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ANNUAL EXAMINATION (2021-2022)

SUBJECT: ENGLISH
GRADE: III SEC: ______ MARKS: 80
DATE: ________ TIME: 3 HOURS
NAME: __________________________ REG. NO: _______

SIGNATURE OF THE INVIGILATOR: ______________________

COMPETENCY MARKS ALLOTED MARKS OBTAINED

READING 12
CREATIVE WRITING 10

GRAMMAR 20

TEXTUAL 30

SPELLINGS 6

HANDWRITING 2
TOTAL 80
GRADE POINT

GRADE

SIGNATURE OF THE EVALUATOR: ___________________

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 SECTION - A
READING – 12
I. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. (6X1=6)

Insights into the Red Fox

A fox is a wild animal that belongs to the dog family. It is related to the dog and the wolf. The
fox looks like a wolf, but it is smaller and has a longer, fluffier tail and longer hair. Its muzzle

is more pointed.

The red fox gets its name from its reddish colour. It is found in the United States. The red fox
is helpful to humans by eating rodents such as mice that eat crops. It also eats chickens and
ducks. In this way, the red fox is not helpful to humans.

Red fox pups are born in the spring. The mother and the father fox watch over the pups for
about three months. After that the pups survive by themselves without mother and father.

Is red fox sly? If you catch a red fox, it will pretend to be dead. Then, when the coast is clear, it
will run for freedom. That's sounds sly to me.

1. To which family does a fox belong?

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2. When are red fox pups born?

a. in spring b. in summer c. in winter

3. How long do the pups live with their mother and father?

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 4. How does the red fox get its name?

a. from its long nose b. from its reddish colour c. from its fluffier tail

5. How is the red fox helpful to humans?

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6. How long do the mother and father fox take care of their pups?
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II. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. (6X1=6)

Dolphins are very helpful to men. There are many stories of dolphins using their heads to bump
swimmers in trouble to the shore. Sometimes they guide boats and ships too by moving ahead
of them through dangerous spots. Scientists are trying to prove that dolphins have a brain like
that of human beings, rather a more complicated one. That is why they understand human
behaviour and respond to it through friendship.

Like human beings, dolphins also want to live in company. It would be strange to see a dolphin
swimming by itself.

Dolphins travel together. They slide down the waves made by ships or rolling on their sides in
the foam. And if they see an injured dolphin under water, they sometimes nudge it to the top
so that it can get air to breathe.

1. How are dolphins useful to men?

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2. Dolphins like to live ________________________.

a. in company b. alone c. in pairs

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 3. What do the scientists think about dolphins?
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4. How do they guide boats and ships?

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5. Write the synonyms of the words from the above given passage:

a. complete ___________________

b. move _____________________

6. Dolphins are very _______________ to men.

Section – B

Creative writing - 10

I. Write a Paragraph on - “Importance of a library” (5x1=5)

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 II. Write a letter to your uncle thanking him for the gift he sent for your
birthday. (5x1=5)
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Section – C

Grammar -20
I. Fill in the blanks using suitable prepositions. (4x1/2=2)

1. Is there any difference _____________ a bear and a panda?

2. Mr Bill usually takes a shower ______________ going to bed.

3. The train has to pass _______________ many tunnels.

4. The concert began ________ six o’clock.

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II. Join the pair of sentences using conjunctions. (2x1=2)

1. Gautama was a prince. He was not happy.

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2. Everybody likes Vinit. He is always polite and courteous.

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III. Write the synonyms of the given words. (4x1/2=2)

1. tidy ________________________________

2. huge ________________________________

3. talk ________________________________

4. finish ________________________________

IV. Write the contractions of each pair of words. (4x1/2=2)

1. must not _______________________________________

2. would have _______________________________________

3. who is _______________________________________

4. you will _______________________________________

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V. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs from the box. (4x1/2=2)

cheerfully soundly badly sincerely

1. He was _________________ hurt while playing.

2. The kids in the birthday party were dancing __________________.

3. My father was sleeping ______________ when the doorbell rang.

4. The student _________________ thanked the teacher.

VI. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. (8x1/4=2)

My friend lives in ______ old house in ______ small village. There’s _________ garden
behind ________ house. He grows beautiful flowers in _______ garden. There is
_______ huge banyan tree in front of _______ garden. _______owl has built a nest on
it.

