For exam preparation, 5th Standard English Question Paper Kerala Syllabus Set 2 provide useful practice.
Kerala Syllabus 5th Standard English Model Question Paper Set 2
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:
I guess you think you know this story.
You don’t. The real one’s much more gory.
The phoney one, the one you know,
Was cooked up years and years ago,
And made to sound all soft and sappy
just to keep the children happy.
Mind you, they got the first bit right,
The bit where, in the dead of night,
The Ugly Sisters, jewels and all,
Departed for the Palace Ball,
While darling little Cinderella
Was locked up in a slimy cellar,
Where rats who wanted things to eat,
Began to nibble at her feet.
Note:
phoney – not true, not genuine
sappy – over-sentimental
nibble – take small bites
a) What does the writer think about your knowledge of the story? The writer thinks:
i) You know the true story.
ii) You don’t know the true story.
iii) You don’t want to know the true story.
iv) All the people know the true story.
Answer:
ii) You don’t know the true story.
b) When the Ugly Sisters departed for the dance in the palace:
i) Cinderella was happy.
ii) Cinderella played with the rats in the cellar.
iii) Cinderella cooked in the kitchen.
iv) Cinderella was locked up in the cellar.
Answer:
iv) Cinderella was locked up in the cellar.
c) The phoney story you know was made up:
i) soon after the Ugly Sisters left for the dance.
ii) very many years ago.
iii) just before the Ugly Sisters left for the dance.
iv) by the people in the palace.
Answer:
ii) very many years ago.
d) Why the phoney story was cooked up?
i) To make the Ugly Sisters happy
ii) To make Cinderella happy.
iii) To keep the poet happy.
iv) To make the children happy.
Answer:
iv) To make the children happy.
Question 2.
Editing – Read and edit the following.
My school is very near my home. Even then by father a) take me to the school in (b) her car. My father works as a clerk (c) on a government office. His office is some five d) kilometre away e) by home.
Answer:
a) takes
b) his
c) in
d) kilometres
e) from
Question 3.
Thoughts – Attempt any one activity from the following:
(A) In “Salt inhis Shoes” we see Michael putting salt in his shoes to grow taller, but fie does not succeed. He felt unhappy. His Daddy asked him why he wanted to be taller. Michel said if he were taller he could help his team to win. Daddy then said that Michael was already a great player. He added that he had everything in him to make him a winner. Practice, determination and giving his best are more important than being a little taller. They are the qualities that make a person a winner.
Write down the thoughts of Michael.
When writing, think of the following:
• What was his mother’s advice?
• Why was he unhappy?
• What advice did his Daddy give him and what was the result?
Answer:
I want to be taller because I want my team to win in the basketball game. But Mark, who plays for the opposite team, is much taller than I and he makes fun of me saying that I am too short. I felt so sad. 1 asked my mother how to get taller. She said I should put salt in my shoes. I tried that for 2 months, but I haven’t grown even an inch. I felt so sad and I was gloomy. So my mother sent Daddy to me to talk to me. Daddy told me that it was not the height of a player that mattered in a game. He told me I was already a great player.
He added that I had everything in me to be a winner. Being taller might help me to play a little better. But it is practice, determination and giving my best that are more important than being a little taller. I know my father is right and I take his advice seriously. In the next game I will win and show Mark that it is not how tall you are but how determined you are that decides the winner in a game.
(B) In “The Honey Mango Tree” we see how the mango tree helped in uniting Rasheed and Asma as husband and wife. When giving the sliced ripe mangoes to Basheer, Rasheed recollects his first meeting with Asma.
Write down the thoughts of Rasheed.
When writing, think of the following:
• What made Rasheed go to Asma’s house?
• How did the withering sapling grow into big tree?
• What significance does the honey mango tree have in their life?
Answer:
It is this mango tree that caused Asma and me to get married. Therefore this mango tree is very special in my life. When I was a bachelor, I had come to this place to visit my young brother who was a police inspector. In the evening I went for a walk. I saw an old man lying under a tree. He was sick and old and groaning in pain. He wanted some water. I saw a young woman sitting outside her house across the road. I went to her and asked for some water and told her about the old man.
