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St Stephen’s School, Sector 45 B, Chandigarh
Second Semester Examination (2023-2024)

Class 6
Time-2hrs English Language M.M:50
1. Write a composition of around [200-250] words on any ONE of the following : (15)
a. Recently your school celebrated ‘Girl Child Day’. Explain in detail about the event, it’s
impact on you, your views about feminism and your changed perspective related to girls.
b. If today becomes an opposite day, what things would you have differently?
c. Children are always guarded or educated about not trusting the strangers. Describe one
such weird encounter of yours with a stranger.
d. Write an original short story ending with “………Ultimately I won it as I was determined
to achieve my goal.” Give a suitable title.
e. Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what it
suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take
suggestions from it; however there must be a clear connection between the picture and your
composition :
2. Write any one of the following : (10)
a. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper complaining about the improper disposal of
garbage by the people and garbage-collectors in your locality.
b. Write a letter to your aunt informing her about your stay in her house for few days as you
are appearing for some examination in the same city. Give details about your arrival and
departure, and other requirements.
3. a. Your school has organised a heritage quiz competition. Draft a notice inviting the
students for the event.
b. Write an e-mail to the Principal of the neighbouring school inviting the students for the
same event to be held in your school.
4. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Orangutans are amazing animals that live in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, which
are islands in Southeast Asia. They are the largest tree- dwelling mammals in the world.
They are known for their long, reddish brown fur and their big, round faces. They have long,
strong arms which they use to swing from tree to tree. They are very intelligent creatures
and can be great problem solvers. They can even use tools. They have been seen using sticks
for collecting honey from beehives and using leaves as umbrellas when it rains. They are
also very good at building nests high up in the trees to sleep at night.
Orangutans require less food than humans. When they eat, orangutans nibble mostly on ripe
fruit, along with smaller portions of leaves and seeds. Even in captivity, this diet doesn’t
diminish an orangutan’s get-up and go attitude. They wake up early, after a long night sleep.
Then they spend the day socializing, exploring their indoor and outdoor enclosures. They
also regularly engage in games with researchers. These activities of the orangutans, taken
together add up to the same level of exercise performed by humans in physically demanding
agricultural lifestyles.
In the wild, orangutans live in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra where food
availability is highly variable and unpredictable. Like fresh fruit from the garden, the
pickings are often feast or famine. But the trade-off is, that low energy means, less energy is
available to do things like grow and reproduce. So orangutans grow slowly and reproduce
slowly, which is evolutionarily risky because an orangutan might die before it passes on its
genes. Human mothers can have a child every two to four years, but orangutans in the wild
only reproduce every seven to eight years.
Orangutans are among the most intelligent primates. They use a variety of sophisticated and
construct elaborate sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. These apes have
been extensively studied for their learning abilities. There may even be distinctive cultures
within populations. Both orangutan species are considered to be endangered with the
Sumatran orangutan being critically endangered. Human activities have caused a severe
decline in the populations and ranges of both species. Threats to wild orangutan populations
include poaching, habitat destruction, and the illegal pet trade. Several conservation and
rehabilitation organizations are dedicated to the survival of orangutans in the wild.
We will lose much information about our closest relatives and our own evolutionary history
if we let them get extinct.
a. Give the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage : (3)
i. captivity
ii. sophisticated
iii. endangered
b. Answer the following questions briefly in your own words: (1x3=3)
i. How can we say that orangutans are intelligent beings?
ii. How is a human exercise ability equal to an orangutan’s physical labour?
iii. What are some threats to the wild orangutan population?
c. Summary Writing : (4)
In not more than 50 words, write a summary of the passage.
5. a. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions: (1/2 x 4 = 2)
i. Bread is usually made _________ wheat.

ii. My cousin will arrive ________ Sunday.
iii. Why do we always have to submit _________ his authority?
iv. He drained what was left _________ his drink.
b. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs given in brackets : (1/2 x 4 = 2)
We decided to travel by car and (0) left (leave) the house early. We (1) ________(be) on
the road for two hours, when our car (2) _________ (hit) a stone that (3) _________ (lie)
in the middle of the road. The car (4) _________ (go) off the road but we escaped with
minor injuries.
c. Join the following sentences without using and, but or so : (2)
i. The teacher was angry. The students were late.

ii. You want to sit in the library. You must keep quiet.
d. Do as directed by choosing the correct option : (4)
i. He said, “Shall we start?” (change to indirect speech)
a. He asked should they start.

b. He asked if we should start.
c. He said if we should start.
d. He told should we start.
ii. Supriya is the smartest girl in the class. (Change into comparative degree)
a. Supriya is more smarter than any other girl in the class.
b. Supriya is a smart girl.
c. Supriya is smarter than any other girl in the class.
d. No other girl in the class is as smart as Supriya.
iii. He is too sick to attend the party. (Remove ‘too’)
a. He is so sick to attend the party.

b. He is sick so he cannot attend the party.
c. He is sick to attend the party.
d. He is so sick that he cannot attend the party.
iv. Sam had taken the medicines. (Begin with : The medicines…)
a. The medicines had been taken by Sam.

b. Sam took the medicines.
c. The medicines were taken by Sam.
d. The medicines have been taken by Sam.

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St Stephen’s School, Sector 45 B, Chandigarh

Second Semester Examination (2023-2024)

2. Write any one of the following : (10)

b. Answer the following questions briefly in your own words: (1x3=3)

i. How can we say that orangutans are intelligent beings?

ii. How is a human exercise ability equal to an orangutan’s physical labour?

iii. What are some threats to the wild orangutan population?

c. Summary Writing : (4)

In not more than 50 words, write a summary of the passage.

5. a. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions: (1/2 x 4 = 2)

i. Bread is usually made _________ wheat.

c. Join the following sentences without using and, but or so : (2)

i. The teacher was angry. The students were late.

d. Do as directed by choosing the correct option : (4)

i. He said, “Shall we start?” (change to indirect speech)

a. He asked should they start.

iii. He is too sick to attend the party. (Remove ‘too’)

a. He is so sick to attend the party.

a. The medicines had been taken by Sam.

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