QUESTION

PAPER
20 January 2014

DA ENGLISH - WITH READING

COMPREHENSION

CLASS SECTION EXAM CODE

6 A 4425011
6 B 1407061
6 C 3881671
6 D 6429191
6 E 3397501
6 F 8202951

SCHOOL
Witty International School

1. There are 25 questions in the paper. All are compulsory.

2. Tick or circle the option which is your answer.
3. Show your working on a separate sheet of paper wherever
you need to.
4. Please check your answers carefully before submitting the
test. Once submitted, the answers CANNOT be changed.

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Q: 1 Choose the option that has the same meaning as " scarce " in the sentence given
below.

Olives are very scarce in India, but grow in abundance in the Mediterranean region.
1 usual 2 ordinary 3 common 4 rare

Q: 2 Choose the option that represents the given sentence without any change in meaning.

Rita said, "It is very warm today and so I don't want to go out."
1 Rita said that it is very warm that day and so she didn't wanted to go out.
2 Rita said that it was very warm today and so she don't want to go out.
3 Rita said it is very warm today and so I don't want to go out.
4 Rita said that it was very warm that day and so she didn't want to go out.

Q: 3 "Have you ever travelled by ship?" they asked us.

Which option is the correct way of putting this in reported speech?

1 They asked us, have we ever travelled by ship.
2 They asked us if you had ever travelled by ship.
3 They asked us if we had ever travelled by ship.
4 They asked to us if we had ever travelled by ship.

Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.

Our Little Black Dog

Our little black dog barks at each tiny thing -

A fly on a fence or a bird on the wing,
A leaf on the tree or a kite in the sky,
A crumpled up newspaper scurrying by,
She grumbles at gravel and pebbles and stones.
She bellows at branches and dirty old bones.
She trumpets at insects, a beetle or bee,
But bark at a stranger? No, not she!
We wanted a watchdog, and that's what we got
Except that she watches the things she should not!
Good leather shoes that are easy to chew,
Soft comfy cushions, so fluffy and new,
She watches for letters and papers and books;
She watches for food scraps each time mother cooks;
She watches for offers to sit on a knee,
But watch for a stranger? No, not she.

by Daphne Doward

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Source: 'Our Little Black Dog' , Millennium Readers Book 4

Q: 4 The poet uses the word " fluffy " to describe the ________________.

1 branches 2 insects 3 cushions 4 papers

Q: 5 The speaker in the poem expects the dog to bark at ________________.

1 the old gardener 2 unknown visitors 3 speaker's friends 4 the neighbour's cat

Q: 6 Which of the following words best describes the little black dog?

1 lazy 2 scary 3 playful 4 hungry

Q: 7 In the second half of the poem, the poet talks mainly about the _____________.

1 colour of the dog's fur 2 food that the dog likes to eat
3 things the dog actually watched 4 rubbish that lies around in the house

Q: 8 The family in the poem wants the dog to ____________.

1 play around in the garden 2 sleep on the new furniture

3 bark at birds on tree branches 4 guard and keep the house safe

Q: 9 What is the meaning of the word " watches " as used in the poem?

1 gets bored 2 is helpful 3 knows the time 4 is interested in

End of Passage Related Questions

Q: 10 "I have done my duty," said the worker.

Choose the option in which the above sentence is in the reported speech.
1 He had done his duty the worker said.
2 The worker said that I have done my duty.
3 The worker said that he had done his duty.
4 I have done my duty was said by the worker.

Q: 11 In which option do both the words mean the same as the underlined word in the given
sentence?

They had walked all day and by evening they were too exhausted to go any further.
1 sleepy, hungry 2 weary, annoyed 3 fatigued, tired 4 angry, irritated

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Q: 12 Choose the option that represents the given sentence without any change in meaning.

The librarian said to us, "Maintain silence in the library."

1 The librarian said to us maintain silence in the library.
2 The librarian told us to maintained silence in the library.
3 The librarian told us to maintain silence in the library.
4 The librarian said to us to maintained silence in the library.

