KHARDAH HIGH SCHOOL

1st Summative Examination 2018

Class: vii Full Marks: 15

Subject: English Time: 30 minutes.

Name ......................................................................................................Section ...................Roll................

Seen:10 marks
A . Read the following passage and answer the following questions:

The next morning as the merchant was about to leave, he saw a rose garden and recalled that Belle had
desired a rose. Upon picking the loveliest rose the merchant suddenly came face to face with a hideous
Beast. He told the merchant, “Last night you were hungry and shelterless. I gave you food, shelter and
comfort. And now you are taking away my most precious possession after accepting my hospitality! You
must die for your conduct!”

The merchant begged to be set free. He argued that he had only picked the rose as a gift for his youngest
daughter, Belle.

At last the Beast agreed. “Fine, you can take the rose for Belle, but you will have to return to the castle or
else your daughter shall come to stay with me in this castle.”

1. Answer the following questions in a single sentence: 2x3=6

a) What did the merchant recall?
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b) Why did the Beast want to kill the merchant?
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c) Who was Belle?
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2. Complete the following sentences with information from the passage: 1x2=2
a) The most precious possession of the Beast was .............................................................................
b) The Beast lived ..............................................................................................................................
3. Find the words from the above passage which are similar in meaning: 1x2=2
a) Extremely ugly.............................................................................................................................
b) Behaviour .....................................................................................................................................
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4. Fill in the chart with the correct forms of adjective: ½x6=3

Positive Comparative Superlative

Most intelligent
Taller
Happy

5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the verbs given in the brackets: 1x2=2
a) When do you ________________(go) to school?
b) The Sun ____________________(rise) in the east?
 KHARDAH HIGH SCHOOL
1ST Summative Evaluation 2018

Class: X Subject: English

Full marks: 40 Time: 80 minutes

Name …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Section…………….Roll……

Read the passage and answer the following questions:

Swami went to school feeling that he was the worst boy on earth. His conscience bothered him. He wasn’t at all
sure if his description of Samuel had been accurate. He felt he had mixed up the real and the imagined.

Swami stopped on the roadside to make up his mind about Samuel. Samuel was not such a bad man after all.
Personally he was much more friendly than the other teachers. Swami also felt Samuel had a special regard for
him.

Swami’s head was dizzy with confusion. He could not decide if Samuel really deserved the allegations made
against him in the letter. The more he thought of Samuel, the more Swami grieved for him. To recall Samuel’s
dark face, his thin moustache, unshaven cheek and yellow coat filled Swaminathan with sorrow.

As he entered the school gate, an idea occurred to him. He would deliver the letter to the headmaster at the
end of the day. There was a chance Samuel might do something during the course of the day to justify the
letter.

A) Tick(√) the correct alternative: 1x4=4

a) Swami stopped on the roadside to— change his mind decide something take rest look
for his friend .
b) Swami’s description about Samuel was—accurate inaccurate complete absurd
.
c) On his way to school Swaminathan felt that Samuel was-- good person bad person
unfriendly person clever man .
d) As Swaminathan went to the school he felt that he was—the best boy worse than any other
boy the most obedient boy the most intelligent boy
B) Answer the following questions: 2x3=6
a) What was the ‘real’ about Samuel?
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b) How was Swaminathan’s relation with Samuel?

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c) When did Swaminathan want to deliver the letter to the headmaster?

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Read the poem and answer the following questions:

Once I crept in an oakwood—I was looking for a stag.

I met an old woman there---all knobbly stick and rag.

She said: “I have your secret here inside my little bag.”

Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.

She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake-

Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.

C) Answer the following questions: 2x3=6

a) What was the poet looking for?
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b) Describe the appearance of the old woman met by the poet in the oakwood?

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c) What made the poet quake?

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D) Choose the correct phrasal verb from the list given below to replace the words underlined. Write the
correct phrasal verbs in the space on the right-hand side, changing the form, where necessary.
1x3=3
a) The patient will recover soon.
b) Please do not reject my proposal.
c) He wore a white shirt.

List of phrasal verb: Put on, put off, turn down, come round

E) Choose right verb forms to fill in the blanks: 1x3 =3

a) Just now he ____________________(arrive).
b) Evening ____________________(start) early in winter.
c) Two days later the body ____________________(recover).
 F) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions 1x3 =3

One evening, Bhola Grandpa was returning _________ the weekly market. Suddenly _________ a distance of

about five yards behind him, he heard the growl of a Royal Bengal tiger. Bhola Grandpa turned and found the

bright gaze of __________ tiger on his face.

G) As the Secretary of Educational Tour Committee of your school, write a notice for participants in the
next tour. Write it in about 100 words. Use the following points: 08

(Time and place of assembly, things they should have in their kits, date and time of return)

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H) Write a letter to your younger brother who resides in a school hostel in a town, advising him to
avoid fast food. Use the following points: 07

(Risk of obesity and other diseases—low nutritional content—not boiled properly, so difficult to
digest—harmful colours are used)

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