6th Standard English First Term Exam 2024: Solved Question Paper | Samacheer Kalvi

6th English - First Term Summative Exam 2024
Solved Question Paper

Subject: ENGLISH

Standard: VI

Exam: COMMON FIRST TERM SUMMATIVE EXAMINATION - 2024

Time: 2.00 hrs

Marks: 60

Section - A

I a) Choose the best option for the Synonyms of the word given below: 2

• 1. haul

  a) cut    b) with great effort    c) pull with force

  Answer: c) pull with force

• 2. Rambling

  a) Wandering    b) gathering    c) Collecting    d) falling

  Answer: a) Wandering

b) Choose the best option for the Antonyms of the word given below: 2

• 3. Foreign

  a) native    b) Strange    c) unknown    d) easy

  Answer: a) native

• 4. Enthusiasm

  a) moving    b) indifference    c) project    d) dull

  Answer: b) indifference

c) Choose the correct answer: 3

• 5. A Turtle's flippers help it to ___________

  a) Swim    b) dig a nest    c) climb

  Answer: a) Swim (Note: Flippers also help to dig a nest, but their primary function is swimming).

• 6. Grandmother had wanted the peepul tree cut down because

  a) She did not like trees
  b) She wanted to grow flowers
  c) it was an old tree
  d) it was knocking down the bricks of the outhouse

  Answer: d) it was knocking down the bricks of the outhouse

• 7. Amma bought the Vegetables from the __________

  a) Shops    b) shopping mall    c) Super market

  Answer: a) Shops

Section - B

II a) Answer any 3 of the following questions: 3x2=6

• 8. When did the garden become a happy place for the author?

  The garden became a happy place for the author when his grandfather joined him. Grandfather stopped asking him to weed and instead they grew flowers and vegetables together.

• 9. When do the female turtles come to the shore to lay eggs?

  The female turtles come to the shore at night, during the nesting season which is between the months of January and March.

• 10. Why do we need trees? List four reasons that Grandfather gives?

  According to Grandfather, we need trees for four main reasons:

  1. They keep the world cool.
  2. They help to bring rain.
  3. They provide timber.
  4. They give us fruits and flowers.

• 11. Why did the author leave town?

  The author left the town to go to a boarding school.

• 12. Who first brought these Vegetables to India?

  Traders and sailors from other countries first brought many vegetables to India. For example, the Portuguese brought potatoes, tomatoes, and chillies.

Answer the following questions : 4x1=4

• How cheerful 'he' seems to grin
  Who does 'he' refer to?

  'He' refers to the crocodile.

• My mother would say
  Little boy Raj
  Who is Raj?

  Raj is a little boy.

• Go to Muthu's
  and get some
  Where did Raj's mother send him?

  Raj's mother sent him to Muthu's (shop).

• And welcomes little fishes in
  With gently smiling jaws!
  Who welcomes the fish?

  The crocodile welcomes the fish.

d) Write a short paragraph on any one of the following 5

17. What does the poet say about the crocodile? (OR) What are the trees that the poet mentions? How does he describe them?

Answer for "The Crocodile":

In the poem "The Crocodile" by Lewis Carroll, the poet describes the clever and cunning nature of the crocodile. The crocodile improves its shiny tail by pouring the water of the River Nile on its golden scales. It appears to be grinning cheerfully and welcoming little fishes into its mouth with gently smiling jaws. This cheerful appearance is a deceptive trap to catch and eat its prey.

Section - C

III a) Identify the character / Speaker: 4

• 18. Please don't cut the tree.

  Speaker: The author (the boy)

• 19. You can enjoy the shade when you become old.

  Speaker: The Apple Tree (from the story "The Apple Tree and the Farmer")

• 20. I have chicken.

  Speaker: Amma / Mother

• 21. There is no food here.

  Speaker: The Farmer

b) Choose the rhyming words from the box and write them in the correct blanks: 4

Box: file, din, caws, nail, while, paws, mail, thin

• 22. Claws, jaws, __________

  paws

• 23. grin, in, __________

  thin, din

• 24. Crocodile, Nile, __________

  while, file

• 25. tail, scale, __________

  nail, mail

c) Match the two halves of the sentences: 4

Sentence Part A	Sentence Part B
26. Sea turtles	come ashore to lay eggs
27. Hatchlings	cut open the leathery egg shell
28. A turtle	uses its front flippers to Swim
29. Many factors	threaten the survival of sea turtles

Section - D

IV a) Fill in the blanks with words that convey the correct meaning of the sentence: 4

• 30. Tiny hatchlings fall ________ (pray / prey) to many predators.

  Tiny hatchlings fall prey to many predators.

• 31. Sea turtles live their ________ (hole / whole) life in the sea.

  Sea turtles live their whole life in the sea.

• 32. The predators follow the ________ (sent / scent) of the turtles to eat their eggs.

  The predators follow the scent of the turtles to eat their eggs.

• 33. The female turtle lay eggs and go back to the ________ (see / sea).

  The female turtle lay eggs and go back to the sea.

b) Read the following statements. Say True or False: 5

• 34. Turtles are sea animals.

  True

• 35. Turtles come ashore to lay eggs.

  True

• 36. The eggs of an olive Ridley are in the shape and size of a cricket ball.

  False (They are the size of a table tennis ball.)

• 37. The apple tree requested the farmer not to cut it.

  True

• 38. The apple tree was home for all the little animals.

  True

c) Choose the right option to fill in the blanks: 4

• 39. __________ a beautiful flower!

  c) What a beautiful flower!

• 40. __________ play football?

  b) Can you play football?

• 41. __________ did you go yesterday?

  b) Where did you go yesterday?

• 42. __________ us go for a walk.

  c) Let us go for a walk.

d) Complete this table with the help of the given example: 4

Country	Nationality
43. China	Chinese
44. America	American
45. Burma	Burmese
46. India	Indian

Section - E

V 47. Write a letter to your class teacher asking leave for two days. 4

[Your Name],
VI Standard, 'A' Section,
[Your School Name],
[City Name].

[Date]

The Class Teacher,
VI Standard, 'A' Section,
[Your School Name],
[City Name].

Respected Sir/Madam,

Subject: Leave application for two days.

As I am suffering from a fever and cold, the doctor has advised me to take rest for two days. Therefore, I kindly request you to grant me leave from [Start Date] to [End Date]. I will complete the missed lessons after I return to school.

Thank you.

Yours obediently,
[Your Name]