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                               SUMMATIVE ASSESMENT –  1

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CLASS:IV                                                                                                       MAX. MARKS – 90

                                                                                                                        DURATION:2 ½ Hrs.

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   SECTION – A (READING – 20 MARKS)

A.1      Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:-             10

 The story of the pot

Gopi was a potter. He made nice round pots at home and sold them in the market. One day Gopi was taking his pots to the market. One pot fell out from the cart and onto the grass. A fly saw the pot.

Buzz! Buzz !..... oh, what a nice pot to sleep in when it is hot. She made her house in the pot. She was very happy with the nice big house but she wished she had a friend to share it with.

One day a frog hopped by. He saw the pot and peeped inside. ‘Oh, what a nice pot to sleep in when it is hot’. I wish I could live here. The fly heard him and came out.

Buzz, buzz… please share my home with me Mr. Frog. Thank you Miss Fly. I would love that. The frog hopped into the pot and went to sleep. The fly was happy. Now she had a friend.

Questions.                                                                                                                                

                               

1.    Who was a potter?                             

2.    What did the fly wish for?                  

3.    Where did the potter sell the pots?                                        

4.    Who called the frog to share the house?                               

5.    When did the frog want to sleep in the pot?                                                                                                              

6.    Say true or false:

a)    Fly slept in the pot.

7.    Write an adjective from the passage for  a)  _________________ house

8.    Write the past tense of fall.    

9.    Who was the friend of fly?

10.  Make a sentence of your own for the word friend.

            A.2      Read the poem carefully and answer the questions given below:-       10

Sent To My Room

I broke a dish
and mom got angry.
She sent me to my room
because she said that I was bad.

So I'm sitting here
on my sunshade
with my stereo
and my color tv
and my favourite doll

and my electric train
and my building blocks
and my video game,

And I'm wondering what
my mother meant
when she said my room
was a punishment.

Questions:

1.    What was broken ?                                                                                              

2.    Where was he sitting?

3.    Who was angry?                                                                                                  

4.    Name any two dolls from the poem        a. ___________             b. ____________

5.    Where was he sent?                                                        

6.    Give the feminine gender of father from the poem

7.    What was he watching?

8.    Give the opposite of a. good x  ______________   from the poem.

9.    Choose the meaning of the word favourite :   i)fan      ii) fond

SECTION – B (WRITING – 25 MARKS)

B.1      Look at the picture and write four sentences of your using the words given. 4

[ girl              toys            computer             apple ]

B. 2.   Rearrange the jumbled words into meaningful sentences:-                                5

1.    are / you / what / doing / ?

2.    bought / some /  I / books .

3.    market / to / he / the / went

4.    leaves / the / ate / giraffe

5.    played / the / Ram / playground / in 

B.3      Identify the errors in the given sentences and correct it :-                                 5

1.    She went to delhi.

2.    These is my brother.

3.    I a good boy.

4.    This is my pat cat.

5.    Anita has a umbrella.       

B.4      Complete the following dialogue using the words given:-                                 4

                   [ kitchen             cooking          dinner                 mother ]                      

Raj :      Hi Somu. Where is your (1) ____________?

Somu :  My mother is in the (2) _______________.

Raj :      She is a great cook. What is she (3) ____________ .

Somu :  She  is cooking _____________. Come, let us eat.

B.5   Write a letter to your friend asking her to come to your birthday party.              7

                               SECTION – C (GRAMMAR – 20 MARKS)

C.1  Complete the following sentences with articles a or an or the: -                           4

            1.  Arun asked --------- question.  -------  question asked by Arun was very difficult.

            2.  Ramu is ------- honest man.

            3. Do you remember ---------- house where you were born?

C.2      Match the following:-                                                                                               4

                       

1.Gold                                     -           Proper noun

2. Bunch of flowers     -           Common noun

3. Students                  -           Material noun 

4. Srirangam               -           Collective noun

C.3      Fill in the blanks with  correct  pronouns from the brackets:-                           4

            1. --------- is a pen. ( This / These )

            2. -------- ( What / Where ) do you want?

            3. The boys hid --------- ( themselves / ourselves) behind the bush.

            4. This is my book. The book is   ----------- ( mine / ours)

C.4)     Fill in the blanks with  correct options (Adjectives) from the brackets:-          4

                                    [beautiful,   green,     easy,    lazy ]

1.    The teacher scolded the ---------- boy.

2.    It is good to eat ---------- vegetables.

3.    This exercise is very -------------.

4.    Kanpur is a --------------- city.

C.5)     Fill in the blanks with  the correct form of verbs (Present tense) given in the brackets:-                                                                                                                              4

            1. My neighbour’s dog ------------ ( bark ) loudly at night.

            2. You --------- ( know ) these answers well.

            3. An old man -------------- ( walk ) slowly.

            4. He ------- ( love ) ice-cream.

SECTION – D (LITERATURE – 25 MARKS)

D.1) Give short answers:                                                                                         5x3=15

1. Who was Amit staying with?
2. What did the Afghan Chief promise? Did he keep his words?
3. Why did David want a bicycle?
4. Why are trees in Kerala tall?  
5. Why was Ali afraid of his boss Mr. Sharma?

D.2)  Answer in detail: (any one)                                                                                        5

               1. What made the thief an honest man?

1.    How did Rikki Tikki Tawi save Teddy’s family?

D.3) Annotate:                                                                                                                       5

            1. “For three hours, you will be the king.”                        2

                        A) Who will be the king for three hours?

                        B) Name the lesson from which these lines are taken.

           

2. “He is going to attack us.”                                              3

A) Who was going to attack?             

B) ”Us” refer to -------------- and --------------