DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL C L ASS: IV
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Monday. August 14. 2017
SESSION: 2017-18 MAX. MARKS: 30
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General Instructions
Section --- A Reading 6 marks
Section --- B Writing 9 marks
Section --- C Grammar 6 marks
Section --- D Literature 9 marks
i) All the questions are compulsory.
ii) You may attempt any section at a time.
iii) All questions of that particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
SECTION – A
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
The Woodcutter’s Watch
In a forest far away, lived many animals. Tiger believed he was the king of the forest so
he shook the forest with a roar occasionally. Elephant would trumpet noisily while
Hyena would laugh in a screeching voice. Monkey would chatter nonstop and jump
around all day.
One day, just when the sun was about to set, a loud cry went around. ‘Where’s my
watch?’ howled Monkey. ‘Since when have you started wearing a watch?’ asked
Elephant. ‘Since he stole it from the woodcutter’s house at the edge of the forest,’
laughed Hyena, adding, ’Stealing things doesn’t do any good, Monkey, just in case
you didn’t know!’
Monkey was upset. ‘Finders are keepers which means that whoever finds a thing can keep it,’ he
argued with tears rolling down his plump cheeks. Seeing their friend so sad, the others dropped
whatever they were doing and began to search for the watch but it just couldn’t be found. Finally
at sunset, the search was called off and the exhausted animals went off to sleep.
A surprise awaited Monkey the next morning. Owl sat on the branch next to him
dangling the watch from his right wing. ‘Yippeee! Give me my watch,’ yelled
Monkey and extended his paw for it happily. ‘Really?’ said Owl. ‘Did you not tell
us yesterday that finders are keepers? I found the watch. So it’s mine!’ The other
animals nodded in agreement and Monkey looked worried.
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‘Let me return the watch to you,’ said Owl, ‘because finders are not keepers. If I were you
Monkey, I would go back to the woodcutter’s house and put it back from where I stole it. Monkey
smiled and went to return the watch while everyone cheered for Owl! ‘Finders are not keepers,’
they shouted together.
Based on your reading and understanding of the passage, fill up the blanks with the correct
words from the passage and write the answers in your answer sheet: [1x4=4]
i. Monkey had stolen the watch from the ______________ house.
ii. The animal which laughed in a loud screeching voice was ___________.
iii. The search for the watch was called off at ___________.
iv. The next morning a ________ was waiting for Monkey.
v. Match the following: [½x4=2]
(1) Elephant’s (a) watch
(2) forest’s king (b) trumpet
(3) woodcutter’s (c) Owl
(4) everyone cheered for (d) tiger
SECTION – B
2. You are Mohit/Mohini and you live in House No. 442, Park Street, Nagpur. Write a letter
(in about 100 to 120 words) to your friend telling him/her about the benefits of eating fresh
fruits and green vegetables. You may take hints from the idea box given below: [6]
Idea Box:
good for our health
good for our eye-sight
give us energy
source of vitamins and iron
3. Plants and trees are needed on planet Earth if we have to
survive. Design a poster encouraging the children to plant more
and more trees. Draw an attractive picture and write a suitable
slogan. [3]
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SECTION – C
4. Find suitable anagrams from the box and fill in the blanks: [½x4=2]
eat earth lime war
My grandmother is a (a) ________ patient. She avoids fried food. My father loves to drink
green (b) ________. My mother’s dietician has advised her to eat more of (c) _______
vegetables and also to walk a (d) ______ everyday in the morning.
5. Fill in the blanks using the appropriate conjunction from the box: [½x4=2]
because so and but
In the middle of a lush green forest was a large pond (a) _______ in that pond
lived a huge crocodile. Sometimes he floated lazily in the water of the pond,
(b) _______ most of the time he rested for hours together with his mouth wide
open. Then, one year the rains failed. The pond in which the crocodile lived
dried up too. Therefore, the crocodile did not like to rest with his mouth open
on the banks anymore just (c) _______ the sight of dried up pond made him
feel sad (d) ______ he thought of sleeping till the rains came back!
