4. Raghu's Dream (ICSE 4th Class) English Notes

4. Raghu's Dream

Fill in the blanks with ‘a’ or ‘an’.

1. Vishesh is running to catch ……… kite (Ans : a)

2. ……….. eagle is flying in the sky. (Ans : an)

3. There is ……… pile of old books in the storeroom. (Ans : a)

4. The captain of the ship saw …………. iceberg in the middle of the sea. (Ans : an)

5. Janet has ………….. tree house in her garden. (Ans : a)

6.  ……….. river flows behind my grandmother's house in Dehradun. (Ans : a)

7. Have you ever seen …………… alligator? (Ans : an)

Write True or False.

1. Raghu's favourite subject was Maths.                           - False

2. Raghu waited impatiently to begin writing the exarn.  - True

1 Raghu was very happy to see the question paper.         - False

4. Raghu said that there had been a mistake.                    - True

5. Raghu had been dreaming.                                           - True

Match the columns.

1. Roghu was excited                                       - a he had a bad dream.

2. When Raghu got the question paper            - b kicking around in his bed.

3. Miss Ray told Raghu that                            - c. because he had his English exam

4 Raghu's mother noticed him                         - d. he was shocked.

5. Raghu told his mother that                          - e. it was the maths exam that day.

1. - C, 2. - D, 3. - E, 4. -B, 5. -A.

Answer these questions.

1. What kind of questions did Raghu expect in the exam?

Ans. Raghu expected questions from his favorite subject in the exam.

2. Why was Raghu shocked to see the question paper?

Ans. Raghu was shocked to see the question paper because he got the Math paper instead of the English paper.

3. What did Miss Roy tell Raghu when he was in tears?

Ans. Miss Roy told Raghu that he would be able to answer most of the questions.

4. Was Raghu satisfied after Miss Roy spoke to him? Why or why not?

Ans. Raghu was not satisfied because, he had prepared well for English, but not for Math.

5. Why did Raghu's mother wake him up?

Ans. Raghu's mother wake him up because he was kicking around in his bed and muttering something

6. How did Raghu's mother calm him down?

Ans. Raghu's mother calmed him by telling him that the exams were over and holidays had begun.


Work with Words

Fill in the blanks with the correct words in the brackets.

1. As the ………very excited. (our/hour) of the exam approached, Raghu was very excited. (Ans : hour)

2 When he ………. at the paper, he was shocked! (peaked/peeked) (Ans : peeked)

3. Why was there a question on ……… (fore/four) spoons and six plates on each table? (Ans : four)

4. He could not believe that he had ……… (read/red) it correctly. (Ans : read)

5 Surely there must be ……….. (sum/some) mistake. (Ans. some)

6. In the morning, Raghu realized that there was ……… exam that day. (no/know) (Ans : No)

 

Fill in the blanks with the opposites of the words given in the box.

(slow,  shallow,  patiently, rough, difficult, sad)

1. Raghu waited for his question paper ………… (Ans: impatiently)

2. Veena is a very ……… runner. (Ans : Fast)

3. The test questions were very ……… (Ans : easy)

4. Puneet was ………. because Granny had got him a new storybook (Ans : happy)

5. Nidhi swam to the ………. end of the pool. (Ans : deep)

6. The roads in my village are flat and ……….. (Ans : smooth )


Rearrange these words to make sentences. Add capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks where necessary.

1 summer vacations/during the/i tried out/many interesting activities

Ans : I tried out many interesting activities during the summer vacations.

2. pretty sari/is wearing/granny/what a

Ans : What a pretty saree granny is wearing!

3. New bicycle/ has anyone / seen my

Ans : Has anyone seen my new bicycle?

4. with aslam/tennis/ I play/every evening
Ans : I play tennis with Aslam every evening.

5. ghost stories interesting / find ghost/ do you
Ans : Do you find ghost stories interesting?.

6 helped me/my mother/on time/my class project/to complete
Ans : My mother helped me to complete my class project on time.

7. for/to munnar / we went / a week

Ans: We went to Munnar for a week.

8. holidays /came to/when the/i was happy/an end

Ans : I was happy when the holidays came to an end.