Class VI 2nd Summative English Examination Question Paper 2026
PATRASAYER BAMIRA GURUDAS INSTITUTION
2nd Summative Evaluation - 2026 Class-VI | Subject-ENGLISH Full Marks: 50 | Time: 1 Hour 40 Minute
Reading Skill (Seen)
A. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
There was once a King, and he had a Queen. They had several children. Alicia was the eldest, who looked after the other children. The King was in his private profession, under the government. The Queen’s father had been a medical man out of town.
One day, the King was going to the office when he stopped at the fishmonger’s shop. He needed to buy a pound and a half of salmon which the Queen had requested him to send home. He had not proceeded after finishing his shopping, when the fishmonger’s errand-boy came running after him. He said, “Sir, you didn’t notice the old lady in our shop?”
“What old lady?” enquired the King “I saw none.” Now the King had not seen any old lady because she had been invisible to him, though visible to the fishmonger’s boy.
A. Choose the correct alternatives : 1×4=4
i) Alicia was the name of the King’s (a) wife □(b) daughter □(c) maid-servant □
ii) The Queen asked the King to buy -- (a) butter □(b) biscuits □(c) fish □
iii) The King stopped at the -- (a) butcher’s shop □(b) fruit-vendor’s shop □(c) fishmonger’s shop □
iv) The old lady was visible to the -- (a) King □(b) Queen □(c) boy □
B. Complete the incomplete sentences with information from the text : 1×3=3
i) The King and the Queen had ____________________________________________________
ii) While going to the office the King ____________________________________________________
iii) The old lady ____________________________________________________
C. Write T for true and F for false statements : 1×3=3
i) The Queen looked after the children. [ ]
ii) The King would work in an office. [ ]
iii) The old lady was visible to both the King and the boy. [ ]
D. Answer the following question in complete sentence : 1×2=2
i) Why did the King stop?
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions :
Patrasayer is a village and a community development block in the Bishnupur Subdivision of Bankura district. The region is historically a part of the ancient Mallabhum Kingdom.
According to the 2011 census of India, Patrasayer had a total population of 10,844 of which 5528 were males and 5316 were females.
Patrasayer Bamira Gurudas Institution is one of the leading Bengali-medium schools of this block. The school was set up in 1915. The school has a library with 3000 books, a big play ground and two NCC divisions. Higher education is supported by Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya.
The famous Kalanjoy Shiva Temple at Patrasayer was built in 18th century. Patrasayer has it’s own railway station on the South-Eastern Railway’s Bankura-Masagram line. Besides the area is well connected with Bankura, Burdwan and Bishnupur towns with regular bus service.
A. Tick the correct alternatives : 1×4=4
i) Patrasayer is situated in the district of -- (a) Bankura □(b) Burdwan □(c) Birbhum □
ii) Once this region was ruled by the -- (a) Sen King □(b) Malla Kings □(c) Pal Kings □
iii) Total population of Patrasayer is -- (a) 5528 □(b) 5316 □(c) 10,844 □
iv) Patrasayer Bamira Gurudas institution is a / an -- (a) English-medium school □(b) Hindi-medium school □(c) Bengali-medium school □
B. Write T for true and F for false statements : 1×3=3
i) The Subdivision of Patrasayer is Burdwan. [ ]
ii) Patrasayer railway station is under the North-Eastern railways. [ ]
iii) There are two NCC divisions in Patrasayer Bamira Gurudas Institution. [ ]
C. Complete the following sentences with information from the text : 1×3=3
i) Patrasayer had a total population of 10,844 according ____________________________________________________
ii) The name of the Kingdom is ____________________________________________________
iii) One of the leading schools of the Patrasayer block is ____________________________________________________
D. Answer the following question : 1×2=2
i) How is Patrasayer connected with other parts of the state?
Grammar & Vocabulary
3. Fill in the blanks with Articles and Prepositions : 1×4=4
i) I had been reading ________ Statesman ________ ________ hour ________ the morning.
4. Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs : 1×2=2
i) The girl ________ playing and her brother and sister ________ running in the field.
5. Add a prefix or a suffix to the following words to form opposites : 1×4=4
Cloud : ____________________
happy : ____________________
possible : ____________________
comfort : ____________________
6. Tick (✓) the right option : 1×2=2
i) He spent many years of his life in a village. (Assertive / Interrogative)
ii) Where do you live? (Assertive / Interrogative)
7. Replace the underlined words with their antonyms : 1×2=2
i) She read the conclusion of the novel.
ii) I helped a rich girl yesterday.
Writing Skill
8. Write in about sixty words a paragraph on your sudden visit to a strange place using the following hints : 7
Hints: [ name of the place -- description of the place -- sights and sounds -- what interested you most -- your feelings ]
9.Write a short paragraph on Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar using the following points in 120 words.
(Birth: September, 1820-Parents: Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and Bhagabati Devi -brilliant student-got title Vidyasagar - wrote Barno Parichoy - prominet educator social reformer - died on July 29, 1891.]