TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 7C Ranji’s Wonderful Bat

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TS 6th Class English Guide Unit 7C Ranji’s Wonderful Bat

I. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
What kind of inspiration do you get from this incident ?
Answer:
“Failures are the stepping stones to success”. We must remember this proverb. Really I am inspired by this incident. Though Ranji didn’t do well in his previous matches, he batted with confidence and made fifty-eight runs and led his team to win the match.

Question 2.
What role did Mr. Kumar play in making Ranji successful ?
Answer:
Mr. Kumar played an important role in making Ranji successful. He comforted Ranji and gave his bat. With the confidence got from Mr. Kumar’s words, Ranji batted well and made fifty-eight runs.

Question 3.
Have you been inspired by anyone in any field like the one above ? If so, describe him/her.
Answer:
Yes, I have been inspired by a handicapped person who lives next door. Though he has faced so many troubles since his childhood, he doesn’t lose his heart. He has achieved his target with dedication, determination and discipline.

Question 4.
Do you think that the bat was really a lucky one ? Do you believe in such things? Share your ideas with your group.
Answer:
Yes, I think that the bat was really a lucky one. Yes, I belive in such things. It gives us more confidence. I have a lucky bag in which I keep my books. I have been using the same bag for the last three years.

While playing a game of Cricket, there are many rules. Similarly, we have rules to keep us safe and they are called Personal Body Safety rules. The three rules are :

1) Clothing rules :
We keep private parts covered in front of others. Though we don’t cover our mouth, it is private too.

2) Touching rules :
We don’t touch private parts in front of others.

3) Talking rules:
We talk about private parts with Safe Adults.

If someone breaks ‘Personal Body Safety Rules’, I can say ‘No’ to that person; GO away from that person as and when I can; TELL a safe adult about this person because he/she is doing something unsafe and has to be stopped. There is no shame in any part of the body. The person who breaks the Personal Body Safety Rules needs to be blamed, and he/she needs to feel ashamed of their behaviour.

I am a safe person if I follow Personal Body Safety Rules for myself and for others.

Ranji’s Wonderful Bat Summary in English

Ranji was a school boy. He was fond of cricket One day their team was playing against the visitor’s team. Their score was fifty-three for four wickets. Ranji was the youngest member of the team. Now it was his turn to bat. He went to bat and faced the first ball. The umpire declared him out. The visiting team won the match. Their captain Suraj told him never to lose confidence.

But their coach warned him if he didn’t score more runs in his next match, he would be dropped from the team. Ranji was going home sadly. Though ne practised well, he failed to make a big score. Everyday on his way home, Ranji used to chat with Mr. Kumar, the owner of a sports shop. Mr. Kumar had scored a century against Tanzania. But that day Ranji didn’t want to stop there; he was about to cross the road.

Mr. Kumar saw him crossing the road and asked him why he was looking so sad. Ranji went into the shop and told Mr. Kumar that he had scored a zero and he would be dropped from the team if he didn’t make a good score in their next game. Mr. Kumar searched for the bat with which he made a century. He picked it out and gave it to Ranji saying that it was a lucky bat. Next Saturday, Ranji s team played against another team. Their captain Suraj won the toss and decided to bat first.

When the spinners of the visitor’s team came to bowl, their score was thirty runs without a wicket. But the spinners struck two wickets in one over. Suraj too was out after making a few quick runs. Then Ranji went to bat and scored an unbeaten fifty-eight runs. He led his team to win the match. After the match was over, he went to Mr. Kumar and told him that he had made fifty-eight runs with the lucky bat.

Section A: Reading Comprehension (25 Marks)

Questions : 1 – 10, Marks : 15

Passage No. 1:

1. Read the following text.

“P.T. Usha, India.” This was the address on a letter from the Middle East. The letter was delivered by the postal department with no delay what so ever. This was the status of ILAVULLAKANDI THEKKEPARAMBIL USHA who was born as the second daughter of Paithal and Lakshmi Amma on 20th May 1964 in the village of Payyoli, Kozhikode District, Kerala.

It was November 1973 when a dedicated physical education teacher called Balakrishnan discovered Usha while conversing with a parent. His eyes, ever watchful, kept drifting to a group of small girls playing blind man’s bluff just across the field. Was there a pair of feet that were moving extraordinarily fast? Was that tiny, dark girl in her blue skirt and white blouse moving like an instinctive athlete? Patient as ever, Balakrishnan waited for the game to be over. Calling the little girl, he gently enquired of her, “What’s your name, child?” The shy little girl hardly raised her eyes from the ground. “Usha,” she whispered and added, “from Class IV.”

