Term pack

Class 4 English

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Skills in this pack

Matching the verb
Is doing and was doing
Because and so
Pronoun forms
Articles by sound and sense
How it was done
In, on and at for time
Commas in a list
Whose is it?
Plural rules
Prefixes
Alphabetical order
Reading and putting events in order
A letter to a friend

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Class 4 English · 1 of 14

Matching the verb

Choose the verb form that agrees with the subject.

1.The dog ____ loudly.
- a) bark
- b) barking
- c) barks
- d) to bark
2.My friends ____ very kind.
- a) is
- b) am
- c) are
- d) be
3.He ____ a new bicycle.
- a) have
- b) has
- c) having
- d) to have
4.The children ____ in the garden.
- a) is playing
- b) are playing
- c) plays
- d) playing
5.I ____ hungry.
- a) is
- b) be
- c) are
- d) am
6.She ____ to school every day.
- a) to walk
- b) walking
- c) walk
- d) walks
7.They ____ football on Sundays.
- a) play
- b) playing
- c) plays
- d) to play
8.The books ____ on the shelf.
- a) has
- b) be
- c) are
- d) is

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Class 4 English · 2 of 14

Is doing and was doing

Say what is happening now and what was happening earlier using am, is, are, was and were with an -ing verb.

1.Fill the gap with two words, using the verb given: They ____ (play) in the park right now.
2.Sort each verb by what happens to its spelling when you add -ing.
Groups: Double the last letter · Drop the e
- run
- bake
- sit
- swim
- write
- dance
3.Ravi ____ his homework when his friend called.
- a) were finishing
- b) is finishing
- c) are finishing
- d) was finishing
4.Put the cards in order to make a sentence about what was happening.
- painting
- a poster.
- The children
- were
5.Fill the gap with two words, using the verb given: I ____ (read) when the lights went out.
6.The dogs ____ at the postbox when I walked past.
- a) were barking
- b) is barking
- c) am barking
- d) was barking
7.In "The girls were singing loudly", which two words make the verb?
- a) The girls
- b) singing loudly
- c) were singing
- d) girls were
8.Fill the gap with two words, using the verb given: The cat ____ (sit) on the wall now.

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Because and so

Join two ideas with because or so, and say which half is the cause.

1.Which sentence uses its joining word correctly?
- a) He could not lift it so the bag was heavy.
- b) The bag was heavy so it was full of books.
- c) He could not lift it and the bag was heavy because.
- d) The bag was heavy so he could not lift it.
2.We lit a candle ____ the power had gone.
- a) because
- b) but
- c) or
- d) so
3.Write "because" or "so": The plants died ____ nobody watered them.
4.In "The tiger stayed hidden because it had seen us", which half is the reason?
- a) stayed hidden
- b) The tiger stayed hidden
- c) it had seen us
- d) The tiger
5.Which word tells you the reason something happened?
- a) while
- b) so
- c) but
- d) because
6.Sort each sentence by the word that belongs in its gap.
Groups: because · so
- The tank was empty, ____ the pump would not start.
- He missed the bus ____ his watch had stopped.
- It began to rain, ____ we ran inside.
- She wore a coat ____ the wind was cold.
- The road was closed, ____ we took another route.
- The kite would not fly ____ there was no wind.
7.The ice melted ____ we left it in the sun.
- a) because
- b) then
- c) and
- d) so
8.Sort each half by whether it is the cause or what happened as a result.
Groups: The cause · The result
- The glass broke on the floor
- Someone left the tap running
- The glass slipped from her hand
- Rahul forgot his umbrella
- Rahul reached school wet
- The bathroom floor flooded

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Class 4 English · 4 of 14

Pronoun forms

Replace a noun with the right pronoun, and choose between forms such as I and me.

1.Write one pronoun in place of "my aunt": I gave the letter to ____.
2.Sort each pronoun by how many it stands for.
Groups: One person or thing · More than one
- they
- she
- he
- we
- it
- us
3.Sort each pronoun by where it belongs in a sentence.
Groups: Doing the action · Having the action done to it
- we
- me
- they
- I
- them
- us
4.Why do we use pronouns at all?
- a) to make sentences longer
- b) to avoid repeating the same noun over and over
- c) to show that something is in the past
- d) to join two sentences together
5.Write the missing pronoun: The book is very old. ____ pages are yellow at the edges.
6.My uncle repairs clocks. ____ has done it for thirty years.
- a) He
- b) His
- c) Him
- d) Them
7.Which sentence is written correctly?
- a) Me and Ravi built a raft.
- b) I and Ravi built me a raft.
- c) Ravi and me built a raft.
- d) Ravi and I built a raft.
8.In "The parcel arrived, but nobody opened it", what does the pronoun stand for?
- a) nobody
- b) the parcel
- c) the door
- d) the sender

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Articles by sound and sense

Choose between a and an by the sound that follows, and use the when you mean a particular one.

