Indraprastha INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Sector 10, Dwarka, New Delhi – 110 075

Session 2013 - 2014

Formative Assessment – I

Name of the Student______________________________ Subject: English

Class – IV Sec: _________ Roll No. ___________ Date: 25-4-2013

Invigilator’s signature____________________ Parent’s signature ________________

Examiner’s remarks with signature _________________________________________

Note: This question paper contains 4 printed pages and 10 questions.

Section A - Reading

1. Read this passage and answer the questions that follow:

Once we had a huge guest at home. It was Lakshmi, a young elephant. It belonged to

one of our rich relatives. He wanted us to keep her at our place for a few days.

Lakshmi was fond of ripe bananas more than sugar cane. We had plenty of bananas as

we had three banana trees in our house, but the ripe bananas were kept in the cellar.

Only grandfather could take them out and distribute. I wanted to be friendly with

Lakshmi by feeding her with ripe bananas. So I waited for an opportunity and, as

soon as grandfather was out, I quietly went to the cellar and took bananas for

Lakshmi. She ate them with great relish. Later, grandfather found out that I had taken

the bananas. I apologized to him for taking the bananas without his permission.

a. Why did Lakshmi come to stay at the boy’s house? 1

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b. What did Lakshmi like to eat? 1

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c. Why did the boy want to feed it with ripe bananas? 1

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d. Pick out words from the passage that are opposite of: 2

i. tiny : ________________________

ii. gather: ________________________

Section B - Writing

2. Write a character sketch of David’s mother in about 50 words. 5

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Section C - Grammar

3. Write your own subjects for the following predicates. 2

a. ________________ is an engineer.

b. ________________ fly in the sky.

4. Punctuate the following sentences: 3

a. what an amazing painting

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b. she brought milk eggs and butter from the market

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c. is your father a teacher

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5. Circle the subjects and underline the predicates in the following sentences: 3

a. Aditya is a teacher of German.

b. I eat three bananas every morning.

c. Sania is watering the plants.

Section D – Literature

6. Give the meanings of the following words: 1

a. bonnet - ________________

b. gravestone - ________________

7. Choose the correct option and complete the following sentences : 1

a. Miss Betsey Trotwood was ______________________________________.

i. the only person alive on my father’s side

ii. was my friend

iii. was not known to me

b. David’s aunt __________________________________.

i. liked boys

ii. liked to go for a walk

iii. liked girls

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8. Who was Miss Betsey Trotwood and where did she live? 2

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9. Why did Peggotty call the doctor? 2

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10. Was Miss Betsey happy when the baby was born? 1

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