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ENGLISH AND GRAMMAR CLASSES


Sailashree Vihar - BBSR - 8328922917

Monthly Test

Time Allowed: 30 minutes Maximum Marks : 50

Section A to the old proud pageant of man.


Laugh and be merry - , remember, in olden time.
1) Read the following poems carefully: (1x5=5) God made Heaven and Earth for joy.
I lay in sorrow deep distressed; He took in a rhyme,
My grief a proud man heard, Made them, and filled them with the
His looks were cold, he gave me gold, strong red wine of His mirth.

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But not a kind word. The splendid joy of the stars, - the joy of the Earth.
My sorrow passed I paid him back So we must laugh and drink from
The gold he gave to me, a deep blue cup of the sky.
Then stood erect and spoke my thanks Join the jubilant song of the great stars sweeping by,

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And blessed his charity. Laugh, and battle, and work,
I lay in want and grief, and pain and drink of the wine outpoured.
A poor man passed my way In the dear green Earth,
He bound my head, he gave me bread; the sign of the joy of the Lord.
He watched me night and day; Laugh and be merry together, like brothers akin,
How shall I pay him back again Guesting awhile in the rooms of a beautiful inn,
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Oh, gold is great but greater far
Glad till the dancing stops, and the lilt of the music ends.
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Laugh till the game is played: and be you merry,
Is heavenly sympathy. my friends.
i. One day the poet was in i. What is the central idea of the poem?
i. Trouble ii. What is theblow with which the poet wants us to
ii. Need of money
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better the world?


iii. The need of a friend iii. What does the poet mean to say by the linebe proud
iv. Depression. to belong to the old proud pageant of man?
ii. The proud rich man offered the poet iv. What does the poet say that we all should live
i. Sympathy together like?
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ii. Money v. Give a word fordelightful.


iii. Bread [5]
iv. Tea. 3) Read the following poems carefully: - (1x5=5)
iii. The poet was in a fix because
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Fame is a food that dead men eat,


i. He didn’t know how to pay back to the proud I have no stomach for such meat.
rich man In little light and narrow room,
ii. He didn’t know the poor man who served him They eat in the silent tomb.
so much
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With no kind voice of comrade near


iii. He wanted to give money to the poor man but To bid the feaster be of cheer.
he had no money But friendship is a noble thing,
iv. He didn’t know how to pay back to the poor Of friendship, it is good to sing.
man’s service to him. For truly when a man shall end,
iv. The poet realized in the last that He lives in the memory of his friend,
i. The poor man was better than the rich man Who doth his better part recall,
ii. Sympathy was more valuable than gold And of his fault make the funeral.
iii. The rich man was better than the poor man i. By the expression ‘Fame is a food that dead men
iv. Money was the most important thing in the eat’ we mean
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world. i. Fame is enjoyed only after death


v. The word that means opposite to sorrow is ii. Fame is enjoyed during the life - time
i. Carelessness iii. Fame is something like a food
ii. Ability iv. Fame dies with one’s death.
iii. Joy ii. Friendship is a noble thing because
iv. Beauty. i. A man cannot live without friends
[5] ii. Real friends are very helpful
2) Read the passage given below carefully and answer the iii. A man always remembers the good qualities of
questions that follow: his friend after his death
Laugh and be merry, better the world with a song. iv. It enhances the dignity of mankind.
Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong. iii. Friendship is better than fame because in friendship
Laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a i. When a man dies he lives in the memory of
span. his friend
Laugh and be proud to belong
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ii. A man always regards his friend tions that follow: (1x5=5)
iii. Enmity never comes WHOSE woods these are I think I know.
iv. A man is always happy in the company of his His house is in the village though;
friend. He will not see me stopping here
iv. In the last line of the above poem the poet wants To watch his woods fill up with snow.
to convey that My little horse must think it queer
i. One should believe in friendship To stop without a farm - house near
ii. The faults of a man are highlighted by his friend Between the woods and frozen lake
after his death The darkest evening of the year.
iii. The faults of a man are forgotten by his friend He gives his harness bells a shake
after his death To ask if there is some mistake.
iv. One should not run after fame and friendship. The only other sound’s the sweep
v. The word recall means Of easy wind and downy flake.
i. Forget The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
ii. Come close But I have promises to keep,

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iii. Help And miles to go before I sleep,
iv. Remember And miles to go before I sleep.
[5] i. In the last stanza of the poem, there is a repetition
4) Read the following poems carefully: (1x5=5) of the line; And miles to go before I sleep.’ The

