RHAPSODY

INTERNATIONAL
ACADEMY
GRADE 4
HOLIDAY WORK
END OF FIRST TERM
 MATHEMATICS
DRAW ABACUSES TO SHOW THESE NUMBERS

1. 345 2. 1 006 3. 2 470 4. 5 809 5. 8

314

WRITE THESE NUMBERS IN NUMERALS

6. One hundred __________.

7. Six hundred and twenty-nine_________.

8. One thousand three hundred and forty________.

9. Seven thousand and twenty-two____________.

10. Nine thousand three hundred and nine________.

WRITE THESE NUMERALS IN WORDS

11. 300_____________________________. 12. 871________________________________.

13. 3 427_______________________________________________________________.

14. 7 035_______________________________________________________________.

15. 8 450_______________________________________________________________.

WRITE THE MISSING NUMBER

16. 300; 400; 500; ___; 700. 17. 3 204; 3 304; ______;3 504; 3 604

18. ½ ;1 ½ ;2 ½ ;____; 4½. 19. 0,2 ; 0,4 ;_____; 0,8 ; 1,0

ARRANGE THESE NUMBERS IN ASCENDING ORDER (SMALLEST TO GREATEST)

20. 60 ; 6 000 ; 600 ; 6 __________________________________________.

21. 2 513 ; 3 513 ; 513 ; 7 513 ; 9 513_________________________________________________.

22. ½ ; ¼ ; 1/5 ; 1/10 ; 1/3 _____________________________________________________.

23. 0,4 ; 0,2 ; 0,5 ; 0,1 ; 0,3 ___________________________________________________.

ARRANGE THESE NUMBERS IN DESCENDING ORDER ( GREATEST TO SMALLEST )

24. 8 000; 8 ; 80 ; 800 ___________________________________.

25. 4 999 ; 5 000 ; 4 998 ; 5 001_______________________________.

26. 2/4 ; 6/10 ; 2/3 ; 5/5 ____________________________________.

27. 1,5 ; 1,25 ; 1,04 ; 1,0______________________________________.

COMPARE NUMBERS USING > , < OR =

28. 15 [ ] 51 29. 690 [ ] 609 30. 7 Tens [ ] 70

31. Six thousand and six [ ] 6 006 32. 9 000 [ ] 900 33. 4 000 +400+40+4
[ ]4 904

34. ½ [ ] ¼ 35. 0,4 [ ] 1,0

ROUNDING OFF TO THE NEAREST TEN (10 )

36. 7 _______. 37. 54 ___________. 38. 9 855

__________.

39. 7 023_________. 40. 17, 49 ________________.

ROUNDING OFF TO THE NEAREST HUNDRED (100 )

41. 99 _________. 42. 309 ___________.

43. 5 560 ________. 44. 8 316 ___________.

ROUNDING OFF TO THE NEAREST THOUSAND (1 000 )

45. 985 ____________. 46. 2 471 ____________.

47. 6 958___________. 48. 9 229 ____________.

ROUNDNG OFF TO THE NEAREST UNIT

49. 15,07____________. 50. 23,55___________.

ROUNDING OFF TO THE NEAREST TENTH (1/10 )

51. 5,09 ___________. 52. 20,12___________.

EXPANDED NOTATION (FORM )

53. 30+4= ________________. 54. 500+20+9=___________.

55. 1 000+60+6=___________. 56. 7 000+400+1=_________.

57. 76 = _____+ ______. 58. 403 =_____+_____+____.

59. 6 706 =____________________________. 60. 9 320= ________________________.

ORDINAL NUMBERS

61. Third=____________. 62. Tenth=______________.

63. Twenty-first=_______. 64. Hundredth=_________.

65. 6th =______________. 66. 30th=_________________.

67. 29th=______________________. 68. 64th=__________________.

ROMAN NUMERALS

69. III=_____. 70. XV=_____. 71. L=______.

72. 7=_____. 73. 19=______. 74. 100=______.

