Class 6th

CLASS : VI - PERIODIC RE- TEST – AUGUST 2018

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, CECRI CAMPUS, KARAIKUDI .

            PERIODIC RE- TEST –  AUGUST 2018  

CLASS : VI                                    SUBJECT : ENGLISH                      M.M: 40         TIME: 90 MINTS.

SECTION – A  (READING)   (10 marks)

Read the following passage carefully:-    (10)

DENTAL DISEASE

1.Dental  disease is the most common disease in the world. With proper personal and professional care, you and your children can also keep your teeth healthy and dazzling white.

2. Tooth brushing is the best method to remove plaque and proper method of brushing can minimize the dental diseases. Always use a good tooth paste and a good quality brush with soft bristles and a handle that fits comfortably  in your mouth and hand. Truly speaking you must brush your teeth regularly after meal and minimum twice a day, especially at night before going to bed. Brush must be changed when bristles get curled off.

3.Your child should start brushing soon after the first tooth appears in the oral cavity. Rinsing with plain water should be done after anything you eat. Massage your gums with your fingers after brushing and gently brush your tongue also.

4.A balanced diet throughout life is necessary for dental health. You must finish your food with self cleansing fibrous or rough food such as Salad and Fruits. Do not eat sweets and sticky food such as chocolates, candies, cakes etc. between meals,as bacteria love sugar and destroy the tooth substances.

5. Mouth breathing, thumb sucking, nail biting, pencil biting, tongue thrusting are bad habits and discourage your children to do these. Milk teeth are equally important. Take care of them. Get your missing teeth replaced by artificial teeth. If accidentally your tooth breaks or comes out of socket, wrap it in a wet cloth and rush to your dentist. In many cases, it is possible to reattach the tooth in socket.

On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the questions, choosing the right option:

1    1.  ………………… is the most common disease in the world.

(a)   Skin disease (b)dental disease (c)headache  (d) stomach pain

2.     2. ………. and  ……………… are the two requirements for keeping the teeth healthy and dazzling.

(a)personal care, public care  (b)doctors advice , personal hygiene

(c) personal care, professional care  (d) professional care and public care

3.  …………………… is the best method to remove plaque.

          (a)Tooth brushing  (b)washing the mouth (c)tooth handling (d)massaging

4. The important thing in choosing a proper tooth brush for you is …………. .

          (a) its length (b) its handle  (c)the quality of its bridles (d)its looks

 5. Tooth brush should be changed ………………… .

          (a) frequently  (b)when its bristles are no longer straight and soft (c) never (d) rarely

6. For dental health you should eat ……………………. .

    (a)sweets   (b)fast food  (c)salad and fruits  (d)little

7. Milk teeth refers to ……………………….. .

   (a)the remaining teeth in the old (b) the first teeth in young children (c) the tender teeth (d) gums

8.One should discourage the practice of bad habits in children like ……. .

  (a) Mouth breathing, thumb sucking  (b) Nail biting, pencil biting

   (c) Both (a) and (b)      (d) none of the above

9.The word ‘artificial ‘ (para 5) means the same as …… .

    (a) not real  (b)fake  (c)false (d) true

10.The word opposite in meaning to ‘maximum’ is …………….. .

     (a) minimum  (b)large   (c)plenty   (d) less

SECTION – B ( WRITING AND GRAMMAR)

1.      Write a paragraph on any one of the following topics:-  (5)

Myself  (or) My    School     (or)  My aim in life.      
              

3.Do as directed  : (4marks)

 a)………………… is the best policy. (noun form of honest)

(b)He was rewarded for his ………………. . (noun form of sincere)

(c) The girl presented a …………….  flowers to the chief guest.(pack/brood/bunch)

(d) The shepherd was seen with a ………….. of sheep.(pack/bunch/flock)

4. Fill in the following blanks with present tense of the verbs given in brackets.  You can choose the answer from the options given in the brackets:-   (2)

i) Sohan ……………………. his fields in the same manner as other farmers ……

their fields.( plough) 

( ploughs, plough / is ploughing, are ploughing / has ploughed , have ploughed)

ii) The sun …………… in the day  and the stars ……………. at night. (Shine)

          (has shone  , have shone / shines,  shine / is shining , are shining)

5.  Rearrange the following words and phrases to form  meaningful sentences:-   (3)

(a) of/land/Assam/is a/festivals

(b)famous/is/Bihu/festival/Assamese/ a

(c)celebrated /in/is/ April/it/of/the month

SECTION – C (LITERATURE)  (14)

6. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions by choosing the correct

option :- (6)

a) How bright on the blue

Is a kite when it’s new!

With a dive and dip

It snaps its tail

Then soars like a ship

With only a sail

i) Name the poem and the poet of the extract.

ii) Write two action words.

iii) What is the poetic device used in the line “Then soars like a ship”

b) “Oh.well.then I’ll say goodbye to you, lion. I want a master who is stronger than anyone on earth!”

i) Who is the speaker of the above lines?

ii) How does the speaker want his master to be?

iii) Whom does he finally choose and why?

