SATISH CHANDRA MEMORIAL SCHOOL MID TERM EXAMINATION (2017-2018) STD- II SUBJECT- ENGLISH MAXIMUM MARKS-80 Name- Sec- Roll no- SECTION - A ( Reading marks-10) Read the passage carefully and answer the question given below: [5] 1. Tutu and Tini are frogs. They lived in a pond. One day Tutu said to Tini, Let us catch some insects. Suddenly, Tutu jumped on the plant and before it could roll its tongue out. Tini caught the insect and gobbled it up. A. Tick( ) the correct option: [1] i. What is the passage about? a. All about frogs b. Tini, the frog c. Tutu and Tini at the pond B. Pick up two verbs from the passage: [2] i. ii. c. Pick up two proper nouns from the passage: [2] i. ii. 2. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follows: [5] Abraham Lincoln, was born in Kentucky in a log cabin on February 12, 1809. As a young boy Abraham loved to read books. Abraham Lincoln became 16 th president of America. Abraham Lincoln was a great president during the American civil war and helped slavery. His face is on the penny and five dollar bill. A. Answer the following: i. Who is the passage about? [1] ii. When and where was Abraham Lincoln born? [1+1]
iii. What number president was Abraham Lincoln? [1] iv. Where can you find Abraham Lincoln s face? [1] _ SECTION B ( WRITING MARKS 10) 3. Write a paragraph on any one of the following using the given points: A. MOTHER Name- how she looks---- occupation---- what she wears---- how she helps you----what does she likes----how much you like her. OR B. YOUR SCHOOL- Name of your school----- location---- how many students--- describe your school--- how do you feel about your school.
SECTION C ( GRAMMAR MARKS 30 ) 4. Circle the subject and underline the predicate: [1x3=3] i. The earth moves round the sun. ii. A car has four wheels. iii. The flower vase on my table is new. 5. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs given in the bracket: [1x4=4] i. Bishal is a letter. ( write / read ) ii. The soldiers are ( jump / march ) iii. The train on rails. ( run / runs ) iv. The sun brightly during the day. ( shine / shines ) 6. Pick up the common nouns and proper nouns and write them in the given Space : ( 1x5=5 ) i. Africa is famous for elephants. ii. Taj Mahal is a beautiful building. iii. India is our motherland. iv. Mahatma Gandhi is a freedom fighter. v. The name of our school is Satish Chandra Memorial School. 7. Complete the table: [ 1x4=4 ] SINGULAR PLURAL i. mice ii. deer iii. mosquito iv. armies
8. Underline the adverbs and write whether they are how, when or where adverbs : [ 1x5=5 ] i. They will come today. ii. The soldiers fought bravely. iii. The teacher patiently listened to Hiya s problem. iv. I always speak the truth. v. The smoke rises upwards. 9. Fill in the blanks with am, is, are, has, have, do, does: [1x5=5 ] i. The windows broken. ii. Mother the washing. iii. She a beautiful dancing doll. iv. you like my new kitten, Rani? v. They a big house. 10. Circle the adjectives in the following sentences: [ 1x4=4 ] i. Rani has a new yellow frock. ii. Our principal lives in a big white house. iii. The stick is long but the pencil is short. iv. My granny is old but a strong lady. SECTION D ( LITERATURE MARKS 30) 11. Write the word meanings of the following: [ 1x2=2 ] i. purpose - ii. honest - 12. Write the opposite words of the following: [ 1x2=2 ] i. worried - ii. ashamed -
13. Write True for the correct statement and False for the wrong one: [ 1x4=4 ] i. Yellow is the colour of nature. ii. Sunil cleaned up the mess made by the kitten. iii. The froggies studied first. iv. Mowgli met his friend Paloo, the deer. 14. Reference to the context : [ 2x2=4 ] i. How will I find such a person? a. Who said these words and to whom? _ b. What kind of person did the speaker want to find and for what? _ ii. You foolish colours fighting among yourselves. a. Who said these words to whom? b. Why did the speaker say these words? 15. Make sentences with the following words: [ 1x2=2 ] i. colour - ii. obey -
16. Quote from your the 1 st 6 lines of the poem Rhinos Purple Hippos Green [ 6 ] 17. Answer the following: [ 2x4=8 ] i. Why was the king happy with Ping? _ ii. What did twins mother buy for them? What did they learn in the end? iii. Why was Ping the only one with an empty pot?
iv. How did the colours feel at the end? _ 18. Write the sentence in cursive : [2] The kitten has scattered the yarn all over the room.