6. Fill in the blanks with the expanded form of the contractions given in the help box:
[½x4=2]
won’t couldn’t mustn’t don’t
Sita (a) ______ qualify for the quiz even though she had prepared well for it.
When I went over to her house, she sadly said, ‘I (b) __________ take part in
any activity ever again! I am a total failure and I (c) _______ want my friends to
laugh at me.’ I comforted her and said, ‘You (d) _______ think like that Sita!
Failures are a part of life.’ By the end of the evening, Sita got the point and was
smiling again!
SECTION – D
7. Fill in the blanks with the correct answers: [½x6=3]
i. A _______ is a crown that a princess wears on her head.
ii. Melanion prayed to ___________, who was the goddess of beauty.
iii. Small Rabbit was tired of eating carrots and wanted to eat _______.
iv. The bike that the sister picked for her brother was pink and _________.
v. Atalanta lived in the town of __________ in Greece.
vi. The _______ gave Small Rabbit the advice that he should peel the banana before eating it.
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8. Answer any three of the following questions in 20 to 30 words each: [2x3=6]
i. What did Melanion get in return to his prayers and what did the goddess
tell him to do with them?
ii. What was Peacock eating when Small Rabbit met him? What was the
correct way of eating it?
iii. Write any two things which the sister bought for her brother. Why did she
buy those things for him?
iv. In the end why did Small Rabbit agree to eat even a left over carrot from
dinner?
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Disclaimer: The uploaded Question paper must be treated only as a sample T ERM AS SESS MENT – 2
particularly for rubrics, as syllabus pertaining to each class and particular
exam may differ for Current session. Please refer to the CDLO for the SU BJEC T : ENG L ISH
required syllabus for this session.
Friday. November 24. 2017
SESSION: 2017-18 MAX. MARKS: 50
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General Instructions:
i) This paper consists of four sections:
Section ---A Reading 12 marks
Section ---B Writing 12 marks
Section ---C Grammar 13 marks
Section --D Literature 13 marks
ii) Attempt all the questions.
iii) Do not write anything on the question paper.
iv) All the questions must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and written in the
answer sheet provided to you.
v) Attempt all the questions in each section.
vi) Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.
vii) Strictly adhere to the word limit given in the questions.
SECTION – A
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The Proud Swans
In a far away kingdom, there was a river and many swans with golden
feathers spent most of their time on the banks of the river. Every six months,
the swans would leave a golden feather as a fee for using the river. The
soldiers would collect the feathers and deposit them in the royal treasury.
One day, a homeless bird saw the river. “The water in this river seems so cool.
I will make my home here," thought the bird. As soon as the bird settled down near the river, the
golden swans noticed her. They came shouting and said to the bird, “This river belongs to us. We
pay a golden feather to the King to use this river so you cannot live here."
“I am homeless. I too will pay the rent so please give me shelter," the bird pleaded. “How will you
pay the rent? You do not have golden feathers," said the swans laughing. The humble bird
pleaded many times. But the arrogant and proud swans drove the bird away.
She went to the King and said, “O King! The swans in your river are very
arrogant. I begged for shelter but they said that they had purchased the river
with their golden feathers and wouldn’t let anyone else stay there."
The King was angry with the arrogant swans. All the golden swans were
brought to the King’s court. “Do you think the royal treasury depends upon
your golden feathers? You cannot decide who will live by the river. It belongs to all the animals
and birds of the kingdom. You do not own it. Leave the river at once or you all will be killed!"
shouted the King.
They flew away never to return. The helpful bird built her home near the river and offered shelter
to all the homeless birds which came there.
