KV NO2 AFS PUNE 32
Question Bank For Half Yearly 2017-18
Class III English
Reading
I]
A man had two cats- a mother cat and a baby cat. He made two holes in his door,
for the cat to go in and out. One day a friend came to his house,
“Why
are there two holes in the lower part of your door?” “To let the cats go in and
out,” said the man.” Why isn’t one hole enough?” asked his friend “. You are
very silly” said the man.” How could the big cat go through the small hole?”
“Well,” said his friend, “couldn’t the little cat go through the big hole?” Oh!
I didn’t think of that.
Q1) How many cats are there?
Q2) Where did the man make the holes?
Q3) Why did he make the hole?
Q4) Who came to his house one day?
Q5) Who said to whom-
a) Why isn’t one hole enough?
b) You are silly?
Q6) Give past tense
a)
Say –
b)
Come –
Q7) Choose the correct word and fill in
the blanks.
a)
The
__________________ cat is a big cat. (mother/ baby)
b) The man makes ____________ holes. (five/ two)
c)
But both cats
can’t go through the _____________ hole. (big/small)
II] Read the passage given below and answers the following questions.
Once upon a time there lived a business man in a city,
by the name Shyamakant.He was owner of a bigbusiness. The city in which he
lived was situated near a river.Once,due to heavy rains the river was flooded.
The whole city got submerged in the neck deep water. The crop, houses and
factories in the cities where damaged and hundreds of people and cattle
perished in the flood.
Q1)Now answer the questions in
very short:-
a) Where did the businessman live?
b) What was the name of the businessman?
c) Where was the city situated?
d) What was he doing in the city?
Q2) Write the past tense for
a)
Flood _________
b)
Damage
___________
III]Once,
four young men lived in a temple. One day, one of them said,” We talk too much.
We should learn to be quiet.” So, they said to one another,” We shall not speak
for seven days.”
On the first day, no one spoke. No
one said a word. But then night came. And the lamps had to be lit. So, one
young man said to the servant,” Light the lamps.”
A second young man was surprised. He
said,” We said we shall not say a word. And now you have spoken!”
“You two are stupid. Why did you
talk?” asked the third.
“I’m the only one who has not
talked,” said the fourth young man.
Q1) How many people lived in the temple?
Q2) What did one of the men say?
Q3) What did they say other?
Q4) Who said to whom.
a)
Light the lamps.
b)
You two are
stupid.
Q5) Choose the correct word and fill up.
a)
The four men
thought that they _______________ too much. (worked/talked)
b)
They said they
would not __________ for seven days. (eat/ speak)
c)
The ___________
young man spoke to the servant. (first/second)
IV]A
cat went down to the sea to fish. He wanted to catch the biggest fish in the
sea. Did he catch a big, big fish? No.
He
caught a big, big piece of wood. Did he throw the wood back into the sea? No.
The cat did not.
He
took out his knife and he cut the wood. He cut it here, and he cut it there.
Now, why did the cat do that?
He
did it to make a nice little boat. So, look out all you fish! Here comes the
cat.
Q1) Who went down to the sea?
Q2) What did he want to do?
Q3) Did he catch a big fish?
Q4) What did he catch?
Q5) Did he throw the wood back into the
sea?
Q6) What did the cat do with the piece
of wood?
Q7) Pick out and write past tense
a) catch_______ b) take___________ c) want___________ d)
cut_____
Q8) Find out the opposite
a) Small X ______ b) go X ___________
Q9) Complete the following sentences
a)
The cat wanted to
catch a _______ [rat, fish]
b)
He caught a price
of ____________ [wood, bone]
Q10) Give a title for the story
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V]Dev
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These trees will become big one day and
I’ll climb on them and sit on their branches.
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Veena
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And I’ll sit in their shade and read a
book.
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Dev
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And then they will give us fruits.
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Father
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Also, they will make the place green and
beautiful. You know, we get wood from them.
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Veena
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And we make bats, pencils, tables, chairs
etc., out of wood.
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Dev
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Our teacher told that the paper of a book
was once a tree. They also cause rainfall and make the place cool.
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Father
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They take in carbon-di-oxide and give out
oxygen which is important for us.
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Dev
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We get rubber too from them.
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Father
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So, you understand that they are very
useful to us.
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1. What are Dev, Veena and their father
talking about ?
2. What had Dev’s teacher told about trees
?
3. Pick out the plural form of the word
from the passage :
1] table -
2] branch -
3] tyre -
4. What did you understand from this
passage ?
5. Pick
out two words from the passage which have double letters in their spelling.
