SUMMATIVE TEST 2 (March 2012) ENGLISH CLASS: IV Time: 2 hours Name: Section: Roll no: School: Date: M.M: 50 M.O: Examiner s signature Invigilator s signature: Checker s signature: Section A (Reading) 10 Marks A.1. Read the story and answer the following. In a village lived two friends Rohan and Sohan. Rohan was lame and Sohan was blind. One day, a hut in the village caught fire. The fire spread all over the village. People began running away. The two friends who were neighbours also wanted to escape Rohan could not run but only limp. Sohan could not see and didn t know where to run. They were sad and afraid. Just then Rohan got an idea. He went limping to Sohan s house and told, If we help each other, we can escape the fire. Sohan liked the idea. He was strong. He quickly took Rohan on his shoulder. Then Rohan began telling him where to go.soon the friends walked to safety. A1.1 Choose the correct answer. (½ X4=2) a) Rohan and Sohan were. (i) blind (ii) neighbours b) Rohan limped as he was. (i) lame (ii) blind c) They each other and escaped the fire. (i) idea (ii) helped d) Sohan carried Rohan on his. (i) Shoulder (ii) back 1
A1.2. Fill in the blanks. (½ X4=2) a) Rohan and Sohan were good. b) A hut in the village caught. c) A person can t see. d) At last the friends walked to. A1.3. Answer the following. (1) a) Why were Rohan and Sohan sad and afraid? A.2 Read the poem. Early in the morning, Or the evening hour, Are the times to water Every kind of flower. Watering at noonday, When the sun is high, Doesn t help the flowers, Only makes them die. A.2.1. Choose the correct answer. (½ X4=2) a) The best time to water the plants is in the. (i) noon (ii) morning b) Plants should not be watered when the is high. (i) moon (ii) sun 2
c) The opposite of low is. (i) top (ii) high d) is a part of a plant. (i) Flower (ii) Garden A2.2 Fill in the blanks. (½ X2=1) a) The word that rhymes with morning is. b) Watering at noonday makes the flowers. A2.3. a) Fill in the letters to name the flowers. (½ X2=1) L S M G A2.4. (a) Complete the given line from the poem. (1) The times to water is early in the morning and evening hours. Section B (writing) - 15 Marks B1 Describe your school library in ten lines. (5) 3
B.2. Match the two parts of the sentences given under column A and B. Add but to join the two parts and write complete sentences. (5) A B (1) The boy lent his pony to the lady. (a) The cow refused to get up. (2)The milk man pulled the rope. (3)The Pundit knew many languages. (b) You may cut off my branches to make it. (c) He would not lend him again. (4) I have no house. (d) Those are about wars. 1., (5)These books are about animals. (e) Noone could find out his mother tongue except,birbal. 2. 3. 4. 5. B3 Sanju was a naughty boy. He used to eat from hawkers though his mother opposed. One day he had severe stomach ache. Now complete his dialogue with his mother. (5) Sanju: Mummy I will not go to school today. Mother: Sanju: Mother: Sanju : Mother: 4
Section C (Grammar) -10 Marks C.1. Fill in the blanks. (½ X8=4) a) Children walk on their heads. ( can / cannot) b) I go, I have friends. ( Whoever / Wherever ) c) A monkey has a long. ( tail / tale) d) In the word know letter is silent. ( k/n) e) I ate an today. ( orange / oranges) f) Do you want a story book a book of poems? ( and /or) g) Can I have bow and arrow, please? (the /a /an) C.2. Do as directed. a) Fill in the blanks as given below. (½ X6=3) Example: fluent fluently / happy happily angry b) Add er / - r to make a new word. Example: ride rider / speak speaker fight c) Make opposite using dis - / in - Example: able disable / secure insecure respect 5
d) Make naming word by adding ness / ity / ty. Example: kind kindness / cruel cruelity dark e) The past tense of go is. ( goes / went / gone ) f) I can do work nicely. ( our / my) C.3. Put capital letters, commas and question marks in the correct place. (¼X4=1) A little voice said, Stop Youre ticking me C.4. Make meaningful sentences by rearranging the words. (1X2=2) a) the / colour / what / of / sky / is / the /? b) man / the / in / bookshop / the / smiled / us / at Section D (Literature) - 15 Marks D1. Read the following lines. Once there was an apple tree and it loved a little boy. Every day the boy would visit the tree and enjoy its company. When the boy grew older the tree gave its apples happily to the boy to sell in the market and earn money. Later it gave its branches to the boy to build a house. After that it gave him its trunk to make a boat to sail away. At last, when he became old, the tree gave him its stump to sit down and rest and the tree was still happy. Choose the correct answer, ( ½ x 4 = 2 ) a) The tree gave its trunk to the boy to make a i) house ii) cart iii) boat 6