1.Sort each noun by the word that goes in front of it.
Groups: a · an
- book
- tiger
- apple
- university
- hour
- umbrella
2.Write "a" or "an": She studies at ____ university near her home.
3.Write "a" or "an": My grandfather is ____ honest man.
4.Put the cards in order to make one sentence.
- stopped at
- The train
- a small
- station.
5.I bought a mango. ____ mango was sweeter than any I had eaten.
- a) A
- b) An
- c) The
- d) Some
6.Which one is correct?
- a) a egg
- b) an eggs
- c) a eggs
- d) an egg
7.Which one is correct?
- a) an inks pot
- b) a ink pot
- c) an ink pot
- d) a inkpot
8.Why does "university" take "a" and not "an"?
- a) because it names a place
- b) because it begins with a y sound, not a vowel sound
- c) because it begins with a consonant letter
- d) because it is a long word

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Class 4 English · 6 of 14

How it was done

Find and use adverbs that tell you how an action was done.

1.Sort each word by the job it does.
Groups: Describes a noun · Tells how an action is done
- neat
- bravely
- brave
- quietly
- quiet
- neatly
2.Make an adverb from the word given: The team played ____ (brave) until the last minute.
3.Which sentence tells you how the work was done?
- a) He finished the work yesterday.
- b) He finished the work neatly.
- c) He finished the work twice.
- d) He finished the work here.
4.Pair each sentence with the adverb that finishes it sensibly.
- The long queue moved forward
- She solved the puzzle in one minute
- He whispered so nobody would hear
- The choir sang without one mistake
- slowly
- perfectly
- softly
- quickly
5.Pair each adjective with the adverb made from it.
- happy
- gentle
- careful
- angry
- sudden
- carefully
- angrily
- gently
- suddenly
- happily
6.In "The horse ran swiftly", which word tells you how the horse ran?
- a) The
- b) swiftly
- c) ran
- d) horse
7.In "Nita carefully carried the tray", which word is the adverb?
- a) Nita
- b) carried
- c) carefully
- d) tray
8.Make an adverb from the word given: The old man walked ____ (slow) up the steps.

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Class 4 English · 7 of 14

In, on and at for time

Choose in, on or at to say when something happens.

1.We have our sports day ____ Wednesday.
- a) of
- b) in
- c) on
- d) at
2.Write the missing word: My birthday is ____ March.
3.Write the missing word: The race begins ____ ten o'clock sharp.
4.Which sentence is correct?
- a) The owl hunts on night.
- b) The owl hunts by night time.
- c) The owl hunts of night.
- d) The owl hunts at night.
5.Sort each sentence by whether the time word is used correctly.
Groups: Correct · Wrong
- The film starts at four o'clock.
- We swim in the evening.
- The bell rings in noon.
- The bus came on Thursday.
- I was born on 2016.
- School reopens at July.
6.Put these time phrases in order, from the shortest stretch of time to the longest.
- in September
- at eight o'clock
- in 2020
- on Sunday
- in the morning
7.Which word goes with a year, such as 1947?
- a) in
- b) for
- c) at
- d) on
8.Pair each kind of time with an example of it.
- a month
- a day of the week
- a clock time
- a year
- a part of the day
- in April
- at nine o'clock
- in 2019
- in the afternoon
- on Tuesday

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Class 4 English · 8 of 14

Commas in a list

Use commas to separate the things in a list, and to mark off the person you are speaking to.

1.Sort each sentence by the job its comma is doing.
Groups: Separating a list · Naming the person spoken to
- Well done, Kabir.
- She packed shoes, socks and a cap.
- Please pass the salt, Arun.
- We need bread, milk and eggs.
- Come inside, Meera.
- The shed held nails, screws and a hammer.
2.This sentence has lost its commas: "We bought bread milk and jam." Which word does the first comma go straight after?
3.In a list, which word usually comes before the last thing?
- a) then
- b) or else
- c) and
- d) but
4.Pair each job a comma does with a sentence that shows it.
- separating the things in a list
- marking off the person you are speaking to
- after yes or no at the start
- separating two describing words
- It was a cold, windy day.
- Yes, I have finished.
- We need rice, oil and salt.
- Sit down, Arun.
5.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- a) Thank you Ravi, for, your help.
- b) Thank you, Ravi, for your help.
- c) Thank, you Ravi for your help.
- d) Thank you Ravi for your help.
6.Put the cards in order to make one sentence with a list in it.
- I need
- and a sharpener.
- a pencil,
- a ruler
7.Where does the first comma go in "We packed mangoes bread and juice"?
- a) after packed
- b) after bread
- c) after We
- d) after mangoes
8.Which sentence needs no commas at all?
- a) Come here Nita.
- b) I like mangoes bananas grapes and figs.
- c) I like mangoes and grapes.
- d) I like mangoes bananas and grapes.

