ST THOMAS SCHOOL Worksheet Class-IV English Name: Sec: Roll No: Date: Section-A Q1. Read the following passage carefully: Once there was a deep, green forest. Here, all the animals lived in peace and harmony. All of them enjoyed the great benefits of the woods. It was nice, happy and safe place. One day some wicked animals saw this beautiful forest. They were greedy and selfish. They said to each other, This is the best forest in the entire world. This has to be our new home. They decided to burn down a part of the forest so that all the animals would flee from the flames. They set the forest on fire. All the animals ran around trying to save themselves. Among the animals was a wise hummingbird. She called out to other birds. Take water from the lake in your beaks and put in on the fire, she said. The birds did as they were told. Other animals looked on in amazement. They said, Can we help too? We don t have beaks to carry water. The hummingbird said to the animals, Of course you can help! Blow as hard as you can and the flames will be extinguished. Find a branch and hit the flames as hard as you can and the flames will be gone. To the lions, the hummingbirds said, You are the strongest animals. Go and find our enemies who destroyed this beautiful forest. So, all the animals fought the fire and the lions caught the enemies. After the smoke was gone, all the animals got together to rebuild their homes. All of them had helped by doing the best they could. Answer the following questions from the passage: i. Why was the forest the best in the world? ii.why did some animals set the forest on fire? iii.what did the wise hummingbird ask the other birds to do? iv.how did the other animals help? 1
v.what did the lions do? Find the antonyms of the given words from the passage: i. foolish- ii. constructed- Q2 Read the following passage carefully: Answer the following questions from the passage: Milk is the best food. It has water, sugar, fat, vitamins and proteins in it. People get milk from different animals. In England, New Zealand and many other cool lands there are cows. In hot countries like Arabia and middle of Asia there are camels. In India there are buffaloes as well as cows. In many places there are goats. The Eskimos have herds of reindeer. They live in the very cold countries of North America. If people keep cows or these other animals they get a lot of milk. From milk they can make butter and cheese also. i. What is the best food? ii. What is found in milk? iii. From where do people get milk? iv. From which animal do the people of England and New Zealand get milk? v. Which animal is used for milk in hot countries like Arabia? 2
vi. Where do the Eskimos live?. vii. Name two things made with milk.. viii. Which two animals are used for milk in India? Section-B Q2. Complete the following letter with the help of words given below: ceremony elder grant Delhi class 41-B Sixth Avenue Mohali. The Principal Govt.Sec. School Mohali January 2019 Subject: Request for leave Sir, I am a student of four. I would like to inform you that my sister is getting married on April 14 th 2019 in. Kindly me leave from April 12 th 2019 to April 16 th 2019. So that I can attend the marriage. Thanking you Yours Obediently. Q3. Complete the following story with the given hints: collected surprised amazed branch monkeys tricks morning Capseller angry A cap-seller was very tired. He had been selling caps since (i). He saw a tree put his box on the ground and sat under it. Soon the tired (ii) fell 3
asleep. There were (iii) on the trees where he slept. They came down opened his box and took away all his caps. They sat on the (iv) of the tree and put the caps on their head. The cap-seller woke up and was (v) to see his empty box. On looking up, he was (vi) to see monkeys on the tree, each wearing a cap! He tried many (vii) to recover his caps but failed. He became so (viii) that he threw his cap at the monkeys. They did the same and threw their caps at him. The cap-seller quickly (ix) them, put them in his box and happily walked away. Q4. Look at the picture and fill in the blanks with the phrases given: living brothers miser twenty twins village cheerful Ramesh and Suresh were (i). Though they were (ii), they were very different. Ramesh was well built, (iii) and always ready to help people in need. Suresh was thin, quiet and a (iv). When they were (v) years old, they decided to leave their (vi) and go to the big city to make a (vii). Section-C Grammar Q5 Underline the adjective and write whether it is demonstrative or possessive: a) Tim is a boy and his surname is Smith. b) These apples are ready to be eaten. c) I m a designer and my favourite TV channel is fashion. d) Did you write this song? Q6 Circle the adverbs and write its kind: a) The soldiers fought bravely.. b) Mohit came here daily.. 4
c) The sun rises everywhere.. d) How cold the night is!. Q7. Fill in the blanks with the correct question tags: a) Meera is a dancer? (isn t she/ is she) b) He plays football? (doesn t he/ does he) Q8. Rewrite the following sentences using conjunctions (or, as, although, though) to join the two sentences: a) Work hard. You will fail in the examination. b) He tried often. He could not pass. c) It is raining. I cannot go to school. d) He is contented. He is poor.. Q9. Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners: a) Can you lend me money? b) How work have you completed? Q10. Choose the correct option from the brackets to complete these similes: a) As as a lamb. (kind/gentle) b) As as thunder. (bold/loud) Q11. Circle the correct preposition: a) The children were playing (on/in) the beach. b) The school starts (at/on) 7:30 am. Q12.Tick the correct synonyms of the given words: a) Brave - i) wise ii) courageous iii) pardon b) Joy i) happiness ii) kind iii) smile 5
Q13 Frame new words by adding dis and able: a),. b),. Q14.Answer the following questions briefly: a) Why did the Day not want to wake up? Section- D b) What were some of Malcolm s favourite things? c) Why was Maharaja Krishnachandra upset? d) Which large bird did Caesar quarrel with? Q15.Read the following extract from the poem and answer the question that follows: Little deeds of kindness Little words of love, Make our earth a Eden, Like the heaven above. i) Name the poet and the poem? 6
ii) What makes our Earth an Eden? iii) What does heaven mean? Q16.Think and answer the following question: a) How did Gopal Bhand give a count of the stars and measure of the earth? Q17.Give one word for the following: a) small pieces. b) extremely. c) small British coin or unit of money. d) very dry. parched shreds bitterly penny 7