comprehension and cloze passages for class 4

Sentence Construction (3.1) Rearrange the words to form sentences.

1. is heavy for The too to carry you table

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2. clothes We New Year on during put the new

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3. animal is the favourite at your zoo Which

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4. times How every you do tuition have week many

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5. your Did the enjoy swim in you sea

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6. our We keep the all clean must time nails

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7. is The Earth the sun third from the planet

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8. island Singapore small in is Asia a

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9. eat What you recess did during

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10. brother Sulin go and to Did school her

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Cloze Passage (4.1) Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the given words.

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The Clown

There was ________ a clown called Funny, who lived in a _________

with hundreds of __________ toys. Some were very __________ toys who

wouldn't even look at the little clown with his ________ face and ________

hat. Some toys were not so grand and the clown would ________ talk with

them. Funny ________ to be a hero. He wanted to do something ________

so that all the toys in the toyshop would _________ him and cry out that he

was a __________. He __________ his little corner on the toyshelf was dull.

Nothing ever __________ there. That night, Funny the clown ___________

down from his shelf. He made up his mind to __________ adventures.


vain roses boast indeed shawl excited seemed upon match show

annoyed dame wonderful sunshade disliked

Poor Mary

Once __________ a time, there lived a __________ called Mary. She

was very rich ________ and had fine dresses and ____________ bonnets.

She was __________ and proud, and always loved to __________ off her

fine clothes and to ________ about them. Everyone in the village _______

her very much.

One day, Mary was most ____________ because she had a new red

__________, new red shoes to ___________, a wonderful bonnet with red

__________ and a magnificant ___________ round the brim. However,

nobody in the village ____________ to take notice and this ____________

Mary very much.


saved to plants weed hoped

garden growing hers because another

principal bunch best-kept bought promised

Jaya's Rose Garden

Jaya has a nice little ____________ at school. She was very proud of

it because she had three rose ___________. She had ___________ up her

money and __________ them herself ____________ she loved roses.

Jaya _________ to be able to have a fine __________ of roses for her

classroom and ____________ to take home for her mother.

The _____________ of the school called all the "garderners" ________

her one day and _____________ a prize for the _______________ garden.

Jean did hope _______ would be the best. Everyday she went to _______

it and water her plants which were __________ very well.


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Magical Engine

Nadir received a big red train for his ___________. It was the _______

toy engine he had ever _________. So big that Nadir and his __________

Kimberly could easily get into the back of it and sit there __________.

Nadir had a _____________ tied round the red funnel and he used to

__________ Kimberly around the house in the engine. Then he would have

his __________ at riding and Kimberly would pull. It was _________ fun.

One day, a very __________ thing happened. While the children were

in the garden and had ____________ themselves into the engine together,

___________ they heard a sound in the distance like the loud _________

of an engine. At _________ their own engine gave a start as though it

too had "heard" the signal. Then it began to __________ away down the

garden path!


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Yuli's Pop Gun

The day __________ Yuli bought his pop-gun was a dreadful one for

all the toys in his room. All the toys had _______________ heard of a gun

shot __________ and none of them knew what a pop-gun was.

Yuli brought his gun __________ into his room. Then he stood up his

___________ soldiers in a row and put the __________ into the end of his

pop-gun. The cork was tied to the end of the gun by a _________. When

Yuli __________ the trigger of the gun, the cork flew out with a loud

__________ and hit one of the wooden soldiers. The soldier fell ________

at once. Then Yuli put the cork __________ into the gun and shot at the

next soldier one by one.

When mother saw Yuli __________ his toys, she was ____________.

She told him not to ________ the pop-gun and not to shoot at his _______

toys again.

Comprehension (5.1) Read the passage and answer the questions.

House Warming

There is a tradition in Happy Town. Whenever somebody comes to

live in the town, everyone pays a visit to introduce themselves and to say

"welcome". Everyone will bring a little something to eat and drink, and

there will be some music for dancing.

When Mrs Pot moved into Happy Town, the neighbours each carried

a pot or a pan or a jug or a jar with something delicious in it. They made

Mrs Pot feel very welcomed indeed. Some brought little presents for her

house. Fred offered to help Mrs Pot with any repairs she needed to do.

Lucy offered to mind the family if she wanted to go out.

Happy Town is famous far and wide because of the house warming

tradition. It is also the best place to live because it has such kind people.

1. When somebody new comes to Happy Town, what will everybody do?

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2. How did the neighbours bring their food to Mrs Pot's house?

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3. Who offered to help Mrs Pot with any repairs?

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4. What did Lucy offer to help?

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5. What is Happy Town's famous tradition?

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Peter Can't Fly

One fine afternoon, after Peter had watched the cartoon series "Super

Heroes", he was eager to fly himself. So he wore his Superman suit and

told his friends he was going to fly. He thought if no one could teach him to

fly then he would have to teach himself.

Peter climbed up a tree and shouted, "Here comes the super hero!"

Then he jumped down. Instead of flying he was falling. He hit the ground

real hard. It was a loud thud and his neighbours came rushing to see what

had happened. They saw poor Peter lying helplessly on the ground and

crying. They immediately called for an ambulance.

Peter stayed in hospital for three days with a cast on his right broken

leg. The doctor said Peter would recover within a month but meanwhile he

needed crutches.

1. What made Peter want to fly?

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2. What happened when Peter jumped from the tree?

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3. What made the neighbours rush to look at Peter?

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4. What did the neighbours see and do?

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5. Why did Peter need a cast?

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Itching Rashes(by: Glm)

A day after Christmas last year, I was itching all over my body. Rashes

had developed which looked like mosquito bites. The itch was so unbearable

that my mother had to bring me to a doctor.

The doctor examined my rashes and diagnosed that it was nothing

serious or contagious; that I merely had sensitive skin. She advised me not

to scratch my skin otherwise the rashes would become more severe. She

gave me a prescription and told my mother to collect the medicated cream

from the nurse outside her consultation room.

When I reached home, my mother immediately helped me to apply the

cream on the rashes. The cream helped to reduce the itch and made me

feel more comfortable. It took another two days before all the rashes

disappeared.

1. What did the rashes look like?

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2. Why did my mother bring me to the doctor?

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3. What was the cause of the rashes?

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4. What medicine did the doctor prescribe?

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5. In what ways did the medicine help?

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