KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA BHAKLI (SESSION 2017-18)

QUESTION BANK ENGLISH SA2 OF CLASS III

READING (Seen Passage)

READING (Unseen Passage)

(A)Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions given below .

Newton had a little dog. He called it Diamond. One day it was lying in his study room. In the room there were heaps of papers and writings and a lighted candle on a table. Newton left the room for a few minutes and then suddenly Diamond jumped over the table.

1. Who had a little dog?2. What was the name of the dog?3. Where was Diamond lying one day?4. What were there in the room?5. Where was the candle?6. Who left the room for a few minutes?7. Who jumped upon the table?8. Find out the plural of : Heap - _______________________9. Find out opposite of : Under - ________________________10.Find out past tense of : Leave - _______________________

(B) Read the passage and answer the questions :

Humming birds are tiny birds that can fly forward and backward. They are called humming birds because when they fly, their wings often make a humming sound. Their tiny wings beat about 55 to 75 times each second. The biggest humming bird is the Giant Humming bird. The smallest humming bird is the Bee Humming bird, which is about the size of a bee. They live for 3-4 years.

1. Name the bird mentioned in the passage.2. Why are humming birds called so ?3. Which is the biggest humming bird ?4. State ‘True’ or ‘False’ :(a) Humming birds are very small birds . _________(b) The humming birds cannot fly . _________5. Write the opposites of :1. smallest - ________________ 2.forward - ________________6. Write plurals of : Bird - ----------------- Wing - ---------------------7. Which is the smallest humming bird ?8.How many times do they beat their wings ?

9.How long do humming birds live ?10. Do humming birds fly in one direction ?

(A)Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions given below .

1. Name the poem from which above lines have been taken .2. Where do the trains run?3. What are the things that trains carry ?

4. When do the trains run? 5. What is ‘dusk’ and ‘dawn’? 6. How many fright cars are there in the train ? 7.Write the opposites of following:

(a)Below - ………..………… (b) Night - …………………….. 8.Write the plural of following :

(a)Train - …………… (b)Passenger - …………9.Find and write two action words from the above lines .

10.Write the name of the poet of this poem .

(B) Read the passage and answer the questions given below :

I met a Man as I went walking; We got talking,Man and I.‘Where are you going to, Man?’ I said(I said to the Man as he went by).‘Down to the village to get some bread.Will you come with me?’ ‘No, not I.’

I met a Horse as I went walking;

Thousands of freight carsAll rushing onThrough day and darkness,Through dusk and dawn.Over the mountains,Over the plains,Over the rivers,Here come the trains.James S. Tippett

Over the mountains, Over the plains,Over the rivers,Here come the trains.Carrying passengers,Carrying mail,Bringing their precious loadsIn without fail

We got talking , Horse and I.‘Where are you going to, Horse, today?’(I said to the Horse as he went by).‘Down to the village to get some hay.Will you come with me?’ ‘No, not I.’I met a Puppy as I went walking;We got talking,Puppy and I.‘Where are you going this fine day?’(I said to the Puppy as he went by).‘Up in the hills to roll and play.’‘I’ll come with you, Puppy,’ said I.

1. Write the name of the poem from which above lines have been taken . 2. Who is the ‘I’ in the poem?3. Where was the Man going ?4. Why was the man going down to the village ?5. Where was the Horse going ? 6. Why didn’t the child go with the Horse? 7. Where was the Puppy going ?8. Why did the child go with the Puppy?9.Write the opposites of the following words from the poem :(a)Up - …………………….. (b)Go - …………………………10.Write the name of the poet of this poem .

(C) There was a mother tiger and her small tiger cub. They lived near a river in a shady jungle. When the sky was dark, the mother tiger hunted for deer and pigs. The tiger cub stayed close by his mother's side . If the moon was bright, the mother tiger lay down and waited for the dawn. One night the mother tiger was tired and closed her eyes. The tiger cub saw a tiny frog , hopping along the ground. The tiger cub pounced, but the frog hopped away. He chased the frog andcaught it, and turned to show his mother. But she was not insight. Instead he saw a tiger, bigger than his mother, near him inthe jungle.

Tick the right answer :(1). Where did the mother tiger and her small tiger cub live?(a) near a river (c) near a forest(b) near a mountain (d) near a sea

(2) What did the mother tiger hunt ?(a) sheep and goats (c) deer and pigs(b) fish and frogs (d) donkeys and horses

(3) What did the tiger cub catch one night?