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Who discovered the talent of Usha ?
A) a Science teacher
B) an English teacher
C) a Physical education teacher
D) a Mathematician teacher
Answer:
C) a Physical education teacher

Question 2.
When did he discover the talent ?
A) 1964
B) 1973
C) 1972
D) i970
Answer:
B) 1973

Question 3.
What is the game mentioned in the passage ?
A) blind man’s bluff
B) kho-kho
C) gilli danda
D) hide and seek
Answer:
A) blind man’s bluff

Question 4.
“Was there a pair of feet that were moving extraordinarily fast ?” Whose feet are referred here?
A) Balakrishnan
B) P.T. Usha
C) Usha.’s friend
D) Usha’s sister
Answer:
B) P.T. Usha

Question 5.
How was Usha moving in the game blind man’s bluff ?
A) Like a horse
B) Like a deer
C) Like an instinctive athlete
D) Like a shy little girl
Answer:
C) Like an instinctive athlete

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each.

Question 6.
When and where was P.T. Usha born ?
Answer:
P.T. Usha was born on 20th May, 1964 in the village of Payyoli, Kozhikode District, Kerala.

Question 7.
Who were P.T. Usha’s parents ?
Answer:
P.T. Usha’s parents were Lakshmi Amma and Paithal.

Question 8.
Describe Usha from the passage.
Answer:
Usha is a tiny, dark, shy girl with blue skirt and white blouse.

Question 9.
Why did Balakrishnan wait for the game to be over ?
Answer:
Firstly he did not want to disturb the girl. Secondly he was patient by nature. So he waited for the game to be over.

Question 10.
Pick out the word which means ‘arising from natural ability’. What class Was Usha studying at the time of this incident ?
Answer:
Instinctive
Usha was studying the class IV at the time of the incident.

Passage No. 2:

2. Read the following passage :

In 1975, Usha was 11 years old and was practising vigorously for the sub-junior District Meet – her first ever. With three days to go, Usha badly injured her heel, while practising for the long jump. The day of the event; all eyes were on her; she was so puny, so unbelievably tiny that she was the crowd’s favourite even before the race started. A white bandage on her heel won her even more sympathy. She came first in all the four events she participated in – 100m, 200m, long jump, and high jump. She was also the individual champion at the Meet.

Academically, Usha was an extremely bright student. She was always amongst the top three in her class and was popular with her teachers. She passed her standard VII exams with a first class grade. Just then, the government of Kerala announced a separate Sports Division for girls at Cannanore, a town with special facilities for sports in addition to regular studies.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
When was the sub-junior District Meet held ?
A) 1973
B) 1964
C) 1975
D) 1978
Answer:
C) 1975

Question 2.
At what age did Usha participate in the sub-junior District Meet?
A) ten years
B) eleven years
C) twelve years
D) nine years
Answer:
B) eleven years

Question 3.
How many events did she participate?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Three
D) Six
Answer:
A) Four

Question 4.
Usha was badly injured her heel ___________
A) while practising for the long jump
B) while practising for the high jump
C) while practising for the realy race
D) while practising for the running race
Answer:
A) while practising for the long jump

Question 5.
She was the crowd’s favourite even before the race started because ___________
A) she was so puny
B) she was so unbelievably tiny
C) she was the best athlete
D) both A & B
Answer:
D) both A & B

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Why did the spectators sympathize with Usha ?
Answer:
The spectators sympathized with Usha because of her bad injury and the white bandage on her heel.

Question 7.
In which meet did Usha get the individual champion ?
Answer:
She was the individual champion at the sub-junior meet.

Question 8.
How did she perform at her studies ?
Answer:
She was extremely bright student. She was always amongst the top thiee in her class. She passed her standard VII exams with a first class grade.

Question 9.
Where was separate Sports Division for girls set up ? Why ?
Answer:
A. separate sports division for girls was set up at Cannanore There the special facilities were provided in addition to regular studies.

Question 10.
In which events did she come first at the meet ?
Answer:
She came first in 100 m, 200 m long jump and high jump.

Passage No. 3:

3. Read the following passage :

Usha joined the Sports Division at Cannanore to improve her sport talent. She was left in the safe hands of C.H. Paithal the headmaster of the school. It was at Cannanore that another great master fired her imagination so much that together they achieved the impossible. His name was Madhavan Nambiar.

By 1977, Usha and Nambiar were inseparable. Nambiar had found the ward he had been waiting for all his life and Usha had found her guru. Nambiar would, from now on, care for her like a father. Usha’s meticulous, systematic training began in earnest.

