SECTION - A (READING)

1. Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

All baby birds come from eggs. After laying the eggs, the mother bird sits on them to keep them warm. A baby bird gets all the food it needs from the white and yellow parts of the egg. After eating the food inside the egg, the baby bird fills the whole egg. Now it is big enough to come out. It breaks the shell and pushes its way out into this beautiful world. The mother bird feeds its babies with little worms. The baby birds stay in the nest till they are ready to flap their wings and fly.

Fill in the blanks:

1.1 All birds come from _______.

Eggs

1.2 The mother bird sits on the eggs to keep them ______.

Warm

1.3 The baby bird get its _______ from the white and yellow parts of the egg.

Food

1.4 The baby bird breaks the ______ and pushes its way out into this beautiful  world.

Shell

1.5 The birds leave the nest when they are _______ to flap their wings and fly.

Ready

Multiple choice questions:

1.6 The baby bird comes out of the egg when it is _______ enough.

a. Small  

b. Big  

c. Medium    

d. None of these

Big

1.7 The mother bird feeds its babies with ______.

a. Insects   

b. Frogs   

c. Worms  

d. None of these

Worms

Find the opposite words from the given passage.

1.8 Warm _______.

Cold

1.9 Inside  _______.

Outside

Find the word from the given passage which means.

1.10 Yolk _______.

Yellow part

                              SECTION - B (GRAMMAR)

2. Underline the proper noun and italicise the common noun.

2.1 Rahul dances very well.

2.2 You must clean your table.

2.3 My school bus is waiting.

3. Fill in the blanks with a suitable pronoun given in the bracket.

3.1 Rita has a set of magic pens. ________ makes greeting cards with them. (he, she, I)

Rita has a set of magic pens. She makes greeting cards with them.

3.2 Monu and Sonu are very brave. ________ crossed the river using a rope bridge. (he, it, they)

Monu and Sonu are very brave. They crossed the river using a rope bridge.

3.3 My mother brought a red dress. ________ fits me well. (she, it, he)

My mother brought a red dress.It  fits me well.

4. Choose the correct form of the verb given in the brackets.

4.1 The sun (shine, shines) bright in the sky.

The sun shines bright in the sky.

4.2 I (write/wrote) good essays yesterday.

I wrote good essays yesterday.

4.3 Neena (talks/talked) on the phone all the time.

Neena talks on the phone all the time.

4.4 Ruhi (water/waters) the plants every morning.

Ruhi waters the plants every morning.

5. Circle the adjectives in the following sentences.

5.1 The cartoon was funny.

5.2 The lady has curly hair.

5.3 The students are very intelligent.

6. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition from the help box.

6.1 The tall man is standing ________ the umbrella.

The tall man is standing under the umbrella.

6.2 The clever monkey sat ________ the bench.

The clever monkey sat on the bench.

6.3 I jumped ________ the big pool with great courage.

I jumped into the big pool with great courage.

7. Punctuate the following sentences by putting a comma/full stop/question mark/capital letter wherever necessary.

7.1 Mr. gupta lost his keys

Mr. Gupta lost his keys.

7.2 Ananya bought candies biscuits and a few packets of chips

Ananya bought candies, biscuits and a few packets of chips.

7.3 What is the cost of this pen

What is the cost of this pen?

7.4 kashmir is a beautiful valley

Kashmir is a beautiful valley.

                                SECTION - C (VOCABULARY)

8. Fill in the missing letters:

8.1 BA ___ A ___ A

BANANA

8.2 F ___IEN ___

FRIEND

9. Rewrite the jumbled letters to form meaningful words:

9.1 LEVGEETAB _________.

VEGETABLE

9.2 IUTFR _________.

FRUIT

10. Fill in the blanks with the opposite of the word in italics from the given options:

10.1 Mother asked the boys to clean the ________ room. (tidy/dirty/empty)

Mother asked the boys to clean the  dirty room.

10.2 Some vegetables have to be cooked while others can be eaten ________. (fresh/stale/uncooked)

Some vegetables have to be cooked while others can be eaten uncooked.

11. Pick the right gender:

11.1 Aunt ________ (brother/uncle/actor)

Uncle

11.2 Cow ________ (buffalo/goat/ox)

Ox

12. Change the number:

12.1 Box _______

Boxes

12.2 Knife _______

Knives

                               SECTION - D (EDITING)

 13. The following words are misspelt. Rewrite with the correct spellings.

13.1 Color ______

Colour

13.2 Umbrela ______

Umbrella

13.3 Birday ______

Birthday

13.4 Teecher ______

Teacher

13.5 Footboll ______

Football

14. State true or false:

14.1 Today are my birthday. _____

False-Today is my birthday.

14.2 Riya and Sana dances every evening. ______

False-Riya and Sana dance every evening.

14.3 Arun is having an ice cream. ______

True

14.4 My friend spilled waters everywhere. ______

False-My friend spilled water everywhere.

14.5 I had chocolate milk in the morning. ______

True