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(a)a deer (c) a pig(b) a frog (d) a cat

(4) Where did the tiger cub stay ?(5)When did the mother tiger hunt ?(6)What did the mother tiger do when the moon was bright ?(7) What happened to the little tiger cub when he chased the frog ?(8)What did he see when he turned back to show the frog ?(9) Write the name of the lesson from which these lines have been taken .(10)Write the opposites of following: Dark …………… Tiny …………………….

(D) Most always, when the postman comesWith letters, two or three,They’re for my Mother or my DadBut never one for me.I'm going to write some letters, though,That’s what I'm going to do,And then my friends will answer meAnd I’ll get letters too.

1.Write down the name of the poem from which above lines have been taken. 2.Who brings letters to our home ?3. Who does the postman bring letters for?4. Does the child ever get a letter? 5. What does the child decide to do ?6. Where do we post our letters ? 7. What is the colour of mailbox ?8. Do you like if someone writes letters to you?9.What things do you get from the post office ?

10.Write the opposite of :(a)Question - ----------------- (b) Never - --------------------------

(E)Mother, your baby is silly! She is so very childish. She does not know the difference between the lights in the streets and the bright stars. When we play with pebbles, she thinks they are real food. She puts them into her mouth. When I open a book she tears the pages and roars with joy. When I shake my head at her in anger and scold her, or call her naughty, she laughs .

1.Who is silly?

2.Complete the sentence : She is so very ____________________. (childish/playful)

3.Does she know the difference between the stars and lights in the streets?4.What does the baby play with?

5.What does the baby think about the pebbles?6.Find the words from the passage which means the same as :

(a)Foolish - ………………………. (b)Stones - ………………….

7.What does the little girl tear?

8. Write the plural forms of : Star- _____________________ page - _______________________

9.Find the opposite of - Intelligent - ________ close - -----------------------

10. When does the baby laugh?

(F) Once upon a time there was a small hill. A path went up the hill. It went through thick and lovely woods of pine , peepal and banyan trees. People often walked on it to a holy place. They were climbing slowly and carefully. A girl also climbed the hill with them. Her name was Meena. Meena was twelve years old. She carried a small boy on her back. He was four years old. His hair were curly. A man in the group looked at Meena. He felt sorry for her. He asked her, “My child why are you carrying a boy on your back. Don't you feel his load?” Meena looked at him in wonder. She could not understand him. (Her brother was unable to walk) Meena said, “Load? Of course not! He is my brother!”

1.Write the name of the lesson from which above lines have been taken .2. Where were the people going?3. What went up the hill?(a) a path, (b) a street, (c) a road, (d) a rail line4. What is the name of the girl in the story?(a) Seema, (b) Beena, (c) Meena, (d) Nina5. How old was Meena?(a) Ten, (b) Twelve, (c) Nine,(d) Eight6. How old was Meena's brother?(a) Five, (b) Four, (c) Six, (d) Seven

7. What did the man say to Meena?8. Why do you think Meena was carrying her brother ?9 Find out the opposite of : Small - ----------- straight- ------------

10.Find and write the words from the passage which means the same as : Dense - ………………………… Surprise - ………………………………….

(C)Read the passage and answer the questions :

The horse is a very useful animal . It has a strong body . It is found in almost every country. It feeds on grass or gram. It is therefore, used for riding over long distances. It is used in the cities for carrying luggage by cart. An Arabian horse is world famous. It is used by the military to carry soldiers. It is also used in sports. Horse racing and polo are very popular sports in which horse plays a part.

1. Which animal is very useful ?2. Which animal is used for riding ?3. What does the horse feed on?4. How is the horse used in cities?5. Which horse is used in military?6. Write your own sentence with: Popular - __________________7. Name two games where horses play a part .8. Pick out the opposites from the passage:

a) Weak - ______________ b) short -_____________9.Rearrange the words to make a correct sentence :

Has a strong it a body10.Write the past tense of the following by picking up from the passage:

a) Use - _______________ b) find - _______________

(D)Once upon a time there was a dog. He was very hungry . He stole a piece of meat from a meat shop . He came to a bridge over a river . He saw a dog in the water . He had also a piece of meat in his mouth . The greedy dog wanted to get it . He barked at his shadow. His own piece of meat fell into the water. He felt very sad.

Moral:-Do not be greedy.

1. Who was very hungry ? 2. What did the dog steal from a meat shop ?3. Where did he come ?4. What did he see in the water ?5. Was the dog greedy ?6. What did he want to get ?

