QUESTION

PAPER
19 August 2015

DA ENGLISH - WITH READING

COMPREHENSION

CLASS SECTION EXAM CODE

4 A 8145971
4 B 8195871

SCHOOL
Global Indian International School

Ksk

1. There are 25 questions in the paper. All are compulsory.

2. Tick or circle the option which is your answer.
3. Show your working on a separate sheet of paper wherever
you need to.
4. Please check your answers carefully before submitting the
test. Once submitted, the answers CANNOT be changed.

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DA English - With Reading Comprehension CLASS 4 SET NO 1

Read the Passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
The Legend of the Rice

In the early days, things were better than they now are. Men and women were stronger, and the
fruit of the trees were larger and sweeter. Rice, the food of the people then, was of larger grain.

One grain was all a man could eat. The people never had to toil gathering the rice, for, when
ripe, it fell from the stalks and rolled into the village granaries.

One year, when the rice was larger and more plentiful than ever before, a woman said to her
daughter, "Our granaries are too small. We will pull them down and build larger ones."

When the old granaries were pulled down and the new one not yet ready for use, the rice that
was ripe in the fields came rolling in where the work was going on. The woman, angered, struck
a grain and cried, "Could you not wait in the fields until we were ready ? You should not bother
us now when you are not wanted."

The rice broke into thousands of pieces and said, "From this time forth, we will wait in the fields
until we are wanted," and from that time, the rice has been of small grain, and the people of the
earth must gather it into the granary from the fields.

Source: http://www.indianchild.com/ancient_india_tales.htm

Q: 1 Which of the following words best describes the woman in the story?

1 uneasy 2 irritable 3 upset 4 strict

Q: 2 Which of these words from the passage means 'work hard'?

1 toil 2 build 3 ready 4 gather

Q: 3 "Our granaries are too small. We will pull them down and build larger ones."

When the woman in the passage said this, the rice in the fields was __________.
1 not yet fully grown 2 inside the granaries
3 moving into the granaries 4 about to fall from the stalks

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Q: 4 Why were the men and women of the early days strong?

1 they ate a lot of food 2 they did not have to gather food
3 the food they ate was very healthy 4 they exercised a lot by building granaries

Q: 5 What is the main message conveyed by the story?

1 Work hard 2 Respect food

3 Be nice to strangers 4 Do not do things in a hurry

Q: 6 In which of these books could this story appear?

1 True Stories of Courage 2 A History of India

3 Folk Tales of India 4 Animal Stories

Q: 7 According to this story, in the early days, ___________.

1 rice grew on trees 2 food was in plenty

3 people were smaller 4 people ate very little food

End of Passage Related Questions

Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow.

The Balloon Man

He always comes on market days,

And holds balloons - a lovely bunch
And in the market square he stays ,
And never seems to think of lunch.

They're red and purple, blue and green

And when it is a sunny day
Tho' carts and people get between
You see them shining far away.

And some are big and some are small,

All tied together with a string,
And if there is a wind at all
They tug and tug like anything.

Some day perhaps he'll let them go

And we shall see them sailing high,
And stand and watch them from below-
They would look pretty in the sky!

- Rose Fyleman
Source: http://allpoetry.com/The-Balloon-Man

Q: 8 Which of these words rhymes with ' stays '?

1 keys 2 weighs 3 faces 4 stories

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Q: 9 Which line shows that the balloon man stayed in the market square for a very long
time?
1 And holds balloons a lovely bunch 2 And never seems to think of lunch
3 You see them shining far away. 4 Some day perhaps he'll let them go

Q: 10 What makes the balloons shine even from a distance?

1 their height 2 their strings 3 the balloon man 4 the wind

Q: 11 What is the speaker's wish in the poem?

1 to play with the many-coloured balloons

2 to buy the balloons from the balloon man
3 to watch the pretty balloons flying high in the sky
4 to hold the balloon strings against the strong wind

Q: 12 Which line shows that the market is a busy place?

1 And in the market square he stays, 2 Tho' carts and people get between
3 All tied together with a string, 4 They tug and tug like anything.

Q: 13 After reading the poem, which of the following questions can be answered?

1 What is the cost of the balloons?

2 How many people are buying the balloons?
3 How many balloons is the balloon man holding?
4 Does the balloon man have only red coloured balloons?

End of Passage Related Questions

Q: 14 Which of these underlined words states a feeling?

She placed all her trust in her teacher who was very gentle .
1 placed 2 trust 3 teacher 4 gentle

Q: 15 Choose the word that best completes the sentence below.

The manager has ________ in his workers.
1 confide 2 confidently 3 confidence 4 confident

Q: 16 Choose the word that best completes the sentence below.

The department provides good ________ to the customers.

1 service 2 serving 3 serve 4 servant

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Q: 17 Choose the correct word for the sentence below.

The little girl gave her mother a ______ of flowers.

1 group 2 bundle 3 bottle 4 bouquet

Q: 18 Choose the option that completes the sentence meaningfully.

We bought a _________________ of juicy grapes from the farmer's market.

1 gang 2 group 3 bunch 4 bouquet

Q: 19 Which of these is correct?

1 a herd of cards 2 a team of cards 3 a choir of cards 4 a pack of cards

Q: 20 Identify the correct word to fill in the blank.

The picture below shows a _________ of sheep.

1 pack 2 flock 3 set 4 pet

Q: 21 Which word best describes a cold evening?

1 wind 2 windy 3 wound 4 winds

Q: 22 Choose the correct option that completes the sentence meaningfully.

This cave is rather_______. I cannot see anything.

1 dark 2 darker 3 darkest 4 more dark

Q: 23 Choose the option that correctly lists adjectives used in the sentence below.

My father's new car is bigger than his previous one.

1 his and previous 2 car, new and one
3 new, bigger and previous 4 bigger and father's

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Q: 24 Which list has words that can be used to describe a thing or a person.

1 playfully, joy and quietly 2 playfully, naughty, quietly and happily

3 naughty, shady and clear 4 shady, happily, joy and clear

Q: 25 Choose the correct collective noun to fill in the blanks.

The ______ of people gathered to help the man who was hurt.
1 collection 2 bundle 3 group 4 crew