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Class : III
Date : 28th November 2018 Max Marks : 100
Time : 9:00 A.M. to 10:15 A.M.

Roll No.
Instructions to Candidates :

01. All questions are compulsory. First 15 minutes

are for reading the paper. (9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.) Centre No.
02. This question paper has 50 objective questions.
In addition to this question paper, you are also
given an answer-sheet.
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SECTION - A: COMPREHENSION
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Every 2nd day of February, America turns its attention to a tiny town in Pennsylvania called Punxsutawney.
It’s here, where the famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicts the future.

It all hinges on his shadow. If Phil comes out of his burrow and does not see his shadow, spring will come
early. If he does see his shadow, however, there will be six more weeks of winter.

Thousands of people come to Punxsutawney each year in February to see for themselves what Phil predicts.
Despite Phil’s popularity, history has proven him to be somewhat of a failure in his predictions. In the 103
years that Phil has been predicting the future, his prediction comes true less than 40 percent of the time.

1. What happens if Phil sees his shadow?

(A) Spring will come early
(B) Winter will last six more weeks
(C) Winter will come early
(D) Phil will go back to his burrow

2. What is not true about Punxsutawney Phil?

(A) He has been predicting the future for 103 years
(B) Thousands of people come to see him each year
(C) His predictions are correct most of the time
(D) He is a famous groundhog

3. What is a prediction?
(A) to fortell
(B) a problem
(C) a truth
(D) a feeling

4. What question is not answered in the passage?

(A) Do people come to Punxsutawney in February to see Phil?
(B) What happens if Phil sees his shadow?
(C) For how many years has Phil made predictions?
(D) Where does Phil live in the summer?
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5. ‘It all hinges on his shadow’ means

(A) It does not depend on his shadow
(B) It all centres on his shadow
(C) It all happens because of his shadow.
(D)It all varies on his shadow
WINTERTIME

Brrrr. Winter is cold in some places. Many plants do not grow during winter. Some plants die. Snow and
ice may cover the ground. It can be hard for animals to find food during winter. Animals get through this
time in many ways.

Birds and butterflies can fly. Many of them do not stick around for the winter. They leave. They go to a
place with nice weather. Then they come home in the spring. We call this migration. Migrating is a good way
to avoid the cold.

Another good way to avoid the cold is to sleep through it. Many animals hide during the winter. Their
bodies slow down. They save their energy. They do not eat. They consume their own fat, until they can find
food again. We call this hibernation. Snakes, frogs, and bears hibernate.

Some animals store food in their homes. They do not sleep all winter, but they do not exert much. They live
on what they saved in the summer. This is what squirrels, beavers, and raccoons do. Skunks do this too.
Other animals tough it out. They do not leave. They do not hide. They must survive. Sometimes nature
helps them out.

6. Which of these animals migrate during the winter?

(A) foxes (B) snakes
(C) bears (D) butterflies

7. Which of these animals survive winter by eating stored food?

(A) bears (B) raccoons
(C) frogs (D) birds

8. The ______________ do not hibernate during winter.

(A) skunks (B) frogs
(C) snakes (D) bears

9. Winter is a difficult season in some places because …………….

(A) There is less food. (B) It is colder.
(C) Snow and ice cover the ground. (D) All of these
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10. Which title would best describe this text?

(A) Winter: A Time to Migrate
(B) Hibernation: Sleeping it off
(C) Survive: How Animals Beat the Winter
(D) Birds and Butterflies: Nature’s Movers and Shakers

Direction Q.11 to Q.20: Read the poem and answer the questions below by choosing the correct answer
from (A), (B), (C) or (D)

POETRY: “MY SHADOW” by Robert Louis Stevenson

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I can see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—

Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.

He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play,

And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me, he’s a coward you can see;
I’d think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

11. What does the speaker’s shadow do when he jumps into bed?
(A) gets taller
(B) gets little
(C) jumps before him
(D) sticks to him

12. What is the speaker most likely saying in line 2?

(A) I can’t see my shadow.
(B) I never use my own shadow.
(C) I don’t like it when my shadow follows me.
(D) I can’t see any purpose of having a shadow.

