PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (CBSE)
Question Bank Cycle Test – 3 (2016-17)
Std: IV
Subject: English
Section A (Reading Comprehension)
Q.I. Read the following
passage carefully.
Sheila loved to hear her older sister,
Emma,
play the piano. Listening to the notes
and
watching Emma’s fingers press the keys
made Sheila want to play the piano
too.
Sheila was sure she could learn to
play even
though she was a few years younger, so
asked her mother, “Mom, can I start
taking
piano lessons?”
“Sheila, as long as you understand
that you
have to practise every day, you can
take
piano lessons,” her mom said.
Sheila was so excited. She could not
wait to play ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’,
one of her favourite songs. In no
time, she thought, she would play as well as
Emma!
Sheila was excited and nervous for her
first piano lesson. When she got there,
she was surprised; her teacher had
flashcards and a book for her. Emma just had
music notes in her piano books. Sheila
did not know there were so many other
things to know about the piano first.
She had to learn each of the notes, or
the sounds, that the piano makes. Then,
she had to learn which key on the
piano made each note. Her teacher showed
her everything she had to practice and learn before
the next lesson. During that
first lesson, Sheila never even got to
touch a key on the piano.
“Don’t people get to play the piano at
piano lessons?” she wondered.
The next day, when Sheila got home
from school, she ate her snacks fast and
started to run outside.
“Where are you going?” her mom asked.
“Outside to play ball,” Sheila said.
“Bye mom!”
“Not so fast, you must study your
piano flashcards,” her mom said. “Then, you
can play.”
Now answer the
following questions:
1)
Sheila
__________ to hear her older sister, Emma, play the piano.
(a) wanted
(b) liked
(c) hated
(d) loved
2)
Sheila
was sure she could learn to play even though she was a few years _____.
(a) older
(b) younger
(c) behind
(d) ahead
3)
Sheila’s
mother told her she could take piano lesson as long as she ______ daily.
(a) played
(b) sang
(c) practised
(d) wrote
4)
Sheila
could not wait to play __________ on the piano.
(a) Twinkle, Twinkle
Little Star
(b) Mary Had a Little
Lamb
(c) Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
(d) Ding Dong Bell
5)
She
had to learn each of the ________ that the piano makes.
(a) keys
(b) beats
(c) lines
(d) notes
6)
The
word ‘excited’ in the passage means the same as:
(a) sick
(b) sad
(c) thrilled
(d) depressed
7)
The
word ‘wondered’ in the passage means the same as:
(a) interested
(b) thought
(c) shocked
(d) concerned
8)
Write whether the following statement is true
or false. Sheila played the piano during her first lesson.
Q.II. Read the following
passage carefully.
The River Ganga, also known as the
River Ganges
has a significant influence on the
life of the Indians.
It is one of the longest rivers of the
world and is the
longest river in India. It has the
largest river-basin in
India covering 8, 38,200 sq. km.
The river rises in the western
Himalayas in the
Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows
south and
east through the Gangetic Plain of
North India into
Bangladesh, where it empties into the
Bay of
Bengal.
It has a number of tributaries like
Gomti, Ghaghara,
Gandaki, Kosi, Yamuna, Son, and Damodar.
The
Ganga is a perennial river as water is
available throughout the year. The water
supply of the Ganga system depends
partly on the rains brought by the monsoon
winds from July to October. Melting
Himalayan snow in the hot season, from April
to June, also contribute to the water
supply.
The river has formed one of the most
fertile flood plains of the world. The water of
the river is widely used for
agricultural purposes. We get golden crops from the
fertile lands on its banks. Irrigation
has increased the production of food and cash
crops such as wheat, sugarcane, cotton
and oilseeds.
The Ganga has been made into a
national waterway. It is navigable up to
Haridwar. Our Government has started
projects for the wider usage of the water.
This would bring enormous prosperity
and economic development in our country.
Many people go on pilgrimages to holy
sites along the Ganga, especially at the
point where it merges with other
rivers.
