ATOMIC ENERGY EDUCATION SOCIETY
Anushaktinagar, Mumbai
Summative Assessment Examination-2
Academic year- 2014-15
Class- IV
Subject– English
Time – 2 hours
Maximum Marks – 50
Instructions
1. Marks for questions are indicated against each.
2. Answer should be brief and to the point and word limit be adhered to as far
as possible.
3. Use of any electronic gadget (e.g. calculator, Mobile phone etc.) is not
permitted.
4. In case a student has not signed the Attendance Sheet or the Answer Sheet is
not signed by the Invigilator it will be dealt as an Unfair means case.
5. On completion of the test, the student MUST HAND OVER THE ANSWER
SHEET TO THE INVIGILATOR in the room/hall.
6. The student should ensure that the answer sheet is not folded or damaged.
To be filled by the student
Name of the Student:_____________________________________________________
Roll Number:
Class:
Section:______
No of printed pages – 10
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CCE-15-SA-II-Class-4-English-Question Paper
SECTION – A (READING) (10 Marks)
A1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.
Anil was again late for school. He had to be at the bus-stop at 7:45 am. But it was 7:55 am
when Anil reached the bus-stop. He was happy to see the bus waiting for him. The driver
said to him, “I will not wait for you from tomorrow”. His mother always warned him that
he would get into big trouble if he did not change his habit. Anil did not listen to any
advice or warning. He was a good cricket player. He was always late to the practice
sessions. The school team selection was announced on a particular day. As usual, Anil
reached the school late. His coach told him, „Sorry Anil the selection is over‟. Anil felt
very sad. Next day he was at the bus-stop at 7:40 am.
A1.1. Choose the correct answer.
(1 x 2 = 2)
a) Anil reached the bus-stop late ____________________.
i.
only once
iii.
many times
ii.
a few times
iv.
always
b) The passage tells us about the importance of ___________________________.
i.
reaching the bus-stop early
iii.
punctuality
ii.
playing cricket
iv.
disobeying elders
A1. 2. Fill in the blanks.
(1 x 2 = 2)
a) Anil‟s mother warned him to __________________.
b) The bus driver told Anil that he ________________ the next day.
A1.3. Answer the following.
(1)
a) When did Anil realize his mistake?
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A2. Read the poem carefully.
TREES ARE THE KINDEST THINGS I KNOW
Trees are the kindest things I know,
They do no harm, they simply grow
And spread a shade for sleepy cows,
And gather birds among the boughs.
They are the first when day‟s begun
To touch the beams of morning sun,
They are the last to hold the light
When evening changes into night.
They hum a drowsy lullaby
Of sleepy children long ago…
Trees are the kindest things I know.
And when a moon floats in the sky
Glossary:
a) Boughs: branches of trees
c) Drowsy: sleepy
b) beams: rays
d) lullaby: a song that is sung to put a baby to sleep
A2.1. Choose the correct answer.
(1 x 2 = 2)
a) When the moon floats in the sky, the trees ___________________________________.
i) hum a drowsy lullaby to the sleepy children ii) chirp with the birds
iii) blow gentle breeze
iv) give shade to the cows
b) ___________________ are the first and last to receive and hold the light of the sun.
i) The cows
ii) The trees
iii) The children
A2.2. Pick out any two rhyming words from the poem.
a) ____________
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b) ____________
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iv) The moon
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A2.3. Answer the following.
(1)
1. Why does the poet think the trees are the kindest things? Give two reasons.
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SECTION – B (WRITING) (15 Marks)
B1. These pictures tell a story. The same story is told in the sentences below, but they
are in the wrong order. Write the sentences in their proper order.
(3)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
The dog leaves the bone to chase the crow.
It calls its friend, and both make a plan.
The other crow seizes the bone and flies to the nearest tree.
A crow watches a puppy with a bone in its mouth.
One of them pecks the dog‟s tail.
f) It wants to get the bone.
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B2. Look at the picture and write a paragraph in your own words.
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B3. Why should we plant and save trees? Write a paragraph about plant and trees. (4)
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B4. Rahul and Kamal are classmates. Kamal forgot to bring his English notebook to
school. He wants to go home and bring it. He requests Rahul to lend his bicycle.
