CLASS IV 2017 -18
INTERNATIONAL INDIAN SCHOOL,RIYADH
SUBJECT : ENGLISH CLASS – IV
HALF YEARLY EXAM WORKSHEET 2017 – 18
SECTION A ( READING )
I. Read the given passage and answer the following questions:
During the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the most unusual star that emerged was Paul, the Octopus. The octopus, who lives in an aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, became internationally famous when he foretold every single match correctly, even correctly predicting that Spain would walk away with the World Cup. So how did the octopus make his predictions? Paul would be presented with two boxes containing his favourite food, mussels. Each box would have a flag painted on it. For every single match played in the World Cup, Paul voted for the winner with his tentacles- by eating from the box which had the winning team’s flag painted on it!
A. Choose the correct answer:
1. Paul is ______.
a) a German b) an octopus c) a magician
2. The winner of the World cup was ______.
a) Spain b) Germany c) South Africa
3. Paul’s favourite food is ______.
a) German sausage b) Oberhausen c) mussels
4. The 2010 FIFA World Cup was held in ______.
a) U.S.A b) South Africa c) London
5. The octopus lives in an aquarium in ______.
a) Spain b) Oberhausen c) India
6. Paul voted for the winner by ______
a) painting the winning team’s flag on boxes.
b) eating from a box which had the winning team’s flag painted on it.
B. Say whether the statements are True or False:
1. Paul, the octopus predicted that Spain would walk away with the World Cup. ______
2. The octopus was presented with five boxes containing his favouritefood , mussels.______
II. Read the following poem and answer the following questions:
Everything my grandma does
Is something special made with love.
She takes time to add the extra touch
That says, “I love you very much.”
She fixes hearts with a hug and smile
And tells good stories grandma style
It’s warm and cozy on her lap
For hair combing or a nap.
And when I say my prayers at night,
I ask God to bless and hold her tight.
‘Cause when it comes to giving hugs,
My grandma’s arms are filled with love!
1. What is special about grandma?
______
2. How does she fix the hearts?
______
3. How does the poet find her grandma’s lap?
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4. Complete the sentences:
a) I ask God to ______
b) My grandma’s arms______
5. Write two pairs of rhyming words from the given poem.
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SECTION B ( WRITING)
I. Write a leave application to the class teacher: ( any reason)
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II. Write 10- 12 sentences about My Class Room with the help of the clues given.
( name of the school- location - class – section- furniture - number of students- maintain the class - about the class)
Title:______
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SECTION C ( GRAMMAR )
I. Fill in the blanks with suitable possessive pronouns given in the brackets:
1) This is their cat. This cat is ______. ( yours / theirs)
2) This is Nina’s book. This book is ______. ( ours / hers)
3) Is this your cat? No, it is not ______. It is David’s cat.( his / ours )
4) This is my car. Where is ______? ( yours / mine)
5) I bought a new bicycle. It is ______.( my / mine)
6) I can’t find my pen. Can I use ______.( ours / yours)
II. Use un- , in-, im-, re-, mis- ,and complete the words:
1. correct- ______2. use - ______
3.start - ______4. arrange - ______
5. behave - ______6. happy - ______
7. kind - ______8. efficient - ______
9. complete - ______10. friendly - ______
III. Complete these phrases:
1. on the ______. 6. under the ______
2. a ______of books. 7.a glass of ______
3. a ______of people. 8. a ______boy
4. a pair of ______
5. a basket of ______
IV. Match the words in Column A and column B to form phrases:
A B
1. a tall a. car 1 - ( )
2. a box b. day 2 - ( )
3. my uncle c. tree 3 - ( )
4. a nice d.of chocolates 4 - ( )
5. a laughing e. jokes 5 - ( )
V. Rewrite the blanks in the brackets with correct prefixes to complete the sentences:
1. Jane was sad because she was ______to get the tickets for the concert. ( able )
2. Make sure you ______the library book on time. ( turn )
