ENGLISH PRACTICE PAPER-1 for Annual Evaluation Class-5

PRACTICE PAPER SAMPLE-1

for Annual Evaluation Class-5

Subject- General English

Note: All questions are compulsory.

Q. 1. Choose the correct answer and write:

(i) Rani Ahilya Bai was the queen of…………………

(a) Bhopal

(b) Indore

(c) Gwalior

(d) Jabalpur

 

(ii) Lal Bahadur Shastri was awarded ‘Bharat Ratna’ in……………..

(a) 1972

(b) 1966

(c) 1960

(d) 1965

(iii) Narendra was later known as………………..

(a) Swami Dayanand

(b) Swami Ramkrishna Paramhansa

(c) Swami Vivekanand

(d) Swami Ram Tirth

 

(iv) The seed rose to see the world.

(a) large

(b) unknown

(c) wonderful

(d) useless

 

Q.2. Fill in the blanks with the correct word given in brackets.

(i) There are days in a week………………. (six/seven)

(ii) We celebrate on Kartik Amavasya…………………(Diwali/Holi)(2)

(iii) One who teaches is a…………………..(doctor/teacher)

(iv) The is a singing bird. (cuckoo/peacock)

 

Q.3.(i) Write the plurals of the following: (any three)

girl – …………………………

baby – ………………………

leaf – ………………………..

bench – …………………….

 

(ii) Write the opposite gender of the following: (any three) 

son – ………………………..

man – ………………………..

aunt – ………………………..

prince – ……………………..

 

(iii) Choose the appropriate adjectives and complete the sentences: 

(wild, good, intelligent)

(a) Akshay is an……………….. boy.

(b) Early rising is a ………………….habit.

(c) The tiger is a…………………. animal.

 

(iv) Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions given in brackets:

(a) The ship sails the sea. (under/on)

(b) The train leaves 5 o’clock. (on/at)

(c) I live Indore. (at/in)

(v) Punctuate the following sentence:

seema gave geeta a book

 

Q.4.(A) Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each: (any three)

(i) What is a multimedia lesson?

(ii) What are the other specialities of Maheshwar?

(iii) When did Lal Bahadur Shastri become the Prime Minister of India?

(iv) Where did Siddhartha find the wounded swan?

 

(B) Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each : (any two)

(i) Why should we be thankful to God?

(ii) What is a nest made of?

(iii) Which flowers are mentioned in the poem, ‘Spring is Coming’?

 

Q.5.(i) Write an application to your headmaster to issue you school leaving certificate.

OR

Write a letter to your friend Vijay inviting him to at- tend your sister’s marriage.

 

(ii) Write a short note on any one of the following:

(a) My friend

(b) A pet animal

(c) A great man

(d) Any festival

 

(iii) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it :

Hariram was a farmer. He used to work in his fields from early in the morning till late in the evening. He used to plough his fields to grow corn. He never cared for hot. wet or cold weather. When the field was ready, he sowed corn seeds in it. After a few days the seeds began to sprout. He watered the plants. He used to reach there very early in the morning to protect it from wild ani- mals and birds. He watched his fields very carefully.

When the crop was ripe. he harvested and got a rich pro- duce of corn. It was his hard work that made him a happy farmer.

Questions:

(a) Who was Hariram?

(b) Why did he plough his field?

(c) When did he sow seeds in the field?

(d) How did he protect his crop?

(e) Find the opposite of the following words from the passage. sad, late