For exam preparation, 5th Standard English Question Paper Kerala Syllabus Set 1 provide useful practice.
Kerala Syllabus 5th Standard English Model Question Paper Set 1
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:
At the Zoo
First I saw the white bear,
Then I saw the black;
Then I saw the camel with a hump upon his back;
Then I saw the grey wolf,
With mutton in his maw;
Then I saw the wombat waddle in the straw;
Then I saw the elephant
A-waving of his trunk.
(Note: a wombat is an Australian animal with short legs and a heavy, furry body, similar to a small bear.)
a) How many bears did the speaker see at the zoo?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
Answer:
B. Two
b) What is the specialty of the camel?
A. It has 4 legs.
B. It has a hump on its back.
C. It eats only fruits.
D. It does not like people.
Answer:
B. It has a hump on its back.
c) What was the wolf doing?
A. It was jumping up and down.
B. It was howling.
C. It was looking angrily at the writer.
D. It was eating.
Answer:
D. It was eating.
d) You see many animals mentioned in the poem. Of these different animals, which one do you like most? Why?
Answer:
I like the elephant most. Elephants are the biggest land animals and they are very helpful to people. We
see them during many temple festivals.
Question 2.
Editing – Read and edit the following.
Simi and Rosy (a) is good friends. Simi is (b) nain years old and Rosy is ten. Simi is a good (c) danser. Rosy (d) play badminton well. They go (e) for school, riding their bicycles.
Answer:
a) are
b) nine
c) dancer
d) plays
e) to
Question 3.
Thoughts – Attempt any one activity from the following:
(A) When Arya was 18, she wanted to be a fighter pilot. Seeing a poster with some pictures on the wall, her little brother Raju asked her who they were. Arya said they were Bhawana, Avani and Mohana, the first women to fly fighter planes in India. He asked her if they were her friends. She smiled and said maybe someday they would be her friends.
Write down Arya’s thoughts. (Your answer should include the answers to these questions.)
• What did Arya want to become?
• Who are Bhawana, Avani and Mohana?
• Does Arya hope to be their friend?
Answer:
When I was small I wanted to be Rosamma, who was a trapeze artist in a circus. Rosamma wore shiny
clothes and people clapped for her when she performed. When I was 8,1 wanted to be Kalpana Chawla, the Indian bom American astronaut. When I was 12,1 wanted to be Amelia Earheart, the first female pilot who wanted to circumnavigate the world. Now I am 18 and I want to be a fighter pilot. That is why I am keeping the pictures of Bhawana, Avani and Mohana on my wall. They were the first women fighter pilots in India. I am sure I will become a fighter pilot like them and one day they would be my friends.
OR
(B) On a very hot day, Rebecca saw her mother crying. She said that their crops were bad that year and their goats and sheep might die. Later Rebecca went to the school library and searched for more information about the rain. What she learned alarmed her. The world is getting hotter and there is less rain. She learned a new term “climate change”. Cars, buses and aeroplanes are polluting the air.
Write down the thoughts of Rebecca.
Your writing should include answers to these questions:
• Why was Rebecca’s mother crying?
• Why did Rebecca go to the library?
• Why is she alarmed?
• How is the air polluted?
Answer:
When I asked my mother why she was crying she told me that our crops were bad this year and our goats and sheep might die. I had never seen her crying like that before. She further told me that the rains had failed and that is why the crops were bad and the goats and sheep might die. I felt she was right. I had never experienced such heat in my life.
The water level in our well and the pond was getting lower and lower and it looked they would soon become completely dry. I must find out the reason for this change. So when I go to school, I will go the library and check for more information about the lack of rain in our area this year. When there is too much rain and there are floods we curse the rain. But wh6n we have no rain, things are even worse!
Question 4.
Riddle
ACROSS
1. Something you use to write with. (3)
2. The opposite of “hot”. (4)
3. A large, wild cat. (5)
DOWN
4. The colour of the sun. (6)
5. A small insect that makes honey. (3)
Answer:
ACROSS
1. PEN
2. COLD
3. TIGER
DOWN
4. YELLOW
5. BEE
Question 5.
Conversation – Attempt any one activity from the following:
(A) Rasheed and the writer are neighbours. They were talking standing under a mango tree. Rasheed’s son brought a plate of ripe, sliced mangoes. The writer ate some slices and said the mango tasted like honey. Rasheed then told him the story of the “The Honey- Mango Tree”.
Write the conversation between them with at least 4 exchanges.
Answer:
Rasheed : For me this is honey mango tree.
Writer : Honey mango tree? How is that?
Rasheed : Once I came here to meet my brother who was a police officer. Then I saw an old man lying under a tree and crying. I wanted to give him some water. I went to the house nearby. A woman was sitting and reading a newspaper. I told her about the old man.
Writer : What happened then?
Rasheed : She gave me a pitcher of water and came with me to see the old man. When I gave the pitcher to the old man he did something surprising. He went to a withered mango sapling and poured half of the water on it.
Writer : Wonderful. He must have been a lover of nature.
Rasheed : Indeed he was. After watering the plant he drank the remaining water. He said his name was Yusuf Sidhik and he was a fakir. Soon he died and we buried him in the local graveyard. The woman was Asma and she was a school teacher. We liked each other.
Writer : Good. And then?
Rasheed : Asma continued watering the sapling and giving it manure. It grew and started producing mangoes. Our love also grew. I married Asma. Later when a son was bom to us, we named him Yusuf Sidhik. Thus this mango tree is very special for us. It is the honey mango tree for us.
Writer : Very good! Thank you for the mangoes and the story!
OR
B) In “Seed and Soil” we saw Paru and her grandmother Echuvamma go to the paddy fields. They joined the farmers in planting the seedlings. Echuvamma then told Pam about the farmers and the methods of farming. Write down the likely conversation between them. Write at least four exchanges.
Answer:
Paru : Echuvamma, I can see some men and women planting the paddy seedlings. They are also humming an old folk song. Why do they sing when they work, Echuvamma?
Echuvamma : The singing makes them energetic and forget the pain they have as they bend in the hot sun and plant the seedlings.
Paru : I didn’t know that Echuvamma. Can we join them?
Echuvamma : Of course we can. Hold my hand and I will take you near them. Be careful as you walk in the muddy farm. We can also take some seedlings and plant with them.
Paru : I feel so happy in planting the seedlings.
Echuvamma : Pam, the sun is getting very hot. If you stay for long in the hot sun, you will catch cold. It is better that you go home without spending more time here.
Paru : No, Echuvamma. I like to stay with you here.
Echuvamma : You are a naughty girl! I was also like you when I was your age.
Paru : Echuvamma naughty! Unbelievable! You must be joking.
Question 6.
Picture Story – Events of a story are given below. Develop the events into a story.
a) Fox sees bunches of grapes hanging high
b) Jumps many times but can’t get them
c) Disappointed. “Who wants these sour grapes?”
A Fox and Grapes
One day, a fox was roaming about in the forest. He was very hungry. Then he saw nice bunches of grapes which were hanging from the vine that crept around a tall tree. He wants to eat the grapes. He jumps many times to get a bunch. But he can’t get them as they were at a great height. The fox realised he can’t get them. So he was disappointed. He went away saying, “Who wants those sour grapes?”
The moral of the story: Talking bad about something because you are unable to obtain it is not good habit.
