Shantiniketan Public School

Affiliated To CISCE-New Delhi, School Code: KA203

ICSE-CENTRAL SYLLABUS
Class: IV ANNUAL EXAMINATION WORK SHEET Date:
Name: Sub: ENGLISH LANGUAGE (ENGLISH PAPER-1) Roll No:
PART -I
I. Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use past tense form:

1. Jane ____________________a film. (watch)

2. They_____________________ their father. (help)

3. Suhana _____________________with Praveen. (dance)

4. She _____________________ her hair. (Wash)

5. Last night, Martha and Alice_____________________ their holiday. (plan)

6.The boys——— basketball. (Play)

7. The car ————- at the traffic lights. (Stop)

8. ⁠I ————- you yesterday, but you weren’t at home. (Phone)

9. ⁠Tom ——— us to his birthday party.(invite)

10. ⁠The children ———— the books to the classroom (carry)

II. Write the correct form of the irregular verb in the past tense:

1. The moon ___________________(come) out late last night.

2. Jessica _____________________ (lose) her first tooth this morning.

3. The swimmers _____________________ (hold) their breath and jumped in the water.

4. They ______________________ (take) a picture of the mountain.

5. The teacher __________________________ (teach) the students chemistry last year.

6. The employees ________________________ (do) a lot of work today.

7. ⁠The baker________________________ (make) a cake for my birthday.

8. ⁠I ________________________ (wear) my jacket to work yesterday

9. ⁠We ________________________ (go) to the zoo last weekend

10. ⁠I ________________________ (see) a movie last night

III. IV. Put in the verbs in brackets in simple present or present continuous form:

1. Listen! Sandy __________________________________ in the bathroom. (sing)

2. My sister usually ____________________________ in the kitchen. (help)

3. My mother ____________________________ breakfast now. (make)

4. Everyday his grandfather ___________________________ for a walk.(go)

5. She usually ____________________________ late to school. (come)

6. Look! The boys________________________ home (come)

7. ⁠He________________________ regularly (exercise)

8. ⁠John is busy. He ________________________ at the moment (work)

9. ⁠She ________________________ to New York right now. (travel)

10. ⁠Once a week, I ________________________ to an art class at the college (go)

IV. Complete the sentences With suitable verbs, Take the help of the box:
(Speeding , singing ,falling , Splashing ,Howling, dripping ,Chirping, crying)

1. The wind is ______________________________.

2. The birds are ____________________________ on the tree.

3. The rain is _____________________________ from the sky.

4. The water is _____________________________ from the tap.

5. The child is __________________________ for milk.

6. The choir ___________________________ beautifully.

7.The train is __________________________ out of the station.

8.Children are ___________________________ water on each other.

VI. Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense forms of the verbs given in the brackets:
1. I _______________ (have) a strange dream last night.

2. He ___________________ (speak) gently to the child.

3. The children _____________________ (try) their best.

4. Their families ________________________ (help) them to prepare for the journey.

5. Kabir _________________________ (teach) the value of devotion and humility.

6. The people_________________________ (yell) at the bull thief

7. ⁠The young man _________________________ (risk) his own life to save the life of his friend

8. ⁠He _________________________ (stand) at the entrance hesitantly

9. ⁠The children_________________________ (sing) and_________________________ (dance)

10. ⁠She_________________________ (write) a letter to her grandmother

VII. Taking hints from the pictures, fill in the blanks with verbs showing continuous action:

1.The girls are _________________________ for the school bus.

2.Rajan is __________________________ confidently.

3.Ritesh is _________________________ quietly.

4.Jatin is _________________________ clothes.

5.Appu is _________________________ on his chair.

6.Rakesh is ________________________ his shoelaces.

7.Raman is ________________________ his teeth.

8.Rohit is __________________________ in the pool.

VIII. Fill in the blanks with the correct will/shall or be going to form of the verbs given in brackets:

1. Emma _____________________________ (begin) medical school next year.

2. I promise I _________________________ (call) you when I arrive at my town.

3. Marry said she ____________________________ (be) your study partner for the project.

4. Look at those boys playing football! They ____________________________ (break) the window.

5. I _________________________ (call) you next Monday.

IX. Fill in the blanks with simple future or future perfect form of the verbs given in the brackets:

1. I ___________________________ (meet) the entire committee by the time I leave England.

2. She ______________________________ (be) the Prime Minister for ten years by next year.

3. You look tired. Sit down and I __________________________ (make) you a cup of tea.

4. When you grow older, you ___________________________ (change) your mind about this.

5.I`m sorry I made you so angry. I ____________________________ (not do) that again.

X. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs of manner:

1.Sam drove the car ________________________.

2.Students wrote ______________________ in their exercise books.

3.The nurse tended the patients _________________________.

4.We should live ____________________________ with our neighbours.

5.The crowd shouted ___________________________.

6. The band played_______________________.

7. ⁠Sandy solved the sums _______________________.

8. ⁠He played the flute_______________________.

XI. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs of time:

1.I have to leave __________________________.

2.We visited an orphanage _________________________.
3.He will arrive ____________________________.
4.The newspaper arrives _________________________.
5.We are going to watch a movie _________________________.
XII. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs of place:

1.They built a house _____________________.

2.She took the child ______________________.
3.I searched ______________________________ I could think of.
4.What are you doing ___________________________?
5.Mary fell __________________________ from the bus.
XIII. Take the help of the pictures to complete the following sentences with suitable adverbs:

1.The cuckoo sings _________________________.

2.She does her ____________________________.

3.Mother sleeps ___________________________.

4.Animals should be treated __________________________.

5.Rules should be followed ____________________________.

6.The child played ____________________________ on the beach.

7.The maid cuts the corn ______________________________.

XIV. Underline the verbs in the parentheses that agrees with its subject:

1. Jimmy (own/owns) a laptop computer.

2. Jimmy and his sister (study/studies) every night.

3. I (want/wants) to learn how to program a computer.

4. Janson (dive/dives) in the pool.

5. Birds (fly/flies) in the sky.

6. My parents (think/thinks) being a doctor would be better

7. ⁠We (float/floats) in the pool

8. ⁠The students (run/runs) around the block

9. ⁠He ( cook/cooks) dinner for his family

10. ⁠The boys (walk/walks) to school every day

XV. Underline the verb in the parentheses that agrees with its subjects:

1.I think baby bird (is/are) so cute!

2.The washing machine (has/have) a leak in it.

3.The games (is/are) fun to play when I am finished studying.

4.The street (was/were) covered with snow.

5.The trees (was/were) trimmed.

6. He always (does/do) good work

7. ⁠You (has/have) tooth paste on your chin

8. ⁠She (has/have) a great personality

9. ⁠Nurses (has/have) difficult job

10. ⁠Sameer and Santosh (does/do) hard work

XVI. Match the subjects with suitable predicates:

1.An elephant (a) is cooking dinner.

2.Monkeys (b) is the most lazy woman.
3.The woman (c) has a long nose called trunk.
4.Our maid (d) have long tails.
5.Father (e) are helping father mow the grass.
6.The twins (f) is our new science teacher.
7.Miss Maira (g) is baking a cake.
8.Richard (h) is my aunt`s friend.
9.Sally (i) is feeding the hens.
10.Joe (j) is boarding in a bus.
XVII. Supply suitable predicates for the following subjects from the box :
( has a long, white, flowing beard, has a large bag on his back, are neatly packed, encircles his pot belly,
is tightly packed with gifts)

1. The gifts____________________________

2. ⁠Santa ____________________________

3. ⁠He —____________________________

4. ⁠His bag ____________________________

5. ⁠A tight belt ____________________________

XVIII. Write weather the following sentences are declarative (D), interrogative (In),
imperative (Im) or exclamatory (E):

1.Please leave your footwear outside. ________________________

2.Will you wait here? ________________________

3.What a scene it is! ________________________

4.Iam your friend. ________________________

5.What did you do then? ________________________

6. My sister lives in Mexico ________________________

7. ⁠Hurrah! We have won ________________________

8. ⁠Never speak to me like that again ________________________

9. ⁠The ball rolled slowly in to the goal ________________________

10. ⁠Always remember what I told you ________________________

XIX. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct prepositions from the brackets:

1. He was helped _______________ his friend ____________________ solid monetory support. (by,with)

2. He lives ______________ Chandni Chowk _____________ Delhi. I have often seen him roaming around late
_____________ night. (in,at)
3. There is hard feeling ___________________ the two governments but plenty of goodwill __________________ the
people. (between,among)
4.__________________ being man he is also stupid. The two friends sat ______________ each other and exchanged
pleasantries. (besides,beside)
5.`It has been ages ______________ we met,` said Anil to Ajay. “Why don`t you come to my place ______________ the
summer vacation?” said Ajay. (Since, during)

XX. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct prepositions from the box:

( around, about, under, toward, beyond )

