KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA OF VARNGAON QUESTION BANK FOR NASIK CLUSTER SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT II 2014-15 SUBJECT : ENGLISH CLASS-IV PREPARED BY : SEEMA BATHAM, PRT, KV OF VARANGAON
FOREWORD This question bank is designed for the children s better preparation of SA-II. It provides competency-wise practice of the complete course of studies from October to March 2015. The children will get an idea as well as practice for the questions and their patterns as such under different competencies Reading,Writing -Textual Understanding,Grammar,Spelling, Creative writing etc. It consists of total no. of 62questions based on competencies said above. This practice material can be given in the classroom as a Revision Activity. FROM SEEMA BATHAM READING UNSEEN PASSAGE: EXAMPLE FOR PRACTICE Q1. Read the passage and answer the questions. Arun was twelve years old. One day when he was returning home from the school,he saw a cow sitting under the tree on the roadside.the cow was in sad mood. Arun opened his tiffin.there were some laddus and roties in it. Arun gave roties and laddus to the cow.the cow ate up roties and laddus quickly. Now the cow will be happy, Arun thought.arun was surprised to see that the cow was still looking sad.arun went closer. He saw that there was a wound in the cow s leg.arun quickly ran to home and brought the first-aid box. He came back to the cow.he applied some medicine on the cow s leg and tied the bandage too. Goodbye dear cow, said Arun and went home. 1 Put the tick \/ mark on the correct sentences. (a) Arun was returning from the school. (b) Arun saw a donkey on the way to home. 2.Answer yes or no: Did Arun give some roties and laddus to the cow to eat.
3. Answer in one word. Name the boy in the story. Name the animal in the story Answer the following questions. 4.How old was Arun? 5.What did Arun bring from the home? 6.What did Arun apply on the cow s leg? Choose the correct answer and tick it. 7.Where was the cow sitting? (a)the cow was sitting under the table in a shop. (b)the cow was sitting under a tree on the roadside. 8.In what mood the cow was looking? (a)the cow was looking in sad mood. (b)the cow was looking in happy mood. 9.Where was Arun returning from? (a)arun was returning from the market. (b) Arun was returning from the school. 10.What did Arun see on his way to home? (a)arun saw a cow on the way to home. (b) Arun saw a donkey on the way to home. SEEN PASSAGE:EXAMPLE FOR PRACTICE Q2. Read the passage and answer the questions.
The old man was puzzled by the voice. He said, This is a strange piece of wood as this is a talking piece of wood. What shall I do with it? I think. I ll make it into a puppet. He set to work, and as the puppet boy took shape, the old man said, He must have a name.i will call him Pinocchio. As soon as he finished making the eyes, the carpenter was amazed to see them move.before the mouth was made, it began to laugh. Stop laughing! the old man said. It did stop,but as soon as his back was turned, it put out its tongue. And its nose grew long. True or false? 1.The piece of wood that the old man bought was not a strange piece of wood 2.The old man was puzzled by the voice. Fill in the blanks with the word from the passage. 3. He said, This is a piece of wood as this is a talking piece of wood. 4.The old man said, He must have a name.i will call him. 5.What was strange about the piece of wood? 6. What did the old man decide to do with the puppet? 7.What did Pinocchio do when the carpenter made his mouth? 8.Whosaid this? - Stop laughing! 9. What did Pinocchio do when the carpenter s back was turned? 10.Find the word for the following in the passage. Surprised - completed WRTING :TEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING Answer the following questions.
1.What would the child give the donkey? 2. What is a pony? 3. What did the lady do to the pony? 4. Why did the cow refuse to get up? 5. Name those who tried to make the cow move. 6. Who finally made the cow get up and how? 7.What did Hiawatha learn about the birds? 8. What secrets did Hiawatha learn about beasts? 9. Who came to Akbar s court? 10. What did he claim to know? 11. How did he challenge everybody? 12.What is the best time to water the plants? 13. When should we not water the plants? 14.How did the tree help the boy earn money? 15. What did the boy make with the branches of the tree? 16. What did the boy make with the trunk of the tree? 17. What did the library door say? 18. Why did the child in the poem like looking at the pictures? 19. From where did the naughty boy come? 20. Where did the naughty boy go? 21. What did the carpenter buy? 22. What did he make out of it? 23. What did he call his puppet?
