CLASS
: VI SUBJECT: ENGLISH - REVISION FOR
HALF-YEARLY 2019
GRAMMAR AND READING
PASSAGE
Q1.
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line.
Write
the incorrect word and the correct word as given in the example:
Incorrect Correct
Balla Shah lived at
Gujarat ex. at
in
He was a great ruler. He
hates to spend (a)
……….. ………
anything on anybody, even on
himself.
One day he see some dates on
a palm tree. (b)
……….. ………
He liked dates very much and
wants (c)
……….. ……….
to have some but how can he
get them? (d)
……….
……….
He did not like to asked
anyone to climb (e)
………. ……….
up and got them for him. (f)
…………
………..
2.
Incorrect correct
Flowers is a wonderful gift
of Nature. ex. is are
These bring a smile on our
face. (a) _______ ________
They enliven a
surroundings. (b) _______ ________
Many people worship God from
flowers. (c) _______
________
People offer flowers over
festive occasions. (d) ________ ________
But
flowers looked their best on plants.
(e) ________
________.
Q.3.
Incorrect Correct
Pongal,the
popular or the colourful
ex. or and
festival
of Tamilnadu was celebrated in
(a) ………. ………
the
second week of January every years. It
(b) ………. ……….
has
three festivals combined for one namely
(c) ………..
………
namely
Bhogi Pongal, Pongal and Mattu Pongal.
Q.4.
Incorrect Correct
One
day there were no food in the house. Ex. were was
The
children was crying.
(a) …………. ………..
Sudama’s
wife can not bear the sight. (b) ………….. ………..
She
approach Sudama and
(c) …………… …………
advise
him to go to Lord Krishna. (d)
…………… ………..,,
She
suggest that he should go (e) …………… …………
and
asked for help.
(f) ……………. ………….
Sudama
had to agree.
Q3.
Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences:
1.three
matches/already played/The/two teams/have.
2.
was/excellent/play /the last day's.
3.
a/ lovely /face /She/has
4
a number of/problems /these days/India is facing.
5.
the area/to catch /the police/are /combing/the burglars.
6.
to /my question/in answer/gave a/he /smile.
7.
to see/ him/we also /smiled/smile.
8.
he hoped/he said/to the party/to be invited.
9
.a/good athletic/the boys/put up /show.
10.
great courage/ the soldiers/showed/people/from floods/in saving.
Q4.Fill in the blanks
by giving the right form of the word given in the brackets.
1.
Pramod is ________than Vinod. (short)
2.
Sahara is the ………… desert in the world.(large)
3.
Rani is the ____ _______girl of the class (beautiful)
4.
The dog is the _____ ________animal. (faithful)
5.
Ram is as ………. as Rahim. (tall)
Q,5
Fill in by using ‘in’,’im’,’un’,’ir’ with the words given in the brackets:
a) The
speech given by him was ………. (relevant) to the occasion.
b) He
is …………..(happy) today as he could not win the race.
c) Nothing
is ………….. (possible), if you wish to do.
Q.6.Fill
in the blanks with the correct form of collective noun:
a) I saw a …………….. of sheep grazing in the
field.
b) An old lady was carrying a …….. of
sticks on her head.
c) The girl presented a ………… of flowers to
the chief guest.
Q.7.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles (a,an,the):
The man found
……….. suitcase on the platform. ………….. suitcase had …… dress and ………. inside it.
Q.8.Read
the passage carefully:
Cancer
happens when the normal cells making up a part of a person’s body start to grow
faster than usual,take an odd shape, and stop that part of the body from doing
its work. If the cancer lump is found early enough,it can sometimes be removed
by surgical operation or killed by treatment with X-rays or gamma rays. But if
this is not done soon, stray cells break off from the cancerous part and float
off in the blood to start trouble elsewhere.Cancer can start in almost any part
of the body – for eg. the lungs,the kidneys,the stomach,the bones,the blood and
even the skin. No one really knows why cancer starts. But ideas are becoming
clearer about makes people likely to get cancer,and doctors are keen to stop
people from smoking cigarettes,chewing tobacco which they think may encourage
the disease.
On
the basis of the reading, answer the following questions:
a) What
happens to the normal cells in cancer?
b) If
cancer is found early enough, how can it be treated?
c) What
happens if cancer is not treated on time?
d) What
are the most likely causes of cancer?
8.1
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following:
a) The synonym of the word ‘problem’ is
:
(i) usual (ii) trouble (iii)
clearer (iv) grow
b) The antonym of the word ‘ lost’ is :
(i) start (ii) found
(iii) break (iv) encourage
c) Everyone knows the reason behind
cancer. (True/False)
d) Cancer can start in any part of the
body like ……………………….. .
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