CBSE Class 3 English Practice Worksheet Set N

Question. Brer Fox thought that Brer Rabbit went into the well because
(a) he was lazy
(b) he hid his money in it
(c) he was fishing
Answer : B

Question. Who said these words? “But, Sir, I have no money to pay!”
(a) Innkeeper
(b) Hodja
(c) Ali
Answer : C

Question. What did Misty eat from the Kitchen Cupboard
(a) brown sugar
(b) resins
(c) both, brown sugar and resins
Answer : A

Question. The simple past tense of arise is
(a) arose
(b) arising
Answer : A

Question. What do you mean by nibble?
(a) To take big bites
(b) To take small bites
(c) To chew and eat
Answer : B

Question. What does doze mean?
(a) Sleep in noon time
(b) Sleep for little while
(c) Sleep for long hours
Answer : B

Question. What do you mean by Peculiar:
(a) strange
(b) kind
(c) hardworking
Answer : A

Question. What do you mean by Barley?
(a) A bread loaf
(b) A cereal like wheat
(c) A cup of coffee
Answer : B 

Question. Hodja was
(a) thief
(b) judge
(c) an innkeeper
Answer : B

Question. What is the meaning of “Dragged”
(a) To hug
(b) To love
(c) To pull forcibly
Answer : C

Question. Fill in the blank: He stole the tablecloth when the boy was_______.
Answer : sleeping

Question. State true or false : Other animals made fun of Sona.
Answer : true

Question. Fill in the blank : Sona stopped and dug his ____ into the sand.
Answer : feet

Question. Write the opposite gender for mare.
Answer : horse

Question. Write the opposite gender for lioness.
Answer : lion

Question. Underline the Proper nouns and circle the Common nouns.
(a) Cricket is a popular game.
herd bouquet galaxy stand pride
(b) Their names are Julie and Mary.
(c) Sunita Williams is an astronaut.
(d) The Ganga is the holy river in India.
(e) London is the capital of England.
(f) Rohit goes to school on Saturday.
(g) It is very hot in Africa during the month of June.
Answer : (a) Cricket
(b) Julie Mary
(c) Sunita Williams
(d) Ganga India
(e) London England.
(f) Rohit Saturday
(g) Africa June

Question. Underline the adjectives in the following sentences:
(a) Shobhit is an intelligent student.
(b) Archana is a pretty girl.
(c) Amit is solving a difficult sum.
(d) Ashoka was a great emperor.
Answer : (a) intelligent
(b) pretty
(c) difficult
(d) great

Question. Underline the adjectives of quantity in the following sentences:
(a) Few students are present in the classroom.
(b) There are twenty trees in the garden.
(c) There are no books on the table
(d) Some boys were playing cricket
Answer : (a)few
(b) twenty
(c) no
(d) some

Question. Underline the demonstrative adjectives in the following sentences:
(a) This book is mine.
(b) These books are yours.
(c) That car is small.
(d) Those grapes are sour.
Answer : (a) This
(b) These
(c) That
(d) Those

Question. Write the comparative and superlative degrees of the following adjectives:
(a) clean
(b) cold
(c) dark
(d) hard
Answer : (a) cleaner, cleanest
(b) colder, coldest
(c) darker, darkest
(d) harder, hardest

Question. Rewrite the sentences from simple present tense to present continuous tense.
(a) Steve eats rice and curd.
(b) Rita plays in the park.
Answer : (a) Steve is eating rice and curd.
(b) Rita is playing in the park.

Question. Add a full stop or an exclamation mark wherever necessary.
(a) What a relief
(b) Happy birthday
Answer :  (a) What a relief!
(b) Happy birthday.

Question. Find out the verbs from the following sentences:
(a) The girl sings sweetly.
(b) He spoke very kindly to the girl.
(c) The sun rises in the east.
(d) They saw the movie last night.
Answer : (a) sings
(b) spoke
(c) rises
(d) saw

Question. Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs:
(a) I ____ coffee very much.
(b) I ____ cricket.
(c) She is _____ a letter.
(d) He is _____ the newspaper.
Answer : (a) love
(b) play
(c)writing
(d) reading

Question. Underline the prepositions in each sentence.
(a) Our neighbour’s dog ran through our garden.
(b) There is a rag hanging above the shelf.
(c) Salim lives across that busy street.
Answer : (a) Our neighbour’s dog ran through our garden.
(b) There is a rag hanging above the shelf.
(c) Salim lives across that busy street.

