School Academy Kallil Methala USS Study Room Class 1 English 

Questions 1-4: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow by choosing the right answer from the options given along with each question.

Arun was a VIl standard pupil of Govt UPS, Perumbavoor He got the highest grade in English. His class teacher presented him a good pen.

It was the birthday of Arun’s sister Rani. She wanted to get some red bangles as a birthday gift She told Arun about her wish.

Arun had no money with him. He loved Rani very much. He thought of selling the pen he got from the class teacher.

Arun went to a stationery shop in his village. Santhosh was the shop owner. He told him that he wanted to sell the new pen to buy some red ban- gles to give his sister as a birthday gift. Santhash asked, “Where did you get this pen”?

Arun told him, “My class teacher gave it as a present for scoring the highest grade.”

Santhosh was impressed by the deep love Arun had for Rani. He readily packed some red ban- gles and gave the packet to Arun. Santhosh handed over another packet for Arun. When reached home Arun opened his packet. It was the same pen that the teacher had given him. There were tears of joy in his eyes.

1. The class teacher presented Arun a……..

a. medal

b. certificate

c. pen

d. shield

2. Rani wanted to get some… as a birthday gift.

a. red bangles

b. sweets

c. blue bangles

d. gold chain

3. He readily packed some red bangles. Here the word ‘readily’ means………

a. slowly

b: quickly

c. easily

d. gently

4. There were tears of joy in his eyes. What feeling of Arun is expressed here? 

a. anxiety

b. anger

c. happiness

d. sadness

Questions 5-12: Choose the right answer from the options given.

5. If she danced well, I….. give her a gift.

a. will

b. can

c. would

d. shall

6. A…… of dogs killed a lamb.

a. group

b. gang

c. flight

d. pack

7. He made me….. ‘the sun’ on a piece of paper. 

a. write

b. wrote

c. writes

d. to write

8. Monsoon has set in early this year. What does the underlined phrase here mean?

a. end

b. stop

c. begin

d. continue

9. The old man……… was watching the boy was his grandpa.

a. which

b . who

c. whose

d whom 

10. The phrasal verb of ‘remove’ is:

a. take off

b . put off

c. call off

d. go off

11. He is busy as a bee is an example for:

a. simile

b. metaphor

c. hyperbole

d. personification

12. Why is it so hard…….. you keep a secret?

a. to, of

b .of to

c. of, from

d.for to 

Questions 13-15: Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow by choosing the right answer from the options given along with each question.

The cock is crowing,The stream is flowing,The small birds twitter,The lake doth glitter.The green field sleeps in the sun,The oldest and youngest,Are at work with the strongest,The cattle are grazing,Their head never raising,There are forty feeding like one,Like an army defeated, The snow hath retreated.

13. What is it that sleeps in the sun?

a. The strongest

b. The youngest

c. The oldest

d. The green field

14. The oldest and the youngest are working with the……

a. cattle

b. strongest

c. army

d. defeated army

15. The rhyme scheme followed in the first stanza is ……

A. aabb

B.abba

C. abab

D. aaba

ANSWERS

1.c

2. a

3.b

4.c

5.c

6.d

7. a

8.c

9. b

10. a

11.a

12.d

13. d

14. b

15. a