The Ganga was ranked as the fifth most
polluted river of the world in 2007.
Pollution threatens not only humans, but also
more than 140 fish species, 90
amphibian species and the endangered
Ganges river dolphin.
Now answer the following questions:
1)
The
River Ganga has ________________ influence on the life of the Indians.
(a)
an
excellent
(b)
a
powerful
(c)
a
significant
(d)
the
best
2)
It
has the ____________ river-basin in India covering 8,38,200 sq. km.
(a)
largest
(b)
smallest
(c)
best
(d)
longest
3)
The
river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of _____________.
(a)
Uttar
Pradesh
(b)
Himachal
Pradesh
(c)
Jharkhand
(d)
Uttarakhand
4)
The
Ganga is a perennial river as water is ____________throughout the year.
(a)
less
(b)
available
(c)
more
(d)
cold
5)
The
river has formed one of the most fertile ___________ plains of the world.
(a)
crop
(b)
desert
(c)
flood
(d)
drought
6)
The
water of the River Ganga is widely used for ___________ purpose.
(a)
agricultural
(b)
cleaning
(c)
storing
(d)
washing
7)
The
word ‘significant’ in the passage means the same as:
(a)
minor
(b)
important
(c)
meaningless
(d)
insignificant
8)
The
word ‘pilgrimage’ in the passage means the same as:
(a) a religious journey
(b) a mission
(c) a trip
(d)
a
body of water
9)
State
if the following statements are true or false.
(a)
The
Ganga is the longest river in the world.
(b)
The
Ganga was ranked as the fifth most polluted river of the world in 2007.
Section B (Writing and Grammar)
Q.II. Notice Writing
You are the captain of the school cricket
team. Your school will play matches against other schools during the course of
the year. Write a notice in about 50 words informing the members of your team
about the schedule for practice, the time/duration, and the venue for practice.
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Letter Writing
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Your school organizes an evening of
devotional songs for grandparents every
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year. The lead singer is Anoop
Jalota- singer and musician, best known for his
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performances in devotional music.
Write a letter to your grandparents inviting
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them for this event.
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Use the points given below:
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· where is the event
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· time and duration
of the event
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· your feeling of
excitement
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wonderful occasion
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must come
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Q.IV
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Do as directed.
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Future Tense
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1)
My brother __________ (give) me a ride on his
bike tomorrow. (Choose the correct form of the future tense.)
(a) gave
(b) will give
(c) was giving
(d) gives
2)
My mother is going _________ (buy) new
uniforms and books for me for the new term. (Choose the correct form of the
future tense.)
(a) to buy
(b) will buy
(c) bought
(d) buy
3)
If there is no rain, the boys______________
(play) a football match. (Write the future continuous tense of the word in the
bracket.)
(a) will be play
(b) are playing
(c) will be playing
(d)
playing
Punctuation
1)
Choose
the correctly punctuated sentence.
(a) my uncle’s house is
like a palace.
(b) My uncle’s house is
like a palace!
(c)
My
uncle’s house is like a palace?
(d) my uncle’s house is
like a palace,
2)
Choose
the correctly punctuated sentence.
(a) I live on Mahatma
Gandhi Road.
(b) I live on mahatma
gandhi Road
(c) i live on Mahatma
gandhi road.
(d) I live on Mahatma
Gandhi Road!
3)
Choose
the correctly punctuated sentence.
(a) These are Ankitas
books
(b) These are ankita’s
books.
(c) These are Ankita’s
books.
(d) these are Ankita’s
books?
Adverbs
1)
My mother neatly arranged all the clothes in
my sister’s cupboard. (Identify the adverb of manner.)
(a) neatly
(b) arranged
(c) cupboard
(d) my
2)
My brother will appear for his English paper
tomorrow. (Identify the adverb of time.)
(a) will appear
(b) English
(c) tomorrow
(d) paper
3)
The
guard waved the flag and Thomas The Tank Engine moved forward.
(Identify
the underlined word.)
