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AINACS (RAJKOT)

QUESTION BANK (SECOND SEMESTER)

Std 6 (English)

				Unit – 1. Many Kinds of Art
Q1. Give Meanings:-
1.	Drifting	2. Subtle	3. Palette	4. Hues	5. Dawn	6. Dusk
7.	Panic	8. Foreground	9. Perceiving	10. Tonal	11. Picturesque
12. Glamorous		13. Suburbs	14. Sprawling	15. Poignant

Q2. Answer the following

1.What is the speciality of paintings of Van Gogh?

2.What is a Self Portrait?

3.Why do people prepare Rangoli?.

4.List the things and colours used in Rangoli?

5. Who is the poet of The C a o Bo that Talked ?

6.Which colour does yellow dislike?

7.What did the poet do with the box of crayons?

8.How does the yellow sun look?

9.When is the picture complete?

10.What are paintings, poems and plays?

11.Name varieties of Camera.

12.Name two popular photography.

13.How can we get a good landscape photo?

14.What are the problems for landscape photographers.

Q3.		Give Opposites:-
1.	Dawn		2. Relax		3. Less	4. Sharp
Q4.		Give Adjective form:-
1.	Photograph			2. Plenty

Q5. Give one word for:- An art of taking photographs- ____________

Q6. Give noun form:-

1. Prefer 2. Exhibit

Q7. Fill in the blanks:-

1.___________ was an artist who lived in Netherland from 1853-1890.

2.___________ is an integral part of Indian Culture

3.Colours are the smiles of ____________.

4.Colours speak all ____________.

5.Green became the ____________.

6.Blue became the ____________.

7.__________ is a wonderful modern art.

Q8. Give meaning of the idiom and make your own sentence:-

1.Blow your own horn.

2.Music to your ears.

3.For a Song.

Q9. Punctuate the following:-

1. I do t like ed, said ello .

2.Something here is wrong.

3. We a e a o of a o s that eall does t get alo g.

Unit – 2 Bird’s eye View: Looking more closely at animals.

Q1. Give Meanings:-

1. Venomous

2. Dashes 3. Speckles 4. Grabbed

Q2. Answer the following:-

1.What are passenger pigeons?

2.How did passenger pigeons become extinct?

3.Describe the body of Texas Coral Snakes.

4.How is Loggerhead Sea Turtle different from the green sea Turtle?

5.Why was lion angry?

6.Why lion began to feel afraid?

7.How was lion set free?

Q3. Who said to Whom and When?

1. Oh, please, please do t ite e .

2.Wh should I let ou go ?

3. You laugh, ut I a st o g too .

Q4. Give Opposites:-

1. Fat

2. Straight

3. Dark

4. Dull

Q5. Fill in the blanks:-

1.The last passenger pigeon was named ___________.

2.Martha died in a zoo in ____________ in 1914.

3.The lion was very __________ and __________.

4.The lion woke up with a _________ and __________ the mouse.

Q6. Punctuate the following:-

1.Texas coral snakes have rings of black yellow and red around their bodies.

2. Oh please please do t ite e said the little ouse.

3.The mouse replied if you do someday when you need help I will help you.

4.The mouse said you laugh, but I am strong too someday I may show you.

					Unit – 3 Water for All
Q1. Give Meanings:-
1.	Idle	2. Shrink		3. Vitality	4. Pasture	5. Firmly
6.	Drove away	7. Spigot	8. Rim		9. Sigh	10. Brim
11. Slopped		12. Stumbled		13. Spilled	14. Splashing
15. Pothole		16. Hose		17. Vanished	18. Lumber
19. Grinned		20. Bit.

Q2. Answer the following :-

1.Why we need to take care of our water?

2.What is desalination?

3.What was problem in olden times for making water drinkable?

4.Why the ship is said as Idle ?

5.Who filled the water barrel and how?

6.Where did David want to go to help Pete?

7.How was the barrel filled?

