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INTERNATIONAL INDIAN SCHOOL, DAMMAM.

ANNUAL EXAM WORKSHEET 2020-21

CLASS VI ENGLISH

MR L-2 How the Dog Found Himself a New Master!

1. “I am looking for someone to take up service with.

Would you like to be my master?”

Who said these words

a. wolf

b. dog

c. bear

2.In the past, before friendship with the human dogs lived like_________ .

a. cows

b. lions

c. wolves

3. “Let’s go and find a herd of cows. I’ll kill a cow and then we can both eat our fill.”

_______ said these words.

a. bear

b. wolf

c. dog

4. Choose the correct order of the animals the dog chose as his master.

a. lion – wolf- bear

b. wolf –bear- lion

c. bear – lion- wolf

5. Rohan suddenly fell ill.

The opposite of the underlined word is

a. quickly

b. gradually

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c. slowly

6.The ________________ lifted his nose, sniffed, darted quickly off the path and into the bushes

and crept deeper into the forest.

a. bear

b. wolf

c. Elephant

7. The high ______________ of the microscope requires

careful handling. (sensitive)

Choose the correct noun form.

a. sensitivity

b. sensitiveness

c. sentivety

8.He walked and he walked and met a _____________ of his, a big wolf.

a. Youngman

b. Kinsman

c. badman

9. Peter went late to bed on Sunday, so on Monday

he felt ___________. (sleep)

Choose the correct noun form.

a. sleepty

b. sleepy

c. sleepness

10. We spoke about the ____________ in some countries. (poor)

Choose the correct noun form.

a. poverty

b. poornes

c. poverity

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11. We saw a ______________ of deer, walking past to the street.

a. flock

b. herd

c. pack

12.Who was the last master of the dog?

a. Elephant

b. Horse

c. Humans

13. A ___________ of birds is always a beautiful sight.

a. school

b. army

c. flock

14.Why did the dog think to serve himself to the strongest creature?

a. He was afraid of other animals

b. He was tired of looking for food every day

c. both

15.Rome has a lot of ancient building.

The opposite of the underlined word is_______.

a. new

b. old

c. modern

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MR L5 – A Different Kind of School

A. Read the questions carefully and choose the correct answer.

1. The school was different because

(a) children scored good marks

(b) children were better behaved

(c) children were taught to be thoughtful and kind

2. The aim of the school was

(a) to teach the three Rs

(b) to make the children responsible citizens

(c) to take them for excursions

3. Miss Beam was

(a) authoritative ,stern and egoistic

(b)young, kind and beautiful

(c) kind and understanding and full of authority

4. The writer was unhappy as

(a) he saw all unhealthy children

(b) he saw them laughing at all times

(c) few children were not healthy and active

5. The normal children are bandaged overnight

(a )to wake up as blind

(b) to make them used it to

(c) sleep properly

6. What was the most important aspect of Miss Beam’s school?

(a) To appreciate and understand misfortune

(b) Personal hygiene

(c) Inculcate critical thinking

7. What was the “game” that every child in the school had to play?

(a) Role of a kind teacher

(b) Role of Shakespeare

(c) Role of being blind , deaf , mute and injured

8. Who according to the blindfolded girl are the best helpers?

(a) Students who have been blindfolded before

(b) Big and tall girls

(c) Teachers on duty

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9. Mention who were Millie, Peter and Anita in the lesson?

(a) Millie- a girl on crutches

Anita – head girl

Peter – janitor

(b) Millie – dumb girl

Anita – blind girl

Peter – watchman

(c) Millie – head girl

Anita – a girl on crutches

Peter - the gardener

10. “Oh, no!” she said. “She’s not really lame. This is only her lame day. The others are not

blind either.”

Who said the above lines to whom?

(a) Miss Beam said these words to the writer

(b) The visitor said these lines to the girl

(c) The little girl said these lines to the gardener

B. Fill in the blanks with suitable words .

11. You’ve taken a great deal off my shoulders, and I ________ it.

(a) disregard

(b) appreciate

(c) condemn

12. It was ________ of you to forget your sister’s birthday

(a) graceful

(b) decent

(c) thoughtless

13. She woke up in the middle of ___________ nightmare.

(a) ghastly

(b) pleasant

(c) sweet

14. He expressed ________ that the crisis was finally over.

(a) authority

(b) misfortune

(c) relief

15. Seeing other families together made him terribly _________.

(a) cheerful

(b) homesick

(c) practical

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MR L-8 A GAME OF CHANCE

Choose the correct answer:

1. --------------------from far and wide came there with all kinds of goods to sell.

a) People b) Tradesmen c) Businessmen

2. Uncle warned me neither to buy anything nor -------------- while he was away.

a) to play around b) to talk to anyone c) to go too far.

