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Formative Assessment-I
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INSTRUCTIONS:
There are 20 questions in this test.
Answer the question as you listen.
You will listen to three short extracts. As you listen to each one, answer the questions.
I. Listen and complete this passage about who really discovered North America.
14 X = 7 M
Ask most people who discovered North America and they will tell you Christopher
Columbus. But, the truth is, Columbus never landed on the mainland of _____________
Columbus was born in ________ and __________ from 1451 to 1506. In those days, goods
from eastern countries like India and China were in great demand. European sailors
wanted to find a way to Eastern Asia by ___________. Columbus thought that the easiest
way to get there was to ______________ west around the world. No one knew then of the large
land _____________ that we now call Americas.
Columbus _______________the King of Portugal for some money so that he could try the new
route. But the ____________ thought it was a foolish idea. Columbus then went to the Queen
of Spain. She agreed to give him the ______________.
Columbus _____________ from Spain in 1492 with three small ______________and ninety
men. They sailed across the Atlantic Ocean for many weeks but _________ see any sign of
India or China. Columbuss sailors thought that they were lost and wanted to turn
___________. But Columbus convinced them to go on. Then, one morning in 1492, in the
early hours, a sailor ________________ land.
II.

Listen

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answer

these

questions.

6 X = 3 M
1. Which countries did the European sailors want to reach in Columbuss time?
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2. Where did Columbus want to sail to? __________________________

3. Who refused to give Columbus money for his voyage?
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4. Why did Columbuss sailors want to turn back?
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5. Why did Columbus call the people Indians?
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6. Did Columbus ever land on main land of North America? __________________________

Formative Assessment-II
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Listen to the play The Honest Shoemaker.
There are 10 questions in this test.
Answer the question as you listen the play.
As you listen to each one, answer the questions.
Part-I
Listen to the first part of the play The Honest Shoemaker.

I. Tick for the right potions.

1. Were the soldiers.. ?
a) clever .
b) nice ..
c) frightened ..
d) rude .
2. What do you think he shoemaker will do next?
a) take the shoes home .
b) agree to what the soldier asks ..
c) hit the soldier ..
d) ask the soldier to tell the Maharaja that he had brought the shoes. .
II. Answer the following.
3. How did the shoemaker and his wife know that something unusual was going on outside?

4. How long did it take the shoemaker to make the shoes?

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5. What did the soldier want from the shoemaker?

Part-II
Listen to the second part of the play The Honest Shoemaker.
III. Form sentences to say what happened next.
e.g. the shoemaker/ open/door The shoemaker opened the door.
1. the soldiesr/stop/ the shoemaker

2. the shoemaker/measure/the Maharajas feet

3. the shoemaker/gave/the Maharaja his shoes

4. the shoemaker/refuse/to take/any money

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5. the shoemaker/measure/the Maharajas feet

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Formative Assessment-III
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INSTRUCTIONS:
There are 10 questions in this test.
Answer the question as you listen the play.
As you listen to each one, answer the questions.
Part-I
I. Listen and tick the right answer.
1. Renu visited
a) London .
b) New York ..
c) Bangkok ..
2. She logs on to the Internet when
a) shes bored .
b) she needs information ..
c) shes at school. ..
3. Amithj Sharma started producing computer games
a) in school .
b) in college ..
c) from his office. ..
4. He also has
a) an on-line magazine. .
b) a website. ..
c) an office in Kolkata. ..
5. Mamta Prasad designed a
a) building. .
b) bridge. ..
c) road way. ..
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6. The Internet helped her to

a) get a new job. .

b) complete her work fast. ..

c) speak to experts. ..

Part-II
II. A. Listen to these messages on Sekhars answering machine.
Sekhar is a secretary at a busy travel agency. Every morning, when Sekhar comes to work,
he passes on the messages that clients from overseas have left on his answering machine the
previous night.
B. Listen again and note down the messages. Address them to the right person.
1. Message to:
3. Message to:
From:
From:
Time:
Time:
Message:
Message:
4. Message to:
2. Message to:
From:
From:
Time:
Time:
Message:
Message:

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Formative Assessment-IV
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Part-I
A. Abeed, Akshay,Kumar and Manju are discussing ways of helping their friend Rinju
with her history lessons. Listen to the conversation.
B. Answer these questions.
1. What is Rinjus problem?
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2. What are the four friends discussing?
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3. What do the four friends decide to do?
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4. What are some of the techniques to remember important facts?
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Part-II
5. Complete the expressions the four friends use to make suggestions and respond to
suggestion.
a) I have ________________________________!
b) Lets _________________________________
c) We could ______________________________
d) Good _________________________________
e) What an _______________________________!
f) Thats a ________________________________!

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Look at these pictures. Talk about these questions with a partner.

What do you think the mother is saying? And why?

What is the boy trying to do?

Listening:

A. You will listen to a high school student talk to fellow students about

why they must come forward to take part in the Save the Turtles campaign. As you
listen, tick the right answer.
1. The turtle
a) lay their eggs in the sea.
b) come back to the same beach.
c) make nests on the beach.
2. The dangers are from
a) cats and birds
b) turtles and humans
c) dogs and jackals
3. Volunteers can
a) protecting the nesting sites.

b) protecting the turtles from fishermen.

c) bring water to the turtles.
4. From behind the scenes, you cann help with
a) collecting eggs.
b) clllecting data.
c) collecting money.
5. The campaign needs people to
a) control the watching crowd.
b) spread awareness among the watching crowd.
c) tell the watching crowd about the Oliver Ridley.
6. The voluntary work on Save the Turtle is
a) both fun and satisfying.
b) will bring you a lot of money.
c) is satisfying.
7. the final thing that will persuade you to join will be
a) the opportunity to make friends.
b) the amazing sight of the baby turtles moving to the sea.
c) the sight of the mother turtles coming ashore.
B. Listen again and tick the right option.
The speaker tries to persuade the audience by
a) telling them they can volunteer to work on the beach. _________
b) telling them they can volunteer from home on their computers. _________
c) telling them they can volunteer in more ways than one. ____________

Formative Assessment-VI
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Part-1
A. You will listen two people speak about how they faced failure. One is a student at
school and the other, a well-known leader! Read these sentences. As you listen,
complete them with a word or two each.
1. For Edision, a failure was a chance to _______________
2. Getting a poor grade in a test means we havent tried _____________ ___________

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Teachers dont __________ us because they want to make us unhappy.

A ____________ way of looking at failure is to say this not the way to do it.
The Roshni rocket developed _________ _______and the launch.
The teams had worked ________________ _____________ for many years on the project.
The leader of team takes _____________ for any ___________.
We must never _________ _______________ when we fail.