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Class 4 English Chapter 10 The Swing Worksheet with Answers
Class 4 English The Swing Worksheet
Class 4 English Chapter 10 Worksheet – Class 4 The Swing Worksheet
Text Based Questions
I. Choose the correct answer from the given options.
(i) What does the poet think is the ‘pleasantest thing’ a child can do?
(a) Running through a garden
(b) Climbing a tree
(c) Flying a kite
(d) Swinging up in the air
Answer:
(d) Swinging up in the air
(ii) What does the poet see when the swing goes over the wall?
(a) Only the garden
(b) Only the roof
(c) Trees, cattle, rivers and countryside
(d) Nothing, just the sky
Answer:
(c) Trees, cattle, rivers and countryside
(iii) What colour is the roof the poet sees?
(a) Green
(b) Brown
(c) Red
(d) White
Answer:
(b) Brown
(iv) What does the poet compare the swing to?
(a) A bird
(b) A flying machine
(c) A kite
(d) He does not compare it
Answer:
(d) He does not compare it
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II. Fill in the blanks based on the story.
(i) The poet goes up in the air and over the _____.
(ii) The poet enjoys swinging because it lets him see the wide _____
(iii) While swinging, the poet looks down at the and the below.
(iv) The speaker thinks that going up in a swing is the _____ thing a child can do.
Answer:
(i) wall
(ii) countryside
(iii) garden, roof
(iv) pleasantest
III. Write T for True and ‘F’ for False sentences.
(i) The poet does not enjoy swinging.
Answer:
False
(ii) The swing takes the poet high enough to see the countryside.
Answer:
True
(iii) The poem has no rhyming words.
Answer:
False
(iv) The poet mentions flying in the poem.
Answer:
True
IV. Answer the following questions.
(i) What makes the swing special for the poet?
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(ii) Why does the poet say the air is blue?
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(iii) Which line tells you the poet really enjoys the swing?
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(iv) What things does the poet see while swinging?
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V. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
I. “Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all,
Over the countryside.”
(i) Where is the poet going ‘over’?
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(ii) What does the poet mean by ‘see so wide’?
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(iii) Which natural elements are mentioned in the stanza?
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(iv) What feeling does this stanza give you?
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Let us Learn!
I. Circle the verb (action word) and underline the noun (person, place, animal or thing) in the given sentences.
(i) The children swing in the garden every evening.
Answer:
Noun: children, garden
Verb: swing
(ii) A bird flies over the brown roof.
Answer:
Noun: bird, roof
Verb: flies
(iii) The swing moves forward and backward.
Answer:
Noun: swing
Verb: moves
(iv) I watch trees and cattle from the top of the swing.
Answer:
Noun: trees, cattle, swing
Verb: watch
II. In the sentence given below, the word in bold can be used as both a verb and a noun. Use it in two different sentences.
One where it acts as a noun
One where it acts as a verb
(i) Swing
Noun _________________________________
Verb _________________________________
Answer:
Noun I sat on the swing in the park.
Verb I love to swing high in the air.
(ii) Fly
Noun _________________________________
Verb _________________________________
Answer:
Noun There is a fly on the window.
Verb Birds fly across the sky.
(iii) Play
Noun _________________________________
Verb _________________________________
Answer:
Noun We watched a play in the school auditorium.
Verb The children play hopscotch after school.
(iv) Answer
Noun _________________________________
Verb _________________________________
Answer:
Noun I know the answer to this question.
Verb Please answer when your name is called.
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III. Look at the picture below and fill in the blanks with the correct preposition from the list.
on, beside, above, in front of, under.

(i) The bench is the _____ tree.
(ii) The cat is sitting the _____ tree.
(iii) The bird is flying the _____ tree.
(iv) The child is standing the _____ tree.
(v) There is a book the _____ bench.
Answer:
(i) beside
(ii) under
(iii) above
(iv) in front of
(v) on
Let us Write!
Write a short paragraph: “What I would do if I had a swing that could fly.”
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Let’s Get Creative!
Draw your dream swing – where does it take you? (jungle, space, clouds?)
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Design a postcard titled: ‘View from My Swing’
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