24. What did Pinocchio say in the end? 25. When did Pinocchio s nose grow longer? GRAMMAR 26.Fill in the blanks using the words given in the bracket. (a) Insects crawl on the wall.(can / can not ) b) The grocer was to move the cow.(able / unable (c)children walk on their heads.( can / cannot) (d)sometimes love and kindness may where force will. (succeed / fail) (e) It was for the boy to make the cow get up.( easy / difficult) 27. Write the simple past tense. pull pulled lead come say begin grow pray tug 28. What work do these men or women do? A milkman A grocer A policeman An ice-cream man A wrestler 29.Write rhyming words. donkey- hire hare mile- 30. Choose the correct word from the box and fill in the blanks. This sum is. (right, write) I have to leave at. (too, two) I can the bird's song. (hear, here) Do you a secret? (no, know) The squirrel has a long. (tail, tale) 31. Where do the following live? (a) Birds live in (b) Rabbits live in (c) Beavers live in 32. Complete the following story with words given my, his, he, your Ram was a farmer. wanted to sell goats and sheep. So he went to the market. There sold all animals to a rich man and got a lot of money.when he was going back to village, three thievesstopped him. Stop! Give us all money. Ram was very clever. He said, I'll give money to the strongest of you. On hearing this, the thieves started fighting amongst themselves. Ram slipped away quietly.
33. Look and fill in the columns. One has been done for you. quiet- quietly fierce gentle fluent angry 34. Add a or an before it. _ pillow _bed sheet _apple _orange _banana _ice-cream 35. Write rhyming words for the words given below. car high boots heat where 36. In the sentences below the capital letters, commas, full stops and question marks are missing. Put these in the correct places. (a) on monday i will go to school (b) rahim ravi and raju are going to see the circus 37. Pick out the silent letters from these words :hour_ knit_ wrong_ doubt_. 38Write two words to which _ing can be added at the end to form a new word. 39. Write these sentences in the correct order. Also, choose the right word from the box and add it before each sentence. First Then After that Finally (a) It gave him its branches to make a house. (b) It asked him to sit on the stump. (c) It gave him its trunk to make a boat. (d) The tree gave its apples to the boy. 40. Fill in the blanks with the correct word. My mother went to the market and bought a kilogram of (apple/apples), a dozen (banana/bananas) and a dozen (orange/oranges). I love oranges. So I ate an (orange/oranges). My brother wanted a (banana/bananas) and my sister asked for an (apple/apples). 41. Make new words and complete the sentences. (a) The children love to sing.(loud ) (b) Read your lesson. (silent ) (c) Throw the ball. (slow ) (d) The tree gave its fruit to the boy. (happy) (e) Do your work. (neat )
42. Fill in describing words into the passage below It was a night. A girl sat up in bed listening to her mother tell a story. Her eyes opened wide and she gave a smile. Now go to sleep, Paro, her mother closed the book. dreams. 43. Complete the dialogue by using and or or in the blanks. Tina: Ma am, I want to borrow a book. Librarian: Do you want a story book a book of poems? Tina: I want a story book. 44.Write sentences telling what are these things made of? metal wood rubber cloth chair table eraser shirt scissors cap knife example: 1)A chair is made of wood. 2) A chair is made of metal. 45 Write describing words and complete the following. (a) The peacock is a bird. (b) Pinocchio is a puppet. (c) I saw an quarrel. (d) Morning exercises make you. (e) A glass of milk makes your teeth. 46. Make opposites with the words - dis, in respect own able capable 47. Make naming words by adding ness, ity moral kind stupid public polite 48. Add er or r to the doing words below to make new words. write strange fight dance speak 49.Give words that rhyme with: laugh fish fan few CREATIVE WRITING 50. Write a paragraph on: My favourite festival / My pet / Importance of trees/ Trees are our friends / My favourite game / Importance of books. 51.Write a letter to your friend or uncle - - for inviting him on your birthday/ - describing how you celebrated Republic Day in your school./ -describing the activities and celebrations in your school. 52.Write an application to your principal for six days leave.
53.Look at the picture and describe it. SPELLING. Look at the pictures,write missing letters and complete the words 54. s e p y 55. d y m y 56. m l n c r 57. r t s l
58. g r r r 59. Read the clues and write the correct word for them. a place where aeroplanes take off and land a a place where food is cooked. k a place where books are kept. l a place where you can buy things. s a place where children study s One who always teases others and plays tricks with the others, badly behaved. n Something that is not known to all,hidden fact s A fruit of an oak tree,squirrel eats it. a Something from which the flowers get water. r a tool used on wood by the carpenter p something in great numbers g Something made of wood w Something strange q make up your mind d surprised a 59. Make two words using the letters given in the word : STABLE Make two words using the letters given in the word : PINOCCHIO Make two words using the letters given in the word LEARNED 60. Place letters in their right order to form the names of flowers. PAETWEES S A MRAIDOLG M D JMINEAS J _ E TLOUS L _ S ARGOM M _ A ANSPY P _ Y