FRACTIONS : LOWEST TERM

75. 2/4 = 75. 4/6 = 76. 2/8 = 77. 8/10

=

EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS

78. ½= _____. 79. 2/5=_____. 80. 6/9=_____.

EXPRESS IMPROPER FRACTIONS AS MIXED NUMBERS

81. 17/8=_______. 82. 33/2=_______. 83.

55/10=_______.

CHANGE MIXED NUMBERS TO IMPROPER FRACTIONS

84. 3 ½=________. 85. 5 ½= _______. 86. 7 2/3

=________.

DECIMALS

87. 2/4=________________. 88. 6/10= _____________.

89. 1 ½ =________________. 90. 4 3/5=_____________.

CHANGE FRACTIONS TO PERCENTAGES

91. ¾=__________________________. 92. 10/10=__________________________.

ADDITION

93. 13+5=______. 94. 53 95. 36 96. 109 97. 1

888

+36 +57 + 258 +5

004

98. A farmer has 349 goats, 251 sheep and 650 cattle. How many animals are at the farm?

SUBTRACTION

98. 30-25= ______. 99. 86 100. 210 101. 345 102. 5

175

- 55 -109 - 128 -
2 897
103. Mrs Nyama bought a bed costing $854. If she paid with notes worth $900. How much
change did she get?

MULTIPLICATION

104. 8*10= ______. 105. 75 106. 202 107. 313 108. 2

111

* 2 * 5 * 6 *
4

109. An exercise book costs $0,75. How much do 3 exercise books cost?

DIVISION

110. 72/8=______. 112. 2|86 113. 3|39

114. Jane made 8 sets from 64 marbles. How many marbles were in each set?

English
READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW

My uncle’s name is Pedro. He has big brown round eyes and very white teeth. Pedro is
always smiling and he looks cheerful all the time. Everyone likes him because he is never
angry or sad. One day my uncle showed me his new shoes. They were shiny black shoes
with long laces. I thought they were the best shoes in the world. Pedro looked very smart in
them. I was so glad he was my uncle.

1. The writer’s uncle is called ___________.

2. What colour are uncle Pedro’s eyes ?_________________________________________________.

3. In the passage the word __________________ means the same as happy.

4. Why do people like Pedro?_________________________________________________________.

5. What colour where the shiny shoes?________________________________________________.

LANGUAGE

6. The new shiny shoes are Pedro’s. They are _____ shoes.

7. He ____ big round eyes and white teeth.

8. 0ne who paints houses is a _______________.

9. My mother knows where my father ( is / are ).

10. I’m afraid I ( doesn’t / don’t ) know the answer.

11. I can dance ( and / but ) I can sing.

12. The teacher asked the boy ( by helping / to help / to helped ) him.

13. It takes a long time ( to / for ) clean the whole house.

15. She put the pot ( at / on ) the stove.

16. When I am coming to school I travel ( on / by ) foot.

17. The boy dived ( between / into ) the pool.

18. I have come to play ( by / with ) you today.

19. My dog sleeps with ( its / it’s ) puppies.

20. We boil water in a ( kettle / cattle ).

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW

One of the biggest bridges in our country is Birchenough bridge. This bridge crosses the
broad Save river. It is in the south-eastern part of our country. It links Masvingo with Mutare
and Chipinge.Thick cables hang from a big steel arc to hold up the long bridge. It’s so wide
that cars, buses and lorries can pass each other on the tarred road. There is also a pavement
for people to walk across safely.

21. One of the biggest bridges in our country is _______________________________________.

22. Which river does the bridge cross?________________________________________________.

23. The bridge links _______________ with Mutare and Chipinge.

24. Name the material that hold up the long bridge._______________________________________.

25.What is the pavement for? _________________________________________________________.

OPPOSITES

26. wet _________. 27. clean ______________. 28. pass ______________.

29. Prince _______________. 30. bull_____________. 31. answer ____________.

PLURALS

32. sheep______________. 33. girl _____________ 34. church____________.

