PERIODIC ASSESSMENT 1, 2021- 22

SUBJECT - English

Time Allowed: 60 minutes Class: 3 Maximum Marks: 25

General Instructions:
● Read the questions carefully and answer.
● Attempt all questions.
● Write the date, your name, subject and PA-I on top of your answer sheet.
● Write only answers for the questions asked, in your answer sheet.
● Mention Section and number for the answers correctly.
(Example: Section A Ans: I.1…..)
____________________________________________________________________________
_________ Section A - Reading
comprehension (8 marks)

Little by Little

When Charley awoke one morning, he looked from the window and saw the
ground deeply covered with snow. On the side of the house nearest the
kitchen, the snow was piled higher than Charley’s head. “We need a path
through this snow,” said his father. “I would make one if I had time, but I
must be at the office early this morning. Do you think you could make the path, son?” he asked
little Charley. “Me? The snow is higher than my head! How could I ever make a path through that
snow?”
“How? By doing it little by little. How about you try?” requested his father as
he left for his office.
So Charley got the snow shovel and set to work. He threw up first one shovelful
and then another; but it was slow work. “I don’t think I can do it, mom,” he said.
“A shovelful is so little, and there is such a large heap of snow.” “Little by little,
Charley,” repeated his mother. “That snow fell in tiny bits, flake by flake, but
you see what a great pile it has made.” “Yes, mom, I see,” said Charley. “If I throw it away little
by little, it will soon be gone.” So he worked on. When his father came home to dinner, he was
pleased to see the fine path. The next day he gave little Charley a fine blue sled. Painted on the
sled in yellow letters was “Little by Little”.
I. Find out the answers to the questions below from the passage: (½ x 4 = 2 marks)

a. The snow piled higher than________________ head.

 b. “We need a ________ through this snow,” said his father.

c. If I throw it away____________________, it will soon be gone.

d. The next day he gave little Charley a fine ______________.

II. Answer the following questions with inputs from the passage: (1 x 4 = 4 marks)

a. What did Charley see through the window?

Ans: ___________________________________________________________________

b. What does mother tell Charley to help him feel better?

Ans: ____________________________________________________________________

c. What was painted on the sled?

Ans: ____________________________________________________________________

d. What does Charley learn by shoveling the snow?

Ans: ____________________________________________________________________

III. Vocabulary: Make sentences with the following words

(1 x 2 = 2 marks)

a. pile: _______________________________________________________________

b. Shovel: ____________________________________________________________

SECTION B - GRAMMAR AND WRITING (12 marks)

I. Identify and write proper and common nouns from each of the given sentences.

(1/4 x 10 = 2.5 marks)

 Sentence Proper Noun Common Noun
a. That dog is called Snoopy. b.

Shreya is my best friend.

c. My friends went to watch a movie. d.

New York is a big city.

e. My sister, Ananya is two years old.

II. Rewrite each sentence using a Personal pronoun in place of the underlined
nouns.

(½ x 4 = 2 marks)
a. Rohan likes to paint.
_______________________________________________________________

b. The box is very heavy.

_______________________________________________________________

c. Ria and I ate cookies.

_______________________________________________________________

d. Diya and Riya are colouring.

________________________________________________________________
III. Complete the sentences with correct Possessive Pronoun
(mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs) (1/2 x 6 = 3 marks) a. I have a bike.

The bike is__________________.

b. Mum and I have a boat. The boat is _____________.

c. John and Max have a skateboard. The skateboard is ____________.

d. You have a dog. The dog is ____________.

e. John and you have a clock. The clock is ___________.

 f. The math book belongs to Rohan. It is _______________ .

IV. Identify and write the verb from the given sentences.

(½ x 3= 1.5 marks)

a. We live in an apartment.

b. We go for swimming lessons on Sunday.

c. I eat a healthy breakfast everyday.

V. “We are born to help our environment, not to destroy it”.

What are the ways in which you would like to save our environment? Explain at
least five different ways in which you can help our environment. (3 marks)
Section – C - Literature

Answer the following questions :

1. In the story ‘Gaura Devi saves the trees’ Gaura Devi helped her mother in: (2
marks)
a)_______________________________________
b) _______________________________________

2. In connection with the story of ‘Gaura Devi saves the trees’, mention the name
of an individual studied by you who has made similar contributions to the
environment like Gaura Devi. (1 mark)
3. Which character traits of Gaura Devi you liked the most? What message did
Gaura Devi give through the Chipko movement? (2 marks)

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