1. Mala likes wearing a string of beads___________________her neck.

2. In the distance ___________________ the river, was a small town.

3. Someone is hiding ____________________ the bed.

4. They drove ______________________ the lake.

5. I was thinking _____________________ you.

XXI. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions ( picture from pg no 85)

1. The fly is_____________________the girl’s head

2. ⁠The chair is_____________________the bed

3. ⁠The ducking is hiding_____________________the bed

4. ⁠The socks are _____________________ the girl

5. ⁠The book is_____________________ the bed

XXII. Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunctions:

1. It is hot during the day ___________________ cold at night.

2. Jayanti _____________________ Mala enjoyed the circus.

3. I cannot eat anymore _______________________ I am not hungry.

4. Will you have an apple ___________________ an orange?

5. I cannot take any ice cream _____________________ I have got cold.

6. Is Balu a monkey _____________________ a bear?

7. ⁠Check _____________________ anyone is left out_____________________you start the bus

8. ⁠Both Meera _____________________ Savita are good singers

XXIII. Choose the correct conjunction from those given in the brackets and fill in the blanks:

1.I bought mangoes __________________ (but, and, or) melons.

2.I will visit you ______________________ (when, while, if) I have time.

3.Do you want tea _______________ (and, or, but) coffee?

4.You can change your dress ______________________ (since, if, when) you want to.

5.I invited my friends for a picnic ________________ (and, but, if) they didn`t come.

XXIV. Fill in the blanks with suitable conjuctions:

1.My friend ______________________ I were talking in the class.

2.Will it rain tonight _________________ will there be a thunderstorm.

3.Mother was angry _____________________ Jatin broke the flowerpot.

4.______________________ I was a child, I lived in Dubai.

5.This is a short _____________________ an interesting story.

XXV. Supply all the necessary marks of punctuation and capital letters in the following sentences:
1.mohan met me at the station last Sunday

__________________________________________________________________________________________________.
2.ashok and peter went to agra to see the taj mahal

__________________________________________________________________________________________________.
3.mother had to go to hospital she had heart problems.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
4.hari lalit and bali all came to see me

_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
5.it is a fine idea let us hope that it is going to work

_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
 PART-II
3. I. Refer Comprehension – II from Pg No :- 101 & 102

II. Match the idioms with their meanings:

Idioms Meanings

1.To make both ends meet (a) Observe closely

2.A cock and bull story (b) To suspect

3.To keep an eye on (c) Raining heavily

4.Raining cats and dogs (d) Balancing one`s expenditure and one`s income

5.To smell a rat (e) An unbelievable story

III. Use the following words to answer the quiz given below:
( navigator, organizer, collectors, supervisor, auditor )
1.A person who organises things. ____________________________
2.A person who supervises workers. ____________________________
3.A man who steers a ship or plane. ____________________________
4.A person who examines accounts. ____________________________
5.Someone who collects things. ____________________________
6. A man who inspects things ____________________________
7. ⁠A person who breaks into a house in order to steal____________________________
8. ⁠A person who instructs or trains____________________________
9. ⁠A man who is incharge of a museum or an art gallery____________________________
10. ⁠A machine that adds sums ____________________________

IV. We see certain words end in ous such as dangerous, marvellous, jealous, etc. Use the
words ending in ous to solve the quiz:
[Marvellous famous ridiculous zealous humorous enormous]

1 Known widely
2 Full of energy and enthusiasm
3 Funny
4 Very large
5 Wonderful
V. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences:

Excited police price except entrance

1.The boy was very _______________________ when he heard the news of his success.

2.The _____________________ to the hall was blocked.

3.What _________________ did you pay for this book?

4.The ____________________ have been able to catch the theif.

5.All went to the party ______________________ Ashok.

 PART-III
I. Match the words in Column A with the rhyming words in Column B:
Column A Column B
1. High (a) Spark
2. Are (b) Talking
3. Keep (c) Sky
4. Dark (d) Peep
5. So (e) Tight
6. Hat (f) Cat
7. Walking (g) Go
8. Light (h) Star

II. Choose the correct words from the box to rhyme with the lines given:
House , Boat , Hat , Cake
1.Have you ever seen a cat?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________?

2.Have you ever seen a mouse?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________?

3.Have you ever seen a goat?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________?

4.Have you ever seen a snake?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________?

III. Refer letter writing from

________________________

________________________

________________________

Dated :___________________

Dear _______________________ ,

I am so happy to send you my wishes on your ________________. I wish you ___________________. I miss you a lot .

I promise that when. I will come we will ____________________ and will have ________________________ wish you

_______________________________________

Yours _______________________,

_____________________________.