CBSE Class 5 English Sample Paper Set 34

CBSE Class 5 English Sample Paper

SECTION A

Reading Comprehension-1

Q1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (1x5=5)

1. 1. Raju works in an ice cream depot. On one hot summer afternoon, while returning to the depot, he was stopped in a traffic jam of cars going for the beach. Raju decided to get ice cream from the back of his truck, and four sweltering kids in the car behind watched him eat it. Feeling sorry for them, he gave them each an ice cream. In a matter of minutes, he was surrounded by children and by the time the traffic began to move, he had distributed four cartons.

2. 2. Rather than explaining to his boss, he decided to pay for them himself. On his arrival at the depot, he was called to the manager’s office and asked why he had been giving away company stock. Even after explaining the situation and his decision to pay, he still expected to be sacked. Instead, his boss smiled broadly and praised him. He said, ‘It is the best way of advertising the product’. Parents had been phoning to thank the company for their product.

(i) Where was Raju returning?

(ii) ‘It is the best way of advertising the product’. What is the product referred to in this line?

(iii) Why did Raju decide to get ice cream from the back of his truck? 

(iv) Did Raju pay for the ice-creams to the company?

(v) Find the word from the passage that meansa)
a) feeling hot and sweaty- ___________________(para-1)
b) to dismiss from a job-_________________(para-2)

Reading Comprehension -2 

Q2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. Ali Baba had expected to find a narrow dark cave. Instead, he saw a large bright room. It was built by human hands, covered with marble, and decorated with high pillars. It received its light through openings in the ceiling. In this hall, everything you could wish was stored. Large rolls of cloth, valuable carpets, gold brocade, and magnificent clothes were lying in heaps.

2. Ali Baba, however, was especially attracted to the enormous quantity of gold. It was lying about in chunks and coins. Countless pearls and jewels sparkled in all colours of the rainbow. Like pebbles on the beach, they were lying on the ground. It seemed to him that the cave had been the thieves' store for centuries.

3. Ali Baba did not waste time. He gave no attention to the carpets and the jewels. Instead, he walked straight to the bags with the gold. Ali Baba was a poor man, and all the gold would help him lead a life of ease and plenty. Of these, he took as many from the cave as his donkey could carry. Each time he wanted to enter the cave or leave it, he called out "open sesame", and the door opened. When he had carried out enough, he collected his donkeys. He loaded the sacks on their backs and put a layer of wood on top so that nobody would notice what was underneath. Then, hurriedly Ali Baba drove his donkeys to town. When he arrived home, he pulled them into the yard quickly and locked the door carefully behind him.

(i) ‘Ali Baba had expected to find a narrow dark cave’. In what way was the cave he discovered different?

(ii) What made Ali Baba think that the cave had been the thieves ‘store for centuries?

(iii) What did Ali Baba take from the cave, and what were his plans for it?

(iv) Why did he layer the sacks with wood?

(v) Find the word from the passage that meansa)
a) extremely beautiful or impressive- _________________(Para.1)
b) Too many to count - ___________________(Para.2)

SECTION B

Writing Skills

Q3. Attempt any ONE of the following:

A. You happened to see a film being shot in your locality. Write a letter to your cousin telling him/her about your experience in about 60-70 words.
                                                                              OR
B. Write a letter to your best friend in Mumbai telling him/her how you celebrated Independence Day in school in about 60-70 words.

Grammar 

Q4. Circle the correct option –

(I) My friends live in _____ old house. There is _____ university close to it.
a. An, a
b. The, an
c. An, an
d. A, a

(II) Yesterday I saw ___ European riding ___ elephant.
a. an, an
b. a, a
c. the, a
d. a, an

(III) Have you made a decision about _______ to go to the movies _______ not?
a. If / then
b. Either/or
c.Whether / or
d. What with / and

(IV) He told me ________ he loved me _________ it was a lie.
a. what, and
b. that, but
c. that, and
d. but, that

(V) In stories, some hungry giants eat people.
The adjective is ____.
a. hungry
b. giants
c. eat
d. people

(VI) Identify the sentence with an Adjective:
a. Sita is a graceful dancer.
b. Sita dances gracefully.
c. She must show grace while dancing.
d. She is the best dancer to grace the occasion.

(VII) What is the Superlative form of- Many?
a. Much
b. More
c. Most
d. Must

(VIII) I hope nobody ______________to bring skates.
a. forgtes
b. forget
c, forgets
d. ferget

(IX) ______ your hands before you eat.
a. Flap
b. Move
c. Wash
d. Clap

(X) Identify the verb in the following sentence: Violets have a fragrant smell.
a. fragrant
b. smell
c. Violets
d. have

(XI) The swarm of bees _____ buzzing around in the garden.
a. are
b. is
c. were
d. am

(XII) A cow and a cat ___________different animal.
a. is
b. is
c. was
d. am

SECTION C

Literature

Q5. RTC-Read the extract and answer the question-
“Teamwork, teamwork,
Together we can make our dream work.
We're the parts that make up the whole,
And we've got our eyes on a common goal.
Sometimes it can be a big plus,
When a you or a me becomes an us!”

(i) What does the word ‘we’ refer to? 1

(ii) On what does the ‘we’ have their eye? 

(iii) What does the poet mean by – “it can be a big plus”? 

(iv) Name the poetic device used in the line- “Teamwork, teamwork,”

(v) Write the word in the stanza which means-add-________________

Q6. RTC-Read the extract and answer the question-
“I could not imagine how it came there. I stayed a long time thinking but became more
and more confused. At last, I returned home very frightened, looking behind me after
every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree to be a man. When I came to
my cave (which I called my castle), I ran inside it, as if I was being chased.”

(i) Who is the ‘I’ referred to in this paragraph? 1

(ii) “I could not imagine how it came there.” What is the ‘it’ referred to in this line? 

(iii) Why was the speaker confused?

(iv) Why did the speaker run back to his home?

(v) Find the word in the passage that means- to follow someone to catch him.

Q7. Give short answers to the following questions. Attempt any FIVE:

(I) Why didn’t Bhaiya play any games? Explain.

(II) How did the old bird help the flock escape from the hunter?

(III) What do you learn from the story – ‘My Elder Brother’?

(IV) What is the funniest thing about The Shadow? Why?

(V) What was unique about Robinson Crusoe’s home on the island?

(vi) What would have happened if the young geese had listened to the wise old bird’s advice?

Q8. Answer any TWO of the following questions: 

A. Why do you think that Munna and Bhaiya’s parents knew so much even though they were not educated?

B. Based on the story, ‘Flying Together’ give reasons why it is advisable to listen to our elders.

C. Explain the main idea of the poem ‘My Shadow’.