What is the masculine of hen?
📖 English · Class 4
SOF IEO Class 4: syllabus, paper pattern and sample questions
The SOF International English Olympiad for Class 4 is a 60-minute paper of 35 questions for 40 marks in 4 sections. Every question has four options and one right answer. The last 5 questions are the Achievers Section, worth 2 marks each. Below: how the paper is set out, the 6 chapters it draws on, one sample question from each section with its answer, and how to practise it for free.
Paper pattern
IEO Class 4 is set out in 4 sections. Sprinto's mock tests and printed papers follow the same order, counts and marks.
| Section | Questions | Marks each | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.Word and Structure Knowledge | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| 2.Reading | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| 3.Spoken and Written Expression | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 4.Achievers Sectionhardest | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Total · 60 minutes | 35 | 40 |
Syllabus: the 6 chapters
Every question on the paper belongs to one of these chapters. On Sprinto's map each chapter is an island, and the Achievers Section is the same chapters asked harder — not a separate topic.
- 1.Words — spelling, synonyms, antonyms, collocationsSection 1 · "Word Wharf" on the map
- 2.Grammar — parts of speech, articles, prepositions, tensesSection 1 · "Grammar Grove" on the map
- 3.Sentences — punctuation, jumbled words, error spottingSection 1 · "Sentence Sands" on the map
- 4.Idioms and ProverbsSection 1 · "Idiom Isle" on the map
- 5.ReadingSection 2 · "Story Shore" on the map
- 6.Spoken and Written ExpressionSection 3 · "Chat Cove" on the map
Sample questions with answers
One from each section, taken from Sprinto's own bank for IEO Class 4. In the app the numbers, names and figures are different every time; these are fixed so you can read them.
Sample 1 · Section 1: Word and Structure Knowledge · Words — spelling, synonyms, antonyms, collocations
Answer: (D) cock
The pair is cock — hen.
Sample 2 · Section 2: Reading · Reading
Bus Times — Route 12
ROUTE 12 — Town Square to Hill Gate Town Square 7.15 8.45 11.30 2.10 5.40 Market Road 7.30 9.00 11.45 2.25 5.55 Old Bridge 7.50 9.20 12.05 2.45 6.15 Hill Gate 8.20 9.50 12.35 3.15 6.45 Morning times are shown before noon and afternoon times after it. The 11.30 bus does not run on Sundays. Tickets cost eight rupees for the whole route and five rupees as far as Old Bridge.
What does ‘route’ mean in this timetable?
Answer: (C) The way the bus travels from one place to another
Route 12 runs from Town Square to Hill Gate, naming the way it goes.
Sample 3 · Section 3: Spoken and Written Expression · Spoken and Written Expression
Your aunt gives you a storybook on your birthday.
Aunt: Many happy returns of the day!
What is the best thing to say?
Answer: (B) Thank you, Aunty. I have wanted this book for a long time.
You thank the giver and say something pleasant about the gift.
Sample 4 · Section 4: Achievers Section · Sentences — punctuation, jumbled words, error spotting · Achievers difficulty
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Answer: (B) “Where is my school bag?” asked Ira.
The question mark belongs inside the speech marks, and ‘asked’ does not begin a new sentence.
How to practise IEO Class 4 on Sprinto
- One island per chapter. A hidden rating per chapter picks the next English question at the difficulty that is just hard enough today.
- Mistakes come back. Anything she gets wrong returns a few days later, then a week, then a month, until it stops being a mistake.
- Mock tests in the real shape. 35 questions, 4 sections, 60 minutes, marked the moment she hands it in.
- Papers you can print. A full IEO Class 4 paper with an OMR sheet, sat at the table with a pencil.
Free, with no ads and nothing to buy. A parent signs in with Google once; the child taps her face and starts.
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