35. child________________. 36. story______________. 37. wife_______________.

PAST TENSE

38. eat _____________. 39. cook_____________. 40. speak ______________.

41. buy _____________. 40. catch ____________. 41. say________________.

ANIMALS AND THEIR YOUNG ONES

42. dog ____________. 43. elephant_____________. 44. horse______________.

ANIMAL SOUNDS

45. duck ____________. 46. frog ______________. 47. hyena ____________.

HOMOPHONES

48. heart ____________. 49. bag__________. 50. feather _____________.

COMPOSITIONS

1 .Write a composition about my family.The composition should not be more than 60

words.Include the following points and add some of your own.

-The name of your family.

-Where do you live?

- How many are you?

- What is your favourite food?

- What do you enjoy doing together?

- What is your favourite game?

2. Write a letter to your friend inviting him or her to your birthday party. Include the following
points and add some of your own.

- When and where is the birthday party? Who else have you invited?

-Activities of the day.

-Food, drinks and music

Shona
VERENGA NYAYA UGOPINDURA MIBVUNZO INOTEVERA

Marwei naMaidei vane ushamwari hwemukombe nechirongo. Vanodzidza murugwaro

rwechina pachikoro chekwaMurombedzi.Mudzidzisi wavo ndiMuzvare Marembo.Vana
vanogara muruwa rokwaGumbeze. Pakashaya amai vaMaidei , akabva atorwa naamaiguru
vake amai vaMarwei.

1 .Vasikana vataurwa mundima vari murugwaro rwe___________.

2. Marwei naMaidei vanodzidza pachikoro chinonzi ani?___________________________________.

3. ______________________________ ndiye mudzidzisi wevasikana vataurwa munyaya.

4. Maidei naMarwei vaigara muruwa rokwani?__________________________________________.

5. Ndiani ana amai vakashaika?_______________________________________________________.

6. Dimikira rokuti “ushamwari hwemukombe nechirongo “ rinoreva kuti

______________________.

ZADZISA

7. Hanzvadzi yababa vako ndi_______________.

8. Mukoma waamai vangu ndi _________________.

9. Ane hanganwa sedze____________________.

10. Moyo wake wakaoma se_______________.

11. Mukaka unokodzekerwa mu ________________.

12. Amai vanopakura sadza ne_____________________.

13. Hari yekubikira usavi inonzi ____________________.

14. Vana ______ vanofarira chikoro.

15. Mwanakomana mumwe chete wamambo anonzi ___________________.

16. Nzvimbo ine miti yemizhanje yakawanda inonzi _________.

17. _____________ inzvimbo ine miti yemichakata mizhinji.

18. Nguva yemangwanani apo kunze kwayedza asi zuva risati rabuda inonzi
___________________.

19. _______________________inguva apo zuva richangovira kunze kuchangotanga kusviba.

20. Mombe hadzi isati yabereka inonzi ____________.

21. Murume asvika zera rekuroora asi asati aroora anonzi ____________________________.

22. Mwana wenyoka anonzi ______________________.

23. Huku inogara mu__________________.

24. Mombe inokuma,shumba ino______________.

25.Kana tichikwazisa munhu watinenge tambokwazisa panguva pfupi yadariak tinoti

____________________________.

VERENGA NDIMA UGOPINDURA MIBVUNZO INOTEVERA

Tine rombo rakanaka muZimbabwe. Tine upfumi hunowanikwa mumhando dzakasiyana-

siyana.Kune ivhu rinopa zvisikwa pokugara nezvokudya uye zvicherwa. Vanhu vanobatana
mukusimudzira nyika yavo.Mune mhando mbiri dzevarimi munyika yedu. Vanorirmira kudya
nevaya vanopfuya mhuya dzenyama nedzemukaka.

