CBSE Class 4 English Packing For A Picnic Worksheet

Choose the correct answer/fill in the blanks/true or false:

1. The author and his friends were going for
[a] a trekking trip
[b] a boating trip
[c] picnic at a beach resort.

2. The author feels that he is a very good packer. Do you think it is true?
[a] yes
[b] no
[c] sometimes he is good at packing.

3. The narrator told his friends that they should_____________________
[a] equally divide the work
[b] do all the work
[c] leave packing entirely to him.

4. ‘Potter about’ means
[a] ponder about
[b] carrying pots and moving here and there
[c] move around doing small tasks.

5. What angers the narrator the most is
[a] nothing
[b] people sitting and doing nothing
[c] people doing small tasks for him

6. ‘This was hardly what I had intended’ means
[a] This is what I had meant
[b] This is not what I meant
[c] I meant to work very hard

7. Harris asked ‘aren’t you going to put those in?’ What are those?
[a] tooth brush
[b] hampers
[c] boots

8. ‘I found Harris’ and George’s several times over’ what did he find?
[a] tooth brush
[b] boots
[c] plates
[d] cups

9. ‘George trod on the butter’ means
[a] He dropped the butter
[b] He stamped the butter
[c] He sat on the butter

10. The name of the dog is
[a] Montgomercy
[b] Montmerry
[c] Montmorency

11. The synonym of squirm is
[a] wriggle
[b] lie down
[c] jump

12. According to the narrator ‘ to get in the way and be shouted at is their dog’s ---------in life.’
[a] routine
[b] ambition
[c] training

13. The men finished packing
[a] after midnight
[b] before midnight
[c] in the morning.

14. The sentence ‘they began in a light-hearted spirit evidently intending to show me how to do it’ means they were
[a] showing me how to pack
[b] sincerely trying to help me in packing
[c] enjoying themselves while packing

15. The author became wild when he heard the --------- of George.
[a] light hearted spirit
[b] senseless chuckles
[c] comments

16. Harris packed the strawberry jam on top of a -------------- and squashed it.
[a] cup
[b] tomato
[c] egg

17. The dog troubled the men by killing the
[a] rats
[b] cats
[c] lemons

18.‘ Harris sat on the butter and it stuck on him’ is a ------ sentence.
[a] simple
[b] compound
[c] complex

19. Find the word that does not collocate with hard.
[a] work
[b] earned
[c] spent
[d] hearted.

20. The antonym of finally is
[a] initially
[b] ultimately
[c] eventually

21. The lesson is an extract taken from the book _______________.

22. The author of this humorous story is __________________.

23. “I am quite sure that I put it down on the chair” is a _____________ sentence.
[a] Simple
[b] Compound
[c] Complex

24. “ Why, there it was all the time!” who said?_____________.

25. The three friends are ______________ , _______________and________________ .

26. “ We have to make a very early start”. It means they are on a boating trip to ___________.
[a] Thames
[b] Ganges
[c] Nile

27. I turned out the entire contents of my bag. Underline the phrasal verb.

28. The _______________ felt that he should be the boss of the job.

29. “I want to get up and supervise, walk around with my hands in my pockets and tell him what to do”. It means the author is____________.
[a] requesting
[b] advising
[c] commanding

30. “The author knows a man, who would ______________ on the sofa for hours.
[a] roll
[b] loll
[c] poll