KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO.2 AFS PUNEQUESTION BANK CLASS 4 ENGLISH

READING COMPREHENSION

(Seen Passage)

I]Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:

The milkman’s cow was in a bad mood. It sat in the middle of the road and refused to move. The milkman begged the cow to get up. “The children are waiting for their milk to help them grow strong. Please get up,” he pleaded. He pulled and tugged and prayed. But the cow wasn’t going anywhere that day. Along came a policeman, his buttons and buckles gleaming bright. “Humph,” he said, twirling his long moustache, “I’ll show you how to do it right.”The policeman and the milkman pulled and tugged and prayed. But the cow wasn’t going anywhere that day. Along came a grocer with bags of potatoes and peas. He said, “I’ll move this cow with the greatest of ease.” The grocer, the policeman and the milkman pulled and tugged and prayed. But the cow wasn’t going anywhere that day. Along came a wrestler, his muscles gleaming in the sun. He said, “I have the strength of ten horses, so this should be fun.” The wrestler, the grocer, the policeman and the milkman pulled and tugged and prayed.

1. Who was in a bad mood?2. Where did it sit down?3. Why did the cow refuse to get up?4. What did the milkman do to make the cow to move?5. Did the milkman alone able to move the cow?6. Who had a long moustache?7. Who came with bags of potatoes and peas?8. How much strength did the wrestler had?9. Name those who tried to make the cow move?10. Can you make the cow move? How?II]Read the passage 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’re 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 set to work, and as the puppet boy took shape, the old man said, “He must have a name. I will call him Pinocchio.”1]What did the carpenter buy?2]What did he hear?3]Why the old man was puzzled?4]What did he make out of it?5] What did he call him?6]Find out two naming words from the passage.7]Find out two action words from the passage.8]Find out the past tense of given word from the passage.a. buy …………………… b. take ……………….9]Write the meaning of the given word:10]Make two small words from the word ‘Pinocchio’.

III] Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

A learned Pundit once visited the court of Akbar. He told the King and his courtiers that he had mastery over many different languages. The Pundit could speak many languages fluently. He was so fluent that no one could find out what his mother tongue was. He challenged everybody at the court to name his mother tongue. When everyone failed , the challenge was taken up by the Birbal. That night , Birbal went quietly to the Pundit’s room when he was asleep. He whispered into the Pundit’s ear and tickled it with feather.1.Who came to Akbar’s court?2.What did he claim to know?3.How did he challenged everybody?4.By whom the challenge was taken up, when everyone failed?5.Who went quietly to the Pundit’s room?6.What did Birbal do into the Pundit’s ear?7.Write the meaning of the given word.a.educated ……………….8.Find out the past tense of given word from the passage.a.Visit ……………….. b. challenge …………………9.Find out two words from the passage ending with ‘ly’10. Underline the naming word in the given sentence:A learned Pundit once visited the court of Akbar

IV]Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:One day, grandfather gave my brother and me some money.“Go and buy books,”he said.We were both very happy.We both love to read.

Should we go now?Should we go later?Should we go today?Should we go tomorrow?We decided to go right now.

Should we go to the big market?Should we go to the small shop?Should we go with somebody?Should we go alone?We decided to go to the small shop,Just the two of us.

1]Why did the grandfather give the children money?2]What did grandfather say to the children?3]What did they both love to do?4]When did they decide to go?5]Where did they go to buy books?6]Did they go with somebody?7]They decided to go the ………………..( small / big ) shop.8]Find out the past tense of given word from the passage?a.give ……… b.decide ……………….

9] Find out the opposite word of given word from the passage?a.small X ……………… b.sad X ………………..10] Find out the opposite gender of given word from the passage?a.grandmother X ………………… b.sister X ……………..

V] Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

The ice-cream man, the wrestler, the grocer, the policeman and the milkman pulled and tugged. But the cow wasn’t going anywhere that day. Along came a little boy. He began to grin. He said , “ These grown-ups! Look at the mess they are in. It is not such a difficult problem. I learnt in the second class, that human beings eat rice and wheat, and cows eat grass.” He held out a sheaf of tasty green. The cow began to chew. He slowly led her to the side, for he knew what to do. The grocer clapped, the policeman twirled his stick in joy. The wrestler grinned. The ice-cream man whooped at the cleverness of the boy. The milkman happily clattered his pail. Being kind and loving is best, for force and strength can fail.1]Name those who tried to make the cow move?2]Does the cow going anywhere that day?3]Who came along?4]What does the human being eat?5]What does the cow eat?6]What did the boy give to the cow?7]Name the person who twirled his stick in joy?8]Who finally made the cow get up?9]What is the moral of this story?10]Fill in the blanks.We should be ……………..to animals. [ kind/ cruel]

