Class 4 practice
Class 4 english questions.
English questions for Class 4, at the level of students aged 9–11, each with its answer and a short explanation. Try each one before opening the answer.
Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence: "Sita forgot ____ notebook at home."
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Answer: her
Because Sita is a singular female person, the possessive pronoun "her" correctly refers to her notebook.
The children ______ playing cricket in the garden right now.
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Answer: are
"Children" is a plural noun, so it requires the plural present-tense verb "are".
Which word has the same meaning as "huge"?
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Answer: enormous
Both 'huge' and 'enormous' mean extremely large in size.
Meera found a group of keys on the table. Which word correctly names a group of keys?
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Answer: bunch
The collective noun used for keys or grapes is "bunch". A "pack" is used for wolves or cards.
Which word in this sentence is an adjective? "Meera ate a sweet mango for lunch."
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Answer: sweet
An adjective describes a noun. Here, the word "sweet" describes the taste of the mango.
When someone says an exam was a "piece of cake", what do they mean?
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Answer: It was very easy
The idiom 'a piece of cake' is used to describe something that is very simple to do.
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Ananya always speaks the ___ (opposite of lie) to her teachers.
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Answer: truth
The opposite noun of 'lie' is 'truth'.
A large group of fish swimming together is called a:
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Answer: school
A collective noun for a group of fish is a 'school' or 'shoal'. 'Pride' is used for lions, and 'pack' for wolves.
Which option gives the correct plural form of the noun 'knife'?
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Answer: knives
Nouns ending in '-fe' usually change '-fe' to '-ves' in their plural form, so 'knife' becomes 'knives'.
The ancient monument in Delhi was built centuries ago. What is the opposite of the word 'ancient'?
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Answer: Modern
'Ancient' means belonging to the distant past. Its direct antonym is 'modern', meaning new or present-day.
Identify the adjective in this sentence: Sunita wore a beautiful silk sari to the annual function.
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Answer: beautiful
The word 'beautiful' describes the noun 'sari', which makes it an adjective.
Identify the conjunction in this sentence: Rohan wanted to play cricket, but it started raining heavily.
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Answer: but
Conjunctions join words or clauses together. Here, 'but' connects the two independent ideas in the sentence.
Meera wanted to go to the park, _____ it started raining heavily outside.
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Answer: but
The conjunction 'but' connects contrasting ideas: Meera's wish to go outside versus the unexpected rain.
- True or false?
A sentence that expresses a strong sudden feeling is called an imperative sentence.
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Answer: False
A sentence expressing strong emotion is an exclamatory sentence. An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request.
- True or false?
Adding the prefix 'un-' to the word 'happy' creates its opposite meaning.
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Answer: True
The prefix 'un-' means 'not'. Adding it to 'happy' creates 'unhappy', which means not happy.
- True or false?
In the sentence 'Priya ran quickly,' the word 'quickly' acts as an adjective.
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Answer: False
'Quickly' describes the verb 'ran' by telling how the action happened. Therefore, it is an adverb.
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While Fatima was ___ (read) a storybook, her grandmother called her.
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Answer: reading
In the past continuous tense with 'was', we add '-ing' to the base verb 'read'.
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Kabir ___ (swim) ten full laps across the school pool yesterday morning.
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Answer: swam
The simple past tense of the irregular verb 'swim' is 'swam'.
Which word is the odd one out?
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Answer: Careful
Sunlight, football, and raincoat are compound words, while careful is formed using the base word care and a suffix.
Which past tense verb is the odd one out?
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Answer: Wrote
Wrote is an irregular past tense verb, while played, jumped, and walked are regular verbs ending in -ed.
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