7. Answer the following questions briefly (2x 5 = 10)

i)  Why did the dog feel the need for a master?

ii) How did the two baby birds get separated?

iii) What was Patrick’s wish?

iv)Why did the farmer’s wife strike the mongoose with her basket?

v)When does a kite become ugly?

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BRIDGE COURSE -POST TEST - CLASS VI / REVISION - FA3

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA,CECRI CAMPUS,KARAIKUDI

BRIDGE COURSE (POST-TEST)

NAME:                                   CLASS:  VI              SEC:                      MAX.MARKS:

1.Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (5marks)

Socrates, the great Greek philosopher, tried hard to control himself and had resolved never to make a show of his temper . He believed that angry man was like a beast. He had a  wife who often lost her temper and tried hard to provoke the cool and calm philosopher.

One day the woman became very  angry and began to insult Socrates. Socrates did not speak a single word and left her alone. He sat on the doorstep of his house looking out on the public street. The wife could see that Socrates was not at all affected by her  loud and angry scolding.Then she went up to him and emptied a pot full of water over him. The passers –by-in the street were much amused at the incident and Socrates also joined them saying , ‘After  thunder comes the rain.’

1.1   Choose the most appropriate option out of the following:

(i)                  Socrates was a great .......................... philosopher.

(a)Russian      (b)Italian                (c)Greek               (d) Roman

(ii)  According to Socrates an angry man is like a ............................. .

      (a )lion                   (b) brute                (c) beast         (d) bear

(iii)               Socrates’ wife tried hard to  ............................ .

(a )make sense to Socrates  (b)make both the ends meet  (c) educate Socrates (d) provoke Socrates

(iv)When his wife began to insult him, Socrates  ................................... .

(a)    Began to beat her (b)used harsh words (c)did not speak a single word

(d) complained to his neighbours

(v) Pick the word from the passage which means ‘irritate’.

(a) provoke   (b) beast   (c)amuse  (d) insult

2.Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences: (3marks)

(i)insect/butterfly / the /is/an

(ii)for/noted/wings/butterflies/thrie/ are

(iii)colourful/bright/and/are/they/mostly

3.Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in brackets: (3marks)

(i) Ramesh ...............(give) a pen to his friend.(Use past tense of the verb)

(ii) The sun  ............... (rise) in the East.(Use present tense of the verb)

(iii)She ........................ (go) to Chennai  next week. (use future tense of the verb)

4.Fill in the blanks  using the correct form of the adjectives given in the bracket: (3 marks)

(i) Gokul is the ................... (fat) boyin the class.

(ii) Ram is ...................... (tall) than Sohan.

(iii)Rose is as .................................. (beautiful) as lotus.

5. Give the past tense of the following verbs: (3 marks)

(i) buy - ........................     (ii) cut- ...........................    (iii) dig - ............................

6. Give the opposite of :

(i) beautiful x ................       (ii) Happy x ....................  (iii) brave x .......................

7. Write a paragraph in 80-100words : (8 marks)

      My school  

        Or

     My aim in life

         or 

    My best friend





                           KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA KARAIKUDI

REVISION-FA3         5 JAN2016

CLASS-VI        SUB:ENGLISH  M.M:70 TIME: 3 PERIODS

SECTION-A (READING) -10 marks

1.Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:           (10marks)



There was once a little boy named George Washington. One day he got a small axe from his father.He was very pleased with it. It had a fine wooden handle and had a sharp edge.How  bright it looked.

He said to himself. “It will cut anything. Let me try it on wood.” So he went to his father’s garden and tried the axe upon every tree there. Atlast he came to a young apple tree and began to try the axe on it. Soon the tree lost all its branches and leaves and fell to the ground.

In the evening, George’s father went to the garden. He found the apple tree lying on the ground. This made him angry and he shouted, “George, who has cut down this apple tree?”

Did George tell a lie? Was he afraid?Did he put the blame on anyone else? No, he wept and said, “Oh father I can’t tell a lie. You gave me a little axe. I did it with that”.George was a truthful boy. He did not want to tell a lie. His father was very pleased. He took him up in his arms,patted him and said, “I am proud of you,my boy. I am sorry for the apple tree no doubt,but you have told the truthand this makes me happy.

1.1  Complete the following summary by filling in each of thespaces with appropriate words: (6marks)

One day, George Washington was given an (a)………………… . He was very pleased with it and went into the garden to try it out on the trees there.When he tried out the axe on an apple tree, it (b)………………….. . When his father went into the garden in the evening and saw the fallen apple tree, he was very angry. He asked George (c)………………………… . George was a (d)…………………….. . So he told his father (e)………………… . His father was (f)…………………… even though he was sorry about the apple tree.

