Pakistan International School Jeddah- English Section

Year 4 - English
2021-2022

Name: ______________________ Class: _________ Date: _______________

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Dear Parents,
Revision and practice in English are essential to enhance students’
language skills to the required standard by Cambridge. Kindly
encourage your child to complete the homework independently
during the summer holidays.
Please note that students are required to submit the hard copy of homework
pack on the first day of the school to their respective Homerooms.
the school to their respective Homerooms.

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 Week 1
Comprehension

Task 1: Practice Sheet 1

Text A, Part 1

Koalas
The koala is native to Australia. They are found in eucalyptus forests and
woodlands. Wild koalas are found in the eastern states of Queensland, New South
Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Koalas are often incorrectly called ‘koala
bears’. They are actually marsupials, which means they carry their young in a
pouch. A baby koala is called a joey. Joeys are born blind and earless. They 5
resemble a pink jelly bean. After giving birth, a female koala carries her baby in
her pouch for about six months.
The joey is a fully-grown koala by about four years old. On average, koalas live
to ten or twelve years of age. Koalas have a thick coat of woolly, grey fur with a
cream-coloured chest. They have a wide, rounded nose; small yellow eyes and 10
large, fluffy ears. Koalas have sharp claws which they use to help them climb
trees.

Text A, Part 2

They have five digits (fingers) on each front paw, with two of them acting like
thumbs. This helps them to hold firmly on to the branches and to grip their food.
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survive on a diet of eucalyptus leaves. Koalas do not need to consume much
water. Instead, they get most of their moisture from eating eucalyptus leaves.

Deforestation occurs when a wide range of trees are cleared or destroyed. The
eucalyptus forests and woodlands of Australia’s east coast are disappearing
quickly. Around 80% of koala habitat has already been cleared construction of 20
human homes. Drought and forest fires have also resulted in the loss of the
koala’s natural habitat.

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Text B

A bulb is a blob of plant food from which a plant can grow.

They look a bit like an onion, but make sure you don’t eat one, it would give you a very
poorly tummy!
Why not have a go at planting your own bulb?

How to plant a bulb

You will need…

• a bulb
• soil
• plant pot
• a trowel or little gardening fork
• a watering can
• water

Instructions:

Ask an adult to help you with Steps 1 and 4.

1. Preparing your plant pot

Fill the plant pot about half full of soil. If you are planting outside, use your trowel
to dig a little hole. Different bulbs need to be planted at different depths, as ask a
grown up to help you work out how deep your hole should be.

2. Placing bulb in the pot

Put a little hole about the size of your bulb in the soil and then gently put the
bulb in the hole. Then cover the bulb with soil and lightly pat it down.

3. Watering the pot

Give it a finishing touch by watering the area around the soil.

4. Caring for your bulb

Looking after bulb is very easy. All they need is water, air, and sunlight.
You need to spray them lightly with water. (A grown up can tell you how
often to do this.)

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 Section A: Reading
Spend 30 minutes on this section.
Read Text A, part 1 and answer questions 1–3.

1 What is the purpose of Text A? Tick √ one box.

to amuse

to inform

to instruct

2. Look at lines 5–10.

(a) Which Australian states are koalas found naturally in the wild?

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(b) What is a marsupial? What other animals are also marsupials?

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(c) Describe the appearance of a koala? Include at least three features of the koala.

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(d) Look at this sentence:

The joey is a fully-grown koala by about four years old.
What type of sentence is this? Tick (√) one box.

simple
compound
conditional

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3. Look at lines 9–12.
Which word means ‘adult’?
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Now read Text A, part 2 and answer questions 4–8.

4. Look at lines 13–17.

(a) The end of Text A, part 1 links to the information in Text A, part 2.
Explain how the information is linked.

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(b) Koalas have five digits on each paw. Two of the digits act like thumbs. What do these help
them with?

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(c)Which word tells us to hold something with power and strength? Tick () one box.

quietly

firmly

suddenly

successful

5(a). What did you find most interesting about the koala?

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(b). Underline the noun phrase in the sentence given below.

The eucalyptus forests are disappearing quickly.

6(a). Complete the table by summarising the information in the text.

Example from the text

Name:
Brief description: eats plants

Example: Koalas

6(b). The information is organised in a way that makes it easy to read. How is the information
organised?
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7. Why do koalas not consume much water?

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8. What are the two main factors which cause the loss of eucalyptus forest and woodlands?

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Now read Text B and answer questions 10–14.

10. The writer organises Text B so that it is easy to read. Describe three ways the writer
organises the text.

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11. How do you make sure about the depth of the hole for planting a bulb?

