SECTION-A
A-1 Read the following passage and answer the questions:
Honey Badgers
Honey badgers have long, sharp claws. These claws are good for attacking and even better for digging. Honey badgers are some of nature's most skilled diggers. They can dig a nine-foot tunnel into hard ground in about 10 minutes. They love to catch a meal by digging up the burrows of frogs, rodents, and cobras. They also use their digging skills to create their homes. They live in small chambers in the ground and defend them fiercely. They will attack horses, cows, and even water buffalo if they are foolish enough to poke around a honey badger's den. You don't get a reputation like the honey badger by running from danger. The honey badger is fearless and a tireless fighter. They will attack any creature that threatens them, man included. Because of the honey badger's reputation, most predators avoid them. Some animals use the honey badger's rep to their advantage. Adult cheetahs have spotted coats, but their kittens have silver manes and look like honey badgers. Some scientists believe that their coloring tricks predators into avoiding them. Wouldn't you walk the other way if you saw a honey badger?
You might be wondering: "If honey badgers are so tough, how did they get a name that makes them sound like a piece of candy?" The answer makes sense. Since honey badgers have such thick skin, bee stings rarely harm them. So honey badgers love to raid beehives. I can't blame them. Who doesn't like free honey? Honey badgers chase after honey aggressively. So much so that beekeepers in Africa have to use electric fencing to hold them back. There's nothing sweet about that.
Beekeepers aren't the only people who have grown to hate honey badgers. Honey badgers may be fun to read about, but they are nasty neighbors. They attack chickens, livestock, and some say children, though they usually leave people alone. But if a honey badger moves in your backyard, there's not a whole lot that you can do about it. I mean, are you going to go and tangle with an animal that eats the bones of its prey? An animal with teeth strong enough to crunch through turtle shells? An animal that never tires, gives up, or backs down? Yeah, I wouldn't either...
1. Which best expresses the main idea of the first paragraph?
a. Honey badgers have sharp claws that they use for fighting.
b. Honey badgers digging skills assist them in many ways.
c. Honey badgers use their claws to defend their homes.
d. Honey badgers will defend their homes to the death against any animal.
2. Which best defines the meaning of the word burrows as it is used in the first paragraph?
a. Lily pads or other seaweeds in which animals hide
b. Holes or tunnels in which animals live
c. A nest or animal dwelling in a tree or bush
d. A water supply where small animals come to drink
3. Which best describes one of the author's main purposes in writing this text?
a. To persuade readers to join the efforts to protect honey badgers
b. To compare and contrast honey badgers with beagles and lions
c. To describe how honey badgers select their partners
d. To explain why honey badgers are so tough
4. Which person is most likely to be disturbed by a honey badger moving in next door?
a. A beekeeper b. A biologist
c. A bus driver d. A salesman
5. Which animal is the honey badger afraid to attack?
a. Lion b. Water buffalo
c. Poisonous snake d. None of these
6. Which is not one of the honey badger's strengths?
a. Thick skin b. Powerful jaws and strong teeth
c. Poisonous claws d. Tireless fighting spirit
A-2 Read the following poem carefully: Figurative Language Poem 2Figurative Language Poem
Sketch
By Carl Sandburg
The shadows of the ships
Rock on the crest
In the low blue lustre
Of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide.
A long brown bar at the dip of the sky
Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt.
The lucid and endless wrinkles
Draw in, lapse and withdraw.
Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles
Wash on the floor of the beach.
Rocking on the crest
In the low blue lustre
Are the shadows of the ships.
Q2: Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet.
1. Identify an example of alliteration.
2. Identify an example of metaphor: explain which two things are being compared.
3. Who is the poet of the poem?
4. What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
SECTION-B
Q-3 Write a letter to the editor on the topic "Bad roads in your locality"
OR
Write a letter to your younger brother scolding him for having neglected his studies.
Q4 Write a diary entry for the day expressing your feeling before exam.
OR
Draft a poster on the topic save water.
Q-5 You live as a paying guest along with your cousin. You receive a call from your father to inform your cousin about the heart operation of your uncle. The appointment for the operation has been fixed for 9 Feb
2018 and you have to ask your cousin to reach as soon as possible. Write a message to your cousin about the operation.
OR
You are editor of your school magazine. Draft a notice for your school notice board inviting articles, sketches, etc. from the students for your school magazine. Sign as Roohi of PCS secondary school Delhi.
Q-6 Write an article on the topic importance of balanced diet.
SECTION –C
Q-7 Rewrite the following sentences in indirect speech.
1. The teacher said, “The earth moves around the sun.”
2. “Today is Monday,” said the teacher.
3. “I have an exam tomorrow,” said Kareena.
4. “I will be back home the next week,” said Father.
5. “I took my dog for a walk,” said Sania to Muskaan.
Q-8 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions.
1. My father has gone ___________ work.
2. Come and sit ____________ me.
3. Due to the heat, the children sat ___________ the large umbrella.
4. The boy ran____________ the street.
5. She breathed ___________ difficulty.
Q-9 Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunctions.
1. I did my homework ___________ cleaned my room.
2. Come soon _________ you will be late.
3. Hina failed in the exam _____________she did not study hard.
4. Everyone was late __________ Ashok reached on time.
5. You can neither take a bus ___________ a taxi to the station.
Q-10 Rewrite the following into meaningful sentences.
1. A lawyer\the\ the man\ next\room\ is\ in
2. Brother\boy\fearless\is\my\a
3. Mathematician\was\Aryabhatta\great\a
4. Bunnies\do\chocolate\how\know\to\you\make
5. Half-time\goals\by\our\had\team\two\scored
Q-11 Change the following sentences into passive voice.
1. I have won three of the prizes.
2. We will tidy the class.
3. I will have completed this project tomorrow.
4. Ravi brews tea every morning.
5. Grandfather was planting the seeds yesterday.
Q-12 Capitalize and punctuate these sentences.
1 this is a lovely painting isnt it
2 good work keep it up
3 the different tenses are past tense present tense and future tense
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