R.N.S.B.S.
Second Terminal Examination 2074
Class: 7 Sub:- Headway English F.M.: 50
Time : 2 hrs. P.M.: 16
All the questions are compulsory.
1. Read the following passage and do the activities that are given below. 12
At nine they stopped work and sang as usual before they went to bed. One bat Beth could get much music out of the old piano, but she had a soft way of touching the yellow keys and making a pleasant accompaniment to the songs they sang. They had a voice like a flute and she and her mother led the little choir. A crotchet or quaver coming out at the wrong place would spoil the most pensive tune. They had a voice like a flute and she and her mother led the little choir. A crotchet or quaver coming out at the wrong place would spoil the most pensive tune. They had always done this since they could lisp: Crinkle, Crinkle little ‘tar’ and it had become a household custom, for the mother was a born singer. The first sound in the mornings was her voice and she went about the house singing like a lark. The last sound at night was the same cheery sound. The girls never grew too old for that familiar lullaby.
- Louis M. Alcott
A. Answer the following questions.
i. Who stopped work and sang before going to bed every night?
ii. Which girl loved playing piano more than the others?
iii. What was their voice like?
iv. What was the first sound in the morning?
v. What are crotchets and quavers?
B. Match the following.
i. Cheery a. a musical instrument played by blowing
ii. familiar b. a note (note)
iii. flute c. happy
iv. crotchet d. known earlier
2. Write antonyms for the following. 2
a. honest b. mean c. sturdy d. silence
3. Write synonyms for the following. 2
a. fallow b. strode c. exile d. lured
4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. 2
a. The girl had gone to the ……………to ………………..
b. She got late listening to the ……………….
c. It was growing dark and her way back home was …………
d. She was afraid that she may ………………..
5. Complete the sentences use-ing. 5
Example: Can’t imagine going alone. (imagine/go)
a. Will you ……………! (stop/talk)
b. When will you ……….your work. (finish/do)
c. I will ……………Tom. (avoid/meet)
d. You shouldn’t …………the letter. (delay/write)
e. You will have to ………….every day. (practice/play)
6. Complete the sentences. Put the verb in the correct form. 5
a. The window was opened and a sparrow ………..into the room. (fly)
b. I was in a hurry, so I …………..time to see you. (have)
c. The bed was very hard. I ………….very well. (sleep)
d. It was a funny joke but nobody ………..(laugh)
e. Sishir went to Lata’s room but she ……..there. (be)
7. Make sentences by using the following hints in present perfect tense. 4
a. Rakesh/sent/regards
b. i/give up/aerobics
c. Sita/finish/exams/next week
d. My brother/got/new job
8. Answer the following questions. 14
a. What were the three things Lord Higa demanded?
b. Why had the young man left the village?
c. What made the woman attack the enemy?
d. Where was the stranger going and for what reason?
e. What was the magistrate’s final judgment?
f. Where had the girl gone and why was she late?
g. Who else was afraid that she was late?
9. Suppose you are stranger, write a letter to your wife a week after joining work at the iron-ore mines by describing what happened on the way. 2
10. Write an essay on “Importance of forest”. 2
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