Date: ……………………………. / Time:1 hr
Name: ………………………….. / Roll No:………
/ INDIAN SCHOOL DARSAIT
TERM IIJANUARY2018
PERIODIC TEST 2
ENGLISH-SAMPLE PAPER /
SECTION A- READING COMPREHENSION
I. / Read the given passage and answer the following:
This is an incident about Mahatma Gandhi when he was in England during the winter season. In spite of the severe cold, he didn’t wear any shirt. A little girl who came to see him offered him a shirt. Gandhiji told the girl that one shirt was not enough for him. He needed forty crore shirts. The girl was confused. At home, she told her father about the incident. Her father explained that the
forty crore shirts were the poor people of India. Until they were properly clothed, Gandhiji would not wear a shirt. This passage shows Gandhiji’s concern for the poor of his country.
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2. / Write true or false:
Gandhiji was once in Africa during winter. ______
The little girl offered Gandhiji a shirt. ______/ 2x ½ =1
b) / Choose and write the right answer:
Mahatma Gandhi said he needs ______
1.one blanket 2. forty crore sweaters 3. forty crore shirts / 1x1=1
c) / What does the passage show ?
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SECTION B- PROSE / 1x1=1
II. / 1.
2. / Write meanings of :
awhile - ______
sly - ______/ 2x ½ =1
III. / 1.
2. / Frame interesting sentences of your own:
sighed - ______
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overjoyed - ______
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IV. / 1. / Answer the following:
What was Juan’s mother going to cook for dinner?
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______/ 2x1 ½ =3
2. / Why did Chatura tell the king not to give money to the carpenter ?
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V. / a. / Reference to the context:
“ Did I get here first ?”
Who said this to whom?
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b. / When did the speaker say this ?
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SECTION C- GRAMMAR
VI. / 1.
2. / Rewrite the sentences using was or were:
Karim’s grandmother is old.
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Trees are very useful.
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VII. / 1.
2. / Complete with Simple Present Tense:
Sharan ______his bicycle to school daily. ( ride )
We should ______regulary. ( studies ) / 2x ½ =1
VIII. / 1.
2. / Fill up the blanks using the verb correctly in the Present
Continuous Tense:
Dhyan ______biscuits . ( eat )
They ______TV in the evenings. ( watch ) / 2x ½ =1
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3. / Choose the correct Adverbs of Manners:
The children sat in the class ______.(quiet /quietly)
Neethu spent her holiday ______.(happily/happy)
The lion roared ______( angry/angrily
Unscrable the letters given in the bracket to get the correct
Adverbs:
She walked ______. (llsyow )
Mahith always dresses ______. ( yltasmr )
I drank the juice ______. (uiqkycl) / 3x ½ =1 ½
3x ½ =1½
XI / SECTION D- WRITING
Develop the story by taking the hints given in the passage
below and suggest a suitable title:
It was – winter – very cold day – grasshopper hungry – find nothing – eat-went ant- very hungry- find nothing – eat – no food – you have good story- food- give me something – eat –I have – store of food- all summer – worked hard - gathered food – winter – what doing – I working – said grasshopper- sun shone- brightly –was happy I spent – summer singing –you sang –ant – instead working- dance – instead of eating!
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ISD/PT 2/SAMPLE PAPER/ Class III/English/2017-18 pg-1