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Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School, K.K.Nagar,

Chennai.

Standard: Four

English Holiday Homework - 2017-18

Note: TO BE DONE ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER

1. Write an informal letter to your grandparents about the Diamond Jubilee

Celebrations held in our school.

2. Review one of the books written by Sudha Murthy. Include a short note on the author

and mention the title of the story, genre, setting and main character/s. Write the

outline of the story and a different ending with an appropriate illustration.

3. A. From the above story, pick out ten new words. Write their meaning and frame

sentences of your own using the words.

B. Weave a story of your own using the words.

4. A. Given below are words that are commonly misspelt. Underline the correct spelling.

a) accelarate/ accelerate

b) changable/changeable

c) grammar/ grammer

d) disappoint/disapoint

e) accessible/accessable

B. Add ten more words that are commonly misspelt.

5. A. Alliterations make language rich and colourful and appeal to the ear of the listener.

Complete these word pairs by adding a noun beginning with the same letter.

Eg. green grass

a) rough _______________

b) heavy _______________

c) terrible ______________

d) creamy _______________

e) fantastic ______________

B. Make ten more alliterations of your own.

6. Similes give a clear picture by showing how one thing is like something else.

Eg. as cold as ice,

as busy as a bee

A. Complete these similes on your own.

a) as gentle as a ____________.

b) as light as a ______________.

c) as white as a _____________.

d) as clear as a ______________.

e) as silent as _______________.

B. Describe your favourite person using similes.

Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School,

K.K.Nagar, Chennai-78

STD 4 TO 5

Maths Holiday Homework

To be done in a separate sheet of paper

1) Use 1 to 8 numbers in the box provided. Predecessor and Successor

should not be placed as adjacent numbers.

2) Use numbers from 1 to 12.

a) Write the odd numbers in the triangle.

b) Write the even numbers in the circle.

c) Write the numbers divisible by 4 in the square.

3) 37,3 , 8. The average of three 2-digit numbers is 42. What are

the missing digits in the second and third numbers.

4) Write your phone number.

Arrange the digits of the phone number to make the largest

possible number.

Arrange the digits to make the smallest possible number.

Subtract the smaller number from the greatest number.

Add up the digits of the answer.

Finally add the 2 digits of the result.

Try the above with four different phone numbers and have fun in finding the

results.

5) Refer to your school diary and note down the first, second and third

term holidays. Calculate the duration of each term and complete the

given table shown below.

Term Period Duration

From To

I Term

II Term

III Term

Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School, K.K.Nagar, Chennai-78

STD 4 TO STD 5

Science Holiday Homework

To be done in a separate sheet of paper

1. Identify the different types of pollution that occur around us. Find out the

causes of pollution and also mention the ways by which you can reduce

them.

Types of pollution Causes of pollution Ways of reducing the pollution

2. ‘Clean India, Green India.’

As a student suggest one activity and write how you would contribute for

the above said slogan.

3. Collect fallen leaves of different shapes (2 or 3). Wet the leaves and place

them between old newspaper sheets and leave them to dry. After about

2 days, you will find a fine network of veins left over. Paint the veins and

make book marks or greeting cards, using them.

4. Look at the table given below. Identify the nutrients present in the given

food items and put a tick in the appropriate boxes.

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FOOD ITEMS

CARBOHYDRATES PROTEINS FATS VITAMINS MINERALS FIBRE

Milk

Eggs

Fruits

Leafy Vegetables

Chicken

Cheese

Nuts

Vegetables

PADMA SESHADRI BALA BHAVAN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

CHENNAI – 78

SOCIAL STUDIES - HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

STD FOUR TO FIVE

I A) On a Political Map of India locate and mark the following

1. The capital of India

2. The states in the coastal regions of India.

3. The states that share their boundaries with Himachal Pradesh.

4. The group of islands located in the Bay of Bengal.

5. The states in the eastern part of India.

B) Write any one significance of every state of our country and support the

same with pictures in a scrapbook.

II On a world outline map, mark all the seven continents and five oceans. (with

the help of the atlas)

III Write a letter to your grandparents sharing your experience on Virtual Tour to

Egypt – “The Cradle of Civilization.”

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