(a) adverb of time
(b) adverb of manner
(c) adverb of place
(d)
none
of the above
Prepositions
1)
The
restaurant closes at 11.30 p.m. (Identify the preposition in the sentence.)
(a) the
(b) at
(c) closes
(d) restaurant
2)
The
sun is shining brightly ______the sky. (Choose the correct option.)
(a) in
(b) on
(c) to
(d) at
3)
The group of women walked _______ the corn
fields and went home. (Choose the correct option.)
(a) through
(b) over
(c) on
(d) into
Conjunctions
1)
Jane ran quickly ______ carefully in the
snow. (Fill in the blank with the correct conjunction.)
(a) so
(b) because
(c) but
(d) or
2)
Tommy chose the apple _________ he loves
fruit. (Fill in the blank with the correct conjunction.)
(a) when
(b) and
(c) although
(d) because
3)
The World Yoga Day Celebrations began
___________ the Prime Minister finished his speech. (Fill in the blank with the
correct conjunction.)
(a) as well as
(b) since
(c) as soon as
(d) if
Tenses Revision - Present Tense
1)
The newspaper _______ (get) delivered every
morning. (Write the present tense of the verb in the brackets.)
(a) gets
(b) get
(c) getting
(d) got
2)
The bus _____ (wait) for the children outside
the gates of the school. (Write the present continuous tense of the verb in the
brackets.)
(a) wait
(b) waits
(c) is waiting
(d) waiting
3)
The animals ___________ (meet) to decide who
will look after Mowgli. (Write the present continuous form of the verb in the
brackets.)
(a) are meet
(b) meets
(c) is meeting
(d) are meeting
Past Tense
1)
The children _______ (eat) all the fruits.
(Write the past tense of the verb in the brackets.)
(a) eats
(b) ate
(c) was eating
(d) were eating
2)
We ______ (know) our team would win. (Write
the past tense of the verb in the brackets.)
(a) knew
(b) knewed
(c) knows
(d) knowed
3)
Mother ____________ (buy) vegetables in the
market. (Write the past continuous form of the verb in the brackets.)
(a) buying
(b) were buying
(c) was buying
(d) buys
Future Tense
1)
(a)
Shanaya plays the flute. (Rewrite the sentence in the Future Tense.)
(b) Harry was writing a
letter to his grandmother. (Rewrite the sentence in the
Future
Tense.)
(c) Max performed on
stage.(Rewrite the sentence in the Future Continuous
Tense)
Q.VII. Answer the following
questions by choosing from the options given
below:
Prose: Two Friends and a Lion (EE)
1)
Where did Ace and John spot the lion cub?
(a) In a zoo.
(b) In a cage in Harrods in London.
(c) On the road.
(d) In Australia.
2)
Why were Ace and John worried about Christian?
(a) He kept growling.
(b) He was not eating.
(c) He was growing bigger and also
scaring people.
(d) He was very naughty.
Prose: The Little Boy who saved the
Town (EE)
1)
What
did Hans see one day?
(a)
A
small hole in the dike and a small thread of water flowing through it.
(b)
A
small stream of water.
(c) A dike and a huge
thread of water flowing through it.
(d) A small puddle on the
road.
2)
Why
had no one seen or fixed the dike that afternoon?
(a)
It
was raining.
(b)
The
people were at the fair.
(c)
The
people were having their afternoon nap.
(d)
The
weather was bad and all the people were indoors.
Poem: Trees (EE)
1)
What
does the tree wear in summers?
(a)
A
crow’s nest.
(b)
Fruits.
(c)
A
robin’s nest.
(d)
Flowers.
2)
Why
do the branches of the tree look up?
(a)
They
are growing longer.
(b)
To
pray to god.
(c)
To
touch the sky.
(d)
As
they cannot look down.
1)
Where
does the little boy’s shadow go?
(a)
Up
and down with him.
(b)
In
and out with him.
(c)
Back
and forth with him.
(d)
Away
from him.
