CBSE

Class 4 English (FA-2)Set-B

Session 2016-2017

• This question paper has 8 questions .

• Write answers neatly and legibly.

Section A - Reading

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time, there lived a poor brahmin without any friends or relatives. He was a
miser and begged money for a living. One day, he received a pot full of porridge by a
generous person. He hung the earthen pot from the wall and fell asleep staring at it. He
drifted into deep sleep and dreamt that there was a famine, and that he exchanged his pot of
porridge for a hundred gold coins. He dreamt that he bought a pair of goats and cows with
the money, and made more money by trading milk. He also dreamt that a rich merchant
offered his daughter’s hand in marriage and that he had a kid. He was relaxing at home
when a group of kids disturbed him. Imagining that he was scaring them away with a stick,
he picked up the nearby stick in his sleep and started waving it around.The brahmin woke
up suddenly, feeling the porridge on his hands and feet. He realised that he had destroyed
the only food he had for the day and repented his actions.
a. What did the poor brahmin do for his living? [2]
_________________________________

b. What did he buy with hundred gold coins? [2]

_______________________________

c. What happened in the end? [1]

_________________________________

d. Pick out the words from the passage that mean opposite to the following words. [1]
i. enemy: _________________
ii. far away: ________________

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 Section B - Writing

2. Develop the story from the given outlines. [5]

Tinni loves pets – dad bring home a puppy – Tinni calls it Tommy – but the puppy is not
friendly –
Tinni tries hard – but the puppy stays away – she got the idea – Tinni gives a bone to puppy –
it becomes happy – they both become friends.

Section C – Grammar

3. Fill in the following blanks with the suitable personal or reflexive pronouns. [3 ]
a. My name is Maria. __________ love to paint.
b. Have _____________ been to the Qutub Minar? Page 2 of 3
c. I sharpened the pencil _____________________.0
d. The band members call ______________ ‘Shore Shines’.
e. Can __________ call Tarun? My phone is not working.

f. Football is for everyone. __________ is a popular game.

4. Fill in the blanks with the suitable verbs.[ 3]

a. We ________________ books in the library.
b. The students __________________ school at 7:45 a.m.
c. Don’t ________________ my room without my permission.

Section D – Literature

5. Answer the following questions.

a. From which age, Abe started helping his family and how? [2 ]
b. What was the third riddle? [2]

6. Who said the following and to whom? [1]

a. “It sounded like a baby crying__

7. Complete the following sentence. [1 ]

a. People bid a sad farewell to their old relatives because

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8. Write the meaning of the following words.[ 2]
a. creek: ______________
b. prosperous: ______________

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