8.What did David see when he was helping Pete?

9.How was the house saved from burning?

Q3. Fill in the blanks:-

1. The title Wate , Wate , E e he e o es f o the poem called ___________.

2.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem of a very __________ Sailor.

3. It as Da id s jo to fill the la ge ate __________.

4.He climbed the steps and leaned over the ____________.

5.David ___________ the hill to the house.

Q4. Give meanings of idiom and make sentence of your own:-

1.In hot water

2.Hold water

3.Water under the bridge.

Q5. Punctuate the following:-

1.But I wanted to go to the pasture to help pete with the animals, david complained.

2.The smoke its coming from the cellar window.

3.I filled it full this morning david answered.

4.Well let me tell you then you saved this house from burning down.

Q6. Give Opposites:-

1. Finish

2. Fill

3. Beautiful

4. Costly

Q7. True or False

1.Sea water is drinkable.

2.The rime of ancient Mariner is long and is a story of unlucky sailor.

3.Pete was a hired man.

4.Pete filled the barrel.

					Unit – 4 Reuse Reduce Recycle
Q1.Give Meanings:-
1.	Disciple	2. Robe	3. Mop		4. Wicks	5. Trash
6.	Wrapping	7. Recycled		8. Stacking
Q2. Give Opposites:-
1. Happy		2. Old	3. Satisfied		4. Simple

Q3. Fill in the blanks:-

1.Once a disciple of Buddha asked him if he could get a new ___________.

2.We are using it to handle _____________ in the kitchen.

3.No master, the old rags are now the new ___________ in the lamps.

4.At _________ , everything is reduced, reused or recycled.

Q4. Answer the following questions:-

1.When did Buddha allow the disciple to get a new robe?

2.What did the disciple do with the old robe?

3.What did they do with the old cloth they use in the kitchen?

4.Why was Buddha satisfied with the answer of his disciple?

5.How can we succeed in reducing things?

6.How can we reuse the things?

7. What s the diffe e e et ee e li g, edu ing and reusing?

8.How has one of the architects from America helped people in Haiti?

9.How was the school Aman Setu Primary built?

10.What is Earth Bag Technique?

11.What do they use to colour their uniforms?

12.What do they do when they need extra space?

Q5. Punctuate the following:-

1.Oh what a good idea but can you tell me what did they do with the old cloth they used in the kitchen.

					Unit – 5 We can Invent!
Q1. Give Meanings:-
1.	Invention		2. Bay	3. Tying	4. String	5. Hook
6.	Inform		7. Warn	8. Spins	9. Scented	10. Tent
11.		Pitcher	12. Stretching 13. Calmly		14. Ruffled
15.		Discover
Q2. Give Opposites:-
1. Hate			2. Improve	3. Calm

Q3. Answer the following:-

1.Why does the poet need to warn Dr. Invention?

2.How does Dr. Invention plan his inventions?

3.What does Dr. Invention write in his books?

4.What is the difference between something that is invented and something that is discovered?

5.What happened to cause a problem for the crow?

6.How does the crow try to solve his problems?

7.How did the crow solve the problem?

8. What is the o al of the sto The o a d the Pit he ?

Q4. Fill in the blanks:-

1.___________ are always ready to improve their inventions.

2.The crow noticed many __________ on the ground.

Q5. Find out the noun, verb and adverb from the following:-

1.Suddenly, the crow came upon a pitcher on the ground.

2.The crow finally got the drink he needed.

3.A school in Pune, Maharashtra, India is built almost entirely from recycled materials.

			Unit – 6 What a Wonderful World !
Q1. Give Meanings:-
1.	Surprised	2. Stockings	3. Fluffy	4. Legend
5.	Incarnation	6. Descendants	7. Crumbs	8. Devotees
9. Species		10. Behold	11. Mechanism
Q2. Give Opposites:-
1. Manage		2. Excited	3. Permanently	4. Largest

Q3. Answer the following:-

1.What is wonderland?

