BISHOP COTTON BOYS’ SCHOOL: BANGALORE

FINAL EXAMINATION : MARCH 2018

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

STD : IV SEC: MARKS : 80

DATE : 19.03.2018 TIME : 1 ½ Hrs.
NAME : ROLL NO :
You will not be allowed to write during the first 10 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of the paper is the time allowed to write the answers.
The intended marks are given in brackets. [ ]
This paper contains 8 printed pages.
SECTION - A
I. Choose and fill in the blanks with the most suitable pronoun :- [5]
1. Lily asked __________________ (it / him) for another slice of pizza.
2. The artist will draw ________________ (it / she) from memory.
3. _____________ were late for school. ( I / they )
4. Kate watched _______________ play chess. ( their / them )
5. The car in the driveway is _________. ( them / ours )
II. Divide the following sentences into subject and predicate and write them
in the given column :- [5]
1. The U S President spoke to the American people.
2. The horse ran in the field.
3. Do your homework.
4. Amy and her brother were sick.
5. Brian played beautifully.
Sl. No. Subject Predicate
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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III. Fill in the blanks with is , am , are [2]
1. She ___________ my friend’s daughter.
2. You ___________ the most amazing person I have met.
3. I _______________ waiting for his reply.
4. Rohit and Sania _______________ close friends.
IV. Choose the correct verbs from the brackets to fill in the blanks:- [3]
1. Our classes _________________________ at 8: 30 am. [ begin/ begins ]
2. You __________________________ really well. [ cooks / cook ]
3. This film star _________________ the action scene fearlessly. [ do / does ]
4. Their fight _____________________ over in no time. [ gets / get ]
5. The doctors ___________________ the patient. [ checks / check ]
6. I ___________________ for a party in advance. [ plans / plan ]
V. Given below is a list of nouns. Separate them according to their gender
and write them in the given columns. [3]
actress television cousin monk judge bus

Masculine gender Feminine gender Common gender Neuter gender

VI. Change the nouns in the sentences to their opposite gender and rewrite
the sentences :- [2]
1. The lady in the photograph is my grandmother.
Ans. _____________________________________________________________
2. My uncle and niece came to visit me.
Ans. _____________________________________________________________
VII. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verbs given in the
brackets:- [5]
1. The sweeper _________________________ the floor every day. (sweep)
2. The quilt ________________________ me warm during the night. ( keep)
3. He looks sleepy as he ____________________ late last night. (sleep)

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 4. The team ________________________ for Australia next month. ( leave)
5. Last week Rahul ____________________ school only for a day as he was
unwell. (attend)
VIII. Choose the correct homophone to fill in the blanks :- [5]
1. We will leave for our field trip in an ___________________. ( our / hour)
2. ___________________ you please help me to carry this? ( wood / would)
3. I left my toy _________________ the door. ( buy / by / bye )
4. I can’t _________________ a word of what you are saying. ( here / hear)
5. Let’s go ________________ the tunnel on our bicycle. ( throw / through)
IX. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions :- [5]
1. This is a comfortable house to live _________________. [ on / in ]
2. The new term begins ____________________ 1st June. [ from / in ]
3. He poured the tea _____________________ the mug. [ by / into ]
4. We walked _________________ the stairs. [ up / through ]
5. I have piano classes _____________________ 5 o’clock. [ at / into ]
X. Pick out the adverbs from the following sentences and write its kind in
the place provided :- [5]
1. The old woman walked slowly.
Adverb - _________________________________
Kind of Adverb - _______________________________________
2. She travelled everywhere.
Adverb - _________________________________
Kind of Adverb - ________________________________________
3. Hari will come tomorrow.
Adverb - _______________________________
Kind of Adverb -_________________________________________
4. Dia acted wisely in that situation.
Adverb - _______________________________
Kind of Adverb - ________________________________________
5. Come and sit here.
Adverb - _______________________________
Kind of Adverb - ________________________________________

