For exam preparation, 5th Standard English Question Paper Kerala Syllabus Set 4 provide useful practice.
Kerala Syllabus 5th Standard English Model Question Paper Set 4
Instructions:
- 15 minutes cool-off time is allotted for reading and understanding the activities.
- Answer all the activities.
- Internal choice is provided for activities 3 and 5. Answer either A or B.
Question 1.
Reading Comprehension – Read the poem and answer the following questions:
THE FRIENDLY COW
The friendly cow, all red and white,
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple tart
She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray,
All in the pleasant open-air,
The pleasant light of day
And blown by all the winds that pass
And wet with all the showers,
She walks among the meadow grass
And eats the meadow flowers.
a) What does the poet love? (Choose one.)
A. The poet loves cream and apple tart.
B. The poet loves the red and white cow.
C. The poet loves the showers.
D. The poet loves the meadow flowers.
Answer:
B. The poet loves the red and white cow.
b) “She wanders lowing here and there.” This means: (Choose one)
A. The cow is surprised as the place is low.
B. The cow is moving here and there making deep, mooing sounds.
C. The cow is low in the production of milk.
D. The cow refuses to give milk and goes here and there.
Answer:
B. The cow is moving here and there making deep, mooing sounds.
c) What emotion is expressed in the poem? (Choose one.)
A. Anger
B. fear
C. surprise
D. joy
Answer:
D. joy
d) Describe the cow, in not more than 25 words.
Answer:
The cow is friendly. She is red and white. She gives cream. She wanders lowing here and there. She does not stray. She walks among the grass in the meadow and eats the flowers found there.
Question 2.
Editing – John is my brother. He says he (a) love his teaehers. Teachers help (b) her to leam many things. They teach John languages,(c) mathamatics and many other subjects. He has a special (d) licking (e) by social studies.
Answer:
a) loves
b) him
c) mathematics
d) liking
e) for
Question 3.
Thoughts – Attempt anyone activity from the following:
(A) Today is a special day for Arya. She is in the cockpit. She is very happy because she has two special passengers with her. She announced, “‘Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain Arya. Welcome aboard!” Raju, Arya’s brother was thrilled. He said, “Chechi!” Saying, “Yes, my daughter!” his mother hugged him.”
Write down the thoughts of the Mother. You may think of these.
• What were the earlier plans of Arya before she decided to be a fighter pilot?
• Whose pictures did Arya hang on her wall?
Answer:
I feel very happy. I am really proud that today I am travelling in the plane pi loted by my daughter Arya.
My son Raju is also with me in the plane. Arya had been an ambitious girl right from her childhood. When she was small she wanted to be Rosamma, who was a trapeze artist in a circus. Rosamma wore shiny clothes and people clapped for her when he performed. When Arya was 8. she wanted to be Kalpana Chawla, the Indian bom American astronaut.
When she was 12, she wanted to be Ameli a Earheart, the first female pilot who wanted to circumnavigate the world. Finally she decided to be a fighter pilot. She used to hang the pictures of Bhawana, Avani and Mohana on the wall of her room. They were the first women fighter pilots in India. When Raju unasked her if they were her friends, she said one day they would be her friends. I am sure she will succeed in her dream.
(B) The tree was very sad and said, “I’m sorry, I wish I could give you something, But I have nothing left. I’m just an old stump.” The man replied, “I only need a quiet place to sit and take some rest. I am very tired.”
Write down the thoughts of the Tree. You may think of these.
• How did the tree help the man when he was a boy?
• When he needed money, what did the tree give him?
• How did the tree help him when he wanted to build a house and later a boat?
Answer:
When this man was a small boy he came to me every day. We were close friends. He would collect my
leaves and make them into a crown and play “King of the Forest”. He would climb up my trunk and swing on my branches. He would pluck my fruits and eat them. Then he grew into a man. He had no time to play with me. He said he needed a house. I told him to cut off my branches and build his house. He did not come to me for a long time after that. Then he came and said he wanted a boat to travel far away. I told him to cut my trunk and make the boat. He cut my trunk and made the boat and sailed away. He did not show up for a very long time. And then he came and said to me that he was very tired and he wanted a quiet place to sit down. I told him to come and sit on my stump as that was all I had now. He sat down and smiled. I am happy that I was able to help him whenever he came to me.