2.What happened when Yama refused to help?

3. Whe as Ka i Mata s te ple uilt?

4.Who feed rats in the temple?

5.How do temple devotees work at the temple?

6.What do rats eat?

7.What was the reason to keep the rats safe and happy?

8.Why were Sequoia being cut?

9.Where can we find sequoia trees at present?

10.Which are the trees that belong to Incense cedar family?

11.Who created hydraulophone?

12.For which purpose is hydraulophone used?

13.What is the height of the Incense cedar and its speci ality?

Q4. Fill in the blanks:-

1.Pyrophone was made by a person called _______________.

2.Pyrophone is also known as a _______________.

3.A pyrophone uses ___________ to make music.

4.Early musical instruments were made from materials like __________

and __________.

5.The sequoia trees were discovered in the __________.

6.Sahil loves __________ rides.

Q5. Make new words using prefixes Page:-55 Activity – 10

Q6. True or False:-(Unit – 4 to 6)

1.Old curtains are used to clean utensils in the kitchen.

2.If the crow did not find water soon, he would die of thirst.

3.The crow did not notice many rocks on the ground.

4.The white and fluffy clouds are very close to him.

5.Yama refused to help.

6.The sequoia reaches up to 379 feet in height.

7.The sequoia existed after dinosaurs walked the earth.

8. “ou d is p odu ed the sa e h d auli fluid i o ta t ith the pla e s fi ge s.

AINACS (RAJKOT)

QUESTION BANK (SECOND SEMESTER)

Std 7 (English)

					UNIT – 1 The World Around Us
Q1. Give Meanings:-
1.	Essential	2. Habitat			3. Dispose	4. Recreation	5. Component
6.	By-Products	7. Conserve		8. Species		9. Interdependence
10. Renewable
Q2. Give Opposites:-
1.	Buy	2. Popular		3. Gain	4. Kind	5. Clean
6.	Production	7. Direct	8. Renewable

Q3. Fill in the blanks:-

1.__________ is the basic component of each cell and essential for our existence.

2.A person can survive without food for more than _________ days.

3.Almost all industrial units use water either in the _________ or ________ of By-Products.

4.River water is used to produce ___________ by building dams.

5.Electricity is a form of ____________.

Q4. Answer the following questions:-

1.For what different purposes is water used?

2.How can we save the water from being misused?

3.How is hydroelectricity produced?

4.How can we save electricity and energy sources?

5.What are chocolates made from?

6.What is Bio-diversity?

							UNIT – 2 How Things Work
Q1. Give Meanings:-
1.	Magnify	2. Reflect		3. Microscope		4. Invented
5.	Wondered		6. Invention		7. Distinguish		8. Innovation
9.	Idea	10. Bouncing
Q2. Give Opposites:-
1. Bigger		2. Right		3. Tiny	4. Light

Q3. Answer the following questions:-

1.What is light made up of?

2.The raining umbrella was invented to solve a problem. What was the problem?

							UNIT – 3 Sports
Q1. Give Meanings:-
1.	Prosper	2. Martial	3. Subdue		4. Grieved		5. Content
6.	Loyal	7. Dignified	8. Trodden			9. Tender
10. Objective		11. Athelete		12. Dive		13. Opportunity
Q2. Give Opposites:-
1. Modern		2. Brave	3. Rejected

Q3. Answer the following questions:-

1.What is Taekwondo?

2.What is karate?

3.What is the objective of Judo?

4.Which are the main disability groups for which sports are organized?

5. P epa e a ief su

a of the s u a di e s sto of his e pe ie e.

6.Write tips for scuba divers.

7.Who is still praised as the most loyal student in the epic of Mahabharata?

8.Who is probably the most popular sportsman in India?

