BAF Shaheen College Dhake Practice Half Yearly Examination – 2020
Class: Four (English Version) Subject: English 1st Paper
Time: 2:30 hours Marks: 100
Part A: Seen Comprehension
* Read the given text carefully and answer the questions no. 1, 2, 3 and 4:
Farzana and Jamil are from Kushtia. They go to Chachua Primary School. Farzana is nine years old. She is in class 4. Jamil is seven years old. He is in class 2. They like school and they are good students.
Farzana and Jamil’s mother is Rehana Parvin. She is thirty-three years old. She works at a hospital in Kushtia. She is a doctor. She takes care of many patients every day. She likes her job very much.
Aziz Ahmed is Farzana and Jamil’s father. He is a pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. He flies to other countries. He travels to India, Thailand and China often. He loves to travel. He is thirty- nine years old.
Aziz Ahmed’s parents also live with the family. His father, Altaf Uddin is sixty eight years old. He doesn’t work now, but he was a government officer. Jahana Begum is Aziz Ahmed’s mother.
She is sixty four. She is a homemaker. She reads stories to Farzana and Jamil. They both play carom and ludu with their grandchildren.
1. Match the words in column A with their meaning that are mentioned in column B. There
are two more. 1x5=5
Column A Column B
a) primary i) a person who takes care of a
house
b) patient ii) a person who works in an office
c) travel iii) father and mother
d) homemaker iv) the beginning part
e) parents v) not new
vi) to visit a place vii) a sick person
2. Write ‘true’ if the statement is correct and ‘false’ if the statement is incorrect: 1x6=6 a) Farzana and Jamil are from Dhaka.
b) Farzana is nine years old.
c) Jamil is in class 4.
d) Rehana Parvin works at a hospital in Kushtia.
e) Farzana and Jamil’s father is a pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
f) Jahana Begum is Farzana and Jamil’s mother.
3. Answer the following questions: 2x6=12
a) Who is Rehana Parvin?
b) What does she do?
c) Who is Aziz Ahmed?
d) Where does he work?
e) What does Jahanara Begum do?
f) Who is Altaf Uddin?
4. Write a short composition about ‘Your Family’ by answering the following questions: 10 a) What is a family?
b) How many family members do you have in your family?
c) Who are they?
d) What do they do?
e) What do you do in your free times?
Part B: Unseen Comprehension (Competency Based)
* Read the text and answer the questions 5, 6, 7 and 8:
An ant went to the riverbank for a drink. The unlucky ant fell into the water and almost drowned. A dove was sitting in a tree hanging over the river. She plucked a leaf and let it fall into the water near the ant. The ant climbed onto the leaf and floated back to the river bank to save its life.
After a year, a hunter arrived and began to make a trap for the dove. The ant came and stung the hunter on the foot. The painful sting made the hunter cry out. Then the dove was warned of danger and flew away.
5. Fill the gaps with the best word from the box. There are extra words. 1x5=5
made was climbed Drink
dropped river ant Dove
a) The ant fell into the __________ water.
b) The dove __________ a leaf near the ant.
c) The ant __________ onto the leaf.
d) A hunter wanted to trap the __________.
e) The sting __________ very painful.
6. Write ‘true’ if the statement is correct and ‘false’ if the statement is incorrect:
1x6=6
a) A man went to the river bank for a drink.
b) The ant fell into the water and almost drowned.
c) A dove plucked a leaf and let it fall into the water near the ant.
d) The dove climbed onto the leaf and floated back to the river bank to save its life.
e) A hunter arrived and began to make a trap for the dove.
f) The ant stung the hunter on the foot.
7. Answer the following questions: 2x5=10
a) Why did the ant go to the river bank?
b) What happened to the ant?
c) Where was the dove sitting?
d) Why did the dove drop a leaf near the ant?
e) How did the ant warn the dove of danger?
8. Suppose you are Rafi/Rafa. Write a letter to your friend Anik/Anika in at least six
sentences about the story of ‘The Ant and the Dove’ and telling him/her to help the friends in danger.
Here are some words to help you: drink, leaf, float, bank, hunter, pain, danger.
Remember to include these things in your later: address, date, salutation, body of the
letter, closing and envelope. 10
9. Make WH-Questions using underlined words given in five sentences by using Who, What,
Where, Why and How. 2x5=10
a) Alex lives in London.
b) Alex is British.
c) On weekdays he usually have milk, cereal and an apple.
d) It’s very hot in London, so the schools start at 6 o’clock in the morning.
e) The idea was excellent.
10. Read the instructions about rules of health and then answer the following question 1+2+3=6
1. Eat balanced diet.
2. Drink sufficient water.
3. Take regular physical exercise.
4. Go to bed early and rise early.
5. Take proper rest and enjoy your free time.
Knowledge Understanding Application
Q. What do you do in your free time?
Q. Why should you go to bed early?
Q. How do you follow the rules of health?
11. Fill in the gaps by writing the time in am/pm, so that the passage makes sense: 1x5=5 Adib is a student of class four. Every day he wakes up at 6 o’clock in the morning. After an hour, he takes his breakfast at (a)__________. His school starts at 8 o’clock in the morning. He goes to school 15 minutes earlier at (b)__________. After returning home from school he takes his lunch at (c)__________. In the afternoon he plays with his friends. From 7 o’clock in the evening he starts preparing his lessons and studies for three hours. He finishes his studies at (d)__________. Finally at about (e)__________ he takes his dinner and go to bed.
12. Arrange and rewrite the following words so that they make sense. 2x5=10 a) seven, in, days, week, are, there, a.
b) office, work, she, does, in, an?
c) come, in, I, may?
d) tomorrow, published, will, the, result, be.
e) final, the, exciting, was, match, very.
13. Imagine, you are Raiyyan Ahmed, a student of class four. You live at Mohakhali, Dhaka.
You want to be a member of a local youth health club. Now complete the form with your
information: 5
Youth Health Club Mohakhali, Dhaka 1. Name :
2. Father’s Name : 3. Mother’s Name : 4. Address : 5. Date of Birth : 6. Occupation :
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