(Unseen Passage)

I] Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Once a cunning Jackal jumped into a big tub of blue dye. “I am your king,” he said. All the animals, big and small believed him and bowed before him. The clever jackal smiled. Now he was the most powerful animal in the forest. He was proud to be a king.Once, the jackal woke up in the middle of the night. The jackals in the forest were howling at the full moon in the sky. The blue jackal forgot he was a king. He, too, began to howl. “Hu…aah! Hu…aah!” he cried. The animals ran out to see. “He is not a king. He is just a jackal!” they shouted. They rushed to attack him. “Stop, stop! I am sorry I tricked you. Please do not kill me!” said the blue jackal. The animals forgave him, but only after giving the jackal a good beating.– A Panchtantra tale1. Who jumped into a big tub of blue dye?2. Why did the animals think that the jackal was a king?3. How did the jackal become blue?4. What did the animals do when they saw the blue jackal?5. Who were howling at the full moon in the sky?6.How did the animals know that the king was just a jackal?7. Find out opposites of the followings from the passage.i.Queen ……….. ii.Day ………..8. Write the name of colour mentioned in this passage.

9. Find out two words that ends with ‘ing’ from the passage.10. What does this story teach us?

II]Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: Guava is the fourth most widely grown fruit crop in India. It is known as ‘the poor man’s fruit’. The guava originated in South America. From there the Spanish and Portuguese traders brought it to Asia, Africa and islands in the Pacific. Guava grows on small trees that have wide spreading branches. The bark of the guava tree is smooth and copper coloured. The guava is a small pear shaped fruit. The pulp of guava contains numerous small hard seeds. The guava is ideal for making jelly. It is also used to make sherbets and squashes. In India, the guava fruit is eaten raw, sometimes with a pinch of salt and pepper. Apart from the fruit, other parts of guava tree are also useful. The leaves have medicinal value and are chewed to relieve toothache. The crushed leaves are applied on ulcers and wounds. In India, its wood is in demand for carving, elsewhere, it is used to make spinning tops and hair combs and is also burnt as fuel. 1.Which fruit is known as poor man’s fruit?2.Where did guava originated?3.How is the bark of guava?4.What does the pupl of guava contain?5.What are the uses of guava?6.What are the uses of guava leaves?7.Why the wood of guava is in demand in India?8.Write opposite word for-a.ripe X --------- b.rough X ---------9. Write whether the following statements are True(T) or False(F): (a) Guava trees do not grow in India. …………… b) Apart from the fruit, other parts of the guava tree are also useful. …………… 10. Match the words to their meanings: a) world wide a soft solid food made of liquid set with gelatin.b) numerous all over the world c) jelly great in number

III] Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:

In a huge pond, there lived many fish. They were arrogant and never listened to anyone. In this pond, there also lived a kind-hearted crocodile. He advised the fish, “It does not pay to be arrogant and overconfident. It could be your downfall." But the fish never listened to him. “ One afternoon, two fishermen stopped there to drink water and noticed that the pond had many fish. “Look! This pond is full of fish. Let’s come here tomorrow with our fishing net," said one of them. “ The crocodile heard all this. When the fishermen left, went straight to the fish. “You all had better leave this pond before dawn. Early morning those two fishermen are going to come to this pond with their net," warned the crocodile. 

But the fish just laughed and said, “There have been many fishermen who have tried to catch us. These two are not going to catch us either. Do not you worry about us.”

The next morning, the fishermen came and threw their net in the pond. The nets were big and

strong. Very soon all the fish were caught. “If only we had listened to Mr. Crocodile. He had only wanted to help. For our arrogance we have to pay with our lives," said the fish. 

1]Who lived in a huge pond?2]What did the crocodile advise to the fish?3]Did the fish listen to the crocodile?4]Who stopped near the pond to drink water?5]What did the fisherman notice?6]What did crocodile warn to the fish?7]What did the fisherman do the next morning?8]How was the nets?9]What did the fish say in the end?10]Find out the past tense of the given word from the passagea.catch ……… b. listen

IV] Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:

One evening, after returning from work, Harry was hungry. “What shall I cook tonight?" he thought. Just then he heard a hen clucking outside his hut. “That hen would make a great feast for me," thought Harry and prepared to catch the hen.  As he was about to kill the hen, it squeaked, “Please do not kill me, O kind man! I will help you." Harry stopped. Though he was surprised that the hen spoke, he asked, “How can you help me?"  “If you spare my life, I will lay a golden egg everyday for you," said the hen. Harry was surprised to hear this promise. “A golden egg! That too everyday! But why should I believe you? You might be lying," said Harry. “If I do not lay a golden egg tomorrow, you can kill me," said the hen.  The next morning, Harry found a golden egg lying outside his hut and the hen sitting beside it. From that day onwards, the hen would lay a golden egg everyday. In return, Harry took good care of the hen. Very soon, Harry became rich.  But he became greedy. He thought, “If I cut open the hen’s stomach, I can get out all the golden eggs at once. I do not have to wait for the hen to lay the golden eggs one by one." 

