ITL PUBLIC SCHOOL
SECTOR – 9, DWARKA
SESSION 2016 -2017
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Summative Assessment 1
CLASS : III-___
DATE : 14-09-2016
TIME : 2hours 30 min
SUBJECT :ENGLISH
Student’s Name :________________
M.M: 50
Roll No. :________
Invigilator’s Signature:_______
No. of Pages :8
Marks Obtained:
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Examiner’s Signature: ________
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General Instructions:
This question paper consists of three sections.
All the questions are compulsory
Read all the questions before attempting them.
Section-A (Reading)
Q1.
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
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iii) What is the life span of an octopus?
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iv) What does an octopus do if attacked by an enemy?
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v) What helps the octopus to taste things?
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vi) Which word in the passage means the same as:
a) very good
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b) not permanently________________________________________________
Q2.
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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.
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i) What does the poet do every morning?
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ii) When do the birds fly away?
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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.
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Section-B(Writing & Grammar)
Q3.
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
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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
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Q5.
Write the plural form of the noun given in brackets.
a) The bags were lying on the ________________________________ (bench).
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b) The _____________________________ were playing in the park (child).
Q6.
Write the singular form of the noun given in brackets.
a) The mother bought a ________________________ (balloons) for the little child.
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b) I have heard a ____________________________________ (stories) about fairies.
Q7.
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Underline the nouns in the given sentences and write their kinds.
a) Dimple has got a new bag. ___________________, _______________________
b) My mother gave me a bouquet today._________________,__________________
c) The man went to the town yesterday. _________________, _________________
Q8.
Replace the underlined noun with a pronoun and rewrite the following
sentences.
a) Lalita has many new clothes. The clothes are made of cotton.
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b) The bird is singing sweetly. The bird is very colourful.
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Q9.
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.
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c) She had little food to eat.
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Section- C (Literature)
Q10.
Write the meanings of the given words:
a) whooshed ________________________________________________________
b) bothered ________________________________________________________
c) yard
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d) made it
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Q11.
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Answer the following questions in brief.(Any four)
a)Who was Hari’s brother?
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b) Why was it a perfect day for flying kites?
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c) Where did Gautam, Sanaya and Saif live?
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d) Why did Ravi’s kite call the purple kite a’monster’?
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e) Where did grandmother live in the poem-The Pond in the village ?
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Q12.
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Answer the following questions in detail.(Any four)
a) How were Hari and Ravi’s kites different?
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b) How would grandmother swim in the pond?
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c) Why did Mini jump high? What did she tell the kite?
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d)What was Uncle Venu’s idea?
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e) Why did the children play on the staircase?
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Q13.
Reference to context:
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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?
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b) What was in the middle of village?
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c) Who has written the above lines?
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ii)
“Fly, fly, do fly into the sky! You will have fun!”
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a) Who is speaking the above lines?
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b) What is the speaker asking the kite to do?
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c) From where has the above line been taken?
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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?
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