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Third Term Examination SY 2021
GRADE 3

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________

Part Question/Portion Score

1 Grammar (39)

2 Reading (36)

3 Composition (10)

4. Spelling (15)

Total score:

Final mark:

Checked by:
Comments:

Section A
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A.Read the sentences below.On the ine write the tense of the verb in the

sentence.(7 marks)

1. The play lasted two hours.________________________________________

2. I sing in the church choir._________________________________________

3. Who will carry the flag?

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4. Kaylee studies all night.__________________________________________

5. They will wait for the

bus.__________________________________________

6. Who will mail the letter?

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7. Uthando noticed the stranger.____________________________________

B.An adverb is a word that modifies a noun.underline the adverb given in

the folowing sentences.( 7 marks)

1. Bruna is studying quietly.

2. The girl finished her homework quickly.

3. They will soon leave for home.

4. The man climbed slowly up the mountain.

5. Samuel sang lovely.

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6. The children played happily.

7. He always comes for Christmas.

C.Circle the correct word in the parenthesis.(8 marks)

1. Everyone sang ( good, well) today.

2. You paint ( good, well) .

3. Have a (well, day).

4. Mariama has a (good, well) voice.

5. My mother is not feeling( well,good).

6. Was that a (good, well) program.

7. They had a (good, well) time at the party.

8. He made a (well, good) impression.

D.Conjuctions is a word used to join words or group of words.Fill in the

blanks using the correct conjuction.(7 marks)

And but because nor or so

1. She lost her book__________found her pen.

2. I went to the store ______________to the library

3. She stayed home _______________________she was ill.

4. Either you keep quiet ________________you leave the classroom.

5. She had a toothache _________________she did not come to school.

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6. Will you stay ______________leave.

7. You will neither play _________talk in the classroom.

E.Make your own sentences using the indefinite pronouns below.(5

marks)

Some many anyone all something

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F. Preposition is a word that shows relationship between a noun and

a pronoun and some other words in the sentence.Fill in the blanks

with the correct preposition.(5 marks)

1. The ball rolled ________________________the table.

2.Wesley sit __________________________Kenny and Mariama.

3.The sky is ______________________us.

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4.Jack went _________________the house and went ___________the

stairs.

Section B: Reading

I. Reading and comprehension. ( 12 marks)

Read the story and answer the questions.

Useful trees

Rubber trees are grown in Malaysia. The latex, a white liquid, is tapped from its

trunk for making rubber. Many things are made of rubber. Tyres of cars, trunks,

bicycles and scooters are among the things made of rubber. In Malaysia, Thailand

and Indonesia, trees are chopped down and the tree trunks are cut into logs and

then into smaller pieces of wood. People use the wood for making furniture and

building houses. Other useful trees are cocoa trees, coffee trees and lemon trees.

Cocoa comes from the seeds of cocoa tree. Lemons are yellow. Lemon juice is

sour and sugar is often added to make lemon juice.

1. What is the title of the story?

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2. Where are rubber trees grown?

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3. List down any three things made of rubber?

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4. Name three countries mentioned in the story?

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5. What can you say about lemon juice?

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6. What are the uses of wood?

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2. Answer the following. (6 marks)

a. What were the pioneers clothes made of?

Ans:

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b. Why was the salt pink?

Ans:

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c. Why was washing clothes such a core by that time?

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Complete the following by choosing the right answer. (6 marks)

d. Who went to the mill to ground corn? ____________________

i. Sara

ii. mother

iii. uncle William ,father and Allen

e. By scrapping hair off grease to make it translucent, Wayne family

made______________________

i. Curtain

ii. Doors

iii. Bearskin windows

f. The squirrel skin was used to_______________________________

i. Make a stew

ii. Make gloves

iii. Make blankets

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Define the following words. (6 marks)

g. muffler_______________________________________________________

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h. venison_______________________________________________________

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i. hollow________________________________________________________

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Who did the following? (6 marks)

j. Dug potatoes to store for winter.

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k. Poured ashy water over corn?

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l. Made the chairs for the dining table?

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Section C: composition (10 marks)

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Section D: spellings (15 marks)

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