3. The sofa is too soft. It is very ______to sit on. ( comfortable)
4. If you ______a word, it means you spelt it wrong.(spell)
5. Tony had to ______his essay, because his dog tore up his book.( write)
VI. Add –ly to the given words
1. happy - ______2. swift - ______
3 . final - ______4. rude - ______
5. hungry - ______6. year - ______
7. quick - ______8. merry - ______
9. neat - ______10.fierce - ______
VII. Write the antonyms for the following:
1. difficult x ______2. wide x ______
3. foolish x ______4. loud x ______
5. bent x ______6. give x ______
7. decrease x ______8. seperate x ______
9. exit x ______10. lend x ______
11. refuse x ______12. fail x ______
VIII. Choose the correct spellings:
1. vegeetables vegetables vegatables vegitables
2. favourite faivorite fayvorate fauvorite
3. toorists tourists torists toourests
4. bilding building building billding
5. chatter cheater chattar cheater
IX. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct homophones given in the brackets:
1. I ate my dinner at ______’o clock. ( ate /eight)
2. I ______a noise downstairs. ( herd / heard)
3. She ______every child in the class. (knew/ new)
4. Please don’t ______time hanging around here(waste/waist)
5. The bridge is made of ______.( steal/ steel)
6. I told him to ______at the reception for me. ( weight / wait )
X. Circle the Subject and underline the Predicates in the sentences:
1. Mohan is my best friend.
2. Kalidas was a well known poet .
3. The ringmaster controls the animals in the circus.
4. My little brother broke my new toy.
5. These mangoes are ripe and juicy.
6. Raj and Peter study in my school.
7. Mother and I went to the market.
8. My friends and I went to the park on Sunday.
XI. Underline the Collective Nouns in the given sentences:
1. The army of soldiers left for the battlefield.
2. The swarm of bees attacked the bear.
3. The farmer was carrying a bundle of hay on his head.
4. A carpenter always keeps a set of tools.
5. The police arrested a gang of thieves last week.
XII. Choose the correct material noun and fill in the blanks:
1. ______dresses are very cheap and comfortable.
(wood /water /cotton)
2. My mom purchased a ______ring for me. (water/ cement/ gold)
3. We get ______from silkworm. ( gold/ silk / silver )
4. We live in house made up of______. ( water/ wood/ gold)
5. Houses are manufactured using ______and______. (brick/ butter/ cement/ silk)
XIII. Write the definition of Adverb. Give 2 examples.
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XIV. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverb of manner given in the box:
1. The student wrote his test ______.( neatly / rudely)
2. The child spoke ______to his teacher.(politely/ neatly)
3. Martin ______crossed the busy road.(rudely/hurriedly)
4. The rabbit ______hopped over the rocks.(slowly/ kindly)
5. The old man walks ______.( neatly / slowly)
6. My mother warned me to handle the baby______.
( carefully/ beautifully)
7. Ruby sings very ______.( easily/ beautifully)
8. It was raining ______. ( quickly/ heavily)
XV. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions from the given brackets:
( at, in , on , with, for)
1. Beena lives ______New York.
2. Seena kept the pizza ______the table.
3. Do you exercise ______the morning?
4. He cut the tree ______an axe.
5. I have been waiting here ______three hours.
6. We are going for a picnic ______Monday.
7. Penguins live ______the South pole
8. My birthday is ______July 11.
SECTION D ( LITERATURE)
I. Who said to whom :
1. “ Ask for anything and it will be yours.”
______
2. “Who has made it ? Is this your idea of a feast ?
______
3. “Forgive me, sir. Let me introduce the cook to you.”
______
4. “But sir, if an artist can be the chief minister, why can’t a carpenter be a cook.”
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5. “ One of you is lying.”
______
6. “ I accept his Majesty’s judgement .”
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7. “ Cut this child in two.”
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Learn all the word meanings, Make sentences, QAns, Who said to whom, Missing lines of the poem. Coursebook and Workbook exercises.
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