She came with me to see the old man. When I gave the pitcher of water for him to drink, he first went and poured half the water on a withered mango sapling. Then he drank the remaining water. He told us his name was Yusuf Sidhik and he was a fakir. He died soon and we buried him in the local graveyard. The girl told me her name was Asma. Asma continued to look after the sapling and it grew well and started producing mangoes. I married Asma and we got a son whom we named Yusuf Sidhik. This mango tree is really our honey mango tree.
Question 4.
Riddle –
ACROSS
2. A standard unit of length (5)
4. The opposite of “hot.” (4)
DOWN
1. A large plant with a trunk and leaves.
3. Very high in height.
5. Something you drink.
Answer:
ACROSS
2. METER
4. COLD
DOWN
1. TREE
3. TALL
5. WATER
Question 5.
Conversation – Attempt any. one activity from the following:
(A) The art class was finished. But Vashti remained sitting on her chair. Her paper was blank. The teacher looked at the blank paper and said that she was supposed to draw a polar bear in a storm. Vashti said she didn’t know how to draw. Her teacher smiled and told her to make a mark and see where it takes her. Vashti took her marker and made a dot on the paper.
Write the conversation between her teacher and Vashti. Write at least 4 exchanges.
Answer:
Teacher : Vashti, your paper is blank. Why are you not drawing the polar bear in the storm which I asked you to draw?
Vashti : Madam, I am not at all good at drawing. I do not know how to draw a polar bear in a storm.
Teacher : But you should have tried.
Vashti : I don’t even know how to begin that picture.
Teacher : Vashti: Not everyone is good at drawing. But you can try, can’t you?
Vashti : Madam, I am sorry. I don’t have the slightest idea of what to do.
Teacher : Alright. I am not forcing you to draw the polar bear in a storm. But you take your marker and make a mark on the paper. You can do that, can’t you? You make the mark and see where it takes you.
Vashti : I will do that, Madam.
OR
(B) One day Bill and his friend Meg visited his Granddad’s farm. Granddad asked them to peel the ears of com and help him sow the seeds. Then they were asked to feed the animals. After that they went with Granddad to collect hay for the cows. He told them he had a collection of bees and they should not disturb them. Write the conversation between Granddad and Bill. Write at least 4 exchanges.
Answer:
Granddad : Bill, welcome to my farm. Who is this girl with you?
Bill: Granddad, she is Meg, my close friend. We study in the same class.
Granddad : Good. First of all, let me show you round my farm. Maybe you can also help me.
Bill : Sure, Granddad. We will do whatever we can to help you.
Granddad : Okay. Let’s go and collect some hay for the cows. These cows give us a lot of milk and they are very precious to me. My major income is from the milk I sell.
Bill : The cows look very healthy. Okay, Granddad let’s go to collect the hay.
Granddad : Bill and Meg, be careful as you walk here and do things. I have a collection of bees. Make sure that you don’t disturb them. If you disturb them they will sting you and that can be very dangerous.
Bill : We will be careful not to disturb the bees.
Granddad : Okay, let’s go then!
Question 6.
Picture Story – Events of a story are given below. Develop the events into a story.
a) Crow thirsty.
b) Finds ajar with water
c) Jar not full. Crow can’t get the water
d) Picks stones and drops in the jar
e) Water level rises.
f) Crow drinks water; happy.
Answer:
A Thirsty Crow
Once, a crow was feeling very thirsty. She was looking here and there to find some water. After a long search she found ajar with some water in it. The water level in the jar was very low and the beaks of the crow could not reach the water. She began to think. She saw some small stones lying near the jar. An idea came to her mind. She picked up the stones one by one and dropped them in the jar. As the stones fell into the jar, the water level started rising up. Finally the crow could drink the water and she went away happily.
The moral of the story: Where there’s a will, there’s a way.