26. Nyika irir kutaurwa nezvayo mundima i____________________________.

27. Upfumi hunowanikwa pai?

28. Tine mhando ngani dzevarimi muZimbabwe?

29. Mhuka inotipa mukaka nenyama i_______________.

ZADZISA TSUMO IDZI

30. Mwana washe ________________________________________.

31. Chembere mukadzi hazvienzani ______________________________________________.

32. ________ rakabva kumasvuuriro.

NYAUDZOSINGWI

33. VaChifamba vakati _________ kutarisa zinyoka.

34. Kunze kwakati ____________ kuchena pakabuda mwedzi

MADIMIKIRA

35. Kutsenga mvura zvinoreva ________________.

36. Kupinda nemwenje mudziva ku________________.

MAZWI ANOPESANA

37. jaya _______________________. 38. mupfupi _______________________.

39. mutema ___________________. 40. bhururuka ____________________.

MAZWI ANOREVA ZVAKAFANANA

41. chibage ____________________. 42. chokwadi _____________________.

43. diro ___________________. 44. nhendeshure ___________________.

UZHINJI

45. mukomana______________________. 46. churu _________________.

47. denga ___________________. 48. rufu _________________.

49. hari _________________. 50. rupasa ________________________.

RONDEDZERO :Nyora rondedzero dzine misoro inotevera

1. Mudzidzisi wangu

2. Nyora tsamba kushamwari yako uchiiudza nezvechikoro chako

Science and technology

1. An adult has a total of _____ teeth.

2. The four types of teeth are the ___________, ______________,______________and __________.

3. When the teeth go bad we call it _______________________.

4. One sign of teeth decay is _______________________________________.

5. A person who takes care of our teeth and oral health is called a ______________________.

6. What causes tooth decay ? ________________________________________________________

7. We can prevent tooth decay by _____________________________________________________.

8. The five main food nutrients are ___________________________ ,_________________________,

________________________ ,________________________ and _________________________.

9.What is a balanced diet ? __________________________________________________________

10. _____________provide warmth to the body.

11. Water is important in our bodies because it removes ______________products.

12. Three deficiency diseases are __________________, __________________and _____________.

13. _____________________ is lack of enough nutrients in the body .

14. Kwashiorkor is caused by lack of _____________________.

15. Two symptoms of kwashiorkor are _______________________and _______________________.

16. Lack of iodine causes ______________

17. Two symptoms of goitre are _________________________and __________________________.

18. Scurvy is caused by lack of _____________________.

19. What is a parasite?______________________________________________________________.

20. What causes malaria?_____________________________________________________________.

21. We can prevent the spread of malaria by _____________________and ____________________.

22. ________________is caused by a worm called schistosomiasis.

23. Bilharzia is caused by ___________________________________________________________.

24. Signs and symptoms of bilharzia are ________________________and _____________________.

25. An ______________is an event that cause harm, injury or even death to people.

26. Help that is given to a person soon after an accident is called ___________________________.

27. What is a mixture? _______________________________________________________________.

28. Two methods of separating mixtures are ___________________and ______________________.

29. List the forms of energy and explain .

Family ,religion and moral education

1. A ____________ is a group of people who are connected together by birth,marriage or
adoption.

2. Two activities that boys do at home are _________________and _________________________.

3. Two activities that girls do at home are ___________________and _______________________.

4. The types of families are ________________________________,___________________________

____________________________, ________________________ and ________________________.

5. A man with more than one wife is called a ____________________________.

6. A child is a person below _____________________________years.

7. Two causes of a one parent family can be ______________________or _____________________.

8. People with the same totem are ____________________________.

9. Family names can be called ________________________.

10. Most families are called by their _________________ surname.

11. Totems can be from __________________ or _______________________.

12. My family name is ____________________ and my totem is ____________________.

13. Your father’s father is your ______________________.

14. Relatives from my mother’s side are ( paternal / maternal ).

15. The ___________________religion brings back the spirit of the dead.

16. Kurova guva /Umbuyiso is done a __________ after the death of the person.
17.________________________ celebrate Easter.

18. ___________________ is celebrated to mark the day when Israelites were released from
slavery.

