CBSE Class 4 English The Resting Hill Worksheet

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

1. The old man and his grand daughter came walking down ________________
[a] The country road
[b] the town road
[c] the highway road

2. The author of the resting hill is:
[a] John Murray
[b] Griffin Ondaatje
[c] Ondaatje Griffin

3. The old man pointed at the _________________________
[a] palmyra tree
[b] mango tree
[c] neem tree

4. The opposite of impatient is _______________________
[a] impatiently
[b] patient
[c] delay

5. __________________ was an old elephant tamer.
[a] Ariyaatthai
[b] Velappanikkar
[c] grandfather

6. One morning Velappanikkar and Ariyaatthai were working in ___________________
[a] garden
[b] field
[c] factory

7. When the people saw the elephant they __________________________
[a] screamed
[b] shouted
[c] were excited

8. The elephant chased away ___________________________
[a] several children
[b] several sheep
[c] several farmers

9. The grand father ______________________himself and took and a bite of his mango
[a] stopped
[b] ceased
[c] interrupted

10. Rogue elephants are __________________________
[a] friendly
[b] very dangerous
[c] frightful

11. Velappanikkar could tame any elephant because he was __________________________
[a] timid
[b] brave and patient
[c] impatient

12. He turned and walked over to the tool shed. [Circle the phrase in the given sentence]

13. King gave the orders to tame the elephant within ______________________
[a] two months
[b] one month
[c] one year

14. Ariyaatthai told the king’s messenger that her husband ------
[a] is the best tamer
[b] has fallen ill
[c] will not tame the elephant.

15. Ariyaatthai went to the shed and took the rope to _______________________
[a] catch the elephant herself
[b] give it to the king’s messenger
[c] help villagers catch the elephant

16. Eventually means _____________________
[a] in the beginning
[b] in the end
[c] in the middle

17. The synonym of peacefulness is ___________________
[a] tranquillity
[b] noisy
[c] chaotic

18. An untamed elephant which attacks the people for no reason is
[a] a rogue elephant
[b] a stray elephant
[c] a good elephant

19. Velappanikker _______________the elephant.
[a] tamed
[b] did not tame
[c] failed to tame

20. Ariyaatthai was _______________________of the darkness in the jungle.
[a] afraid
[b] not afraid
[c] dying

21. Ariyaatthai wanted to complete the task ____________________
[a] herself
[b] himself
[c] themselves

22. Ariyaatthai stayed awake all night because she was ___________________
[a] sure that the elephant would come back
[b] afraid of the darkness
[c] keeping watch on the jungle

23. She waited, her heart beating fast. Why was it beating fast ___________________
[a] jungle was dangerous
[b] she was alone
[c] she expected the elephant

24. What words describe the sight of the rogue elephant
[a] happy, dancing and cool
[b] giant feet shifting, stirring up the dust
[c] tame and obeying

25. The road began to shake under Ariyaatthai’s feet because of _________________
[a] earthquake
[b] huge truck passing by
[c] charging elephant

26. Ariyaatthai stood there staring at the elephant but couldn’t move because she was
[a] afraid
[b] trapped
[c] blinded by the dust

27. The elephant waited for Ariyaatthai to __________________________
[a] come back and untie it
[b] feed him
[c] call the king

28. Who said, “All right then lets go home”.
[a] grandfather
[b] author
[c] messenger

29. No one came back to untie the elephant. [ True / False ]

30. ___________________ watched as he lovingly selected another mango
[a] Ariyaatthai
[b] granddaughter
[c] Velappanikkar’s wife