Read the Passage Carefully and Answer the Questions That Follow

DELHI PRIVATESCHOOL, SHARJAH

ENGLISH REVISION- GRADE IV (2014-2015)

Name: ______Section: ______

Date: ______

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Can you imagine what life would be like without paper? You would have to go without books, newspapers, tissues, toilet rolls and cardboard. Believe it or not, even the carton from which you drink your favourite fruit juice is made of paper too.

The Chinese were the first people to make paper. It was invented by T’sai Lun for an empress who wanted cheaper writing materials. At the time, the Chinese were using silk scrolls, which were scarce and costly. From China, the craft of paper making spread to Japan, Central Asia, Europe and America.

In the early days of paper making, rags from linen and cotton were used. Later, esparto grass and straw from cereals such as wheat, oats and barley were tried. More and more paper was needed as people became better educated and more interested in books.

It is not surprising that the paper making industry is important in many countries in Europe and America, for they have huge forests. The wood is changed into pulp- a raw material for making paper. Large quantities of clean water are needed. Paper-mills are built on the banks of rivers and lakes. Electricity is also required to operate the machinery.

I. Choose the correct answer:

1. ______is not made from paper.

a. books b. silk scrolls c. newspapers d. toilet rolls

2. Paper was invented in ______.

a. America b. Egypt c. Japan d. China

3. The paper making industry is important in many countries because they have ______.

a. huge forests b. a lot of educated people c. fruit juice that is sold in paper cartons

d. a lot of machinery

II. Complete the following:

1. Paper was invented by T’sai Lun ______

III. Answer the following questions:

1. Name four things that are made of paper.

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2. Why are paper-mills built on the banks of rivers and lakes?

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IV. Select the correct word from the words in bold:

a. synonym of ‘a roll of material used for writing’- ______

b. antonym of ‘plenty’ - ______

c. a suitable adjective for ‘water’- ______

d. homophone for ‘would’- ______

Vocabulary Cloze:

Long, long ago, there were no roads ______(nowhere / anywhere) in the

world. There were only paths ______(made / built) by hooves and

______(pause / paws) of animals. Wild animals travelled along these to

______(search / look) for food and ______(water / rivers). Humans

learnt to follow these paths and built ______(their / there) first homes along them.

Later, the paths were widened so that people could ______(travell / travel)

in wagons and stagecoaches. The paths then became roads that went through forests, over

mountains and across ______(desserts / deserts).Today, there are huge

highways all over the world. Traffic can travel along them at high speeds.

You go to the supermarket with your parents and baby brother. You are at the counter to pay your bill and your parents go to fetch something they had forgotten and tell you to watch your brother. You take your eyes off your brother for just a minute and you can't find him.Write an interesting diary entry about how you managed to find him later.

Date ______

Dear ______

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Good bye my friend. I must end now because ______

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I. Fill in the blanks with articles (a, an or the). Where no article is required put a stroke (/):

1. I met ______old friend at ______party.

2. Faisal bought ______new book from ______bookstore.

3. ______gardener trimmed ______grass and ______trees.

4. People in ______Egypt were crazy about ______pyramids.

5. At ______zoo, we watched ______octopus swim slowly.

6. John travelled to ______Mexico in ______month of December to meet his wife.

II. Colour the correct adverb for the following sentences:

1.The couple danced (gracefully / carefully).

2. Vignesh painted the kitchen (noisily/neatly).

3. They called the police (peacefully/immediately) after the accident.

4. Danny was (extremely/fully) happy when he got his first job.

5. I found his home very (frequently/easily)

III. Fill in the blanks with ‘some’ or ‘any’:

1. I bought ______apples from the market.

2. Are there ______tissues in the box?

3. She doesn’t want ______shoes for her birthday.

4. Can I have ______more rice please?

5. The tailor stitched ______buttons on the dress.

6. There isn’t ______juice in the bottle.

7. I’ve got ______spices in the jar.

IV. Use a color pencil to punctuate the following sentences correctly:

1. carly asked which way do I draw the picture

2. oh no jean yelled why didn’t you tell me I’m late

3. yes you can read a book said the teacher

4. I just won the lottery shrieked kim

V. Contract the following pairs of words:

I would ______6. of the clock ______

We will ______7. shall not ______

here is ______8. I am ______

have not ______9. she will ______

it is ______10. they are ______

VI. Add apostrophe wherever necessary:

1. Are these grandpas coins?

2. Bens uniform needs to be washed.

3. The policemens cars were fitted with cameras.

4. My moms cake tasted delicious.

5. The enemies camps were completely destroyed during the war.

VII. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable form of the adjective:

1. The lion is a ______animal. (strong)

2. Cancer is ______than Cholera. (dreadful)

3. Mount Everest is the ______peak in the world. (high)

4. Iron is the ______of all metals. (useful)

5. Very few animals are as ______as the cheetah. (fast)

6. Paris is ______than England. (hot)

7. These sums are ______than the ones in the textbook. (difficult)

I. Answer the following questions:

1. Name the three ships which were prepared for the voyage.

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2. Why did the men decide to throw Colombus overboard?

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3. Describe how Rakesh planted the cherry seed?

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4. What happened when the cherry tree began to blossom?

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5. Who was Marco Polo?

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II.Explain with reference to the context:

1. “Nothing is lucky if you put it away. If you want luck, you must put it to use.”

a. Who said this to whom?

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b. What were they talking about?

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III. Write the meanings and make sentences with the following words:

1. sheltered - ______

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2. perish - ______

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3. sturdy - ______

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4. convince- ______

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