13. What does the shadow do when the speaker gets up before the sun?
(A) shoots up taller
(B) stays in bed
(C) jumps up high
(D) stays nearby
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14. Based on the line “He hasn’t got a notion “of how children ought to play, what does the word
notion stand for?
(A) need
(B) turn
(C) sight
(D) clue

15. Why does the speaker think his shadow is a coward?

(A) His shadow hides at night.
(B) His shadow stays close to him.
(C) His shadow likes to sleep.
(D) His shadow stays with nursie.

16. The poem is MAINLY about

(A) a boy who likes to tell funny stories.
(B) a boy who teaches his shadow a lesson.
(C) a boy who talks about his shadow.
(D) a boy who gets up before the sun.

17. Which word best describes the speaker’s shadow?

(A) playful
(B) angry
(C) hopeful
(D) tricky

18. What is the main purpose of the poem?

(A) to explain why people have shadows
(B) to persuade readers to watch their own shadows
(C) to inform readers about the importance of shadows
(D) to describe an everyday happening in an amusing way

19. Based on the information in the fourth stanza, what is the most accurate meaning of ‘arrant’?
(A) ambitious (B) outgoing
(C) agitated (D) complete

20. Which word best describes the speaker’s tone?

(A) serious (B) lively
(C) angry (D) depressing
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SECTION - B: LANGUAGE COMPETENCY

Directions for Q.21: Find the order in which, the sentence given below answers the questions –
Why? Who?, Where? How?

21. The little boy ran quickly towards the car to meet his father.
(A) who? how? where? why?
(B) who? where? how? why?
(C) how? when? why? where?
(D) who? where? why? how?

Directions for Q.22: Which indefinite pronoun fits in all the sentences given below?

22.

At night, with the lights shining on the water, _____________ looks different.
All your clothes are clean. I washed ________________yesterday.
Children like to buy ________________ they want.
(A) everyone
(B) everything
(C) anything
(D) everywhere

Directions for Q.23: The idiom to “PULL YOUR SOCKS UP” means

23. (A) to wear your socks.

(B) to do well in life.
(C) to be determined to work very hard
(D) to look for something

Directions for Q.24: Read the sentence given below, and choose the word that can best replace the noun/
nouns

24. Bryan and Anna had their first skating lesson on Tuesday.
(A) we
(B) them
(C) they
(D) us
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Directions for Q.25: Identify and mark the common noun in the given sentence.

25. Patches jumped into the rowboat and went across.

(A) Patches
(B) jumped
(C) rowboat
(D) across

Directions for Q.26: Match the PHRASAL VERBS of Column I to their meanings in Column II and
choose the correct option from (A), (B), (C) or (D)

26. Column - I Column - II

(a) look up to (i) verify
(b) make sure of (ii) discover
(c) put up with (iii) respect
(d) find out (iv) tolerate
(A) (a) –(iii), (b)–(i), (c)–(iv), (d)–(ii) (B) (a)–(iii), (b)–(ii), (c)–(i), (d)–(iv)
(C) (a)–(ii), (b)–(iii), (c)–(iv), (d)–(i) (D) (a)–(iv), (b)–(ii), (c)–(i), (d)–(iii)

Directions for Q.27:

27. In the following Crossword how many ADJECTIVES are there?

G I T C H

O L D M

L M

D P E

E L E N S E

N E S L

A E M

A C T I V E

G R I N A

T L

(A) five (B) four

(C) six (D) three

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Directions for Q.28:

28. The suffix -est means the most and the suffix -er means more. So
Which word means someone who has lived longer than me?
(A) old
(B) older
(C) oldest
(D) ancient

Directions for Q.29:

29. In which sentence are the capitals used correctly?

(A) Why don’t we get together to watch the Super Bowl?
(B) why don’t we get together to watch the Super Bowl?
(C) Why don’t we get together to watch the super bowl?
(D) why don’t we get together to watch the super bowl?

