CBSE Class 4 English Practice Worksheet Set A

Q.1 Who said to whom.
a) That crow will be the ruin of us!
b) Kiss, kiss!

Q.2 What the underlined words stand for.
a) We were not sure that he was male.
b) I had also taught him to sit on my arm.
c) He knocked them off.

Q.3 Correct the spellings.
a) Fideting
b) alited
c) Prising

Q.4 Make sentences.
a) Investigate
b) Objected
c) Shifted
d) Spied

Q.5 Write 2 sound words starting with the alphabet.
a) C - _________
b) B - _________

Q.6 Write 2 movement words starting with the alphabet.
a) J - __________
b) H - __________

The way Animals Talk

Summary:
This chapter tells us that animals also need to communicate to survive. Unlike humans they can not speak. Instead they use their body movements, their sense of hearing and smell to receive and transmit information to each other.
Note: Please write this worksheet in your copy /paper /A4 sheet and learn.

Hard words
1. Humans
2. Movements
3. Gestures
4. Convey
5. Variety
6. Expressions
7. Conditions
8. Specific
9. Unique
10. Electrocommunication
11. Aquatic
12. Asiatic
13. Whistle
14. Complex
15. Effective

Word – Meanings
Communicate talk
Transmit to pass on
Specific exact
Indicate to point out or show
Mimicry the act of imitating someone
Essential absolutely necessary
Vibrate to shake
Nuzzle to caress with the nose
Predators animals that attack or kill others for food
Devised made
Answer these questions-

1. How do animals communicate?
Answer : Animals use their body movements, their sense of hearing and smell to communicate.

2. How do animals use visual signals to communicate ?
Answer : Animals use visual signals in the form of facial expressions, body posture or mimicry to communicate.

3. How do animals use sound to communicate?
Answer : animals use sound for many important tasks like warning calls, communicating location of food sources etc.

4. How is the sense of ‘touch‘ used by animals to communicate ?
Answer : Animals use the sense of touch to communicate as mother cats nuzzle their kittens to comfort them. Male deer lock horns to show their dominance. Dogs lick their owners to show they are happy.

5. How do aquatic animals communicate?
Answer : Aquatic animals communicate by sending electric signals as messages.

Match the columns.
1. Animals need to communicate                                        a. because it can travels over long distance.
2. The most common way by which animals communicate    b. is through body gestures.
3. Dolphins, when they want to seek attention,                    c. to survive.
4. Bees communicate their finding of nectar                        d. slap their tails on water.
5. Animals use sound to communicate                                e. make beautiful sounds to communicate.
6. Birds like robin, cuckoo and magpie                                f. by dancing
Answer :
1. (c ), 2. (b), 3.(d), 4.(f), 5.(a), 6.(e)

Make sentences;
1. Species Elephants are endangered species
2. smell The rose smells sweet.
3. Animal A fox is a wild animal.
4. Language Hindi is my native language.
5. Expression My mother’s expression was unreadable.

THE CHAMPA FLOWER

Supposing I become a champa flower, just for fun
And grew on a branch high up that tree,
And shook in the wind with laughter
And danced upon the newly budded leaves,
Would you know me, mother?
You would call, ‘baby, where are you?’
And i should laugh to myself and keep quite quiet
I should slyly open my petals
And watch you at your work
When after your bath,
With wet hair spread on your shoulders,
You walked through the shadow of the champa tree,
You should notice the scent of the flower
But not know that it came from me
When after the midday meal
You sat the window reading Ramayana
And the tree’s shadow fell over hair and your lap,
I should fling my wee little shadow on to the page of your book,
Just where you were reading.
But would you guess
That it was the tiny shadow of your little child?
When in the evening you went to the cowshed
With the lighted lamp in your hand,
I should suddenly drop on to the earth again
And be your own baby once more and beg you to tell me a story
‘where have you been, you naughty child?’
‘I won’t tell you, mother’
That’s what you and I would say then.