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Based on your reading and understanding of the passage, fill in the blanks with the correct
words from the passage and write the answers in your answer sheet: [1x4=4]
i. The swans left a _________ feather as a fee for using the river.
ii. The two qualities that best describe the bird are _____and _______.
iii. The _______ and _________ swans drove the bird away.
iv. The soldiers deposited the golden feathers in the royal ________.
v. Match the following: [½x4=2]
1. angry a. bird
2. golden b. swans
3. homeless c. King
4. proud d. feather
2. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison,
the most unusual boy,
never really bothered much
with any childish toy.
His teacher thought that he couldn’t learn,
and sent him home from school,
but Tommy’s mother knew for sure,
he wasn’t any fool.
He worked as a newsboy on a train,
and learnt to telegraph,
the way he concentrated,
made some people laugh.
Thomas Alva Edison
had inventions by the score
in his laboratory,
he kept inventing more.
The phonograph, electric light,
with fuses and sockets too,
a super storage battery and movies are a few.
If not for Mr. Edison,
how dull our lives would be!
We might not have the radio,
the X-ray or TV to see!
Based on your reading and understanding of the poem, fill in the blanks and write the answers
in your answer sheet: [1x4=4]
i. Tommy’s mother was ________ that he was not a fool.
ii. Thomas was not a ___________ boy.
iii. The two things that Thomas invented are ________ and __________.
iv. Without Edison’s inventions our lives would have been __________.
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v. Match the following: [½x4=2]
(1) Tommy’s teacher (a) with fuses and sockets
(2) He made inventions (b) on a train
(3) When he concentrated (c) sent him home
(4) Newsboy (d) people laughed
SECTION – B
3. You recently celebrated Teachers’ Day in your school. Write a letter [in
100 to 120 words] to your friend telling him/her about the things you
did on that day to make your teachers feel special. You are Raina/Rai
and you live in Flat No. 46, River Valley Society, Nagpur. [7]
4. Diwali is a festival of lights. Write a paragraph [in
about 80 to 90 words] on the topic ‘How I celebrated
Diwali.’ You may use the clues from the idea box. [5]
Idea Box
made rangolis_bought sweets_decorated the house
helped the needy and poor_got gifts and new clothes
SECTION – C
5. Fill in the blanks by changing the nouns in the brackets into plural forms: [½x6=3]
My mother loves to eat cornflakes so she bought many (a) _______ [box] from
the market. Whenever I am hungry I boil a few (b) _______ [potato] and eat
them. I garnish them with a few coriander (c) ______ [leaf] and lemon juice.
For my dessert I love to eat chopped (d) _______ [mango]. Once I left my plate
on the table and it was covered with (e) _____ [fly]. After that day I have
started keeping my dessert in the (f) _______ [dish] which have lids on them.
6. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box: [½x6=3]
something anywhere someone somewhere nothing everybody
‘I am sure I kept my keys (a) ______ in this room but now I can’t find them
(b) ____,’ cried Nisha. ‘Calm down! There’s (c) ______ to worry about because
(d) ______ knows how forgetful you are about your things,’ said her mother.
‘Did (e) _______ take them by mistake?’ asked Nisha. ‘There is (f) _____ lying
under the bed! I am sure those are your keys,’ laughed her brother.
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7. Fill in the blanks with the correct collective nouns given in the box: [½x6=3]
crew swarm litter flight clump set
As we were climbing up the (a) ____ of stairs to go to my aunt’s house near the
sea, a sailor came running up to us. He said that his friends and he had found
a (b) ____ of puppies under a (c) _____ of trees. The poor puppies were trying
to save themselves from a (d) _____ of bees that had attacked them. We quickly
took out a hammer and net from my aunt’s (e) _____ of tools and ran behind
the (f) _____ of sailors to save the puppies from the bees!
8. Choose the correct words from the help box and fill in the blanks: [½x8=4]
gymnasium architect fiction jockey mechanic florist journalist widower
My Uncle Deepak is a writer who is famous for his (a) _______ stories. He lives with us
because he is a (b) ______ as his wife died many years ago. My father was very good at
repairing machines but he couldn’t become a (c) _______ because my grandfather wanted
him to write articles for newspapers. My father is now a famous (d) _______ and his articles
get printed very often. My sister loves to ride horses so we all say that one day she will
become a (e) _______. My mother is a (f) ____ and runs her own business of supplying fresh
flowers. Both my parents are very fit because they exercise regularly at the nearby (g) ____.