Directions for Q.30: Choose the best ending for the following sentence:

30. What are we supposed to do after ?

(A) finish the graph (B) finishing the graph
(C) do the graph (D) graph

Directions for Q.31 to Q.33: Read the sentences given below and fill in the blanks appropriately:

31. He wants to get a better ______ and earn more money.

(A) employ
(B) job
(C) work
(D) employment

32. To ‘reiterate’ means to_________ .

(A) deny
(B) repeat
(C) frustrate
(D) illustrate

33. Warning! No unauthorised personnel.............. this point.

(A) about
(B)`from
(C) beyond
(D) on
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Directions for Q.34:

34. How many VERBS are there in the flag?

B E G I N Y U N F
K R W O N D E R L
C H O O S E L N E

N J B E L I E V E

P W I N D H F Q U

(A) five (B) eight

(C) six (D) seven

Directions for Q.35: Unscramble the following sentence and choose the correct option:

35. off / please / the lights / turn

(A) Turn off the lights please.

(B) Please turn off the lights.
(C) Turn the lights off please.
(D) Please turn the lights off.

Directions for Q.36: Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

36. (A) Our school is in Moselle, Mississippi.

(B) Our school is in, Moselle, Mississippi.
(C) Our school is in Moselle Mississippi.
(D) Our school is in, Moselle Mississippi.

Directions for Q.37: Identify the correct meaning of the idiom:

37. MISSED YOUR BOAT

(A) Missed your chance
(B) Missed going for a ride on the boat
(C) Boat was stolen.
(D) The boat has gone missing.

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Directions for Q.38: Unscramble the words and choose the correct answer

38.
1. apapay _____________ 2. uptinr_____________

3. ayxgal_____________ 4. aeaggr_____________

(A) payapa turpin galaxy beggar

(B) papaya turnip galaxy garage
(C) papaya turpin galaxy eager
(D) papaya tunic galaxy beggar

Directions for Q.39: Match each picture of Column I with the correct PHRASE in Column II. Then
choose the correct answer given as one of the four alternatives –A,B, C or D
39. Column - I Column - II

(a) (i) around the corner

(b) (ii) after the meal

(c) (iii) the bewildered tourist

(d) (iv) pulling an all-nighter

(A) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c) -(iv), (d)-(ii) (B) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c) - (ii), (d)-(i)
(C) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c) -(i), (d)-(iv) (D) (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)

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Directions for Q.40: Fill in the blank appropriately:

40. We have got small or large eggs. _________________ will you have?
(A) Which OR
(B) What
(C) When
(D) How

Directions for Q.41: Which word below best describes the meaning multi-?

41. (A) enough (B) back

(C) before (D) many

Directions for Q.42: Fill in the blank appropriately:

42. Charlotte and Savannah decided that all of their hard work deserved a ____
(A) price
(B) repayment
(C) reward
(D) prize

Directions for Q.43: Identify the appropriate word for the phrase:

43. ‘worked real hard’

(A) toiled
(B) struggled
(C) effortless
(D) strongly

Directions for Q.44: Use an adverb to complete the following sentence

44. The batter ran____________to second base.

(A) fastly (B) quickly
(C) speedily (D) hurriedly

Directions for Q.45: Find the odd one out depending on their pronunciation -

45. (A) hair

(B) here
(C) gear
(D) tear

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Directions for Q.46: Identify the place expressed in the statement given below:
46. A place where you can look, but can’t touch the pictures.
(A) in an office
(B) in a restaurant
(C) in a museum
(D) in a house

Directions for Q.47: Fill in the blank with an appropriate word:

47. They’ve both worked here ___________ over ten years.
(A) in
(B) for
(C) since
(D) during

Directions for Q.48: Choose the sentence that is written correctly in terms of punctuation.
48. (A) He was born on May 15 1998.
(B) He was born on , May, 15 1998.
(C) He was born on May, 15, 1998.
(D) He was born on May 15, 1998.

Directions for Q.49:

49. Knowing the meaning of the prefix un- helps the
reader know that unclean means:
(A) to clean before
(B) to clean again
(C) not clean
(D) in a clean way

Directions for Q.50: Choose the correct option that combines the given sentences appropriately.
50. The teacher wrote on the board.
The teacher discussed the notes.
(A) The teacher wrote on the board, and he discussed the notes.
(B) The teacher wrote on the board, discussed the notes.
(C) The teacher discussed the notes on the board.
(D) The teacher wrote the notes on the board and discussed them.

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