KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA OF VARNGAON
QUESTION BANK FOR NASIK CLUSTER
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT –II 2014-15
SUBJECT : ENGLISH
CLASS-IV
PREPARED BY :
SEEMA BATHAM,
PRT, KV OF VARANGAON
FOREWORD
This question bank is designed for the children‟s better preparation
of SA-II. It provides competency-wise practice of the complete course of
studies from October to March 2015 . The children will get an idea as well as
practice for the questions and their patterns as such under different
competencies – Reading,Writing -Textual Understanding,Grammar,Spelling,
Creative –writing etc. It consists of total no. of 62questions based on
competencies said above. This practice material can be given in the
classroom as a Revision Activity.
FROM
SEEMA BATHAM
READING
UNSEEN PASSAGE: EXAMPLE FOR PRACTICE
Q1. Read the passage and answer the questions.
Arun was twelve years old. One day when he was returning home
from the school ,he saw a cow sitting under the tree on the roadside.The cow
was in sad mood . Arun opened his tiffin.There were some laddus and roties in
it. Arun gave roties and laddus to the cow .The cow ate up roties and laddus
quickly.
“Now the cow will be happy,”Arun thought.Arun was surprised to see
that the cow was still looking sad.Arun went closer . He saw that there was a
wound in the cow‟s leg.Arun quickly ran to home and brought the first-aid box.
He came back to the cow.He applied some medicine on the cow‟s leg and tied
the bandage too. “Goodbye dear cow,” said Arun and went home.
1 Put the tick \/ mark on the correct sentences.
(a) Arun was returning from the school.
(b) Arun saw a donkey on the way to home.
2.Answer yes or no:
Did Arun give some roties and laddus to the cow to eat.
3. Answer in one word .
Name the boy in the story._________________________________________
Name the animal in the story_____________________________________
Answer the following questions.
4.How old was Arun ?
___________________________________________________________
5.What did Arun bring from the home ?
____________________________________________________________
6.What did Arun apply on the cow‟s leg?
_____________________________________________________________
Choose the correct answer and tick it.
7.Where was the cow sitting ?
(a)The cow was sitting under the table in a shop.
(b)The cow was sitting under a tree on the roadside.
8.In what mood the cow was looking ?
(a)The cow was looking in sad mood.
(b)The cow was looking in happy mood.
9.Where was Arun returning from ?
(a)Arun was returning from the market.
(b) Arun was returning from the school.
10.What did Arun see on his way to home ?
(a)Arun saw a cow on the way to home.
(b) Arun saw a donkey on the way to home.
SEEN PASSAGE:EXAMPLE FOR PRACTICE
Q2. Read the passage and answer the questions.
The old man was puzzled by the voice. He said, “This is a strange
piece of wood as this is a talking 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.”As soon as he
finished making the eyes, the carpenter was amazed to see them move.Before
the mouth was made, it began to laugh. “Stop laughing!” the old man said.
It did stop,but as soon as his back was turned, it put out its tongue.
And its nose grew long.
True or false?
1.The piece of wood that the old man bought was not a strange piece of wood
2.The old man was puzzled by the voice.
Fill in the blanks with the word from the passage.
3. He said, “This is a ___________piece of wood as this is a talking piece of
wood.
4.The old man said, “He must have a name.I will call him___________.”
5.What was strange about the piece of wood ?
_______________________________________________________________
6. What did the old man decide to do with the puppet?
_______________________________________________________________
7.What did Pinocchio do when the carpenter made his mouth ?
_______________________________________________________________
8.Whosaid this? -“ Stop laughing!”__________________________________
9. What did Pinocchio do when the carpenter‟s back was turned ?
______________________________________________________________
10.Find the word for the following in the passage .
Surprised -__________________
completed ___________________
WRTING :TEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING
Answer the following questions .
1.What would the child give the donkey?
2. What is a pony?
3. What did the lady do to the pony?
4. Why did the cow refuse to get up?
5. Name those who tried to make the cow move.
6. Who finally made the cow get up and how?
7.What did Hiawatha learn about the birds?
8. What secrets did Hiawatha learn about beasts?
9. Who came to Akbar‟s court?
10. What did he claim to know?
11. How did he challenge everybody?
12.What is the best time to water the plants?
13. When should we not water the plants?
14.How did the tree help the boy earn money?
15. What did the boy make with the branches of the tree?
16. What did the boy make with the trunk of the tree?
17. What did the library door say?
18. Why did the child in the poem like looking at the pictures?
19. From where did the naughty boy come?
20. Where did the naughty boy go?
21. What did the carpenter buy?
22. What did he make out of it?
23. What did he call his puppet?
24. What did Pinocchio say in the end?
25. When did Pinocchio‟s nose grow longer?
GRAMMAR
26.Fill in the blanks using the words given in the bracket.
(a) Insects __________ crawl on the wall.(can / can not )
b) The grocer was _____________ to move the cow.(able / unable
(c)Children _________ walk on their heads.( can / cannot)
(d)Sometimes love and kindness may _________ where force will _________ .
