Class-Six/English 1st Paper(Practice Test-1),Marks-50 Syllabus
#Seen passage(MCQ &QA)-10+10
#Unseen passage(Information transfer&
True/False)-10
#Fill in the gaps with clues—0.5x10=5
#Substitution table—5
# Reaarange--10
Class-Six/English 1st Paper(Practice Test-1),Marks-50 Read the following text and answer the questions that follow:
My friend Sajjad and I were sitting at the railway station. I came to see him off. Sajjad was going to Dhaka to his elder sister’s house. It was very crowded in the station. There was a long line of people at the ticket counter. A woman was standing in the queue. She was holding her child’s hand very tightly. A group of young people was talking loudly and drinking tea in front of a tea stall. An old couple was trying to find a quiet place to sit down and rest. The waiting room was crowded, too.I saw one man who was trying to carry three heavy suitcases. A young lady was sitting on a bench with her luggage at one corner. She was reading a magazine.
My friend and I stood near a newspaper stall talking and watching the crowd around. Soon my friend’s train started to leave. As the train whistled, he picked up his suitcase and we said goodbye to each other.
1.Choose the right answer from the alternatives. 1x10=10 i)I came to see him off.Here the term`see off’ means--- (a)welcome (b)wish (c)goodbye (d)receive
ii) Sajjad’s elder sister lives in---
(a)Rangpur (b)Sylhet (c)Rajshahi (d)Dhaka iii) A young lady was reading a---
(a)newspaper (b)magazine (c)novel (d)poem iv) The synonym of the` magazine’ is—
a)wallpaper (b) bulletin (c)letter (d)periodical v)How were the young people talking?
a)loudly (b) mildly (c)gently (d)whisperingly vi) The woman was holding---
(a)a bag (b) her child’s hand (c) a stick (d) a suitcase vii) The word ‘crowded’ means—
(a) cramped (b) empty (c) flock (d) campaign viii) What were the young people drinking?
(a)coffee (b) milk (c) tea (d) juice ix) The synonym of ‘couple’ is--- (a)triple (b) single (c) valour (d) mate x) Passengers stood in a line before the---
(a)luggage counter (b) control room (c) ticket counter (d) washroom
Time : 1: 20 Hours
2. Answer the following questions. 2x5=10 a) What was the young lady doing?
b) Why was an old couple trying to find a quiet place?
c)Where was a long line of people?
d) What was a woman doing?
e) What did the two friends say to each other at last?
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions 3 &4.
Rabindranath Tagore is one of the greatest poets of Bangla literature. Bengali culture and literature is unthinkable without the presence of this personality. He travelled all the branches of fine art equally and successfully. Rabindranath was born on 7 May 1861 at Jorasanko, Kolkata,India. Tagore’s childhood days were mostly confined to the family estate under the watchful eyes of the servants. He lost his mother when he was only thirteen. At the age of twenty two on 9 December 1883 Tagore married Mrinalini. He had received Nobel Prize in 1913 for Gitanjali and introduced Bangalees to the rest of the world. In 1915 he was bestowed a Knighthood by the British. Rabindranath Tagore died in 1941 at the age of eighty. We remember him with great respect.
3. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage. 1x5=5
Event Place Year/Time
Rabindranath Tagore (i)--- 1861
His mother died (ii)---
(iii)--- 1883
He was bestowed a Knighthood (iv)---
(v)--- 1913
4. Read the passage again and write whether the statements are true or false. If false, give the correct answer. 1x5=5
a) Rabindranath Tagore’s childhood was care free.
b) His mother died when he was thirty.
c)He enriched Bengali literature.
d) Rabindranath was awarded Nobel Prize in 1923.
e)He passed away in 1942.
5.Fill in the gaps with a suitable word given in the box. 0.5x10=5 not Mayor Germany councilors moment
door quickly stranger full to
Once the town of Hamelin in (a) ---faced a great problem. It became (b) ---of rats. So, the people came (c) -- -the Town Hall. They asked the (d) ---to do something about the rats (e) ---. He called a meeting of the (f) --- . Despite discussing the matter, they could (g) ---find a way out. At that (h) ---there was a knock on the (i) --- -. The Mayor said, ”Come in.” A (j) ---entered the hall.
6.The texts in Column A are the beginnings of some sentences. Match the text in Column A,B and C to make five complete sentences. 1x5=5
Column A Column B Column C
A national flag have our sacred duty to save its honour.
We is the testimony of a nation.
It bears our national flag.
Actually, it is. everyday on the top of our important
institutions.
Anyway,it is hoisted the symbol of our nation.
7.Read the text and rearrange them in correct order. 1x10=10 a) He could not understand the rules of grammar.
b) The teacher began to teach him.
c) He did not know their meaning.
d) The man grasped only three English words.
e) The teacher released him.
f) There lived a man in a village.
g) He had a great attraction to English.
h) He went to a teacher.
i) The man was dull headed.
j) He learned yes, no, and very well.