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XI. Choose the correct conjunction from the bracket to join the following
pairs of sentences. [3]
1. I like him. He is very sincere. ( or /because )
Ans. _______________________________________________________________
2. He did not win. He worked hard. ( though / if )
Ans. _______________________________________________________________
3. You must start at once. You will be late. ( or / because)
Ans. _______________________________________________________________

XII. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct conjunction from the brackets:- [2]
1. I wanted to study French, ___________ I joined a French Academy.
(as, so, before)
2. Don’t watch T.V _______________ you complete your homework.
(after, until, because)
3. He arrived late at the station _____________________ he missed the train.
(therefore, when, or)
4. Ravi is careless ___________________ he is brilliant. (as, or, but)

SECTION – B
I. Read the following passage carefully: -
MOUSE MADNESS
The tunnel was dark, but Marty knew his way through it. He used his
powerful nose to find the passage out. It smelled like his favourite food: cheese!
When he got to the edge of the passage, Marty paused. His mother had
lectured him enough about dashing into the open without looking. It was dangerous.
The zookeepers might bring in pest controller to shoo them out of their homes.
There could be hawks around, ready to grab them. He had to be careful.
He watched and then slowly, carefully, silently he crept out a little further. He
could see the nachos and cheese under the bench, where someone had carelessly left
it. Jackpot! He thought. He immediately ran to the nachos.
They smelled delicious. He would have liked to bring some back to his
family, but they were too big for a mouse to carry. Marty took a bite. Mmmmmm!
Just as he was about to take another bite, he saw a movement from the corner of his
eye. Oh no! A hawk!

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 Marty ran as fast as he could back to the tunnel. He was almost there, when
he was suddenly lifted off the ground. Up they went, higher and higher. Marty was
terrified. The view of the zoo was fantastic, but Marty was too scared to appreciate
it. Marty knew he had to do something or he was going to be the hawk’s lunch!
Think, think, THINK! He said to himself. The hawk’s claws were close to his
face, so he took a deep breath, and bit the hawk! The hawk felt the pain, but didn’t
let go. Marty did it again, as hard as he possibly could!
Then, he was falling. Marty didn’t even have a chance to think about anything
but the feeling of falling, until, THUMP! He bounced off an umbrella and landed
softly in the dirt. For a while, Marty stayed still. He could not believe that he was
still alive. Finally, his breathing started to slow. Marty stood up, and made his way
to the closest tunnel. He was ready to go home. That was enough of an adventure for
one day!
A. Answer the following questions :- [4]
1. How did Marty find his way through the tunnel?
Ans. _______________________________________________________________
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2. Who could the zoo keepers bring in, to shoo the mice away?
Ans. _______________________________________________________________
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3. What did Marty find under the bench?
Ans. _______________________________________________________________

4. Which part of the hawk was bitten by Marty?

Ans. _______________________________________________________________
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B. Find words from the passage which mean the same as following :- [4]
1. an underground passage - _______________________
2. to drive away a cat or dog by saying something - _____________________
3. scared - ____________________________
4. a place where animals are kept in cages - _____________________________

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C. Find words from the passage which mean the opposite of the following :–
[4]
1. safe X _____________________________
2. carefully X _____________________________
3. release X _____________________________
4. tasteless X _____________________________
D. Fill in the blanks: – [2]
1. Marty’s favourite food was ____________________________.
2. Marty could not bring back nachos for his family because_____________
___________________________________________________________
E. Make sentence - [1]
Fantastic - ___________________________________________________________

II. Letter writing [10]

Write a letter to your best friend, Rajeev, inviting him to your birthday party, which
you are celebrating at Mac. Donald.
Mention about the other friends who are attending the party, the games, the return
gift, the food items, the cake and any other special item planned.
OR
Write a letter to your mother inviting her to attend the ‘Sports Day Function’ in your
school.
Mention about the date, the chief guest, the events, the chosen best sportsman, the
winning house, the drill, march past and any other event.
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III. COMPOSITION [10]

Write a composition on the topic ‘My Grand parents’
OR
Write a composition on the topic ‘The Person I admire the Most’
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