Delhi Public School, Bokaro

STD: VI SUBJECT: English ASSESSMENT: Half yearly

Maximum marks : 80 10/10/2020 6:45 - 10/10/2020 Time Limit : 225 Minutes
10:30
Paper Questions 80 Marks

1 Part A (40 Marks) 10 M

READING (20)
1. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct options:
I. By the time our delayed train reached and I disembarked with my father and
baby Lavanya, it was past midnight. It was cold, dark and foggy. My husband, Manu,
who was to receive us, was nowhere in sight. Soon the platform became deserted.
Then a burly man approached us and offered to carry our luggage. He wasn’t
wearing the usual porter’s red shirt and tag, and though I was wary ,my father
decided to hire him. Leaving Lavanya and me with the man, my father went out to
look for Manu. I took a closer look of the man and felt apprehensive. He was big
hairy, his face was pockmarked and his eyes looked bloodshot.
II. Just then Lavanya , who had been sleeping in my arms, awoke and turned to
look at porter. He gave a playful smile and held out his arms. I thought she would
start crying and held her closer. But she smiled back and twisted herself out from my
arms into his. Now I was really scared. What if he ran away with my baby? He must
have sensed my fear and even before I reached out to take Lavanya back , he
handed her to me. Turning around , he mumbled that though everyone was scared of
him, my innocent baby accepted him. His eyes had tears in them I didn’t know what
to say.
III. At that moment my father returned with Manu. The man picked up our luggage
and walked towards the car parking. As we followed him, I asked Manu to pay him a
little extra. But having put our luggage in the car , the man refused to accept the
payment from us. Coming up to me, he placed his hand on my baby’s head for a
moment as if to say, ‘God bless you !’ And walked away.
On the basis of your understanding of the above passage choose the correct
option of any ten questions given below: (1X10=10)
i) The woman was apprehensive when the man approached to her as:
a)her father was not with her
b)he was scary looking
c)he had charming eyes
d)her husband was nowhere there
ii) The man picked up their luggage and walked towards the
a) platform
b) lounge
c) car parking
d) bus stand
iii) “His eyes had tears in them.” Whom does ‘His ’ refer to ?
a) the lady
b) the porter
c) Manu
d) lady’s father
iv) Whom did the porter wish to bless?
 a) the lady
b) the father
c)the baby
d)her husband
v) The word ‘apprehensive’ means
a) happy b)appreciated c)sad d)fearful
vi) Find the word from the passage which means the same as ‘getting off’(para I)
a) deserted b)marked c) disembarked d) accepted
vii) Find the word from the passage which means the same as ‘spoke unclearly’.
(para II)
a)offered b) twisted c) disembarked d)mumbled
viii) What kind of weather was there when the woman reached the station?
a) rainy b) cold c) humid d) summer
ix) The stranger’s eyes looked
a)bloodshot b) peaceful c) fearful d) wary
x) What was the baby’s reaction on seeing the porter?
a) kept sleeping b) gave a smile c) got scared d) started crying
xi) What request was made by the woman to her husband?
a) to pay the stranger extra b) not to pay the stranger c) to pay the stranger less d) to
offer the stranger food instead of money
xii) According to the passage what was the porter’s usual uniform ?
a) purple shirt with a tag b) black shirt with a tag c) red shirt with a tag d) blue shirt
with a tag
2 2. Read the poem carefully: 10 M
The World
Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World,
With the wonderful water round you curled,
And the wonderful grass upon your breast—
World, you are beautifully drest.

The wonderful air is over me,

And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree,
It walks on the water, and whirls the mills,
And talks to itself on the tops of the hills.

You friendly Earth, how far do you go,

With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow,
With cities and gardens, and cliffs, and isles,
And people upon you for thousands of miles?