Q4. Match A with B (Page 24) Activity 9 (Page 25)

					UNIT – Let’s Travel
Q1. Give Meanings:-
1.	Commercial	2. Located	3. Plundered		4. Ancient
5.	Sanctity	6. Devoted	7. Heritage		8. Nectar
9.	Regret	10. Survive
Q2. Give Opposites:-
1.	Former	2. Ancient	3. Bright	4. Distant
Activity 8 (Page 31)			Activity 9 (Page 32)

Q3. Answer the following questions:-

1.Into how many geographical regions can Gujarat be divided? Which are they?

2.How much is the contribution of Gujarat in the industrial output of India?

3.Which state has the largest petrochemical complex in India?

4.Which was the former capital of Gujarat?

5.	What does “o ath	ea ?
6.	What is the height of So	ath te ple s sikha a d its flag?

7.What is Palitana famous for?

8.In Which park are the Asiatic lions found?

			UNIT – 5 Health and Nutrition
Q1. Give Meanings:-
1. Fond of	2. Controversy		3. Pasture	4. Pretend
5. Recommended		6. Substantial

Q2. Answer the following questions:-

1.Why did Lord Shiva send bull Nandi to tell people to pray three times a day and to eat once a day?

2.What message was conveyed to the people by bull Nandi?

3.Which country published the first food pyramid and when?

4.What is a food pyramid?

5.How many glasses of water are suggested in a food pyramid?

6.How many _____ of vegetables and fruits should you eat in a day?

7.What is food poisoning?

8.What is food value?

9.What is food group?

Activity 11 (Page 41)

UNIT – 6 Art

Q1. Answer the following questions:-

1.Who was Manjit Bawa? What was his confusion after he returned to India?

2.Which artist uses mix media?

3.Which materials are used by Andy for artwork?

4.Which famous newspaper started in 1951?

5.What was common in the cartoons?

6.Name the autobiography of R. K.Laxman?

7.What does the man in striped coat represent?

8.What is the name of cartoon strip?

BONUS ACTIVITY:- Activity 1 (Page 49)

AINACS (RAJKOT)

QUESTION BANK (SECOND SEMESTER)

Std 8 (English)

UNIT – 1 Writing about Writing

Q1. Fill in the blanks:-

1.Tom appeared in front of the house with ____________.

2. To had ee espe iall af aid of Be s ___________.

3.Ben was making noises like those of a big ___________.

4.A man or a boy will desire something if it is __________.

5.Tom had _________ a great law of human action.

Q2. Answer the following questions:-

1.	Why did To		ad	ise Ji	ot to e o ied a out Au t Poll s Pu ish e t?
2.	Wh	did To	s life e ome miserable?
3.	Des	i e Be	s a	i al.

4.How did Tom try to convince Ben that he was really enjoying the painting?

5.In the middle of the afternoon, Tom was very rich. Explain.

6.What was the great law of human action that Tom learnt from his experience?

Q3. Give Reasons:-

1.Tom felt miserable.

2.	“ad ess		etu	ed to To		s hea t.
Q4. Explain with reference to the context:-
1.	E jo	it? Does a			oy have a chance to paint a fence every day?
2.	No, Be		I a	af aid.
3.	Hello, ou			ust	o k,	ust ou?
4.	To	, let	e pai		t a little.

Q5. Grammar: Modals

Q1. Fill in the blanks in the sentences given below with appropriate modals.

1.Rajat will not drown as he _______ swim.

2.Prafulbhai ________ not work so hard as he is sick.

3.Janak ________ win the first prize as he is very intelligent.

4.The students ________ already completed their work.

5.As it is a cloudy day, it ________ rain.

Q2. Rewrite the following sentences using (going to):-

1.The potato will talk now.

2.I will go to Surat tomorrow.

3.We will buy the book next week.

4.India will be a super power very soon.

5.They will finish the work very soon.

Q3. Writing:-

Write a cinquain about Tom Sawyer or any one of the other characters that were named in the sto “t o g Desi e – Wise A tio .

