KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, CHENNAI REGION AVADI CLUSTER SESSION ENDING EXAMINATION - MARCH 2018-19 CLASS_IV QUESTION BANK SUBJECT: ENGLISH PORTIONS: FROM UNIT 6: THE MILKMAN S COW TO UNIT 10: PINOCCHIO I.READING (20 M): SEEN AND UNSEEN PASSAGE - (EACH PASSAGE CARRIES 10 MARKS) I.READING PRACTICE: SEEN PASSAGE Read the passages from the lessons thoroughly 1. The milkman s cow _pg. no 97 2. The scholar s mother tongue pg. no-119-120 3. The giving tree pg. no: 137-138 4. Pinocchio pg. no 170 TYPES OF QUESTIONS : Question and answer, complete the sentence, True or False, Choose and tick the correct answer, Give another word, Opposite words, Fill in the blank, who said to whom, give a suitable title to the passage given For Eg. Answer the question: i) Who came to Akbar s court? A learned Pundit came to Akbar s court. ii) Complete the sentence: The Pundit could speak many languages fluently. iii) Choose the correct answer: Birbal tickled the Pundit s ear with a a) stick b) cloth c) feather Ans. C iv) I have mastery over many different languages. Who said to whom? Pundit to the King and his courtiers v) Fill in the blanks. When everyone failed, the challenge was taken up by Birbal. 1
II. UNSEEN PASSAGE: READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE GIVEN QUESTIONS: (Example) Once a lazy young grasshopper danced and sang throughout the hot summer and the colourful spring, without doing any work. Meanwhile, in an anthill nearby, a swarm of hardworking ants stored food for winter. The grasshopper laughed at the hardworking ants as they worked day and night. In winter, the grasshopper ate nothing. Weak and hungry, he went to the ants to beg for some food. He said, Dear ladies, I am hungry and weak. Kindly give me some food. I will surely repay it to you this summer. Q1.How did the young grasshopper spend his days during summer and spring? a) It did all his work b) It was sleeping c) It was dancing and singing Q 2. The ants were. a) lazy b) hardworking c) dancing Q3. Why were the ants working hard? a) to build an ant hill b) to store food for winter c) to play in the winter Q4.Complete the sentence: The grasshopper laughed as they night. Q5. Pick out the word which means a large group of ants from the above passage: Q6. Write YES or NO In winter, the grasshopper ate nothing. ( ) Q7.Fill in the blank. went to beg for food. 2
Q8. Find the opposite word from the passage given: Strong x Q 9. Summer season is very. a) cold b) hot c) colourful Q10. Give a suitable title to the passage given: III. WRITING: QUESTIONS BASED ON LESSONS AND POEMS UNIT 6: THE MILKMAN S COW 1) Why did the cow refuse to get up? 2) Who finally made the cow to get up and how? UNIT 7: HIAWATHA (POEM) 3) Who was Hiawatha? Where did he live? 4) Who was Nokomis? 5) What did he learn about the birds? UNIT 7: THE SCHOLAR S MOTHER TONGUE 6) Who came to Akbar s court? 7) How did he challenge everybody? UNIT 8: WATERING RHYME (POEM) 8) What is the best time to water the plants? 9) Which part of the plant should be watered? UNIT 8: THE GIVING TREE 10) How did the boy enjoy the company of the tree? 11) What did the boy make with the branches and the trunk of the tree? 12) Why is the play called The Giving Tree? UNIT: 9 BOOKS 13) What did the books in the library look like? 14) Why did the child in the poem Books like looking at the pictures? UNIT: 9 GOING TO BUY BOOKS 15) Why did grandfather give the children money? 16? Where did they go to buy books? UNIT: 10 THE NAUGHTY BOY 17) From where did the naughty boy come and where did he go? 3