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9. Give one two-word phrase that means ‘final action’.

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10. Look at step 1 of the Instructions (Preparing your plant pot).

Give one example of:

a noun ______________________________

a pronoun____________________________

a verb _______________________________

an adjective___________________________

11. What do you have to do regularly to take care of your plant bulb?

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 Section B: Writing
Task 2:
Spend 30 minutes on this section.

12 Write instructions explaining something that you know about.

Your instructions could be about:
• a different plant from the one in the text

Planning:
Spend up to five minutes making notes to plan your writing.
Space for your planning:

Write your instructions on the next page.

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 Week 2
Task 1:

Search some interesting words from your favourite story book and
list them down below.

Task 2:
Adjectives are words that describe a noun and adverbs are the
words that describe verbs. Solve the quiz in the link shared
below to check your grammar.

Refer to the link given below

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/60b6151c08a85a001b549832

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Task 3:
Use any four interesting words in sentences of your own that you
have found in your favourite story book and write them below.

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Task 1: Week 3

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Task 3:

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 Task 1: Week 4 Comprehension
Text A Practice Sheet 2
A Boy Who Cried Wolf

There once was a boy named John who kept watch over the village sheep. He would often
become bored and to amuse himself, he would call out, “Wolf! Wolf!” although there was
no wolf about.

The villagers would stop what they were doing and would run to save the sheep from the
wolf. Once they arrived at the pasture, the boy just laughed wickedly, “Ha! Ha! Ha! What 5
a fool I have made of all of you!” The naughty boy played this joke over and over until the
villagers grew tired of him.

One day while the boy was watching the sheep, an actual wolf did come into the field. The
boy cried, “Help! Help! Is anybody there?” No one came. The wolf had a feast of sheep
that day and the notorious boy learned his lesson well.
Text B, Part 1

A Boy Who Cried Wolf

Character list: John, Villager 1, Villager 2, Other villagers, City people, Man 1, Man 2

Scene 1: John taking sheep to pasture lands.

Narrator: One evening, John took the sheep for grazing to the wide pasture.

John: Wolf! Wolf! (shouts loudly).

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Villager 2: (points finger) I think the voice is coming from those pasture lands!

Other villagers: (worriedly) If we get in time, someone may be saved! Let’s

go fast!

Narrator: They all ran hurriedly toward the pasture lands.

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Narrator: The villagers all went back angry and disappointed.

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Text B, Part 2

Scene 2: In the city.

Narrator: When John’s tricks did not work in the village, he went to city to fool city people.
He would play the same wicked tricks in the city.

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City people: (worriedly) Oh my! Please save the little boy.

John: Ha-Ha-Ha! I made you people fool too! I’m progressing at this!

Narrator: By this time city people understood his vile acts. They installed a camera near to
see if John was lying. Whenever John would lie, city people would have a look at
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one day a real wolf came.

John: Help! Help! There’s a wolf! There, really, is a wolf!

Man 1: (shrugs) Ha! The young man is trying to fool us again!

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Narrator: All of them rushed toward John and managed to save him and the sheep.

John: Thank you! Thank you, everyone for saving me and my sheep! And sorry, I will never
lie again!

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 Section A: Reading
Spend 30 minutes on this section.
Read Text A, and answer questions 1–5.

1. Where does the story in Text A take place? Tick √ one box.

in a city

in a town

in a forest

in a village

2. Give two words that describe John.

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3. Read the sentences below and name the sentence type.

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2. No one came. _____________________

4. Why would John usually cry out “Wolf! Wolf!” ?

to amuse himself

because the wolf would really be there

to scare the sheep

5. What is the moral of the story?

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Now read Text B, part 1 and answer questions 6–9.

6.
(a) Give one word which tells that John’s act was evil.

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(b) Give one noun phrase that tells about the pasture lands.

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7.
(a) Look at lines 5–10. Dialogue in a play is written differently from dialogue in a story.
Give three features that tell us that these lines are from a play.

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(b) Give one stage direction that show someone is showing direction.

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8. Why did the villagers go back disappointed?

They could not find the boy.

All the sheep were already eaten by the wolf.

The boy made them a fool.

9. Give one example of a conditional sentence.

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Now read Text B, part 2, and answer questions 10–15.

10. Give one word which means the same as getting better at something.

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11. Look at lines 20–25.

(a) Which tense (past, present or future) does the narrator use.

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(b) Which tense (past, present or future) is the stage direction in?

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12. Look at lines 15-22.

