The City School
Jr. B PECHS
Grade 4 English
Reinforcement Worksheets
THE FOX AND THE LITTLE RED HEN
Once upon a time there was a little red hen. She lived in a little white house, and she had a little green garden. Every day she worked in the house and garden.
Near her home lived a family of foxes. One day Mamma Fox said to Papa Fox, “I want a fat hen to eat.” There was nothing in the pantry for the baby foxes, so Papa Fox started out to find something for them all.
He ran down the road until he came to the woods. “Surely I will find something here,” he said, but he found nothing to eat in the woods. As he came near the little green garden he said, “Oh, I smell fresh cake. Oh, I smell a little red hen.”
Sure enough, there was the Little Red Hen eating her cake.
Papa Fox snuck up quietly behind her and grabbed her and put her into the bag on his back; then he ran quickly off down the hill toward his home.
The Little Red Hen was so frightened that she could only whisper, “Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear.”
Just then she had to sneeze, and when she put her claw into her pocket for her handkerchief, she felt her little scissors. Quick as a flash she took them out and cut a little hole in the bag. Peeping out she saw a great hill just ahead all covered with stones. As Papa Fox stopped to rest on his way up the hill, with his back turned toward her, she cut a big hole in the bag, jumped out and quickly put a big stone in the bag in her place.
As Papa Fox kept on up the hill, he thought the bag was pretty heavy, but he said, “Never mind, she is a fat little red hen.”
Mamma Fox met him at the front door with all the baby foxes.
“The water is boiling,” said she. “What have you in your bag?” asked the Baby Foxes.
“A fat, little, red hen,” said Papa Fox.
As he held the bag over the pot, he said to Mamma Fox, “When I drop her in, you clap on the lid.” So he opened the bag. Splash! went the boiling water. It spilled all over Papa Fox and Mamma Fox and the Baby Foxes. Never again did they try to catch the Little Red Hen.
Answer the Following Questions
1. What was the little red hen’s house like?
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2. Why didn’t the fox know the hen escaped?
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3. What do the hen’s actions tell us about her as a character?
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4. Why do you think the foxes left the Little Red Hen alone in the future?
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5. Find out any 5 prepositions from the passage and circle them using any colour.
6. First think and write the meanings of the words given and later make sentences of the words given from the passage:
a. Woods =
b. Grabbed=
Q. Write 4-5 sentences about each character.
a. David Copperfield: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b. Betsy Trotwood: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c. Peggotty: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d. James Steerforth: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
e. Dora: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q1. Use the apostrophe to show possession.
1. The birthday of Maheen:- ______________________
2. The nest of the squirrel:- ______________________
3. The ticket of the passenger:- ____________________
4. The diary of the teacher:- ______________________
5. The color of the flag:- _______________________
6. The dinner belongs to the family. ___________________________
7. The candy belongs to the girl. ___________________________
8. The painting belongs to the woman. _________________________
9. The toys belong to the babies. _____________________________
10. The windows belong to the car. _____________________________
Q2. Identify the subject and verb in the sentence by underlining and differentiating with (v) and (s).
a. Sana eats ice-cream for dessert.
b. I built a sand castle at the beach.
c. My mom bought me a new pair of joggers.
d. The fireworks looked beautiful from BurjKhalifa.
e. We were reading when you called us.
f. Two cats chased each other across the street.
g. The professor threw an orange at the student.
h. My friend hid the cookies and cake.
i. The tornado tore down our roof and fence.
j. On Tuesday, I rode my car to the gym.
Q3. Fill in the blanks with the right verb in brackets.
1. Police dogs ________________ danger. (smell, smells)
2. Atif _______________ a new bicycle. (has, have)
3. You _______________ late for school. (was, were)
4. The animals _____________ to my friend. (belong, belongs)
5. The children _____________ all the housework. (do, does)
Q3. Use the following prepositions in the passage below:
(in, under, at, on, to, without, into)
______ eight o’clock father said he had lost his keys. He had to go _________ office and he couldn’t go _____________ his keys. We all began the search. We looked __________ every cupboard. Hassan even checked _________ top of a cupboard. Mother lifted a carpet and looked ___________ it. Then father said “Its all right. I’ve found them. They were _______ his pocket.
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