When I grow up, I want to be an (h) _____ because my dream is to design various houses.
SECTION – D
9. Read the given lines and answer the questions in one sentence each: [1x3=3]
It’s time to feed the chickens. But the chickens give him a bad time as
they jump and scramble all over him for food.
i. What is the name of the unit?
ii. Who is him in these lines?
iii. Why did the chickens jump and scramble all over him?
10. Fill in the blanks with the correct answers: [½x8=4]
i. The sister selected a ______which a princess wears, to gift to her brother.
ii. Dinosaurs became _____ because they could not adjust to the new weather
conditions.
iii. In the poem, ‘The Champa Flower,’ after her bath, the mother goes to the little court
to say her _____.
iv. A skirt worn by a ballet dancer is called a ______.
v. A snake is as round as a hole in the _________.
vi. Most of the dinosaurs were plant eaters though a few like the _____ ate
meat.
vii. I should slyly open my petals and watch you at your work. The word
slyly means ______.
viii. When the little girl will become a pilot, she will wear ________ goggles.
11. Answer any three of the following questions in about 20 to 30 words each: [2x3=6]
i. Dinosaurs died out suddenly millions of years ago. How did the
dinosaurs get extinct?
ii. In the poem ‘The Champa Flower,’ when in the evening the mother will
go to the cowshed, what will the boy do at that time?
iii. In the poem, ‘The Plaint of the Camel,’ the Camel is complaining about
so many things. Write any two things he is not happy with.
iv. Who was Amelia Earhart and what will the little girl do to make her
proud?
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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE: 4308
Disclaimer: The uploaded Question paper must be treated only as a sample ANNUAL EXAMINATION
particularly for rubrics, as syllabus pertaining to each class and particular
exam may differ for Current session. Please refer to the CDLO for the SUBJECT: ENGL ISH
required syllabus for this session.
Thursday. March 08. 2018
NAME OF THE STUDENT: ____________________________________CLASS/SEC.__________
NAME OF THE INVIGILATOR: ________________________________SIGNATURE: ________
SESSION: 2017-18 MAX. MARKS: 70
General Instructions:
Section --- A Reading 16 marks
Section --- B Writing 18 marks
Section --- C Grammar 18 marks
Section --- D Literature 18 marks
i) All the questions are compulsory.
ii) You may attempt any section at a time.
iii) All questions of that particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
SECTION – A
1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
The Foolish Jackal
Sher Singh the lion was the ruler of a forest and all the animals
respected him. One day, a jackal approached him and said, “Your
Majesty, even though you are a king, you have no attendants to wait
upon you so I have come to offer my services. I hope you will make
me your humble servant.”
Sher Singh agreed to take him into his service. He said, “All right, if
you really desire to serve me, you may live in my cave. Your duty will be to look for an animal
that I can hunt. If you see any suitable prey, you should inform me and I will then hunt the animal
and eat its flesh. The left over will be yours”. The jackal accepted the offer and promised to
perform his duties well.
From that day onwards, he had a good life. Every day, he would go out of the cave and look for
some animal. If he spotted one, he would tell his master, who would then kill the animal and eat a
major portion of its flesh. The jackal would eat the leftovers but he was happy because he got his
food without having to toil for it.
Months passed and the jackal grew fat and strong. He started comparing his strength to the lion
and felt that he should lead an independent life. So, he said, “Your Majesty, I have sincerely
served you all these months but now I feel that I should hunt for my own food. Therefore, I have
come here to seek your permission to leave your service.”