Ah! you are so great, and I am so small,

I tremble to think of you, World, at all;
And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,
A whisper inside me seemed to say,
‘You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot:
You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!’
—W. B. Rands
Choose the correct option of any ten questions given below: (1 X 10=10)
i) What do you understand by ‘beautifully drest’ in stanza 1?
(a) having gaudy dress
(b) decorated with nature’s beauty
(c) wearing costly dresses
(d) wearing cheap but beautiful dresses.
ii) ‘And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,’- Whom does ‘I’ refer to?
(a) earth
(b) the poet
(c) trees
(d) water
iii) The wind in the poem talks to
(a) passersby
(b) trees
(c) clouds
(d) itself
iv) The poet calls the earth
(a) unfriendly
(b) friendly
(c) proud
(d) kind.
v) The phrase ‘such a dot’ means (stanza 4)
(a) very small
(b) so fat
(c) so big
(d) very kind.
vi) The wonderful wind is vibrating ____.
a) logs b) trees c) leaves d) fruits
vii) Whom does the poet address as ‘great’ ?
a)rivers b) earth c) trees d)world
viii) Identify the word which means same as ‘wonderful’. (stanza 1)
a) marvelous b) dreadful c) awful d) strange
ix) Who whispers to the poet?
a) plants b) rivers c) earth d)poet himself
x) The wonderful air walks on
a) grassland b) road c) water d) island
xi)The river does not flow through
a)villages b)cities c)gardens d)cliffs
xii)How does the poet react seeing the world?
a)shouts b)cries c)laughs d)trembles
3 LITERATURE (10) 5M
Read the extract carefully and choose the correct option : (5x1=5)
‘Well, you have to lay out a hundred and fifty or more,’ said Petrovich and pursed up
lips significantly.
i) Name the author of the chapter from where the above extract is taken.
a)Hapgood b) Nikolai Gogol c) Isabel d)Petrovich
ii) Whom does ‘you’ refer to in the given extract?
a) Nikolai Gogol b)Akaky’s friend c)Akaky’s officer d) Akaky Akakievich
iii) Who is Petrovich?
a) a shoemaker b) a barber c) a tailor d) a cobbler
iv)Choose phrasal verb from the given options.
a) pursed up b) lips c) significantly d) said
v) Identify correct meaning of ‘lay out’.
a) to spend b) to stitch c) to prepare d) to serve
or
‘He generally began that day with wishing he had had no intervening holiday, it made
the going into captivity and fetters again so much more odious.’
i) Name the author of the chapter from where the above extract is taken.
a) Mark Twain b) Tom Sawyer c) Sid Sawyer d) R. K. Narayan
ii) Whom does ‘He’ refer to in the given line?
a) Sid b) Tom Sawyer c) Samuel d) Mark Twain
iii) Which day is referred as ‘that day’?
a) Sunday b) Wednesday c) Tuesday d) Monday
iv) What does ‘odious’ mean?
a) pleasant b) unpleasant c)adorable d) fascinating
v) What makes it into captivity and fetters again?
a) going to the market b) going to the school c)going to the playground d) going to
the kitchen
4 4. Read the given extract carefully and choose the correct option: (5x1=5) 5M
‘Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection’
i)Name the poet of the poem from where the given extract is taken.
a) Higginson b) R.N. Tagore c) Wordsworth d) Tennyson
ii) Choose the literary device used in the above given poetic line.
a) Assonance b) Metaphor c) Personification d) Simile
iii) How can one get perfection?
a) by following old traditions b) by having self –respect c) by respecting others d)
through hard work
iv) Which work among the followings was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature
in 1913?
a) Fair faced b) Gitanjali c) Gora d) Ghare-Baire
v)What message does the poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ give?
a) Peace and harmony b) to follow old customs c) to restrict knowledge d) being self
centered
or
‘Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high’
i) Identify the poetic device used in the above given poetic line.
a) simile b) Personification c) alliteration d) Metaphor
ii) What do you mean by ‘head is held high’?
a) having self respect b) having proud feeling c) being matured d) being adult
iii) The poet introduced the best of Indian culture to
a) South b) North c) West d) East
iv) The poet wishes that the people of his nation should be free from
a) knowledge b) shackles of ignorance c) money d) reason
v) Whom does the poet want to awake?
a) God b) Father c) Countrymen d) World
5 Grammar (1 X 10= 10) 10 M
Choose any ten correct answers from the given questions:
i) ‘My aunt lives in New Delhi.’-Identify type of the sentence.
a) Exclamatory b) Imperative c) Declarative d) Interrogative
ii) ‘My mother likes bright colors.’ - Choose adjective in the given sentence.
a) bright b) mother c) likes d) colors
iii)Choose object from the given sentence.
‘The football team has finished the game.’
a) football b) finished c) team d) the game
iv)Which idea is expressed through the modal verb ‘can’ in the given sentence-
‘Raima can read French.’
a) request b) ability c)suggestion d) possibility
v) ‘His mother is cleaning the kitchen.’- Identify the correct tense.
a) Present Simple b) Future Simple c) Past Continuous d) Present Continuous
vi)Replace the adverb ‘early’ with adverb phrase in the given sentence.
Juhi finished her work ‘early’.
a) at this time b) before time c) at that time d) at this moment
vii) Amrita was at home _______ Mohit wasn’t.
a) but b) or c) and d)if
viii)On Monday the teacher talked ______ respiration.
a) off b) of c) about d) on
ix) ‘Surabhi is cute, _______?’ – Choose correct question tag.
a) wasn’t she b) isn’t she c) is she d) was she
x) Madhuri, along with her sisters, _____ coming to our farm house this weekend.
a) are b) were c) was d) is
xi) My father has been to the countryside ______ January.
a) since b) for c) from d) in
xii) What does the idiom ‘took him to task’ mean in the given sentence.
‘The officer took him to task.’
a) praised him b) promoted him c) rebuked him d) dismissed him