VII. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the adjectives given in the
brackets. (4x1=4)

1. Elephants are _____________ (heavy) than horses.

2. Rita is ______________ (popular) than Emma.

3. Ram is _____________ (bad) at sports than me.

4. Jennie is the ______________ (short) student in the class.

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VIII. Fill in the blanks with suitable interjections. (Use Wow! Oops! Ouch! Alas!)

(2x1=2)
1. _______________ I hit the wrong button.

2._________________ You look so beautiful.

IX. Rewrite the sentences using correct punctuations. (2x1=2)

1. tanvi heena prabhas and gita are part of our school hockey team

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2. karan when did you reach home

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Section – D

Textual (30)

I. Fill in the blanks. (5X1=5)

1. The Table and the Chair completely lost their way and _______________ all the day.

2. Under the ground, it’s _____________ and dark.

3. __________________________ is the poet of the poem “The Blue Whale”.

4. Jack got a __________________ and collected everything he needed to decorate his

snowman.

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 5. Washington Irving was an ___________________ author.

II. State whether the following statements are true or false. (4x1/2=2)

1. Rip slept for thirty years. _________________

2. The two friends meet on the top of the hill to chat together. _________________

3. James Reeves wrote the poem “Table and the Chair”. _________________

4. Bill and Janie gifted red roses to their mother. _________________

III. Answer the following questions by choosing from the options. (6x1=6)

1. What did Jack’s mother ask him to do one evening?

a. Jack’s mother asked him to make a snowball.

b. Jack’s mother asked him to make a snowman.

c. Jack’s mother asked him to make a sledge.

2. Where did Janie and Bill sit after they entered the forest?

a. Janie and Bill sat on a bench after they entered the forest.

b. Janie and Bill sat on a tree after they entered the forest.

c. Janie and Bill sat on a log after they entered the forest.

3. Why did the Table and the Chair pay Ducky-quack, Beetle and the Mouse?

a. They paid the Ducky quack, Beetle and Mouse to take them for shopping.

b. They paid the Ducky quack, Beetle and Mouse to take them to school safely.

c. They paid the Ducky quack, Beetle and Mouse to take them home safely.

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 4. Who do you think is the blue whale boasting to?

a. The blue whale is boasting to all creatures of the sea and land.

b. The blue whale is boasting to all creatures of the sea and oceans.

c. The blue whale is boasting to all creatures of the air and land.

5. Why was Rip not scared after seeing the Dutchman?

a. because the Dutchman looked very small.

b. because the Dutchman looked scared.

c. because the Dutchman looked at him for help.

6. How does the Rabbit describe his home?

a. The rabbit describes his house as warm, dry and interesting.

b. The rabbit describes his house as cold, dry and interesting.

c. The rabbit describes his house as warm, dry and boring.

IV. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences. (4x2=8)

1. Where do the two friends meet? Why?

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2. Who was Naoko? Why did Jack not want his neighbour’s help?

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3. Why were Janie and Bill worried?

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4. Describe the Dutchman who were playing ninepins.

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V. Answer in a paragraph. (1x3=3)

1. What advice did the little squirrel, little deer and little bear give to Bill and

Janie? Why was the advice considered unfit for Bill and Janie?

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VI. Reference to context: (4x1=4)

1. ‘‘Does nobody know Rip Van Winkle?”

a. Who said to whom?

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b. Why do you think nobody knew Rip Van Winkle?

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2. ‘See the table and the chair have come out to take the air’.

a. Who said this?

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b. ‘Take the air’ is an idiom, what does it mean?

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VII. Make sentences of your own using the given word. (2x1=2)

1. castle

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2. present

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Section – E

Spelling (6)

I. Fill in the missing letters using the clues given in the brackets: (4x1=4)

1. a__ t __n __ s __e __ (very surprised)

2. c __ i __ b __ a __ n ___ (painful swelling during winter)

3. a __ a __ e __ e __ t (wonder or surprise)

4. a __ u __ d __ r (separate)

II. Circle the correct spellings from the options. (4x1/2=2)

1. walruses wallruses walrues

2. neghbours neighbours nieghbours

3. expactantly expanctantly expectantly

4. harvested harvasted hervested

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 Handwriting - 2

I. Copy the given passage neatly. (2X1=2)

Life a journey travelled on the highway of time. Therefore, time is precious. Every
moment in life should be properly utilized, as time, once lost, can never be recovered.
Time should be properly utilized, as time, once lost, can never be recovered. And there
is no way to stop the hands of time from ticking. Hence right from childhood, one should
learn to appreciate the value of time.

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