Class-7 English (TL) SA-2 Model Question Paper-1

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-2 MARCH-2026

MODEL QUESTION PAPER-1

CLASS – VII    SUB.- ENGLISH (TL)    MARKS – 40

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I. Fill in the blanks with the correct word (4 Marks)

1. Bobby Pearce won a gold medal in the Olympic _________ race.
2. The child heard a sweet song coming from the curly _________.
3. R.K. Lakshman created the famous cartoon character called ‘The Common _________’.
4. Somu’s magic chisel made furniture that had a sweet _________.

II. Choose the correct answer (4 Marks)

5. Shankar saw the thieves putting a heavy bag into a:

6. A smile is a funny thing because it wrinkles up your:

7. What did the poor cow eat that made it sick in the story?

8. In the story ‘The True Friends’, who cut the net to save the turtle?

III. Answer in a word (4 Marks)

9. Write the opposite of the word ‘Heavy’.
10. Name the machine that gives us our money when we put a card inside.
11. Write a rhyming word for ‘Ring’ from the poem ‘A Smile’.
12. Where does a bird live, according to the poem ‘Homes’?

IV. Answer the following questions in 1 or 2 sentences (2 × 10 = 20 Marks)

13. Why did Shankar let the air out of the jeep’s tyres?
14. Why did Bobby Pearce stop his boat in the middle of the big race?
15. What are the three D’s that the champion athlete Malathi Holla followed in her life?
16. Write two simple sentences about your favourite game.
17. Frame a meaningful sentence using the word ‘Happy’.
18. Rearrange the following words to make a correct sentence:
a / boy / Shankar / brave / is .
19. Write the plural form:
a) Book
b) Child
20. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions (on, in):
a) The cup is _________ the table.
b) The water is _________ the jug.
21. Who is the man in the boat and what is crossing the river in front of him?
22. Who was trapped in the net?

V. Answer the following in detail (4 × 2 = 8 Marks)

23. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions below it.

R.K. Lakshman was born on 23 October 1924 in Mysore. When he was a little boy, he liked to draw pictures on the floors, walls, and doors of his house. His elder brother R.K. Narayan was a famous English writer. Lakshman grew up to become a very great cartoonist.

a) Where was R.K. Lakshman born?
b) Where did he like to draw pictures as a little boy?
c) Who was his famous elder brother?
d) What did Lakshman become when he grew up?

24. Complete the Poem (‘A Smile’):

A smile is quite a _________ thing,
It wrinkles up your _________,
And when it’s gone, you’ll never _________,
Its secret hiding _________.

School – ___________________________________________

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MODEL ANSWER SHEET

1. rowing
2. shell
3. Man
4. smell / fragrance
5. b) jeep
6. a) face
7. c) a plastic bag
8. a) the mouse
9. Light
10. ATM (Automated Teller Machine)
11. Sing / Thing
12. A nest / Nest
13. So that the thieves could not escape.
14. To allow a mother duck and her ducklings to cross safely.
15. Dedication, Determination, Devotion.
16. Student’s answer.
17. Student’s answer.
18. Shankar is a brave boy.
19. a) Books    b) Children
20. a) on    b) in
21. The man is Bobby Pearce. A duck and her ducklings are crossing.
22. The turtle.
23. a) Mysore
b) On floors, walls and doors
c) R.K. Narayan
d) A great cartoonist
24. funny, face, find, place

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ORAL TEST (20 × 1 MARK)

• Spell the word ‘SMILE’.
• Meaning of ‘Glad’.
• Who said “Well done, my boy!”?
• Past tense of ‘Run’.
• Opposite of ‘Sad’.
• What did the angel give Somu?
• Where does a rabbit live?
• Say two sentences about your mother.
• Full form of ATM.
• Plural of ‘Thief’.
• Spell ‘PLASTIC’.
• Which animal died from eating plastic?
• What did the child do with the shell?
• Which animal said “I cannot run fast”?
• Who is a Cartoonist?
• What happens when a smile is gone?
• Name the Paralympic athlete from Karnataka.
• Say two sentences about plastic bags.
• Did Bobby Pearce win the race?