6 Part B - (40 Marks) 5M

Writing (5x2=10)
Write a paragraph on ‘My Favorite Personality’.
or
Green revolution is the best solution to arrest pollution. Keeping the statement in
view draw a poster to create awareness among people under the caption ‘Save
Trees, Save Earth’.
7 You are Radha/ Raman living at 425, Worli, Mumbai. Write an application to the 5M
Principal of your school asking for five days leave to attend wedding ceremony of
your elder brot
Or
Write a letter to your younger brother telling him the importance of sports in a
student’s life. You are Binay/Bharti living at Plot no. 46, Umanagar, Varanasi.

8 Literature 8M
Answer any four of the following questions in about 20-30 words:
(2x4=8)
a) What similarity do you find between reasoning and a clear stream? (2)
b) Why was that morning ‘miserable’ for Tom? (2)
c) What does the poet mean by saying knowledge is free? (2)
d) What was Swaminathan doing when Rajam came to meet him? (2)
e) Why was Sid anxious? (2)
f) According to Swaminathan what would happen if their team won’t pay tax? (2)

9 Answer any four of the following questions in about 40-50 words: (3x4=12) 12 M
a)What solution did Rajam have if Hobbs’ team drag them before a court? (3)
b) Why does the poet say that the world has been broken up into fragments? (3)
c) Name the foe that exists in St. Petersburg? How did people save themselves from
it?(3)
d) What wish did Tom make to Sid? (3)
e) What necessary steps did Akaky take to curtail his ordinary expenses? (3)
f) How did grandmother react with Tom’s problem? (3)

10 R. N. Tagore prays to the Almighty to lift his country to a state where freedom would 5M
be felt and enjoyed in the best possible way. Explain.
Or
Though Aunt Polly loved Tom so much yet he broke her heart with his mischief.
Explain the given statement with reference to the chapter ‘Tom Has a Toothache’.

11 . Imagine yourself as Rajam from ‘The Malgudi Cricket Club’. Now make an entry in 5M
your diary about how you came up with your cricket team’s name and its requirement
for the match.
Or
Write a character sketch of Akaky Akakievich.