Activity 8 (Page 10)

Activity – 1			UNIT – 2 Let me sum up
Q1. Give Meanings:-
1. Banished	2. Venom	3. Disguised	4. Recognize
5.Ushered	6. Dozing	7. Swear

Q2. Answer the following questions:-

1.Why did the king invite many of the other kings to join him for a celebration?

2.What happened one day, when Golden locks was playing with his ball?

3.What did the giant asked from Golden locks in return of his favourite toy?

4.What made the king so angry and what did he swear?

5.What was the punishment king declared for Golden locks?

6.What was the job the gardener gave to Golden locks?

7.What did Golden locks do to show his love towards princess?

8.What was the condition the princess put forward for her marriage?

9.	What		as the	edi i	e p es	i ed fo		the ki	g s ill	ess?
Q3. Explain with reference to the context:-
1.	I ill o		l gi	e ou	all a	k if	ou elease		e .
2.	You	ould ask this fo the fathe					ho	a ished ou? Wh ?
3.	M	“o	! A	I dead that I see			P e ious so		agai	at last?
4.	I do! Please sa e hi				!

Q4. Fill in the blanks:-

1.Once there was a prince with beautiful _________ hair.

2.The king sadly _________ Golden locks.

3.It was said that two drops of _________ from the deadly tiger snake would cure the king.

4.________ went to the giant and begged him to get the mille for him.

5.________ got the venom from the snake.

Grammar:-

Q1. Add a question tag to the following sentences:-

1.He was singing happily, ________?

2.Aunt Polly talks about it, ________?

3.He did not turn from his work, ________?

4.I will get the apple, _________?

5.I am not going swimming, ________?

Q2. Fill in the blanks using the noun, verb or adjective form of the words: [Discovery, Intelligence,

Simple, Famous, Refuse]

1.Her ________ endears her to everyone.

2.Christopher Columbus __________ America.

3.He proposed to her but her _________ made him unhappy.

4.Ramesh asked an ________ question.

5. Kalpa a s ________ is i		o tal.
Q3. Writing:-
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UNIT – 3 Points of View

Q1. Give Meanings:-
1. Ignore	2. Callous	3. Chaotic	4. Random	5. Tribune
6. Haphazard	7. Guzzle	8. Chaos	9. Doomed	10. Inclined

Q2. Answer the following questions:-

1.What is just the beginning of the problem that results in chaotic traffic situation in the city?

2.What was the scene when the tribune visited the parking area?

3.	What	as the people s justifi atio a out ot utilizi g the pa ki g a ea?
4.	What	as the fi st a s poi t of view about the elephant when he approached it?

5.What was the view of the second person about the elephant?

6.What were the views of the third and fourth persons about the elephant?

7.Explain the lines:-

This a el of a	elepha t
Is very like a fa	!

8.Explain the lines:-

I see,	uoth he, the elepha		t
Is e	like a	ope!
9. What is the		o al of the poe	The li d e a d the elepha t ?

Q3. Fill in the blanks:-

1.Here orders are made to ________ and rules made to forget.

2.Vehicles on the road were parked in a _________ manner, blocking the flow of traffic.

3. _________ ote the poe . The Bli d e a d the elepha t .

4.It was six men of _________ who went to see the elephant.

5.Though each was partly in the right and all were in the _________.

GRAMMAR:- Reported Speech:- (Activity 2 Page no. 29)

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UNIT – 4 My Point of View

Q1. Give Meanings:-

1.

Troops

2. Sightings

3. Extraterrestrials

4. Traverse

5.

Surveillance equipment

6. Documented

7. Celestial

8.

Terrestrial

9. Transparency

10. Videotaped

11. Rigorous

12. Anecdote

13. Contradiction

14. Scraping

Q2. Answer the following questions:-

ACTIVITY 1

1.What do local people believe about UFOs?

2.What did Army reports suggest about UFOs?

3.What actions did Army has taken to verify the identity of the object? What was the result?

4.What was Army officials concern?