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Fame is a food that dead men eat, poet has repeated the line to
I have no stomach for such meat. i. Make the poem interesting
In little light and narrow room, ii. Emphasize his responsibilities
They eat in the silent tomb. iii. Attract the readers
With no kind voice of comrade near iv. Express the idea of the poem more forcefully.
To bid the feaster be of cheer. ii. When the poet says ‘But I have promises to keep’;
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But friendship is a noble thing, he means that -
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Of friendship, it is good to sing. i. He has to make his life successful
For truly when a man shall end, ii. He has certain duties which he must discharge
He lives in the memory of his friend, iii. He has to follow what he has said to his friends
Who doth his better part recall, iv. He has to make people happy.
And of his fault make the funeral. iii. The woods are covered with -
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i. By the expression ‘Fame is a food that dead men i. Snow


eat’ we mean ii. Yellow leaves
i. Fame is enjoyed only after death iii. Sand
ii. Fame is enjoyed during the life - time iv. Fallen trees.
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iii. Fame is something like a food iv. Who gives the harness bells a shake?
iv. Fame dies with one’s death. i. Horse
ii. Friendship is a noble thing because ii. Poet
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i. A man cannot live without friends iii. Horse - rider


ii. Real friends are very helpful iv. Elephant.
iii. A man always remembers the good qualities of v. The wordqueer means -
his friend after his death i. Sometimes
iv. It enhances the dignity of mankind. ii. Familiar
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iii. Friendship is better than fame because in friendship iii. Strange


i. When a man dies he lives in the memory of iv. Abnormal.
his friend [5]
ii. A man always regards his friend 6) Read the following passage carefully and answer the
iii. Enmity never comes questions that follow: (1x5=5) Great, wide, beautiful,
iv. A man is always happy in the company of his wonderful world,
friend. With the wonderful water round you curled,
iv. In the last line of the above poem the poet wants And the wonderful grass upon your breast -
to convey that World, you are beautifully drest.
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i. One should believe in friendship The wonderful air is over me,


ii. The faults of a man are highlighted by his friend And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree,
after his death It walks on the water, and whirls the mills,
iii. The faults of a man are forgotten by his friend And talks to itself on the tops of the hills.
after his death You friendly Earth, how far do you go,
iv. One should not run after fame and friendship. With the wheat - fields that nod and the rivers that flow,
v. The word recall means With cities and gardens, and cliffs, and isles,
i. Forget And people upon you for thousands of miles?
ii. Come close Ah! you are so great, and I am so small,
iii. Help I tremble to think of you, World, at all;
iv. Remember. And yet, when I said my prayers today,
[5] A whisper inside me seemed to say,
5) Read the following poem carefully and answer the ques- You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot:
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You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!’ iii. Proud
i. In the poem above ‘beautifully drest’ refers to - iv. Kind.
i. Having gaudy dress v. The phrase such a dot means
ii. Decorated with nature’s beauty i. So small
iii. Wearing costly dresses ii. So fat
iv. Wearing cheap but beautiful dresses. iii. So big
ii. The poet calls the world “beautifully drest’ because iv. So kind.
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i. It looks beautiful 8) Read the following poem carefully: - (1 x 5 = 5)
ii. It has wonderful grass curled around it In London Town
iii. It is covered with fine clothes It was a bird of paradise
iv. It is covered with green leaves. Over the roofs he flew
iii. The wind in the poem talks to - Children clapped their hands and cried:” How nice!
i. Passersby Look - his wings are blue!”
ii. Trees His body was of ruby red

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iii. Clouds His eyes were burning gold
iv. Itself. All the grown - up people said
iv. The poet calls the earth - ”What a pity the creature is not dead,
i. Unfriendly For then it could be sold”

