The City School

PAF Chapter

Comprehensive Worksheet
December 2018

ENGLISH
Class – 6

Candidate Name: _________________________________________________________________

Index Number: _____________________________________________ Section: _____________
Branch/Campus: ____________________________________________ Date: _____________
Maximum Marks: 100 Time Allowed: 2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Write your name, index number, section, branch/campus and date clearly in the space provided.
 Read and follow the instructions of the given questions.
 Answer all the questions in the space provided.
 Select only one answers when made to choose, otherwise no marks will be given.
 Check your answers before handing your paper in.
 Marks for each section are shown below.
 This paper consists of 12 printed pages including the cover page.

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Sections Section A Section B Section C Total

Question 1 2 1 1
Max. Marks 30 20 25 25 100
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 Section A Writing: Part 1 (Directed Total Marks : 20
Writing)

Q1. Select any ONE of the topics from the following. [___/20]

Today one billion people live without clean drinking water. Write a newspaper report about the “Water Crisis”.
Include the details: [120-150 words]

a. Explain why we need to conserve water

b. What would happen if we would not stop wasting water
c. Importance and ways of water management
OR

Recently, a foreign student spent one month as a member of your class in order to learn about your country. Write an
account to your best friend about his/her visit.

You must include the following: [120-150 words]

a. The student’s and other details about him/her.

b. What the student did during the visit both in and out of school?
c. Why do you feel the visit was beneficial to the student and to your school?
Cover all the three points above in detail and make your account lively and informative.

Remember to add your signature and the date at the end.

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Section A Writing: Part2 (Creative Writing) Total Marks 30

Q.2 Select any ONE of the topics from the following. [30 Marks]

Imagine, “ you have shifted to a new house which has many undiscovered rooms. In one of the rooms you find a very
old door, there are inscriptions on it some ancient language. You knock three tomes on the door, just playfully. Click
clang! The door opens a little , it’s snowing on the other side…”

Write a story using the aforesaid as your beginning. [130-180 words]

OR

Write a dialogue between a teacher and a student, who comes late to the class. [130-180 words]

OR

Write a narrative about a time when you experienced something truly frightening. Use descriptive language to make
your narrative interesting. [130-180 words]

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Section B Reading Part 1 (Unseen Passage) Total Marks 25

Floods are second only to fire as the most common of all natural disasters. They occur almost everywhere in the
world, resulting in widespread damage and even death. Consequently, scientists have long tried to perfect their ability
to predict floods. So far, the best that scientists can do is to recognize the potential for flooding in certain conditions.
There are a number of conditions, from deep snow on the ground to human error, that cause flooding.

When deep snow melts it creates a large amount of water. Although deep snow alone rarely causes floods, when it
occurs together with heavy rain and sudden warmer weather it can lead to serious flooding. If there is a fast snow melt
on top of frozen or very wet ground, flooding is more likely to occur than when the ground is not frozen. Frozen
ground or ground that is very wet and already saturated with water cannot absorb the additional water created by the
melting snow. Melting snow also contributes to high water levels in rivers and streams. Whenever rivers are already at
their full capacity of water, heavy rains will result in the rivers overflowing and flooding the surrounding land.

Rivers that are covered in ice can also lead to flooding. When ice begins to melt, the surface of the ice cracks and
breaks into large pieces. These pieces of ice move and float down the river. They can form a dam in the river, causing
the water behind the dam to rise and flood the land upstream. If the dam breaks suddenly, then the large amount of
water held behind the dam can flood the areas downstream too.

Broken ice dams are not the only dam problems that can cause flooding. When a large human-made dam breaks or
fails to hold the water collected behind it, the results can be devastating. Dams contain such huge amounts of water
behind them that when sudden breaks occur, the destructive force of the water is like a great tidal wave. Unleashed
dam waters can travel tens of kilometers, cover the ground in meters of mud and debris, and drown and crush
everything and creature in their path.

Although scientists cannot always predict exactly when floods will occur, they do know a great deal about when
floods are likely, or probably, going to occur. Deep snow, ice-covered rivers, and weak dams are all strong conditions
for potential flooding. Hopefully, this knowledge of why floods happen can help us reduce the damage they cause.

Q3. Read the following questions carefully and encircle the correct option. [____ /10]
i. Which of the following words are natural disasters?
A. flood
B. airplane crash
C. accidents
D. blasting

ii. Which of the following are included as causes for floods in the reading passage?

A. droughts

B. large lakes

C. poorly built roads

D. melting snow

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 iii. How does deep snow cause flooding?

A. melting snow causes flooding

B. too much rain causes flooding

C. sudden warm temperatures combined with heavy rains causes flooding

D. freezing water causes flooding

iv. A broken human-made dam is compared to what?

A. a tsunami

B. a tidal wave

C. a broken ice dam

D. overflowing

v. Which of the following best describes how a frozen river can cause a flood.

