HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION SESSION - 2018-19 Class - III Subject : ENGLISH [TIME 2 1/2 HOURS] [MAX. MARKS 80] Candidate s Name. Roll No.. Section. Date. Signature of Invigilator Signature of Checker READING PROSE AND POETRY WRITING MARKS OBTAINDED (80) GRAMMAR CREATIVE WRITING SPELLING HANDWRITING (20) (15) (15) (15) (10) (05) Comments on performance / suggestions (i) (ii).... Signature of Class Teacher/HM Signature of Examiner
Reading (unseen passage) (1X10=10) 1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: India got her independence on 15th August 1947. Before her independence India had decided to have its national flag.it is a symbol of the nation. The national flag of India is called the tri-colour. It has three colours at the top there is saffron, in the middle there is white and green colour is at the bottom. Saffron colour stands for sacrifice. White colour stands for peace and purity. Green colour is the symbol of prosperity of the nation. In the centre of the flag, there is Ashoka Chakra. It has 24 spokes and stands for non-stop progress. Our national flag is hoisted on all government offices and buildings on important national days. The Prime Minister of India unfurls the national flag on 15th August at the Red Fort. When the national flag is hoisted, we must stand up and pay our respect. i) When India got her independence? ii) What is the name of our national flag? iii) What does saffron colour stand for? iv) How many colours are there in our national flag? v) How many spokes are there in our national flag? Vi) Who hoists the flag on independence day? Vii) Where is the national flag hoisted? Complete the sentences :- viii) Saffron colour stands for ix) White colour stands for x) Green colour stands for
Reading (textual passage) 2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:- (1X10=10) "I can catch you!"shouted Sonu.He climbed up the tree.up,up he climbed,but...back it flew, down from the tree.sonu jumped down too.he chased the butterfly.from rose,to the lotus,and,up the peach tree,but...he could not catch the butterfly.sonu could not see it at all.he looked everywhere.at last he saw the butterfly. There was a big spider's web in the peach tree. The butterfly was caught in the spider's web. It looked sad as it tried to escape. It fluttered its wings. It twisted and turned. But could not escape. The spider's web held it tightly. i) What did Sonu shout? ii) Why did Sonu chase the butterfly? iii) Name any two places where the butterfly sat? iv) Where was the spider's web? v) Why the butterfly was sad? vi) What did it do to escape? vii) Why the butterfly could not escape? Complete the sentences:- viii) He climbed... ix) There was a big spider's in the... x) It looked sad as it...
Writing- 15 marks He always comes on market days (1X5=5) And holds balloons - a lovely bunch And in the market square he stays, And never seems to think of lunch. Q1. Write the name of the poem Q2. Write the name of the poet Q3. Find out rhyming words and write them below : Q4. Where does the balloon man stand? Q5. Complete the sentence/ phrase: And never seems to of. Q6. What happened to the little fish one day? (2X5=10) Q7. What are the precious goods they carry? Q8. Why did Sonu chase the butterfly? Q9. Where did the child find the sea shell? Q10. What is dawn and dusk? Grammar (15) (1x15=15) Q1. Fill in the blanks :- ( fish,sheep,cows) i) A school of. ii) A herd of
Q2. Write the opposites of:- i) Upward ii) Slowly Q3. Jumbled up word:- i) Llaboons... ii) Wolbe... Q4. Write the plurals of:- i) Fish ii) Butterfly Q5. Write words that rhyme with the words given below:- String i) Hall Q6. Complete the sentences i) Give me some...to eat.(food/clothes) ii) Swim across...(the river/the boat) Q7. Change the gender: i) Father - ii) Uncle - Q8. Add ly to make a word; i) The new shoes are.(love) ii) We should eat.( slow) Q9. Put a or an in the sentences: i) Will you eat ice cream? ii) I would like to have cup of tea. Q10. Choose the right words: i) Mahesh is...( sings/singing)a song. ii) The dog at the tree. ( Barked / barks ) Q11. Add ful to make a word: i) The children are.( play) ii) The flowers are. ( beauty) Q12. Circle the pronoun in the sentences: i) He is a small boy. ii) She had won a prize. Q13. Look at the pattern and fill in the blanks: look - looked talk - talked bark - pull -
Q14. Write the similar words: i) group -- ii) chase -- Q15. Find out the different words from the groups and circle it. i) peacock, horse, parrot, crow, ii) Carrot, turnip, mango, tomato Creative Writing-(15) 1. Write five sentences on the topic-"my best friend" (3x5=15) 2. Write five sentences on teachers day at your school. 3. Write five sentences on fish. Spelling-(10) (1X10=10) Q1. Place these letters in their right order; i) ploeep - ii) culnh - Q2. Circle the correct words; i) escap / escape ii) bunch / banch Q3. Fill in the blanks to spell words; i) m _un _ains (o,t) ii) L _t _s ( o,u )
Q4. Using the letter make a word chain: T- S - Q5. Find out a proper word from the given words and draw a circle around them : i) TATOMATOWI ii ) SPTURNIPLK Q6. Using the letters of the given word makes two words- Sunlight everywhere Q7. Write two words related to your mother; Q8. Name any four things you like to eat: Q9. Put the words related to the following group; Colour - Q10. Write the new words from the last letter of the word: Pineapple-- e Handwriting-(5) (1x5=5) Ram was a very clever and helpful boy. One day he met with an old woman on the road.she was carrying vegetables in a bag.the bag looked very bulky.ram asked her -"Grandma,give your bag to me.the woman was very happy.after that Ram went to his home happily.