fastest runner in the school.
Answer: No other runner in the school runs as fast as Sheetal.
C. Choose the correct phrasal verbs:
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(i) How could you bear with such rude words?
(ii) The girls kept on practising the song.
(iii) The boy takes after his father.
6. Vocabulary:
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(i) Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or damaged - vulnerable
(ii) Prevented from growing or developing properly - stunted
(iii) Have a strong longing for something - craving
(iv) A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall - drought
SECTION-C: WRITING
7. Frame a story:
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