b) At last, the tree gave its to the old man to sit and rest. i) branches ii) stump iii) root c) The word is the homophone for sail. i) sell ii) cell iii) sale d) We should plant more trees because they are very i) heavy ii) useless iiii) useful D1.2. Read the following lines. If I had a donkey And he wouldn t go, Would I wallop him? No, no, no I would find a little hay And give him some corn, Then he d be the best donkey That ever was born. i) With what would the poet feed the donkey? (1 x 1 = 1) ii) Choose the correct answer. (½ X2 =1) a) A young one of a donkey is known as a. 1) Foal 2) kid 3) calf b) Wallop means 1) kick 2) hit hard 3) bite 7
D.2. Give one word for the following. (½ X4=2) a) a place where sick people are taken care of b) a person who belongs to Japan c) language spoken at one s home d) a person who catches thieves D.3. Complete the following sentences. (½ X4=2) a) Pinocchio told him a lie and his nose started b) A glass of milk makes your teeth. c) We should not cut trees because. d) Birbal was a courtier in the court of. D.4. Answer the following questions. (1X3=3) a) What would the child give the donkey? b) What did the carpenter call his puppet? 8
c) How did the boy enjoy the company of the tree? D.5. Make sentences. (1x2=2) finished decide- D.6. Correct the sentences. (1X2=2) a) Horses live in kennels. b) The wrestler made the cow get up. ******** 9
SA-2 (2011-2012) SUBJECT: ENGLISH CLASS-IV M.M = 50 Answer key with Marking Scheme Section A (Reading) 10 Marks A1.1 Choose the correct answer. ( ½ x 4 =2) a) neighbours b) lame c) helped d) shoulder [No marks for incorrect spellings] A1.2 Fill in the blanks. (½ x 4 = 2) a) friends b) fire c) blind d) safety [1/4 marks to be deducted for each spelling error] A1.3 Answer the following. (1) a) They were sad and afraid because there was fire in the village. They wanted to escape but Rohan was lame and Sohan was blind. (Any relevant answer) [Overall mistakes in punctuation /spelling deduct appropriately ¼ or ½ ] A 2.1 Choose the correct answer. (½ x 4 = 2) a) morning b) sun c) high d) flower [no marks for incorrect spellings] A 2.2 Fill in the blanks. (½ x 2 = 1) a) evening b) die [1/4 marks to be deducted for each spelling error] A 2.3 Fill in the blanks to name the flowers. LOTUS, MARIGOLD (½ x 2= 1) A 2.4 Complete the line from the poem. (1) Every kind of flower [No marks for any error] Section B(Writing) 15 Marks B1. Describe your school library. (5) Award marks for all correct sentences. Deduct ¼ for punctuation (overall). Deduct ¼ for spelling mistakes. B2 Match the two parts of the sentence given under column A and B. Add but to join the two parts and write complete sentences. (5) (1) The boy lent his pony to the lady but he would not lend him again. (2) The milkman pulled the rope but the cow refused to get up. 1
(3) The Pundit knew many languages but no one could find out his mother tongue except, Birbal. (4) I have no house but you may cut off my branches to make it. (5) These books are about animals but those are about wars. B3 Mother : What happened to you? Sanju : Mummy, I am suffering from severe stomach ache Mother : Did you eat anything from outside? Sanju ; No, Mummy, I haven t eaten anything from outside. Mother : Come my son, Let s go to the doctor. ( Any relevant answer can be accepted) (1X5=5) Section C(Grammar) 10 Marks C1. Fill in the blanks. (½ x 8 = 4) a) cannot b) Wherever c) tail d) k e) orange f) or g) a an [No marks for spelling mistakes] C2. Do as directed. (½ x 6=3) a) angrily b) fighter c) disrespect d) darkness e) went f) my [Award marks only if spellings are correct C3.Pucntuate A little voice said, Stop! You re kicking me. [Award ¼ marks for the inverted commas & ¼ for each punctuation mark]. C4. Make meaningful sentences by rearranging the words. (1 x 2 = 2) a) What is the colour of the sky? b) The man in the bookshop smiled at us. [If any word is left out no marks should be awarded. Spelling errors cut appropriately] Section D (Literature) -15 Marks D1.1 Read the following lines. (½ x 4=2) Choose the correct answers. a) house c) sale b) stump d) useful D 1.2 read the lines from the poem and answer the following. i) with little hay and corn (1) ii) a) foal (½ x 2= 1) b) hit hard 2
D2. Give one word for the following. (½ x 4 = 2) a) hospital b) Japanese c) mother tongue d) policeman D3. Complete the following sentences. (½ x 4 =2) a) growing longer and longer. b) Healthy and strong c) they are very useful for us. d) Akbar. D4. Answer the following questions (1 x 3 = 3) a) The child would give little hay and some corn to the donkey. b) The carpenter called his puppet Pinocchio c) The boy enjoyed the company of the tree by swinging from its branches, eating its apples and by sleeping under its shade. Deduct ¼ for punctuation and spelling mistakes.(overall) D5. Make sentences (1 X 2 = 2) Award marks for all correct sentences. Deduct ¼ for punctuation (overall). Deduct ¼ for spelling mistakes. D6. Correct the sentences. (1x2 =2) (a) Horses live in stables. (b) The little boy made the cow get up. 3