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Holiday Homework (Winter Break)

Class 4 English (2022-23)

Instructions

· All the answers must be written in an A4 size paper.

· Stitch all the paper and keep in a stick file.

· Proper care should be taken for handwriting.

· Decorate the paper with boarder lines.

· Draw pictures wherever needed.

Reading

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

Passage 1

One day the mother-in-law of a Santhal bridegroom cooked a special dish for him when he visited her.

“This curry is delicious. What is it?” The mother-in-law pointed at the bamboo door.

Next morning, just as he was about to leave, he remembered that there was no bamboo in his village. So he removed the bamboo door and carrying it with him left for his home.

On reaching his village, he told his wife, “Make curry with this bamboo door.” She was shocked. “How can I make curry out of a bamboo door?”

1. Name the tribe discussed in this passage.

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2. Whom did the mother-in-law prepare a special dish ?

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3. Why did the bridegroom take away the bamboo door ?

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4. Why was his wife shocked ?

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5. Write the opposite of ‘bridegroom’.

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Read the given passage and answer the questions given below.

Passage 2

A learned Pundit once visited the court of Akbar. He told the King and his courtiers that he had mastery over many different languages.

The Pundit could speak many languages fluently. He was so fluent that no one could find out what his mother tongue was. He challenged everybody at the court to name his mother tongue. When everyone failed, the challenge was taken up by Birbal.

1. Name the king of the story.

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2. Who visited the court of Akbar?

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3. What did the pundit tell the king?

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4. What skill had the pundit?

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5. What did he challenge everybody at the court?

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6. Who took up the challenge?

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7. Which word in the passage means ‘great skill’?

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8. Find the adjective in the sentence ‘a learned pundit once visited the court of Akbar’.

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9. Choose the meaning of the phrase ‘taken up’.

Grabbed

Accepted

Donated

Denied

10. The people who assisted the king in ruling were called as

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Writing

Answer the questions from the stories and poems of your textbook.

1. How did the learned Pundit challenge everybody?

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

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

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4. What would the child give the donkey?

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5. What did Hiawatha learn about the birds?

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Grammar

1. Fill in the blanks by using an appropriate word from the brackets.

Rahul won the match. So …….. wanted to have a party for …….. friends.

(he, she, her, his, my, your)

2. Some words have similar sounds, but different meanings. Choose the correct word from the box and fill in the blanks.

The bird sits on a …………………. (bow, bough)
The squirrel has a long ……………. (tail, tale)

3. Re-write the following words correctly by adding -ly at the end.

angry …………………………
gentle …………………………

4. Use a or an before the words given below.

……………. Ice-cream ………….. waistcoat

5. Underline the silent letters in the given words.

hour sigh doubt often

6. Re-write the following sentences by using suitable punctuation marks.

i love rice dal curry in my lunch
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munna where are you going
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Creative writing

Write a paragraph on ‘Hiawatha’ or ‘donkey’.

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Spelling

1. Rewrite the following words with correct spelling.

skolar	……………………	walop	………………..
nokomiz	…………………..	sailer	………………….

2. Fill in the blanks to make meaningful words.

W…..GW….M		T…..M….D
P….ND……T		PL…..CK

Handwriting

Re-write the following passage neatly.

The milkman’s cow was in a bad mood. It sat in the middle of the road and refused to move. The milkman begged the 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 going anywhere that day.

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