ATOMIC ENERGY EDUCATION SOCIETY
Academic year- 2015-16
Sub: English
Sample Paper
Class: 4
Section – A – Reading
A1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Ruchi could not wait to tell her mother about the dance competition. Once she
reached home, she threw her school bag on the sofa and showed her mother the
application form. She told her mother that she was one of the chosen five children
for the competition.
In her excitement, Ruchi even showed her mother the dance steps that she had
thought of. But her mother just stood staring at the form. She showed Ruchi the date
of the competition. It was the day they were to bring Ruchi‟s grandmother back
home from the hospital.
Ruchi tried to hide her sad face with the application form. The dance competition
was important but her grandmother coming back home would be a very special
occasion.
A 1.1. Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks.
1. Ruchi was very excited about ____________________________
a. her grandmother coming home
b. the dance competition
c. date of the competition
d. her school bag
2. ___________________ children were chosen for the dance competition.
a. four
b. five
c. six
d. seven
A1.2. Choose the correct words and fill in the blanks.
1. Ruchi‟s grandmother was to ____________________________
a. go on a picnic
b. go to the hospital
c. reach the hospital
d. return from the hospital
2. Ruchi was ________________ to miss the competition.
a. sad
b. happy
c. excited
d. waiting
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A 1.3. Answer the question in complete sentences.
1. Was Ruchi happy about her grandmother coming back home?
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A 2. Read the poem carefully.
When I go to bed at night
Do you know what I see?
My favourite little twinkle star,
Who mysteriously peeps at me.
The little beauty stays there
All the night,
But when the day breaks
I cannot see him anywhere.
Do you know where he
Shelter takes?
May be the reason in this,
Perhaps he then leaves me
To peep at other girls and boys
In other countries across the sea.
A 2.1. Choose the correct word and fill in the blanks.
1. The boy likes to see ______________________________
a. the dark sky
c. the day
b. the little twinkle star
d. the girls and boys
2. The boy cannot see the star
a. during the day
b. at night
c. across the sea
d. anywhere
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A 2.2. Write rhyming words for the words given below. ( not from the poem)
1. night _________________
2. break _________________
A 2.3. Answer the question in complete sentences.
1. Where does the little star go during the day?
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Section – B- Writing ( 15 marks)
B 1. Write the sentences in the correct order.
1. The lion tried to free himself from the net.
2. The mouse cut the strings of the net.
3. A lion was walking in the forest to hunt an animal.
4. A tiny little mouse crept out of a hole.
5. The lion was set free at last.
6. The lion was caught in a net.
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B 2. Look at the picture and write a paragraph about it.
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B3. Imagine you go to a beach for a picnic.. How would you spend your day?
Write a paragraph about it.
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B 4. Ram goes to Raju’s house to complete his school work as he was
absent for two days. Complete the conversation between them.
Ram : Hello Raju.
Raju: ______________________________________________
( wishes and asks how he is)
Ram: I am fine today. I had stomach pain for the last two days.
Raju: _______________________________________________
(Asks if he ate any food sold on the road side)
Ram: Yes. I ate a plate of pani puri sold near my house.
Raju: _____________________________________________________
( Tells him that the plates and the water used are dirty)
Ram: Yes Raju. I remember our teacher telling about it in the class.
Raju: ________________________________________________________
( Tells him to be careful and to eat homemade food always)
Section C – Grammar
C1. Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks.
1. John tried hard to win the race but he did not _____________________.
( fail / succeed)
2. The driver _____________________ to drive the vehicle very fast.
( begin / began)
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3. Deepa‟s mother gives her _________ orange for snacks every day.
( a / an )
4. Neha‟s grandmother cannot ________________ properly. ( here / hear)
C 2. Do as directed.
1. The ___________________ elephant is so naughty and cute.
( Fill in the blank with any suitable describing word)
2. Gopi was able to climb the coconut tree but he was ___________________ to
get down.
( Fill in the blank with the opposite of the underlined word)
3. Sita wants to buy a new dress for the picnic. But her father has already
________________________ a pretty dress for her.
(Fill in the blank with the past tense of the underlined word)
4. Neel is ________________________ in the garden.
(Use a suitable action word)
5. I touched the flower ____________________ .
(Use the correct form of the word „ GENTLE’ )
6. There is a __________________ of apples in the fridge.
(Use a suitable word in the blank)
7. The deer runs ______________________( swift) in the forest.
(Use the correct form of the word by adding –ness , -ity , -ty , -ly at the end of
the word in the bracket)
8. This boy is ___________________ than that boy.
(Add –er , -r to the word NAUGHTY)
C 3. Fill in the blanks.
1. Beavers live in ________________.
2. .A doctor is treating his ___________________ in the clinic.
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C 4. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences.
1. old / man / walking / park / the / in / an / is
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2. have / where / your / you / kept / pencils / colour ?
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Section D – (Literature )
D 1. Read the following lines carefully.
The milkman‟s cow was in a bad mood. It sat in the middle of the road and refused to
move.
The milkman begged te 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 moving anywhere that day.
Along came a policeman , his buttons and buckles gleaming bright.
D 1.1. Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks.
1. The word opposite in meaning to the word „ refuse „ is ____________________
(reject / accept )
2. The word „ plead ‘ means ____________________________
(beat / request)
3. The full form of the word „ wasn’t „ is _________________
( were not / was not )
4. The word from the story which means „ shine‟ is ___________________
(gleam / tug )
D 2. Fill in the blanks.
1. The milkman happily clattered his __________________
2. The girl _______________ the pony to a cruel lady.
D 3. Give one word for the following.
1. Dry grass __________________
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2. The nut of an oak tree _______________
3. A Pundit ___________________
4. A man who sells vegetables, fruits and grains ____________________
D4. Answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. What did the little boy give the cow?
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2. What did Hiawatha call the birds?
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3. What did the lady do to the pony?
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D5. Rewrite the sentences arranging them in the correct order.
1. Birbal tickled the Pundit‟s ear with a feather when he was asleep.
2. The Pundit challenged everybody in the court to name his mother tongue.
3. A leaned Pundit once visited the court of Akbar.
4. Birbal accepted the challenge.
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D 6. Rewrite the sentences correcting the mistakes in them.
1. The ice-cream man came with bags of potatoes and peas.
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2. The naughty boy came from Scotland.
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3. Pinocchio‟s hands kept growing longer and longer.
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4. The policeman had the strength of ten horses.
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