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The lion realized that his servant had become arrogant. He said, “My dear fellow, I have an even
better idea! Let us change positions. You can just sit and relax whereas I will go out looking for an
animal. You can then kill the animal and eat your share. I will eat the leftovers.” The jackal
thought it was an excellent plan.
Next day, the lion sighted an elephant and came running to the jackal. He said, “Sir, please kill it
so that you and I can feast on it.”The jackal went out and proudly climbed up a rock. From that
height, he jumped onto the sleeping elephant. The elephant woke up and got really angry at being
disturbed. The elephant kicked the jackal far away into the air. Poor jackal! He lost his life due to
his own foolishness!
Based on your reading and understanding of the passage, fill in the blanks with the correct
words from the passage: [1x6=6]
i. The lion had no _______ even though he was the ruler of the forest.
ii. The jackal’s duty was to _________the lion if he saw a suitable prey.
iii. The jackal was happy because he got his ______ without having to toil for it.
iv. After a few months, the jackal asked the lion for his _______ to leave his service.
v. The lion suggested to the jackal that they must exchange __________.
vi. The jackal went out and proudly climbed up a rock. The underlined word is an adverb or
adjective?
vii. Match the following: [½x4=2]
(1) independent (a) jackal
(2) humble (b) life
(3) foolish (c) elephant
(4) sleeping (d) servant
2. Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:
A Worm in My Pocket
One rainy day on my way back home from school,
I found a big worm and thought it was cool.
I picked up the worm with my bare hand,
held it up high, thinking how grand!
The worm was so cute and wiggled a lot,
I put him in my pocket to show Mom what I'd caught.
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What will she say when I show her my find?
Will she let me keep it? I hope she won't mind.
Mom was in the kitchen when I showed her what I'd found,
She screamed, "No, way! Put it back on the ground!"
Now I'm so angry; she always says, "No"
If she won't let me keep it, then I will just go!
So my worm and I packed a sandwich or two,
ran out the door, and down the street we both flew.
We walked to the park and sat in a corner,
I pulled out my worm and noticed it to be warmer.
He looked kind of floppy but wiggled a bit,
I thought, "Oh my Gosh, my worm is not fit!"
I laid him in the dirt and let him go free,
I guess that my pocket was not the best place for it to be.
Based on your reading and understanding of the poem, fill in the blanks with the correct words
and write the answers in your answer sheet: [1x6=6]
i. The boy was going back _______ from school.
ii. The worm was so _______ and wiggled a lot.
iii. The boy’s mother ________ on seeing the worm.
iv. The boy had kept the worm in his ______________.
v. The boy was ________ and left his home.
vi. In the end, the boy put the worm in the ______ and let him go free.
vii. Match the following: [½x4=2]
(1) rainy (a) hand
(2) bare (b) kitchen
(3) big (c) day
(4) Mom (d) worm
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SECTION – B
3. You are Kusum/Karan and you live in C-439, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi. Your father has
been transferred to another city and you have to shift to the new place very soon. Write a
letter [in 100 to 120 words] to your friend describing how you are helping your mother
with the packing of the things. [7]
Idea Box:
packed your clothes, toys, books, shoes in boxes
wrapped the glass items in newspapers
put utensils in boxes
4. Read the opening lines and complete the story [in 100 to 120
words]. Also give a suitable title to it. [7]
One fine morning Mr. Mehra got up very early and decided to
bake a pizza for his children. He went into the kitchen and…
5. It is fun to play with water in summer season but we must not
waste it and save it for future generations. Design a poster with a
nice slogan on the topic ‘Save Water.’ [4]
SECTION – C
6. Choose the correct homophone from the brackets and fill in the blanks: [½x6=3]
We made pancakes using (a) _____ [sum / some] of the leftover (b) ____ [flower / flour] in
the box. The (c) ____ [site / sight] of the golden pancakes made my mouth water and I felt
like eating the (d) ____ [hole / whole] pile but I only took (e)_____ [won / one]. While
eating it, I noticed that little black (f) ______ [currants / currents] were scattered here and
there in the pancake.
