Session Ending Examination | Revision | Class 4 | English

Textual

The Donkey

1. What would the child give the donkey?

2. How would he be the best donkey?

3. Write two sentences about a donkey.

4. Complete the stanza.

I’d find a little hay

………………………………

Then he’d be the best donkey

……………………………….

I had a Little Pony

1. What did the lady do to the pony?

2. What did the child decide to do?

3. Why didn’t the child lend the pony again?

4. Which animal had the child? What was his name?

5. Complete the stanza.

She whipped him, …………

She drove him …………….

I wouldn’t lend …………….

For all ………………………

The Milkman’s Cow

1. Why did the cow refuse to get up?

2. Who finally made the cow get up and how?

3. Why did the milkman beg the cow to get up?

4. How much strength did the wrestler have?

5. Name those who tried to make the cow move.

Hiawatha

1. Who was Hiawatha? Who did he live with?

2. Who was Nokomis? What did Nokomis teach Hiawatha?

3. What secrets did Hiawatha learn about the birds?

4. What secrets did he learn about the beasts?

5. Write two lines about Hiawatha.

The Scholar’s Mother Tongue

1. Who came to Akbar’s court? What did he claim to know?

2. How did the Pundit challenge everybody?

3. What skill had the pundit?

4. Who took up the challenge?

5. What did Birbal do to the Pundit when he was asleep?

6. Who found out the Pundit’s mother tongue? How?

A Watering Rhyme

1. What is the best time to water the plants?

2. When should we not water the plants?

3. Which part of the plant should be watered?

4. Complete the stanza.

Watering at noonday,

…………………………

Doesn’t help the flowers,

…………………………

5. Why shouldn’t we water the plants during noon?

6. How should we water the plants?

7. Why should we water at the roots?

The Giving Tree

1. How did the boy enjoy the company of the tree?

2. How did the tree help the boy earn money?

3. What did the boy make with the branches of the tree?

4. What did the boy make with the trunk of the tree?

5. How was the stump of the tree useful?

6. Why is the play called ‘The Giving Tree’?

7. Why should we not cut trees?

8. How did the tree help the boy throughout his life?

Books

1. What did the library door say?

2. What did the books in the library look like?

3. Why did the child in the poem like looking at the pictures?

4. Why was the book a wonderful one?

5. Complete the following stanza as per the poem Books.

Tall skinny books

……………………

Little fat books

……………………

Going to buy a Book

1. Why did grandfather give the children money?

2. Where did they go to buy books?

3. What did the girl and boy buy?

4. Why did the children like the small shop?

5. What kinds of books did the shopkeeper show to the children?

6. In ancient India how were the pages made?

 The Naughty Boy

1. From where did the naughty boy come?

2. Where did the naughty boy go?

3. Why did he go there?

4. What did the boy wonder about?

5. Complete the stanza.

There was ………………

And a …………………….

He ran away …………..

The people ……………..

6. What did the naughty boy find in Scotland?

Pinocchio

1. What did the carpenter buy and what did he make out of it?

2. What name did the carpenter give to the puppet?

3. What did Pinocchio say in the end?

4. Why did Pinocchio’s nose grow longer?

5. What did Pinocchio do with the carpenter’s wig?

Grammar

1. Write the rhyming pair of the following words.

Words	Rhyming words	Words	Rhyming words
go	………..	corn	………..
mire	………..	hour	………..
high	………..	door	………..
long	………..	weighty	………..

2. Write the simple past tense of the following action words.

Simple present	Simple Past	Simple present	Simple Past
pull	……………	pray	……………
grow	……………	come	……………
begin	……………

3. Write the work done by the following people.

People	Work done
Grocer	………………………………………………
Milkman	………………………………………………
policeman	………………………………………………

4. Write the homes of the following.

Animals	Home
Birds	………………………………………………
Rabbits	………………………………………………
Beavers	………………………………………………

5. Match the following.

A	B
Whenever	Place
Whoever	Time
Wherever	Person

6. Use appropriate words from the box and fill in the blanks.

my

his

her

he

i) There ………….. sold all ………….. animals to a rich man and got a lot of money.

ii) I will give ……….. money to the strongest of you.

7. Write similar sound words for the following words.

Words	Similar sound words	Words	Similar sound words
bow	……………	tale	……………
right	……………	no	……………
principal	……………

8. Choose correct word from the brackets and fill in the blanks.

I can ……….. the bird’s song. ( here / hear )

I have ……….. leaves. ( too / two )