J. K. G. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, VIJAY NAGAR PRACTICE PAPER HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (2017-18) CLASS – III ENGLISH Time – 3 hrs. M.M. 80 General Instructions: 1.All questions are compulsory. 2.You may attempt any section at a time. Reading Skills Q1. Unseen comprehension: /5 One day a thirsty ant went to a stream for a drink. As she reached down to take a sip, she fell in and was swept away by the water. “Help!” she cried. A dove sitting on a tree by the stream heard her cry. He plucked a leaf and dropped it into the stream. The ant scrambled onto the leaf and floated to safety. She thanked the dove for his kindness. i) Q/Ans- a) What happened to the ant? b) Was the dove kind by nature? Give reason to your answer. ii) Find the opposite of given words from the above paragraph: give-____ up- ______ Writing skills Q 2)Write a paragraph on 6-8 lines on any one. /5 a) My favourite festival b) Our national flag Q3) Write a letter to your cousin telling him about the recent fancy dress competition you have won at your school: /5 Q4) Picture composition: /5 Clues: beautiful park, flying kites, tall trees, ducks in pond, beautiful fountain, benches, man reading newspaper, birds in the sky, butterflies flying over flowers. Grammar
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J. K. G. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, VIJAY NAGAR
PRACTICE PAPER
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (2017-18)
CLASS – III
ENGLISH
Time – 3 hrs.
M.M. 80
General Instructions: 1.All questions are compulsory. 2.You may attempt any section at a time.
Reading Skills
Q1. Unseen comprehension: /5
One day a thirsty ant went to a stream for a drink. As she reached down to take a sip, she fell in and
was swept away by the water. “Help!” she cried. A dove sitting on a tree by the stream heard her
cry. He plucked a leaf and dropped it into the stream. The ant scrambled onto the leaf and floated
to safety. She thanked the dove for his kindness.
i) Q/Ans-
a) What happened to the ant?
b) Was the dove kind by nature? Give reason to your answer.
ii) Find the opposite of given words from the above paragraph:
give-____ up- ______
Writing skills
Q 2)Write a paragraph on 6-8 lines on any one. /5
a) My favourite festival b) Our national flag
Q3) Write a letter to your cousin telling him about the recent fancy dress competition you
have won at your school: /5
Q4) Picture composition: /5
Clues: beautiful park, flying kites, tall trees, ducks in pond, beautiful fountain, benches, man
reading newspaper, birds in the sky, butterflies flying over flowers.
Grammar
Q5.Rearrange the following group of words into meaningful sentences using suitable punctuation
marks (comma, full stop, capitalletter): 1x4
a) mother/ my/ tomatoes /and /potatoes/ bought
b) beautiful /a/ country/ india/ is
c) red/wearing/aisha/socks/is
d) do/live /where/you
Q6. Fill up the correct articles (a, an, the) in the blanks : 1x4
Five mice live happily in a ________ house. But one day _______ master of _______ house
brings ______ cat to scare them away.
Q7.Underline common noun and circle the proper noun in the given sentences: 1x4
a) Puneet rides his bicycle in the park.
b) I saw the movie Harry Potter last week.
c) An aeroplane lands at the airport.
d) The Ganga and the Yamuna are holy rivers.
Q8.Change the gender of underlined noun and rewrite the sentences: 1x4
a) The bull came running towards the boy.
b) The king was a kind man.
Q9.Fill in the blanks with the suitable word from bracket - (singular / plural) 1x4
a) The garden ____________ are wet. (bench / benches)
b) A ___________ is playing outside. (children / child)
c) There are many ________ in the world. (country/ countries)
d) We saw four ______ at the farm.( donkey/ donkeys)
Reader
Q10. Fill in the blanks and complete the poem. 1x5
I found a shell, a _______ one.
Lying on the ______,
I ______it up and took it _____
Cool _________ my hand.
Q11.Write the meanings and make sentences using following words: 1x4
a) plump -:______ - ____________________________________________________
b) content -:_____ - _____________________________________________________
Q12. Who said to whom? 1x2
a) “If I were only larger.”
b “Mother, I don’t want to go to the wedding.”
Q13. Short answer type questions: 2x3
a) Why was Nina crying?
b) Where did the little fish live?
c) Name any two things that birds can do but people can’t?
Q14. Long answer type questions: 3x2
a) What do we learn from the lesson “A little fish story”?
b) How was Nina’s behavior towards the baby sparrows?
Q15. Value based question: 1x2
a) Rohan is a very smart and intelligent boy of our class. Sometimes he acts very naughty
and tease others. He also teases the animals and birds. One day his friend saw him crying
as he was bitten by a stray dog outside the school. What would you do t help him. Will
you tease himtoo? Or help him?
Q16. MCQ-: 1x5
a) Nina’s family was going to ________.
i) Delhi ii) Lucknow iii) Mumbai
b) Fish was unhappy with her _______.
i) Weight ii) size iii) looks
c) Nina’s ______ getting married.
i) Uncle ii) neighbor iii) aunt
d) The child heard a _______ coming from the shell.
i) Poem ii) song iii) joke
e) The two birds in the poem ‘Bird’s Talk’ are ______ and _______.
i) Jay, Robin ii) sparrow, owl iii) parrot, peacock