19. In Islam religion the month of fasting and praying is called ________________________.

20. Muslims pray how many times a day?___________________________

21. __________________and ___________________ are examples of children’s rights.

22. What is a coward?_______________________________________________________________.

23. Controlling oneself is called _______________________________.

24. We should control our ____________________.

25. A place where orphans are kept is called an _________________________.

26. The needy in our community are the ________________, _______________ and ____________.

Heritage~social studies
1. Everyone in a family has a ________________________.

2. The things that a person wants to achieve in order to enjoy a good life are
__________________.

3. Individuals within a family have _______________aspirations.

4. Family gatherings bring together people of the same ___________________.

5. When families gather, they help each other with ________________ and ___________________.

6. Two examples os indigenous processing tools are _________________and

__________________.

7. A (shrine / monument ) is a place of worship.

8. A (shrine / monument ) is a structure ,building or site that is of historical importance or

interest.

9. One example of a shrine is ________________________________________.

10. One example of a monument is _______________________________________________.

11. Rain making ceremonies are performed at ____________________in Matobo Hills.

12. Games train learners to be ____________________.

13. Two examples of indigenous games are ___________________ and _______________________.

14. Two examples of exotic games are _____________________ and ________________________.

15. Boys from different indigenous cultures ___________ whilst girls kneel.

16. The early people to live in Zimbabwe were the ___________________ people.

17. The San are sometimes called _________________.

18. The San lived in ___________ and they were ______________ and gatherers.

19. The early people carried and stored water in __________________________.

20. The Khoi Khoi kept animals like ________________ and _________________________.

21. The Khoi Khoi lived in ____________________________ huts.

22. The Bantu made weapons and tools using __________.

23. The Bantu added ___________ to food to make it tastier.

24. What was put on floors to keep away pests by the Bantu women?
_________________________

25. The role of the _______________ is to maintain peace and order.

Agriculture
1 . What is agriculture? _______________________________________________________________

2. Agriculture is important because we get _____________________ and _____________________.

3. Agricultural tools are ____________, ____________, ___________, _______________ and ______

4. A _______________is a cutting tool.

5. When digging we use a ______________.

6. For carrying heavy loads we use a __________________________.

7. A ____________________is used when spraying chemicals.

8. Protective clothes in agriculture are __________________, __________________ and _________.

9. What should we do with empty chemical containers ?

____________________________________

10. How many agricultural seasons do we have in Zimbabwe?____________________

11. List the seasons __________________________________________________________________

12. Weather is ______________________________________________________________________

13. What is a season ? _______________________________________________________________

14. The longest season is ________________________________.

15. Wheat , barley and oats are usually grown in which season? _______________________

16. Which season is the longest ?_______________________

17. The post-rain season is ____________________.

18.Dry planting of field crops is done in _____________________.

19. __________is the top part of the earth’s surface where plants grow.

20. Four major components of soil are __________________________________________________

21. Three types of soil are ___________________________________________________________

22. _________soil is suitable for pottery.

23. Which soil is a mixture of clay and sand soil? ___________

24. Water sinks quickly in ________soil.

25. __________soil has the smallest particles.

26. What is soil fertility?______________________________________________________________

27. The three soil nutrients are ________________, __________________ and ________________.

28. Nitrogen is written in short as ________________.

29. K is short for _________________

30. Farmers can add _________________ and ____________________to soil to make it fertile.

31. What is soil erosion? ______________________________________________________________

32. Two agents of soil erosion are ________________________ and __________________________.

33. Two signs of soil erosion are ________________________ and __________________________.

34. Water is used for _________________________________and ____________________________

35. Man – made sources of water are ____________________, _______________ and ___________

36. Natural sources of water are ___________________, _________________ and _____________.

37. List vegetable crops _____________________________________________________________

38.List field crops __________________________________________________________________

39. List orchard / fruit trees ___________________________________________________________

40. The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces is called _______________________.

Ms Machada
wishes you
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Remember more
play no work

😊
makes John a dull
boy.