Usha had a regular training run on the beach of Payyoli. She preferred to be trained alone, for the vastness of the beach gave her a sense of-freedom. She ran joyfully and freely, and she derived her strength from the serenity and peace of her beloved Kerala surroundings. Nambiar introduced his sand training in her programme to enhance her performance in the athletics, just after the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games. Sand training had enhanced the performance of many great athletes, from Edwin Moses to top flight Indian athletes like Milkha Singh and Sriram Singh.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Why did Usha join the Sports Division at Cannanore ?
A) to improve her sports talent
B) to improve her studies
C) to improve her life skills
D) to improve her personality
Answer:

Question 2.
Who fired her imagination ?
A) C.H. Paithal
B) Bala Krishnan
C) Madhavan Nambiar
D) Krishnan Nambiar
Answer:

Question 3.
Whose hands were the safe hands ?
A) C.H. Paithal
B) Bala Krishnan
C) Madhavan Nambiar
D) Krishnan Nambiar
Answer:

Question 4.
Pick out the word which means ‘serious’.
A) earnest
B) inseperable
C) serenity
D) enhance
Answer:
A) earnest

Question 5.
Who trained Usha meticulously and systematIcally?
A) C.H. Paithal
B) Baja Krishnan
C) Madhavan Nambiar
D) Krishnan Nambiar
Answer:
C) Madhavan Nambiar

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Where did Usha do her regular practice ?
Answer:
Usha had a regular training run on the beach of Payyoli.

Question 7.
What did Usha prefer ? Why did she prefer ?
Answer:
She preferred to be trained alone, for the vastness of the beach gave her a sense of freedom.

Question 8.
How did Usha enjoy her training ?
Answer:
She ran joyfully and freely, and she drived her strength from the serenity and peace of her beloved Kerala surroundings.

Question 9.
What type of training is introduced to Usha and when ?
Answer:
Nambiar introduced his sand training programme to Usha, just after the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games.

Question 10.
Why was die introduced to a new type of training ? Who were the other athlets mentioned in this passage ?
Answer:
He introduced his sand training programme to Usha to enhance her performance in the athletics.
Edwin Moses, Milkha Singh and Sriram Singh are the other athlets mentioned in the passage.

Poem:

4. Read the following poem.

Indian Cricket Team
When the umpire puts the toss,
Dhoni is the boss.
When Gambhir hits a century,
Bref Lee goes for a knee injury.
When Sehwag hits the ball to the fence,
Pontirig becomes tense.
When Taylor’s run out is taken
To the third umpire’s decision,
He loses his batting position.
When India is in need of a run,
Down goes the blazing sun.
When India gets the cup,
They raise it up.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
Who puts the toss?
A) umpire
B) Dhoni
C) Gambhir
D) Sehwag
Answer:
A) umpire

Question 2.
Who wins the toss?
A) Dhoni
B) Ponting
C) Gambhir
D) Bretlee
Answer:
A) Dhoni

Question 3.
Who made a century?
A) Dhoni
B) Gambhir
C) Sehwag
D) Ponting
Answer:
B) Gambhir

Question 4.
Who is the captain of Australia?
A) Bretlee
B) Ponting
C) Taylor
D) None of the above
Answer:
B) Ponting

Question 5.
Whose run out is taken to the third umpire’s decision?
A) Gambhir
B) Bretlee
C) Taylor
D) Ponting
Answer:
C) Taylor

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
Who is the captain of India?
Answer:
Dhoni is the captain of India.

Question 7.
Why is BretLee lnjured?
Answer:
When Gambhir hits the ball, it strikes Bret Lee’s knee. So he is injured.

Question 8.
Why did Pointing become tense?
Answer:
Ponting became tense because Sehwag hit a four.

Question 9.
What is the decision of the third umpire? What did Taylor lose?
Answer:
Taylor is out. He lost his batting position.

Question 10.
What are the two teams mentioned In the poem ? Who won the match?
Answer:
India and Australia. India won the match.

Passage No. 5:

6. Read the following passage :

He held it out to Ranji. “Here, take it! I’ll lend it to you for the rest of the cricket season. You won’t fail with it.”
Ranji took the bat and gazed at it with awe and delight. “Is it really the bat you made a century with?” he asked.

“It is,” said Mr. Kumar. “It may get you a hundred runs too!”

Ranji spent a nervous week waiting for Saturday’s match. He asked Koki, the girl next door, to bowl to him in the garden. Koki bowled quite well.

At last Saturday arrived, bright and sunny. Just right for cricket. Suraj won the toss for the school and decided to bat first.

The opening batsmen put on thirty runs without being separated. The visiting fast bowlers couldn’t do much. Then the spin bowlers came on, and immediately there was a change in the game. Two wickets fell in one over, and the score was thirty-three for two. Suraj made a few quick runs, and then he too was out to one of the spinners, caught behind the wicket. And it was Ranji’s turn.