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ii. Friendly One was braver than the rest,
iii. Proud He took a loaded gun
iv. Kind. Aiming at the emerald chest
v. The phrasesuch a dot means - He shot the creature through the breast,
i. So small Down it fell in the sun. It was not heavy, it was not fat
ii. So fat And folk began to stare
iii. So big 29 I ”We cannot eat it, that is flat!
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iv. So kind And such outlandish feathers as that
[5] Why, who could ever wear?”
7) Read the following poems carefully: (1 x 5 = 5) They flung it into the river brown
Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World, ”A pity the creature died!”
With the wonderful water round, you curled, Thus they said in
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And the wonderful grass upon your breast London town But all the children cried.
World, you are beautifully dressed. i. ”Children clapped and cried” shows that
The wonderful air is over me, i. They were celebrating
And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree, ii. They were happy and excited
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It walks on the water, and whirls the mills, iii. They were very sad and emotional
And talks to itself on the tops of the hills. iv. They were shouting at each other
You friendly Earth, how far do you go, ii. The grown - ups were materialistic as
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With the wheat - fields that nod and the rivers that flow, i. They wanted to eat the bird and sell its feathers
With cities and gardens, and cliffs, and isles, ii. They wanted to throw the bird into the river
And people upon you for thousands of miles? iii. They wanted to sell the bird for a huge sum
Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, iv. They wanted to kill the bird to save their town
I tremble to think of you, World, at all; iii. The adults do not have
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And yet, when I said my prayers today, i. The innocence of children


A whisper inside me seemed to say, ii. The wealth of the world
You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot: iii. Peace of mind
You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!’ iv. Cruel feelings
i. In the poem above ’beautifully dressed’ refers to iv. The children were different from the grown - ups
i. Having gaudy dress as the children
ii. Decorated with nature’s beauty i. Were kind and liked the bird just as it was
iii. Wearing costly dresses ii. They liked the bird for its colourful feathers
iv. Wearing cheap but beautiful dresses. iii. Wept when the bird died
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ii. The poet calls the world ‘beautifully dressed’ because iv. They stared at the outlandish bird in disaster
i. It looks beautiful v. The word ’outlandish’ here means
ii. It has wonderful grass curled around it i. Out of land
iii. It is covered with fine clothes ii. Unusual and strange
iv. It is covered with green leaves. iii. Ordinary
iii. The wind in the poem talks to iv. Colourful
i. Passersby [5]
ii. Trees 9) Read the passage given below carefully and answer the
iii. Clouds questions that follow:
iv. Itself. There’s a Polar Bear
iv. The poet calls the earth In our Frigidaire
i. Unfriendly He likes it ’cause it’s cold in there.
ii. Friendly With his seat in the meat
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And his face in the fish His looks were cold, he gave me gold,
And his big hairy paws But not a kindly word.
In the buttery dish, My sorrow passed I paid him back
He’s nibbling the noodles, The gold he gave to me,
He’s munching the rice, Then stood erect and spoke my thanks
He’s slurping the soda, And blessed his charity.
He’s licking the ice. I lay in want and grief, and pain
And he lets out a roar A poor man passed my way
If you open the door. He bound my head, he gave me bread;
And it gives me a scare He watched me night and day;
To know he’s is there How shall I pay him back again
That Polar Bear For all, he did to me?
In our Frigidaire. Oh, gold is great but greater far
i. What according to the poem is the poet talking about Is heavenly sympathy.
the Polar Bear? i. One day the poet was in -

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(a) He is taking a nap i. Trouble
(b) he is trying to escape the place ii. Need of money
(c) he is enjoying his food iii. Need of a friend
(d) None of the above iv. Depression.

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ii. What does the bear do when the poet opens the ii. The proud rich man offered the poet -
door i. Sympathy
(a) He gives him a scare by letting out a roar ii. Money
(b) He offers him his buttery dish iii. Bread
(c) He requests him to take him away iv. Tea.
(d) He slurps to soda ion front of the door iii. The poet was in a fix because -
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iii. What is the bear doing with the noodles? i. He didn’t know how to pay back to the rich
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(a) Licking proud man
(b) Munching ii. He didn’t know the poor man who served him
(c) Slurping so much
(d) Nibbling iii. He wanted to give money to the poor man but
iv. Find a word from the passage meaningto ingest (food he had no money
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or drink) with loud sucking noise. iv. He didn’t know how to pay back to the poor
(a) Munch man’s service to him.
(b) Lick iv. The poet realised in the last that -
(c) Slurp i. The poor man was better than the rich man
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(d) Nibble ii. Sympathy was more valuable than gold


v. Why does the polar Bear like the poet’s frigidaire? iii. The rich man was better than the poor man
(a) Because there he gets a lot of food to eat iv. Money was the most important thing in the
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(b) Because he can scare the poet from there world.


(c) because he gets a nice view from there v. The word that means opposite tosorrow is -
(d) because it is cold there i. Carelessness
[5] ii. Ability
10) Read the following poem carefully and answer the ques- iii. Joy
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tions that follow: (1x5=5) iv. Beauty


I lay in sorrow deep distressed; [5]
My grief a proud man heard,
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