18) Why did he go there? What did the boy wonder about? 19) Who wrote the poem The naughty boy? UNIT: 10 PINNOCCHIO 20) What did the carpenter buy? What did he make out of it? 21) What did he call his puppet? 22) What did Pinocchio say in the end of the story? GRAMMAR: (15x1=15m) Unit 6: THE MILKMAN S COW 1. Write the past tense of (pg. no 103, 121) E.g. - Pull, come, know, began, grow, pray, tug, wait, learn, accept, fry, find, fail, lick, answer 2. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the brackets: pg. no: 102 E.g.) Children (can/ cannot) walk on their heads. b) We should be (kind / cruel) to animals. UNIT: 7 HIAWATHA (POEM) 3. Choose the correct answer: E.g. I go, I have friends. (Whenever/whoever)(pg. no115) 4. Fill in the blank with he/ she /his/her (pg. no116) E.g. Raj went to market. sold all goats to a rich man. 5. Fill in the blanks with the suitable word: (pg. no 117) E.g. a) He is our school. (principal / principle) b) I have to leave school at. (two/too) UNIT 7: THE SCHOLAR S MOTHER TONGUE 6. Complete the sentence by adding ly (pg. no 123, 142) E.g. a) Throw the ball. (slow) b) The tree gave its fruit to the boy. (happy) 7. Fill in the blank with a / an (pg. no: 123) E.g. I love to play with doll but not with alarm clock. UNIT 8: WATERING RHYME 8. Underline the silent letters Pg. no: 134 E.g..a) K N I F E b) C O U L D 9. Punctuate the sentences ( pg. no:135) E.g. a) on Monday I will go to school b) sita rita and gita are playing in the ground 4
10. Add ing to the words given and make new words E.g. morn=, play= UNIT 8: THE GIVING TREE 11. Choose the correct word and fill in the blanks: (pg. no: 142) E.g. My mother went to the market and bought a kilogram of (apple/ apples) UNIT: 9 BOOKS: 12. Write the rhyming words for (pg. no- 135,151) E.g. a) Well b) tail c) book d) boots 13. Fill in the blank with the suitable word: (pg. no: 151) E.g. A is a place where books are kept. (airport/ library) UNIT: 9 GOING TO BUY BOOKS 14. Fill in the blank using a describing word: (pg. no: 157,167) E.g. a) It was a night. b) She gave a smile. c) Pinocchio is a puppet. 15. Fill in the blanks by using and / or (pg. no158) Do you like stories about animals adventure stories? I like both. Unit: 10 THE NAUGHTY BOY 16. Underline the describing words: (pg. no: 167) E.g.) a) Rahul eats green vegetables. b) Rita s rude behavior annoyed me. UNIT:10 PINOCCHIO 17. Make opposites with the words: dis-,in-(pg. no:175) E.g. a) respect b) secure 18. Make new words by adding- ness, -ity, -ty at the end of the words given (pg. no:175) E.g. a) Polite b) swift IV. CREATIVE WRITING: (2x 5=10m) 1. Write five sentences about Hiawatha. 2. Write five sentences about A pet animal. 3. Look at the picture and write five sentences about it. E.g. A garden. 4. Write five sentences about The importance of reading books. 5. Write five sentences about your favourite place that you have visited. 5
6. Imagine that you are a mango tree -.Write five sentences about your uses to people and animals. E.g. If I am a mango tree, I will be very useful to people and animals. I will give fresh air and cool breeze. I will give shade to people and shelter to many birds and animals. Birds build their nests and stay happily. My leaves and flowers are used for decorating the houses during festival seasons. People love to eat my delicious fruits. They use my wood for making furniture and to build houses. I am a gift of Nature for mankind. So, plant me more and make a greener world. V. SPELLING SPELLING PRACTICE: 1. gleaming 2. Wrestler 3. Grocer 4. refused 5.bad mood6. Wigwam, 7.lodges, 8.timid 9. Squirrel 10.reindeer 11. Secret 12. Languages 13. Beaver 14.mother tongue15. Pundit16. Scholar17. Courtier 18. Delicious 19. Swinging 20. Branches 21. Climbing 22. Rest 23. Tree 24.children 25. Marigold 26.watering 27.laughing 28. Galore 29. Shelves 30. Bought 31. Decided 32. Wondered 33, naughty 34.snatched 36.skinny 37. Soak.38.machines 39.shade 40. Cherry 41. Puppet 42.carpenter 43. Voice 44. Puzzled 45.amazed 46.wooden 47.queer piece 48.yard 49.brook 50.learner Types of questions: 1. Rewrite the jumbled words into meaningful words E.g. a)tlous= b) ledtick= 2. Fill in the missing letters E.g. a) s h_ a f b) s t m p 3. Add er or r to the words below to make new words E.g. a) stiff - b) joke- 4. Encircle the correctly spelt word: E.g. a) library / librery b) iritated/irritated 5. Make two new words ( of 4 or more letters) from the given word: RECOGNISED ( e.g.: side, dice, seed, nice, gone,.. any meaningful word) ( letters can be repeated) a) b) 6. Fill in the blanks with double letter words to make meaningful words a) C h e y b) b k 6
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