Here is the conversation between them. Complete the dialogue suitably.
(4)
Kamal: Excuse me, Rahul! I have forgotten to bring my English notebook. I
will go home and bring it. Could you _________________________?
Rahul: With Pleasure! But ride it ____________ and _____________ .
Kamal: _______________. I will ride it carefully and come back soon.
Rahul: Here _____________. Take them.
Kamal: __________________________.
Rahul: You are _______________ !
SECTION – C (GRAMMAR) (10 Marks)
C1. Choose the correct answer.
(½ x 4 = 2)
a) Insects ________ crawl on the wall. (can / cannot)
b) The king sits on the _________. (throne / thrown)
c) Rabbits live in ______________. (lodges / burrows / nests)
d) The soldier lost _____ arm in the war. (a / an) .
C2. Do as directed.
(½ x 8 = 4)
a) Big ___________ (city) are usually crowded.
(Fill in the blank with the plural of the word in the bracket.)
b) He walked home _____________ (lazy) after the day‟s work.
(Fill in the blank adding –‘ly’ to the word in the bracket.
c) The teacher was _____________ (satisfied) with my composition.
(Fill in the blank by adding – un/dis/im/in to the word in the bracket.)
d) The people of France are called ________________.
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e) We begin the day with a prayer. (Change the sentence into the past tense.)
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f) A __________ leader visited our school last month. (Fill in the gap with
any suitable describing word.)
g) A doctor is to the patients as a lawyer is to the _____________. (Complete
it with the correct word.)
h) Come and play with me. (Write the sentence with a different expression.)
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C3. Fill in the blanks.
(1 x 2 = 2)
a) A ______________ is a person who sells food items.
b) A _____________ is a place where we deposit and withdraw money.
C4. Rearrange the following words to make meaningful sentences.
(1x 2 = 2)
a) geeta / you / are / why / crying / ?
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b) plucked / the / boy / apples / and / happily / the / carried / away / them.
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SECTION – D (LITERATURE) (15 Marks)
D1. Read the following poem carefully.
( 1 x 4= 4)
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, “You‟re tickling me.”
The old man was puzzled by the voice.
D1.1. Choose the correct answer.
a) The old man was a __________________. (carpenter / barber)
b) The old man bought a very ________________ piece of wood. (hard / queer)
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c) A tool / instrument used by a carpenter for smoothening wood is called a
_________________. (Fill in the blank picking the right word from the passage.)
d) “You‟re tickling me.” Who said these words and to whom?
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D2. Fill in the blanks.
(1 x 2 = 2)
a) Hiawatha called the birds as his ____________ and beasts as his
_____________.
b) The old stump is good for ____________________________.
D3. Answer the following in one word.
(½ x 4 = 2)
a) In times of difficulty, a person speaks in his _______________.
b) Some farmers beat their animals with a __________________.
c) The young one of a sheep is called a ____________________.
d) The meaning of „fourscore‟ is _________________________.
D4. Answer the questions.
(1 x 3 = 3)
a) What did Pinocchio say at the end?
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b) Which part of the plant should be watered?
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c) What did the Pundit challenge in Akbar‟s court?
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D5. Choose the correct sequence from ‘A’ and ‘B’ and rewrite the sentences in
the given space.
(½ x 4 = 2)
‘A’
a)
b)
c)
d)
The cow sat in the middle of the road because
The child decided not to lend his pony to the lady because
We should not cut the trees because
The naughty boy ran away to Scotland because
‘B’
a)
b)
c)
d)
She whipped and lashed him.
He wanted to know if things in England and Scotland were same.
It was in a bad mood.
They give us fresh air, food and shelter to the birds and animals.
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D6. Rewrite the following sentences correcting the mistakes.
( ½ x 4 = 2)
a) The tree gave the boy its branches to build a boat.
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b) The girl bought a fat book with many pictures and the boy bought a book with
many stories.
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c) The people of Andhra Pradesh speak Tamil.
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d) We see the „Welcome‟ boards / signs at the doctor‟s place.
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