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2. (A) Read the following passage and do the activities. [10 Marks]
(A1) State whether the following statements are True or False. (2)
(i) Maya was not excited to live near her relatives.
(ii) Maya warmly greeted all the visitors when they came to welcome her family to Mumbai.
(iii)Maya was looking forward to making new friends in Mumbai.
(iv)Maya’s family was moving due to her father’s new job.
Maya’s house looked like it was hit by a hurricane. There were boxes all over the house and Maya
couldn’t find her things anywhere.
Her family was moving from Lucknow to Mumbai. It was a big move, and Maya didn’t want to
leave. She did not want to have to make new friends somewhere else. Her friends in Lucknow were just
fine. “I don’t want to move to Mumbai,” she said.
Her father said, “Maya, this is a good move for the whole family. I have a new job. We will live near
all our relatives. We will be able to see your grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins.”
“I see them now at holidays,” Maya said.
“Yes, but we can see them everyday in Mumbai,” he said.
“I still don’t want to go,” Maya said stubbornly. Who would play badminton with her? Who would
sit next to her in class? Tears streamed from Maya’s eyes as she packed her toys and clothes.
A few days later, her family arrived at their new house in Mumbai. “How beautiful!” her mother
exclaimed as she looked at the street. “Can you hear the sound of the sea? Isn’t it wonderful, Maya?” she
asked.
But Maya would not talk to anyone. “I will not like it here,” she said to herself. Maya’s relatives and
the neighbours came to welcome them. Maya crossed her arms in front of her. She did not want to be in
Mumbai. She would not be happy! Later that day, the doorbell rang again. Maya opened the front door.
A group of smiling children stood there. One tall girl, holding a badminton racket, stepped forward,
“My name is Enu,” she said. “Would you like to play with us?”
(A5) Do you think Maya will become friends with Enu and the other children? Why? (2)
Q2. (B) Read the following passage and do the activities. [10 Marks]
It was a cold Saturday afternoon and Mintu had spent an hour decorating the walls of his room with
pictures of the planets, spaceships, aliens, and stars. He was wondering to himself whether his room
looked ‘spacey’ enough for his friends, when just then the doorbell rang and in came Harish. “Hello,
Mintu. Wow, what have you done to the walls? Are we talking about space ships today?” he asked.
Before Mintu could reply, Feroz and Guttu came in too and asked amusingly, “Hey, are we going for a
ride on a space ship?"
“Very funny, Guttu. You’ll frighten everyone,” Mintu warned.
The doorbell rang again and Mintu opened the door to welcome Jaya and her little sister, Maya.
“Since everyone’s here, let’s have some snacks,” he said, inviting them to the table. There were moon
pies, Venus sandwiches, Saturn cookies and Neptune ice tea.
“Gather round,” Mintu said later, “And let’s talk about outer space today, something fascinating.
Firstly, who knows all the planets in our solar system?”
Maya said, “I know Earth and Mars.”
“I see, nobody knows. Here’s a way to learn them. There’s a sentence — My Very Eager Mother Just
Served Us Nine Pizzas. You can remember the names that way,” Mintu smiled.
“There’s a planet called Nine Pizzas?” asked Feroz.
“No, don’t be silly. This is just an innovative way to remember the names of the planets. Take the
first letter of each word and that’s what the planet begins with. Mercury is the first, then Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and finally Pluto.”
“I get it Mintu, if we remember that sentence, it will help us remember all the planets,” Guttu
laughed.
"Mintu, can we talk more about the planets?" asked Harish.
The small group of friends chatted about the nine planets and what they looked like; they talked
about other space words like comets, asteroids and meteors and the mysterious Black Hole and the
Milky Way. And in this way, they spent yet another wintry Saturday.
(B1) Which of the following titles is best suited to the main idea of the story? [Choose one] (1)
a. A Cold Saturday Afternoon
b. A ‘Spacey’ Discussion
c. A Day on a Distant Planet
d. Space Decorations
(B2) Answer the following questions in complete sentences [Answer all 3 questions] (3)
(i) What is the setting of the story?
(ii) What did Mintu and his friends do before they started talking about outer space?
(iii)What was Mintu’s innovative idea to remember the planets?
(B3) Identify 2 compound words from the passage. (1)
(B4) Identify the proper and common nouns from the passage below and fill in the table: (3)
It was a cold Saturday afternoon and Mintu had spent an hour decorating the walls of his
room with pictures of the planets, spaceships, aliens, and stars.
Proper Nouns Common Nouns
Q2. (C) Read the following passage and do the activities. [10 Marks]
(C2) Answer the following questions in complete sentences [Answer all 3 questions] (1)
(i) What did the two best friends, Anjali and Neeti like to do together?
(C6) Put the events of the story, ‘Best Friends or Not?’ in the correct order (5)
Neeti and Anjali decided that they would just play together a couple times a week.
(i) Anjali realized she had Neeti’s notebook, but decided she would not give it back to her.
(ii)During lunch, Anjali brought Neeti’s notebook to Mrs. Raju and explained the problem to her.
(iii)One day, Anjali got frustrated because she thought they only did what Neeti wanted to do.
(iv)Neeti did not have her notebook so she had to stand in the corner during class.
(v)After Neeti and Anjali fought, Anjali left angrily and went home.
Mrs. Raju advised Neeti and Anjali that best friends don’t always need to spend time together.
Q5. (B) Observe the picture and write 5 sentences about it. [5 Marks]