Question 1 of 50
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📖 English · Class 5 · 2026-27
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- Questions50
- Marks60
- Time60 min
- Sections4
The paper
Tap an answer for each question. The 60-minute clock starts at your first answer; press Finish and mark at the bottom when you are done, and every answer is explained.
Section 1 — Word and Structure Knowledge · 30 × 1 mark
- Question 2 of 50
What does the idiom “turn a deaf ear” mean?
- Question 3 of 50
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
- Question 4 of 50
Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
The carpenter says he ___ the broken chair by evening.
- Question 5 of 50
Choose the correct option to complete the phrase.
as stubborn as a ___
- Question 6 of 50
Which proverb means working a little at a time, without stopping, beats rushing?
- Question 7 of 50
Choose the correct word meaning not appear.
- Question 8 of 50
Which proverb best fits this situation?
A girl who reads ten pages every night finishes the book long before her friend who plans to read it in one go.
- Question 9 of 50
Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
The sun ___ in the east.
- Question 10 of 50
Name the tense of the underlined verb.
I __have finished__ my drawing.
- Question 11 of 50
What is the plural of sheep?
- Question 12 of 50
Complete the proverb.
Every cloud has ______
- Question 13 of 50
What is the past tense of the verb fly?
- Question 14 of 50
Which verb goes with a record?
- Question 15 of 50
Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
They ___ for the bus when I saw them.
- Question 16 of 50
Choose the most suitable option to fill in the blank.
Please ___ a look at the notice board before you go home.
- Question 17 of 50
Which phrasal verb means to leave the ground and start flying?
- Question 18 of 50
Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
The train arrived ___ the platform.
- Question 19 of 50
What is the feminine of bridegroom?
- Question 20 of 50
Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
The train ___ already left when we reached the platform.
- Question 21 of 50
What kind of sentence is this?
Please pass me the salt.
- Question 22 of 50
Choose the correct compound word for: a path at the side of a road for people walking.
- Question 23 of 50
Rearrange the words to make a meaningful sentence.
teacher / keep / us / quiet / to / The / asked
- Question 24 of 50
Which idiom fits this situation?
An elder brother tells a made-up story just to see his sister worry, then laughs.
- Question 25 of 50
Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
We enjoyed ___ at the picnic.
- Question 26 of 50
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
Father went to the market to __purchase__ a new umbrella.
- Question 27 of 50
What kind of adverb is the underlined word?
We __often__ go to the park on Sundays.
- Question 28 of 50
Which prefix is added to correct to give it the opposite meaning?
- Question 29 of 50
Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
My father is ___ honest man.
- Question 30 of 50
Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
She ___ in this school since 2023.
Section 2 — Reading · 10 × 1 mark
- Question 31 of 50
The Dog and His Reflection
A dog had found a good bone outside a shop and was carrying it home in his mouth. His way lay across a narrow wooden plank laid over a stream. Halfway across he glanced down at the water and saw another dog looking up at him — a dog with a bone that seemed even bigger than his own. He wanted that bone too. He opened his mouth to snatch it, and of course his own bone fell with a splash into the stream and sank out of sight. The dog stood on the plank for a long while, staring at the water. Then he walked home slowly with nothing at all.
What did the dog think he saw in the water?
- Question 32 of 50
A news report — 14 November
GREENFIELD, 14 November — Students of Greenfield Public School have won first prize in the district's Clean and Green contest for the vegetable garden they built behind their playground. The garden began two years ago as a patch of rubble. Forty students from Classes 4 to 7 cleared away the stones, mixed in compost made from the canteen's vegetable peels, and planted tomatoes, spinach, beans and marigolds. “We water it before the first bell every morning,” said Kavya Rao of Class 6, who leads the garden club. The vegetables are now used in the school's midday meal. The prize of ₹ 25,000 will be spent on a rainwater tank for the garden, the principal said.
What did the school win?
- Question 33 of 50
What was the place like before the garden was made?
- Question 34 of 50
How will the prize money be spent?
- Question 35 of 50
Bus Time-table — Hill Road to Museum Gate
ROUTE 11 — HILL ROAD TO MUSEUM GATE Bus | Hill Road | Market Square | Lake Stop | Museum Gate A | 7:00 a.m. | 7:20 a.m. | 7:45 a.m. | 8:05 a.m. B | 9:15 a.m. | 9:35 a.m. | — | 10:10 a.m. C | 12:30 p.m. | 12:50 p.m. | 1:15 p.m. | 1:35 p.m. D | 4:45 p.m. | 5:05 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. | 5:50 p.m. Bus B does not stop at Lake Stop. No service on the second Sunday of the month.
Which of these statements is true according to the text?
- Question 36 of 50
The Fox and the Goat
A fox fell into a deep well and could find no way out. After a while a thirsty goat came by and looked down. “Is the water good?” asked the goat. “The best I have ever tasted,” said the fox. “Come down and drink your fill.” The goat jumped in at once. When he had drunk, he looked about and saw that the walls were steep. The fox sprang lightly on the goat's back, from there to his horns, and so out of the well. “Next time,” he called down, “look before you leap.”
How did the fox get out of the well?
- Question 37 of 50
What does the fox's parting advice mean?
- Question 38 of 50
Why did the fox praise the water?
- Question 39 of 50
A dialogue at the library
Librarian: Good morning. How can I help you? Asha: Good morning, ma'am. I would like to borrow a book on the planets. Librarian: The science books are on the second shelf, near the window. Do you have your library card? Asha: Yes, here it is. How long may I keep the book? Librarian: For two weeks. If you return it late, there is a fine of one rupee for each day. Asha: I will bring it back on time. Thank you, ma'am.
What kind of book does Asha want?
- Question 40 of 50
For how long may Asha keep the book?