Question 4.
Riddle
Across
1. The glowing orb in the night sky. (4)
4. A twinkling light far away. (4)
DOWN
2. The opposite of day. (5)
3. The planet we live on. (3)
4. Where the sun and moon are. (5)
Answer:
ACROSS
1. MOON
4. STAR
DOWN
2. NIGHT
3. EARTH
4. SKY
Question 5.
Conversation – Attempt any one activity from the following.
(A) Rebecca went to the school library and searched for more information about rain. What she learned alarmed her. The world is getting hotter and there is less rain. She learned a new term “Climate change” how it happens. She then talks with her teacher.
Write down the conversation between Rebecca and her teacher. Write at least 4 exchanges.
Answer:
Rebecca: Teacher, yesterday I saw my mother crying. It was a very hot day. When I asked her why she was crying she said our crops were bad and or goats and sheep might die.
Teacher: What did you tell her then?
Rebecca: I could not tell her anything then. But when I came to school I went to the library and searched
for more information about rain. What I learned alarmed me.
Teacher : Whatdidyoulcarn?
Rebecca: I learned that the world is getting hotter and there is less rain. I learned about climate change.
Teacher : What did it say?
Rebecca: It said cars, buses and aeroplane are polluting the air. Threes are cut down to make buildings. Huge piles of trash are bwied in the ground. All these are harming nature. And so we should plant more trees. Teacher, please tell the class all these things and ask the students to plant more trees and request their parents also to do the same.
Teacher : Very good, Rebecca. I will certainly do that. We’ll do whatever we can to prevent reduce the
bad effects of climate change.
OR
(B) Michael’s brothers tried to make him go to the park with them. But he was not willing to go. Mike’s mother was getting worried as Michael looked unhappy. She asked Michael’s Daddy to go and talk to him. Daddy asked him why he was not going with his brothers to the park and if he was alright. Michael said he thought he would be taller at least by a few inches, as he had done everything Mama told him to do to become taller. But his efforts have not made him taller.
Write down the conversation between Michael and his Daddy. Write at least 4 exchanges.
Answer:
Daddy : Michael, your mother told me you are unhappy. What is the matter?
Michael : Daddy, I wanted to be taller so that I could win matches for my school basketball team. So I asked mother how to get taller. She told me I should put salt in my shoes every day. I tried it for 2 months. But I haven’t grown taller even by an inch
Daddy : Do you think getting taller will make you a winner? Being very tall might help you a bit in the
game. But the height of the player is not the main factor.
Michael : What is the main factor, daddy?
Daddy : The main factor is hard work. Practise harder than before. Then you will win.
Michael : Are you sure of that. daddy?
Daddy : I’m hundred percent sure. Players who arc not even as tall as you have become great champions because of their hard work. You are already a good player. Practice will certainly improve your skills and you can make your team win.
Michael : Okay DaddIwill follow your advice and I will practise harder and Iwill win.
Question 6.
Picture Story – Events of a story are given below. Develop the events into a story.
Answer:
The Talkative Tortoise
Two cranes and a tortoise lived near a lake. That year there was no rain and so the lake was drying up. As the cranes could not get enough food from the lake, they decided to go to another place to live. The tortoise was sorry to hear that as the cranes were his close friends. The cranes told him they would take him with them. He should hang on a stick by holding it in his mouth. They would fly each one holding one end of the stick in its beak. He should not open his mouth. A group of children saw this funny sight. They started shouting and laughing at the tortoise hanging in the middle of the stick. The tortoise became angry. He opened its mouth to abuse the children. He fell down and died.
The moral of the story: You should listen to good advice and not be controlled by vanity and pride.