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FIRST SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 2010-11

Subject : ENGLISH
Time : 2½ hrs. Class : IVth M.M. : 40

A-(Reading Skill)

Q1. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. (5)

One day a strange person arrived in Hamelin. He was tall and thin, with a long
and serious face. He wore a coat of many colours and a tall, red hat on his head.
In his hand he had a long thin pipe. He walked through the narrow streets of
the town, straight to the Mayor’s office.
“Who are you?”, asked the Mayor.

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“I am the pied piper”, replied the man. co
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a. The name of the town was ...............

b. The man walked through ...............
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2. Answer the following:

a. What did he have in his hand?
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b. Who was the strange person?

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3. Pick out any two adjectives from the above passage.

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B - WRITING SKILL
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Q1. Imagine you are Aman! Anusha. Write a thank you letter to your friend using
the clues given in the box. (2½)

• I’ve wanted skates for a long time

• The swimming trunk is my favourite colour
• I am looking forward to Horse Riding
• I’ll bring my new camera ad two rolls

Cont. ...

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OR
Imagine you are Manu! Malati. Write a ‘Thank You’ letter to your friend for a
lovely holiday in Delhi.

Q2. Write 5 sentence about your favourite food which is also good for health.
OR
Write 5 sentence how camel is a useful animal.

Q3. What would happen if we cut down the trees?

OR
Why should we grow more and more plants?

(3 marks for writing the lines correctly and 2 marks for the vocabulary.)

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C - GRAMMAR
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Q1. Choose the correct similes. [1]
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a. as ........................ (slow/fast) as a tortoise.

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b. as ..................... (huge/slow) as an elephant.

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c. as ..................... (short/tall) as a giraffe.

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d. as ..................... (busy/strong) as a tiger.

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Q2. Underline the verbs. [1]

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a. Open the door.

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b. Ameya goes to school by bus.

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c. The police caught the robbers.

d. Bees produced honey.

Q3. Fill the correct form of verb. [1]

Once upon a time there ........... (live) an old man in a village. He ............... (have)
four sons. The old man used to ................ (work) alone in the field. His sons never
(help) him.
Cont. ...

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Q4. Write opposite of the following from the box. [1]

[sour, untidy, new, weak]
a. old .......................
b. sweet .......................
c. tidy .......................
d. strong .......................

Q5. Fill in the blanks with much, many, some, any. [1]

a. The little girl cannot drink .................. milk.

b. Does Bobby have .................. dolls?
c. There are .................. books in the library.

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d. I think I’ll have .................. icecream co
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Q6. Use of Articles (a, an) correctly. [1]
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a. We watched .................. movie last Sunday.

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b. There is .................. old fort.

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c. I saw .................. one eyed man.

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d. .................. gold is a precious metal.

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Q7. Rewrite the following sentence using capital letter and punctuation mark. [2]
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a. My uncle Dr. alok Mehta lives in kanpur.

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b. Have you read the book called "black-beauty".

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Q8. Rewrite these groups of words as sentence. [1]

a. puppy my is playful very
b. your book me give

Q9. Make these sentences in negative form. [1]

a. The aunt was very clever.
b. We can meet Rajeev tomorrow.
Cont. ...

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Q10. Write the contraction for the following words. [1]

a. I will
b. I have
c. Was not
d. You are

Q11. Match words and their meaning. [1]

A B
a. roast a) moved suddenly
b. tiara b) cages for farm bird

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c. jerked c) sit and rest
d. coops d) a small crown co
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Q12. Rewrite the sentences using apostrophe in place of the underlined words. [1]
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a. We have invited the friends of Mr. Gupta to the dinner.

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b. We celebrated the birth day of my friend on Sunday.

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D - LITERATURE
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Q17. Write the answer of the following question. [2]

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a. Why does the camel say “any load does for me?” Which animals does It
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envy in this content?

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b. Is the baseball card a good present for girl’?

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c. Why was Mum cooking weird vegetables

d. Where did Atalanta live? Why was she famous throughout Greece?

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