3. The shop keeper wanted everybody ------------.

a) to win a prize b) to try their luck c) to play the game.

4. What did the old man get when he tried his luck?

a) fountain pen b) wrist watch c) a beautiful clock

5. What did the narrator win after two pencils at the Lucky Shop?

a) comb b) ink pen c) ink bottle

6. Some were laughing at my bad luck, but none showed any ___________.

a) sympathy b) empathy c) love

7. The narrator tried his luck again and again. But every time he got a _______.

a) morsel b) trifle c) rifle

8. “it was just my bad luck” Identify the speaker?

a) narrator b) Uncle c) old man

9. “They wanted your money and they got it” who said to whom?

a) Uncle to Rasheed b) Uncle to Bhaiya c) Bhaiya to Rasheed

10. The shop keeper at the Lucky shop was an old man. State True/ False

a) True b) False

11. The narrator’s Uncle bought him a beautiful wrist watch at the fair. State True/ False

a) True b) False

12. We enjoyed the brilliant play. The underlined word is a

a) verb b) noun c) adjective.

13. Don’t water the plants late at night. The underlined word is a

a) verb b) noun c) adjective

14. We have 8 lessons to learn for English exam. Rewrite using there

a) There is 8 lessons to learn in English exam.

b) There in English exam 8 lessons to learn.

c) There are 8 lessons to learn in English exam.

15. The witch enchanted the princess with magic words. Choose the homophone of the

underlined word.

a) Wich b ) which c) whim

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MR L 8 – VOCATION (POEM)

I. Choose the correct answers for the following questions.

1. The child wishes to ____________.

a. take breakfast at noon

b. be a watchman

c. washes his dress

2. When does the gong sound?

a. 10 am

b. 11 am

c. 8 am

3. The street lamp stands like a ______________.

a. god

b. giant

c. devil

4. When does the children come back from the school?

a. At 4 in the afternoon

b. At 2 in the afternoon

c. At 3 in the afternoon

5. The child loves the gardener’s ____________________.

a. selling

b. dress

c. freedom

6. The hawker leads a _________________.

a. carefree life

b. miserable life

c. peaceful life

7. The watchman never goes to _________________ in his life at night.

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a. bed

b. walk

c. work

8. The poet of the poem “Vocation is __________________.

a. Peter Dixon

b. Rabindranath Tagore

c. Premchand

9. The speaker of this poem is a ________________.

a. school boy

b. gardener

c. watchman

MR L- 10 THE BANYAN TREE

1. The banyan tree served as _______________.

(a) a resting place

(b) a reading room

(c) a thing of beauty

(d) a shady haunt

2. Who was the first friend of the speaker?

(a) A small squirrel

(b) A snail

(c) Butterfly

(d) Bird

3. The battle of champions took place_______________.

(a) on the stage

(b) beneath the banyan tree

(c) on the tree

(d) in the wrestling ring

4. The banyan tree was older than___________.

(a) The house

(b) The Grandfather

(c) Dehra Dun

(d) All these above

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5. The tree was the noisiest place in the fig season because_____________.

(a) the boy sang loudly

(b) the myna and the crow hawked

(c) the birds flocked in its branches

(d) the bees murmured loudly

6. The place where the fight was carried out was_______________.

(a) on the stage

(b) beneath the banyan tree

(c) on the tree

(d) in the wrestling ring

7. The author of the lesson “The Banyan Tree” is _______________.

(a) Rabindranath Tagore

(b) Ruskin Bond

(c) E.V. Lucas

(d) Caro Moore

8. “In a clearing beneath the banyan tree. In bright sunshine, they came face to face.”

‘They’ In the passage stands for:

(a) persons

(b) the speaker and a boy

(c) a cobra and a mongoose

(d) some animals

9. The cobra knew that mongoose was _________________.

(a) poisonous

(b) weak

(c) strong

(d) a fighter

10. Though the combatants were unaware of my presence In the tree, they were soon made

aware of the arrival of two other spectators.

(i) The spectators were

(a) the narrator and a boy

(b) the mongoose and the cobra

(c) a myna and a crow

(d) the crow and the cobra

(ii) The combatants were unaware of the presence of _____________.

