1ST TERM EXAMINATION 2021/2022 ACADEMIC SESSION
TIME ALLOWED: 1HR 30MINUTES
CLASS: GRADE 3 SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
SECTION A: COMPREHENSION
IDDO MOTOR PARK
Musa goes to Iddo Motor Park every Saturday. His mother sells rice and beans there
everyday. She sells the food to bus drivers and people who are travelling.
Every morning, the drivers drive their buses to the motor park. They sit on benches and
wait for travelers. They talk and laugh all the time. Some of the young drivers wash the
buses and call out to people. They always shout “Ibadan, Ibadan straight”. Musa likes
watching them.
Answer these questions
1. When does Musa go to Iddo Motor Park?
2. What does Musa’s mother sell?
3. Do the drivers come only on Saturdays?
4. Is Musa a young driver?
5. Is Musa a young driver?
Make sentences with these words
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SECTION B: GRAMMAR
Fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the adjectives in the brackets
1. Musa is as _______ as Ibrahim
(tall, taller, tallest)
2. Kunle is the _________ in his family
(old, older, oldest)
3. She is ________ than I
(popular, more popular, most popular)
4. This is the _________ dress I have bought
(expensive, more expensive, most expensive)
5. The soup tastes just as _________ as my mother’s
(nice, nicer, nicest)
Write the Plural form of:
6. Butterfly: ______________
7. Leaf: ___________
8. Child: __________
9. Deer: ___________
10. Teeth; __________
Choose the correct form o the verbs in the bracket to answer the questions
11. It _________(bark, barks) too often
12. They ________(sing, sings) the song in harmony
13. We _________(read, reads) about the History of Nigeria
14. In my church, we _______(love, loves) strangers into her home all the time
15. She ________(welcome, welcomes) strangers into her home all the time
Fill in the blanks with the correct reflexive pronouns
16. He hurt __________ when he fell on the road (himself, herself)
17. Babies cannot feed ___________. (ourselves, themselves)
18. The dog scratched _________ when it felt itchy. (himself, herself, itself)
19. We had to carry all the boxes _________. (himself, myself, ourselves)
20. She baked the cake ________ without anyone’s help. (himself, ourselves, herself)
Which of the following words can you add the prefix ‘un’ to?
21. tie : ______________
22. buy: _____________
23. Known: __________
24. Sold: ____________
25. ground: ___________
Complete the table below
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SECTION C: COMPOSITION
Write a composition on “Myself”