RABINDRANATH TAGORE
In this poem the poet imagines a young boy who decides to morph himself into a Champa flower high up in the tree. From that vantage point he imagines himself gleefully watching his mother go about her all. - too familiar daily routine all the time being hidden from view. And how at the end of the day he would slip down and be her baby once again.
Note:- Please write this worksheet on your copy/ paper/ A4 sheet and learn

1. Hard word
a. Shook
b. Quite
c. Laugh
d. Spread
e. Petals
f. Shoulders
g. Midday
h. Shadow
i. Naughty
j. Suddenly

2. Word meaning
a. Budded - began to grow
b. Slyly - cunningly
c. Wee – small
d. Cowshed – place where cows are kept
e. Fling - Throw

3. Answer these questions

Q1. What does the speaker wish to become?
Answer : The speaker wishes to become a champa flower.

Q2. What will the mother notice when she goes to say her prayers?
Answer : The mother will notice the scent of the flower when she goes to say her prayers.

Q3. What will the speaker do when his mother is reading the Ramayana?
Answer : The speaker will throw his little shadow on the page of her book when his mother is reading the Ramayana.

Q4. What will the speaker do in the evening?
Answer : the speaker will suddenly drop on to the earth and be her own baby once again.

Q5. What will the speaker and his mother say in the evening?
Answer : The speaker will beg her mother to tell him a story and his mother calls him a naughty child .

4. Mark the statements as true (T) or false(F) in every sentence

1. The speaker wants to become a hibiscus.
Answer : false

2. When his mother call out to him, the speaker wants to keep quite.
Answer : true 

3. His mother walks to the court to say her prayers after breakfast.
Answer : false

4. The speaker’s mother reads the Ramayana after dinner.
Answer : false

5. In the evening, the speaker’s mother goes to the cowshed.
Answer : true 

5. Make sentences with the following words:

1. Newly
Answer : My newly married sister brought a gift for me.

2. Tree
Answer : Trees are very important element on the earth.

3. Prayer
Answer : We believe in the power of prayer.

4. Window
Answer : There is only one window in my room.

5. Evening
Answer : We attended the party last evening.

Fill in the blanks with a, an or the.

1) I met _______ boy on my way home.

2) There is ______ old man walking on the road.

3) She ate ______ apple,______ banana and ________ orange for breakfast.

4) Paul has ________ new pen.

5) Gold is _______ useful metal

6) I met ________ European in the market.

7) Bangalore is a________ big city in India.

8)The Eiffel Tower______ most beautiful tower in the world.

9) I saw an Eskimo sitting on ____ chair.

10) ________ igloo is made of snow.

11) He is ______ Shakespeare of our school.

12) January is ________ first month of the year

13) ________ Earth revolves around _________ sun.

14) _______ Taj Mahal is _____ beautiful monument

15) ________ Ramayana is _________ sacred book of the Hindus.

Q.1) Fill in the blanks with was and were .

a) Last year , I ____ the best athlete of my class.

b) I did not purchase those C.D.`s because they _____ not original

c) My sister met with an accident and she ____ in danger but now everything is fine .

d) The whole school ______ happy with the result .

e) Rita and Neeta ______ the only latecomers.

f) All these baskets of vegetables _____ for sale

Q .2) Fill in the blanks with has or have

a) I _____ no time for shopping.

b) The teachers ____ notebooks to check

c) Our government _____ not given good budget this year .

d) She always _____ her breakfast at 9 a.m.

e) We _____ a special educator in our school now .

f) Each student in my class ____ taken part in some activity .

g) How many brothers and sisters you _____ ?

h) All these cars _____ a central locking system .

Q.3) Fill in the blanks with is are or an

a) I _____ an admirer of Mrs INDIRA GANDHI.

b) I hope you ______ a hardworking doctor

c) I ______ pleased to meet you .

d) Mein Kampf ____ a novel written by Adolf Hitler .

e) Gold _____ useful for making jewelry .

f) Our team is ready for match .

g) Rahul _____ is extremely good in singing .

h) Students _____ very happy because they are going for picnic

Q.4) Tick the correct words

a) The sums in this book ( is , are ) very difficult.

b) Rahul ( have, has) his own ball

c) I ( have , has) two books on this topic

d) The news ( was , were ) true.

e) There are many students in The Annual Day.

f) The teachers in the school ( work , works ) very hard .

g) Some of these antique items ( is , are ) very costly.

h) All teachers ( love ,loves ) their students.

Q.5 ) Rewrite these sentences changing the underline words from Plural to Singular. Make other suitable changes also.

a) The policemen caught the thieves

b) The cats ran after the mice .

c) The teeth are dirty .

d) The women cut the apples with the knives

Q.1 Complete the following sentences:-

1) The gypsy took out one more packet from his pocket and put some ___________________.