6. Fill in the blanks
with words from the passage :
1] Trees
cause _________________ and make the
place ________________
2] Trees
give us _________________ to rest on a sunny day.
7. Pick
out the opposites from the passage :
1] ugly
× _________________
2] warm
× _________________
WRITING
Q] Answer the following questions.
a)
Where do the trains run?
b)
What are the precious loads that the train
carry?
c)
Where did Sonu first see the butterfly?
d)
Where does the balloon man stand?
e)
Why did Sonu let the butterfly go?
f)
What happens to the balloons when there is
wind?
g)
How many fish are there in the sea?
h)
Why was the little fish unhappy?
i)
Why was the fish thankful to be a little fish?
j)
Where did the child find the seashell?
k)
What did the child hear?
l)
What did the old man plant?
m)
Why was it difficult for the old man to
pull up the turnip?
n)
Name the tree that the acorn grows into?
o)
What things does a seed need to grow?
p)
Why was Nina worried?
q)
What did Nina find when she came back from
the wedding?
r)
What do birds think of people?
s)
Name the two birds in the poem – Birdtalk.
t)
Name five flowers.
u)
Why did the birds love the children?
v)
Why is the child in the poem happy?
w)
To whom does the child say Good morning?
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I]Fill
in the blanks with the double letters :
1. s p a
__ __ o w s
2. b e g i
__ __ i n g
3. c h
__ __ k s
4. t h r i
__ __ e d
5. r a
__ __ i t
II] Fill in suitable describing words in
the blanks :
beautiful, black,
red, happy, tall,
fat
A ................... woman A ................... rose A ................... boy
A ................... peacock A ................... board A ................... man
III]. Add -ly to make new words and use them to fill in
the blanks :
quiet
____________ careful ____________ slow
____________
quick
____________ neat ____________
1. We should sit
__________________ in the class.
2. We should cross the road
__________________
3. Anurag has arranged his books __________________ in the rack.
4. Neha was walking
__________________ in the garden.
5. Kapil
can solve all Maths questions
__________________
IV. Match
the words with their meaning :
1. slowly slender
2. drank slowly little
by little
3. delicate huge
4. mighty sipped
5. over a huge area appeared
6. came out far
and wide
V. Write
the plurals of the following :
1. potato _____________ 6. Child ___________
2. pea _____________ 7. Eye ___________
3. turnip _____________ 8. Book ___________
4. cabbage _____________ 9.knife ___________
5. chilly ______________ 10. Flower ___________
VI. Let
us find the hidden words
in
enormous :
VII. Look at the picture and fill in the blanks
:
2. A dog is sitting
____________ the basket.
3. A dog is sitting
____________ the basket.
4. A dog is sitting
____________ the basket.
5. A dog is sitting
____________ the basket.
6. A dog is sitting
____________ the basket.
VIII. Match the animals with their homes :
Animals Homes
1.horse 1.den
2.bee 2.hole
3.dog 3.stable
4.lion 4.hive
5.spider 5.kennel
6.cow 6.shed
7.snake 7.web
IX. Write the opposites :
1. slow …………………… 9. Happy
………………
2. close …………………… 10. Laugh
………………
3. up …………………… 11. Hot ……………….
4. lost …………………… 12. Easy
……………..
5. sad …………………… 13. Give …………….
6. tight …………………… 14. Far ……………..
7. poor …………………… 15. Night ……………...
8. loved ……………………
X.Punctuate the following
sentences using capital letters and full stops.
1. ramu went to Chennai yesterday
2. muslims celebrate Ramzan
3. when are we going to the museum
4. when is your birthday
5. i love ice cream
XI. Underline
the describing words in the following sentences :
1. Copper is a useful metal.
2. Gold is costlier than silver.
3. Varun is a healthy boy.
4. Kolkata is a big city.
5. Arun is the best player of our team.
XII. Underline the correct word from those given
bracket to make the sentence meaningful.
1. The cat
jumped [in, over, at]
the wall and ran away.
2. The bus
stopped [under, over,
in front of] us.
3. Little
Rupa is hiding [behind, by, in
front of] her mother.
4. Wait [in,
on, at] the gate of the school till I come.
5. Nina is
so small. She can crawl [under, in,
over] my chair.
6. School
closes [in, at,
on] Saturday.
XIII. Use
can or cannot to make the sentence meaningful :
1. I _______________ hear the sound of the train.
2. I _______________ see the air but I can feel it.
3. Can you
touch the sky ?I _______________
4. _______________ you climb the tree ? I _______________
5. I _______________ smell the flower but I cannot see the smell.
6. I
_______________ hear the dogs
barking but I _______________ see the
dogs nearby.