How do the city people find out if John was lying or not?

They used a lie detector

They installed camera.

They had a detective spying on John.

13. Look at Text B, parts 1 and 2. Why is there a change from scene one to scene two?
Tick √ one box.
To introduce a change of

place

character

time

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14. Look at Text B, parts 1 and 2.
Circle one adjective that can be used to describe city people.
 careless
 intelligent
 honest

15. Why do you think the writer chooses to change the end of the story in the modern play?
Tick √ one box.

The writer wants to make the story

more descriptive

more exciting

more positive

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 Task 2: Section B: Writing
Spend 30 minutes on this section.
16. Write a modern version of playscript if John was a thief and would call out “Wolf! Wolf!”
to divert city people and steal their money from behind.

• Characters John, city people, ________, _________

• Setting In a city

• Plot What happens at the end?

What happens to the characters?
Does the story have a moral?

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 Week 5

Q.1 Verbs are action words. Can you circle the verbs in the box below?

Walking Chair Busy

Remember Flew

asleep Laugh books

Q.2 Fill in the blanks with appropriate suffixes.

 Tom was and broke his toy car.

careful careless

 We baked a cake and the recipe was .

helpless helpful

 The journey was too long. Indeed, it was .

tiring tired

 One must be about each step he takes in life.

mindless mindful

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Q.3 Copy this passage replacing the underlined verbs with more powerful ones. Some
have been suggested for you, but try to think of at least 5 of your own.

Once upon a time, there lived a little girl called Goldilocks. One day, Goldilocks was walking in
the forest and found a house. She knocked on the door, and when nobody answered, she decided
to go inside. At the table there were three bowls of porridge. Goldilocks was hungry. She tried
the porridge from the large bowl. “This porridge is too salty!” she said. She tried the porridge
from the medium bowl. “This porridge is too sweet!” she said. She tried the porridge from the
small bowl. “This porridge is just right!” she said and ate it all up. Goldilocks felt tired, she
walked into the room and saw three chairs. She sat on the large chair to rest her feet. “This chair
is too big!” she said.
Strolling wandering exclaimed upon slipped gulped sneak
creep spotted hammered discovered gobbled sighed
slurped sipped stumbled

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Q.4 Re-write the sentences using speech marks.

Remember! Speech
marks (“) are used at the
beginning and end of a
1. Wait, Tom! Shouted his mother. dialogue!

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2. Help is on the way! Alex exclaimed.

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Q.5 Can you spot and underline the noun phrases in the following sentences?

Example: Today was

Noun phrase= article + adjective(s) + noun such a pleasant day
as it rained today.

1. We must all ensure a clean environment by using sanitizers.

2. I had to wash all the dirty dishes till late yesterday.
3. My mother bought me a beautiful, white dress for my birthday.
4. The chocolate cake was enjoyed by everyone last night.
5. I am going to watch an amazing movie tonight.

Q.6 Fill in the blanks with past tenses using irregular verbs:

Irregular verbs are those verbs that do not end

with –ed
when changed into their past tense form.
1. I (forget) ________E.g.toeattell you about my meeting.
> ate
2. There was no chair so I (sit)________on the floor.
3. I (think)___________of calling you yesterday.
4. Sarah (go)__________ to school two days back.
5. My mother (tell)__________ me to sleep early last night.
6. We (catch)______________ a lot of fish when we went for fishing.

Q.7 Make the following contractions using apostrophe (‘).

Contractions are a shorter way of writing two words.
Example: Does+ not= doesn’t

1.

2.

3.

4.

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Q.8 Identify the adverbs in the sentences.
We use adverbs to describe verbs.
Example: We must work quickly to finish in time.

verb adverb

1. Her mother sang to her and she drifted off to sleep quietly.
2. His father shouted furiously as he was not studying.
3. The student directly asked the question to teacher.
4. As soon as she saw her birthday present, she started jumping excitedly.
5. The old man down the street disappeared mysteriously.
6. Birds flew gracefully above the lake.

Q.9 Match and complete the following conditional sentences:

Example:
1. If it rains tomorrow, I will not attend school.
2. I will not talk to you if you misbehave.

1. Plants may die_____________ if you drive too fast.

2. ____________ ,you may fail the exam. If you sit too closely to television,

3. _______________your eye sight may if they do not get the required amount of
get affected. sunlight.

4. You may experience an If you do not study hard now

accident_________________

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Task 1: Week 6

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Write how you spent your time during the lockdown due to Corona virus with neat
handwriting and correct formation of the letter.

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Task 2:

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