SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT - II: 2015-16

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

TIME: 2:30 Hrs.

CLASS: VII

MAXIMUM MARKS: 60

General Instructions:

[1] Read the question paper carefully. [2] Attempt all the questions. [3] Attempt all the questions in one section before moving on to the other. [4] There are 13 Questions. [5] This paper is divided into three sections: Section A: Reading : 10 Marks Section B: Writing and Grammar : 20 Marks Section C: Literature : 20 Marks OTBA : 10 Marks

SECTION A – READING: 10MARKS

Q.1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

My grandmother and I were good friends. My parents left for the city leaving me with my grandmother in the village. We were constantly together. She used to wake me up in the morning and get me ready for school. She said her morning prayer in a monotonous sing song while she bathed and dressed me in the hope that I would listen and get to know it by heart. I listened because I loved her voice but never bothered to learn it. Then she would fetch my wooden slate which she had already washed and plastered with yellow chalk, a

tiny earthen ink-pot and a red pen, tie them all in a bundle and hand it to me. After a breakfast of a thick, stale chapatti with a little butter and sugar spread on it, we went to school. She carried several stale chapattis with her for the village dogs.

My grandmother always went to school with me because the school was attached to the temple .The priest taught us the alphabet and the Morning Prayer. While the children sat in rows on either side of the veranda singing the alphabet or the prayer in a chorus, my grandmother sat inside reading the scriptures. When we had both finished, we would walk back together. This time the village dogs would meet us at the temple door. They followed us to our home growling and fighting with each other for the chapattis we threw to them.

Read the sentences given below and choose the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet. 5X1=5Marks

1. The narrator and his grandmother were good friends when they were in [a] City [b] town [c] Foreign country [d] village
2. The narrator listened to his grandmother's chanting: [a] because he wanted to learn [b] because she compelled him to listen [c] because he loved her voice [d] because he had not any other option
3. How did the author's grandmother prepare him for school?

[a] by doing various job's for him [b] by offering him breakfast

[c] by tying various things like pen etc. [d] by carrying things for him.