ENGLISH

TEACH FOR INDIA

GRADE 3
PAPER I

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[Reading Time: 10 minutes] [Time: 1 hour 30 minutes]

[Total Marks: 36]
General Instructions:
This question paper consists of 36 questions.
Marks are indicated for each question separately.
Space has been provided in the question-cum-answer booklet itself to answer the
questions. Space for rough work also has been provided on each page.
This question paper contains 12 sheets (including the cover).
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Q. No. STANDARD DESCRIPTION BLOOMS LEVEL
MARKS RECEIVED

3.7a) Describe how the chapters end and

1. Factual 1
begin, how they relate to each other.
3.7a) Describe how the chapters end and
2. Factual 1
begin, how they relate to each other.
3.9.a) Describe characters and events,
3. specific details and factual evidence from the Factual 1
text
3.9.a) Describe characters and events,
4. specific details and factual evidence from the Factual 1
text
3.10.a) Describe development of the characters
5. and events in the text expanding on the factual Inferential 1
details
3.10.b) Describe ideas, events, characters in
6. the text with reference to prior knowledge Inferential 1
and experience
3.10.b) Describe ideas, events, characters in
7. the text with reference to prior knowledge Inferential 1
and experience
3.11. Identify the authors perspective and
8. Critical Thinking 1
express personal perspective
3.12 Describe one’s own reaction to the text
9. Critical Thinking 1
and personal response
3.11. Identify the authors perspective and
10. Critical Thinking 1
express personal perspective
11. Vocabulary-opposite Identify 1
12. Vocabulary- making sentences Apply 1
13. Grammar-preposition Identify 1
14. Grammar-uncountable nouns Apply 1
15. Grammar-tenses Apply 1
16. Grammar-articles Compare/Synthesize 1
17. Grammar-verbs Compare/Synthesize 1
3.7a) Describe how the chapters end and
18. Factual 1
begin, how they relate to each other.
3.9.a) Describe characters and events,
19. specific details and factual evidence from the Factual 1
text
3.9.a) Describe characters and events,
20. specific details and factual evidence from the Factual 1
text
3.10.a) Describe development of the characters
21. and events in the text expanding on the factual Inferential 1
details
3.10.b) Describe ideas, events, characters in
22. the text with reference to prior knowledge Inferential 1
and experience

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 3.11. Identify the authors perspective and
23. Critical Thinking 1
express personal perspective
3.12 Describe one’s own reaction to the text
24. Critical Thinking 1
and personal response
25. Vocabulary-meanings Identify 1
26. Vocabulary- making sentences Apply 1
27. Grammar-verbs Identify 1
28. Grammar-uncountable nouns Identify 1
29. Grammar-pronouns Identify 1
30. Grammar-prepositions Identify 1
31. Grammar-tenses Apply 1
32. Grammar-singular and plural Apply 1
33. Grammar-conjunctions Apply 1
34. Grammar-adverbs Apply 1
35. Grammar-punctuation Compare/Synthesize 1
36. Grammar-uncountable nouns Compare/Synthesize 1

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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
The Party Invitations

Amma told Viji and Ravi that they might

have a party and that they could invite ten
children. "You write to five girls, Viji, and Ravi
will write to five boys," said Amma. Ravi and
Viji sat on the couch to think of who they would invite. "Write your list first," said
Ravi and when Viji finished, her brother agreed to all the girls.
As soon as Ravi started writing his list, Viji began to find fault. "I don't like
boys, anyway," said Viji, "only you, Ravi. Let's have all girls at our party."
"But it won't be my party too," said Ravi, "if you have all girls."
"I don't care, all those boys are horrid," Viji said. Ravi told his sister that all
his friends were just as good as Ravi himself was. "I won't play with them," Viji
kept saying.
"You can have your party then, I’m going to play my video
game," said Ravi.
“Can we have your games at our party?”
Hearing all the noise, Amma came hurrying in. When they told her about the
invitations, she said, “Your brother has been very good about this party to be
willing to invite only girls. But I said it would be a party for both of you. So it will
be a party for none of you. There will be no party.”
“But you said we could have a party for ten people,” said Viji.
“I said that you could have a party for ten children, five boys and five girls.
You took all ten. That is not fair. So there will be no party. When you learn to
share, then you will have a party.” So there was no party. Months later, Amma
asked again, “Shall we have a party?”
What do you think happened?

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1. What list were Viji and Ravi making? (_____/1 mark)
(A) A shopping list for Amma
(B) A list of books for the library
(C) A list of places to see on their holiday
(D) A list of friends to invite to their party.

2. What did Amma say about whom to invite to the party? (_____/1 mark)
(A) Only Viji’s friends
(B) Only Ravi’s friends
(C) As many friends as they wanted
(D) Five girls and five boys

3. Complete the sentence from the passage. (_____/1 mark)

Ravi told his sister that all his friends __________________________
_________________________________________________________

4. Complete the sentence from the passage. (_____/1 mark)

_________________________________________________________
_______________________, then you will have a party

5. As soon as Ravi started writing his list, Viji began to find fault.
What does this sentence tell you about Viji? (____/1 mark)
_________________________________________________________
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6. What do you think Amma felt when Viji and Ravi couldn’t make their
invitation list together? (_____/1 mark)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

7. "You can have your party then, I’m going to play my video game,"
said Ravi. (_____/1 mark)
What does Ravi feel about the party?
(A) He is happy about the list
(B) He is not interested any more
(C) He is looking forward to the party
(D) He would like to plan the party games