Now, answer the following questions. Each question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and wiite (A), (B), (C) or (D) In your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Question 1.
‘He held it out to Ranji’. What does the word it refer to?
A) Mr. Kumar’s old bat
B) Mr. Kumar’s old hat
C) Mr. Kumar’s old ball
D) Mr. Kumar’s old wicket
Answer:
A) Mr. Kumar’s old bat

Question 2.
Ranji took the bat and gazed at It with awe and delight because ________
A) it was a new bat
B) it was a old bat
C) it was a luckiest bat
D) both B & C
Answer:
D) both B & C

Question 3.
How many runs did Mr. Kumar do with that bat?
A) 100
B) 50
C) 68
D) 58
Answer:
A) 100

Question 4.
When was the match going to be held?
A) Sunday
B) Saturday
C) Monday
D) Friday
Answer:
B) Saturday

Question 5.
Who was Suraj?
A) Ranji’s co-player
B) a bowler
C) a batsman
D) captain of Ranji’s school team
Answer:
D) captain of Ranji’s school team

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 5 × 2 = 10

Question 6.
How did Ranji spend a week waiting for the match ?
Answer:
Ranji spent a nervous week waiting for Saturday’s match. He asked Koki, the girl next door, to bowl to him in the garden. Koki bowled quite well.

Question 7.
How was the day when the match was started ?
Answer:
The day was bright and sunny. Just right for the cricket.

Question 8.
Who won the match ? What did they decide to do ?
Answer:
Suraj won the toss and decided to bat first.

Question 9.
How many runs did the opening batsman score ? Who didn’t bowl well ?
Answer:
The opening batsmen scored thirty runs without being separated. The fast bowlers didn’t bowl well.

Question 10.
Who turned the game ? How ? How was Suraj out ?
Answer:
The spinners turned the game by taking two quick wickets in a over. Suraj was caught behind the wicket in a spinner’s bowling.

Questions : 11 – 16, Marks : 10

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage :

A LION AND THE TWO MICE

A lion was sleeping under a tree. Near the tree two mice were playing. Suddenly the lion woke up. He caught the two mice under his paw. The mice wept and said, ‘O king of the forest! Don’t kill us.” The lion felt pity on them and let them go. A few days later, they heard the helpless roar of the lion. The lion was caught into a hunter’s net. The two mice at once started biting the net with their sharp teeth. Soon the lion was set free. A kind deed was repaid by a kind deed.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
Where was the lion sleeping ?
A) on a tree
B) in a tree
C) under a tree
D) in a cave
Answer:
C) under a tree

Question 12.
What were the mice doing near the tree ?
A) playing
B) running
C) jumping
D) hiding
Answer:
A) playing

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What did the lion do ? What did the mice request the Lion ?
Answer:
The lion caught the two mice under his paw. The mice requested the lion not to kill them.

Question 14.
Why was the lion roaring ?
Answer:
As the lion was caught into a hunter’s net, it was roaring.

Question 15.
What did the two mice do to set the lion free from the net ?
Answer:
The two mice at once started biting the net with their sharp teeth to set free the lion.

Question 16.
Why did the mice help the lion ?
Answer:
As they were saved by the lion previously, they wanted to save the lion.

Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage.

THE TWO FOOLISH GOATS

There was a narrow wooden bridge over a river. One day a goat went up the bridge to cross the river. Just then another goat came up the bridge from the other side. Both wanted to cross the bridge. Both met in the middle of the bridge. The bridge was too narrow. Both the goats could not pass side by side. Both were foolish. None wanted to give way to the other. They began to fight. Both of them slipped down into the river. Both of them got drowned. This was the result of their foolishness.

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
What was below the bridge ?
A) wooden path
B) river
C) rocky path
D) sandy path
Answer:
B) river

Question 12.
What was the use of the bridge ?
A) to cross the river
B) to walk
C) to reach the destiny
D) to run
Answer:
A) to cross the river

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What kind of bridge was it ?
Answer:
The bridge was a narrow wooden bridge.

Question 14.
Who did not want to give way to the other ?
Answer:
None of the goat wanted to give way to the other.

Question 15.
What happened thereafter ?
Answer:
They began to fight. Both of them slipped down into the river and drowned.

Question 16.
Were the goats wise or foolish ? How can you say ?
Answer:
The goats were foolish. Because both of the goats lost their lives due to their foolishness.

Passage No. 3:

Read the following Poem.

I HAD A DOVE

I had a dove, and the sweet dove died,
And I have thought it died of grieving;
O what could it grieve for? Its feet were tied
With a silken thread of my own hand’s weaving:
Sweet little red feet! Why would you die?
Why would you leave me, sweet bird, why?
You liv’d alone on the forest tree,
Why, pretty thing, could you not live with me?
I kiss’d you oft, and gave you white pease;
Why not live sweetly as in the green trees? – John Keats

Choose the correct answer from the four choices given below the questions. 2 × 1 = 2

Question 11.
The poet so loved the dove that he fed it
A) to its heart content
B) whenever it demanded
C) with peas
D) both A & B
Answer:
C) with peas

Question 12.
The bird felt miserable when
A) it did not get food
B) its feet were tied
C) it flew away
D) both A & B
Answer:
B) its feet were tied

Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. 4 × 2 = 8

Question 13.
What loss didn’t the poet make up though he provided comforts tp the bird ?
Answer:
The comforts provided to the bird could not make up for the loss of freedom.

