INTERNATIONAL INDIAN SCHOOL, RIYADH
( ENGLISH
WORKSHEET )
FIRST TERM - MAY, 2009
CLASS : VI
COMPREHENSION PASSAge
(section - a)
Q.1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follows :
SIBERIAN
CRANE
They’ve always been Bharatpur’s most high – profile visitors . Guide Pratap Singh,
recalling the arrival of 41 Siberian cranes ( Grus leucogeranus ) in mid – ‘80s. says:
“Their call made me feel Krishna was playing the flute.” Yet, after braving weather
extremes on this 5,500 – mile migratory route, these graceful cranes haven’t arrived in
KNP since ’02. Habitat loss and hunting have decimated the central population of the
cranes. But with help from hang glider Angelo D’Arrigo , the International Crane
Foundation, ICF , can facilitate the bird’s return . D’Arrigo will train young Sibes to
follow his glider on short distances til they can sail the thermals , between Russia ,
And Iran and eventually Bharatpur . All range countries , including India , have signed an
MoU for this species’ conservation . “But unless KNP’s water supply improves , we will
have to find an alternative site,” contends Gopi Sundar of the ICF.
All that these winter visitors want us water and some Scripus tuberosus ( a tuber that
grows in Bharatpur’s marshes ) . That shouldn’t be hard for a culture that believes in
‘atithi devo bhava’ ( guests are akin to God).
1.1 . Fill in the following gaps after reading the above passage about Siberian
Cranes :
(a) Siberian Cranes have always been ______________ most high – profile
visitors. Guide _______________ recalling the arrival of 41 _________
in the mid – ‘80s , says : “Their call made me feel ___________________
was playing the flute.”
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Why have the cranes not been migrating to KNP since 2002 ?
Why has the population of Siberian Cranes decimated ?
What has been done for this species’ conservation?
What do these visitors want?
1.2 . Find the words in the passage that mean the same as :
(a) reduce the strength of
: _____________
(b) restoration of natural environment : _____________
(c ) another possibility
: _____________
(d) finally
: _____________
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Prepared By :
Mrs. Yasmeen
( VI - VIII Boys Section )
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3. WRITING A BIOGRAPHY :
Below you can see some notes about the most popular comic actor, Charlie Chaplin. A video cassette
company wants to bring out a collection of Charlie Chaplin’s greatest hits. They want a brief biography
to go on the Cassette sleeve. Use the information to complete the biography .
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
1889
1914
1920
1931 – 40
1951
1975
1977
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Born on April 16 , a South London Slum , Parents stage singer .
Reaches Hollywood ( USA ) , great fame as an actor .
Sound comes in films , already made career – silent films.
popular films - “City Lights”, “Modern Times”, “The Great Director” – presented.
Leaves USA for Europe .
Splendid contribution in cinematic art – knighted by Queen Elizabeth .
Settles in Switzerland , dies.
4. ARTICLE WRITING :
Imagine that you are the Secretary of the School Hobby Club . This year you are
planning to on a WATER RAFTING Expedition to the Himalayas. Write an ARTICLE
on Water Rafting for your school magazine .
Use the information given :
What is water rafting? : It is an adventure sport in which expeditions are taken down
rivers. Anybody can participate in this sport – other sport require training – in river rafting
you’re given the equipment , a safety briefing & you are ready for the trip.
Which rivers are suitable? : A good place to go on a water rafting is on the Ganga –
specially Devaprag – waters of the Alaknanda & Bhagirathi meet .
What should we wear on a water rafting expedition ? : The most comfortable – simple T
– shirt and tights – dry quickly – wear wet suits and woolen thermals while sailing.
What equipment do we need ? : Rubber raft made3 of tear – resistant nylon – an oar for
the guide and paddles for the oarsman ( that’s you ) – helmet , wet suits and life jackets –
camping equipment : tents , dry bags , food for a 2-3 day expedition .
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FORMAL LETTER :
Write a LETTER to the INTERNATIONAL INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
SWIMMING , New Delhi , below asking for details about the course .