8. Do you think Amma’s way of making Viji and Ravi learn to share was
a good idea? Say why or why not. (_____/1 mark)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

9. If you were Ravi, would you have walked away from Viji to play your
video games? Give a reason for your answer. (_____/1 mark)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
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10. Which of the following would tell you if Viji and Ravi had learnt their
lesson when Amma asked again, “Shall we have a party?” (_____/1 mark)
(A) Viji says she isn’t interested any more
(B) Ravi says he is too busy to make a list of his friends
(C) Viji says only girls must be invited
(D) Both Viji and Ravi agree and make a list together

11. Hearing all the noise, Amma came hurrying in (_____/1 mark)
The underlined word in the sentence above is the opposite of:
(A) sound
(B) loud
(C) silence
(D) Shout

12. Make a sentence with the following word. (_____/1 mark)

Horrid - ___________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

13. Underline one preposition in the sentence given below. (_____/1 mark)
But I said it would be a party for both of you.

14. Fill in the blank with the right word from the brackets. (_____/1 mark)
Hearing (many/much) noise from Viji and Ravi, Amma hurried into
the room.

15. Change the sentence given below into the past continuous tense.(_____/1 mark)
Ravi and Viji sat on the couch.
_________________________________________________________

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16. Tick the sentence that has ‘an’ and ‘the’ in the right places. (_____/1 mark)
(A) Viji made a list of friends to invite to the party.
(B) Viji made an list of friends to invite to a party.

17. Tick the sentence that has the right form of the verb (_____/1 mark)
(A) I’m going to play my video game
(B) I’m go to playing my video game.

Read the following passage and answer the questions.

Sea Turtles

Sea turtles live in salt water but lay their eggs on land. The female
turtle comes out of the ocean onto the beach. She digs a hole, lays her eggs
and returns to the sea.
When the baby turtles hatch, they head straight for the water. The trip
across the beach can be dangerous! Many animals come to the beach to eat
the little turtles as they crawl toward the water.
Once in the sea, male turtles never return to land. Female turtles come
back to lay their eggs. Sea turtles can swim very fast. Their front legs are
built like paddles. They use them like wings to “fly” through the water.
The green sea turtle eats only plants but other sea turtles eat both
plants and animals. The largest of all sea turtles is the leatherback. It can
weigh over 400 kgs. Its favorite food is jellyfish.

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18. Where does the female sea turtle lay her eggs? (_____/1 mark)
(A) By the riverside
(B) Under a rock
(C) In a hole on the beach
(D) In a nest of leaves

19. What do the baby turtles do when they hatch? (_____/1 mark)
(A) They hide in the sand
(B) The lie still in the sand
(C) They look for food
(D) They head straight for the sea

20. What makes the trip across the beach to the sea very dangerous for the
baby turtles? (_____/1 mark)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

21. Why do you think sea turtles swim very fast? (_____/1 mark)
(A) Because it’s fun to swim fast
(B) Because you can’t swim slowly in water
(C) Because they have to set an example for baby turtles
(D) Because it helps them safely escape from bigger sea animals

22. They use them like wings to “fly” through the water. (____/1 mark)
What other creature do you think the author is comparing the turtle to?
_________________________________________________________

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23. If the sea turtle lived on land instead of in the sea, what would its legs
be like to help it move fast? (_____/1 mark)
(A) They would be short and stubby
(B) They would be short and thin
(C) The front legs would be shorter than its hind legs
(D) They would have strong muscles

24. Does this passage make you want to keep the baby turtles safe as they
crawl to the sea? Give a reason for your answer. (_____/1 mark)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

25. When the baby turtles hatch, they head straight for the water (_____/1 mark)
The underlined word above means the same as:
(A) Closing the door
(B) Laying the eggs
(C) Breaking out of the egg shell
(D) Walking to the sea.

26. Make a sentence with the following word: (_____/1 mark)

Crawl-_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

27. Underline the correct form of the verb. (_____/1 mark)

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 (A) Monu likes (making / make) sandwiches for the picnic.
(B) Lola (goes / is going) to see the doctor tomorrow.

28. Underline the correct word in the brackets. (_____/1 mark)

(A) (Some/ Much) people came early to buy tickets for the match.
(B) I could see (much/ many) stars in the clear night sky.

29. Fill in the blanks below. Choose the words from the box. (_____/1 mark)
 
her she them its

(A) The dog wagged ___________ tail when it saw me.

(B) Minu showed Dad _____________ report card.

30. Fill in the blanks with prepositions from the box.

 
behind under over into
(_____/1 mark)
it
(A) The scared kitten ran to hide ___________________ its mother.
(B) The child jumped ____________________ the puddle in the road.

31. Change the following sentence into the present continuous tense.(_____/1 mark)
Rita and Mala make a toy house for their dolls.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

32. Change the following sentence into plural. (_____/1 mark)

The sheep wandered off to eat the juicy green grass.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

33. Use ‘and’ or ‘because’ to join the two sentences given below. (_____/1 mark)

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 I have to study hard.
My exams are in a week.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

34. Use the adverb form of the verb in the brackets to complete each
sentence. (_____/1 mark)
(A) Mother divided the cake _________________ between Mary and
Katy. (Equal)
(B) The boy laughed _________________ at the clowns funny face.
(Merry)

35. Rewrite the following sentence using capital letters, question marks and
full stops correctly. (_____/1 mark)
have you seen banu Anu and Janu playing in the park
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

36. Correct the following sentence and rewrite it in the space below.
(_____/1 mark)
Farida made much cakes for the party.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

(_________/ 36 marks)

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