English Kendriya Vidyalaya, AMBASSA. Summer Vacation Assignment, 2017-2018 Class-IV A. READING Q.1(a)- Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the questions given below: Once upon a time there was a poor boy. He live in a village. His name was Hari. Hari was very kind heart boy. He always helps the people. Once he went to jungle to bring some twigs for fire. On the way he found a pigeon. The pigeon was stuck in the net of the hunter. The pigeon was trying to come out of the net but he was unable to do it. He also got hurt with the wire of net. Hari helped the pigeon to set free from the net and the pigeon flew away. After some time hunter came and saw that Hari made fly the pigeon. He took him to the court of the jungle. Hunter told everything, but the judge of the court did not punish the Hari. The judge said Hari helped the pigeon to come out of the problem and save his life. Q.1- What was the name of the boy? Q.2- Where did he live? Q.3- What did he find on the way? Q.4- What kind of boy was Hari? Q.5- Opposite of RICH in the story. Q.1(b)- Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the questions given below: Once upon a time,an old carpenter bought a very queer piece of wood. As he used his plane on it, he heard a little laughing voice say, Stop, you are tickling me. The old man was puzzled by the voice. He said, This is a strange piece of wood. What shall I do with it? I think I ll make it into a puppet. He sat to work, and as the puppet boy took shape, the old man said, He must have a name. I will call him Pinocchio. Tick the correct answer:- i) Who bought a very queer piece of wood? a) A cobbler. b) A carpenter. c) A police man. ii) An old carpenter bought a very queer piece of? a) Wood b) Glass c) Brick iii)who heard a laughing voice? a) A cobbler. b) A carpenter. c) A police man. Subhashis Chakraborty (9436128897) Page 1 of 9
iv)who was puzzled by the voice? a) The old women b) The old man c) The young man. v) This is a strange piece of wood said that a) A cobbler b) A carpenter c) A police man. vi) What shall I do with it said that a) The old women b) The old man c) The young man. vii) I will make it in to a a) Doll b) Toy c) Puppet viii)what was the name of the puppet a) Pinak b) Pinocchio c) Pinocco ix) Who make a puppet a) A cobbler. b) A carpenter. c) A police man. x) Tick the opposite word of old woman a) Young man b) Man c) Old man Q.1(c)- Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the questions given below: Trees are our best friend. A tree has many parts, like as branches, leaves, fruits, flowers, steam, buds, roots etc. Trees are very important for our life. Trees give us oxygen and men can t live without oxygen. Besides that they gives us fruits, flowers, woods etc. Trees give shade for the benefit of others and while they themselves stand in the sun and endure the scorching heat. So we should not cut trees. We should always take care of trees, because without tree we can t live. In the morning and evening we should water the plants. i) Who is our best friend? ii) iii) vii) viii) ix) Who has many parts? Write a part s name of tree? Who gives us shade from the sunlight? Why we should always take care of trees? When we should water the plants? iv) From where we get oxygen? v) Who can t live without oxygen? vi) From where we get wood? x) Fill in the blanks:- are our best friends. B. READING Q.2(a)- What time did the Neha s clock ring every morning? i. 4 o clock ii. 6 o clock iii. 9 o clock Q.2(b)- What time did your clock ring every morning? i. 4 o clock ii. 6 o clock iii. 9 o clock Subhashis Chakraborty (9436128897) Page 2 of 9
