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• Question Bank strictly as per the NCERT Curriculum

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• Solved Paper (KVS) 2013-14 9 - 16

Section–A : Reading1. Unseen Passages 1 - 8

Section–B : Writing & Grammar1. Application Writing 9 - 132. Letter Writing 14 - 193. Composition Writing 20 - 234. Messages 24 - 275. Notices 28 - 306. Story Writing 31 - 337. Dialogue Completion 34 - 368. Sentence 37 - 398. Nouns 40 - 43

10. Noun-Number 44 - 4711. Word order in Sentence Type 48 - 4912. Adjectives - Degree of Comparison 50 - 5213. The Adverb 53 - 5414. Active and Passive Voice 55 - 5715. Direct and Indirect Speech 58 - 6016. Linking Word 61 - 6217. Modal Auxiliaries 63 - 6518. Articles 66 - 6819. Verbs 69 - 73

Section–C : LiteratureHoneycomb

(Prose)1. Three Questions 74 - 752. A Gift of Chappals 76 - 783. Gopal and the Hilsa–Fish 79 - 804. The Ashes that made

Trees Bloom 81 - 835. Quality 84 - 866. Expert Detectives 87 - 887. The Invention of Vita-Wonk 89 - 908. Fire : Friend and Foe 91 - 939. A Bicycle in Good Repair 94 - 96

10. The Story of Cricket 97 - 98

(Poetry)1. The Squirrel 99 - 1002. The Rebel 101 - 1023. The Shed 103 - 1044. Chivvy 105 - 1065. Trees 107 - 1086. Mystery of the Talking fan 109 - 1107. Dad and the Cat and the Tree 111 - 1128. Meadow Surprises 113 - 1149. Garden Snake 115 - 116

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An Alien Hand1. The Tiny Teacher 117 - 1182. Bringing up Kari 119 - 1203. The Desert 121 - 1224. The Cop and the Anthem 123 - 1245. Golu Grows a Nose 125 - 1266. I Want Something in a Cage 127 - 1287. Chandni 129 - 1308. The Bear Story 131 - 1328. A Tiger in the House 133 - 134

10. An Alien Hand 135 - 136

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Summative Assessment - II - 2013-14Kendriya Vidhyalaya Sangathan

English*Class - VII

Time : 2 : 30 Hrs. ] [ M. M. 60

General Instructions :1. This Question Paper comprises of four sections A, B, C & D.

2. All Questions are compulsory.

3. Marks are included against each question.

SECTION ‘A’ : READING (5 Marks)

Q. 1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : (1× 5 = 5)National Anthems are sung or played on special occasions by almost all the countries of theworld. They are patriotic songs sung as a mark of honour to the countries concerned. Theseare sung to inspire patriotic feelings in people. It is believed that ‘Kim Gao’ song sung inJapan was the first national anthem of the world. Our national anthem was written byRabindra Nath Tagore and was sung for the first time at Kolkata session of the Congress in1911. On 24th January, 1950, it was adopted as the national anthem of India. ‘Vande-Matram’,a patriotic song written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee is also given the status almostsimilar to that of national anthem.(i) What is national anthem ?(ii) When is the national anthem sung ?(iii) Who wrote our national anthem and when was it adopted ?(iv) Which song is given almost equal status as national anthem ?(v) Find words which mean the same :

(a) Respect(b) Love for country

SECTION ‘B’ : WRITING (10 Marks)

Q. 2. Write a letter to your friend Akshay telling him, how you celebrated your birthday this year.You are Karan of Kanpur. (6 × 1 = 6)

ORWrite an application to your Principal asking him to grant you a leave for 1 week as you arenot well and doctor has advise you to rest. You are Rohit, student of std VII of D.K. PublicSchool, Rajkot.

Q. 3. Write a short paragraph on any one of the following : (4 × 1 = 4)(i) My school(ii) Republic day(iii) Importance of sports and games

SECTION ‘C’ : GRAMMAR (10 Marks)

Q. 4. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs :(close, merely, sweet, fast) (½ × 4 = 2)(i) She sang .......... .(ii) He ran very............ .(iii) The baby smells .............. .(iv) She sat .......... to him.

Q. 5. Rewrite the following jumbled group of words as a sentence : ( ½ × 4 = 2)(i) Switzerland/European/a/country/is(ii) faithful/animal/the/a/is/dog

*Memory-based