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CLASS 5
December 2021
hour 30 minutes
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Section: A
Writing: Part 1 (Directed Writing)
Word limit
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Total Marks:20
to 120 words
Q1 Write on the following topic, and remember to follow instructions.
Write a formal letter to your area's Sports Minister, demanding the facility of
ground in your area. You can include the following:
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a cricket
Why do you need a cricket ground?
Benefits of the game of cricket
Howthe added facilitywould make people in the area happy as well as physically
active
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Section:
A,
Writing: Part 2 (Creative Writing)
Word limit
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110
Total Marks:30
to 130 words
Q2 Choose any ONE of the following topics for your creative writing:
(a)
Describe a place you loved visiting. lnclude what it looked like, and why you would
go there again.
(b)
lmagine you are part of a book as your favourite character. You are in the middle of
an adventure as that character. Describe the adventure, including the elements of a
story: setting, characters, problem, climax, and solution.
(c)
Write a dialogue between two people beginning with the given prompt:
"l'm sorry, lthought you were someone e!se........"
(d) Write an opinion
on why schools should/should not have uniforms.
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Section:
Q3
B
Read the
Reading: Part 1 (Comprehension Fassage)
Total Marks: 30
following passage carefully and answer the follcwing questions.
ln ancient times, people depended on the buffalo hunt to give them enough food to live. But
the crows made things difficult for the hunters because they were frlends of the buffaloes.
Whenever they watched hunters approaching a buffalo herd, they flew to their friends and,
sitting between their horns, warned them: "Caw, caw, caw, cousins, hunters are coming.
They are creeping up through that valley over there. They are coming behind that hill.
Watch out! Caw, caw, caw!" Hearingthis, the buffaloes would run, and people lived in
constant hunger.
Among the crows was their huge leader, twice as big as the others. A wise old chief
suggested they capture the big white crow and teach him a lesson. He brought out a large
buffalo skin, with the head and horns stil'l attached. He put it on the back of a brave young
man and said to him, "Sneak among the buffaloes. They will think you are one of them and
you can capture the big white c4ow." Disguised as a buffalo, the young man crept among
the hbrd as if he were grazing. Then the hunters marched out from their camp after him. As
they got closer to the herd, the crows came flying as usual. They were warning the
buffaloes: "Caw, caw, caw, caw, cousins, the hunters are comingto kill you. Caw, caw, caw!"
As usual, all the buffaloes ran off, except the young hunter in disguise.
Then the big white crow came gliding down, sat on the young rnan's shoulders and, flapping
his wings, said, "Caw, caw caw, brother, are you deaf? The hunters are close by, just over
the hill. Save yourselfl" The young brave hunter came out from the underthe buffalo skin
and grabbed the crow by his legs. He tied the crow's feet to a stone so that the crow could
not escape.
Then the people sat in a council. "What shall we do with the crow who has made us go
hungry again and again?"
One angry hunter answered: "l will burn him upl"
Before anybody could stop him, he snatched the crow away and pushed him into the council
fire ring. The crow's ties burned and he managed to fly out of the fire. But some of his
feathers were burned and he was badly hurt. Though he was still big, he was no longer
white. "Caw, caw, caw," he cried, flying away as quickly as he could. He was saying: "l will
never do it again. I will stop warning the buffaloes, and so u,'iii aii the crow nation. I
promise!"
Thus, the crow flew away, and ever since, all crows harre heen biack.
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instances.
(a)
How did the crows make things difficult for the hunters? Give three
(b)
What plan did the old wise man have to trap the big white crow? Did he succeed?
Mention all five points.
(c)
How did the young nephew catch the big white crow? Describe in three
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What happened when the big white crow got caught? Cover all four points.
(e)
What happened to the crow as a result of the fire? What did he promise to do? Cover
all five points.
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Match the following words with their meanings and write the answer in column
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1. Council
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2. Capture
b. A group of people who provide advice
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c. To move secretly in order to acquire
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Disguise
To move smoothly
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4. Sneak
d. Arrest
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5. Gliding
e. To hide one's identity
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Convert the following dialogue in direct speech to indirect speech.
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The people asked, "What shall we do with the crow who has made us go hungry
again and again?"
Old wise man said
to him, "Sneak among the buffaloes."
(iii) The crows were warningthe buffaloes, "Caw, caw, caw, caw, cousins, the hunters
are coming to kill you."
(iv) "Caw, caw caw, brother,
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are you deaf?" said the crow
"l will stop warning the buffaloes", said^the black crow as he flew away
Section:
Q4
Read
B
Reading: Part 2 (Literature)
Total Marks:20
the following passage carefully and answer the following questions.
'Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this Golden Ticket, from Mr. Willy Wonka ! I shake you
warmly by the handl Tremendous things are in store for you! Many wonderful surprises
await youl For now, I do invite you to come to my factory and be my guest for one whole
day
- you and all others who are lucky enough to flnd my Golden Tickets. l, Willy Wonka,
will conduct you around the factory myself, showing you everything that there is to see, and
afterwards, when it is time to leave, you will be escorted home by a procession of large
trucks. These trucks, I can promise you, will be loaded with enough delicious eatables to last
you and your entire household for many years. lf, at any time thereafter, you should run out
of supplies, you have only to come back to the factory and show this Golden Ticket, and I
shall be happy to refill your cupboard with whatever you want. ln this way, you will be able
to keep yourself supplied with tasty morsels for the rest of your life. But this is by no means
the most exciting thing that will happen on the day of your visit. I am preparing other
surprises that are even more marvellous and more fantastic for you and for all my beloved
Golden Ticket holders - mystic and marvellous surprises that will entrance, delight,
intrigue, astonish, and perplex you beyond measure. ln your wildest dreams you could not
imagine that such things could happen to youlJust wait and seel And now, here are your
instructions: the day I have chosen for the visit is the first day in the month of February. On
this day, and on no other, you must come to the factory gates at ten o'clock sharp in the
morning. Don't be latel And you are allowed to bring with you either one ortwo members
of your own family to look after you and to ensure that you don't get into mischief. One
more thing - be certain to have this ticket with you, otherwise you will not be admitted.
(Signed)Willy Wonka.'
(Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
{a} What does Mr. Wonka offer to the ticket finders? Give any three points.
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(b) What
do you think of Mr. Willy Wonka from this passage? Share three things you like or
dislike about him.
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(c) Summarise Mr. Willy Wonka's greeting address in your own words.
Write no more than 80 words.
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Read
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the passage and explain the meanings for the following words:
Escorted
(ii) Morsels:
(iii) Delicious:
(iv) Entrance:
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