Q.2(c)- Why is eyes important for us? Q.2(d)- Why we feel sleepy at a particular time every night?. Q.2(e)- What are the different ways of knowing the time during the day? Q.2(f)- Who is sleeping? Q.2(g)- Who says wake up? GRAMMAR 1. Fill in the blanks according to the example with suitable adjectives: Positive Comparative Superlative Tiny Tinier Tiniest Big.. Lovely.. Good.. Bad.. 2. Fill in the blanks according to the example (Change tenses of the verbs). Present Past Past Participle Call.. Go.. Sleep.. Say.. Hear.. 3. Connect the pairs of the sentences below using and a. Raju plays cricket b. He also plays hockey. 4. Connect the pairs of the sentences below using but c. Everyone has gone to sleep. d. I want to read my book. 5. Use the words given in the brackets to fill in the following blanks. a. Ram. a good football player. (were/was) b. My toys broken. (were/was) c. I.. sleeping when earth-quake had strike. (were/was) Subhashis Chakraborty (9436128897) Page 3 of 9
6. Fill the correct preposition in the blank. a) I looked a door. (behind/under) b) The birds are singing the trees. (on / in) c) We eat our lunch.. afternoon (in / at) 7. By changing the bold letter to its opposite, rewrite the sentence. a) Rakhi lost the race. She is sad. b) Susmita close her eyes. She saw a ugly boy. c) I like to bath with cold water. 8. Some letters are missing in each word. Write ee or ea in each word. Tr s, B rs, Pl se, Ch p, Sh p, 9. Make the opposite word of the following adding un or im happy-, Polite-, Fair-, 10. In the sentences below the capital letters, commas, full stops and question marks are missing. Put these in the correct places. (a) ravi and raju are going to see the circus (b) ashmita where are you looking (c) one saturday afternoon parbon and his sister dishari went for a picnic to india gate with their father subhonandan. (d) every sunday i go for a walk have breakfast read story books listen to music and watch television (e) oranges mangoes bananas and papayas are fruits 11. Write plural of the following: Cock-, Bird-, Duck-, Horse-, Woman-, 12. Write the meaning of the following: Warm-, Bright-, Buzzing-, Mutters-, Snuggles-, Behind-, Relax-, Escape-, Snores-, Tiniest-, CREATIVE WRITING Q.1- Draw and write five sentences about your favourite fruit. Subhashis Chakraborty (9436128897) Page 4 of 9
Q.2-Draw and Write five sentences about your favorite pet animal. Ans- Subhashis Chakraborty (9436128897) Page 5 of 9
.... Q.3-Match the animals and their sounds Horse Dog Sheep Cat roar mew trumpet neigh Q.4-List out domestic and wild animal :- a) Jackal, c) Tiger, e) Cow, b) Fox, d) Dog, f) Elephant, Elephant Lion Cow g) Bear, h) Sheep, bow-bow moos grunt i) Goat, j) Buffalo SPELLING 1. Complete the spelling a) Bea_tif_l, b) M_gicia_, c) Bri_ht, d) Im_g_ne, e) L_nch. 2. Encircle the correct spelling :- Miror Mirror Mirorr Snnuggles Snuggles Snuggls 3. Correct the spelling :- Windaw-, Nerretor-, Coivaring-, Relex-, Huryy-up-, Plaese-. 4. Reaarage the jumbled letters to make a meaningful word :- norming-, drones-, islem-, giinema-, peesly-, anketlb-. Subhashis Chakraborty (9436128897) Page 6 of 9
HANDWRITING [A] Cleanliness is the first step of healthy life. People use various kinds of things to promote cleanliness awareness in the society. The government of india is also promoting the cleanliness and hygiene. The name of the mission is Swachchhta Abhiyan. We should also contribute in this campaign to make our nation healthy and clean.. [B] One day a trader came from the town, where he had owned a trading estate. But he was not satisfied. He wanted more riches and to grow more prosperous. But there was hardly any space left in the town. So he decided to hold control over the forest. He knew that the vast space would provide land for his factory and the logs of the big trees would make durable beams. Subhashis Chakraborty (9436128897) Page 7 of 9
ACTIVITIES 1. Draw the same picture AS GIVEN BELOW in a A4 sheet and colour it with wax colour pencil: 2. Complete the other half of the picture: Subhashis Chakraborty (9436128897) Page 8 of 9
3. Make shapes like square, triangle, circle, rectangle, star, etc. using sticks and small beads of modeling clay or ice cream sticks. Subhashis Chakraborty (9436128897) Page 9 of 9