ENGLISH

MID-YEAR 2023

GRADE 3 FICTION

1 hour

INSTRUCTIONS

• Answer all questions.

• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.

• You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting.

INFORMATION

• The total mark for this paper is 50.

• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets
[ ].

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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow

One day, Saint George traveled over land and sea. He came to
a land where he met a poor old man. The old man asked Saint
George to sit with him by the fire and have some food.

‘You have come here at a very bad time,’ said the old man. ‘A
dragon is destroying our country. Every day, the dragon orders us
to bring him a young girl to eat. Soon there will be no girls left.
The only girl remaining is the king’s beautiful daughter, Princess
Sabra.’
Saint George thought about what the old man had told him.
The next day, Saint George set out to find the dragon and stop it
eating the princess. Saint George saw the dragon waiting for the
princess. Saint George rushed down the hill on his horse.
When the dragon saw Saint George, the dragon roared with a
noise louder than thunder. The dragon’s head was huge, its tail
was long, and its eyes looked angry.
Next, Saint George rushed at the dragon with his spear. The
dragon’s scales were as hard as metal and Saint George’s spear
broke into many pieces. The dragon breathed his horrible breath.
Saint George fell from his horse and rolled under a magical
orange tree. The orange tree gave protection from all types of
poison. Soon, Saint George was on his feet again.
Quickly, Saint George took out his sword and ran at the
dragon again. Luckily, Saint George’s sword hit the dragon’s
body under its wings. Before the sword caught the dragon again,
it flew away and was never seen again.
Later, Princess Sabra came out from where she had been
hiding to thank Saint George. Everyone danced and sang with
happiness because the dragon had not eaten their young girls.

1. What type of text is this? Tick() the correct answer

Persuasive

Legend

Report
Science fiction [1]

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2. What is the setting of the story?

……………………………………………………………………. [1]

3. Whom did Saint George meet on the land?

……………………………………………………………….[1]

4. Why were the times bad when Saint George visited the land?

………………………………………………………………….. [1]

5. Read paragraph 2. Identify one adjective and write it down.

……………………………………………. [1]

6. List two features of a legend you can find in the story.

a. ………………………………………………………………….

b...........................................................................................................[2]

7. Put the speech marks in the sentence below.

You have come here at a very bad time said the old man. [2]

8. Read paragraph 2 again. How was the old man feeling? Tick[] the
correct feeling.

Sad

Happy

Excited
Jealousy [1]

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9. What does the sentence starter, ‘One day…..’ in paragraph 1 tell us
about? Tick() the correct answer

Manner

Time

Place [1]

10. How was the dragon destroying the country?

……………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………… [2]

11.Read paragraph 5. Identify a simile and write it down.

……………………………………………………………………… [1]

12. How did the dragon’s eyes look?

……………………………………………………… [1]

13.What did the dragon do when it saw Saint George?

……………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………… [1]

14. Every day the dragon orders us to bring him a young girl to eat.
The word him is standing for the word …………………. Tick[] the
correct answer.

Day

Dragon

Young girl [1]

15.What protected Saint George from the dragon?

…………………………………………………………………… [1]

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16.Where was the dragon finally hit by Saint George’s sword?

…………………………………………………………………….. [1]

17. Use the following connectives to join the two sentences below
So because but therefore
Everyone danced and sang with happiness.
The dragon had not eaten their young
girls.
……………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………...
………………………………………………………………………….[1]
18.Replace the word rushed with a powerful verb in the following sentence.
Tick () the correct powerful verb
Next, Saint George rushed at the dragon with his spear.

Charged

Walked

Crawled
Smiled [1]

19. Give one noun phrase that tells us how terrible the dragon’s breath was.

……………………………………………………………………. [1]

20. Underline a verb in the past tense in the sentence below.

The dragon breathed his horrible breath [1]

21. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

There their they
Everyone danced and sang with happiness because the dragon had not

eaten …………………… young girls. [1]

22. What title would you give this story?

………………………………………………………………………… [1]

TOTAL 25 MARKS
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 Section : B Writing
Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Write your own legend story.

Think about:
• Characters: Are they human? Are they animals? Are there both
humans and animals?
• Setting: In a town? In the countryside? Somewhere else?
• Plot: What happens at the end? What happens to the characters? Does
the story have a moral? [25]

PLAN