That night, he brought the hen to the interior portion of his house and killed the hen. But he found no golden eggs. Not even one. 

“What have I done? My greed had made me kill the hen," he wailed. But it was too late. 1]Who was hungry?2]What did he hear?3]Why was Harry stop as he was about to kill the hen?4]What did the hen say?5]What did the Harry find the next morning?6]Why did Harry take good care of the hen?7]What did Harry think after becoming greedy?8]Did Harry get golden eggs after killing the hen?9]The hen lay…………….egg everyday.[ golden/silver]10]Give suitable title to the story?

V] Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:

Once there lived a clever old woman. She had only one blanket-bright red full of holes. “I must buy a feather bed before winter,” she thought. But feather beds cost a lot of money, so the old woman bought a flock of geese. She fed the geese well and they grew big. Meanwhile, winter set in and the nights grew cold. One morning, she went out to pluck the geese. “If I pluck their feathers they will be cold throughout the winter,” she thought. She thought and she thought and then….. she got an idea! “I will cut my blanket and make warm coats for the geese. Then I can pluck their feathers to make a feather bed,” she said. And now her geese have red coats with shiny black bottons and the woman has her warm feather bed.

1]The old woman was ………………( clever/ foolish)

2]How many blanket she have?3]How was the blanket?4]What did she want for the winter?5]Feather beds are ……………[ expensive / cheap]6]Why did the old woman buy a flock of geese?7]What did she make from the blanket?8]The geese have now warm ………….( coats / shoes]9]Write the meaning of given word from the passage.To remove quickly by pulling ……………10.Write the plural of-Goose ………….. feather ……………

WRITING SA

1.Why did the cow refuse to get up?2.Who was Hiawatha?3.Who came to Akbar’s court?4.How did Pundit challenge everybody?5.From where do flower get water?6.What did the boy make with the branches of the tree ?7.How was the stump of the tree useful?8.Where did the children go to buy books?9.From where did the naughty boy come ?10.What did the carpenter buy?11.What did the carpenter make out of it?12.What did Pinocchio said in the end?

LA

1 . On the basis of your reading of the story ` The scholar`s mother tongue ` , write any two qualities of Birbal.2 . which language is spoken in the following states?

a. Uttar Pradesh--------------------b. Kerala--------------------------------c. Assam-------------------------------d. Punjab--------------------------e. Gujrat--------------------------f. Maharashtra-------------------

3 . Why do plants need water to grow? What else they need to survive?

4. Write any 5 names of flowers you grow in garden.5.Can you imagine a life without tree? What would happen if there were no tree?

1. Name any two children magazine which you have read?2. Name any five stories you read.

6. Name the different cartoon characters.

7.a Carpenter is a person whose job is to make things from wood. What is the job of the following persons?Barber, Cobbler, Wrestler, Grocer, Policeman.8.How did the boy enjoy the company of the tree?9.What did Hiawatha learn about the birds?10.Why is the play called the ‘The Giving Tree’?11.What did the naughty boy wonder about?

GRAMMAR1]Make sentences using the following words :

a. Whatever----------------------------------------b. Whenever-------------------------------------------c. Whoever------------------------------------------------d. Wherever-----------------------------------------------e. Whichever-------------------------------------------------

2]Complete the following story by using an appropriate word from the box.Died they among and his while

Three man found a piece of gold---------------agreed to divide the money -----------------------themselves. One of them goes to buy food ----------------- decides to poison their food . --------------------- the other two plan to kill him on---------- return. All of them ------ ---------at last.

