KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA

SANGATHAN
LUCKNOW REGION
SESSION ENDING EXAMINATION (SAMPLE PAPER)
CLASS-V
SET -1
2020-2021

SUBJECT-ENGLISH M.M.:40

DURATION: 1 hr (1/2 HR MCQ+1/2 HR DESCRIPTIVE)

MCQ (10 Marks) (1 mark for each question)

READING COMPREHENSION: Read the following passage and answer the

questions after the passage.

There are wild dogs and pet dogs. Pet dogs are helpers and friends to people. There
were no pet dogs 15,000 years ago. Men and women learned how to work with
dogs. Dogs helped humans travel from Asia to North America 10,000 years ago
by pulling sleds in the snow. People say dogs are “man’s best friend.” They help with
farming. They help with hunting. They help with fishing. They can pull things for
people. They can help find things. There are many colours of dogs. There are white
dogs, grey dogs, black dogs, and brown dogs. A dog’s fur can be short or long.
Dogs have curly hair or straight fur. There are very small dogs. They are only 6-8
inches tall. There are very big dogs. They are about 3 feet tall. Some dogs can see
well. Some dogs do not see very well. All dogs can hear well. They can hear sounds
that people cannot hear. They can hear high sounds and low sounds. They can hear
sound very far away. All dogs can smell very well. They can smell 40 times better
than humans! Dogs live 5 to 13 years, but some dogs live much longer. One dog
lived to be 24 years old!

Answer the following questions:-

1) Dogs helped people to go to America by…

A. pulling sleds in the snow.
B. helping with farming.
C. helping find things.
D. None of the above

2) How tall are the smallest dogs?

A. 3 inches
B. 5 inches
C. 6 inches
D. 13 inches.
3) Find the opposite of push.
A. Pull
B. Snatch
C. Slide
D. Take

4) What can all dogs do well?

A. see
B. hear
C. smell
D. Both B and C are correct

5) Choose the correct word to fill the blank…. Good _______ Best.
A. Gooder
B. Better
C. more good
D. None of the above

GRAMMAR
6) Choose the correct prefix to make opposite of believe-
a) Un-
b) Im-
c) In-
d) Dis-
7) What is the rhyming word of NIGHT?
a) Create
b) Bright
c) Feet
d) Street

8) Choose the correct word-

The soldier was as _________ as a lion.
a) Brave
b) Light
c) High
d) Gentle
SPELLING

9) Add -ed to the word Reply and take the correct one-
a) Replyed
b) Replid
c) Replied
d) Repleed

10) Tick the correct spelling-

a) Barren
b) Baren
c) Berren
d) Barrn
DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONS (15 Marks) (1 Mark for each question)

Write answers in one or two sentences

1. What time of the day children go to school in topsy-turvy land?

Ans) ___________________________________________________

2. Why did the barber take so long to shave the sultan?

Ans) ___________________________________________________

3. Name the modes of transport people used to move around in the city?
Ans) ___________________________________________________

4. Mention the qualities of Sanatombi?

Ans) ___________________________________________________

5. Why did the men rush back to the ship?

Ans) ___________________________________________________

6. Why did nobody want to sit next to Hari?

Ans) ___________________________________________________

7. Unjumble the sentence- ‘go school to do everyday you?’?

Ans) ___________________________________________________

8. Write the describing word in the sentence- Malu was a clever girl.
Ans) ___________________________________________________

9. Make a sentence of the word ‘loudly.’

Ans) ___________________________________________________

10. Who is the writer of Gulliver’s travel?

Ans) ___________________________________________________

11. Write the correct full form of-

a) Won’t- ______________

12. Was Malu scared to swim? Did she learn it easily?

Ans) ___________________________________________________

13. Who is a Leima?

Ans) ___________________________________________________

14. What are the things the girl does not want to share?
Ans) ___________________________________________________

15. Use the correct option-

The bridge fell with the crash________ the river. (over/into)
ORAL QUESTIONS (15 Marks)

1. Picture Description- (5 Marks)

Describe the given picture in your own words in 75-100 words.

2. Speaking Activity (5 Marks)

Poem recitation: Any one- Topsy Turvy land/ Nobody’s friend/ Malu Bhalu/ Sing a Song of
People
OR
Extempore- Speak on the topic-‘Life in my village’/‘ If I could only eat three foods forever’
(75-100 words)
OR
Character sketch of Gulliver (75-100 words)

3. Listening activity (5 Marks)

Answer the questions after listening to the story: https://youtu.be/k9fq3C4TFOA

# The teacher will ask questions based on the video shown.

OR

Record audio of a story in your own voice and ask questions on the basis of the story.
 Answer Key with Marking Scheme

MCQ Marks
Reading Comprehension
1. A) Pulling sleds in the snow. 1
2. C) 6 inches 1
3. C) pull 1
4. D) Both B and C are correct 1
5. D) Better 1
Grammar
6. D) dis- 1
7. B) bright 1
8. A) brave 1
Spelling
9. C) Replied 1
10. A) Barren 1
DESCRIPTIVE
11. Children go to school in topsy-turvy land at night. 1
12. The barber took so long to shave the Sultan because 1
he continued talking and wasting time.
13. People used buses and boats to move around in the 1
city.
14. Sanatombi was lovely, soft and beautiful. 1
15. The men rushed back to the ship because they were 1
chased by a giant.
16. Nobody wanted to sit next to Hari because he always 1
pinched others.
17. Do you go to school everyday? 1
18. Clever 1
19. Read the lesson loudly. 1
20. Jonathan Swift is the writer of Gulliver’s travel. 1
21. Will not 1
22. Yes, Malu was scared to swim. She learnt it easily 1
leaving her fear.
23. Leima is the one who doesn’t hurt anybody in the 1
kingdom.
24. The girl does not want to share sweets, book and doll. 1
25. Into 1
Grand total 25