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MIDDLE SECTION
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT –
ENGLISH
Class: V
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Read all the questions carefully.
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2. Answer all the questions on the answer sheets provided.
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3. Do not copy the questions and statements.
4. Do not exceed the word limit.
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5. Number the answers correctly
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SECTION A – READING ( 10 MARKS )
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I. Read the following passage carefully:- (5 marks)
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Once upon a time there lived a dragon. He was the smallest, saddest dragon, ever
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sad because he was small. No one knew why he was so small. One day he decided to
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run away. He went to the hills and found a cave. He lived there, eating food he could
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find, drinking fresh water and trying to forget his friends, the village children. Days
passed and the dragon couldn’t forget his village and his friends. One day he heard a
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sound and saw his friends – the village children. ‘Welcome!’ the dragon cried but
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suddenly he could see nothing. There were billowing clouds of smoke everywhere
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and he could hear screams. The dragon rushed out. There were more screams when
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his friends saw him. ‘What happened? ’ he demanded. ‘You!’ they gasped, ‘You are
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not our dragon!’ ‘I am!’ he insisted. ‘But you are so big!’ The dragon saw a glistening
green head with immense nostrils and a wide mouth. Yes, the smallest, saddest
dragon had grown up. Eating the good food and drinking fresh water and breathing
clean air. Now he was a big, happy dragon.
[Link] the correct answer to complete the following: (5 marks)
i) The dragon was ever sad because ......................................................................
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a) he was small and ugly b) he was small and thin c) he was small
ii) The dragon ran away from the village to the hills and started living .......
a) in a hole b) in a cave c) in a tunnel
iii) Suddenly the dragon could see nothing because .......
a) of the billowing clouds of smoke b) he had closed his eyes c) of the storm
iv) The dragon couldn’t forget ............
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a) his village b) his village and his friends c) his parents
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v) There were more screams when dragon’s friends saw him because ......
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a) they got scared b) they wanted to scare him c) they were playing a game
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II. Read about this beautiful hill station Mussoorie:
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Mussoorie is around 250 miles north of Delhi. It is one of the most popular hill
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station of India. In fact , it is the Queen of hill stations. The town of Mussoorie
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overlooks the sprawling Doon valley and the city of Dehradun. Mussoorie is around
7000 feet above the sea level and is situated in the Garhwal [Link] mighty
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Ganga river is visible from one end of the mountain while the Jamuna can be seen
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from the other end.
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Mussoorie is a very popular tourist destination because of its lovely weather.
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Mussoorie boasts of bright clear days, which suit the holiday mood of tourist who
flock here. It is not worth visiting during monsoon months as it is wrapped in layers
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of mist. When the British discovered Mussoorie, there were only shepherds and
their flocks on the hills. Over the years, people discovered the charm of this
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wonderful hill town and settled there. Ruskin Bond is probably the most famous
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resident of Mussoorie.
Q2 Answer the following questions: (3 marks)
i. Why is Mussoorie a very popular tourist destination ?
ii. Who discovered Musssorie ?
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iii. Name the two rivers that are visible from Mussoorie?
Q3. Fill in the blanks : (2 marks)
Mussoorie is said to be the i) ................... but it is not worth visiting during ii)
........................................ Earlier there were only iii) ................ and their iv)
........................... on the hills but over the years people settled here.
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SECTION B – WRITING ( 15 MARKS )
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Q4. Write a factual description of your Grandmother in about 50 words. (4 marks)
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Q5. Write a paragraph on ‘A Day out at the beach’ in about 50 words. (4 marks)
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Q6. Write a complete story based on the picture and the outline given in about 80 –
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100 words. Give a suitable title and a moral to the story. (7 marks)
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Two friends - travelling – meet – bear – forest – one man – climbs – tree – hides –
branches – other man – frighten – flat – ground – holds – breath – pretends- dead
bear – comes – smells – leaves – man – down – tree – asks –other man- what – bear
– whisper – ear – friend – reply – never – trust – friend – leaves – danger.
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SECTION C - GRAMMAR ( 15 MARKS )
Q7. Fill in the blanks with any suitable Subject \ Object\ verb: (3 marks)
i) ______________ helped the poor man.
ii) The girl is cleaning the ______________________.
iii) The children _______________________ cricket.
Q8. Rewrite using the correct Punctuation marks & Capital letters: (3 marks)
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One day a lion lay fast asleep A little mouse ran out of its hole, and ran over the lions
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nose. the lion woke up and laid his paw upon the mouse. ‘Oh please Sir’ said the
mouse, ‘do not kill me. Someday i may do you a good turn.’
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Q9. Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the Adjectives given in the brackets :
(3 marks)
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i) Sheila is the .......... singer in our school. ( good )
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ii) Pinky is ............. than Mary. ( clever )
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iii) If you do not like this dress. I can exchange it for a .......... one. ( bright )
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iv) Haresh is the ............... boy in our class. ( intelligent )
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v) Iron is .......... than all the other metals. ( useful )
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vi) Gold is ............ than silver. ( expensive )
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Q10. Use ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ in the [Link] x if no Article is needed: (3 marks)
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Moving to (i) ________ United States was (ii) _________ most exciting thing I have
ever done . I moved last year to (iii) ____________ New York. New York is (iv)
__________ exciting city, full of adventure. In fact, I met (v) ____________ famous
actor on ( vi) ___________ bus.
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Q11. Fill in the blanks with suitable Pronouns: (3marks)
The teacher said to Sheila ‘Please tell all the girls to come into the room immediately
since i)_______ want to teach ii) _________.’ Reema said , ‘Both books are good, but
iii) _____ is better than iv) _____. ’ v)_____ took Leela’s book but forgot vi)
________ on the teacher’s table.
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SECTION – D ( 20 MARKS )
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Q13. Read the following extract and select the correct answer to complete the
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following : (3 marks)
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Each book is like
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A city street
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Way I meet
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New friends and old who laugh and sing,
And take me off adventuring!
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a) ‘I’ refers to the .....
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i) poet ii) book iii) friend
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b) The book is compared to ..............
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i) new friends ii) city street iii) wonderland
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c) One word for: doing new and exciting things, often in new places is .......
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i) winding ii) singing iii) adventuring
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Q14. Read the lines and answer the following questions: (3 marks)
So they hurried off to the bazaar and bought a parrot not unlike Granny’s. Granny,
who was short – sighted , did not notice the substitution, but she complained
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bitterly that the bird had stopped repeating its prayers and was instead making rude
noises and swearing.
a) Who does ‘they’ refer to?
b) Where did they go and why?
c) What did Granny complain of?
Q15. Answer any four of the following questions in brief: (8 marks)
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a) What advice did Black Beauty’s mother give him?
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b) How is reading a book like having an adventure?
c) Cindy brought Red Eye home saying that Emily might learn a lot from Red
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Eye. When she said these lines, what did Cindy really want to do?
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d) Who was the star attraction at Mukesh’s zoo? Why?
e ) Whose donkey was it ? How was the donkey useful to him?
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Q16. Answer any one of the question in 80 – 100 words: (6 marks)
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Write in your words about Black Beauty and his mother’s master.
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Describe the Red Eye. Why was it fascinating to watch Red Eye eat?
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