The City School

Unified Examinations
English
Junior III
Mid-Year December 2008
Answer Key

SECTION A GRAMMAR TOTAL MARKS 40

Q1. Write the singular and plural of the words in the table below. (5)
1 mark for each

Singular Plural

Gloves
Glove
Cherries
Cherry
Apples
Apple
Shelves
Shelf
Wolf Wolves

Q2. Use ‘a’ or ‘an’ to complete the following sentences (2)

0.5 mark for each

a) Sam has a school bag.

b) There is a parrot in the cage.

c) An old woman is writing a letter

d) There is an alarm clock on the TV.

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Q 3. Choose any four nouns, any four verbs and any four adjectives from the following
passage and write in the table below

Any four relevant nouns , verbs and adjectives - 0.5 marks for each

Q 4. Match the words in Column A with the synonyms given in column B and write the
correct answer in column C (2)
0.5 mark for each

Column A Column B Column C

Pretty maybe beautiful

ancient fearless old

brave beautiful fearless

perhaps old maybe

Q 5a). Re-write the given words adding the right prefixes (2)
0.5 mark for each

agree disagree

fold unfold

zip unzip

united reunited

Q 5 b) Re-write the given words by adding the suffixes. (2)

0.5 mark for each

Eager eagerly

Quick quickly

Happy Happiness/ happily

Great Greatness/ greatly

Q 6. Write a suitable preposition in each sentence below. (5)

1 mark for each

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 a) The food is kept on the table.

b) A cat climbed up/down the tree.

c) Jack’s books are in his bag.

d) The mouse ran into the hole

e) The boy hid behind the curtain.

Q 7. Add capital letters, question marks and full stops.………………………………... (4)

0.5 mark for each punctuation mark

a) My kitten is black in colour.

b) Can I have a birthday party?

c) We will need to buy some chocolates.

d) Do you have a cat?

Q 8. Choose the antonyms of the following words and underline them. (2)
1 mark for each

a) rough (cold, smooth, heavy, hard)

large (dirty, full, big, small)

wide (narrow, fat, round, large)

fast (quick, speed, slow, follow)

Q 9. Make up a question to go with each answer. (2)

1 mark for each correct question including structure.

a) Question : Where did Sam go?

b) Question: How old is Jane?

Q 10. a) Re- write the following sentences in the correct order (4)
1 mark for each

a) The winds grew stronger.

b) The birds are flying high
c) I like the story in my book

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d) The plane is going to take off

Q 10 b) Put the appropriate degree of adjective in the spaces provided. (3)

0.5 mark for each

small smaller smallest

good better best

nice nicer
nicest

COMPREHENSION SECTION B TOTAL MARKS: 30

a). Who is the story about? (2)

The story is about a man named Louis Braille

One mark for correct answer and one for correct sentence structure

b) Where was Louis born (2)

Louis was born in France

One mark for correct answer and one for correct sentence structure

c) When did Louis become blind? (2)

Louis became blind when he was three.

One mark for correct answer and one for correct sentence structure

d).What kind of boy was Louis? (2)

Louis was a kind boy

One mark for correct answer and one for correct sentence structure

e). What did Louis want to do when he got older? (3)

He wanted to help blind people read.

Two marks for correct answer and one for correct sentence structure

f). What is Braille? (3)

Braille is a special alphabet for blind people which they can read with their fingers
Two marks for correct answer and one for correct sentence structure

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g). What is each letter of Braille made of? (2)

Each letter is made with a number of dots which are raised like small bumps on paper.
One mark for correct answer and one for correct sentence structure

h). Write a suitable title for this passage (2)

Any suitable title

Q 2. Make your own sentences with the following words: (7)

Any suitable sentences made from the words given including correct sentence structure.
One mark for each sentence

Q. 3 Fill in the blanks with the correct answer from the passage.
1 mark for each correct answer

a) Louis Braille was born two hundred years ago.

b) Louis Braille was a lovely baby

c) Louis worked very hard.

d) The dots of Braille are raised like bumps on paper

CREATIVE WRITING SECTION C TOTAL MARKS: 30

Q1. Composition 15 marks

Content/ Idea 8
Vocabulary 2
Language/Grammar 2
Spelling 2
Indentation 1

Q 2. Letter 10 marks

Address/Date/Salutation 3
Content 5
Ending 1
Name 1

Q. 3 One mark to be given for each suitable sentence- 0.5 marks for relevance and 0.5
marks for correct sentence structure. 5 marks

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