KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA TPKM

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT – 3

ENGLISH

CLASS – IV
READING

I. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Diwali is a great Hindu festival. It means a row of lamps. It is

celebrated in honour of Rama’s return of Ayodhya. It comes off in the last
week of October. Great preparations are made before the festival. People
clean their houses and shops. Children look very happy on this day. The
bazaars look beautiful. The shops are decorated. There is a great rush at the
sweet shops. People buy sweets and toys. They give presents to their friends
and relatives.

1. What does Diwali mean?

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2. Diwali is celebrated in honour of __________________________________

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3. When does this festival come off?

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4. Pick out the opposites from the passage:

(i) first X ______________ (ii) after X ______________

5. Pick out single word which mean:

(i) A mark of great respect - ________________

(ii) To add beauty to something _______________
WRITING

6. What did Hiawatha learn about the birds?

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7. Who finally made the cow get up and how?

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8. How did the Pundit challenge everybody?

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GRAMMAR
Match ‘A’ with ‘B’ and write the complete sentences below.
A B
Whenever works hard, succeeds.
Wherever I am angry I shout
Whoever I go I have friends
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12. Choose the correct answer.

a. The king sits on the -------------------------(thrown/ throne)

b. I can ---------------the bird’s song. (here /hear)

13. Choose the correct preposition from the following sentence.

i) The milk is ----------- the jug.( in / into)

ii) I shared the cake ----------------- the entire class. (among / between)

14. Give the correct form of the tenses:

Simple Present Tense - Simple Past Tense

(i) Tug - ____________________

(ii) _______________ - began

15. Punctuate the following:

hiawatha learnt the language of birds

16. Choose the correct form of the verbs.

i) Yesterday I (eat / ate) __________________ chicken.

ii) I _________________ (clean / cleaned) my room every day.

 17. Complete the following sentence using he or his:
Raja was a grocer ------ wanted to sell ----- flour and sugar

18. Fill in with ‘a’ or ‘an’ suitably.

a. He is ______ actor .

b. The boy is _____ cobbler’s son.

CREATIVE WRITING
19. Describe the picture in a paragraph.

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 20. Write a paragraph on the following topic:

My School (or) Pet animal

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SPELLING

21. Write the correct words from the jumbled letters.

(i) L L I S E N S _________________ (ii)F O L O H S I _________________

22. Encircle the correct spelling.

a) Weak , Weke b) Acorn , Accorn

23. Substitute one word for the following

a. One who sells cereals , grains etc. _____________________________

b. One who repair shoes _____________________________

24. Write the rhyming words for the following words

a) PILLOW = _________________ b) THROW= __________________

25. Write the missing letters.

a) L A __ G U __ G __ b) N __ S T __

HAND WRITING

26. Write the following paragraph in neat and legible handwriting.

Once upon a time there was a boy called Abhishek. He lived with
his grandmother in a village. She used to tell him stories about
birds, animals, insects and trees. Abhishek grew with love for all
these in his heart. He could talk to birds and animals. So he knew
their names and secrets. He knew how the birds built their nests
in summer and where they hid in winter.

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