Question. Write five action words which you do every day?
Answer : Run, read, jump, sleep, laugh, brush. Write, read (any 5 )

Question. Fill in the blank: Action words are called as ________
Answer : Verbs

Q-1) Match the verbs with suitable nouns.

1) write                      aeroplane

2) cut                         pencil

3) sweep                   vegetables

4) read                       broom

5) fly                          book

Q-3) Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs.

1) __________________ a horse

2) __________________ the book

3) __________________ the bottle

4) __________________ your teeth

Q-4) Unscramble the following verbs and write their past tense.

Q-5) Fill in the blanks with is, are, was or were.

1) She _______ a good girl.

2) They __________ not in the room.

3) He __________ playing with a ball last evening.

4) The children ____________ sick yesterday.

5) Mohan _________ in class II last year.

6) The Red Fort ____ in Delhi.

Q-7) Fill in the blanks with has, have or had.

1) When Reena was small, she _____________ short hair. Now, she ___________ long hair.

2) Do you ____________ a bar of chocolate for me?

3) A butterfly ___________ beautiful wings.

4) The fishermen ____________ big boats.

5) When Niki was five years old, she ________ a doll house.

1) I always play tennis in the evening. But last evening I ________________ badminton.

2) Tommy runs after me everyday but yesterday he ____________ after a cat.

Parul _____ a small girl. She ________ to a school near her house. She loves to __________ a piece of cake to school. Her mother __________ cookies and cakes. But today Parul ___________ an orange. Her mother ___________ to the market to buy it. It ____ a hot day. She _________ an umbrella with her.

Conjunctions

 3. I cannot come with you. I have my cricket coaching in the  evening. (because) 
Ans: I cannot come with you because I have my cricket coaching in the evening.

Q-1) Where did Rahul and Tanya hide?

_____________________________________________________________________

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Q-2) How did Ritika catch hold of Sid?

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

Q-3) Why was Aman crying?

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

Q-4) Answer in one or two words.

a) Whose parents went out for urgent work?

Ans) _______________ and _________________

b) Which game did the children play?

Ans) ______________________

c) Who made the telephone call?

Ans) ______________________

d) Where were the keys?

Ans) ______________________

e) What did the children watch on the television?

Ans) ______________________

Q-5) Make sentences

favourite - _______________________________________________________________

urgent - _________________________________________________________________

excitement - _____________________________________________________________

horrified- ________________________________________________________________

b) “Certainly! But don’t mess up the house.” 

c) “Help me! Help me! I am locked inside.” 

d) “Don’t weep. We are trying to open the door.” 

e) “Calm down! The key is in the bedside table drawer.” 

f) “Relax and enjoy the snacks.” 

Question. A ________of bees hovering near the hive.
(a) herd
(b) gang
(c) swarm
Answer : C

Question. A ________ of cattle was grazing in the meadow.
(a) pack
(b) flock
(c) herd
Answer : C

Question. A noun that is the name of any male person or animal is said to be of the
(a) feminine gender
(b) common gender
(c) masculine gender
Answer : C

Question. Which of the following noun is the common gender?
(a) doctor
(b) king
(c) aunt
Answer : A

Question. Which of the following does not belong to the neuter gender?
(a) students
(b) lock
(c) chair
Answer : A

Question. What is the feminine gender of gander?
(a) horse
(b) bull
(c) goose
Answer : C

Question. The masculine gender of doe is ________
(a) colt
(b) buck
(c) duck
Answer : B

Question. child, teacher, parent , sibling are examples of _______gender.
(a) Neuter
(b) common
(c) masculine
Answer : B

Question. Choose True or False : Peahen is a feminine gender.
(a) True
(b) False
Answer : A

Question. Choose True or False: The opposite gender of ‘Sir’ is Lady.
(a) True
(b) False
Answer : B

Question. The plural of wolf is ________
(a) wolfs
(b) wolves
(c) wolfes
Answer : B

Question. Choose the incorrect response.
(a) child – children
(b) shoe - shoes
(c) city – citys
Answer : C

Question. There is a red________ under the chair.
(a) bag
(b) books
(c) pencils
Answer : A

Question. Which one is incorrect?
(a) foot - feet
(b) woman – womans
(c) tooth - teeth
Answer : B

Question. Who said this to whom:
“Shoo! No beggars! Move along quickly!”
Answer : Innkeeper

Question. Ali felt the soup was delicious, what does delicious mean?
Answer : very tasty

Question. What does flavor mean?
Answer : taste

Question. What is the meaning of rude
(a) helpful
(b) bad mannered
(c) kind
Answer : bad mannered

Question. Who was Peter?
Answer : Peter was a goatherd.