(succeed / fail)
(e) It was _________ for the boy to make the cow get up.( easy / difficult)
27. Write the simple past tense.
pull –pulled
lead _________
come _________ say _________
begin _________
grow _________
pray _________ tug _________
28. What work do these men or women do?
A milkman_______________________________________________
A grocer ________________________________________________
A policeman __________ ___________________________________
An ice-cream man __________ _______________________________
A wrestler ______________ _________________________________
29.Write rhyming words.
donkey-__________ hire________ hare_______ mile-________
30. Choose the correct word from the box and fill in the blanks.
This sum is _____________. (right, write)
I have to leave at _____________. (too, two)
I can _____________ the bird's song. (hear, here)
Do you _____________ a secret? (no, know)
The squirrel has a long _____________. (tail, tale)
31. Where do the following live ?
(a) Birds live in________________
(b) Rabbits live in________________
(c) Beavers live in________________
32. Complete the following story with words given –my, his, he, your
Ram was a farmer. ____ wanted to sell _______________ goats
and sheep. So he went to the market. There _______ sold all____________
animals to a rich man and got a lot of money.When he was going back to
_______ village, three thievesstopped him. “Stop! Give us all _________
money.” Ram was very clever. He said, “I'll give _________ money to the
strongest of you.” On hearing this, the thieves started fighting amongst
themselves. Ram slipped away quietly.
33. Look and fill in the columns. One has been done for you.
quiet- quietly
fierce _______________ gentle _______________
fluent _______________ angry _______________
34. Add „a‟or „an‟ before it.
_ pillow
_bed sheet
_apple
_orange _banana
35. Write rhyming words for the words given below.
_ice-cream
car ______
high ________
boots _______ heat _____________
where ______________
36. In the sentences below the capital letters, commas, full stops and question
marks are missing. Put these in the correct places.
(a) on monday i will go to school
___________________________________________________
(b) rahim ravi and raju are going to see the circus
___________________________________________________
37. Pick out the silent letters from these words :hour_ knit_ wrong_ doubt_.
38Write two words to which _ing can be added at the end to form a new word.
____________________
___________________
39. Write these sentences in the correct order. Also, choose the right word from
the box and add it before each sentence.
First
Then
After that
Finally
(a) It gave him its branches to make a house.
_________________________________________
(b) It asked him to sit on the stump.
_________________________________________
(c) It gave him its trunk to make a boat.
_________________________________________
(d) The tree gave its apples to the boy.
_________________________________________
40. Fill in the blanks with the correct word.
My mother went to the market and bought a kilogram of
__________________ (apple/apples), a dozen _____________
(banana/bananas) and a dozen _______________________
(orange/oranges).
I love oranges. So I ate an _______________ (orange/oranges).
My brother wanted a _________________ (banana/bananas)
and my sister asked for an ____________ (apple/apples).
41. Make new words and complete the sentences.
(a) The children love to sing __________.(loud )
(b) Read your lesson__________. (silent )
(c) Throw the ball ________. (slow )
(d) The tree gave its fruit to the boy _________. (happy)
(e) Do your work _________. (neat )
42. Fill in describing words into the passage below –
It was a _________night. A ________girl sat up in bed listening to her mother
tell a _______story. Her ________eyes opened wide and she gave
a________smile. “Now go to sleep, Paro,” her mother closed the book.
“_______dreams.”
43. Complete the dialogue by using and or or in the blanks.
Tina: Ma‟am, I want to borrow a book.
Librarian: Do you want a story book _________ a book of poems?
Tina: I want a story book.
44.Write sentences telling „what are these things made of ? „
metal wood rubber cloth
chair table eraser shirt scissors cap knife
example: 1)A chair is made of wood.
2) A chair is made of metal.
45 Write describing words and complete the following.
(a) The peacock is a _____________ bird.
(b) Pinocchio is a _____________ puppet.
(c) I saw an _____________ quarrel.
(d) Morning exercises make you ______________ .
(e) A glass of milk makes your teeth ___________ .
46. Make opposites with the words - dis______ , in________
respect ________
own _______
able ______ capable _______
47. Make naming words by adding __ ness, ___ ity
moral _____ kind ______ stupid_______ public ______ polite_______
48. Add ‘–er ’ or ‘–r ‟ to the doing words below to make new words.
write ____ strange ______
fight ___
dance ___ speak _________
49.Give words that rhyme with: laugh____ fish ____ fan____ few____
CREATIVE WRITING
50. Write a paragraph on:
My favourite festival / My pet
/ Importance of trees/
Trees are our friends / My favourite game / Importance of books.
51.Write a letter to your friend or uncle - for inviting him on your birthday/
- describing how you celebrated Republic Day in your school./
-describing the activities and celebrations in your school.
52.Write an application to your principal for six days leave .
53.Look at the picture and describe it .
__________________________________
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SPELLING
. Look at the pictures ,write missing letters and complete the words
54 .
s __________e
p_____y
55.
56.
57
d_________y
m__l _______n
. r____________t
m_______y
c__________r
s________l
58.
g__________r
r___________r
59. Read the clues and write the correct word for them.
a place where aeroplanes take off and land a___________________
a place where food is cooked.
k_______________________
a place where books are kept.
l_______________________
a place where you can buy things .
s______________________
a place where children study s_________________________
One who always teases others and plays tricks with the others, badly behaved .
n__________________________________
Something that is not known to all ,hidden fact s_____________________
A fruit of an oak tree ,squirrel eats it.
a_____________________
Something from which the flowers get water. r_____________________
a tool used on wood by the carpenter
p_____________________
something in great numbers
g_____________________
Something made of wood
w_____________________
Something strange
q_____________________
make up your mind
d_____________________
surprised
a ____________________
59. Make two words using the letters given in the word : STABLE
______________________
______________________
Make two words using the letters given in the word : PINOCCHIO
______________________
______________________
Make two words using the letters given in the word LEARNED
_______________________
________________________
60. Place letters in their right order to form the names of flowers.
PAETWEES S _ _ _ _ _ _ A
MRAIDOLG
M______D
JMINEAS
J__ ___E
TLOUS
L___S
ARGOM
M___ A
ANSPY
P___Y