7. What did the dog do then?

8. Where did his own piece of meat fall ?9. How did he feel then ?10. Give a moral for the story.

(E)Once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest. One day , after a heavy meal , it was sleeping under a tree. After a while, there came a mouse and it started to play on the lion. Suddenly the lion got up with anger and caught the mouse . The lion wanted to kill it. The mouse requested the lion to forgive it. The lion felt pity and left it. The mouse ran away. On another day, the lion was caught in a net by a hunter. The mouse came there and cut the net. Thus it escaped. There after, the mouse and the lion became friends. They lived happily in the forest afterwards. Moral:- A friend in need is a friend indeed.

1. Who lived in a forest ? 2. Where was the lion sleeping ? 3. Who started playing on the lion ?4. What did the mouse request to the lion ?5. What did the lion do with the mouse ?6. Who was caught in hunter’s net ?7. What did the mouse do with the net ?8. Who became good friends ?9. Write the moral of this story.10. Write the opposites of- Heavy ---------------- Happy -------------------

(F)Read the following passages and answer the questions given below.

Once a crow and a deer were close friends. The crow had his nest on the branch of a tree. The deer’s home was near a meadow. One day a fox saw the deer, standing alone near the tree. His mouth watered. He said to himself, “How delightful it would be if I could get this deer for my meal!’. He thought of a tricky plan. He went to the deer and said, “Brother deer ; I am living alone in the jungle. Let me be your friend . All my people are dead and I am left alone in this world”. The deer felt sorry for the fox. He was foolish enough to believe this and said “ I am sorry to hear this. From today we are friends”.

1. Who were close friends?2. Where did the crow have his nest?3. Where was the deer’s home ?4. Who was standing alone near the tree?5. Why did the deer feel sorry for the fox?6. Give the opposites :a. enemy ´ _____________________ b. wise ´ ____________________

7. The body part with which we speak and eat . __________________________.8. Pick out the word which means ‘forest’ from the passage . _______________

9. Give the past tense of :

a. think - ____________________ b. feel - ______________________

10. Make sentence : Delightful :- _______________________________________________

(G)Read the following passages and answer the questions given below.Chicago is the third largest city in the United States. Over three million people live in the two hundred twenty five mile area of Chicago. The world's first skyscraper was constructed in Chicago in 1885. Today, some of the world's tallest and most famous skyscrapers are found in the city. Located in the heart of the city is the one hundred ten story Sears Tower, which is among the most famous skyscrapers ever built. Chicago is often called "The Windy City". It is assumed that this is due to the City's weather. But, in the 1990s 11 major U.S. cities outranked Chicago for average annual wind speed.

QUESTIONS:

1. How many cities in the United States are larger than Chicago?2. Which of the following is true?a. Chicago is the largest city in the world.b. Chicago is home to some of the world's tallest skyscrapers .c. Chicago is the windiest city in the United States .d. None of the above.

3. How many people (in millions) live in Chicago? 4. What is one of Chicago's most famous skyscrapers?5. What is the other name of Chicago?6. Pick out the opposites from the passage :(a) shortest - __________ (b) smallest - ____________

7. Pick out the rhyming words from the passage.(a) bound - ____________ (b) feather - ___________

8. In which year was the world’s first skyscraper constructed?9. State ‘true’ or ‘false’ :(a). Chicago is called "The Windy City" because of the City's weather. ______10. Give a suitable title for the above passage.

WRITING TEXT (Prose and Poetry) Answer the following questions in sentences :

1. Where do the trains run?2. What are the ‘‘precious loads’’ that they carry?3. When do the trains run?4. What sounds do you hear on the road in the morning?5. What is the vegetable man selling?6. Who is the ‘I’ in the poem?7. Where was the Man going?8. Why didn’t the child go with the Horse?9. Why did the child go with the Puppy?

10.Who does the postman bring letters for?11.Does the child ever get a letter?12.What does the child decide to do?13.What does the baby do with the pebbles?14.What does the baby do with the book?15.When does the baby laugh?16.Why does the washerman bring donkeys?17.What is the secret the speaker is hiding?18.Where were the people going?19.Why do you think Meena was carrying her brother?20.Why is the Camel called the Ship of the Desert?21.For how many weeks can a camel store food in its hump?22.What does the camel eat in the desert?

GRAMMAR

1. (a)Write the opposites :

1. pull - _____________ 11. happy - _________________ 2. huge - ____________ 12. mighty - _________________3. tall - _____________ 13. new - _________________4. curly - _____________ 14. true - _________________5. hot - _____________ 15. found - _________________6. hard - _____________ 16. inside - _________________7. down - _____________ 17. go - ___________8. thin - ___________ 18. low - ___________9. fast - ___________ 19. careless - ___________10. front - ___________ 20. straight -___________

(b) Match the words with their opposites : silly dull difference close bright intelligent real sorrow open similarity joy artificial

(c). Fill in the blanks choosing the right word from the opposites given:1. An elephant is a __________ (huge/small) animal.2. The Cheetah is the _____________ (slowest/fastest) animal.3. It is ___________ (hot/cool) in summer season.

