CBSE Class 5 English Sample Paper Set 13

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SECTION – A

(READING)

A.1 Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

Animals tell us

Many animals and birds can tell us what the weather will be. They can sometimes tell more than this. A geologist, who studies about rocks, had a very ordinary sheep dog. Once he was sitting at his desk, late in the evening. His baby daughter was sleeping nearby, in a pram, and the dog was dozing in the corner. All was peaceful and quiet. Suddenly the dog leapt up, took the baby by her night dress, pulled her out of the pram and dived towards the door. The geologist was terrified. He thought the dog had gone mad. He snatched up his rifle and rushed from the house. Just then the earth shook and the house collapsed. An earthquake had started. The dog had saved the whole family. Animals and birds can feel it when an underground storm is approaching. People may not notice if somewhere far off there is a slight shaking. But dogs, snakes, lizards and fish get excited. They know that something terrible is going to happen.

i) What was the geologist doing late in the evening? (1)

ii) What did the geologist think about the dog ? (1)

iii) Correct the following sentences and rewrite them: (1×2=2)

a) The geologist had a baby son.

b) The dog was sleeping in the pram.

iv) Tick the correct answer: (1×2=2)

a) A geologist is one who studies rocks stars what the earth is made of

b) The house collapsed because of earthquake storm rain

v) Fill in the blanks with words from the passage : (1×3=3)

a. The geologist ___________ up his ___________ and rushed from the house.

b. Animals and birds can feel it when an ___________ storm is approaching.

vi) Write T for TRUE and F for FALSE statements: (½×2=1)

a. Dogs, snakes, lizards and fish get excited if there is a slight shaking.

__________________

b. The whole family was saved because of the dog.

__________________

SECTION – B (Writing –20 marks)

B.1 Write an essay on any one of the following: (8)

a) Diwali Mela at Our School

b) The Painting Which Won Me the First Prize

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

B.2 Write a letter on any one of the following. (7)

A letter to your father thanking him for the birthday gift.

OR

A letter to your brother wishing him good luck for his examinations.

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

B.3 Write a paragraph on the following topic : (5)

My Last Vacation

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

SECTION – C (Grammar – 30 marks)

C.1 Complete these sentences using am / is / are / was / were : (2)

a. __________ all these children in your class?

b. He __________ a sincere friend.

c. The farmers __________ in the fields when it began to rain.

d. I __________ unwell today.

C.2 Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense of the verbs: (1)

a. You __________ these answers well. (know)

b. She __________ excellent arguments to prove her point. (give)

C.3 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the present continuous tense: (1)

a. The servant ___________ (switch) on the lights now.

b. Sapna and Anu __________ near the window. (sit)

C.4 Fill in the blanks with the present perfect tense: (1)

Our old house was rather small for us. So we _________ (shift) to our new

house. Papa __________ (give) me a room on the second floor.

C.5 Use the past tense of these words to fill in the blanks: (1)

As soon as I ________ (see) the signal turning red, I ______ (stop) the car.

C.6 Fill in the blanks with the past continuous tense of the verbs: (1)

a. The luxury ship ___________ (sail) in the sea when we reached the port.

b. The naughty boys___________ (throw) stones at a small puppy when I saw them.

C.7 Complete the sentences using the simple future tense: (2)

a. If I find the dress too expensive, _____________________________

b. If you tease the dog, _______________________________________

C.8 Fill in the blanks with is/am/are + going to: (1)

a. Many cracks have appeared in this wall. It ____________ fall any day.

b. There have been no rains so far. There ___________ be a drought.

C.9 Fill in the blanks with the future continuous tense: (1)

a. We ____________________ to Shimla in our Wagon R. (go)

b. I am sure she ____________________ for me. (wait)

C.10 Make this sentence negative: (1)

Shivani is sure of her success.

C.11 Make this sentence interrogative: (1)

The car had broken down.

C.12 Circle the correct agreement of verb: (2)

a. Our team (is/are) ready for the match.

b. Many ships (was/were) in danger.

c. She (spend/spends) two hours on homework.

d. We (has/have) a yoga teacher in our school now.

C.13 Fill in with suitable adverbs: (1)

a. He is _____________________ late for his class.

b. I _____________________ walked up the stairs.

C.14 Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition: (1)

a. The old man sat leaning _______________ (in/on) the wall.

b. Open your book _______________ (at/on) page twelve.

C.15 Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunction: (1)

a. She is slow _________ does not make mistake.

b. Raja ______ Deb are good friends.