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Class 4 English · 9 of 14

Whose is it?

Use an apostrophe to show that something belongs to somebody, for one owner and for many.

1.Write the missing word: The ____ nest is high in the tree. One bird owns it.
2.Sort each owner by where the apostrophe goes when you add the s.
Groups: apostrophe before the s · apostrophe after the s
- the girl
- a farmer
- three farmers
- two boys
- the girls
- one boy
3.Write the missing word: I borrowed my ____ umbrella. It belongs to one sister.
4.Where does the apostrophe go in "the boys football" if the ball belongs to several boys?
- a) at the end of football
- b) before the s in boys
- c) before the l in football
- d) after the s in boys
5.Which phrase shows that the bag belongs to one girl?
- a) the girl's bag
- b) the girls' bag
- c) the girls bag's
- d) the girls bag
6.Which sentence is written correctly?
- a) The mens' coats were on the hooks.
- b) The men coats' were on the hooks.
- c) The men's coats were on the hooks.
- d) The mens coats were on the hooks.
7.Pair each long phrase with the short way of saying it.
- the bag that belongs to Meera
- the nest that belongs to the bird
- the toys that belong to the children
- the bags that belong to the girls
- the bird's nest
- the children's toys
- Meera's bag
- the girls' bags
8.In "the horses' stable", how many horses use the stable?
- a) none
- b) exactly one
- c) more than one
- d) it does not say

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Class 4 English · 10 of 14

Plural rules

Make the plural of a noun using the -s, -es, -ies and -ves rules, and know the words that follow none of them.

1.Sort each noun by the ending its plural takes.
Groups: just -s · -es
- book
- chair
- river
- watch
- brush
- box
2.Which nouns need -es rather than just -s?
- a) ones ending in a vowel
- b) ones ending in a consonant
- c) ones with two syllables
- d) ones ending in s, x, ch, sh or z
3.Write the plural of "bench".
4.Which plural is spelled correctly?
- a) monkyes
- b) monkeis
- c) monkeys
- d) monkies
5.Sort each noun by what happens to the y at its end.
Groups: y becomes ies · y stays and -s is added
- story
- day
- baby
- boy
- city
- key
6.Pair each noun with its plural.
- leaf
- knife
- wolf
- shelf
- loaf
- loaves
- shelves
- wolves
- leaves
- knives
7.Write the plural of "glass".
8.Write the plural of "potato".

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Prefixes

Use a prefix to change what a word means.

1.Which prefix means 'again'?
- a) mis-
- b) un-
- c) re-
- d) dis-
2.Pair each word with what it means.
- unhappy
- rewrite
- preview
- disagree
- not agree
- not happy
- see beforehand
- write again
3.Add a prefix to 'kind' so it means 'not kind'.
- a) miskind
- b) unkind
- c) rekind
- d) prekind
4.Which prefix means 'wrongly'?
- a) un-
- b) mis-
- c) pre-
- d) re-
5.Which prefix means 'not'?
- a) pre-
- b) mis-
- c) un-
- d) re-
6.What does 'reread' mean?
- a) not read
- b) read beforehand
- c) read again
- d) read badly
7.What does 'preheat' mean?
- a) stop heating
- b) heat beforehand
- c) heat again
- d) heat too much
8.Pair each word with what it means.
- misspell
- undo
- prepay
- refill
- pay in advance
- spell wrongly
- reverse an action
- fill again

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Class 4 English · 12 of 14

Alphabetical order

Put words in dictionary order, using the second letter when the first letters are the same.

1.A dictionary page has the guide words "lamp" and "leaf" at the top. Which word is on that page?
- a) lead
- b) lemon
- c) lion
- d) ladder
2.Sort each pair by which letter decides the order of the two words.
Groups: The first letter decides · The second letter decides
- tree and bell
- sun and moon
- tree and tap
- cat and dog
- sun and sea
- cat and cup
3.Which comes first in a dictionary, "table" or "tap"? Write that word.
4.Put these words in dictionary order.
- city
- cent
- crow
- cake
- cloud
5.Put these words in dictionary order.
- ant
- cat
- egg
- bird
- dog
6.Which of these words would come first in a dictionary?
- a) cloud
- b) city
- c) crow
- d) cake
7.Which pair of words is already in dictionary order?
- a) sea, sand
- b) sand, shell
- c) shell, sand
- d) shell, sea
8.Which comes first in a dictionary, "pencil" or "paint"? Write that word.