7. Choose the correct words from the box and fill in the blanks to complete the similes:
[½x6=3]
light white pretty heavy playful fresh
I have a younger sister who is as (a) ______ as a puppy. She looks as
(b) ______ as a daisy after her bath. Once I picked her up and found her to be
as (c) ______ as a feather. My mother tells me that unlike my sister, as a baby I
was as (d) ______ as a rock. When my sister is asleep, she looks as (e) ______
as a picture and as (f) ______ as snow.
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8. Fill in the blanks with the correct pronouns from the brackets: [½x6=3]
The Sharma family stays next door to (a) ______ [ours / our] house. I
don’t know (b) _____ [their / them] very well but I know that (c) _______
[theirs / their] daughter studies in (d) _______ [mine / my] class.
(e) _______ [Her / Hers] puppy often runs to Rohit’s house and plays in
(f) _______ [him/his] garden.
9. Choose the correct word from the box and fill in the blanks: [½x6=3]
carpentar plumber doctor architect mechanic tailor
After the flood, Rahul’s house in the village was destroyed. His father consulted an (a)
______ to reconstruct his house. He called the (b) ______ to make new furniture and then
came the (c) _______ to mend the leaking taps. The people of the village were shattered by
the disaster. Rahul’s dad was a kind man so he took the sick people to the (d) ________ for
treatment. He also talked to the (e) _____to get some clothes stitched for the needy children.
Rahul felt proud of his dad for his good deeds. While coming back, their car stopped on the
road so he called a (f) _____ to repair it.
10. Choose the correct collective nouns to fill in the blanks: [½x6=3]
swarm herd team army clump litter
On the last day of school all the children gathered in the ground around a (a) ______ of
puppies under a (b) _______ of trees. Emily didn’t go because she was sad. Her family had
planned to go to Disneyland during the winter holiday but the trip was cancelled due to
her brother’s match. She wasn’t interested in meeting the (c) _____ of football players so she
just sat in the field and watched a (d) _______ of buffaloes grazing and a (e) _____ of bees
that buzzed to carry the nectar to their hive. She also saw an (f) _______ of ants moving in a
straight line.
11. Fill in the blanks with the correct conjunctions from the help box: [½x6=3]
after and or but so because
I went to the market (a) ______ bought some fruits (b) _______ I did not buy
any veggies (c) _______ my mother is not at home (d) _______ there is no one
to cook the veggies. I will have either a papaya (e) _______ a pear for breakfast
(f) _______ I take my bath!
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SECTION – D
12. Read the given lines and answer the questions in one sentence each: [1x3=3]
‘Well, just go down the manhole,’ said the man. ‘I’m much too big to squeeze through
myself.’
i. What is the name of the unit?
ii. Who was the man?
iii. Whom was he telling to go down?
13. Fill in the blanks with the correct words: [½x8=4]
i. One morning the poet rose and found shining dew on every ______.
ii. _________ won the race and also won Atalanta as his wife.
iii. Watching too much of television kills the _________ of the children.
iv. Akbar promised Birbal that he will send him a basket full of ________
mangoes.
v. When the children watch television, they loll and slop and _______ about.
vi. The word ‘stunned’ means _______.
vii. In the end, Raju promises Meena that he would help her with the household ______.
viii. Aladdin’s mother rubbed the lamp and a ______ shot out.
14. Answer any three of the following questions in 25 to 30 words each: [2x3=6]
i. What task did Akbar give to the people of his kingdom and what was the reward?
ii. Was Aladdin right in talking to the stranger? Give reasons.
iii. Whom did Melanion pray to and what did he get in return?
iv. Why has the poet called his shadow a coward?
15. Answer any one of the following questions in 70 to 80 words: [5]
Why do the parents let their children watch television? What are the
harmful effects of watching too much of television?
OR
How did the mother treat Meena differently from Raju? Write any four tasks which Meena
had to do every day?
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