Rustomjee Cambridge International School & Junior College
2nd TERM EXAMINATION (2011-12)SUBJECT: ENGLISH -Paper 2 Std: 3 Div. ___
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Q I. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:- [15 marks]
Once upon a time, on a faraway island, there lived a little princess. Her name was
Princess Easter. She was named Easter because she was born on Easter Day. Princess Easter loved the spring. She was excited when the flowers began to bloom. She liked watching the baby birds hatch and learn to fly. The beautiful butterflies always made her smile. Of course, the thing she loved most about the spring was Easter. Princess Easter worked very hard every year to get ready for Easter. There was an Easter party at the castle on Easter Day. Everyone on the island would come to the castle to spend the day celebrating Princess Easter’s birthday. They would have an Easter Egg hunt and a birthday party for Princess Easter.
One year, Princess Easter went to see the royal chickens to make sure they were laying eggs for the egg hunt. She was surprised to see that all of the royal chickens had been stolen from the chicken coop. Princess Easter was very upset. She ran all the way back to the castle to tell her father, King Lewis. King Lewis called his royal army. The royal army went all over the island, but they could not find the royal chickens. Princess Easter sat on her mother’s lap and cried. The royal chickens had been taken from the island and could not be found. King Lewis sent out his royal army again, to tell all the people living on the island about the problem.
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A young boy that lived on the island told the royal army to take his three chickens to Princess Easter. The royal army did not think that this would help, but they took the three chickens back to the castle, anyway. Princess Easter wanted thousands of eggs, enough to feed everyone on the island. She usually needed all of her one hundred chickens to lay the eggs for the egg hunt. Still, Princess Easter was very happy to see the three chickens. At least there would be some eggs. Princess Easter took the chickens to the chicken coop. The next morning, Princess Easter went out to the chicken coop. There were one thousand eggs in the chicken coop! Princess Easter ran all the way back to the castle to get help to bring all the eggs to the kitchen. Princess Easter and the cooks boiled and dyed all of the eggs for the egg hunt.
The young boy who had shared his magical chickens was the guest of honor on Easter Day at the castle. Princess Easter and the young boy had a wonderful Easter Day. They would be friends forever.
1. What type of passage is this? (tick the correct answer) [1 mark]
a. A story b. A play c. An informative article
2. Why the princess was named Easter? [1 mark] a. her father was rich
b. she was born on Easter day
c. Easter was her mother’s favourite festival
d. Easter was the only festival celebrated in the castle
3. Which game did everyone play on the birthday of the princess? [1mark]
a. chicken search b. egg puzzle c. egg hunt
4. Why did princess Easter love spring season? Write any 2 reasons [3 marks] _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
5. How was Easter celebrated on the island, every year? [3 marks] _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
6. What did princess Easter see when she visited the chicken coop one year?
How did she react? [3 marks]
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7. Write a word from the passage which means [1 mark]
A piece of land surrounded by water on all four sides- _________________
8. Why do you think the young boy offered his chickens for help? [2 marks] _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
Q II. Directed writing [5 marks]
Imagine you are princess Easter…..!Your grandmother comes for your birthday party every year…! This year she was unable to come.
Write a letter to your grandmother and inform her about all the problems you faced and how they were solved.
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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 and
frame sentences of your own. [4 marks]
a. coop ( ) sea a fish tank cage
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2. Write the antonym of the given words. [½ mark]
found x ______________
3. Write the homophone of the given words. [½ mark]
week - _____________
Q IV. Grammar - Do as directed [15 marks]
1. Pick out the adjective in the sentences given below and write the noun it describes.
[2 marks] a. The royal chickens were missing.
adjective_________________________ noun_____________________________ b. Everyone had a wonderful Easter Day.
adjective_________________________ noun_____________________________
2. Change the positive degree of adjective into Comparative degree. [1 mark]
The island was big, unlike the other neighbouring islands.
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degree. [1 mark]
The beautiful butterflies always made her smile.
4. Write the degree of adjective in the given sentences. [ 2 marks]
a. The youngest boy shared his chickens with the
princess________________________
b. Now, Princess Easter had bigger and better
chickens___________________________
5. Choose the correct collective noun and fill in the blanks . [ 1 mark ]
( flock, pack, crowd, school)
a. A _______________ of wolves were hunting in the night. b. A _______________ of people gathered for help.
6. Follow the instructions given in the bracket and change the tense of the verb accordingly.
[2 marks]
i. She likes watching the baby birds hatch (past)
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b. One thousand eggs ______________ kept in the chicken coop!. c. The young boy __________ trying to be helpful
d. I ______________ going home as soon as possible.
7. Change the underlined noun into its singular form and rewrite the sentence correctly after making the necessary changes.
[1 mark]
The royal chickens were taken from the island and could not be found.
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8. Change the underlined noun into its plural form and rewrite the sentence correctly after making the necessary changes .
[1 mark]
One strange boy came to the castle for the Easter party.
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correctly. [1 mark]
Yesterday Easter’s father didn’t brought a gift.
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10. Add suffix of prefix to the words given in the bracket and fill in the blanks. [1 mark]
ful, less, ment, un, semi,
i. The news about the lost chickens made everyone on the island ___________(happy) ii. Princess Easter jumped and danced in __________________ (excite)
QV. Story writing:- [10 marks]
Write a story of your own. Use the theme and the characters given. You may add more characters if required… Don’t forget to write a moral!
Theme: The Mystery of a lost book
Characters: Nick, Ravi, Mr Web (their teacher).
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