Thursday 12 March 2015

question paper - english



                                            
 SUMMATIVE ASSESMENT
ENGLISH
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
I am a storybook... nice, fat and good-looking. I have just come into the market. My author is Ms Smiley Jose. She has written many stories. Ms Smiley writes lovely stories for children and calls it a manuscript. Children should read stories.
One day I passed through the hands of Ms Anita, who read story line by line, looked at every page and every word. The cover page is ready with the title “The speaking Tree”. It contained tales from far and near, about animals that cheered and insects that spoke, about fairies who befriended with great show. The function was attended by well known people, parents, teachers and the people from the newspapers, television...  i was released by the author who freed me from the wrapping sheet and a ribbon. People clapped and photographs were clicked. Then the author read few interesting paragraphs. In some copies, the author signed it. This is my story of coming to the market.
Question:
1.    What is nice and fat?                                                              [1]       
2.    Who is the author of the book?                                               [1]                   
3.    Who read stories?                                                                   [1]                   
4.    Give the past tense of read.                                                    [1]                  
5.    Who read the story line by line?                                             [1]      
6.    What is the name of the book?                                                [1]
7.    Were all the books signed by the author? Yes/no                  [1]
8.    Who read the interesting paragraphs?                                    [1]
9.    What did the book contain?                                                    [2]
A.2 Read the following poem and answer the questions given below:-                 10
I am riding on a cloud
in the middle of the sky, ​
making a little conversation ​
with the birds who happen by.
I'm uncertain how I got here,
 ​but I surely do not care.
I'm enchanted to be floating
gently in the air.
I may try to catch a rainbow ​
with my rainbow-catching mitt,
build imaginary castles, ​
or do nothing else but sit. ​
What I do is unimportant,
just as long as I can stay
in my chariot of clouds,
on this dreamy summer day.

Question:
1.    To whom is he making conversation ?                 [1]
2.    What does he want to catch?                               [1]
3.    Name the season?                                                [1]                               
4.    Write the opposite a) important    b) real.             [2]
5.    Where are you riding?                                          [1]                                                       
6.    Write a rhyming words stay _____      b) sky  _____   [2]
7.    Write the present tense   a) built      b) caught           [2]

SECTION – B (WRITING – 25 MARKS)
B.1      Rearrange the jumbled words into meaningful sentences:-                               5
1.    doesn’t / milk / it / drink
2.    had done / his /  Ajay / homework
3.    he / to tell / the truth / decided
4.    Dinesh / friend / met / his
5.    it / a beautiful / picture / is
B.2      Identify the errors in the given sentences and correct it :-                                 4
1.    There where two apples.
2.    Sonia write well.
3.    The chair has four leg.
4.    Mohan is an batsman.
B.3   Write a letter:                                                                                                    7
To your class teacher requesting her to give a new school diary.          
B.4 Write a message:                                                                                               5
To your friend Mano to come to your home to complete the science project.
B.5 Make interesting stories from the given hints.                                              4      
A woodcutter – cutting tree – axe fell in water – angel appeared – gave golden axe – wood cutter said not his axe – angel gave silver axe – wood cutter said no – angel gave missing axe – wood cutter was happy and tanked – angel happy and gave all three axes to woodcutter.
SECTION – C (GRAMMAR – 20 MARKS)
C1a. Fill in the blanks with simple past tense.                                                                  2
  1. They ___________ late to school yesterday. (come)
  2. I _______ the answer to that question. (know)
b. match the sentences with the correct tense.                                                          3
1. I was walking in the garden                              simple past
2. Tina will help my mother in the kitchen            past continuous
3. you didn’t make any mistake.                           Simple future

C2. Complete the blanks with correct adverb.                                                                  5
[somewhere      daily   soon       tomorrow      empty]            
  1. The test will be held ___________.
  2. He goes to the library ___________.
  3. I saw her going ___________.
  4. The glass is almost _____.
  5. The plane will land ___________.
C3. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition.                                                                5
  1. Bheem has invited me _______  his birthday party. [to / in]
  2. I will wait for you _________ the school gate. [ from / at]
  3. Suman is ____ her room. [ in / into]
  4. The son was sung ___________ Abi. [ of / by]
  5. Will you stand _________ me. [behind / under]
C4. Complete the blanks with correct conjunctions.                                                       5
  1. The baby was crying _________ (or/because) it was hungry.
  2. Eat your breakfast _______ ( or / so) you will miss the bus.
  3. Meena went to library _________ (and/when) brought a few books.
  4. Jill is young _________ (but / because) clever.
  5. You are not well __________ ( so / but) I will take you to doctor.

SECTION – D (LITERATURE – 25 MARKS)
D.1) Give short answers:                                                                                         5x3=15
  1. What did Corvus do when shonku opened his cage at night?
  2. Who came to Pippi’s house? What did they want?
  3. What language did the scientists teach one year old chimp washoe?          
  4. What were Alexander and his generals discussing?
  5. What did the crow do when the author kept ornithon machine on the table?
D.2)  Answer in detail: (any one)                                                                                        5
a)‘Koko had motherly instinct.’ How did you come to know about it?
b)What did Professor Shonku do to prove Corvus and its intelligence at the                                        ornithologist’s conference in Santiago?
D.3) Annotate:                                                                                                                       5
1. “Mr Nelson ia a monkey, hahaha!”                                                       [2]
a) whose friend is Mr Nelson?
b) Name the lesson.
2. “ My kingdom should remain independent.”                                  [3]
a) Who said these words to whom?

b) who is a brave man?

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