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English First Paper_Annual Examination /2017_Jagarani M. L Girls’ High School, Newashi, Nageswari
Jagarani M. L Girls’ High School, Newashi, Nageswari
Annual Examination /2017
Class : Six
Subject: English First Paper
Time: 2 hours 30 m Full Marks : 80
[Figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]
Section – A Reading Test ( Marks 40)
Read the text and answer the question 1.
The Taj Mahal is also known as “the Taj”. It is a white marble tomb located in Agra in India. Do you know the story behind the Taj Mahal? The Maghal emperor Shah Jahan loved his wife Mumtaz Mahal more than his wife. Mumtaz died at an early age. Shah jahan was very shocked in her death. So he built the Taj Mahal as a token of love for his wife. It is the place where Mumtaz is sleeping for ever.
The Taj has an area of about 1003 acres or 405 hectares. The Taj Mahal is the finest example of Maghal architecture. It combines the art of Persia, Turkey, and India. It took 21 years and thousands of artisans and craftsmen to complete the Taj Mahal. The Taj is universally admired as one of the wonders of the world.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 5
i. The word “located” means?
(a) made (b) known (c) situated (d) Planned
ii. The word “Shocked” means?
(a) pleased (b) hurt (c) cleared (d) exhibited
iii. The word “example” means?
(a) expense (b) extra (c) instance (d) couple
iv. The word “admired” means?
(a) talked (b) thought (c) described (d) appreciated
v. The word “world” means?
(a) area (b) globe (c) emperor (d) clime
vi. The word “tomb” means?
(a) palace (b) castle (c) house (d) monument
vii. The word “behind” means?
(a) ahead (b) front (c) fore (d) at the back
viii. The word “combine” means?
(a) isolate (b) bring together (c) divide (d) separate
ix. The word “complete” means?
(a) finish (b) begin (c) start (d) commence
x. The word “universally” means?
(a) locally (b) limited (c) worldwide (d) centralize
Read the text and answer the question 2.
Suraiya Begum needs many peoples help to make her dream come true. She sits down to write a letter to a friend who was her colleague who now lives in the next town.
Dear Sharmila,
How are you? I am eriting to you to share with you a plan that I have. I know some old, physically weak and lonely people in our town. Some of them are quite well off and some are not. But they all share one common thing that is they live alone and have no one to take care of them in sickness. Sometime they don’t have anybody to talk to. I have a plan. I want to set up a home for the old people where they would live like a family and we can be a part of that family. too. I need your help because I know that together we can a lot.
Write to me soon. I’ll wait eagerly for your reply.
Your friend,
Suraiya.
2. Give short answer to the following question. 10
(a) Who is the writer of the letter?
(b) Who is the writing to? What is the relationship between the two?
(c) Dose the writer have any particular reason for writing this letter?
(d) Do you think what suraiya Begum wants to do is her profession?
(e) What is the common problem of the elderly people?
3. Read the text and answer the following question.
William Butler Yeats was the great poet and playwright. He was born on 13 june 1865 at Dublin in Ireland. His poetic career was comparatively long. At the beginning of his poetic career, he was greatly influenced by romantic poets Shelly and Keats. His career developed gradually and in course of time he become a great poet. Among his many publications The Countess Kathleen, The Celtic Twilight, A Vision etc are remarkable. This world famous poet died in 1939.
Sir Walter Scott was both a poet and novelist. He was a wonderful man. He was born in Edinburgh in Scotland in 1771. In spite of his being sickly in his early life, he studied in school and university till he was twenty one. The King and the Queen of England requested the to stay in the palace leaving his birthplace. In reply to their request the poet wrote his longest poem “ The Lay of the Last Minister” in 1802. It was published after three years. This poem made him very famous. In 0832 he felt severely ill and died in September in the same year.
A. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage. 5
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B. Read the following statements. Write (T) in your answer script if the statement is true. Write (F) if the statement is false. If false, give the correct answer. 5
i. Sir Walter Scott was a very favorite persona to the King and Queen of his native country.
ii. Sir Walter Scott was healthy and sound in his early age.
iii. William Butler Yeats had a comparatively less span of poetic career.
iv. Sir Walter Scott was not only a poet but also a novelist.
v. Shelly and Keats had no influence upon William Butler Yeats as a poet.
4. Complete the text with the right words in the box. 5
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Our freedom fighters are the real (a) ------- of our country. We should remember (b) ------- as they sacrificed their lives for (c) -- Great cause of the country. It (d) ------- a matter of great regret that (e) ------- of them are forgotten . Our young (f) ----- do not know about their supreme (g) -----. Now many real freedom fighter are (h) ------ in hardship. Some of them are (i) ------ dying unhonored. We should enquire about (j) ------- and give them due honour.
5. The text in column A are the beginning of some sentences. The extensions are given in Column B and Column C. Match the text in Column A, B, and C make complete sentences. 5
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There He A wise god |
was granted wanted |
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6. Read the text and rearrange them in correct order. 5
(a) Then the leader of the robbers came to Saadi.
(b) The merchants had their goods and a lot of money.
(c) He had a bundle of books and some money with him.
(d) They traveled for twelve days without any trouble.
(e) He ordered Saadi to give all he had to him.
(f) On the thirteenth day a gang of robbers attacked them.
(g) Sheikh Saadi handed him the bundle of and also the little money he had without any fair.
(h) Once Sheikh Saadi was going to Baghdad with a group of rich merchants.