Question.  Why did Heidi get upset?
Answer : Heidi was upset to know that grandmother was blind.

Contractions 

3. What do these people do ? Choose the most suitable word from the brackets.

1) A baker _______________ bread . (bakes /shakes / cooks )

2) A hair dresser ___________ hair . ( cuts / grows/ plants )

3) A mechanic _____________ cars . (hates / makes / repairs )

4) A nurse ________________ after people in a hospital . ( looks / needs / sees )

5) A football player _____________ football. (buys/sleeps/plays)

6) A teacher _________________ students . (catches/ gives / teaches)

7 ) A singer _____________ in a choir . ( dances / eats / sings )

8) A shopkeeper ___________ goods in a shop . ( leaves/talks/sells)

9) A cook _______________dishes in a restaurant . ( buys / cooks / plays )

10) A journalist _____________ articles for newspaper . ( sees / rings / writes)

Q.I Complete the sentences-

1. Rahul and Ritika’s parents were going out for ___________________________________

2. While sipping the cold drink the children thought of _____________________________

3. Kanta told Rahul to make a _________________________________________________

4. While watching their favourite cartoon show, __________________________________

Q.II Who said to whom?

1. ”Can we call Aman, Tanya and Sid to play with us .”
__________________________________________

2. “ Dad must have locked the study room before leaving.”
__________________________________________

Q.III Fill in the blanks using opposites of the underlined words-

1. I cannot eat the whole pizza. Give me a ___________________ of it.

2. Raghav found the book, I had ______________ a few days back.

3. When I was coming from the market, I met Ankit. He was __________________ to the market.

4. He began his work very late. But _________________ it early.

Q.IV Match with the past tense wordscover told

scratch                  began

bring                    thought

think                    covered

hear                     worried

begin                   planned

tell                       scratched

worry                   heard

plan                     brought

Q1) Punctuate and rewrite the following sentences in the given space:

a) miss garima teaches us english

_____________________________________________________________

b) he goes for swimming every thursday

_____________________________________________________________

c) diwali is celebrated by the hindus

_____________________________________________________________

d) are you feeling well today

_____________________________________________________________

e) mr herman is going to a grocery shop to buy eggs butter jam and cookies

_____________________________________________________________

f) is this bus going to india gate or qutub minar

_____________________________________________________________

g) mt everest is the highest peak in the world

_____________________________________________________________

h) mrs tanya and i go for a walk to the japanese park in the evening

_____________________________________________________________

i) are you busy on this monday

_____________________________________________________________

j) the capital of china is beijing

_____________________________________________________________

Q2) Write one word for the following from the story ‘Arun meets an alien’ :

a) Pegazol got energy from this ____________________

b) Planet from which Pegazol came __________________

c) Pegazol’s home looked like a _____________________

d) This stuck out from the head of Pegazol _____________

e) Arun’s pet dog __________

f) Aliens came in this ______________

Q3) Find the past tense of the following words from the story:

look - __________ eat - ___________

hear - __________ open - __________

go - _____________ reply - ___________

smile - ____________ is - _____________

laugh - ___________ touch - ___________

Q4) Write two words for each given suffix:

-less a)___________________ b)____________________

-ment a) ___________________ b)____________________

-ly a)___________________ b)____________________

Q5) Imagine yourself meeting an alien. Draw its picture in the space given below and colour it:

Q6) Write 5 lines about your parents. Don’t forget to punctuate the lines:

Q1) Answer the following

a) What made Krishna scream ?

Ans)___________________

b) What did Krishna wear to Mohit’s birthday party?

Ans)__________________

Q2) Give opposites:

a few - ______________ forgot- _____________

best - ______________ busy - _____________

Q3) Who said to whom?

a) “ Mom , his mouth is burning.”

b) You must wish everybody.

Q4) Find the word from the text that means:

a) to give something to someone : ____________________

b) to tell what to do and what not to do :_______________

Q5) Unscramble the words used in the story ‘Krishna learns to obey’:

a) LCILSEHI - ______________

b) TEPLAS - _______________

c) WOLB - ________________

d) FEROFDE - ________________

Q 4)In each of these sentences a wrong homophone has been used . Underline the word, replace it with the correct homophone and rewrite the sentence in the space given.

1) Amita has blew eyes.
_____________________________________

2 ) I would like to sea the Taj Mahal on my visit to Agra.
_________________________________________________________

3) Please return them there books.
____________________________________________________________

4) Due drops look beautiful on red roses.
______________________________________________________________

Q5) Make sentence with each of the given homophone:
i) dew ii) fair iii) blue iv) brake
due fare blew break
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