A. The ice in the river melts too quickly and causes a flood.

B. The ice in the river cracks causing the water to overflow.

C. The ice in the river cracks into pieces

that eventually create a dam causing the water to overflow.

D. The water behind the ice dam collects and when the dam breaks, it causes flooding upstream.

vi. How far can dam water travel when it is unleashed from a broken dam?

A. less than 10 kilometers

B. tens of kilometers

C. thousands of kilometers

D. tens of thousands of kilometers downstream

vii. Why does saturated ground contribute to flooding problems?

A. the ground cannot absorb more moisture

B. the ground is too hard, so the water runs off

C. the ground forms a kind of dam

D. it remains frozen

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viii. What kinds of problems can floods cause?

A. death

B. widespread damage

C. destruction of plants and animals

D. all of the above

ix. What is the most common natural disaster?

A. flood

B. fire

C. wind damage

D. rain

x. How does melting snow cause problems related to flooding?

A. it makes the rivers run too fast

B. it makes the water too cold

C. it causes pieces of ice to block the river

D. it makes the level of the river rise

Q4. Global warming causes snow to melt a lot quicker nowadays. Describe two ways human

activities are effecting climate change. [____/2]

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Q5. Explain three ways to stop these activities so global warming could be controlled. [__/3]
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 Q6. Read the following statements carefully and change them into simple past tense. [__/5]

a. The destructive force of the water is like a great tidal wave.

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b. These pieces of ice move and float down the river.

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c. Damns contain such huge amounts of water behind them.

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d. Broken ice dams are not the only dam problem.
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Q7. Read the following phrases carefully and state a word from the passage that
describes them accurately. [___/5]
a. a soaked area:________________

b. having turned into ice:________________

c. to guess the future:___________________

d. a barrier constructed to hold back water:___________________

e. move on the surface of the liquid:________________________

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Section B Reading Part 2(Seen Passage) Total Marks 25

Q.8 Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: [14]

Miss Honey was leaning far forward over her work-table and gazing in wonder at the child. She had completely
forgotten now about the rest of the class. "What other books?" she murmured. "I am very fond of Charles Dickens,"
Matilda said. "He makes me laugh a lot. Especially Mr Pickwick." At that moment the bell in the corridor sounded for
the end of class. In the interval, Miss Honey left the classroom and headed straight for the Headmistress's study. She
felt wildly excited. She had just met a small girl who possessed, or so it seemed to her, quite extraordinary qualities of
brilliance. There had not been time yet to find out exactly how brilliant the child was, but Miss Honey had learned
enough to realise that something had to be done about it as soon as possible. It would be ridiculous to leave a child
like that stuck in the bottom form.

Normally Miss Honey was terrified of the Headmistress and kept well away from her, but at this moment she felt
ready to take on anybody. She knocked on the door of the dreaded private study. "Enter!" boomed the deep and
dangerous voice of Miss Trunchbull. Miss Honey went in.

Now most head teachers are chosen because they possess a number of fine qualities. They understand children and
they have the children's best interests at heart. They are sympathetic. They are fair and they are deeply interested in
education. Miss Trunchbull possessed none of these qualities and how she ever got her present job was a mystery.

When Miss Honey entered the study, Miss Trunchbull was standing beside her huge desk with a look of scowling
impatience on her face. "Yes, Miss Honey," she said. "What is it you want? You're looking very flushed and flustered
this morning. What's the matter with you? Have those little stinkers been flicking spitballs at you?" "No,
Headmistress. Nothing like that." "There is a little girl in my class called Matilda Wormwood . . ." Miss Honey began.

"That's the daughter of the man who owns Wormwood Motors in the village," Miss Trunchbull barked. She hardly
ever spoke in a normal voice. She either barked or shouted. "An excellent person, Wormwood," she went on. "I was in
there only yesterday. He sold me a car. Almost new. Only done ten thousand miles. Previous owner was an old lady
who took it out once a year at the most. A terrific bargain. Yes, I liked Wormwood. A real pillar of our society. He
told me the daughter was a bad lot though. He said to watch her. He said if anything bad ever happened in the school,
it was certain to be his daughter who did it. I haven't met the little brat yet, but she'll know about it when I do.

a. Why was Miss Honey excited at the end of the class? [__/2]

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b.How was Miss Trunchbull different from most Head Teacher? [__/3]

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c.What did Mr. Wormwood tell Miss Trunchbull about Matilda? [__/2]

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d.Why do you think Miss Honey was confident to face Miss Trunchbull this time? [__/2]

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e.Why were Miss Trunchbull’s views good about Mr.Wormwood? [__/5]

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Q.9 Match the words with their correct synonym and write your answer in column C. [__/5]

Words Synonyms Column C

a.glaring 1.
1.excited
b.nervous 2.
2.boomed
c.secret 3.
3.Scowling
d.enthusiastic 4.
4.mystery
e.bellowed 5.
5.flustered

Q.10 Write the character sketch of Matilda. [__/6]

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