In your letter ask for the following details :
*** Who can apply for the course – minimum age , etc?
*** How long the course will be
*** How much you have to pay for the course
*** What kind of food and accommodation you will be given
*** Whether you will need to give a medical fitness certificate
5. PARAGRAPH WRITING / SHORT COMPOSITION :
Develop the following hints to write a Short Composition . Give a suitable title
and Moral of the story :
1. A father has only one son -- pained to see him in evil company - tries to warn
him from his evil ways – purchases a dozen mangoes – most tempting – “shall be
yours tomorrow” - puts a rotten mango in their midst – next day – boy complains
mangoes rotten – father’s reply -
2. India - a secular country – people with different religions beliefs – live together –
Hindus – Muslims – Sikhs – Christians – all live amicably – people get together –
celebrate festivals together – even if a few bad elements try to create differencesyet ultimately we all have the feeling of unity and patriotism – call us all Indians –
such feelings are inculcated right from childhood – at home and at school –
therefore India is known for its unity in diversity – such a vast country with such
an amalgam of different cultures – an example for the whole world.
Mrs.Zehra
Prepared By:
( VI -- VIII Boys Section )
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GRAMMAR
EXERCISES
(secTION- C)
1. Read the following comparison between the USA and Australia and fill in
the gaps using appropriate degrees of comparison.(ADJECTIVES)
Write the correct answer in the blanks:
The USA has a much (a) _____________ population (b) _______________
Australia cities are (c ) ____________________
crowded than the Australia
ones. There are not (d) _______ many mountains in Australia (e) ___________
in the USA . Both the countries have deserts and beautiful beaches . But America
has many (f) _______________ rivers than Australia . The northern and the
central parts of the USA have much (g) _____________________ snow in
winter , (h) _________________ any where in Australia and these areas have a
( i ) _________________
winter than Australia . Australia is in the northern
hemisphere and doesn’t have its winter at the same time ( j) _________________
the countries in the southern hemisphere .
2.The following paragraph has not been edited . There is an error in each
line. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the blank and
underline it.The first correction has been done as an example .
{ ARTICLES }
When our class planned the excursion
we did not have the idea about a
procedure for hiring a private bus .
We had very few days left for
our preparation . A school had
given us an unique opportunity to
travel and none of us wanted to
ruin it . Our teacher provided
the great help and gave us an
correct guidance. A Principal
was equally helpful in making
it the great success.
Incorrect
(a) ____the____
(b) ___________
Correct
____an_____
____________
( c ) ___________
(d) ____________
___________
___________
(e) ____________
(f) ____________
(h) ____________
___________
___________
___________
(i) ___________
__________
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3. There is a word missing in each line in the given passage. Write the missing
word that comes before and the word that comes after in the blanks and
underline.
{ PREPOSITIONS }
When the film first appeared she
took all her friends see it. And, of
course, she wasn’t in it. Was a
terrible blow. She stopped going
films studios and gave up the idea
becoming an actress . She still loves
watch the cinema , you all know,
but that day she has always gone alone
a cinema. She never feared darkness
and went her friends.
e.g. friends to see
(a) _____________
(b) _____________
( c ) ____________ (d) ____________
(e) ____________ ( f ) ___________
(h) ____________
4. The following passage has not been edited . There is one error in each of the
lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as
given below against the correct blank number . Remember to underline the
word that you have supplied.
( ARTICLES & PRPOSITIONS )
In 1968, astronomers on Cambridge
discovered a new classes of celestial
(sky) bodies which sent out pulses at
regularly intervals of time. Once in
1.33731109 seconds, a pulse of radio
noise were detected. A timing between
the pulses was unbelievably regular,
excelling even a best atomic clocks.
It is now proved that these pulses has
Their origin in pulsating stars called
pulsars. Today , pulsars have being
identified with a new class of stars ,
called neutrons stars , that are make
up of neutrons only. These stars has
very high magnetic field.
e.g. on --- in
(a) ______________
(b) ______________
© _____________
(d) _____________
( e) _____________
(f) ______________
(g) ______________
(h) ______________
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5. Arrange the following jumbled sentences in proper order :
a) are / the / description / of / beyond / beauties / nature
b) promise / fair / time / danger / and / words / the / of / in / use / are / no / of
c) own / its / virtue / is / reward
d) matter / its / fail / does / we / if / not
e) glory / fade / their / can / never
6. State to which type each of the following sentences belong :
( TYPES OF SENTENCES )
1. He likes milk.
2. Please give me a cup of water .
3. She has two brothers.
4. What a shame !
5. Is that your friend ?
6. What a fool he is !
7. How many brothers have you ?
8. The teacher is standing.
9. The boys are sitting .
10. Where is your house ?
Prepared By:
Mrs Yasmeen
( VI -- VIII Boys Section )
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LITERATURE READER
( SECTION – d )
I.
