ENGLISH

TEACH FOR INDIA

GRADE 3
PAPER II

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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.
Enough space for each question is provided. You have to answer the questions in
the space provided in the box below each question, wherever required.
This question paper contains 13 sheets (including the cover).
Write your name, roll number and school in the space provided above.
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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 Dollhouse
Binny saw the prettiest dollhouse at the toyshop when she went
shopping with Mum.
“Please, can I have it?” she asked Mum. Mum checked the price and
said that four hundred rupees was too much. Then she said, “I’ll tell you
what. If you earn the money, you can buy it.”
At home, Binny ran straight to her piggy bank and counted her
money. Only fifty rupees! She ran back downstairs and found Mum in the
kitchen making lunch. “Can I do some extra work?” Binny asked her. Mum
said she would pay her ten rupees if she could set the table. So, Binny set the
table and put the money in her piggy bank.
Later, Mum said if Binny would water the plants she would pay her
twenty rupees. So, Binny watered the plants and put the money in her piggy
bank. Mum didn’t have any more work for her that day, so Binny counted
her money again and thought it would take forever to earn the money for her
dollhouse.
She saw her stuffed animals on her bed and thought of selling them.
She went to get a big box and as she packed the stuffed animals in the box,
her kitten jumped into it. Binny laughed and said, “I’m not selling you,
Kitty.”
Meow. Kitty rubbed against the box.
“You like the box?” Binny asked. “It is big, just like the dollhouse.”
Just then, Binny had a wonderful idea. She didn’t need to buy a doll house.
She could make the box into a dollhouse or… a kitten house! She decorated
the box with her paints and bought a soft pillow for Kitty’s new house with
her piggy bank money.
Meow, Kitty purred, curling up in her new house.

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1. What did Binny ask Mum for at the toyshop? (_____/1 mark)
(A) A cute teddy bear
(B) A little car that she could drive in the garden
(C) A set of colouring pencils
(D) A pretty dollhouse.

2. What did Mum suggest Binny could do to buy the dollhouse? (_____/1 mark)
(A) Ask Grandma for the money
(B) Save all her pocket money
(C) Earn the money by doing some work
(D) Sell her books to get the money

3. Complete the sentence below with words from the passage. (_____/1 mark)
She went to get a big box and as she __________________________
________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

4. Complete the sentence below with words from the passage. (_____/1 mark)
She could make the box into ________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________.

5. Why did Binny think it would take forever to earn the money for her
dollhouse? (____/1 mark)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________.

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6. She didn’t need to buy a doll house. She could make the box into a
dollhouse or… a kitten house!
Do you think Binny felt sad that she used her piggy bank money to make a
kitten house and not buy her dollhouse? (_____/1 mark)
______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

7. If Binny could earn thirty rupees every day doing work for Mum, how
long do you think it would take to buy her dollhouse? (_____/1 mark)

(A) Too long - Maybe one month

(B) Not so long - Perhaps two weeks
(C) Around 12 days
(D) Forever – days and days

8. If you were Binny, what other way would you think of getting the
money to buy the dollhouse? (_____/1 mark)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

9. Do you think Binny’s idea of making a kitten house instead of buying a

dollhouse was a good idea? Give a reason for your answer. (_____/1 mark)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

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10. What do you think the author wants to tell us in this story?
(_____/1 mark)
(A) Parents should buy their kids whatever they want
(B) Parents should never buy their kids anything at all
(C) Kids must realize that money is very important
(D) Giving to others is more valuable than buying something
expensive for ourselves.

11. At home, Binny ran straight to her piggy bank and counted her money
(_____/1 mark)
The underlined word in the sentence above is the opposite of:
(A) Smooth
(B) Direct
(C) Even
(D) Crooked

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

Piggy bank- ___________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

13. Underline one preposition in the sentence given below. (_____/1 mark)
She saw her stuffed animals on her bed.

14. Fill in the blank with the right word from the brackets. (_____/1 mark)
Binny had _______________ money in her piggy bank. (little / much)

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15. Change the sentence given below into the future tense. (_____/1 mark)
Binny bought a soft pillow for Kitty’s new house .
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
16. Tick the sentence that has ‘an’ and ‘a’ in the right places. (_____/1 mark)
(A) Binny made an house for Kitty from a old box.
(B) Binny made a house for Kitty from an old box

17. Tick the sentence that has the right form of the verb (_____/1 mark)
(A) Kitty curled up to go to sleep in her new house.
(B) Kitty curling up to go to sleep in her new house.

