CBSE NCERT Class 4 English Comprehension (Poetry) Worksheet with Answers PDF

English Important topics Worksheet for CBSE Class 4 Questions with Answer Download free PDF

Directions (1-7): Read the poems carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. Grandpa Dropped His Glasses

Grandpa dropped his glasses once

In a pot of dye,

And when he put them on again

He saw a purple sky.

Purple fires were rising up

From a purple hill,

Men were grinding purple cider

At a purple mill.

Purple Adeline was playing

With a purple doll;

Little purple dragonflies

Were crawling up the wall

And at the supper-table

He got crazy as a loon

From eating purple apple dumplings

With a purple spoon

- Leroy F. Jackson

Q1. Where did Grandpa drop his glasses?

(a) On the ground

(b) In the library

(c) In a pot of dye

(d) In a cup of tea

Answer:

(c)

Q2. Who is Adeline?

(a) His daughter

(b) His mother

(c) His granddaughter

(d) None of these

Answer:

(c)

Q3. Adeline was playing with a purple

(a) ball

(b) baby

(c) doll

(d) None of these

Answer:

(c)

Q4. What were the dragonflies doing? They were ____.

(a) crawling down the wall

(b) crawling up the wall

(c) playing in the garden

(d) eating purple apple

Answer:

(b)

Q5. What was the colour of sky then?

(a) Green

(b) Purple

(c) Blue

(d) Green

Answer:

(b)

Q6. Which word rhymes with “loon” in the poem?

(a) Toon

(b) Moon

(c) Spoon

(d) Boon

Answer:

(c)

Q7. Which word rhymes with “mill” in the poem?

(a) Sill

(b) Dill

(c) Bill

(d) Hill

Answer:

(d)

Directions (8-15): Read the poems carefully and answer the questions follow:

2. Granny Comb My Hair

Granny, Granny

Please comb my hair,

you always take your time

you always take such care.

You put me to sit on a cushion

between your knees,

you rub a little coconut oil

parting gentle as a breeze.

Mummy Mummy

she’s always in a hurry-hurry rush

she pulls my hair

sometimes she tugs

But Granny,

You have all the time in the world

and when you’re finished

you always turn my head and say,

‘Now who’s a nice girl?’

- Grace Nichols

Q8. What request is made to the grandmother?

(a) To comb the hair

(b) To comb the doll

(c) To comb the fur

(d) To comb the clothes

Answer:

(a)

Q9. What is the child asked to sit on?

(a) A sofa

(b) A cushion

(c) Abed

(d) A seat

Answer:

(b)

Q10. Which oil is rubbed on hair?

(a) Coconut oil

(b) Olive oil

(c) Mustard oil

(d) Almond oil

Answer:

(a)

Q11. Who is in a hurry-hurry rush?

(a) Mother

(b) Father

(c) Grandmother

(d) Grandfather

Answer:

(a)

Q12. What does mother do in her hurry?

(a) She pulls hair

(b) She sweeps

(c) She ties locus

(d) She dances

Answer:

(a)

Q13. Which word in the poem rhymes with “hair”?

(a) Care

(b) Dire

(c) Fare

(d) Pair

Answer:

(a)

Q14. Who is requested to comb the hair?

(a) Mother

(b) Father

(c) Grandmother

(d) Grandfather

Answer:

(c)

Q15. Who is the speaker in this poem?

(a) A nice little girl

(b) Grandmother

(c) Grandfather

(d) A little boy

Answer:

(a)

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