Once upon a time there lived a poor man called Suruj Ali

Once upon a time there lived a poor man called Suruj Ali. He was an honest, hard-working man and looked after a large mango orchard. The owner of the orchard, Hamidur Rahman, was a very rich man. One day, some of Hamidur Rahman’s friends came to visit him. It was during the summer season when mangoes wre ripe. So Hamidur Rahman asked Suruj Ali to pick some of the ripe mangoes and give them to his friends. Suruj Ali went to the orchard and carefully picked some nice, large

mangoes.Then he gave them to his master. When Hamidur Rahman and his friends started eating them, Hamidur Rahman said, “These mangoes don’t taste sweet. They are sour! How can we eat them.” So he called Suruj Ali back and asked him to take the sour mangoes away and bring some sweet ones from his orchard.

1.   Choose the best answer from the alternatives.                                                                         1 x 5 = 5
      a)      Suruj Ali was a ----------.
                 i) peasant                             ii) pauper                                   iii) boy                                 iv) reaper

      b)      Suruj Ali had to ---------- large mango orchard.
                i) looked after                   ii) looking after                       iii) looks after                       iv) look after
      c)      The ‘verb’ form of ‘rich’ is ----------.
                 i) riches                              ii) enrich                                iii) richen                              iv) enriched

      d)      ---------- to the orchard Suruj Ali picked some nice, large mangoes.

                 i) went                              ii) come                                iii) going                                  iv) reached
      e)      Hamidur Rahman’s friends came to visit him in ----------
                 i) winter                            ii) spring                                 iii) autumn                            iv) summer

2.   Write weather the statement are true or false. If false, give the correct answer:                  1 x 5 = 5

     a)      The mangoes were green in summer.
b)      Hamidur Rahman was hospitable.
c)      The guests ate the mangoes to their heart content.

      d)      Suruj Ali had taste of the mangoes.

      e)       Ripe , nice and large mangoes may not be always sweet.

3.   Fill in each gap in the following passage with a suitable word from the box. There are more words than necessary.                                                                                                                                          5

be

perform

appoint

name

own

entertain

pick

tell

invite

call

      Once there (a)---------- a rich man. He (b)---------- a big mango orchard. He (c)---------- a caretaker (d)---------- Suruj Ali. He (e)--------- his job sicerely. One day the rich man (f)---------- some of his friends to his house. He wanted to (g)---------- them with sweet mangoes. He (h)---------- his caretaker and (i)---------- him to bring some sweet mangoes for the guest. Accordingly Suruj Ali (j)---------- some mangoes for them.

4.   Answer the following questions.                                                                                                              5
      a)      Why couldn’t the guest eat the mangoes ? 

      b)      What wre the outstanding qualities of Suruj Ali ?
      c)      When did some of Hamidur Rahman’s friends come to visit him ?
      d)      What did Hamidur Rahman tell Suruj Ali ?
      e)      Why was Suruj Ali called back ?

5.   Choose a word from the box and put it in the blank next to its meaning.                                           5

     

visit

Look after

orchard

owner

pick

master

taste

sour

sweet

occupation

      a)    ----- =  profession.                                                                 f)    ----- =  pleasing to the taste.
b)   ----- =  try by the touch of the tounge.                                  g)  ----- =  take after.
c)   ----- =  a certificate of a life,fire or other insurance.                  h)   ----- =  an enclosure with fruit trees.
d)   ----- =  one who owns.                                                           i)   ----- =  pluck.
e)   ----- =  owner.                                                                       j)   ----- =  go or come to see.

6.   Fill in the blanks using suitable words.                                                                                                  5

      Suruj  Ali (a) ---------- a  poor  man. He had (b) ---------- . He (c)----------  hard.  He (d) ---------- care of  a   

mango orchard which was big. Hamidur Rahman (e)---------- the garden. One day some of his friends (f)---------- called Suruj Ali to pick some ripe mangoes (g)---------- his friends. Suruj Ali (h)---------- some nice large mangoes and gave them to his master. Hamidur Rahman and his friends began to eat (i)---------- but they could not eat the mangoes (j)-------- they were sour.

7.   Read the passage again. Now write a paragraph based on the passage. Use the clues in the box below. Write the information in the correct sequence as it appears in the text. The paragraph should not exceed 70 words.                                                                                                                     5

     

live

honest

look after

owner

orchard

invite

come

ask

pick

sour

8.   Read the  passage again. Now write the  main ideas of the passage in your own words in not more than five sentences.                                                                                                                                   5

9.   Fill in each gaps with a word from the words given below.                                                  1 x 10 = 10

strong	jointly	as	got	understood
recited	recitation	by	written	described

     

When Anwar (a)---------- to home late from the smithy, his father (b)--------- a poem about a smithy (c)---------- long ago by an American poet named Henry Longfellow. Hearing the (d)---------- Anwar (e)--------- that the smith was a (f)---------- man who worked hard by himself. But in Nurpur there are many blacksmiths who work (g)----------. They (h)---------- strong as the smith (i0--------- in the poem. The blacksmiths have (j)---------- muscles.

10. Read the following table and make ten sentences.                                                                 1 x 10 = 10

     

a) Once there		always quarelling.
b) His name		a beautiful village
c) He	was	on a firm.
d) He	worked	no peace
e) It	did not like	with his family
f) But there	were	lot of problems.
g) The village people	went	Ruplal.
h) So, there	lived	the village
i) So, he		to a jungle to live alone.
j) One day he		a young man ina small village.

11. The following sentences are in wrong order. Write them in correct order.                                      10

One day they were walking through the dark Indian forest. They were very keen to learn. So they never stopped searching for knowledge. But unfortunately all of them were blind. It was many years ago. There were six men. They heard a sound. They all stopped and listened carefully. “What’s That,” one of them asked. “Let’s go and find out,” another said. They listened again.

12. Write a paragraph on “ A Village Blacksmiths” or “ Your First day at School”.                           10