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PA2: MARCH 2015Subject NameMax. Marks 50 Year 5 Roll no.:Time 2 hrs Date

Instructions:Answer all questions.Only answer the questions in the spaces provided for each.For multiple choice questions, put a cross in each correct box to indicate your answer. If you change your mind, put a line through the box and then put a cross in another box .

NON-FICTION

SECTION A.1: READING

[1-4] Read the following passage from ‘Cities in the sea’ and answer the following

questions.

Bees build hives. Beavers build dams. Birds build nests. That’s all pretty impressive,

but who are the greatest animal architects of all? They might just be coral polyps –

little creatures that live in the warm, shallow parts of the Earth’s oceans.

Coral Polyps

There are nearly a thousand coral species, most of which are less than 2.5cm long,

although some do grow to about 30cm. The structure of the coral polyp’s body is very

simple, like a tube. One end attaches itself to a hard surface to stop it from floating all

over the place. The polyp’s mouth and tentacles are at the other end of the ‘tube’. By

waving its tentacles, the polyp catches tiny plants and animals to eat.

1. What is the purpose of this extract? (2)

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2. a. Is a coral polyp a plant or an animal? Plant Animal (1)

b. How do you know? (2)

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3. Why does the writer compare a coral polyp to an architect? (2½)

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4. What does the word ‘waving’ mean? (2)

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Read this extract from a web site about the conservation of sea turtles. Sea turtles

are large air breathing reptiles that live in tropical seas throughout the world.

They are similar to tortoises.

WHY CARE ABOUT SEA TURTLES?

Much can be learned about the condition of our planet’s environment by looking at sea

turtles. They have existed for over 100 million years, but suddenly, they are struggling

to survive – largely because of what people are doing to the planet’s oceans and

beaches. Here are two examples of what the extinction of the sea turtle could mean for

the human species:

1. Sea turtles, especially green sea turtles, are one of the very few animals to eat

sea grass. Like normal lawn grass, sea grass needs to be constantly cut short to

keep healthy and help it grow across the sea floor, rather than just getting

longer. By keeping the sea grass short, sea turtles keep the sea bed healthy. Sea

grass beds are important because they provide breeding grounds for many

species of fish and shellfish. Without sea grass beds, many marine species would

be lost; this would eventually impact on humans.

2. Beaches do not get very many nutrients during the year, so that is why they have

very little growing on them. This is because sand does not hold nutrients very

well. But sea turtles use beaches and the lower dunes to nest and lay their eggs.

They lay around 100 eggs in a nest and make between 3 and 7 nests during the

summer nesting season. Along a 20 mile stretch of beach sea turtles can lay

nearly 70,000 kilos of eggs! However, not every nest or egg will hatch – and not

all of the hatchlings in a nest will make it out of the nest. But all the unhatched

nests, eggs and trapped hatchlings are very good sources of nutrients. Therefore,

the beach vegetation is able to grow and become stronger because of the turtle

eggs. Stronger vegetation and root systems help to hold the sand in the dunes and

protect the beach from wearing away, and eventually disappearing!

[5-10] Answer the following questions based on ‘Why care about sea turtles?’

5. What is largely to blame for the sea turtle’s struggle for survival? (1)

Put a cross in one box.

the condition of the planet

people’s treatment of oceans and beaches

the condition of the environment

sea turtles are 100 million years old

6. Green turtles are the only animals to eat sea grass. (2)

a. Is this statement true or false? True False

b. Give reasons for your answer to 7(a).

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7. Sea grass needs to be kept short so that: (1)

marine species can survive

sea turtles can nest

the grass can grow upwards

more nutrients are created

fish and shellfish can breed

8. Read through the extract paying attention to the words used to begin sentences.

Underline the word below which tells the reader that the hatching of eggs is not

always successful. (1)

This They However But Therefore

9. Write a number against these statements (1–5), so they are in the right order: (2)

[ ] Nutrients enable vegetation to grow on the beach.

[ ] Beaches have little growing on them.

[ ] The root systems keep the sand in place.

[ ] Unhatched sea turtle eggs and trapped hatchlings provide nutrients.

[ ] This stops the beach from disappearing.

10. The main purpose of the text is to: (1)

warn you not to go to the beach at night

tell you about the history of sea turtles

explain the importance of conserving sea turtles

persuade you to become involved in the conservation of sea turtles

SECTION A.2: WRITING

11. Prepare an advertisement for your new restaurant (5)

SECTION A.3: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

Complete the following conversations using appropriate phrases given in the brackets (3 x 1 = 3)

(the cat’s whisker’s; a dog’s dinner; hold your tongue; under the weather)

12. Dayana: Hey, yesterday my children prepared a surprise dinner for me!

Rishma: That’s wonderful! How was it?

Dayana: The dinner was really splendid. But the kitchen was a complete

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13. Student: I’m going to take part in a cycle race. Wish me ………………………….

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14. Reena: I’m not coming for shopping. I’m …………………………………………

SECTION B: FICTION

Read the given sentences from ‘How night came to the world’ and answer the questions

“Night exists, but it is at the bottom of the River Amazon.”

15. Who knows where the night exists? (1)

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“And with that she transformed them into the only animal that still had not been created.”

16. Which is the animal referred here? (1)

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17. What is so special about that animal? (2)

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Read the following passage from ‘No gun for Asmir’.

Then they bombed the chocolate factory. The smell of the chocolate choked Asmir to the bottom of his lungs and made his stomach churn. The chocolate burned, but his mother came home. Asmir hugged her tight, and that night he crept into bed between her and his father. And the bad dreams went away.

18. Suppose Asmir wrote about his situation and feelings in his diary. Imagine him writing his diary and prepare his diary entry. (5)……………………………………………………………………………………

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SECTION C: POETRY

Read ‘and… Down in the cellar’ and answer the following questions

Down in the cellar brown boot in a box remains of a cot two brass mantel clocks buckets and brushes and musty old socks damp pile of coal

and a splintered pine door rusty rat trap

and a snaggle-toothed saw six mildew blankets piled on thestone floor

19. What type of a poem is this? (1)

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20. Who wrote this poem? (1)

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21. How do you think the shape of the poem contributed to its meaning? (3)

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22. What do the following words mean? (3 x 2 = 6)

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23. Underline the phrase containing a collective noun: (1)

pile of coal remains of a cot rusty rat trap

SECTION D: ACCURACY OF COPYING AND HANDWRITING

Copy down the following passage neatly (3½)

The Rainbow

When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act like a prism and form a rainbow. A rainbow is the division of white light into many beautiful colours. These take the shape of a large, round arch, with its path high above and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon.

There is, according to legend, a boiling pot of gold at one end. People look, but no one ever finds it. When a man looks for something beyond his reach, his friends say he is looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

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