ACTIVITY 4

1.What was the conclusion of the IIAP team about the objects?

2.What were the opinions of local farmers and UFO experts about the objects?

ACTIVITY 8

1.What did Dr. Sagan say about the existence of intelligent extraterrestrials?

2. What as D . “aga s opi io a out the st o g e ide e fo e t ate est ials ha i g isited ea th?

WRITING:- Write a paragraph on :- An Imaginary Space – Travel.

Q3. Fill in the blanks:-

1. “o e lo al people elie e that the a e ________ ho e o e to ea th f o oute spa e.

2.Some believed they could be _________ equipment or weather instruments.

3.Stars and planets over the horizon appear very bright because of increased _________ at high altitude.

4.The universe is so huge that it must be measured in _________.

5.It takes the sunlight from the sun ________ minutes to reach us.

6.The nearest star is ________.

GRAMMAR:- ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE

Q1. Change into passive voice:-

1.The army flew a drone in the direction of the floating objects.

2.The radar could not detect these objects.

3.Jitendra wrecked the car.

Q2. Change into Active Voice:-

1.A meeting for high level officials is scheduled later this month.

2.The signals could not be received.

3.We are worried that there may be a problem.

Q3. Rewrite the following as statements:-

1.What a funny voice he has!

2.A terrible experience!

3.Wonderful time we had!

			UNIT – What’s the evidence?
Q1. Give Meanings:-
1. Diverged		2. Undergrowth	3. Trodden	4. Fork
5.	Individualist	6. Wobble	7. Twit	8. Faucet
9.	Rupture	10. Continental

Q2. Answer the following questions:-

ACTIVITY 1

1. Who ote the poe The ‘oad Not Take ?

2.Why did the poet feel sorry?

3.In what ways the two roads are very similar?

4.Explain the lines:- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

5.Explain all the figures of speech in the poem.

ACTIVITY 7

1.Whose point of view is the poem told from?

2.How does the murmuring of water from the tap like?

3.Why does the daughter open the water faucet more?

4.What does the father want to show his daughter?

5.From what does he want to protect her?

6.What does the sleepless father try to remember?

7.What does he recall in his dark bed?

8.Explain all the figures of speech in the poem.

Q3. Fill in the blanks:-

1.Long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the _______.

2.Two roads ________ in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by.

3.	The poe	The oad ot take	is a	out the _______ that o e akes i life.
4.	________	ote the poe Afte	the	oo .

5.The water stops and she _______ back to bed.

GRAMMAR: (Infinitive verbs)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate infinitive verbs:-

1.Do you know how _______ the guitar.

2.I went to Agra _______ the Taj Mahal.

3.The teacher asked the students ________ as essay.

4.She does not know how _______ a car.

5.He works hard as he wants _______ more money.

Change into simple past tense:-

1.The water stops and she shuffles back to bed.

2.The father wants to show her all the paths of possibility.

3.The sleepless father tries to remember thirteen.

4.There is no way to know which road is best back then.

5.Policemen wear long wool coats and tall hats, in these days.

WRITING

W ite a i te p etatio of ou o of the poe The ‘oad Not Take .

UNIT – 6 Careful Analysis

Q1. Answer the following questions:-

1.What is analysis?

2.What is waiting for the peacock like?

3.Finally what does the peacock dance look like?

Q2. Fill in the blanks:-

1.________ is a useful way to find out more about any kind of source.

2.Waiting for the peacock is like waiting for _______ to hit a six.

3.	Cold tu	i g hot, sti k , s eet	Coke .________ o			di t hands.
Q3. Rewrite in to reported Speech:-
1.	It s all	ight, offi e , he said.	I	aiti	g fo a f ie	d.
2.	I a	ot! said the othe . I ll		ait half a	hou , atleast .

3.Is that ou, Bo ? he asked, dou tfull .

Q4. Paragraph writing:-

1.Collect some advertisements about products. Use the information and write the description of a particular product in about 100 words.