DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL
Secunderabad
NACHARAM/ MAHENDRAHILLS/ NADERGUL
www.dpsnadergul.in
ISO: 9001 – 2015
CLASS: IV SUBJECT: ENGLISH MARKS: 50
TIME: Half Yearly Mock Paper DATE:
Section-A (10 Marks)
I. Read the passage and answer the following questions (5x1=5M)
On a cloudy day, the baby gorillas were playing wrestling and squealing enjoy.
There was so interested in their game that they forgot Mother Gorilla’s orders to stay
close to her. Toto, the youngest of the baby gorillas, ran fast to hide somewhere where
his sisters could not find him.
Suddenly, Toto noticed a golden leopard moving stealthily sing straight towards him.
Toto was terrified. Instantly, he ducked behind some shrubs and screamed as he did so.
Before the leopard could make his move Toto ran into the hollow log that was nearby.
He crawled to its very end and hid inside.
Toto Trembling with fear. How he wished that he had obeyed his mother and stayed near her. He had never
been so alone before. Toto hidden silence listening for some sound. The leopard looked around for a while
before walking back into the jungle. The stillness outside meant that leopard had left. Toto began to call for
help. Soon the other baby gorillas, who were equally afraid of leopard came out of their hiding places. They
pulled Toto out together; they all ran home to Mother Gorilla.
1. Did baby gorillas follow their mother’s order? Give reason
2. Find the word from the passage which means ‘quietly and secretly’.
3. What did Toto wish when he was hiding in the hollow log?
a. He wished to play again after the leopard is gone.
b. He screamed for help.
c. He wished that he obeyed his mother and stayed near her.
d. He wished to be in the hollow log forever.
4. Who rescued to
5. Toto and how?
6. Identify the feeling conveyed in each paragraph
Paragraph 1: a. excitement b. fear c. surprise
Paragraph 2: a. anger b. fear c. sorrow
II. Read the given poem and answer the following questions: ( 5x1=5M)
A Minor Bird
-Robert Frost
I have wished a bird would fly away,
And not sing by my house all day;
Have clapped my hands at him from the door
When it seemed as if I could bear no more.
The fault must partly have been in me
The bird was not to blame for his key
And of course there must be something wrong
In wanting to silence any song
1. Why would the poet wish the bird to fly?
2. Do you think speaker clapped his hands because he enjoyed the bird’s song? Explain why.
3. Pick two pairs of rhyming words from the above poem.
4. Would you want the bird to go away if it came to your home everyday and sang?
5. As per the poet whose fault was it?
Section-B Writing skills
III. Cloze Writing. (10 X ½ = 5M)
Subject spent wait gave shared hard work first believe results delight
Sana's determination and _____________ had paid off. Last week, she received her final term ______________
"Grade A for Mathematics!" she had screamed in ______________. Sana could not ______________ her eyes.
She had always been weak in the _________________ and so far, her best had been a 'B'. What an
improvement! Her friends ________________ her happiness.
As a reward, Sana's parents _____________ their approval for her to go sleep over with her friends. Serena was
elated. She had never ______________ a night away from home. That would be the ______________ time.
She felt grown-up and independent. "I can't ____________ for Saturday to come!" she told her friends.
IV. A. Imagine you spent a day at the beach. In a paragraph, describe what you did there. 5M
Or
B. Write a paragraph describing a fair you recently visited in your neighborhood.
Include the following points:
Give a suitable title
When you went, with whom and where
What did you do there?
When did you return and how you felt?
Use words such as first, then, after that and finally to show the order of
events.
V. A. You went on a 3 day trip to Jaipur with your parents. Your cousin is very keen to know about
the things you did. Write a diary entry of your activities so that you tell him/her all the details
when you get home. Use the clues given below. 5M
arrived in Jaipur - saw forts and palace – watched the puppet show – ate local sweets – went
to lake - saw sunset - drove to desert - took camel ride
enjoyed village dance - shopped for gifts - walked around the old town – packed our suitcase
Or
B. Photographs are a wonderful way to remind us of the past. Write a diary entry on one of your
favourite photograph. Use the following clues.
How old were you ? Who clicked the photo? Time and occasion when the photo is taken
Why is it your favourite photo? How do feel about it now?
Section-C (10 Marks)
Grammar
VI. Identify the common and proper nouns in the following sentence (2 X ¼ = ½ M)
1. It is believed that the Ganga is the holiest river.
VII. Fill in the blanks with the plural form of the words given in the bracket. (2 X ¼ = ½ M)
1. Have you heard of _______________(goose) that laid golden ________(egg)?
VIII. Fill in the blanks with suitable pronouns. (2 X ½ = 1M)
1. The farmhouse on the hill is ________. We go there every summer.
2. Abhay and Arun are running to school. _________ are late.
IX. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles. (4 X ¼ = 1M)
I opened _________ door and found ____________ old man wearing ______________ hat standing on
________ door step.
X. Identify the underline noun as countable or uncountable noun (2 X ½ = 1M)
1. My mother uses butter to make cakes.
XI. Replace the underlined nouns with the opposite genders (2 X ½ = 1M)
1. The wizard played many tricks on the boys.
XII. Fill in the blanks with correct tense form of the verb. (2 X 1 = 2M))
1. These are Sarah and Tom who _____________(live) in a small town with their
parents.
2. A couple of years ago they ____________(move) from a huge city with lot of
traffic and pollution.
XIII. Join the sentences using a suitable conjunction and rewrite in the blank given. (2 X 1=2M)
1. He was busy. I could not talk to him.
2. Ria went to the zoo. She saw beautiful peacocks
XIV. Rewrite the following sentence in the negative form. (1 X 1 = 1M)
1. He went to the school yesterday.
Section-D Literature
XV. Prose Extract (3x1=3M)
“But is it right , my son, to keep mum and not say what you consider just and fair? Pleaded the old
lady. Come to the panchayat and speak the truth.”
1. Who said these lines and to whom?
2. Why did aunt approach panchayat?
3. Name the lesson from which the above lines are extracted.
XVI. Poetry Extract. ( 3x1=3M)
“I quarrelled with my brother
I don’t know what about
One thing led to another
And somehow we fell out.”
1. Name the poem and poet from which the above lines are extracted.
2. Does the poet know the reasons for the quarrel?
3. Write a pair of rhyming words from the above extract?
XVII. Answer any three of the following in 3 or 4 sentences. (3x2=6M)
1. What were some of the crow’s daily activities?
2. In the poem ‘Boats Sail on the Rivers’, what does the bow do?
3. Who gifted Anne Frank the diary? How old was she when she started writing the diary?
4. What verdict did Algu give as a head Panch?
XVIII. Answer any one of the following question in 5 or 6 sentences. (3x1=3M)
1. Give a description of Anne Frank’s family.
2. Who was Samjhu Sahu ?Why was he angry with Algu Chaudhary?
3. Why do you think the speaker’s brother made up with her?