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Read the following poem and answer the questions.

I Tried To Do My Homework

I tried to do my homework
but a show was on TV.
A song was on the radio.
A friend was texting me.

My email chimed, and so, of course,

I had to look at that.
It linked me to a video
of someone’s silly cat.

I watched a dozen videos,

and then I played a game.
I almost didn’t hear her
when my mother called my name.

I looked up at the clock

and it was time to go to bed.
I didn’t get my homework done;
just other stuff instead.

I hope my teacher listens

to the cause of my inaction.
It’s really not my fault the world
is just one big distraction.

18. What is the very first distraction that the speaker in the poem faces in
the beginning of the poem? (_____/1 mark)
(A) A video film
(B) A TV show
(C) A song on the radio
(D) An email from a friend

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19. What reason does the speaker give for almost not hearing Mother’s
voice calling him? (_____/1 mark)
(A) The chimes of an email
(B) The ticking of the clock
(C) A video game
(D) A friend texting

20. What is the speaker’s ‘one big distraction’? (_____/1 mark)

_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

21. What does the speaker hope his teacher will listen to? (_____/1 mark)
(A) The reason why he is late to school
(B) The reason why he didn’t do his homework
(C) The reason why he failed his test
(D) The reason why he didn’t bring his book to class

22. I didn’t get my homework done;

just other stuff instead. (____/1 mark)
Describe the speaker’s thoughts from these lines.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

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23. How do you think the speaker feels about doing homework? (_____/1 mark)
(A) He loves to do his homework
(B) He doesn’t like doing homework
(C) He thinks homework is important
(D) He would rather do homework than go out and play.

24. Do you agree with the speaker that there are too many distractions
when one has to do homework? Give a reason. (_____/1 mark)
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

25. My email chimed, and so, of course

I had to look at that. (_____/1 mark)
The underlined word above means the same as:
(A) To begin
(B) To be silent
(C) To ring
(D) To stop

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

Distraction-_____________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

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

(A) The boy (is painting / paint) the door of his house.
(B) Mrs. Das (knit / is knitting) a sweater for her daughter.

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28. Underline the correct word in the brackets. (_____/1 mark)
(A) Priti gave the birds (some/ much) seeds to eat.
(B) So (some/ many) people came to see the show that the hall was
crowded.

29. Fill in the blanks below. Choose the words from the box. (_____/1 mark)
 
her my them me their

(A) The boy helped ______________ to carry ______ basket.

(B) Nina and Nitin gave ______________ grandmother a shawl for
___________ birthday.

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

 
behind under over into
(_____/1 mark)
it
(A) The airplanes flew ________________ my house.
(B) The child ran ________________ the house because it started
raining.

31. Change the following sentence into the past continuous tense. (_____/1 mark)
Uncle Raj will go to Singapore on business.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

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

The happy children sang and danced at the party.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

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33. Use ‘but’ or ‘because’ to join the two sentences given below. (_____/1 mark)
Robin wanted to see the new movie.
He didn’t get tickets.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

34. Use the adverb form of the verb in the brackets to complete each
sentence. (_____/1 mark)
(A) The little girl _________________ shared her lunch with her
friend. (Happy)
(B) The fisherman _________________ pulled in his net of fish.
(Quick)

35. Rewrite the following sentence using capital letters, question marks and
full stops correctly. (_____/1 mark)
“why don’t you go out and play, meera” said mother
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

36. Correct the following sentence and rewrite it in the space below.
(_____/1 mark)
The children were sick because they ate too much samosas at the
birthday party.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

(_________/ 36 marks)

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