(a) the crow

(b) the myna

(c) the narrator

(d) a squirrel

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11. Fill in the blanks in the sentences using the ‘movement words’ given below:

1. Thomas noticed the small flying things ________ here and there

2. Sam was ___________ in his bag for his pouch.

3. I never ___________ in the sea.

4. Suddenly a rabbit ___________ out of its cave.

5. Thomas noticed the small flying things _________ here and there

6. An eagle was ___________ high overhead.

12. Replace the italicized words in the following sentences with ‘would’ or ‘could’:

1. I was able to speak 2 languages.

________________________________________________________.

2. Since the exam was difficult, only a few students were able to pass it.

________________________________________________________.

3. He used to play football for the local team, but he’s too old now.

________________________________________________________.

4. We were able to reach to the top of the hill before it got dark yesterday.

________________________________________________________.

5. We used to go to the seaside every summer when I was a kid.

__________________________________________________________.

13. Rewrite the following sentences using ’as….as’ or ‘-er than’:

1. Peter is 160 cm. Fred is 170 cm. Raj is 160 cm.

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

2. Sam is 50 kg. Faiz is 50 kg. Manu is 70 kg.

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

3. The weather in Dammam is 20 degree. The weather in Jeddah is 30 degree. The weather

in Riyadh is 20 degree.

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

Dived gliding sprang darting whipped….back delving

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SR L-5 Tansen

1.Tansen’s father was _______________.

a. Mohandas Misra

b. Mukandan Misra

c. Manikchand Misra

2. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Tigers are not always dangerous.”

These words were said by _________

a. Tansen

b. Disciples

c. Swami Haridas

3.Tansen stayed with Swami Haridas to learn music for ______ years.

a. Five

b. Eleven

c. Ten

4.Tansen was often taken to the court of _______________.

a. Rani Mrignaini

b. Rani Meghana

c. Rani Mrinalini

5.Tansen’s father lived in _____________ near Gwalior.

a. Behaj

b. Behat

c. Bustan

6.One of the courtiers, ___________ was Tansen’s enemy.

a. Shaukat Mian

b. Shaheen Mian

C. Shehroz Mian

7.Tansen went to Akbar’s court in the year _________ and soon became a great favourite.

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a.1530

b.1556

c.1520

8.Swami Haridas told Tansen’s father ___________.

a. to punish him

b. that he could make him a good singer

c. that his son was only naughty

9. Tansen learnt _____________.

a. the voice of birds

b. to imitate the voice of birds and animals

c. to imitate perfectly the dance

10. Mohammed Ghaus was a ________.

a. musician

b. holy man

c. devotee

11. Tansen married ________.

a. Rani Mrignaini

b. court lady Hussaini

c. court lady Kumari

12. Raga Deepak ,if sung perfectly _______.

a. burns the singer

b. burns the forest

c. makes the air hot

13. Raga Megh was sung by___________.

a. Tansen and Rupvati

b. Sarasvati and Rupvati

c. Hussaini and Rupavati

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14. Akbar asked Tansen to sing____________.

a. Raga Deepak

b. Raga Nanda

c. Raga Megh

15. Tansen’s tomb is ____________.

a. a tomb of musicians

b. a decorated tomb

c. a place of pilgrimage for musicians

SR L 7 – THE WONDER CALLED SLEEP

A. Choose the correct answers for the following questions.

1. A lullaby is sung

(a) for the little ones to wake up

(b) for the little ones to go to sleep

(c) when the little ones are crying

2. What happens when we wake up from sleep?

(a) Our temperature and blood pressure get normal.

(b) We become unhappy

(c) We get breathing difficulty

3. What happens to our ever-active brain while we sleep?

(a) Works fast

(b) Doesn’t work

(c) Slows down

4. The activity of mind, when we sleep, is called _______.

(a) sleeping mind

(b) dream

(c) active mind

5. What are the advantages of good sleep?

(a) We become active and alert

(b) We get hungry and dull

(c) Our heartbeat increases

6. What is sleep described as?

(a) A state of rest –an unconscious rest

(b) Activity of mind

(c) A phase of darkness

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7. What does a dream reveal, according to some doctors?

(a) They take us into darkness

(b) Make us feel stressed

(c) They provide a key to the solutions

8. A dream

(a) is the activity of the heart

(b) is the activity of the mind

(c) is the activity of the soul

9. Sleep is called a wonder as

(a) it is a common experience

(b) It cannot overpower our conscious state

(c) it recovers our body and mind from fatigue

10. In the poem ‘Lights Out’ what does the poet compare sleep to?

(a) A giant lamp on the bridge

(b) Dark and lonely street

(c) Deep, dark and dense forest

11. ________ is the most common experience in the lesson.

(a) A dream

(b) Sleep

(c) Nightmare

12. What is the synonym of ‘wonder’?

(a) Admiration

(b) Surprise

(c) Boredom