Q: 13 Choose the correct option to complete the sentence meaningfully.

If you ______ that hard, you'll probably get badly injured and _____ a bone.
1 break... bake 2 bake... break 3 brake... break 4 break... brake

Read the given information on Chandigarh and answer the questions that follow.

Chandigarh

Chandigarh, the city designed by the French architect Le Corbusier, is at the foot of
the Shiwalik Hills. It is a planned city, divided into 47 sectors, separated by avenues.
The bus terminals, shopping complex and many of the restaurants are in sector 17. As
the railway station is 8 km from Chandigarh, buses are much more convenient than
trains.

This Union Territory has some fascinating places to visit.

Rock Garden: This strange and whimsical fantasy has grown over the years and is now
very extensive. It gets most of its visitors from April 1 to September 30. It has
sculptures made of broken bottles, cups and saucers. The materials were transformed
into beautiful works of art. The garden has its own artificial waterfall.

Sukhna Lake: Sukhna Lake is an artificial lake where you can rent boats and go rowing
or just stroll around its 2 km perimeter . You will always find one or the other state's
food festival in the premises, besides a fast food centre and even a restaurant and bar.

Museum and Art Gallery: The art gallery in sector 10 is open everyday except on
Mondays and contains a modest collection of Indian stone sculptures dating back to
the Gandhara period, together with some miniature paintings and modern art. The
adjacent museum has fossils and implements of pre-historic humans found in India.

Rose Garden: The Rose Garden is in sector 16 and is claimed to be the biggest in Asia
and contains more than a thousand variety of roses. This place is worth visiting in the
season when roses are in full bloom. You can even see black roses here!

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Source: "Chandigarh" - Manpreet - Discover India Places - www.4to40.com

Q: 14 The information presented here would be of most interest to _______________.

1 tourists 2 students 3 scientists 4 old people

Q: 15 The information describes Chandigarh as _______________.

1 an old city 2 a green city 3 a capital city 4 a planned city

Q: 16 Sukhwinder lives in Sector 24. His cousin who is visiting him, has a train to catch in 4
hours time.

Which of these places close to Sukhwinder's house can he see on the way to the
railway station?
1 Rock Garden 2 Rose Garden 3 Sukhna Lake 4 The Art Gallery

Q: 17 The Rock Garden __________ the most fascinating creations made out of a variety of
waste material.
1 grants 2 displays 3 awards 4 submits

Q: 18 The word closest in meaning to " perimeter " is ____________.

1 boundary 2 surface 3 corner 4 centre

Q: 19 What does " extensive " mean in the passage?

1 extremely old 2 very magical

3 having a thick growth 4 having a great range

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Q: 20 "It has sculptures made of broken bottles, cups and saucers ."

A single word that best describes these underlined words is ____________.

1 cutlery 2 glasses 3 crockery 4 articles

Q: 21 Buses are preferred to trains for travelling around Chandigarh because

________________________.
1 the train seats are less comfortable 2 the train station is outside the city
3 the buses are designed in France 4 the bus tickets are less expensive

End of Passage Related Questions

Q: 22 Choose the option that completes the given sentence correctly.

"This is not ____," they said, "we cannot afford to pay for the plane ____."
1 fear, fair 2 fare, fair 3 fear, fare 4 fair, fare

Q: 23 Which word would make sense in the sentence given below?

The magician did some tricks and made me _____________.

1 unvisible 2 invisible 3 revisible 4 imvisible

Q: 24 Choose the option that represents the given sentence without any change in meaning.

Tina said, "I am interested in working and doing what I can for the underprivileged
children."
1 Tina told that she is interested in working and doing what she could for the underprivileged
children.
2 Tina told that she was interested in working and doing what she can for the underprivileged
children.
3 Tina said that she is interested in working and doing what she can for the underprivileged
children.
4 Tina said that she was interested in working and doing what she could for the underprivileged
children.

Q: 25 Which word can be changed to its OPPOSITE by adding ' mis- ' before the word?

1 take 2 place 3 answer 4 change