SRI SWAMY VIVEKANANDA PUBLIC SCHOOL. MARLANAHALLI
I PREPARATORY EXAMINATION– 2019-20
CLASS: 7th SUBJECT: English MARKS: 40
ROLL NO:
NAME OF THE STUDENT:
DATE:
I. Four alternatives are given for following questions. Choose the correct answer and write it along with its alphabet. 6x1=6
1. She goes to the temple in ...... morning.
The appropriate articles to be filled in blanks are
a. The b. an c. a d. a/an
2. Shall we go to the cinema ....... Sunday.
Choose the appropriate preposition
a. At b. in c. on d. in/at
3. This must not happen again, ........... you will be dismissed.
Choose the correct conjunction
a. Or b. but c. for d. yet
4. Make the word “happy” into noun using suitable suffix
a. ier b. est c. ness d. all of these
5. There weren’t any issues, .........?
Choose the suitable question tag
a. Weren’t there? b. were they? c. were there? d. weren’t they?
6. Choose the pair of homophones
a. Bird, blurred b. sweet, salt c. plumb, plum d. ray, say
II. Rewrite as directed 2x2=4
7. Change into reported speech
Shravanya said to me, “You and me are doing wrong thing now.”
8. Change voice of the sentences
Our principal has punished us for our indiscipline behaviour in college.
III. Answer the following questions in sentences 4x1=4
9. Why did the dog chase the boy out of the market?
10. What is the butter cup?
11. Who were the two Timothy’s two companions?
12. What is homesickness?
IV. Answer te following sentences into 2-3 sentences 2x2=4
13. What is dandelion?
OR
What changes in Timothy made Grandfather decide to transfer him to a zoo?
14. What are meadow houses?
OR
How did the commanding officer and the Major tend the boy?
V. Quote for memory 1x4=4
15. I’ll be the ..................................................
...................................................................
...................................................................
..............................................path to take.
VI. Answer the following questions into 7-8 sentences 4x2=8
16. How did the dog life change?
17. Describe how heeding his mother’s advice saves Brahmadatta.
OR
How can you show to others that you have self confident/self respect/Self reliance?
VIII. 18. Write an essay of about 18-20 sentences on any one of the following topics: 1x5=5
A. Importance of Library
B. Tik Tok Kills precious time
XI. 19. Imagine you are Shwethasri / Shwethanatan studying in Government HighSchool, Bhadravathi, Shimoga district.
Write a letter to the editor of local newspaper explaining the inconvenience caused by frequent power cuts in your a
