English Activities Questions and Answers - Grade 3 Mid Term 3 Exams 2023 Set 1

TASK 3: COMPREHENSION

Read the following comprehension and answer questions that follow.

Last holiday we visited our upcountry village of Masumbi. It was a long journey since we left town at six in the morning by my father's personal car.

It was my father's first to drive from Nairobi city County to Nyamira County where our home is.

At two oclock we were at Narok for our first meal of the day. My father was then fresh and ready to continue.

As soon as we left Narok, I became asleep and was only woken up at four oclock at our home in the village

1. The writer's village was called __________________________________
2. How many counties are mentioned in the comprehension?  __________________________________
3. What do we call the first meal of the day?  __________________________________
4. At what time did the journey end?  __________________________________
5. Our first stop was at the town of  __________________________________
6. Which vehicle did the family use to travel home?  __________________________________

TASK 4: GRAMMAR

Write the words below in capital letters.

7.  
   1. listen
   2. sugar
8. Write the plural forms of the words in brackets.
   1. The homeless _________________________ were taken by a sponsor. (child)
   2. The ________________________ lay eggs. (goose)
9. Tom is the ______________________ boy in our class.  (srong, stronger, strongest)
10. Anita did not come to school _________________________ she was sick. (but, and, because) 

Use 'have', 'how' or 'has' to complete the sentences.

11. I ____________________________ come to visit my friend.
12. Do you know _____________________________ to ride a bicycle?
13. Gregory _______________________ finished his homework.

Write the past tense of the words below.

14. Drink ____________________________
15. Sweep  ____________________________
16. The ball is ____________________________ the tree.
        (over, under, in)
17. Write the sound made by the following animals.
    1. Monkey  ____________________________
    2. Snake  ____________________________
       (hisses, roars, chatters, trumpets)
18. Use "who", "when", "where", "why" to fill the gaps.
    1. __________________________is your best friend?
    2.  __________________________ is your ruler?
    3.  __________________________ do children like painting?
19. Use 'somebody', 'anybody', 'everybody' to complete the sentences.
    1. Can __________________________ clean the blackboard.
    2. _________________________should keep everything in the bag.
20. A young sheep is ________________________________ ( kid, ram, lamb)

TASK 5: WRITING

Write a composition about;

                                                                      DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

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MARKING SCHEME

1. Masumbi
2. 2
3. breakfast
4. Four o'clock
5. Narok
6. Personal car
7.  
   1. LISTEN
   2. SUGAR
8.  
   1. children
   2. geese
9. strongest
10. because
11. have
12. how
13. has
14. drank
15. swept
16. under
17.  
    1. chatters
    2. hisses
18.  
    1. Who
    2. Where
    3. Why
19.  
    1. Somebody
    2. Everybody
20. lamb