Rustomjee Cambridge International School & Junior College
2nd TERM EXAMINATION (2012-13)SUBJECT: ENGLISH-Paper 1 Std: 3 Div. ___
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Marks Obtained
I) Read the following passage and answer the following questions: (10 marks)
Heracles was a brave and strong man himself. He agreed to fight the giant. They took hold of one another, bending and swaying, trying to reach each other’s throats. Heracles proved to be stronger, and with a mighty effort threw the giant to the ground.
But then a surprising thing happened. The moment the giant touched the earth all his weariness left him, and he sprang to his feet. He was as fresh and strong as he had been at the beginning of the fight. Astonished, Heracles used all his strength to throw him to the ground again. But the giant was quick to jump back up to his feet.
Heracles exclaimed, “So that’s how you get your strength! This time I will fight you standing, then – if you fall, you will fall upon me.”
They again wrestled, and this time Heracles lifted the giant above his head, and held him there. He did not lower him even after the giant grew weak. At last, he took the giant in his arms, careful not to let even a toe touch the ground. He then hugged him to death as a bear might.
Then Heracles continued on his way and soon came to a great mountain-the highest in the world. Atlas stood on the top of the mountain. He was holding up the sky.
1. Arrange the words in proper sequence: (2 marks) a. Heracles lifted the giant above his head and held him there. _____ b. All the weariness of the giant went, the moment he touched the ground. _____ c. Heracles threw the giant on the ground. _____
Name:__________________________________________ Roll No. : _______ Date: __________ Time:2 ½ hrs Marks 60 Marks Obtained: ________
d. The giant was quick to jump back up to his feet. _____ 2. What was the surprising thing about the fight? (2 marks)
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 3. Why did Heracles take the giant in his arms? (2 marks)
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 4. Why do you think Atlas was ready to help Heracles? (2 marks)
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 5. Do you agree that besides being brave and strong, Heracles was smart and intelligent
too? Write one reason for your answer. ( 2 marks) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
II) Directed Writing: (5 marks)
Imagine you are Heracles. Write a conversation (dialogue) between You and Atlas. Share your experience of how you managed to kill the mighty giant.
(Take help from the passage)
Points to be included:
● The reason behind your astonishment
● Atlas’ reaction when he came to know that you have won ● Your feeling about winning the fight
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Q III) Language record (5 marks)
1. Tick the correct meaning of the given words. Write the word class in the bracket. Use the word in a sentence of your own.
i. weary ( ) a. tired b. collect c. gain
_________________________________________________________________ ii. strength ( ) a. energy b. powerless c. weakness
________________________________________________________________ 2. Write antonym for
mighty x _____________ a. tall b. weak c. strong 3. Write synonym for
brave- _____________ a. coward b. bold c. fresh
Q 4. Read the given poem carefully and answer the following questions
I can get through a doorway without any key And strip the leaves from the great oak tree.
I can drive the storm clouds and shake the tall towers Or steal through the gardens and not wake the flower. Seas I can move and ships I can sink
I can carry a house top or the scent of a pink When I m angry I can rave and riot
And when I m spent, I lie quiet as quiet
Answer the following:
1) What does the line ‘I can get through a doorway without any key’ mean? (2 marks) _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 2) List 2 things that a soft and a gentle wind can do . (2 marks)
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 3) What does the word ‘riot’ in the poem mean? (1 mark)
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I) Circle the correct answer : (2 marks) 1. The tin wood man groaned for
a. Two years b. one year c. more than a year 2. What did Dorothy see at the corn field?
a. ripe corn b. birds c. scare-crow
II) Answer the following questions: (3 marks)
1. What according to all did the Wizard of Oz look like?
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2. Why did Dorothy want to go to the great Oz?
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 3. What was left when the dead witch disappeared?
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Q 6. Spelling and vocabulary (10 marks)
A. Arrange these words in alphabetical order (2 marks) 1. Melvyn, Renica, Felix, Adrian
_____________________________________________________________________ 2. tug, skid, choose, creep
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B. Write 6 smaller words from the word ‘disillusionment.’(Do not write 2 letter words)
(3 marks) ___________________, ___________________, ___________________,
___________________, ___________________, ___________________.
Across Down
1. Homophone of night 1. A person who knits
2. This is the person who steals 2. Rhyming word of ‘shield’
3. Place to keep a car 3. Write a shorter word of ‘rumbling’ 4. Singular of ‘berries’ 4. Opposite of ‘absence’
5. Opposite of ‘nothing’ 5. Homophone of ‘threw’
4.P 5.T
2.T 2.F 1.K
3.G 3.R
4.B y
5.E
Q 7. Grammar - Do as directed (20 marks)
1) Pick out adjectives from the sentences given below and write the noun it describes: (1 mark) a. You will find this beyond the great mountain.
adjective-____________________________ noun-__________________________
b. Build an adjective phrase with the words given in the bracket and fill in the blank: (2 marks) i. In Greece, there lived a _____________________(man, powerful, strong)
ii. Heracles was looking out for________________________ (apples, red, tiny)
2) Underline the adjective and state its degree. (2 marks) a. Atlas stood on the top of the greatest mountain._____________________
b. Heracles was smarter than Atlas. ______________________
3) ‘Identify the error and re-write correctly: (2 marks) a. The giant grow weak during the fight.
_____________________________________________________________________ b. Every morning Ajay is brushing his teeth.
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4) Fill in the blanks with the correct verb tense: (2 marks) a. Rima always ____________________ behind the tree. (hide)
b. The plane _________________________ at 7.00p.m. (arrives) It usually __________________ on time.
5) Fill in the blanks with correct verbs. (2 marks) Santa Claus is a fat old man who visits every house on our planet in about eight hours
on one of the coldest nights of the year. Santa, as everybody knows,__________ (stops / stop) for a glass of milk and a cookie at each house along the route. He____________(prefers / prefer) to work unnoticed, so he wears red suit.. For reasons that most people ______(do / does) not understand, this jolly old man enters each house not by the front door but through the chimney (whether you ______(have/has) a chimney or not)..
6) Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition of place. (2 marks) My father bought a beautiful vase with paintings of birds_______ (on/in) it last month. It shows a female bird ________ (on/in) a nest. There are two young birds _________ (beside/under) her. The mother bird has a fish ____________ (in/near) her beak. She is going to feed her young ones.
7) Make the following sentence negative, by adding not or no in the correct place.(1 mark) The barn is in between the main house and the field.
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8) Fill in the blanks with the correct collective nouns given in the box below. (2 marks) bouquet, swarm, pride, litter, team
a) There was a ______________ of bees on top of the roof. b) The boy was feeding the ______________ of puppies. c) A _________ of players went to Australia for a match. d) There was a _____________ of lions near the river.
9) Change the underlined nouns into their singular forms and rewrite the sentence.
Make any necessary changes if needed. (1 mark)
The dragons lie beneath the trees.
_____________________________________________________________________ 10) Change the underlined nouns into their plural forms and rewrite the sentence.
Make any necessary changes if needed.
(1 mark )
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11) Add
(’s or ’s)
to the nouns given in the brackets. (1 mark) a) The __________________new dress is in the wardrobe. (girls)b) Those __________________shoes are in the locker.(boys)
12) Add suffix or prefix to the words given in the bracket and fill in the blanks. (2 marks) sub, bi, ly, ful, ship
a) She bought a new ___________ _____(cycle)
b) Rita needs to be more_________________(care) while practicing football. c) She sang_______________(soft) hoping that the baby would fall asleep. d) I hopped on to the purple ______________________(marine)before it left.
