For exam preparation, 5th Standard English Question Paper Kerala Syllabus Set 3 provide useful practice.
Kerala Syllabus 5th Standard English Model Question Paper Set 3
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:
In a field one summer’s day,
A Grasshopper was hopping away.
He sang and danced with all his might,
For summer warmth was his delight.
But nearby, an Ant worked hard,
Gathering food, his yard to guard.
He stored away each grain with care,
Preparing for winter’s icy stare.
The Grasshopper mocked the Ant’s toil,
“Why work so hard on this fertile soil?
Come sing and dance, enjoy the sun,
There’s time enough when winter’s begun.”
a) What w as the grasshopper doing one summer’s day?
i) He was sitting on the branch of a tree and watching things.
ii) Fie was singing and dancing.
iii) He was fighti ng with the Ant.
iv) He was crying.
Answer:
ii) Fie was singing and dancing.
b) What was the Ant doing?
i) He was laughing at the grasshopper.
ii) He was working hard, storing away grains with great care.
iii) He was watching the singing and dancing of the grasshopper.
iv) He was busily eating food.
Answer:
ii) He was working hard, storing away grains with great care.
c) Why did the Grasshopper make fun of the Ant?
i) He thought the Ant was foolish in working so hard on such a delightful day.
ii) He thought the Ant is not intelligent.
iii) The ant was so small.
iv) The Ant did not join him in the singing and dancing.
Answer:
i) He thought the Ant was foolish in working so hard on such a delightful day.
d) What is the moral of the poem? Say it in a sentence of your own.
Answer:
The moral of the poem is we should prepare ourselves for tomorrow against possible adversities.
Question 2.
Editing – Read and edit the following
When I (a) am going to school, I saw (b) a elephant. It was huge and it was eating a big (c) banch of bananas. There (d) was many people standing (e) araund and watching it.
Answer:
a) was
b) an
c) bunch
d) were
e) around
Question 3.
Thoughts – Attempt any one activity from the following:
(A) In “The Giving Tree” we see how the Tree is making sacrifices to help the boy in the different stages of his life. The boy has now grown old and he is tired and we see him resting on the stump of the tree.
Write down the thoughts of the old man. In the writing, include the following:
• How did the boy enjoy the company of the tree when he was small boy?
• How did the tree help the young man to buy the things he needed?
• How did the tree help him to build a house and a boat, and become a stump?
Answer:
I am very grateful to this tree. She has been helping me throughout my life. When I was a small boy she gave me leaves to make crowns. She gave me her shade to sleep when I was tired after playing. She allowed me to swing on her branches. When I needed money, she gave me her fruits to sell and get money. She gave me her branches to build my house and then she gave me her trunk to make a boat. Now she is just a stump and even now I am sitting on it and resting. All her life she helped me and she even gave me her life. She has never demanded anything in return. It is such a great sacrifice she has made and I will never forget her.
OR
(B) In “The Little Engine That Could” we find that her wheels do not turn. The clown and the animals climbed out of their cars. They tried to push the Little rain. But she could not move.
What would be the thoughts of the Little Train then? Use the following hints.
• Was the Little Train happy that she did not have to work again?
• What were the things she was carrying?
• About whom did the Little Train think then and what was her reaction?
Answer:
Oh My God! My wheels are not moving. What will I do now? My compartments are full of good things for boys and girls. There are all kinds of animals – giraffes with long necks, teddy bears with no necks and even a baby elephant. There are all kinds of dolls – dolls with blues eyes and yellow hair; dolls with brown eyes and brown hair; and the funniest toy clown you ever saw. There are toy trucks, airplanes, and boats. There are pictures books, games and drums to play. I am also carrying good things to eat – big round oranges; fat, red apples; long, yellow bananas. There is fresh cold milk. There are lollypops to eat after dinner. How happy the boys and girls would be to see me. If I don’t reach the other side of the mountain, the boys and girls waiting there will have nothing to eat and nothing to play with. How sad they will be! Oh God, help me to find a way to move forward and take the things to the eagerly waiting boys and girls.
Question 4.
Riddle
Across
1. You write or draw on this. (5)
5. A piece of furniture where you sit and eat. (5)
Down
2. A comfortable seat in a living room. (4)
3. Name of the furniture in the dining room used for placing food (5)
4. We use this to write; it can be sharpened. (6 letters)
Answer:
Across
1. Paper
5. Chair
Down
2. SOFA
3. TABLE
4. PENCIL
Question 5.
Conversation – Attempt anyone of the following:
(A)
Write down the conversation between Chester and his mother. Write at least 4 exchanges.
Answer:
Chester : Mother, I don’t want to go to school. I can’t stay away from you. Why do you send me away from the comfort of my home?
Mother : My dear son, in the school you will be more happy. There you will have a lot of friends and toys to play with.
Chester : You are just bluffing me, mother. In the school they will ask me to sit in the class room and study arithmetic, reading and writing. If I don’t study they will beat me. My friend Sohan said that to me.
Mother : Son, you can’t always do the things you like. Going to school may look scary at first. But soon you will love it and you get new friends and play with them.
Chester : But, mother, I won’t be able to eat whenever I want. Sohan told me they have a fixed time for lunch. You can’t eat before or after that.
Mother : Son, you have to leam to be disciplined. As you grow you don’t eat whenever you like. You have to leam to control your desires.
Chester : Why should I control my desires? I want to be free to do the things I like, at the time I like.
Mother : Only small babies can do that. As we grow we have to leam to control ourselves. You have to leam many things and then only you can become a successful person. You are growing up.
(B) When Arya was 8, she wanted to be Kalpana Chawla. She made herself an orange space suit and wore it day and night. When her mother asked her if she does not feel hot in that suit, Arya told her that an astronaut had to get used to that suit.
Write down the conversation between Arya and her mother. Write at least 4 exchanges.
Answer:
Mother : Arya, what is wrong with you? Why are you wearing that orange space suit day and night?
Arya : Nothing wrong with me Mama. I told you I want to be an astronaut like Kalpana Chawla. Astronauts have to wear the space suit all the time.
Mother : Don’t you feel hot in that suit?
Arya : No,- Mama. I feel quite happy because I know one day I will be an astronaut.
Mother : Arya, you are only 8 years old now. First you have to be a grown-up girl and then only you can train and become an astronaut.
Arya : I am training for that Mama.
Mother : When you were 4 years old, you wanted to be Rosamma, the trapeze artist. You wanted to fly from swing to swing. And you were swinging all the time, saying you were practising to be a trapeze artist. Now you say you want to be an astronaut like Kalpana Chawla. I am sure after some years you will say you want to be something else.
Arya : I will not change my mind. I am sure I want to be an astronaut.
Mother : I am not so sure, from what I have seen so far!
Question 6.
Picture Story – Events of a story are given below. Develop the events into a story.
A Fox and a Crow with a Slice of Cheese
a) Crow with a piece of cheese sits on a branch.
b) Fox wants to have that cheese.
c) Praises crow saying it is a great singer; asks it to sing.
d) Crow opens its mouth to sing.
e) Cheese falls down.
f) Fox gets the Cheese.
Answer:
A Fox and a Crow with a Slice of Cheese
Once, a crow got a big slice of fine cheese. She flew with it holding it between her beaks. She then sat on the branch a tree. A fox was sitting under the tree. When he saw the cheese, he became greedy. He wanted to get it. He wanted to play a trick to get it. He told the crow: You are so beautiful and your singing is great. I love your singing. Can you please sing a song now? The crow was flattered. It opened its mouth to sing and the cheese fell down. The fox caught the cheese as it was falling down and ran away with it.