Read the following extracts and answer the following :
1. ‘You brought no wood or water to the cave this morning’.
a) Who said this?
b) Whom does ‘you’ refer to ?
c) Describe the man mentioned in the above line.
2. ‘And you repaid my kindness by trying to kidnap my daughter’.
a) Who said this ?
b) Whom does ‘you’ refer to ?
c) Who was his daughter ?
3. ‘Foul spirit , why do you trouble us’?
a) Who said the above sentence?
b) Who is referred as ‘foul spirit’ ?
c) Name the Lesson and the Author.
4. ‘Folks can buy clothes at some shop or other’ .
b) Whom does ‘folks’ refer to ?
c) Name the Poem and the Poet .
5. ‘All summer wasps toil tirelessly to earn their daily dinner’ .
a) What happens as a result of tireless toil ?
b) Give the meaning of the word ‘tirelessly’ .
6. ‘Under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating’ .
a) Why does the poet use the word ‘December blizzards beating’?
b) What do the goldfish not possess under the ice ?
7. ‘I forget to recover my small treasures from the hole in the banyan tree’.
a) What were the small treasures ?
b) Whom does ‘I’ refer to ?
c) Name the Lesson and the Author.
8. ‘Times are changing memsahib’.
a) Who said these words and to whom ?
b) Why did he say so ?
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9. ‘I ignored Ayah’s advice and put my head out of the window’.
a) Whom does ‘I’ refer to ?
b) What was Ayah’s advice ?
c) Why did he put his head out of the window ?
10. ‘Love came to Flora asking for a flower
That would of flowers be undisputed queen’.
a) Among whom was the dispute going on, to become the queen ?
b) At last which flower was given to Flora ?
c) Name the Poem and the Poet
11. ‘And Flora gave the Lotus , “rose – red” dyed ,
And lily – white”.
a) How is rose & Lily described ?
b) What was the Lotus made ?
c) Give the meaning of the word ‘dyed’.
12. ‘Rivals for that honour . Bards of power
Had sung their claims’.
a) Who were the rivals ?
b) What was the honour ?
13. ‘I have many beautiful flowers’.
a) Whom does ‘I’ refer to ?
b) Who were ‘his beautiful flowers’ referred to in the lesson ?
14. ‘It was a lovely scene ; only in one corner it was still winter’.
a) Describe the scene & why was it called lovely ?
b) Why was there still winter in one corner of the garden ?
c) Name the Lesson & the Author .
15. ‘I will knock down the wall , and my garden’.
a) Whom does ‘I’ refer to ?
b) Why did he want to knock down the wall of the garden ?
c) How did he feel ?
16. ‘And did you cut down on the sweet things as I told you ‘?
a) Who said this and to whom?
b) Why did she ask him to cut down on the sweet things ?
c) What is the word used for cutting down something in your food items (or) control in
the diet ?
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17 . ‘He had never had such a time in his life’.
a) Whom does ‘he’ refer to ?
b) What time is described in the above line ?
c) Name the Lesson and the Author.
18. ‘From then on , his progress was rapid’.
a) Whom does ‘his’ refer to ?
b) How did he show the progress ?
c) What is a person who operates on the patients ?
19. ‘And never , now, may he learn the song
That my bird sings’.
a) Which bird would never learn the song ?
b) Which birds sings the song ?
c) Name the Poem and the Poet.
20. ‘Your pretty bird in a gilded cage’.
a) Whom does ‘your’ refer to ?
b) What do you mean by the word ‘gilded cage’?
Prepared By :
Mrs.Yasmeen
( VI - VIII Boys Section )
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LITERATURE SECTION
(SECTION – D)
( WRITING TASKS )
1. Imagine you are Ferdinand and you happen to meet a beautiful girl, Miranda. Write
a DIARY ENTRY of how you felt the day you met her for the first time.
( From the Lesson ‘The Tempest’ )
2. Write the CHARACTER SKETCH of Mrs. Pumphery , the mistress from the
lesson ‘A Triump of Surgery’ . Use suitable adjectives & write in the form of a
paragraph.
3. Imagine that you are Flora in the Poem “Lotus” and write how you would help
Love in selecting a flower which would be an undisputed queen.
4. Give the SUMMARY of the Poem ‘My Birds Sings’ written by Thora Stowell.
Prepared By :
Mr. Abdul Ahad
( VI -- VIII Boys Section )
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