Bangladesh International Tutorial Mid-Term Examination, 2017-18 Subject: English Language Class: Vii (Seven) Time: 3 Hours Full Marks: 100

BANGLADESH INTERNATIONAL TUTORIAL
MID-TERM EXAMINATION, 2017-18

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CLASS: VII (SEVEN)
TIME: 3 HOURS
FULL MARKS: 100
[Important Instructions: Write your answers precisely and in good English. Keep your
writing legible and tidy. Complete your exam with time to revise before the submission of
your answer book. Attempt all questions.]
Composition (35 marks)
Q.1 Write between 300 and 350 words on any one of the following topics:
a. A new house.
b. Write a story about ‘Getting Lost’.
c. Video and computers games.
Letter (15 marks)
Q.2 Write a letter to your friend telling him / her about your celebration of a
special event in your school. (Within 200 words)
Grammar (30 marks)
Q.3 Attempt the following
a. What is figure of speech? (2 marks)
b. Define metaphor, alliteration and personification. Write sentences as examples for

each. (6 marks)
d. Define abstract and common nouns with examples for each. (4 marks)
e. What is an adjective? Write five different kinds of jobs of an adjective with examples. (6
marks)
f. What is a suffix? Give two examples of suffixes. (3 marks)
g. What is the derivation of “umbrella”? (2 marks)
h. Explain the difference between ‘loose’ and ‘lose’ and use them in sentences. (4 Marks)
i. Write three pairs of words that are homophones. (3 marks)

Comprehension (20 marks)
Q.4 Read the extraction below and attempt the questions followed by.
Swath followed swath. They mowed long rows and short rows. Good grass and poor grass.
Levin lost all count of time and had no idea whether it was late or early .A change began to
come over his work which gave him intense satisfaction .There were moments when he
forgot what he was doing , he moved without effort and his line was almost as smooth and
good as Titus’s . But as soon as he began thinking about what he was doing and trying to do
better, he was at once conscious how hard the task was , and would mow badly……
In the very heat of the day the mowing did not seem such hard work. The perspiration with
which he was drenched cooled him, while the sun , that burned his back , his head, and his
arms ,bare to the elbow, gave a vigour and dogged energy to his labour ; and more often
now come these moments of oblivion, when it was possible not to think of what one was
doing. The scythe cut by itself. Those were the happy moments. Still more delightful were
the moments when they reached the river at the end of the rows and the old man would rub
his scythe with a thick knot of wet grass, rinse the steel blade in the fresh water of the
stream, ladle out a little water in a tin dipper, and offer Levin a drink.
“What do you say to my home-brew, eh? Good eh?” he would say with a wink.
And truly Levin had never tasted any drink so good as this warm water with bits of grass
floating in it and a rusty flavor from the tin dipper. And immediately after this come the
blissful, slow saunter, with his hand on the scythe, during which he could wipe away the
streaming sweat, fill his lings with air, and look about at the long line of mowers and at
what was happening around in the forest and the country.
The longer Levin mowed , the more often he experienced those moments of oblivion when it
was not his arms which swung the scythe but the scythe seemed to mow by itself, a body
full of life and consciousness of its own, and as though by magic, without a thought being
given to it ,the work did itself regularly and carefully. These were the most blessed moment.
a. At the beginning and end of the passage , the writer describes Levin’s” moments of
oblivion” Find two other phrases in the passage which describe what happened to Levin in
these moments. (4 marks)
b. What happened when Levin consciously tried to do better? (4 marks)
c. Why, even in the heat of the day, did the mowing not seem to be hard work? (4 marks)
d. What was the old man’s “home- brew “Why did he wink? (4 marks)
e. What was the “magic” that Levin experienced? (4 marks)

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BANGLADESH INTERNATIONAL TUTORIAL

MID-TERM EXAMINATION, 2017-18

Composition (35 marks)

b. Write a story about ‘Getting Lost’.

c. Video and computers games.

Letter (15 marks)

Grammar (30 marks)

Q.3 Attempt the following

a. What is figure of speech? (2 marks)

b. Define metaphor, alliteration and personification. Write sentences as examples for

f. What is a suffix? Give two examples of suffixes. (3 marks)

g. What is the derivation of “umbrella”? (2 marks)

i. Write three pairs of words that are homophones. (3 marks)

b. What happened when Levin consciously tried to do better? (4 marks)

e. What was the “magic” that Levin experienced? (4 marks)

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