BLOOM PUBLIC SCHOOL Vasant Kunj, New Delhi QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT III (2018-2019) ENGLISH (Sample) Name: CLASS III Roll No: Time: 1.5 hours. Date: M.M: 40 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS (1) Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. (2)Write complete answers in the space provided. Section-A READING Q1.(a) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (10) Ants are social insects. There are different kinds of ants. Some are worker ants, a few are soldier ants and one or two are mother ants. The mother ant is also called the Queen Ant. The queen is looked after by other ants. She lays eggs which are protected by the other ants till the young ones come out from them. Ants live together in a colony built by them. This colony is a raised mud-hill and is called an anthill. Ants work together in as a group in the most disciplined manner. Workers ants collect food for all, for the rainy days. They also carry eggs on their back to a safe place whenever there is any danger. Ants can lift objects which are heavier than their own body weight. Some ants act like nurses. They look after the babies. The soldier ants have big jaws and they fight the enemy who come to their colony to harm them. Ants are examples of friendship, unity and wisdom. The wise king Solomon once advised his lazy courtiers to go to the field and watch the ever busy ants and learn to be hard working. He said Go and watch the ants, you lazy men, learn their ways and be wise. Answer the following questions. a. What are the different kinds of ants? Ans.. b. Who rules the ant colony? Ans.
c. What is the work of the queen ant? Ans. d. What do the nurse ants do? Ans. e. Which is the busiest ant? Ans. f. What do you learn from the ants? Ans g. What did King Solomon advice his lazy courtiers? Ans. h. Find the opposite of the given words from the passage: (1X2=2) i) lighter.(para 2) ii) friend.(para 2) i. Suggest a title for this passage : (1) Ans.Title: Section-B (15 Marks) Writing Skills(5 Marks) Q2. Write a paragraph on the given topic. Give it a suitable title: Your visit to a candy shop
OR See the picture given below and write a story. Give it a suitable title.
Grammar (10 marks) Q3. a. Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs: (2) 1. In autumn the leaves from the trees. 2. The lion in the jungle. 3. Grandfather on the sofa. 4. The children well in our school choir.. b. Underline the incorrect homophone in the sentence. Write the correct homophone in the blank given: (2) 1. I felt hungry an our after the meal. 2. The son rises in the East. 3. I would like to go to there house. 4. This car is maid in India.
c. Fill in the blanks with simple past tense form of verbs given in the brackets (2) 1. She vegetables. (buy) 2. Tina a sweet song. (sing) 3. The sun in the sky. (shine) 4. Meeta for you in the garden. (wait) d.fill in the blanks with present continuous form of verbs given in the brackets (2) 1. I dance in school. (learn) 2. Geeta crayons to make this picture. (use) 3. You the town soon. (leave) 4. She television with her parents. (watch) e. Rewrite the sentence changing the verb into simple future tense (2) 1. Ram does his homework. 2. They cut down the tree. 5. Mohan likes to sing. 6. The policeman caught the thief. Section C (15 marks) Literature Q4.Read the extract given below and answer the following questions: Over the mountains, Over the plains, over the rivers here come the trains. Carrying passengers, Carrying mail Bringing their precious loads In without fail. (1x3=3)
i. Where do the trains run? (1) ii. What are the precious loads that they carry? (1) iii. Give one set of rhyming words? (1) Q5. Give short answers for the following questions. Attempt any four: (4X2=8) i. What sounds do the school children make? ii.who did the child go with and why? iii. What did mother Tiger want to tell others when she roared? iv. What did the langur do when he saw the tigress? v. How is everything early in the morning?
Q6. Answer any one of the following questions : (4) i. Which birds can be heard early in the morning? With whom is the road annoyed and why? OR ii. When did mother tiger like to hunt? What all did she hunt?
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