YEAR 3 ENGLISH FINAL TERM READING REVISION Section A. Below are extracts from three different stories. Read carefully and answer the questions that follow: TEXT A - Extracts from Storm (i) But the horseman quickly bent down and put a hand under one of Annie s shoulders and swung her up on to the saddle in front of him as if she were as light as thistledown. Annie s heart was beating fearfully. (ii) What a Night it was! The salty wind was going round and round in circles, first whipping them forward, then holding them up, then barging them towards the hedge on one side of the lane or the deep ditch on the other. The horseman kept one arm round Annie and Annie held on to the horse. The rain flew straight at them, spiteful drops sharp as pins and needles. (iii) The horseman stopped just outside the pool of light streaming through the open door, and none of them recognized him. He was tall and unsmiling. That s a rough old night, Mr. Carter called out. The horseman nodded and said not a word. Are you going into Waterslain? (iv) There was a slice of moon well up in the sky. It seemed to be speeding behind grey lumpy clouds, running always from something that was chasing it. The Carters little garden looked ashen and the marsh looked ashen and Mr. Elkin s fields looked ashen. TEXT B - Extracts from Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (i) Mr. Munroe came out of his room and tapped Ottoline on the shoulder. He was wearing a large, shabby raincoat.ottoline checked the curtains. Not now Mr. Munroe she said. (ii) Ducking an avalanche of perfectly plumped pillows. (iii) Mr. Munroe was wearing a large shabby raincoat, a pair of dark glasses,the Emperor of Heligoland s hat and an extremely long scarf. (iv) Mr. Munroe was going to ring the bell but Ottoline stopped him. Instead, they looked through a rather grubby window. Page 1 of 5
TEXT C - Extracts from St. George and the Dragon (i) As soon as the dragon heard George approach, he rushed from his cave, roaring as loud as thunder and shooting flames into the air. He stretched out his leathery wings like two monstrous sails and lashed his huge, poison-spiked tail. Yet George was not afraid. He held his shield high to protect himself from the burning heat of the dragon s breath and hurled his spear at the monster with all his might. (ii) Suddenly, George seizing his chance leaped at the dragon and pierced him under the wind where there were no scales. With an almighty roar, the dragon crashed to the floor like an earthquake, sending tremors across the hillside and over the fields towards the town. Answer the following questions: Q1.Which part of the story do you like the best? Why? Give two reasons. Q2.From each extract above, underline a simile, circle three adjectives and make a box around two fronted adverbials. Q3. Find the meanings of the vocabulary: (a) Barging; seizing; shabby; leaped (b) Use each one in your sentence. Q4.How does the story: Storm make you feel? Q5.If you were Annie, will you go out in the storm to help your family? Explain. Q6.How are the stories Saint George and the Dragon, Storm, Ottoline and the Yellow Cat different from and similar to each other? Give two ideas. Q7. Why do authors use Onomatopoeia and similes in texts? Give two reasons. Q8.Read Chapter 10 of Ottoline from your file. Then, write the main events in order in a paragraph. Activity: Make good calligrams for the words- Yellow Cat, Storm, Dragon Slayer. Page 2 of 5
Section B 1. Add a prefix to the word given: Interesting - 2. Write down two nouns and two verbs from the following sentence. Ottoline s parents travelled the world collecting interesting things. 2 Nouns 2 Verbs 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. Change the following sentence to its negative form and question form. Ottoline likes Mr. Munroe s company Negative form: Question Form: 4. Match these words with their meaning. 1. inventor try hard 2. locomotives a person who seeks to gain power 3. struggles a person who invents 4. politician a powered railway vehicle 5. Give antonym for these words a. land b. lucky c. now Page 3 of 5
6. Give synonyms for these words. a. Ruin b. Accomplishment c. Everyday 7. Give one word for each word class from the sentence given below. People will come from miles anxiously to see our tremendous work. Noun Verb Linking verb Adverb 8. Fill in the boxes appropriately with the missing forms of verbs. Present Past Perfect travel made came Page 4 of 5
9. Read the text below. Underline all the adverbs that show time. There are four to find. Yesterday, Uncle Terry and Auntie Sue took us to a rugby match. We got some lunch and then went to find our seats. Afterwards, we had supper and talked about what we had seen earlier. 10. Change this sentence from singular to plural: Badger lives in underground set. 11. Write the sentence in its past perfect tense: He (wrote) a book about fishing. 12. Use another word instead of said in the sentence given. My hair needs brushing? said Ottoline. 13.Match the sentences to its type: You won the prize! Can you play basketball? He has blonde hair and blue eyes. Put your books on the table. statements exclamations Questions commands Page 5 of 5