4. Birbal is a __________ (clever/foolish) courtier in Akbar’s court.5. Iron is a __________ (light/heavy) metal

(d). Rewrite the following sentences with the opposites of the underlined words:

1. The arrival of the train is at 6 pm.2. The class was quiet.3. He always comes late.4. Raju loves chocolates.5. The knife is blunt.6.The king is kind.7. The news is important.

2.(a) Write the past tense of :

1. spring- _________________ 7. feed - _________________2. swim - _________________ 8. grow - _________________3. hold - _________________ 9. catch - _________________4. dance - _________________ 10. believe _________________5. say - _________________ 11. fly - _________________6. pull - _________________ 12. eat - _________________

(b). Match the ‘past tense’ of the given verbs :

1. go climbed2. shine looked3. walk went4. climb carried5. look understood6. feel walked7. carry felt8. understand shone

3. Give the words of comparison for these :

Thick Thicker thickest

Short

Big

Fast

Young

Large

Fine

Wise

4. Write the plurals of :

1. potato -________________ 7. bird - _________________2. leaf - ________________ 8. net - _________________3. baby - _________________ 9. shell - _________________4. branch _________________ 10. tomato _________________5. man - _________________ 11. onion - _____________6. child - _________________ 12. flower _________________

(5). Change the gender

1. father- _________________ 7. sir - _________________2. lord - _________________ 8. master - _________________3. king - _________________ 9. tiger - _________________4. son - _________________ 10. peacock - _________________5. man - _________________ 11. grand mother - _________________6. horse - _________________ 12.nephew - ______________________

6. Make sentences :-

1. Newspaper -______________________________________________________2. foolish -______________________________________________________3. sky - ______________________________________________________4. happy-______________________________________________________5. Desert -________________________________________________________

7. Preposition

Underline the correct word from those given in bracket to make the sentence meaningful. 1. The cat jumped [in, over, at] the wall and ran away.2. The bus stopped [under, over, in front of] us.3. Little Rupa is hiding [behind, by, in front of] her mother. 4. Wait [in, on, at] the gate of the school till I come.5. Nina is so small. She can crawl [under, in, over] my chair.6. School closes [in, at, on] Saturday.

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8. Complete the sentences using the correct word :

1. The weather ____________ beautiful today.2. All the children ____________ in the playground.3. Nobody in my class ____________ interested in football.4. Sally ____________ my best friend.5. Mom and dad ___________ downstairs watching television.

9. Write two rhyming words for the following : grown __________ , __________ chance __________ , __________really __________ , __________ big __________ , __________enough __________ , __________ yet __________ , __________may ---------------- , ----------------- bell ----------------- , -----------------

10. Write the full form of :1. don’t _________________ 4. can’t _____________________2. I’m ___________________ 5. It’s _______________________3. I’ll ____________________ 6. that’s _____________________

11. Match the following : ‘A’ ‘B’

1. mountain a raised area of land2. plain a small area of still water3. hill a large area of flowing water4. river very big hills5. pond flat and even land

12. Fill in the blanks with suitable word :1. Give me some ____________ to eat. [food/clothes]2. I want to ____________ across the river. [swim/walk]3. The Aeroplane flies in the ____________ [sky/road]4. Cauliflower is a ____________ [fruit/vegetable]5. The birds ____________ [mew/chirp]

13. Encircle the odd one out :-

1. Fish crab octopus cat 2. Unhappy sad upset glad3. Lilly jasmine potato lotus 4. Lake river volcano ocean5. Group high bunch herd

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14. Name the animal :1. India’s national animal ___________________2. India’s national bird ___________________3. I bark ___________________4. I neigh ___________________5. I am the ship of the desert ___________________6. I have a long trunk ___________________

Creative Writing

I. Describe the picture using the clues : [write five sentences] :

platform, porter, luggage, coach, people,

families, ticket, checker, loud speaker.relative

2.Write five sentences about the Ship of the Desert : Camel .(Using the clue-box )

Thick and padded, ship, desert ,hump, sand, 25 km ,thorny bushes ,stotre food,

3.Write about your favourite animal.( Cow/ dog /cat/elephant -------)

5.Write about your favourite Bird .(peacock ,parrot ,koel -----------)

6.How do you help your family members at home ? Write about five sentences .

7. Write five sentences about your best friend.

8.You are ill and not able to come to school. Write an application to the principal for two days leave .

9.Write an application to the Principal of your school requested him / her to grant you full fee concession .

