CBSE Class 6 English Sample Paper Set 18

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SECTION – A (Reading – 20 marks)

A.1 Read the given passage carefully.

All successful people attribute their success to hard work.

Take, for example, former Indian President Abdul Kalam. He used to distribute newspapers to earn some income to meet his ends. You will find many such innumerable success stories. It is hard work that paid them. To them, work is worship.

Most people do what’s the easiest. The superficial opportunities of life are attacked by hordes of people, seeking what’s easy.

Digging a gold mine costs tens of millions of dollars, but the reward it gives is in multiples. The challenge is hard, but it pays off. When you discipline yourself to do what is hard, you get the results that are denied to others. The willingness to do what is difficult is like having key to a special private treasure room.

According to Winston Churchill, hard work is the passport to success.

American poet Longfellow points out that all great men were ‘toiling upwards in the night’ while their companions slept. Source : The Hindustan Times

Read the questions. Choose the correct option and write it in the answer sheet.

i) What did President Abdul Kalam use to do to earn some income?

a) distributed sheets b) distributed newspapers

c) mining d) teaching (1)

ii) What kind of thing most people do?

a) challenging b) difficult

c) small d) easiest (1)

iii) When you do hard work, what kind of results do you get?

a) that are given to all b) that can’t be given

c) that are denied to others d) that are impossible (1)

iv) According to Longfellow, what did the great men do when their companions slept?

a) toiling upwards b) sleeping

c) studying d) writing (1)

v) Which of the following word from the passage means ‘large crowd’?

a) people b) hordes 

c) companion d) toiling

A.2 Read the given passage carefully.

Vallance sat down on the park bench. For three minutes he thought sadly about the last hundred dollars. He had paid them to a policeman for driving too fast. That was his last car ride, too.

He felt nothing in all his pockets. Not a single cent. That morning he had moved out of his house. He had sold his furniture to pay back some money he had borrowed. There had been no money left for his servant’s wages, so he gave him all his clothes instead. The only clothes he had now were the clothes he was wearing.

In the big city of New York there was nowhere for him to go. He had nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep. He had no money for taxi ride, nor even for a flower for his girl. He could get money from one of his friends, or trick someone, but he didn’t want to do either. So he had decided to spend the nightin the park. Extract taken from ‘NEPHEWS’ by O. Henry

Read the questions. Choose the correct option and write it in the answer sheet.

i) What did Vallance think about sadly?

a) about his last car ride b) policeman

c) the last hundred dollars d) park (1)

ii) How did he pay his servant’s wages?

a) sold furniture b) gave all his clothes

c) sold his house d) sold his car (1)

iii) What was the condition of Vallance?

a) he had nothing to eat b) he had no money for a taxi ride

c) he had no money for a flower d) all of these (1)

iv) What did he decide?

a) get money from one of his friend b) trick someone

b) to spend the night in the park d) beg money

(1)

v) Which of the following word from the passage means ‘to cheat’?

a) paid b) wages c) ride d) trick (1)

A.3 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

The Whale Experience Suddenly, as if to give all of us a big surprise, a huge whale jumped up with a loud splash, hardly five metres away from the ship. It jumped up almost above the heads of all observers. So terrifying did it look then that for a second I thought it would take one of us in its big mouth. Nonetheless, a huge spray of sea water fell on us – and all of us ducked for cover. And before anyone of us could stand up and look over the railings, there came another huge whale and spraying salty water at us, vanished into the depths of the sea. In the sunlight, I could easily see its breast flukes and dots of dark green on its crimson-white underside.

It must have been about 15 metres in length. Within a minute, the sea was calm, as if nothing had happened.

All attempted to talk at once. Some said there was only one whale which came twice. Others said there were two whales, chasing one another. Some said the whales were show creatures. Still others thought it was sheer chance that we could see them at such close quarters. A few were wiping away the salty water that had fallen on their shirts, caps and trousers. I wondered how in the past, whalers, using small boats and harpoons, chased and killed these giant creatures. I hate whalers yet I began to admire their courage and bravery.

a) Tick (√) the correct option.

The whale was a big surprise because it –

(i) came very close to the boat (ii) sprayed water on them

(iii) looked terrifying (iv) jumped up suddenly (1)

b) Answer the following questions.

(i) Another surprise came soon after. What was it? (2)

(ii) Give two adjectives from the passage that have been used to describe the whales. (2)

(iii) What did the people say about the whales they had seen? (2)

(iv) The writer says that he did not like the whalers. Then why did he begin to admire them? (2)

(v) Choose the words from the passage which mean the same as :

* peaceful - __________

* disappeared - __________ (1)

Section – B (Writing – 25 marks)

B.1 Your colour box has been lost in the art room of your school. Draft a notice giving all the necessary details of it. Sign yourself as Ankita, VI-C.

• lost from art room – 4th period

• 12 water colours – camel

B.2 Given below is a conversation between Sita and Geeta. Using the information write the message in your answer sheet. Put the message in a box.

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Sita – Hello ! May I have Meeta on the line please?

Geeta – I am sorry, she is not here at the moment.

Sita – Geeta, can you give her my message? It is very urgent.

Geeta – Of course, I will.

