DELHI PRIVATE SCHOOL, SHARJAH

REVISION PAPER ROUND II (2012-2013)

ENGLISH GRADE III

Name: ______Section: ______

Reading

Read the following passage carefully .

One day as Bill was walking down the street to buy a loaf of bread for his mother, he accidentally stepped on something hard. To his surprise, he saw a wallet when he looked down. He picked up the wallet and looked all around him to see if there was anyone around to claim the lost wallet.

When he saw no one around, he opened it up to see if there were any important documents. However, to his surprise, he found 500 dollars instead. He checked again to see if there were any particulars of the owner. He finally found his identity card and Bill returned the lost wallet to the owner. The owner was very thankful to Bill and gave him a reward of 100 dollars.

I. Answer the following question.

1. How was Bill rewarded for his honesty ?

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II. Put tick against the correct answer

1.  Bill was running an errand for his ______

a)  brother

b)  aunt

c)  mother

2.  Bill found a ______

a)  purse

b)  wallet

c)  bag

3.  There were ______in the lost wallet.

a)  500 dollars

b)  100 dollars

c)  50 dollars

4.  Bill knew the owner through the ______

a)  police

b)  identity card

c)  library card

III. Find the words from the passage:

1. Give the antonym of found ______

2. Which word in the above passage means "flat case for carrying paper currency”______

3. Give the rhyming word of kicked ______

4. Find out one Common Noun ______and one Proper Noun______ from the passage .

IV. Write ‘True’ and ‘False’ in the brackets given below

1.  Bill was walking down the street to buy an icecream for himself . ( )

2.  He saw a wallet when he looked down. ( )

3.  Bill kept the wallet in his pocket and went home. ( )

4.  He found about the owner through the identity card that was kept in the wallet. ( )

5.  Bill was not rewarded for his honesty. ( )

Grammar

I. Punctuate the following sentences using capitals, fullstop, question marks and commas at proper places.

1.  i like reading books

2.  on sunday we are celebrating eid

3.  the small baby was hungry tired and angry

4.  i love to eat mangoes bananas apples grapes strawberries and watermelon

5.  i got a doll skateboard and a school bag as my birthday gift.

6.  i saw many animals like tiger lion snakes zebra and giraffe in dubai zoo

7.  alas we lost the match

8.  wow what a lovely weather

9.  why have you taken my colours without asking me

10. do we have to go to school tomorrow

II. Circle the common nouns and underline the proper nouns in the following sentences.

a)  The camel has a hump.

b)  The best circus is the Gemini Circus.

c)  We wanted to go for swimming on Sunday.

d)  Mr. Gupta enjoys gardening.

e)  Seema’s dream is to become a dentist.

f)  Riding skateboards is not allowed here.

g)  I went to Atlantis on Friday.

h)  My brother Rahul is studying for his exams.

i)  The girls danced gracefully last evening.

j)  Roses are red.

III. Choose the correct preposition and then fill in the blanks.

1.  He parked his car _____(with/beside) the van.

2.  I can see my image ____ (in/on) the mirror.

3.  She will hide ____ (beside/behind) the tree.

4.  Bake the muffins ____ (with/in) the oven.

5.  Please buy a dress _____ (to/for) me.

6.  We sat ______( with/near) the crying baby.

7.  The dog is sitting _____(on/in) the carpet.

8.  I live ___(in/at) Dubai.

IV. Circle the verbs in the following sentences

1.  My mother cooks delicious food.

2.  Radha plays keyboard well.

3.  Father reached late last night.

4.  I walk faster than my best friend.

5.  She writes very slowly.

6.  The guests arrived at 10pm.

7.  I go for a movie every Friday.

8.  We finished our homework before sunset.

WRITING

Vocabulary Cloze

Tom is a farmer. He lives in a little hut ______(beside/between) the farm with his wife and daughter. His ______(garden/farm) is huge in terms of land and the number of ______(domestic animals/wild animals) in his charge. He and his wife get ______(down/up) at five o’clock every morning to get ready for a ______(long/short ) day of work. They put on their boots and their farmer’s ______(hat/ skirt). Then they get their ______(basket/shopping bags) and all the ______(instruments/equipments) they need. When they are all ______(ready/sleeping), they set off to the ______(farm/garden).

Story Writing

This is a very famous story. Arrange the following sentences into meaningful story. Give a title and moral to the story. Rewrite the whole story adding a few words of your own.

1.  As he was crossing the bridge ,he happened to look into the river and saw his own reflection in the water.

2.  One day, a dog found a piece of bone ,while roaming around.

3.  He thought his reflection was another dog with a piece of bone in his mouth.

4.  He picked it up and quickly looked around him.

5.  Finding no one there to claim the bone, he ran away with it.

6.  He became greedy and wanted to snatch the other dog’s bone as well.

7.  Thus, he lost even what he already had due to his greed, trying to snatch away what didn’t belong to him.

8.  In order to challenge the other dog, he barked at the image.

9.  He tried to get back the bone but it went inside the water.

10.  As soon as he opened his mouth to bark, the bone in his mouth fell into the river.

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Literature

I. Answer the following questions

1.  What was on the top of the shelf in the kitchen cupboard?

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2.  What would have happened if the cat had caught the mice?

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3.  What did the Country Mouse eat from the kitchen cupboard?

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4.  Why did the City Mouse stop the Country Mouse from eating the delicious smelling cheese?

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II. Match the following words with their meanings

1.  gnawed very tasty

2.  whisper came

3.  delicious to speak very softly

4.  arrived to eat or bite

5.  terrible horrible or extremely bad

III. Make meaningful sentences.

1.  arrived ______

2.  whisper ______

3.  terrible ______

4.  delicious ______

5.  gnawed ______

IV. Reference to context.

1.“ Stop ! Stop , that is a trap!”

a)  Who said the above words?

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b)  Whom are the words spoken to?

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2.“This is really terrible. Let us not go back to the cupboard again.”

a)Who said the above words?

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a)  Why did the speaker ask not to go back to the cupboard?

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Study well . Read the entire lesson. Learn all the word meanings given in the notebook and textbook and also learn all work done in the notebook . Do prepare all the topics done in the academic window. All the best children. Bring the revision worksheet to school on 15.9.13