Ministry of
Education
DZONGKHAG COMMON
EXAMINATION-2017
SARPANG.
Subject:
English
Writing Time: 2 Hours
Class: V
Total Marks: 100
READ
THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
1.
Do not write for the first fifteen
minutes. This time is to be spent reading the questions.
2.
Answers to all the questions must be
written neatly in the answer sheets
provided by the school.
3.
In this paper, there are three
sections: A, B and C. All questions in Section A and B are compulsory.
4.
Section C has three genres: Short Stories, Essay and Poetry. Each genre has two sets of questions, Set I and Set II. Set I comprises of Question
nos. 1a and 1b and Set II corresponds to Question no. 2 across all
sections. You must attempt one set
of questions from each section.
5.
In Section C, you must attempt three sets of questions in all. Your
choice must include one Set II question (Question no. 2) from
any genre.
6.
In
Section C, do not attempt questions from two different
sets. Your choice is strictly between the two sets of questions provided for
each section.
7.
Read the directions to each
question carefully and write all your
answers in youranswer sheet.
8.
Once the examination begins, you
will not be allowed to ask
questions, speak with others, or move around.
9.
Do not leave the examination hall before you have made sure that you
have answeredall the questions.
10. If
you finish before the time is over, close
your answer booklet and sit quietly.
SECTION A: Writing
Question 1- 20 Marks
Direction:
Write a narrative essay of about 150-200 words
on any ONE of the topics given below.
1.
The nativity day is usually celebrated by
youths of today as birthdays. You
must have celebrated your birthdays too. Write about it in detail.
2. Many
of us love watching movies. Name the best film you have watched and narrate
what happens in the film.
3.
Narrate
any one of the stories that you know or heard from your parents.
Question II-
10 Marks
Direction: You are Dema, a class V student inBuli
Lower Secondary School, Zhemgang. Write a letter on any ONE of the topics given
below.
1.
Write a letter to your friend Wangmo who
is your pen friend. Invite her to visit you and your parents during winter
break. Tell her what plan do you have.
2.
You are suffering from stomach ache.
Write a leave application to your class teacher asking leave for one day.
3. Write
a letter to your parents telling them about the temporary job that you are
going to do during your winter vacation.
SECTION B: Language
Question I (1x10
Marks)
Direction:
Copy the number
of question, choose the correct response and write it in your answer sheet.
1. Sonam
is a pretty girl. She is active too.
The word she is
a.
Noun
b.
Pronoun
c.
Verb
d. Adjective
2. ______flowers
beyond the mountains are pretty.
a.
These
b.
This
c.
Those
d.
That
3. The
past tense of the word cut is
a.
Cutted
b.
Cutting
c.
Cut
d. None
of the above
4. She
took her umbrella because it was raining ______________.
a.
heavy.
b.
heavier
c.
heavily
d.
the heaviest
5. He is the
_____________ in my family.
a.
young
b.
youngest
c.
short
d.
younger
6.
Karma __________ a sister.
a.
have
b.
having
c.
are
d.
has
7.
There is some milk ___________ the jug.
a.
on
b.
over
c.
in
d.
under
8.
Pema ________ to visit lhakhang yesterday.
a.
going
b.
went
c.
will go
d.
go
9.Lhamo
is beautiful girl. The underlined word in the sentence is
a.
verb.
b.
adverb.
c.
noun.
d.
adjective.
10.
Which of the following is punctuated correctly?
a.
She said, “I have passed the
examination”.
b.
“She said” I have passed the
examination.
c.
“She said I have passed the
examination”.
d.
She said, I have passed the examination.
Question
II
Direction: Choose the correct form of word
from the bracket. (1X5)
1.
Deki
sang______ (sweetly/sweet)
2.
Sonam ______ (likes/like) mangoes.
3.
The
past participle form of word drive is______ (drove/driven)
4.
It
is raining, _____________it? (isn’t/aren’t)
5.