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Class 4 English · 13 of 14

Reading and putting events in order

Answer questions about a short passage and put what happened back into the order the passage gives.

1.Read this passage. "On Sunday Nila found a kite tangled in the neem tree outside her house. She fetched a long bamboo pole from the shed and lifted the kite free. The paper was torn, so she carried it inside and mended it with glue and a strip of newspaper. By evening the kite was flying again, higher than the rooftops." Sort each statement by whether the passage says it.
Groups: The passage says this · The passage does not say this
- The paper of the kite was torn.
- The kite was tangled in a neem tree.
- Nila bought a new kite from the market.
- The kite was flying again by evening.
- The kite belonged to Nila's brother.
- Nila reached the kite with a bamboo pole.
2.In the tailorbird passage, which word means the same as "pierces"?
- a) paints
- b) makes holes in
- c) folds over
- d) carries away
3.In the tailorbird passage, what does the bird use as its thread?
- a) plant fibre
- b) thin twigs
- c) its own feathers
- d) dry grass
4.In the kite passage, what did Nila fetch from the shed? Answer in one or two words.
5.Read this passage. "A tailorbird builds a nest most people walk straight past. It chooses one large green leaf and pierces small holes along its edges with its beak. Then it draws the edges together, stitching them with plant fibre. Inside the pocket it has made, it lays a soft lining of grass. From the path, the nest looks like nothing but a folded leaf." Why do people walk past the nest without noticing it?
- a) It is smaller than a coin.
- b) It is built very high up.
- c) It looks like a folded leaf.
- d) It is only built at night.
6.Read this passage. "A tailorbird builds a nest most people walk straight past. It chooses one large green leaf and pierces small holes along its edges with its beak. Then it draws the edges together, stitching them with plant fibre. Inside the pocket it has made, it lays a soft lining of grass. From the path, the nest looks like nothing but a folded leaf." Put the steps in the order the passage gives them.
- It stitches the edges together with plant fibre.
- It lays a soft lining of grass inside.
- The bird chooses one large green leaf.
- It pierces small holes along the edges.
7.Answer in one word. In the tailorbird passage, what does the bird make the small holes with?
8.Read this passage. "On Sunday Nila found a kite tangled in the neem tree outside her house. She fetched a long bamboo pole from the shed and lifted the kite free. The paper was torn, so she carried it inside and mended it with glue and a strip of newspaper. By evening the kite was flying again, higher than the rooftops." Pair each question with its answer.
- Where was the kite stuck?
- What did Nila use to reach it?
- What was wrong with the kite?
- When was it flying again?
- by evening
- a long bamboo pole
- in the neem tree
- the paper was torn

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A letter to a friend

Lay out a short friendly letter and choose the greeting, the news and the closing that belong in it.

Before you start

Here is the shape of a friendly letter with nothing written in it yet. Each block is one of the five parts, and finding out which is which is the point.

1. The date
2. The greeting
3. The body, where your news goes
4. The closing
5. Your name

Notice how much of the page the body takes. The other four parts are one line each — the letter is the news, and the rest is just the frame around it.

1.Pair each part of a letter with the job it does.
- the date
- the greeting
- the body
- the closing
- carries your news
- says when you wrote it
- signs off just before your name
- names the person you are writing to
2.Sort each line by where it belongs in a friendly letter.
Groups: The greeting · The closing
- Yours affectionately,
- Your friend,
- Dear Ravi,
- Dear Nani,
- Dear Sameer,
- With love,
3.Sort each line by the kind of letter it belongs in.
Groups: A letter to a friend · A letter to someone you do not know
- Guess what happened at the ground yesterday!
- Your friend,
- Dear Sir,
- Yours sincerely,
- Dear Ravi,
- I am writing to request a copy of the form.
4.This is the shape of a letter to a friend. Tap the part where the greeting goes.
Write the number of the part.
5.Put the parts of a friendly letter in the order they appear on the page, from top to bottom.
- Sameer
- Your news and your questions
- The date
- Your friend,
- Dear Anya,
6.Write the one word that begins the greeting of a friendly letter, just before your friend's name.
7.Which greeting suits a letter to a close friend?
- a) To whom it may concern,
- b) Dear Ravi,
- c) Dear Sir,
- d) Dear Madam,
8.Which sentence belongs in the body of a letter to a friend?
- a) We went to the river on Sunday and caught two fish.
- b) Please find the details listed below.
- c) I enclose the completed application form.
- d) Kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter.

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Answer keys — Class 4 English

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