Question 14.
Where does the bird prefer to live ?
Answer:
The bird prefers to live on the green trees.

Question 15.
How did the poet comfort the bird ?
Answer:
He kissed the bird often and gave it white peas.

Question 16.
How are the bird’s little feet ? What did the poet tie them with ?
Answer:
The bird’s little feet are red, He tied the feet with a silken thread of his own hand’s weaving.

Section – B : Vocabulary and Grammar (20 Marks)

Questions : 17 – 21, Marks : 5

Passage No. 1:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

Patient (17) as ever Balakrishnan waited for the game to be over calling a (18) little girl, he gently enquired (19) of her, “What’s your name child ?” The shy little girl (20) hardly raised her eyes from the ground. “Usha,” she whispered and added, from class (21) IV.

Question 17.
Write the opposite word of the underlined word.
Answer:
impatient

Question 18.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
the

Question 19.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
enquiry

Question 20.
Write the opposite gender of the underlined word.
Answer:
boy

Question 21.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
standard

Passage No. 2:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

With three days to go, Usha badly injured (17) her heel, while practising for the long jump. The day of the event, all eyes were on her, She was so puny, so unbelievably (18) tiny (19) that she was crowd’s favourite even before the race start. (20) A white bandage on her heel won (21) her even more sympathy.

Question 17.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
injury

Question 18.
Write the antonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
believably

Question 19.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
small

Question 20.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
started

Question 21.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
win

Passage No. 3:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

Just then, the government of Kerala announced (17) a separate sports division for girls in (18) Cannanore, a town with special facilities for sports in addition to regular (19) studies. Usha joined the sports division at Cannanore to improve (20) her sport. She was left (21) in the hands of C.H. Paithal, the headmaster of the school.

Question 17.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
announcement

Question 18.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
at

Question 19.
Write the antonym of the-underlined word.
Answer:
irregular

Question 20.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
improvement

Question 21.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
leave

Passage No. 4:

Read the following passage and write as directed.

The score stood at fifty three to (17) four wickets. Another sixty runs had to be made (18) for victory. (19) and only one good batsman remained. (20) All the rest were bowlers who could not make many runs. (21)

Question 17.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
for

Question 18.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
make

Question 19.
Write the antonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
defeat

Question 20.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
left

Question 21.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
running

Passage No. 5:

Read the following passage.

Mr. Kumar began (17) looking closely at a number of old (18) cricket bats, and after a few minutes he said, “Ah!” And he picked (19) up one of the bats and held it out to Ranji. “This is it!” he said. “This is a (20) luckiest of all my old bats. This is the bat I made a century (21) with!”

Question 17.
Write the other verb form of the underlined word.
Answer:
begin – began – begun

Question 18.
Write the antonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
new

Question 19.
Write the right form of the underlined word.
Answer:
picking

Question 20.
Replace the underlined word with a right word.
Answer:
the

Question 21.
Write the synonym of the underlined word.
Answer:
hundred runs

Questions : 22 – 26, Marks : 5

Complete the passage choosing the right word from those given below it. Each blank is numbered and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet. 5 × 1 = 5

Passage No. 1:

This is the story of Henry, our pet chameleon. Chameleons ________ (22) in a class by ________ (23) and are no ordinary reptiles. They are easily distinguished ________ (24) their nearest relatives, the lizards, ________ (25) certain outstanding features. A chameleon’s tongue is ________ (26) long as its body.

Question 22.
A) is
B) an
C) are
D) was
Answer:
C) are

Question 23.
A) yourselves
B) themselves
C) himslef
D) herself
Answer:
B) themselves

Question 24.
A) from
B) by
C) to
D) with
Answer:
A) from

Question 25.
A) from
B) by
C) to
D) with
Answer:
B) by

Question 26.
A) so
B) as
C) but
D) because
Answer:
B) as

Passage No. 2:

One day I ________ (22) a fat female scorpion in the wall, wearing what ________ (23) first glance appeared to be a light brown fur coat. Closer ________ (24) proved that this ________ (25) garment was made up of a mass of ________ (26) babies clinging to the mother’s back.

Question 22.
A) find
B) found
C) finds
D) have found
Answer:
B) found

Question 23.
A) on
B) at
C) with
D) from
Answer:
B) at

Question 24.
A) inspect
B) inspected
C) inspection
D) inspects
Answer:
C) inspection

Question 25.
A) new
B) old
C) strange
D) familiar
Answer:
C) strange

Question 26.
A) tiny
B) huge
C) big
D) very big
Answer:
A) tiny

Passage No. 3:

This is (22) story of the wife of ________ (23) naval officer who accompanied him overseas and ________ (24) much of her married life ________ (25) the far east. She dreamed constantly of a certain house back ________ (26) England.