2)
How
do children grow compared to the shadow?
(a)
Children
grow taller.
(b)
Children
grow faster.
(c)
Children
grow less.
(d)
Children
grow slower.
Reader: Bhagiratha and the Story of
Ganga (TT)
1)
How
did the asuras attack the gods?
(a)
With
swords.
(b)
With
bow and arrows.
(c)
Attacked
the gods at night and hid in the ocean during the day.
(d)
Attacked
the gods during the day and hid in the caves at night.
2)
What
disturbed sage Kapila’s meditation?
(a)
Horses
galloping across his ashram.
(b)
A
group of monks passing by.
(c)
Hymns
and chants.
(d)
Clanging
of the swords near his ashram.
Q.VIII. Fill in the blanks by
choosing from the options given below.
Prose: Two Friends and a Lion (EE)
1)
Christian
looked at Ace and John, then came bounding towards them, he
_________
them and leapt into their arms.
(a)
licked
(b)
growled
at
(c)
hugged
(d)
pounced
on
2)
In
Kenya, Christian was the head of his new pride. He was completely _______.
(a)
proud
(b)
wild
(c)
timid
(d)
magnificent
Prose: The Little Boy
who saved the Town(EE)
1)
Hans’s heart sank. He was worried how much
bigger the _________ would become through the night.
(a)
pool
(b)
ditch
(c)
cavity
(d)
dike
2)
Hans
could barely open his eyes when his parents and the people from the
_________
found him.
(a)
island
(b)
village
(c)
town
(d)
city
Poem: Trees(EE)
1)
The
tree lives very ____________ with the rain.
(a)
comfortably
(b)
happily
(c)
intimately
(d)
sadly
2)
The
national tree of India is the ________ tree.
(a)
Banyan
(b)
mango
(c)
fir
(d)
Kapilavriksha
Poem:
My Shadow(EE)
1)
The
shadow jumps _________the boy when he jumps into his bed.
(a)
after
(b)
before
(c)
with
(d)
on
2)
The boy woke up early one morning and found
shining _____ on every buttercup.
(a)
gel
(b)
glitter
(c)
dew
(d)
ring
Reader: Bhagiratha and the Story of
Ganga (TT)
1)
Brahma was pleased with Bhagiratha’s devotion
and granted him the boon to bring Ganga down to _________.
(a)
the
sea
(c)
the
mountains
(d)
earth
2)
Ganga
flowed and purified the ashes of ______________ancestors.
(a) Sagara’s
(b) Bhagiratha’s
(c) Sage Jahnu’s
(d) Sage Kapila’s
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Q.IX.
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Match the columns.
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B
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1)
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The
story of
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Christian–the
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the shadow sticks close to him.
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friendly lion teaches us to
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2)
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The sea would simply rush in
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she flowed through his ashram and
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and wash away everything
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put out the fires of the yagna.
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3)
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Poems come
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from
people’s
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love, protect and respect animals.
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imagination but
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4)
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The little boy thinks his shadow
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if the dikes broke.
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is a coward and that is why
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5)
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Sage Jahnu was furious and
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trees are God’s creations.
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gulped down Ganga because
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Q.X
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Answer in one
sentence.
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Prose: Two Friends
and a Lion (EE)
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1)
(a)
Where was Christian moved to?
(b)
Who
were Mona and Lisa?
Prose: The Little Boy who saved the
Town (EE)
2)
(a)
Why did Hans go away when he first saw the hole in the dike?
(b)
Where did Hans live?
Poem: Trees (EE)
4)
(a)
With what does the poet compare the tree to?
(b)
In the poem, what is the root of the tree compared to?
Poem: My Shadow (EE)
5)
(a)
What is the shadow compared to when it shoots up taller?
(b)
Where
is the shadow when the boy gets up early in the morning?
Reader:
Bhagiratha and the Story of Ganga (TT)
6)
(c)
Why did the gods go to Vishnu?
(d)
Where
did Indra take the horse?
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