2) One market day, __________ settled himself in the centre of _________________.

3) A young girl _________ held up __________________.

4) The church bell struck _______________ and the _____________ left for ______________.

Q.2 Make sentences:-

a) Aroma

b) Cunning

c) Whisper

d) Curious

Q.3 Who said to whom?

1) See how white and nice they are!

2) I learnt to make it during my travels.

3) My vegetables are just as good as hers.

Q.4 Name four vegetables the villagers gave to the gypsy.

Q.5 Give one word answer:-

1) A lovely smell

2) Very tasty and

1. Fill in the blanks.

a. The river flowed from _____________ to ________________.

b. The man rang the six o’ clock bell at ___________________.

c. In great fear the people ran to the __________________.

d. The king wanted all the water for _______________________________.

2. Who said the following and to whom?

a. “Where does all the water flow to?”

b. “The town is flooded .This dam must go or our lives will be in danger. Please save us.”

3. Correct the spellings of the following words.

a. cheif minister

b. foollish

c. tonite

d. obeyd

4. Make sentences of your own with the following words.

a. formed

b. fear

c. pondered

d. thought

e. rang

Q.1. Make sentences with the following words:

Searched                          patted

Fond                                 followed

Plough

Faithful

Confidently

Bold

Q.2. Who said the following? To whom?

a) “This bull is blind in one eye. If it is your bull, tell me which eye it is”.

b) “How shall I plough my fields?”

Q.3. Write what the underlined words stand for.

a) He gave it a bath everyday and brushed its body

b) “Hey, get away from it. This is my bull”

Q.4. Give 3 adjectives to describe:

a) Ramlal’s bull

b) Ramlal

c) The thief

Q.5. Make sentences to bring out the difference between the following pairs of words.

a) Fair/fare

b) Cell/sell

c) Right/write

d) tied/tide

Q.6. Rewrite correcting the spelling of the words spelt incorrectly :

But the theif was a bold felow. Although he was a little afraid at heart, he did not show it. He said very confidentally, “Oh, I forgot. Actualy I was thinking of my dog, who is also one-eyde” .

Q.1 - Put the words in the right order:

1. (like/jacket/i/that/green) I like that green jacket.

2. (had/ wonderful/a/i/holiday)

3. (new /live in/house/they/a)

4. (went to/restaurant/a/Chinese/we)

Q.2 - Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives:

Fresh , sharp, dangerous, black

1) Look at those___ clouds.

2) Can you open the window? We need some ___ air.

3) Fire-fighting is a _____job.

4) I need a_____ knife.

Q.3 - Put the same two letters before these groups of words to form a new words:

1. _ _ ease

2. _ _ought

3. _ _ ass

4. _ _ ream

Q.4 - Fill in the blanks with correct spellings:

1. There are____ children in my class.( fourty,forty)

2. My father___ a letter from his office. (receive,receive)

3. My ____ teacher will check my home-work.(geometry,geometery)

4. My mother brought _____ from the market.(balloon,balloon)

Q.5 - Complete the sentence with similes:

1. My younger sister is as light as a _____ .

2. Weather is as dry as _____ .

3. My mother is always as busy as a ____ .

4. My principal’s decision is as firm as a ___

Q.6 - Fill in the blanks with the correct words:

1. This watch works on only one pencil____(cell,sell)

2. Mini could not keep ___ even for five minutes(quiet,quite)

3. Our flat is on the upper ____of the house(story,storey)

4. The buses on this ____are always crowded(root,route)

Q.7 - Write one word for the sentence:

1. He gives decision in a match._____________

2. To take a small bite._________

3. The season that follows the spring.___________

4. Strong building built usually by kings.____________

5. A road with trees on both sides______

6. The part of the arm where the hand joins it_________

Q.8- Circle the word that does not rhyme with the others:

Brood stood rude mood

Prove done above love

Hear sphere bare clear

Plough how snow grow

Q.9 - Read the sentences , underline the word, which do not make sense, rearrange the letters and write the word space given :-

1) We saw the soldiers charm in the parade ground ________________

2) Her fathers face became red with range _______________________

3) My study bleat is made of teak wood _________________________

4) The teacher asked very ought questions ________________________