Section A / Reading Comprehension / 10
Section B / Grammar, vocabulary and punctuation / 10
Section C / Writing / 10
TOTAL FOR PAPER 1 / 30
ADVANCED
GENERATIONS SCHOOLS
Review Pack
Subject: English
Grade: 3
TERM 2
Cambridge Curriculum LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Covered by this exam
Learning outcomes / Study ReferenceReading Comprehension
To be able to read and understand a fiction text. / Hodders Learners Book page 98-101
Oxford International Book page 102-107, 56-51
Hodder’s Workbook page 56
To be able to identify relevant information to answer specific questions. / Hodders Learners Book page 98-101
Writing
To be able to write a historical fiction story. / Hodder’s Learners Book Unit 2C
To be able to plan to write a story using the story planning hill. / Hodder’s Learners Book page 25
Paragraphs are used / Hodder’s Learners Book page 26-27
Good use of vocabulary that is appropriate to the text type / Weekly Spelling
Grammatically correct sentences, use of capital letters and full stops / Hodder’s Learners Book page 36-37
Grammar, vocabulary and punctuation / Rule boxes (stars)
To be able to identify nouns, verbs, and adjectives. / Oxford International English Book page 17-18
Hodder’s Learners Book page 120
Hodder’s Workbook page 36, 16
Grammar Rules page 19, 40
To be able to identify adverbs. / Hodder’s Learners Book page 76-77
Grammar Rules page 36-37
To be able to identify pronouns. / Oxford International English Book page 110-111
Grammar Rules page 34-35,
To be able to identify prepositions. / Grammar Rules page 46-47
To correct sentences using appropriate punctuation. To identify the actual words spoken in direct speech. / Hodder’s Learners Book page 40
High frequency and familiar spelling words spelt correctly / Oxford International English Book page 19
Emily is not like other spiderlings. She finds out how different she is on the day of the Spider Sports.
First, all the spiderlings were lined up at the end of the room, and they had to race across the carpet to the other end.
Emily won easily.
Then they had to race up the wall of the room.
Emily won easily.
Then they had to race down the wall. Emily won easily.
Last of all was the upside-down eight-legged race, right across the ceiling.
Yes, you’ve guessed, Emily won easily.
‘Amazing!’ said all the grown-up spiders. ‘Well done, Emily!’ But the spiderlings weren’t too happy. Emily was asked to appear in front of the Spider Sports Committee to receive her prize, four neatly parceled little flies.
‘Congratulations, Emily’ said the chairperson of the Sports Committee. ‘You have won all four eight-legged races. Why is that, do you think?’
‘If you please said Emily (for she was by nature a polite spiderlings), ‘it’s because I ran the fastest.’
‘Ah!’ said a very old grown-up spider. ‘But why did you run the fastest?’ Emily scratched her head with her two front legs. ‘I don’t really know,’ she said modestly. ‘I suppose I just legged it quicker than they did.’
‘Legged it?’ said the very old grown up spider.
‘Legged it?’ said all the other grown up spiders.
And they all looked very carefully at Emily’s legs. They weren’t any different from the legs of all the other spiderlings. They were no longer. They were no stronger. They were no hairier. But suddenly they all saw that, though Emily was scratching her head with her two front legs, yet she was still standing on eight legs.
Emily had ten legs!
Reading Example
SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION
Total for this section = 10
Spend 30 minutes on this section
Use the story “Emily’s Legs to answer the following questions.
Circle the correct answer.
1) How many races did Emily win?
a) 3 b) 6
c) 4 d) 2
2) What was the last competition of the Spider Sports?
a) a race across the carpet b) an upside-down eight-legged race
c) a race DOWN the wall d) a race UP the wall
3) What was the prize for winning all the races?
a) 1 Million Dollars b) Trophy
c) 60 Inch Flat Screen TV d) 4 Little Flies
4) The word “spiderlings” mean?
a) male spider b) female spider
c) young spider d) grown-up spider
Circle True or False for each statement.
Before Spider Sports, everyone already knew that Emily had 2 extra legs. / True/ FalseEmily was congratulated by the chairperson of the Drama Committee. / True/ False
The spiderlings were very happy when Emily won. / True/ False
Emily won all 4 races easily. / True/ False
Lots of people are frightened of spiders.
Write about what you are frightened of.
Include why you are frightened in your answer.
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Writing Example
Grammar, vocabulary and punctuation
SECTION A: Grammar, vocabulary and punctuation
Total for this section = 10
Spend 30 minutes on this section
Edit the sentences below. Cross out misspelled words, capitalizing mistakes and punctuation mistakes. Write the corrected words and punctuation marks above the mistakes.
On saturday, Amy and her freinds went on a trip to Dubai to visit Burj Khalifa.
please finish cleaning your room said Hassan’s mother.
Noun
A noun is a person place or thing.
The bus stopped suddenly.
Underline the noun(s) in the following sentence.
We saw many animals at the zoo.
Pronoun
Pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
She is playing with Janet’s new guitar. It came from Spain.
Underline the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
I told him that your house is for sale.
Preposition
Prepositions are usually in front of nouns or pronouns and they show the relationship between the noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.
The man is sitting by the table.
Underline the preposition in the following sentence.
Janet left her iPad on her desk.
Verb
Verbs are action words.
My aunt and uncle moved to Texas.
Underline the verb in the following sentence.
I don’t like to swim in the ocean.
Adverb
Adverbs give us more information about a verb, explaining how, when, where or why an action is taking place.
Amy quickly ran back to class after her lunch break.
Underline the adverb in the following sentence.
She usually studies at late at night.
Adjectives
Adjectives are words we use to describe other words.
Emily bought the biggest toy in the shop.
Underline the adjective in the following sentence
The black kitten was playing with the small red ball.
Writing Example
SECTION C: WRITING
Total for this section = 10
Spend 30 minutes on this section
Write your own historical fiction story
You need to include:
· Title
· Paragraphs
· Beginning – introduce character and setting
· Build up – events that led up to the problem
· Climax – what is the problem in the story
· Resolution – events leading to the ending
· The end - the problem is resolved and the story ends
Remember
· Paragraphs
· Capital letters and full stop
You may use one of the following titles for your story to help you or you can create your own.
· China’s Great Wall
· Lost in a Pyramid
· A Dinosaur Tale
· The Smartest Caveman
PLANNING
Spend up to 5 minutes making notes using the story planning hill to plan your writing.
Using the story planning hill template, plan your own historical fiction story.
Purpose and audience [6] Punctuation [2]
Text structure [5] Spelling [2]
Sentence structure [5]
Write your text here
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