10. Write five sentences about ‘The Postman’ .

Spelling

I. Encircle the correct spelling : 1. presious pretious precious2. mounten mountain mountan3. carring carrying carying4. freight fraight frighet5. rivar river rivur 6. bellowed belloed bellowed 7. twitched twiched tweeched 8. paaunsed paunsed pounced 9. glistened gleesened glissened 10. desart desert dessart

2. Correct the spellings of these words :1. childish - _________________________________2. angar - _________________________________

3. playful - _________________________________4. washarman - _________________________________5. peple - _________________________________6. nauty - _________________________________

3. Make new words using the letters from the given words :

wholesome ____________ , ____________ , ____________ancestors ____________ , ____________ , ____________vegetables ____________ , ____________ , ____________checklist ____________ , ____________ , ____________course book ____________ , ____________ , ____________

4. Missing vowels.The following occupations have had their vowels removed. Write the words correctly. The first one is done for you.

1. chmst - chemist2. b l d r _________________3. t ch r _________________4. f rm r _________________5. pl mb r _________________6. c rp nt r _________________

5. Write the missing letters and complete the word with proper relation:

1. s i __ __ __ r 5. a __ __ t2. c o __ __ __ n 6. f __ t __ e r3. n e __ __ __ w 7. b r __ t __ e r4. u n __ __ e 8. g r __ n d m o t __ e r

6. Add vowels to the given letters and rewrite the names of the animals.a, e, i, o, uExample : 1. m o --- s -- mouse_____________ 8. l m b - ________________2. L n - __________________ 9. i z r d ________________3. b t - __________________ 10. h r s - ______________4. c t - __________________ 11. b ll - ________________5. g t - __________________ 12. t r t l -________________6. d g - __________________ 13. p ge n -_______________ 7. g r f f -__________________ 14. s n k -

7. Rewrite the jumbled sentences :

1. play / on / never / the road. Never ---- play on the road.2. cross / road / always / on / the / zebra-crossing / the. Always-----------------3. footpath / only / on / walk / the . Walk -----------------------------4. bus / stop / stand / queue / a / in / at / the. Stand ---------------------------5. kills / thrills / speed / but. Speed----------------------------------------6. red / when / the / light / stop / goes. Stop------------------------------7. not / climb / a / do / bus / moving. Do---------------------------

Handwriting

Hungry WolfThis is a short story about Hungry Wolf. Once, a wolf was very hungry. It looked for food here and there. But it couldn't get any. At last it found a loaf of bread and piece of meat in the hole of a tree. The hungry wolf squeezed into the hole. It ate all the food. It was a woodcutter's lunch. He was on his way back to the tree to have lunch. But he saw there was no food in the hole, instead, a wolf. On seeing the woodcutter, the wolf tried to get out of the hole. But it couldn't. Its tummy was swollen.

The Sun and The WindOnce The Sun and The Wind happened to have a quarrel. Both of them claimed to be stronger. At last they agreed to have a trial of strength. "Here comes a traveller. Let us see who can strip him of his cloak?" said the Sun.The Wind agreed and did choose to have the first turn. He blew in the hardest possible way.As a result, the traveller wrapped his cloak even more tightly around him. Then it was the turn of the Sun. At first he shone very gently. The sun went on shining brighter and brighter. The traveller felt hot. Before long he took off his cloak and put it in his bag. The Wind accepted his defeat. Moral : Fury or force cuts no ice where gentleness does the job.

Friend of The RabbitOne day, a rabbit was taking a stroll in the evening. He was busy enjoying the light breeze and the bounty of nature. Suddenly he spotted a fox approaching him. The rabbit got scared and thought of running away. But the fox came up to him and said, "Relax friend, don't be afraid of me. I want to be your friend. I will not harm you." The fox poured out such sweet talk that soon the rabbit fell right into his trap. Day by day the rabbit became a

The Greedy Dog One day, a dog stole a big piece of meat and proud of his own courage, ran off with it, held tightly in his jaws. He reached the bank of the river where he looked down and spied another dog with a piece of meat in its mouth, every bit as big as his own.He did not realise that it was merely his own reflection in the water. Feeling greedy he threw himself on the

other dog to steal his meat as well. Unfortunately, when he found himself in the water, he had to let go of his own piece of meat to avoid drowning and so was left with nothing.

The Honest Woodcutter Inder was so poor that he owned nothing except the axe he needed to earn his living as a woodcutter. One day, by a stroke of ill fortune, while he was working on the bank of a river, the blade of his axe flew off the handle and sank into the river. Poor Inder was desperately unhappy. Now how could he cut the wood which had always earned him the little food that he ate?