C.16 Insert commas where necessary: (1)

The room was small dark dirty and smelly.

C.17 Fill in the blanks with the correct word: (2)

a. This shop ___________ battery ___________ also. (sells, cells)

b. The wound on his ________ took a long time to ______ (heel, heal)

C.18 a) Write the Synonym of the following:

i) empty ___________________ ii) loyal ___________________ (1)

b. Write the Antonym of the following:

i) peace ___________________ ii) success ___________________ (1)

C.19 Do as directed:

a) Frame questions for the given statements with whose/ which/ what.

i) Asia is the largest continent in the world.

____________________________________________________________

ii) I want the red shirt and not the blue one.

____________________________________________________________

b) Complete the sentences with the suitable words given:

i) We take orders from Ajay as he is _______________ of the project.

ii) Mark is a great leader. His _____________ look good.

(resign, dismiss, prospects, incharge) (1)

c) Use the clues to complete each word.

i) Gifts come like this - ____rapped

ii) He repairs your taps - plum____er (1)

d) Fill in the blanks with for or since.

i) I’ve been studying ________ three hours.

ii) I have’nt seen a film _________ two months.

iii) I have been going to his recitals ________ I was twelve.

iv) I’ve been waiting here _________ eight in the morning.

e) Write down the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives. (2)

positive            comparative          superlative

brave

nice

SECTION – D (30 MARKS)

D.1 Answer the following questions: ( Any five) (2×5=10)

i) Why did Hasty and Blackie need a car?

ii) What were the students asked to do during the holidays in the story ‘School Breaks up’?

iii) What value did we learn from the poem ‘The Recycling Rap’?

iv) Where did Ani get the things to make her decoration?

v) Why was Sudha upset? What did she decide to do?

vi) Why does the poet say that we should ‘wash’ ‘squash’ and

‘squeeze’ empty drink cans?

vii) How did the lady spend the ten dollar bill?

D.2 Complete the statements (1×4=4)

i) Any black who tried to protest against ill- treatment was

________________________________________________________

ii) The boy began to wait for the next day because

________________________________________________________

iii) People called Old Jack’s money dirty because

________________________________________________________

iv) Where should the following be taken?

empty drink cans___________________________________________

D.3 State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE:- (1×4=4)

i) Sudha was a brilliant student. __________

ii) Sudha met J.R.D. Tata at the interview. __________

iii) Sankar was the first to leave the examination hall. __________

iv) Swaminathan was planning to sleep a lot. __________

D.4 Tick the correct answer:- (½×4=2)

i) The passage Ani’s key is about

a. Ani’s ability to overcome all odds.

b. The idea of recycling waste.

c. The qualities of a true artist.

ii) The main purpose of the story ‘A letter to J.R.D. Tata’ is to highlight

a. Sudha Murthy’s achievements.

b. The achievements of the Tata Company.

c. The greatness of J.R.D. Tata.

iii) ‘My mind and attitudes were ready for the books yet to come’ means

a. I was getting ready to study.

b. I was going to read lots of books.

c. All the reading I had done helped me to read more and even write books.

iv) ‘To have found one’s place in the world’ could mean

a. finding deep satisfaction in writing.

b. finding a nice corner to write.

c. finding out what one wants to do in life.

D.5 Do as directed.

a) Frame answer to the following questions.

i. Why are the police here?

_________________________________________________________

(investigate, robbery)

(2)

ii. Why are you carrying those wooden planks?

_________________________________________________________

(build, tree house)

b) Pick the odd one out.

i. scan glance study browse

ii. fair wise right just

c) Read the clues and complete the word.

i. Before you enter a room, do this. ___ nock

ii. He repairs your taps. Plum___er

d) Change the following nouns (countable and uncountable) into

plural or singular form of the word.

i. Soap _________________

ii. Furniture _________________

e) Match the following.

              A                   B

dirty work           stolen everything

forbidden            polluted and fond

cleared                out mainly

predominantly    ordered not to (2)

f) Give one word for each of the phrases given below.

i) money paid for parking carts/vehicles in the wrong place

_______________

ii) a place where money is manufactured

_______________

g) Fill in the blanks with the plural or singular form of the words given in brackets.

The farmer was feeding his two ___________ (calf). Suddenly, his

___________ (wife) rushed in saying that the freshly baked

__________ (loaf) of bread were missing. There were a lot of _______

(mouse) in the farm.

ACTIVITY – (i) JAM (ii) Newspaper Reading. (10)

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