Question 22.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) some
Answer:
C) the

Question 23.
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) some
Answer:
A) a

Question 24.
A) spend
B) spends
C) spent
D) have spent
Answer:
C) spent

Question 25.
A) in
B) at
C) of
D) from
Answer:
A) in

Question 26.
A) in
B) at
C) of
D) from
Answer:
A) in

Passage No. 4:

Animals communicate ________ (22) one another in many interesting ways. These may ________ (23) of signs, gestures, looks, sounds, smells or even light produced ________ (24) the body. Song and dance ________ (25) two other means of ________ (26).

Question 22.
A) with
B) from
C) to
D) in
Answer:
A) with

Question 23.
A) consist
B) consists
C) consisted
D) have consisted
Answer:
A) consist

Question 24.
A) from
B) by
C) in
D) on
Answer:
B) by

Question 25.
A) is
B) am
C) was
D) are
Answer:
D) are

Question 26.
A) communicate
B) communicates
C) communication
D) have communicated
Answer:
C) communication

Passage No. 5:

Gopal once told his wife to ________ (22) a fine meal. She told him that good rice pudding could only be made ________ (23) a silver pot and she did not ________ (24) a large enough silver pot at home. Gopal ________ (25) a large silver pot from ________ (26) neighbour.

Question 22.
A) cook
B) cooks
C) cooked
D) have cooked
Answer:
A) cook

Question 23.
A) in
B) of
C) with
D) on
Answer:
A) in

Question 24.
A) have
B) has
C) had
D) have been
Answer:
A) have

Question 25.
A) borrow
B) borrows
C) borrowed
D) have borrowed
Answer:
C) borrowed

Question 26.
A) your
B) their
C) his
D) her
Answer:
B) their

Questions : 27 – 31, Marks : 10

Rewrite the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (27 – 31) at the beginning. Each of the five sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them in the answer booklet. 5 × 2 = 10

1. (27) It was November 1973 when a dedicated physical education teacher called Balakrishnan discovers Usha while conversing with a parent.

(28) His eyes, ever watchful kept drifting to a group of small girls playing blind man’s bluff just along the field. (29) was there a pair of foot that were moving extraordinarily fast ? (30) Was that tiny dark girl in his blue skirt and white blouse moving like an instinctive athlete ? (31) patient as ever Balakrishnan waited to the game to be over.
Answer:
27) It was November 1973 when a dedicated physical education teacher called Balakrishnan discovered Usha while conversing with a parent.
28) His eyes, ever watchful kept drifting to a group of small girls playing blind man’s bluff just across the field.
29) Was there a pair of feet that were moving extraordinarily fast ?
30) Was that tiny dark girl in her blue skirt and white blouse moving like an instinctive athlete ?
31) Patient as ever Balakrishnan waited for the game to be over.

2. (27) Academically, Usha was a extremely bright student. (28) She was always amongst the top three in her class and was popular to her teachers. (29) She passes her standard VII exams with a first class grade. (3fl) Just then, the government of Kerala announced a separate Sports Division for girls in Cannanore, a town with special facilities for sports in addition to regular studies. (31) Usha joined the Sports Division at Cannanore to improved her sport talent.
Answer:
27) Academically, Usha was an extremely bright student.
28) She was always amongst the top three in her class and was popular with her teachers.
29) She passed her standard VII exams with a first class grade.
30) Just then, the government of Kerala announced a separate Sports Division for girls at Cannanore, a town with special facilities for sports in addition to regular studies.
31) Usha joined the Sports Division at Cannanore to improve her sport talent.

3. (27) Usha have a regular training run on the beach of Payyoli. (28) She preferred to be trained alone, for the vastness of the beach gave him a sense of freedom. (29) She ran joyfully and free, and she derived her strength from the serenity and peace of her beloved Kerala surroundings. (30) Nambiar introduced his sand training in her programme to enhanced her performanced in the athletics, just after the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games. (31) Sand training had enhanced the perform of many great athlets, from Edwin Moses to top flight Indian athlets like Milkha Singh and Sriram Singh.
Answer:
27) Usha had a regular training run on the beach of Payyoli.
28) She preferred to be trained alone, for the vastness of the beach gave her a sense of freedom.
29) She ran joyfully and freely, and she derived her strength from the serenity and peace of her beloved Kerala surroundings.
30) Nambiar introduced his sand training in her programme to enhance her performanced in the athletics, just after the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games.
31) Sand training had enhanced the performance of many great athlets, from Edwin Moses to top flight Indian athlets like Milkha Singh and Sriram Singh.