Sita – Please tell her that I have to go to Lucknow as my grandfather is

seriously ill. So, I will not be coming for English tuition for five

days. She must inform this to our English tuition Sir, Mr. Goel.

Geeta – OK, I’ll tell her.

OR

Imagine that you have been appointed as the class monitor. Write a diaryentry mentioning how you felt when the announcement was made and when your parents got to know about it. (70-80 words)

B.3 Write a paragraph on ‘What I wish to do in life’. (80-100 words) (7)

B.4 You are Kirti Jain, living at 46A, Westwind Apartments, New Delhi.

Your father gifted you a puppy on your birthday. Write a letter to your cousin Roma telling her about the puppy and how you take care of it. (150 words) (8)

* best birthday gift * big responsibility

* bath daily – take for walk * give toilet training

* Children come to play with him

Section – C (Grammar – 20 marks)

C.1 Edit the passage given below by choosing the correct options. (½×8=4)

The flightless ostrich is the world’s largest bird. They (a) roaming in African Savanna and desert lands and get most of (b) its water from the plant they eat.

(c) while they cannot fly, ostriches are strong runners. They (d) should sprint up to 70 km an hour and run (e) on a distance at 50km an hour. They use their wings to change direction (f) in running. (g) That ostrich typically eats plants, roots and seeds but it also eats insects, lizards or other creatures in harsh conditions. The ostrich has the (h) larger eye of any land animal, almost 5cmacross.

(a) (i) roams (ii) roamed (iii) roam (iv) are roaming

(b) (i) their (ii) there (iii) his (iv) her

(c) (i) Unless (ii) until (iii) when (iv) though

(d) (i) may (iii) can (iii) shall (iv) could

(e) (i) at (ii) on (iii) over (iv) upto

(f) (i) when (ii) till (iii) since (iv) while

(g) (i) A (ii) An (iii) The (iv) So

(h) (i) large (ii) small (iii) smaller (iv) largest

C.2 Rewrite the following group of words so that they form meaningful sentences. (2×1=2)

a) as / in / working / she / a/ Chennai / is / receptionist

b) cooking / wash / vegetables / the / before

C.3 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. (8×½=4)

a) Last week I ______ (go) to the gym every morning, while Raju ______ (play)

cricket with his friends and Tara ______ (sit) and ______ (watched) T.V.

b) The soldiers _________ (fight) bravely.

c) We _________ (have) lunch at 3:00 PM every day.

d) The children _________ (play) football yesterday.

e) I _________ (go) to the market in the evening.

C.4 Do as directed. (8×1=8)

a) Close the door. (Identify the sentence)

b) Dr. Gujral is at home. (Change into interrogative)

c) Sonu and Savita _________ (have/has) picked up the bats and the wickets. (Tick and write the correct option)

d) Kalam was very keen on buying a copy of the new best seller. All

the copies were sold out on the first day.

(Join the pairs of sentences with the right conjunction)

e) Have you got _________ bread?

(Fill with the correct partitive)

f) Learning of music is not at all easy.

(Correct the sentence)

g) (i) Over – (ii) inter –

(Use these prefixes to form new words)

h) (i) Are not _________ (ii) I will _________

(Write the contraction for each of the above)

C.5 Write the words that go with the underlined word. (2×1=2)

a) The strong / heavy rainfall ruined our plan.

b) Monica’s filthy / untidy handwriting made her work illegible.

Section – D (Literature – 25 marks)

D.1 Read the extract given below and write the correct option. (3×1=3)

“Oh, I wish I could be a sailor !” he said.

a) From which story has the above extract been taken ?

i) The Lionmakers ii) The Story of a Great Story

iii) Of Mice and Boys

b) Who said the above sentence?

i) Crusoe ii) Malasha iii) Leon

c) At what age did he run away from home to become a sailor?

i) eighteen ii) seventeen iii) nineteen

D.2 Read the extract. (3×1=3)

And the railings

All around the railings

Are they to keep out wolves and monsters?

a) Name the poem from which the above extract has been taken.

b) Name the poet of this poem.

c) What do the ‘railings’ remind the child of ?

D.3 a) Answer the following questions. (4×1½=6)

i) What happened when the two girls were playing together in the street?

ii) How many times did Richard try to write his name on the blackboard? What happened each time?

iii) Did the four young men think alike or were they very different from each other?

iv) What did Selkirk promise himself after he had lived alone on the island for some time?

b) Use the correct words to complete the sentences.

i) He was in ___________ of drowning. (danger, dangerous)

ii) ‘Now there was no escape’ means ___________.

(become uncomfortable, there was no way of getting out of trouble)

iii) The little boy who could not see said ___________ was like the rustle of the wind. (pink, green)

iv) Akulya’s grandmother ___________ “You ought not to quarrel on Easter of all days”. (pleaded, reminded) (4×1=4)

D.4 Answer any one of the following. (1×3=3]

a) ‘The mice ruled our house’. Name four events that prove these statements.

b) How did Selkirk survive on the deserted island?

D.5 Answer the following questions. (any one) [1×6=6]

a) Imagine you are the child who is spending his first day at school.

Write a brief paragraph describing your feelings.

b) Imagine if Akulya’s mother were to write a letter to Malasha’s mother over their quarrel. What do you think she would write in it?

Think up names for both the women and write the letter as Akulya’s mother.

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