_________
father is a very good carpenter. (Wangchuk’s / Wangchuks’)
Question
III (
½ x10 Marks)
Directions:
Ten words have been left out from the passage below. Each space where a word
has been left out is numbered. Write the number of the blanks and against it
write the most suitable word from the table given below.
|
will
|
with
|
after
|
am
|
meet
|
rules
|
be
|
waiting
|
feeling
|
vacation
|
I
____1_______ so tired of studying all the day and night. Next Monday, at this
time, I ____2____ go to home and spend my ______3______ with my parents. For
fifteen days, I will help my parents to look __4_______the cows. I will
____5______ my old friends and share our ______6________. I will spend my time
____7____friends and with the books. I am ___8_____for the holiday to come soon
so that I will ____9_____ free of
School’s
____10______.
SECTION C: LITERATURE.
Short story- 20
marks
Direction: From the two sets of questions under this
genre, choose ONE SET and write your responses in your answer sheet. The
questions are based on the story “The Ladybug Garden”
Set I
Question 1a.(10
Marks)
Direction:
Each question below is followed by four responses. Choose the most correct
answer or response and write it in your answer sheet.
1. All
the following insects are found in gardener’s garden Except
a.
Ladybug and wasps.
b.
Bees and butterfly.
c.
Aphids and ants.
d.
fleaand housefly
2. Which
one of the following insects carry pollen from flower to flower?
a.
Bees
b. Ants.
c. Aphids.
d. Ladybug.
3. The
gardener sprayed gun filled with bug killer to
a.
make garden fertile.
b.
get rid of the bad insects.
c.
get rid of the good insects.
d. make
the garden smell good.
4. Which
one of the following insects suck juice and spread disease?
a. Butterfly
b. Bees
c.
Wasps.
d. Aphids.
5. There
were more aphids after spraying bug killer because
a.
aphids cannot be killed by bug killer.
b.
bug killer helped aphids to multiply.
c.
aphids crept out of their hiding place
and did not die.
d.
gardener wants to keep more aphids.
6. Why
do you think there are more ants?
a.
There were no other animals.
b.
There were more honey drew produced by
aphids.
c.
There were no other insects.
d.
There was more space in the garden.
7. There
are few butterflies left because
a.
there was less space in the garden.
b.
there were many aphids in the garden.
c. there
were more people who disturb them.
d.
there were only few flowers in the
garden.
8. Who
suggested that ladybug are nature’s way of controlling aphids?
a.
Gardener’s father.
b.
He got an idea himself
c.
His friend.
d.
The people of his village
9. At
the end of story, the gardener is
a.
sad
b.
angry
c.
bad
d.
happy.
10. The
author of the story is
a.
Maxine Kumin.
b.
James Berry
c.
Harry Behn.
d. Celia
Godkin
Question:
1.b (10)
Direction:
Answer the following questions briefly in your own words. Write the number of
the question on your answer sheet.
1.
Describe the garden before the gardener sprayed poison. (2)
2. What happened to the garden after the
gardener sprayed with poison? (2)
3. How did the gardener make his garden like
before? (3)
4. Would you have listened to friend’s
suggestion if you were the gardener?
Why? (3)
Question 2
(20 Marks)
Direction: Read the following questions carefully and
write your answers in your answersheet.
1. List down the helpful and harmful insects in
the story. (6)
2.
How did the gardener’s wrong decision affect his garden? (6)
3. Describe the life of insects in the
garden? (4)
4. Write how you felt about the story. (4)
Essay- 20 Marks
Direction:
Read the essay
given below carefully. From the two sets of questions on this text, choose one
set and write your responses in your answer sheet.
The Fox and the Lion
A
fox was boasting to the cat of its clever devices for escaping its enemies. “I
have a whole bag of tricks, which contains a hundred ways,” he said. “I have
only one,” said the cat. At that time, they saw a group of hounds coming
towards them. The cat immediately climbed the tree and hid herself in the
boughs.
“This
is my plan,” said the cat when she was safe. “What are you going to do?” The
fox started thinking about the tricks and became confused. He had many to
choose from. In the meantime, the hounds came nearer and nearer, and at last the
Fox was caught up and killed by the hounds. His tricks proved to be useless.