Section 3 — Spoken and Written Expression · 5 × 1 mark
- Question 41 of 50
Your teacher introduces a new student to you.
Teacher: This is Aarav, he has just joined our class.
What is the best thing to say?
- Question 42 of 50
Choose the most suitable option to complete the conversation.
Mother: Please ___ your toys right now.
- Question 43 of 50
In which situation would you say this?
“I'm so sorry — are you all right?”
- Question 44 of 50
Choose the best option to complete the conversation.
Doctor: You must rest at home for two days.
Patient: ___
- Question 45 of 50
What is the speaker doing when she says this?
“Good morning, ma'am.”
Section 4 — Achievers Section · 5 × 3 marks
- Question 46 of 50
Read the sentence and choose what the phrase in bold means.
The whole quarrel turned out to be a storm in a teacup.
- Question 47 of 50
Choose the correct direct speech form of the given sentence.
The guide said that the fort was four hundred years old.
- Question 48 of 50
Read the sentence and choose what the phrase in bold means.
He was in hot water for breaking the window.
- Question 49 of 50
What does the proverb “Do not put all your eggs in one basket.” mean?
- Question 50 of 50
Choose the part of the sentence that has an error.
My sister is very fond of listening songs on the radio.
Answer key and explanations (opens below)
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (D) 12. (D) 13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (A) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (C) 21. (D) 22. (D) 23. (B) 24. (C) 25. (B) 26. (A) 27. (B) 28. (A) 29. (A) 30. (D) 31. (C) 32. (D) 33. (A) 34. (C) 35. (D) 36. (D) 37. (C) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B) 41. (B) 42. (B) 43. (A) 44. (B) 45. (A) 46. (B) 47. (B) 48. (B) 49. (B) 50. (D)
- 1. (D)
It is spelt rarely.
- 2. (B)
turn a deaf ear means to refuse to listen.
- 3. (C)
Items in a list are separated by commas, and the sentence needs a full stop at the end.
- 4. (C)
The mending is still to be done, so it takes will mend.
- 5. (B)
We say as stubborn as a mule, meaning refusing to change one's mind.
- 6. (C)
“Slow and steady wins the race.” Think of it this way: a girl who reads ten pages every night finishes the book long before her friend who plans to read it in one go.
- 7. (D)
The opposite of appear is disappear; the other three are not words at all.
- 8. (C)
“Slow and steady wins the race.” — working a little at a time, without stopping, beats rushing.
- 9. (A)
Something that is always true takes the simple present.
- 10. (D)
Have plus the third form joins a finished action to the present.
- 11. (D)
sheep stays the same in the plural.
- 12. (D)
The proverb is “Every cloud has a silver lining.” — there is something good even in a bad situation.
- 13. (D)
The past of fly is flew — it does not take an -ed ending.
- 14. (D)
We break a record; we cut a cake and take a turn.
- 15. (C)
The waiting was going on at the moment I saw them — past continuous.
- 16. (C)
We have a look at something; make, do and keep do not go with “a look”.
- 17. (A)
take off means to leave the ground and start flying.
- 18. (C)
‘At’ marks the point the train reached.
- 19. (C)
The pair is bridegroom — bride.
- 20. (C)
The train left before we reached, so the earlier action takes had.
- 21. (D)
It makes a request, and a request is still an imperative sentence.
- 22. (D)
The one word for “a path at the side of a road for people walking” is footpath.
- 23. (B)
The words make sense in this order: “The teacher asked us to keep quiet.”
- 24. (C)
pull your leg means to tease somebody for fun, which is exactly what is happening here.
- 25. (B)
‘We’ takes ‘ourselves’ — plural, because ‘we’ is more than one person.
- 26. (A)
purchase means buy, so its opposite is sell.
- 27. (B)
‘Often’ tells how often we go, so it is an adverb of frequency.
- 28. (A)
in- goes with correct to make incorrect.
- 29. (A)
The ‘h’ in ‘honest’ is silent, so the word begins with a vowel sound and takes ‘an’.
- 30. (D)
‘Since 2023’ means it started in the past and is still going on — the present perfect continuous.
- 31. (C)
He saw a dog looking up at him whose bone seemed even bigger than his own.
- 32. (D)
The first line says they won first prize in the district's Clean and Green contest.
- 33. (A)
The report says the garden began two years ago as a patch of rubble.
- 34. (C)
The last line says the ₹ 25,000 will be spent on a rainwater tank.
- 35. (D)
The text says so directly: there is no bus on this route on the second Sunday of the month.
- 36. (D)
The passage says he sprang on the goat's back, then his horns, and so out of the well.
- 37. (C)
‘Look before you leap’ means to consider the consequences first.
- 38. (A)
The fox needed something to climb on, so he tempted the goat into the well.
- 39. (C)
Asha says she would like to borrow a book on the planets.
- 40. (B)
The librarian says she may keep it for two weeks.
- 41. (B)
A new classmate is welcomed, not questioned.
- 42. (B)
put away means to place something back where it belongs.
- 43. (A)
You caused it, so you apologise and check that they are all right.
- 44. (B)
The doctor has given advice, so the patient thanks her and agrees to follow it.
- 45. (A)
An elder at school is greeted formally, with the time of day and ma'am.
- 46. (B)
Here a storm in a teacup means a great fuss about a very small matter.
- 47. (B)
Read the change backwards — the speaker's own words go back inside the quotation marks. After said the verb steps back, so is becomes was.
- 48. (B)
Here in hot water means in trouble.
- 49. (B)
Do not risk everything on a single plan. Think of it this way: a farmer sows only one crop, and a single bad month leaves him with nothing.
- 50. (D)
Listen is followed by to, so it should be listening to songs on the radio.
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