DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BANGALORE NORTH

ACADEMIC SESSION 2018-2019

REVISION WORKSHEET FOR HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

CLASS: VI

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ARTICLES
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles:
1. On my way to _________ house of Rakesh, I met _________ European. He
was _______disciple of ____ Indian Guru who lived in ____ ashram near
_______ Ganga. _______ European intended to spend ________ few days
with his Guru, but _________ Guru was planning to leave on _____ journey to
_____Himalayas.
2. ________ book on _________ shelf is ___________ interesting book. It is on
_________ history of wild tribes of ______ world. In 1971 the BBC made _____
documentary, A Blank on the Map, hosted by sir David, in which ____ first
contact was made with _____ Biami people of Papua New Guinea.

JUMBLED SENTENCES
Rearrange the following jumbled words into meaningful sentences:
1. Cost/they/things/most/more/did/than/before
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2. flies/sound/this/than/quicker/plane
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3. a/new/money of/a/house/lot/costs
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4. by you/the work/be/will/when/ finished?
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5. this address/redirect/my letters/all/please/to
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Choose whether the underlined part of the sentence is a phrase or a

clause
1. We all laughed at the clown. ___________________
2. I only took one apple from the bow. ___________________
3. She has been waiting for you. ___________________
4. The tired farmer sat under the tree. ____________________
5. A frog is sitting on a log. _______________
6. I am standing under an umbrella. ______________
7. Dad went up the ladder. _______________
8. The cup fell off the table. _________________
9. He shared the chocolate with me. ________________
10. A duck walks towards the lake. ________________
 TENSES
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the brackets:
The world __________________ (go) ahead at a tremendous speed. But all this
progress __________________(shatter) if we do not secure peace. Scientific
inventions and advancement of technological knowledge
_________________(bring) the world closer. If one country suffers, all
__________________(suffer) to some extent. We ____________________
(become) inter-responsible.

Change the tense in each of the following sentences.

1. My friend doesn’t have a job. (change to simple past)
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2. I saw a beautiful play. (change to present perfect tense)
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3. I went to a restaurant.(change to future continuous tense)
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4. She has been waiting since morning. (change to past perfect continuous)
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5. He goes to the party. (change to past continuous)
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6. I will follow his instructions. (change to present continuous)
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7. My trip to USA was successful. (change to simple present tense)
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8. It is raining. ( change to present perfect continuous tense)
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9. He has been reading this book since 10 AM (change to future perfect
continuous tense)
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Frame sentences of your own to bring out the meaning of the following
set of homophones
1. made________________________________________________________
maid _________________________________________________________
2. sea __________________________________________________________
see __________________________________________________________
3. steal _________________________________________________________
steel _________________________________________________________
4. no __________________________________________________________
Know _______________________________________________________
5. heard ________________________________________________________
herd _________________________________________________________
ANSWER KEY
ARTICLES
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles:
1. On my way to __the_______ house of Rakesh, I met __a_______ European.
He was ___a____disciple of __an__ Indian Guru who lived in __an__ ashram
near ___the____ Ganga. __A_____ European intended to spend ___a_____
few days with his Guru, but _____the____ Guru was planning to leave on
__a___ journey to _the____Himalayas.
2. ___A_____ book on ____the_____ shelf is ____an_______ interesting book.
It is on __the_______ history of wild tribes of __the____ world. In 1971 the BBC
made __a___ documentary, A Blank on the Map, hosted by sir David, in which
__the__ first contact was made with _the____ Biami people of Papua New
Guinea.
JUMBLED SENTENCES
Rearrange the following jumbled words into meaningful sentences:
1. Cost/they/things/most/more/did/than/before
Most things cost more than they did before
2. flies/sound/this/than/quicker/plane
This plane flies quicker than sound
3. a/new/money of/a/house/lot/costs
A new house costs a lot of money
4. by you/the work/be/will/when/finished?
When will the work be finished by you?
5. this address/redirect/my letters/all/please/to
Please redirect all my letters to this address

TENSES
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the brackets:
The world is going (go) ahead at a tremendous speed. But all this progress will
shatter (shatter) if we do not secure peace. Scientific inventions and
advancement of technological knowledge has brought (bring) the world closer. If
one country suffers, all will suffer (suffer) to some extent. We have become
(become) inter-responsible.

Change the tense in each of the following sentences.

1. My friend doesn’t have a job. (change to simple past)
My friend didn’t have a job.
2. I saw a beautiful play. (change to present perfect tense)
I have seen a beautiful play.
3. I went to a restaurant.(change to future continuous tense)
I will/shall be going to a restaurant.
4. She has been waiting since morning. (change to past perfect continuous)
She had been waiting since morning.
5. He goes to the party. (change to past continuous)
He was going to the party.
6. I will follow his instructions. (change to present continuous)
I am following his instructions.
7. My trip to USA was successful. (change to simple present tense)
My trip to USA is successful.
8. It is raining. (change to present perfect continuous tense)
It has been raining.
9. He has been reading this book since 10 AM (change to future perfect
continuous tense)
He will have been reading this book since 10AM
Choose whether the underlined part of the sentence is a phrase or a
clause
1. We all laughed at the clown. C
2. I only took one apple from the bow. P
3. She has been waiting for you. P
4. The tired farmer sat under the tree. C
5. A frog is sitting on a log. P
6. I am standing under an umbrella. P
7. Dad went up the ladder. C
8. The cup fell off the table. C
9. He shared the chocolate with me. P
10. A duck walks towards the lake. C