Set I
Question 1 a. - (10 marks)
Direction :
Each question below is followed by four responses. Write the number of the
question, choose the most correct answer or response and write it on the answer
sheet.
1.
The word hounds mean ____________________
a)
farmers.
b)
animals.
c)
hunters.
d)
Seller
2.
Fox is a ___________ animal.
a) domestic
b) wild
c) weak
d) small
3. The
fox was ___________ to the cat.
a) waiting
b) telling
story
c) talking
d) boasting
4. The
fox had ______________________ tricks.
a) only
one
b) little
c) a
whole bag of
d) interesting
5. The
cat____________ climbed the tree.
a) immediately
b) suddenly
c) slowly
d) quickly
6. The
fox and cat saw a group of_______________ coming to them.
a) lions
b) hounds.
c) tigers.
d) elephants.
7. The
cat was safe because _______
a) It
was on the tree.
b) It
was surrounded by hounds
c) the
fox ran away.
d) It
had an owner with it.
8. His
tricks proved to be useless. The word “His” in the above line is the_______
a) cat’s.
b) Hound’s.
c) owner’s.
d) fox’s.
9. The
word “ hid” is past tense of
___________________
a) help.
b) have.
c) hire.
d) hide.
10. Confused
means _________
a) puzzled.
b) climbed.
c) boasted.
d) killed.
Question
1b.
(10 Marks)
Direction: Answer the following questions
briefly in your own words. Write the number of the question on your answer
sheet and beside it your answer.
1. What did the cat do when she saw a group of
hounds coming towards them? (2)
2. What did the hounds do to the fox? (2)
3. “ I have only one plan,” Who is ‘I’ in this line?
(2)
4. What did you like from this passage? Why? (1+1)
5. What important message did you learn from this
essay?(2)
Set II
Question 2
(20 Marks)
Direction: Read the following questions
carefully and write your answers in youranswer sheet.
1. What would
you do if you see the fox coming towards you? (5)
2. Compare between fox and cat and write the
differences and similarities. (5)
3. Do you think the cat is cleverer than the fox?
Why? (5)
4. If you were the cat what would you have done when
the fox boasted you a lot? (5)
Poetry-
(10 Marks)
Direction:
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. From the two sets of
questions on the poem, choose ONE SET and write your responses in your answer
sheet.
Kindness to Animals
Little children, never give
Pain to things that feel and live;
Let gentle robin come
For the crumbs you save at home,-
As his meat you throw along
He will repay you with a song;
Never hurt the timid hare
Peeping from her green grass lair,
Let her come and sport and play
On the lawn at close of day;
Little lark goes soaring high
To the bright windows of the sky,
Singing as if it were always
spring,
And fluttering on an untired wing,-
Oh! Let him sing his happy song,
Nor do these gentle creatures
wrong.
Set I
Question
1 a
(5)
Direction:
Each question is followed by four responses. Choose the correct answer and
write it in your answer sheet.
1. According
to the poem, who never give pain to things that feel and live?
a.
People of the world.
b.
Little children.
c.
Old people.
d.
The poet.
2. The
word “peeping” in the poem means
a.
running
b.
coming.
c.
looking.
d.
Playing
3. The
poet says that we should not harm living being because
a.
they are harmful.
b.
they are helpful.
c.
these creatures do no wrong to people.
d.
they are simple.
4. The
gentle robin comes to eat
a.
grains from the field.
b.
crumbs saved at home.
c.
food that people have thrown.
d.
fish in the pond.
5. If
you let gentle robin to come for crumbs, it will repay you with
a.
great thanks.
b.
Money
c.
a song.
d. a
crumb.
Question
1b
(5)
Direction: Answer the following question briefly in your
own words.
1. Describe
briefly how the timid hare enjoy if children do not harm them? (3)
2. What
are the things done by little lark if they are given chance to sing a
song? (2)
Set
II
Question 2
(10)
Direction: Answer the questions briefly in your own
words.
1.
Do you think being kind to animals is
good thing? If yes, give five strong reasons to support your answer.
(5)
2.
If you were an animal and hurt by human
beings, what would you feel? What would you do? Refer the poem to support your
answer. (2 ½
+2 ½ )
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