SET – I

Delhi Public School, Ruby Park, Kolkata

Third Term Examination
Subject: English
Class - III
Session: 2021-22
Time: 1 Hour

This paper consists of TWO SECTIONS. Answering both the sections is compulsory.
SECTION A: GRAMMAR
SECTION B: LITERATURE
1) Attempt all questions.
2) All answers must be correctly numbered as on the question paper.
3) Attempt all questions in each section before going to the next.
4) Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.

SECTION A: GRAMMAR

Q1) Choose and write the correct option only –

I. I like apples ______ not grapes.

a) and
b) but
c) or
d) so

II. Roma paid ten rupees _______ the pen.

a) by
b) to
c) from
d) for

III. Which sentence has been correctly punctuated?

Sentence A: What a fine day it is?

Sentence B: What a fine day it is!

a) Only Sentence A
b) Only Sentence B
c) Both the sentences
d) None of the sentences

IV. Which is the correct question for the following statement?

Grandma is telling Sam a story.
a) Grandma is telling Sam a story?
b) Is Sam telling grandma a story?
c) Is grandma telling Sam a story?
d) is grandma telling a Sam story?
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 V. Which of the following is a sentence?
a) Eating at a restaurant.
b) Sings a song.
c) Raj gone to the market.
d) Please sit down.

Q2) Fill in the blanks according to the instructions given in brackets –

a) The train is passing _________ a long tunnel. [Use a suitable preposition]

b) I could not attend the function yesterday _________ I was unwell.
[Use a suitable conjunction]
c) Wow Isn’t this dress beautiful [Rewrite this sentence inserting suitable punctuation marks
in the boxes]
d) __________ Sara and Mira baking a cake now? [Use a suitable verb to complete the question]
e) peter flies kites every weekend [Rewrite this sentence correctly]

Q3) Read the passage given below and answer the questions as directed –

Marie will be eight years old on Sunday.

She is celebrating her birthday by having a party and has invited nine friends from her class.
At the party everyone will play games dance have pizza and will also get return gifts.
Marie’s mother will either bake a chocolate cake and a vanilla cake with a pink frosting for dessert.

Marie wait Sunday until can’t.

a) Some punctuation marks are missing in the sentence underlined in the above passage. Rewrite
the sentence correctly.

b) Change the first sentence of the passage - Marie will be eight years old on Sunday - into a
question.

c) Pick out the wrong conjunction from the following sentence and write the correct one –
Marie’s mother will either bake a chocolate cake and a vanilla cake with a pink frosting for dessert.
Wrong Conjunction: ___________ Correct Conjunction: ___________

d) A few words in the last sentence of the passage are jumbled. Rewrite it as a meaningful
sentence. [Hint: Do not change the punctuation marks]

e) Pick out two prepositions from the following sentence –

She is celebrating her birthday by having a party and has invited nine friends from her class.
Prepositions: ___________, ___________

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 SECTION B: LITERATURE

Q4) Choose and write the correct option only –

I. Which set of rhyming words is not there in the doughnut’s song?

a) cool-fool
b) round-browned
c) inside-fried
d) baked-caked

II. Which word is the same in meaning as ‘attacked’?

a) screamed
b) groaned
c) pounced
d) yelled

III. In the poem ‘A Dragon’s Lament’, the dragon is bored

a) of causing violence always

b) with his bad reputation
c) of being a miserable beast
d) all of the above

IV. Dorothy saved the Scarecrow by

a) stuffing him with fluffy straw

b) lifting him off the pole
c) taking him to the great Oz
d) protecting him from the Lion

V. Which of the following statements is False?

a) The clever princess had hidden the cocoons in her hairdo.

b) Silk is the best and brightest form of cloth.
c) The Silk Route was the route between China and Asia through Europe.
d) The emperor tried his best to make his wife happy.

Q5) Answer the following questions in ONE sentence – (Do not copy the questions)

a) Who needed to oil his joints and where did Dorothy find the oil can?
b) What does the dragon use its talons and fangs for?
c) How did the old woman manage to get two handfuls of flour to make a doughnut?
d) Name any two things the emperor noticed in the weaver’s daughter.

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Q6) Answer with reference to the context in ONE sentence – (Do not copy the questions)

i. “And the fox got it in the end.”

a) Complete the saying – as ________ as a fox.

b) Why do you think the above saying is true, according to the story ‘The Doughnut’?

ii. “On her way, she meets creatures with peculiar qualities.”

a) What can be seen in the picture and where does it lead to?
b) Who is following it and why?
c) How did “she” come to the land of Oz?
d) Describe any one “creature with peculiar qualities” she meets on her way.

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