ITL PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTOR 9, DWARKA SESSION 016-017 Summative Assessment 1 CLASS : III- DATE : 14-09-016 TIME : hours 30 min SUBJECT :ENGLISH Student s Name : M.M: 50 Roll No. : Invigilator s Signature: No. of Pages :8 Marks Obtained: Examiner s Signature: ===================================================================== General Instructions: This question paper consists of three sections. All the questions are compulsory Read all the questions before attempting them. Q1. Section-A (Reading) Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: Octopuses are aquatic animals that have no bone in their body. They are mostly found in salty water but they can live in all oceans. The octopuses that live in warm waters are small whereas those living in colder waters are big. They have a life span of one to two years. There are about 300 known species of octopus. Their body looks like a big bag with a large head, eyes and eight arms. The arms have suckers that help to grab and taste things. They have excellent eyesight but they are deaf. They have three hearts and its blood is light blue in colour. They eat crab and crayfish and hunt mostly at night. If attacked by an enemy, they shoot an inky fluid that darkens the water and temporarily blinds the enemy. They can change their body colour according to their surrounding to escape the enemy. Choose the correct answer: i) The octopus has bone in its body. a) eight b) no c) hundred d) eleven ii) The blood of the octopus is in colour. a) red b) pink c) light blue d) green 5 Page 1 of 8
Q. iii) What is the life span of an octopus? iv) What does an octopus do if attacked by an enemy? v) What helps the octopus to taste things? vi) Which word in the passage means the same as: a) very good b) not permanently Read the given poem carefully and answer the questions that follow: Every morning I sit and watch the birds at play From behind my tinted window pane And from my couch I see But they don t see me. The birds they sing and hop and play They fight and push on the feeding tray They eat for themselves and for others they take away. And when all in the tray is gone, they fly away. The birds still sing and hop and play But no longer seen from my window pane. 5 Page of 8
i) What does the poet do every morning? ii) When do the birds fly away? iii) Write the opposites of the words from the poem. a) stand b) front iv) Complete the following from the poem: From behind my window pane and from my I see but they don t see me. v) Give a suitable title to the poem. Q3. Section-B(Writing & Grammar) Write a paragraph on the topic- The Rainy Season. Take help from the hints given below. Hints: rain and thunder, cloudy sky, greenery everywhere, cool breeze, enjoy mango fruit, make paper boats, use umbrella and raincoat, take bath in rain OR Write a composition on the picture given below with the help of the hints given. Hints: winter.snowfall.children woollen clothes umbrella.various games clouds.all happy frog..plants 5 Page 3 of 8
Q4. Write an autobiography of a book using the hints given below: Hints: made of paper, light in weight, colourful pages, stories and poems, exercises to do, full of information, children take to school, keep in bag, also in library, read me, very useful in free time Page 4 of 8 5
Q5. Write the plural form of the noun given in brackets. a) The bags were lying on the (bench). b) The were playing in the park (child). 1 Q6. Q7. Write the singular form of the noun given in brackets. a) The mother bought a (balloons) for the little child. b) I have heard a (stories) about fairies. Underline the nouns in the given sentences and write their kinds. a) Dimple has got a new bag., 1 3 b) My mother gave me a bouquet today., Q8. Q9. Q10. c) The man went to the town yesterday., Replace the underlined noun with a pronoun and rewrite the following sentences. a) Lalita has many new clothes. The clothes are made of cotton. b) The bird is singing sweetly. The bird is very colourful. Underline the adjectives in the following sentences and state their kinds. a) Three girls are dancing on the stage. b) I have a yellow toy. c) She had little food to eat. Section- C (Literature) Write the meanings of the given words: a) whooshed b) bothered c) yard d) made it Page 5 of 8 3
Q11. Q1. Answer the following questions in brief.(any four) a)who was Hari s brother? b) Why was it a perfect day for flying kites? c) Where did Gautam, Sanaya and Saif live? d) Why did Ravi s kite call the purple kite a monster? e) Where did grandmother live in the poem-the Pond in the village? Answer the following questions in detail.(any four) a) How were Hari and Ravi s kites different? b) How would grandmother swim in the pond? 4 8 Page 6 of 8
Q13. c) Why did Mini jump high? What did she tell the kite? d)what was Uncle Venu s idea? e) Why did the children play on the staircase? Reference to context: i) When she was small and not so old at all, My grandmother lived in the village far away. In the middle of that village was her house. a) Who is she in the above lines? b) What was in the middle of village? c) Who has written the above lines? ii) Fly, fly, do fly into the sky! You will have fun! a) Who is speaking the above lines? Page 7 of 8
b) What is the speaker asking the kite to do? c) From where has the above line been taken? Q14. Your friend has a bad habit of playing tricks on people. How will you tell him to stop this habit and start helping people? Page 8 of 8