4. (27) The score stood on fifty-three runs for four wickets. (28) Another sixty runs had to be make for victory, and only good batsman remained. (29) All the rest was bowlers who could not make many runs. (30) It was Ranji’s turning to bat. (31) He was a youngest member of the team, only eleven but strong and bold.
Answer:
27) The score stood at fifty-three runs for four wickets.
28) Another sixty runs had to be made for victory, and only good batsman remained.
29) All the rest were bowlers who could not make many runs.
30) It was Ranji’s turn to bat.
31) He was the youngest member of a team, only eleven but strong and bold.

5. (27) Avoiding a other players, Ranji walked slowly homewards. (28) He is very upset. (29) He had been trying so hard and practising as regularly, but when an important game came along, he failed to make a big score. (30) On his way home, he had to passed Mr. Kumar’s Sports Shop. (31) He liked to chat with the owner or look at all the things in the shelves.
Answer:
27) Avoiding the other players, Ranji walked slowly homewards.
28) He was very upset.
29) He had been trying so hard and practising so regularly, but when an important game came along, he failed to make a big score.
30) On his way home, he had to pass Mr. Kumar’s Sports Shop.
31) He liked to chat with the owner or look at all the things on the shelves.

Section – C : Conventions of Writing:

Question : 32, Marks : 5

Read the following sentences correcting the spelling errors and using necessary punctuation marks. 5 Marks

Question 1.
pt usha india this was the adress on a letter from the middle east.
Answer:
“P.T. Usha, India.” This was the address on a letter from the middle East.

Question 2.
calling the little girl he gently enqired of her whats your name child.
Answer:
Calling the little girl, he gently enquired of her, “What’s your name, child ?”

Question 3.
with three days to go Usha badly injurred her heel while practising for the long jump.
Answer:
With three days to go, Usha badly injured her heel, while practising for the long jump.

Question 4.
hows that ech’owed the fielders how growled the fast bowler glaring at the umpire.
Answer:
“How’s that!” echoed the fielders.
“How?” growled the fast bowler, glaring at the umpire.

Question 5.
out said the umpire and suraj the captan of the school team was walking slowly back to the tool Shed at the far end of the field.
Answer:
“Out!” said the umpire. And Suraj, the captain of the school team, was walking slowly back to the tool-shed at the far end of the field.

Section – D Creative Writing (20 Marks)

Question : 33, Marks : 12

Question 1.
Write a possible conversation between Mr. Kumar and Ranji after losing the match.
Answer:
Mr. Kumar: ‘Hello, Ranji ! why are you looking so sad?
Ranjl : I have lost the game today.
Mr. Kumar: Never mind, what would we do without losers?
Ranji : But I am very much disappointed.
Mr. Kumar: Any way, how many runs did you make?
Ranji : None. A big round egg. I haven’t made a good score in my last three matches.
Mr. Kumar: Don’t lose your heart, Ranji ! Everything would be well.
Ranji : I think I’ll be dropped from the team if I don’t do something in the next game.
Mr. Kumar: Well, we can’t have that happening. Something will have to be done about it.
Ranji : I’m just unlucky.
Mr. Kumar: May be. But in the case, it’s time your luck changed. Take this bat. This is the luckiest of all my old bats.
Ranji : Really! Is it a lucky bat?
Mr. Kumar: Yes, This is the bat I made a century with ! Take it. I’ll lend it to you for the rest of the cricket season.
Ranji : Is it really the bat you made a century with?
Mr. Kumar: Yes. It is you too won’t fail with It. It may get you a hundred runs too!
Ranji : Thank you very much.

Question 2.
Write a possible conversation between Ranji and Mr. Kumar after winning the match.
Answer:
Mr. Kumar : Hello, Ranji! You are looking so delighted.
Ranji : We won!
Mr. Kumar : How many runs did you make ?
Ranji : I made fifty-eight – my highest score so far.
Mr. Kumar : Can you tell me the details of the game
Ranji : Fast bowlers couldn’t do much. Spin bowlers did well.
Mr. Kumar : How did Suraj perform ?
Ranji : He made a few quick runs and then he too was oqt to one of the spinners. Mr. Kumar : Whose turn came after Suraj ?
Ranji : My turn came. I play all the strokes he knew. I made a half century with your lucky bat.
Mr. Kumar : What a magical show ! If I were there, I would enjoy.
Ranji : Yes, Your magical bat has given me a good luck. I am very glad. It really is a lucky bat! :
Mr. Kumar : I am very happy to listen all this. Your time starts now.
Ranji : Ok ! sir, Bye ! I have to share this happy news with my parents.
Mr. Kumar : Ok! Bye !

Question 3.
Write a paragraph on your favourite sport/game.
Answer:

My favourite Game

Cricket is my favourite game. It is an interesting game.

Cricket was born in England but grew well in the Indian sub-continent. It was once played in only Common Wealth countries. But it is now an international game.

One or more countries in each continent play cricket. Though it was born in England, England has not won the World Cup hitherto.