XIV. Write rhyming words
1. Jay2. Link 3. Grow
4. Sunny 5. Fan 6. Hug
7. Dad 8. Mat
XV. Write the past tense :
1. bring - _________________ 7. feed - _________________
2. swim - _________________ 8. grow - _________________
3. hold - _________________ 9. catch - _________________
4. dance - _________________ 10. believe - _________________
5. say - _________________ 11. fly - _________________
6. pull - _________________ 12. eat - _________________
13. fly - _________________
14. sail - _________________
15. climb
- _________________ 16.
jump - _________________
17. catch
- _________________ 18. Pick
- _________________
19.marry - ________________ 20.decide
- _____________
XVI. Write
the opposites :
1. pull x _________________ 7. happy x _________________
2. huge x _________________ 8. mighty x _________________
3. tall x _________________ 9. new x _________________
4. curly x _________________ 10. true x _________________
5. hot x _________________ 11. found x _________________
6. hard x _________________ 12. inside x _________________
XVII]
Write the words with the ending [suffix] – ful :
[an example is given]
joyful
1.
___________________________
3.
___________________________
4.
___________________________
5.
___________________________
6.
___________________________
7.
___________________________
8.
___________________________
9.
___________________________
10. ___________________________
XVIII]Join -ly
and write the words :
A. ___________________________
B. ___________________________
D. ___________________________
E. ___________________________
F. ___________________________
G. ___________________________
H. ___________________________
I. ___________________________
J. ___________________________
XIX. Arrange the following words from your
text in alphabetical order :
[Your dictionary may help you]
celebration, cradle,
ceremony, courtyard, cruel,
confident, chocolate,
centre, colourful, camel
1. __________________________ 6. __________________________
2. __________________________ 7. __________________________
3. __________________________ 8. __________________________
4. __________________________ 9. __________________________
5. __________________________ 10. __________________________
XX. Circle
the silent letters in the following words :
1. plumber 2.psychology. 3.
wrong 4. knee 5. knight
XXI. Write name of flowers. The first and last
letter has been given as a hint :
1. p ___
___ ___ ___
___ s
2. s
___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ r
3. m
___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___
d
4. r
___ ___ e
5. l
___ ___ ___
s
XXII. Give three names of the following you see
in / near a garden :
1. birds - ………………..
, ……………….. , ………………..
2. insects - ………………..
, ……………….. , ………………..
3. flowers - ………………..
, ……………….. , ………………..
4. fruits - ………………..
, ……………….. , ………………..
5. trees - ………………..
, ……………….. , ………………..
XXIII. Name
any six things that we get from trees :
1. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
3. _____________________________
4. _____________________________
5. _____________________________
6. _____________________________
XXIV. Pick
out the meanings of the words from the box given :
slender, little by little, huge,
sipped, appeared, far and wide
1. slowly ________________________________________________________
2. drink
slowly ___________________________________________________
3. delicate _______________________________________________________
4. mighty ________________________________________________________
5. spread
over a large area _________________________________________
6. came out ______________________________________________________
XXV. Write
out three words which rhyme with the following words :
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cold
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2.
sound
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3.
hand
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4.
shook
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5.
harm
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XI. Pick
out the suitable words denoting groups from the help box :
gang, swarm,
chain, group, army,
pair, bundle
1. a
………………………………… of mountains.
2. a
………………………………… of bees.
3. a
………………………………… of robbers.
4. a
………………………………… of sticks.
5. a
………………………………… of islands.
6. an
………………………………… of soldiers.
7. a
………………………………… of shoes.
CREATIVE WRITING
Describe
the picture using the clues : [write
five sentences] :
families, ticket,
checker, loud speaker
I. Look
at the picture and write five sentences on ‘My School Bus’. Use the
SPELLING
Q1)Make
words from the jumbled one.
Igcma, denrga, itypr, llaboons, cunlh, ploeep, crat,
niptru, llhes, urlyc, eldh, estrof, corna, arrspw, apphy
Q2) Spellings
Mountain,passenger, precious, dusk, dawn,escape,peach,
hungry, twist, butterfly, float, bunch, square, million, contented, haul, emptied,
wriggled, floundering, splashing,curly, surprised, enormous, turnip, hidden,
mighty, slender, market, wedding, plump, lovely, beetles, funny, gardener,
golden, sunshine, creeping, awake.
Q3] Make two words from the given words.
Butterfly, sunlight, everywhere, pineapple, rainbow, inside, football,
breakfast
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