Rabindranath World School

W-10/3120, DLF Phase III, Gurgaon (HR).

HALF YEARLY EXAM (2023-24)
SUBJECT - English
Class – III
Time: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 40
General Instructions:
(i) Read the question paper carefully.
(ii) Attempt all questions.
(iii) Write in neat and legible handwriting.
(iv) This question paper contains 13 questions

The question paper is divided into three sections.

Section A :-----------------------------------05 marks

Section B :-----------------------------------15 marks
Section C : ---------------------------------- 20 marks

SECTION A-(READING) 5
Q1 Read the passage carefully.

Once upon a time, there lived a farmer and his wife, who were very poor.
They had a goose. It was a wonderful goose because it laid a golden egg
every day. Hence, the poor farmer and his wife had the good luck to have a
golden egg every day. They became greedy and wanted to be rich very
quickly.
So, they planned to get all the eggs from the goose. They thought that the
goose must have many golden eggs inside its stomach and that its stomach
was made of gold. The farmer and his wife decided to kill the goose. When
they killed the goose and opened its stomach, they found nothing inside it.
They were very unhappy to see that there were no eggs inside the goose. Its
stomach was like that of other birds. As a result, they remained poor.
The moral of the story is that we should think before doing anything.

a. What did the farmer have?

(i) A kangaroo (ii) A sheep

(iii) A goose (iv)A buffalo
Ans. A goose
b. Who decided to kill the goose?

(i) The farmer’s friend (ii) The farmer’s son

(iii) The farmer and his wife (iv) An old man
Ans The farmer and his wife
c. What type of eggs did the goose lay everyday?
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(i) white (ii) silver
(iii) green (iv) golden
Ans. golden
d. What is the antonym of the word “unhappy”?

(i) happy (ii) uncomfortable

(iii) rude (iv) relaxed
Ans. Happy
e. Why did the farmer kill the goose?

(i) He wanted to get rich very quickly (ii) He wanted to be poor

(iii) He wanted to work hard (iv) He wanted to be nice
Ans. He wanted to get rich very quickly
SECTION- B (WRITING AND GRAMMAR) 20
Q 2. Write a paragraph of about 5 lines about the picture given below with the
help of a help box.

(Help box: Rabbit - arrogant behaviour, Tortoise - hardworking, both

agreed to race, let me rest, Tortoise moved slowly and steadily, won the
race)
Ans. This is a picture of a famous story about a rabbit and a tortoise. The rabbit
was arrogant and very proud of his speed, whereas the tortoise was hardworking.
Once, they both agreed to race. The rabbit ran faster, while the tortoise moved
slowly and steadily. After a while, the rabbit became tired and thought, "Let me
rest for a while," but he fell asleep. The tortoise kept moving and won the race.

Q 3. Rewrite the following sentences, replacing each underlined noun with a 2

noun of the opposite gender.
(a) The prince has few ducks in his palace.

(b) The headmistress loved all the students.

(c) The peacock looks beautiful when it opens its feathers.

(d) The tigeress gave birth to four young ones.

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Q 4. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition of the words given in 2
the helpbox.
(Helpbox: at, along, behind, in)

(a) We will stop at many attractions along the way.

(b) The kids are hiding behind the tree.
(c) The cookies are kept in the refrigerator.
(d) Look at the top of the page.

Q 5. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate article. 2

(a) The English teacher is absent today.

(b) I saw a bird sitting in front of my house.
(c) Please carry an umbrella.
(d) Not many know how to use an oven properly.

Q 6. Write a ‘c’ for concrete or an ‘a’ for abstract above the underlined 2
nouns.

(a) Ria saw a movie in October.

Ans. Ria – c
Movie- c
October -a
(b) An apple is placed on the dining table.
Ans. Apple-c
Dinning table- c
(c) This melody is wonderful because it helps with relaxation.
Ans. Melody- c
Relaxation- a
(d) The loud noise made Tarun upset.
Ans. Noise- c
Upset- a

Q 7. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate preposition. 2

(a)There is some milk in the fridge.

(b)Hari drove over the bridge.
(c) The cows were sitting under the shade of the tree.
(d) His shoes were beside his bed.

Q 8. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of adjectives given at the end 2
of each sentence.
(a) Nilesh is shorter than me. (short)
(b) Mahesh is the fastest_ runner in the team.(fast)
(c) Seema is the laziest girl in the class. (lazy)
(d) Wood is lighter than iron. (light)
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Q 9. Rewrite the following sentences using apostrophes. 1.5

(a) Ria loved going to Tanya’s house.

(b) I saw mango trees’ roots.
(c) This is my friend’s book.

Q 10. Rewrite the following sentences replacing nouns with pronouns. 1.5

(a) They are going to the market.

(b) She went to the computer café.
(c) It was delicious.

SECTION C- (Literature) 15
Q 11. Read the following extract and answer the questions with reference to
the context:

“I’d paint them purple

and yellow and green.
They’d be the prettiest
You’ve ever seen!
I’d paint rainbows in the sky
every single day,
So I can watch them
when I work and play.”

(a) Name the poem and the poet.

Ans. The name of the poem is “ If I could fly” and the poet is “ Santhini
Govindan”
(b)What are the colours that the poet wants to use to paint the clouds?
Ans.
(c) What is the meaning of the word “prettiest”?
Ans.
(d) What would the poet paint every single day?
Ans.
OR
“Your Majesty, I have two more such horses with me in Arabia
and it would be my pleasure to bring them to you.”

(a) Who is speaking these lines and to whom?

(b) Who wants the horses?
(c) From which country did the horses come?
(d) A horse lives in a ___________
(i) burrow (ii) den (iii) stable (iv) nest

Q 12. Answer the following questions in 20-30 words. (Attempt any FIVE) 5

(a) What was the trader’s promise to the king after taking the gold coins?
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(b) Why do you think the poet wants to paint stars and the moon?
(c) Whom does Leela live with?
(d) What did Leela ask her mother?
(e) Why does the poet want to take a paint brush?
(f) What are the colours that the poet wants to use to paint the clouds?

Q 13. Answer the following in 30-40 words. (Attempt any three) 2x3 = 6

(a) How did Leela describe her teacher?

(b) What did Leela learn at the school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday?
(c) Whose name was written on top of the ‘List of the Biggest Fools in the
World’? Why do you think that Tenali Rama chose the king’s name to be
on top of the list?
(d) What did the children write about in their diaries?

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