There are certain rules about this game. Two teams take part in it. Each team has 11 players, some of them are pure batsmen, some are pure boilers and some are all – rounders. The wicket-keeper is often a good batsman. Bowlers are of two types namely pace-bowlers and spin bowlers. The captain of the team who wins the toss decides whether to bat first or field first. The team which scores more runs wins the game.

Previously only 5-day test matches were played. Later, along with test-matches, one-day matches in which each team can play for a maximum of fifty overs. Nowadays 20¬20 matches are also played. One-day International matches have World-Cup matches which are played for every four years. India won the 1983 World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, and the 2011 World Cup under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

In India, I.P.L. matches are being played which attract the attention of the millions. Our Indian batsman, Sachil Tendulkar, has scored the most runs as well as the most centuries in cricket.

Question 4.
You are Abhilash, the Sports Secretary of your school. Write a letter to M/s Akash Sports, Daryagani, New Delhi asking them to replace the defective goods.
Answer:

M/s Akash Sports
Daryaganj
New Delhi 15 October, 20xx

Sub: Complaint against the goods received

Dear Sir

Please refer to your bill no. 194 dated October 1, 2016 against which the sports goods have been sent to us.
We regret to write that the material sent by you has not been approved. The items supplied by you do not meet the specifications given in the order. Apparently, all the items are substandard.

Anyway, you are requested to replace the material by standard items within 15 days.

Yours faithfully
Abhilash
(ABHILASH)
Sports Secretary

Question : 34, Marks : 8

Question 1.
Priyanka is the sports captain of Navodaya School. The Sports Day is to be held on March 21st which is just two weeks away. She has to inform house captains that they have to submit the names of the participants to her in a week’s time. A student cannot take part in more than three events excluding relay. Any delay or wrong information will lead to disqualification of the student.
Write a notice using not more than 50 words.
Answer:

NAVODAYA SCHOOL

3 March, 20xx

NOTICE
KIND ATTENTION : ALL HOUSE CAPTAINS

The Sports Day of the school falls on March 21st. Please submit the names of the participants of your houses to the undersigned within a week. A student cannot take part in more them three events excluding the relay. Any delay or wrong information will lead to disqualification.

Priyanka
Sports Captain

Question 2.
Read the following telephone conversation between Mrs Pandit and Shikha. Shikha is about to leave for school within five minutes and her mother is not at home for the moment. Write this message on behalf of Shikha.

Shikha : Hello, this is Shikha Gupta. Who is it please ?
Mrs Pandit : I am Mrs Pandit speaking from Arya Enclave. I want to speak to your mother urgently.
Shikha : She has just gone out. If there is some message, I shall give her.
Mrs Pandit : Ok, then. Please tell your mother about me. Mrs Kaushlaya and Mrs Sam pat were to come today to your house at 2.30 pm. But they shall not be coming. Ask your mama to reach Mrs Gupta’s house in Green Park at 3 pm; she knows the address. This is urgent.
Shikha : You needn’t worry, aunt. I shall leave this message on the messages slip before I go to school.
Mrs Pandit : Thank you, dear.
Shikha : You are most welcome.
Answer:

MESSAGE

3.3.20xx
Mama

There was a telephone from Mrs Pandit. Mrs Kaushlaya, Mrs Sam pat and Pandit aunty were to come to our house at 2.30 pm today. They are not coming. Mrs Pandit asked me to tell you to reach Mrs Gupta’s house in Green Park today at 3 pm positively.

– Shikha.

Question 3.
Read the following telephone conversation between Nitin Gupta and a caller from a hospital. The caller wants to talk to Brij Mohan but he is, at present not in the office. He will be back only at 4 pm and Nitin will leave office before that. Thinking yourself as Nitin and using the telephone conversation as the .subject, write a message for Brij Mohan in not more than 50 words.

Caller : May I speak to Brij Mohan ? I have to talk to him urgently.
Nitin : He is not here at present. He has gone out and will come at 4 pm.
Caller : In that case, will you kindly leave a message for him ? It is really urgent.
Nitin : Yes, of course. But I am also going out. However, you needn’t worry. I shall leave this message on his table. What’s it ?
Caller : All right. Kindly tell him that his mother has met with an accident and
she is, at present, in the civil hospital. She has broken her thumb which is in plaster. She, otherwise, is all right. Please tell Brij Mohan to reach the civil hospital along with his wife.
Nitin : Oh! I am sorry to hear it. Please don’t worry. 1 shall leave the message for him.
Caller : Thank you very much.

Answer:

MESSAGE

3.3.20xx
Brij Mohan

There was a telephone call for you in your absence. I am sorry to inform you that your mother is in Civil Hospital with a broken thumb in plaster. Don’t worry. She is feeling all right. Reach the hospital with your wife.

-Nitin