KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA VIJAYAPURA
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION-2017-18
BLUE PRINT CLASS:III SUB: ENGLISH
SL NO / NAME OF THE LESSON / Reading / Writing / Grammar / TOTALVSA / SA / LA / VAS / SA / LA / VSA / SA / LA
1 / Good Morning / 1(1) / 1(1) / 1(5) / 7
2 / The magic garden / 1(1) / 2(4) / 5
3 / Birds Talk / 1(1) / 1(2) / 1(5) / 8
4 / Nina and the baby sparrows / 1(1) / 1(2) / 3
5 / Little by little / 1(2) / 1(2) / 4
6 / The enormous Turnip / 1(1) / 1(2) / 1(2) / 1(1) / 6
7 / Sea song / 1(1) / 1(2) / 1(2) / 5
8 / A little fish story / 1(1) / 2(2) / 3
9 / The Balloon man / 1(1) / 1(5) / 2(2) / 1(2) / 10
10 / The yellow butterfly / 1(1) / 2(4) / 5
TOTAL / 7(7) / 4(8) / 1(5) / 5(5) / 5(10) / 1(5) / 5(5) / 5(10) / 1(5) / 80
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA VIJAYAPURA
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION-2017-18
MARKING SCHEME CLASS:III SUB: ENGLISH
Main Q NO / NO OF MARKS / TOTALI / 10 X 1= 10MARKS / 10 MARKS
II / 10X1 = 10 MARKS / 10MARKS
III / 5X2= 10 MARKS / 10MARKS
IV / 5X 1 = 5 MARKS / 5 MARKS
V / 5X1 = 5 MARKS / 5MARKS
VI / 5X1 = 5 MARKS / 5MARKS
VII / 15X1 = 15 MARKS / 15MARKS
VIII / 10 X 1 = 10 MARKS / 10 MARKS
IX / 1 X 5 = 5 MARKS / 5MARKS
TOTAL / 80 MARKS
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA VIJAYAPURA
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION-2017-18
CLASS: III Total Marks: 80
SUBJECT: ENGLISH Date:______
Name of the Student: ______Roll No. _____
COMPETENCY / reading
passage / prose & poetry / grammar / creative writing / spelling / handwriting
20 / 15 / 15 / 15 / 10 / 5
GRADE
Signature of Invigilator______Signature of Examiner______
R E A D I N G
Q.1- Read the following passage. Answer the following questions in one word or one sentence. (10X1=10)
Sonu loved the little butterfly. It was so pretty.Ithad brown spots on its yellow wings.But it looked sad in Sonu’s hand.Sonuwanted it to be happy. “Go,” said Sonu, “fly away!”.
He let the butterfly go.It sat on the red rose.It flew to the peach tree and then sailed on a lotus leaf.It flew merrily from flower to flower.
i)Who loved the little butterfly?
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ii) Who was so pretty?
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iii) Which colour spots did the butterfly have?
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iv) Who was having yellow colour wings?
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v) Who looked sad in Sonu’s hand?
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vi)Which flower mentioned in the passage?
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vii) What is the name of the tree in the passage?
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viii)Butterfly sailed on ______
ix) What is the past tense of the word - want ______
x)Write the opposite of the word - happy x ______
Q.2- - Read the following passage. Answer the following questions in one word or one sentence. (10X1=10)
Father: Salim, why are you wearing sherwani to school today?
Salim: We are doing a play on Chacha Nehru,today.Today is 14th November and we are going to stage a play on Chacha Nehru. Nehru was fond of children. So, we celebrate this day as children’s day. We call him as Chacha.
Ahmed: I am going to play the role of Gandhi. Gandhi was called ‘Bapu’. The father ofNation.
i) Who is going to play the role of Nehru? ______
ii) Who is going to play the role of Gandhi? ______
iii) Who is wearing Sherwani?______
iv) Who are going to stage a play?______
v) Where they are playing a stage?______
vi) Whose birthday is going to be celebrated?______
vii) On which day we celebrate Chacha’s birthday?______
viii)Who is known as Chacha?
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ix) Who was fond of children?______
x) Who is known as father of Nation?
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W R I T I N G
Answer the following questions. (5X2=10)
1) Why was the little fish unhappy?
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2) What sounds could the children hear in the garden?
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3) Why was Nina worried?
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4) What do birds think of people?
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5) Who ate the enormous turnip?
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POETRY:
Answer the following questions. (5X1=5)
1)Name the two birds in the poem ‘Birds Talk’?______
2) Where does balloon man stand?
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3) What did the child do with the shell?
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4) Why is the child in the poem happy?
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5) Name the tree that the acorn grows into
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C R E A T I V E W R I T I N G
1) Look at the picture and write five sentences about it. (1X5=5)
2) Write a few sentences about your school. (1X5=5)
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3. By using following words make any five sentence about butterfly (1X5=5)
(Fly, colourful, beautiful, wings, fluttering, flowers, lake, trees, garden,)
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GRAMMAR
Do as directed. (15X1=15)
1. Write the rhyming word of
Day ______
2. Write the plurals of the following:
1. Balloon = ______
3.Write the pas tense of the following:
1. Pick=______
4. Fill in the blanks with the right word from the box.
- A glass of ______
- A bunch of ______
- A herd of ______
5.Write the opposites of the following.
1. Sit x ______
6.Choose the odd man and encircle it. One has been done for you
Ex. Pen, pencil, sketch, water bottle
Turnip, Tomato, Parrot, Radish
7. Complete the following.
a) Birds have ______to fly (tails/wings)
b) They drink ______when they thirsty (water/milk)
8) Change the gender
Uncle ______
9) Farm the compound words by using these two words
Sun + light =______
Butter+fly =______
10) Write the same meaning words
Happy =______
Little =______
SPELLI N G (5X1=5)
1)Re-arrange the following word to make a meaningful word.
- Ulbe=______
- iptrun=______
2)Make two words from one word
a. In side ______
b.play ground ______
c.class room______
VOCABULARY (5X1=5)
Write any five words from the root word of
Newspaper
1. ______2. ______3.______
4.______5.______
H A N D W R I T I N G (5X1=5)
Write the following passage neatly.
Unity is strength. As long as we are united, we can solve any problem. The moment we get separated, we become weak. Tagore also said that the world should not be divided into fragments, but should be treated as a single unit.
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