RYAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL GSEB

Semester 1 Examination
Academic Year 2024-25
Standard: VI-A Max Marks: 60
Subject: - English-Grammar Duration: 2 hr 30 min
General Instructions:
- All the questions are compulsory.

Section- A
Q1. Read the following poem and answer the questions given below. [5 Marks]
Hide and Seek
The trees are tall, but the moon small,
My legs feel rather weak,
Aris, Mavis, and Tom Clarke Are hiding somewhere in the dark
And it's my turn to seek.
Suppose they lay a trap and play
A trick to frighten me? Suppose they plan to disappear
And leave me here, half-dead with fear
Groping from tree to tree?
Alone, alone all on my own And then perhaps to find
Not Aris, Mavis and young Tom But monsters to run shrieking from
Mad monsters of no kind?
Questions:
1. Why are the legs of the poet feeling weak?
2. In the game of hide and seek, whose turn was it to seek?
3. Why did the poet feel that the children may have suddenly disappeared?
4. Give the opposites of the words ‘alive’ and ‘courage’ from the poem.
5. Write the rhyming words in the poem.
Section- B
Q2. The following groups of words have no subjects, give each one a subject and complete the sentences. [4 Marks]
1. ______ has three windows.
2. ______ caught a mouse.
3. ______ is ringing.
4. Once upon a time there lived a ______.
Q3. Underline the nouns in the following sentences and write the type of nouns. [4 Marks]
1. Agra has many fine buildings.
2. The girl has a sweet voice.
3. There was a large crowd in the street.
4. The people who live in Holland are called Dutch.
Q4. Write the plural of each of the following. [4 Marks]
1. Baby 2. Branch 3. Goose 4. fox
Q5. Underline the interrogative and circle the possessive adjectives in the following sentences. [4 Marks]
1. What books have you read?
2. My sister has misplaced her phone.
3. Don't sit on my chair.
4. Which bat may I take?
Q6. Fill in the blank spaces with a, an or the. [4 Marks]
1. He is ____ honour to his country.
2. Copper is ____ useful metal.
3. Honest men speak ____ truth.
4. The guide knows ____ way.
5. Please wait ____ minute.
6. ____ banyan is a kind of fig tree.
7. My aunt is ____ doctor.
8. Radha is ____ cleverest girl in the class.
Q7. Underline the pronouns in the following sentences, and say which are emphasizing and which reflexive. [4 Marks]
1. I will do it myself.
2. I posted the letter myself.
3. You may hurt yourself.
4. The boy hid themselves.
Q8. Write the modals of the sentences with its uses from the words given in the bracket. [4 Marks]
( necessity , possibility, offer, future action )
1. We will be away next weekend.
2. Shall I get a taxi for you?
3. I must make a phone call.
4. She may arrive tomorrow.
Q9. Put verbs in agreement with the subject, in the following sentences. Use the present tense. [4 Marks]
1. Rama and Hari ____ football.
2. He ____ the truth.
3. Coconut trees ____ very useful.
4. The cow ____ two horns.
Q10. The verbs in the following sentences are in the simple past tense. Change the sentences using the simple future
tense. [4 Marks]
1. I cleaned the motorbike yesterday.
2. we played hockey yesterday afternoon.
3. I met Mr. Pratap Singh On Sunday.
4. I phoned Mr. Mehta last Sunday.
Q11. Write the correct form of the adjectives to complete the sentences. [4 Marks]
1. Kavya can sing ____ (good) than Rama.
2. Orange Phone 12 is the ____ (expensive) phone.
3. The cheetah can run ____ (fast) than the deer.
4. Michelangelo was the ____ (great) sculptor of all.

Section- C
Q12. You are the monitor of VI A. You are to draft a notice inviting students of your class during recess time to plan
for Teacher’s day. [5 Marks]
Q13. In a diary note share the best day of your life. [5 Marks]
Q14. Write A letter to your grandparents about your plans to visit them during the summer holidays. In the letter, also
tell how you would like to spend your time with them. [5 Marks]