(i) Saadi then said, I hope that you will make good use of this books.
(j) The robbers took away all the goods and money from the merchants
Section –B: Writing test (Marks 40)
7. Read the following outlines and develop them into a complete story. Give a title to it: 10
There lived two friends in a certain village. They promised that the would help each other at the time of danger. One day they were passing through a deep forest. Suddenly they heard a loud sound. It was a bear. So, both of them were afraid and were at a loss what to do……………………
8. Suppose, you are Mira. You have a friend named Shila. Write a letter to your friend about your preparation for the annual examination. 10
Or, Suppose, you are Nupur and your friend is Jhumur. Your friend borrowed a book from you. But your examination is near. Now write an e-mail to your friend to return the book.
9. Write a dialogue between you and your friends about the importance of learning English. 10
10. Write a paragraph about “ My reading room”. 10
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. Jagarani m.M. L Girls’ High School
Annual Examination /2017
English 1st Paper
Class-Six
Fulmarks-80 Time 2.30 hours
Read the following text and answer the questions 1 and 2.
A proverb is that ‘Health is wealth’. To keep healthy is to keep free from disease and anxiety. Good health is proper function of all body organs. It is also feeling well both in body and mind. People in good health are active, cheerful and happy. If you are healthy, you can be happy and can help others in society as well. To keep in good health we should be careful about hygiene. The rules and practice of keeping good health are called hygiene. We must practice the rules of hygiene. Proper food and nutrition, physical exercise, rest and sleep, cleanliness and proper Medicare are essential for good health.
1. Choose the best answer. 0.5 x 10 =5
(a) What is the most important need?
(i) Cleanliness (ii) Medicare (iii) food (iv) rest
b. Health is compare to ------
(i) Properly (ii) disease (iii) money (iv) hygiene.
c. To enjoy good health we need.
(i) exercise (ii)proper food (iii) hygiene (iv) all the above.
d. The word health means.
(i) Organ (ii) property (iii) body (iv) health.
e. Healthy people are---- to the society.
(i) Good (ii) harmful (iii) careful (iv) joyful.
f. Health is -----related to development
(i) not (ii) much (iii) directly (iv) nicely .
g. Which of the following information is correct?
(i) Health is wealth is a saying (ii) Disease and anxiety ensure
(iii) A healthy person is adverse to work (iv) Health is the
Root of pollution
h. By------the rules of health we can lead a happy life.
(i) Keeping (ii) functioning (iii) feeling (iv) following
i. The word hygiene means.
(i) cleanliness (ii) dirt (iii) [pollution (iv) freshness.
j. people possessing good health are happy with----
(i) Body (ii) mind (iii) body and mind (iv) wealth.
2. Give short answer to the following question. 5 x 2 =10
(a) What is good health?
(b) What is meant by keeping healthy?
(c) Who are active, delightful and happy?
(d) A healthy man can help the other people in society?
(e) Healthy people are happy in body and mind?
Reading Test (Unseen passage)
Read the following text and answer the questions 3 and 4.
Bangladesh is a beautiful country. It is full of natural beauties. There are different kinds of bird here. Tia is a beautiful bird in our country. It is found all over the land. It is about 42 cm long. Its whole body is green. It has a strong curved beak. Its beak is bright red in colour . Its eyes are round and yellow. Its feet are red and tall. It has a slim tail. Around its neck there are black and red colour ring. It eats grass, nuts, chilli, ripe banana and other fruits. It lives in flocks. It builds nest in shimul trees or in the holes of empty buildings. It lays four to six eggs. Tia is my favorite bird.
3. Complete the following table with the information given
in the passage. 5
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4. Read the following statement. Write (True) in your script
if the statement is true. Write (False) if the statement is false . If false give the correct answer. 5 x 1 =5
(a) Bangladesh is enriched with natural beauties.
(b) Tia is our national bird.
(c) Tia is found only northern parts of Bangladesh.
(d) Tia is an ugly bird.
(e) They like to live in flocks.
5. Fill in the gaps with appropriate word. 5 x 1 =5
Once a cat and fox (a) ----- on an open field. They talked for a (b)----- time. They talked about the war (c) ---- them by men and dogs. The fox said that he (d) ----- no fear. He knew lots of tricks to (e) ---- his life.
6. The texts in column A are the beginnings of some sentence.
The extensions are given in column B and Column C. Match the Column A, B and C to make complete sentences. 1 x 5 =5
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Rice |
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our staple food. |
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7. Read the text and rearrange them in correct order. 0.5x10 =5
(a) He flew to the jar.
(b) A crow becomes very thirsty.
(c) It was a summer day.
(d) He found a jar at a little distance.
(e) The crow did not lose hope to get water.
(f) He discovered that the water was too low for him to get.
(g) All on a sudden, he saw some stone lying near the jar.
(h) It went here and there in search of drinking water but in vain.
(i) But he found that the jar had only a little water at the bottom.
(j) The crow tried to get the water with his beak but failed.
8. Read the beginning of the following story and complete it in your own way. Give a suitable title to it. 10
Once there two friends. They live in a certain village. They promised that they would help each other at the time if danger-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------.
9. Write an application to the Headmaster of your school for a transfer certificate. 10
10. Suppose, you are Nahid. You need three days leave. You have gone to your Headmaster with an application for leave. Now, write a dialogue between you and your Headmaster about it. 10
11. Write a paragraph on “Our class room “. 10