Q1.

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions:

Maya’s New Backpack

Maya was excited to start the new school year. She was excited to
see her friends again and to meet her new teacher. She was most
excited about using her new backpack. She sat down on the floor
with all of her new school stationery and her bright pink backpack.

First, Maya put her crayons in the backpack. She would use the
crayons to draw pictures for her new teacher, Mrs. Smith. Next,
she put her scissors in the backpack. She could use her black
scissors to cut out hearts for her best friend. Next, Maya put her
new princess pencils. She thought of all the stories she would write with them. Finally,
Maya put a bottle of glitter glue in her backpack. It would make everything she made
sparkle.

When she had everything put in its place, Maya carefully zipped up the backpack and put it
next to the door. She smiled as she thought of what a great year it would be.

1. What was Maya excited about?

2. What is the first thing Maya put in her new backpack?

3. What is the name of Maya’s new teacher?

4. What did Maya plan on using her scissors for?

5. Pick up three nouns, verbs and adjectives from the passage and fill in the
given columns:

Nouns Verbs Adjectives

Q2. Write the plurals of the given words using ‘s’ and ‘es’:

Words Plurals
bench

pencil

watch

clock

dish

fox

church

 Now make sentences using any three plurals:

Q3. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition by looking at the pictures:
 1. The umbrella is ________ the chair.

2. Jill is hiding ____________ the table.

3. The cat is _____________ the mouse and the dog.

4. Her book is ____________ my school bag.

5. The rabbit is _____________ the tree.

6. The ball is _______________ the box.

Q4. Change the verbs in the bracket into past tense:

1. They ______________ (live) in the city for two years.

2. She ______________ (see) a beautiful dress in the shop.

3. His father ___________ (take) him for a picnic.

4. The mother _____________ (wait) for her in the car.

5. The police ______________ (catch) the thief stealing.

6. The children ____________ (sing) the song in the assembly.

Q5. Write the synonyms of the words given in the bracket to fill in the
blanks:

1. I really feel __________ (ill) today.

2. We should wear __________ (tidy) clothes every day.

3. The child gave ____________ (right) answers in the class.

4. The exam was very ___________ (simple).

5. Susan was ____________ (afraid) of her father.

Q6. Write the suffixes (ly, ful) for the following words in the shapes given
below:

1. Colour

2. Loud

3. Grace

4. Neat

5. Cheer

Q7. Circle the proper nouns in the given sentences:

1. We will go to New York this summer.

2. She and I visited were absent on Monday.

3. The cricket match was held in Dubai.

4. Maryam likes to watch horror movies.

Q8. Punctuate the following sentences:

1. where did you hide my shoes

2. it is a sunny day outside

3. i bought chips juice sandwiches and biscuits for the party

4. wow what a lovely dress

5. she was sitting under the tree

6. do you know where she lives

7. oh i forgot my copy today

8. my favourite animals are lions giraffes and monkeys

Q9. Fill in the blanks using the correct verbs in the bracket:

1. She ________ chocolates daily after dinner. (eat, eats)

2. They ________ playing in the garden. (is, are)

3. I ________ helping my mother in the kitchen. (like, likes)

4. John __________ late for school today. (am, is)

5. Ali ___________ very hard in the exams. (works, work)

Q10. Add suitable prefixes (un / re) to the words given below:

write tie

friendly play

mix turn

Q11. Make questions for the following answers:

1. The fruit basket is on the table.

2. He is my father.
 3. Today is my birthday.

4. I am feeling better today.

Q12. Put in the missing speech marks in the following sentences:

1. We want to play today the children said.

2. The old man asked what time is it?

3. The teacher said who is talking?

4. What does she do? the mother asked.

5. Bill said I feel sick.

Q13. Underline the adjectives in the sentences below:

1. We had to wait in a long line.

2. They drove past the tall building.
3. The small fish swam away.

Q14. Write few lines about the

picture given below.