3]Make new words adding ‘ly’ to the given words in the bracket..a) The bug fell against my candle and burned ..................(complete).b) I sat .................(quiet) watching the river.c) From the roof I jumped to the ground and walked ..............(slow) among the trees.d) The children played in the ground…………. (Happy)

4]Punctuate the following sentences.1.seema will go to see the doctor on january 32.we are going to a movie on april 43.my family went skiing in December4.can you ride the bike5.where do you want to go6. Hurray we have won the match7. do you think it will rain tonight

5]Identify the Articles from the given options:[An article is a word used to modify a noun or a noun phrase, which is a person, place,object, or idea. The words a, an, and the are articles.]1. They held back as if he might use, if he wished it, an awful power.☐ an ☐ They ☐ held ☐ back2. A young lady walked across the street.☐ the ☐ A ☐ walked ☐ across3. He turned toward the tattered man.☐ the ☐ He ☐ turned ☐ toward4. He gazed at the body as he spoke.☐ the ☐ He ☐ gazed ☐ at5. That was the strangest thing.☐ the ☐ That ☐ was ☐ strangest

6.Name 5 things that you will carry with you on a camping holiday.

7.Write past tense of- Begin , know , go, pull, grow, swing, run, want, come, tell.

8.Write rhyming words for- Fear, heat, roots, high, hour, sun, book, song, cherry, found.

9.Write 5 similar sounding words ( Homophones) e.g here – hear

10. Underline the describing words[ adjectives]. 1. The large fan blew a cool breeze on us.2. Grandpa swept the dirty porch.3. Pasta is my favorite food.4.Early morning is the best time to catch fish.5. The narrow path is hard to walk down.………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….11]Identify the Naming words( Nouns) from the given options:[A naming words( Noun) is a part of speech that is used to name a person, place, object, thing.]1. I have not got my boots!☐ boots ☐ I ☐ have ☐ not2. He is blowing soap-bubbles.☐ soap-bubbles ☐ He ☐ is ☐ blowing3. He kept down the tears, but it was easy to see how sorrowful he was.☐ tears ☐ He ☐ kept ☐ down4. He looked kindly down on them and patted both their heads.☐ heads ☐ He ☐ looked ☐ kindly5. He rose on his tiptoes.☐ tiptoes ☐ He ☐ rose ☐ on

12]Identify the Verbs in Past Tense from the given options: [The past tense verb shows action that has happened.]1. A waiter turned him in the right direction.☐ turned ☐ A ☐ waiter ☐ him2. After a little time one of the doctors met another doctor, and they talked.

☐ met ☐ talked ☐ After ☐ a3. As she moved away he asked his question.☐ moved ☐ asked ☐ As ☐ she4. As she worked she heard a low sound, again and again.☐ worked ☐ heard ☐ As ☐ she5.He and I grew up together here in New York, like two brothers.☐ grew ☐ He ☐ and ☐ I

13]Identify the Prepositions from the given options:[A preposition is a word that expresses spatial, temporal, or logical relationship amongother word in the sentence. The words in, to, by, under, towards, before, of, for etc. are prepositions.]1. I noticed many branches floating on the river.☐ on ☐ I ☐ noticed ☐ many2. I stood looking at him.☐ at ☐ I ☐ stood ☐ looking3. I could die locked inside the cabin.☐ inside ☐ I ☐ could ☐ die4. Get the money from him!☐ from ☐ Get ☐ the ☐ money5. The next day, Pap caught me alone near the river.☐ near ☐ The ☐ next ☐ day

14]Encircle the silent letterKnit, wrong, doubt, could, walk, knife, high, often, hour,night.

15]Write 5 sentences beginning with – I shall .............

16]Write the opposites with the words- dis…., in…..Respect, own, able, capable, efficient, secure.

17]Make naming words by adding ness, ity, ty at the end of the words given below:Public, forgive, cruel, polite, moral, swift.

CREATIVE WRITINGWrite a paragraph on the given topic:1.Importance of trees.2.Hiawatha3.Your favourite Cartoon4.Importance of books5.Pinocchio

Picture compositionLook at the given picture carefully and write 5 sentences on it.

4.A milk man visits your house every day and brings you milk. Write a few lines about him.

5.Write 5 sentences on Carpenter.

SPELLINGSI]Re-arrange the letters to make the correct word:K mi l n a m , g h t y n u a , d e n w o o, ni o c c p hi o, c o g ni z e r e , l n a d c o s t , l n g e n a d , s b e a t , r e s t w l e r, t e r c r a p n e , g e s t r n a.

II]Write the word with the help of meaning:

1Very tasty - D……………………….. s A base of tree – S ………… pTo identify - R …………………. e Red Indian boy - H ………………….. aVery talented – S ……………….. r Educated – L …………………. dThin - S ……………… y House of red Indian boy – W ………………… mIn great number – G ………… e To move back and forth – S ………… g

III]Encircle the correct spellingWigvam wigwam Challenge chalange Hiavatha Hiawatha refuse refuzePinocchio pinokio pluck plackScholar skolar klimb climbDelisious delicious naughty nouty