1.2  Pick out from the passage which mean the opposite of the following:

i)                   Old (para2) …………………

ii)                Unhappy (para4)…………….

iii)              Lost (para 3)…………………

iv)              Big (para 1) …………………

SECTION-B (WRITING) - 10 MARKS

2.Paragraph Writing – 5 marks

   Health is Wealth

      Or

   Good Manners



3.Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her for the birthday party .(5marks)



SECTION-C (GRAMMAR) – 17  Marks

4.The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line.It is underlined.Write the error and your correction in your answersheet .Underline the correct word.The first one has been done as an example.(3marks)

                                                           Error                                   Correction

Ravi and Jai were twin brother.        Eg.brother                           brothers

They both studied in class fourth.     (a) ……… ..                         ………….

Their school  is closed                       (b)…………                        ………….

for the summer vacations.                 (c)………….                       …………..

They were very excitement for         (d)…………                        …………..

they were going with their parent on a (e)………….                    ……………

long holiday. They were going on      (f) ………….                    …………….

ship to another country.              



5.Rearrange the following words and phrases into meaningful sentences:(1x6=6marks)



Eg.Perhaps health/is/in the world/the greatest wealth

Ans.The greatest wealth in the world is perhaps health.

(a)in life/is the key/success and progress/to/Health

(b) an ailing king/is happier/a healthy beggar/than

(c)all pleasure and joy/life is/to a healthy man

(d) costs/a lot/ dictionary/ a good

(e) learn English/in the  school /all the students

(f) All work/a dull boy/no play/and/makes Jack



6.Do as directed  : (8marks)

(a) My friend uses his ………….. intelligence to narrate stories.(visual/verbal/bodily)

(b)Rahul is very understanding.He solves the problems of his friends easily.     In doing so he uses …………..intelligence.(bodily/mathematical/interpersonal)

(c) They ……….. to Bangalore during the winter break.(set in/set out/set up)

(d) He ……………… his ideas to write a story.(set down/set up/set aside)

(e)(i) Her lovely …………. attracted the audience.

      (ii) My friend ………….. a lot of problems last month. (face)

(f) (i)Sheela deserves a ………. for her marvelous show in the competition.

     (ii) The captain ………… the team for winning the game.  (pat)

(g)Rewrite  the sentence using ‘there’-

(i) The school has three labs and thirty classrooms.

(ii) I can do nothing to help you.

SECTION-D (LITERATURE)-33marks

7.Read the extracts  given below and answer the questions that follow:(19 marks)

A.   “So they come out clear and true

And handsomely groomed and fed -

For many of the loveliest things

Have never yet been said.”



(i)What is referred as ‘they’ in the above lines ?

(ii)The ‘loveliest  things’ are …………….. .

(iii) Name the poem and the poet.                       (1x3=3)

B.   “Since the last panchayat, I had become your enemy. Today I realized what  it meant to be a Panch. A panch has no friend nor enemy. He knows only justice. Lat no one deviate from the path of justice and truth for friendship or enmity.”

 (i) Jumman came to Algu soon after …………….. .

(ii) Jumman had become Algu’s enemy because ……….. .

(iii) Jumman realized what it was to be a Panch when ………..  .

(iv) The moral of the passage is ……………….. .

(v) The word that means the same as ‘depart from’ or ‘diverge’is ……..

(vi) Name the lesson and the author.                                    (1x6=6)

C.People were looking at  me. Some were laughing at my bad luck.,but none showed sympathy. Bhaiya and I went to the place where Uncle had left us and waited for him to return. Presently he came. He looked at me and said, ‘Rasheed,you look upset. What is the matter?’

(i) Name the lesson.

(ii)People were laughing at the narrator because ……………. .

(iii) The uncle had gone ………………. .

(iv) The narrator looked upset because ………………….. .

(v)  The word that means the same as ‘ soon’ is ……………… . (1x5=5)

D. “ The lane is dark and lonely, and the street-lamp

stands like a giant with one red eye in its head.

        The watchman swings his lantern and walks

with his shadow at his side, and never once

goes to bed in his life.

         I wish I were a watchman walking the street

         All night, chasing  the shadows with my lantern.

(i)                Name the poem and poet.

(ii)             The lane is dark and lonely because …………………. .

(iii)           The word ‘giant’ refers to …………………. .

(iv)           What is the narrator’s wish and why?

(v)             The word that means the same as ‘moves’is …………….. .(1x5=5)

8.   Answer  the following questions in 30-40 words: (2x7=14 marks)

a.What sort of life does the hawker  lead according to the poet?             

b.    Why was the shop called ‘Lucky shop’?

 c. In what way did the shopkeeper make a fool of Rasheed?

d.     Describe the owner of the lucky shop?

e.What was Algu’s verdict as head Panch? How did Jumman take it?

f.“ God lives in the heart of the Panch,” the aunt said. What did she mean?

g. What will happen to a thought if it is not expressed?

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REVISION CLASS VI - HALF-YEARLY EXAM 2019

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 ……………………….. .