Test Exam | Class 5 | subject English | Unit 10 - "The Swing"

 Test Exam

Class 5 

subject English 

Unit 10 - "The Swing"

Total Marks: 20.    Time: 45 minutes 

Read the poem and answer the questions : 

The Swing

By Robert Louis Stevenson

How do you like to go up in a swing,

Up in the air so blue?

Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing

Ever a child can do!

Up in the air and over the wall,

Till I can see so wide,

Rivers and trees and cattle and all

Over the countryside—

Till I look down on the garden green,

Down on the roof so brown—

Up in the air I go flying again,

Up in the air and down!

1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

Choose the correct answer from the choices given below. [1 × 5 = 5]

(i) What does the child think is the "pleasantest thing" to do?

a) Flying a kite

b) Riding a swing

c) Climbing a tree

d) Looking at the river

(ii) What color is the roof described as in the poem?

a) Green

b) Blue

c) Brown

d) Black

(iii) When going over the wall, the speaker can see ________.

a) wide countryside

b) big cities

c) tall buildings

d) deep oceans

(iv) Who is the poet of "The Swing"?

a) William Wordsworth

b) Robert Louis Stevenson

c) Rabindranath Tagore

d) Kazi Nazrul Islam

(v) The phrase "cattle and all" refers to ________.

a) wild animals

b) birds in the sky

c) farm animals

d) fish in the river

2. True or False

Write "True" if the statement is correct and "False" if it is incorrect. [1 × 5 = 5]

(i) The speaker goes up in the air and over the river.

(ii) The child looks down on a green garden.

(iii) The child finds swinging to be a very boring activity.

(iv) The swing moves both up and down.

(v) The sky is described as blue in the poem.

3. Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentences using the appropriate words from the box. [1 × 5 = 5]

[ wide , brown , pleasantest , flying , blue ]

(i) The child goes up in the air so ______________.

(ii) Swinging is the ______________ thing ever a child can do.

(iii) The speaker can see so ______________ over the countryside.

(iv) The child looks down on the roof so ______________.

(v) Up in the air the child goes ______________ again.

4. Answer the following questions based on your understanding of the poem. [1 + 2 + 2 = 5]

(i) Where does the child go flying again?

 (ii) Why does the speaker say they can "see so wide" when they go up?

iii) How does the movement of the swing change what the child sees? Contrast the view from the top with the view from the bottom