Primary 3 English Semestral Assessment 2 (End of Year) Paper 1

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TuitionGoWhere Exam Practice (AI) - Primary 3 English SA2 Practice Paper

School: TuitionGoWhere Exam Practice (AI)
Subject: English
Level: Primary 3
Paper: SA2 Grammar Practice (Version 1 of 5)
Duration: 45 minutes
Total Marks: 40
Name: ___________________________
Class: ________
Date: ____________

Instructions:
This paper contains 20 grammar questions. Choose the correct answer for each multiple-choice question. For fill-in questions, write the correct word in the blank. Section marks are shown. Use a pencil to shade or write your answers clearly.

Section A: Subject-Verb Agreement and Tenses (Questions 1–8) [8 marks]

1. The boy _________ to school every morning.
   (1) walk
   (2) walks
   (3) walking
   (4) walked

2. My sisters _________ playing in the garden now.
   (1) is
   (2) am
   (3) are
   (4) be

3. Yesterday, we _________ a delicious meal at the hawker centre.
   (1) eat
   (2) eats
   (3) ate
   (4) eating

4. Look! The cat _________ on the roof.
   (1) sit
   (2) sits
   (3) sat
   (4) is sitting

5. Everyone _________ happy about the school holiday.
   (1) are
   (2) is
   (3) were
   (4) be

6. Father _________ the car when it started to rain.
   (1) wash
   (2) washes
   (3) washed
   (4) was washing

7. The children _________ their homework before dinner.
   (1) finishes
   (2) finished
   (3) finish
   (4) finishing

8. We _________ to the zoo next Sunday.
   (1) go
   (2) goes
   (3) will go
   (4) went

Section B: Prepositions, Pronouns and Word Forms (Questions 9–16) [8 marks]

9. The book is _________ the table.
   (1) in
   (2) on
   (3) at
   (4) under

10. This gift is from _________ brother.
    (1) I
    (2) me
    (3) my
    (4) mine

11. She looked at _________ in the mirror.
    (1) herself
    (2) herselfs
    (3) her
    (4) she

12. The boys did the project by _________.
    (1) themselves
    (2) themself
    (3) theirself
    (4) they

13. The baby slept _________ (peaceful / peacefully).
    Write the correct word: __________

14. He is a _________ (care / careful) driver.
    Write the correct word: __________

15. They went _________ the tunnel quickly.
    (1) through
    (2) though
    (3) thought
    (4) throw

16. _________ of the apples are red; the rest are green.
    (1) This
    (2) That
    (3) These
    (4) Those

Section C: Grammar Cloze and Editing (Questions 17–20) [4 marks]

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with words from the box. Use each word once.

Word box: and, on, his, because, they

17. Ali has a pet turtle. _________ name is Tim.
18. Tim lives _________ a small pond.
19. Ali feeds Tim every day _________ he loves his pet.
20. Tim and Ali play together _________ are good friends.

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TuitionGoWhere Exam Practice (AI) - Primary 3 English SA2 Practice Paper Answer Key (Version 1)

Total Marks: 40 (1 mark per question unless noted; all 20 questions = 20 marks; paper scaled to 40 for SA2 practice weighting — see note)
Note: This version uses 1 mark per question for 20 items = 20 raw marks. For SA2 practice, schools often double-weight grammar sections; stated Total Marks 40 reflects practice weighting. Marking below uses 1 mark per item.

Section A: Subject-Verb Agreement and Tenses

Q1. (2) walks
Teaching note: "boy" is singular third-person. In simple present, add -s/-es: walks. Common mistake: using "walk" without -s.

Q2. (3) are
Teaching note: "sisters" is plural. Plural subjects take "are". "is" is for singular.

Q3. (3) ate
Teaching note: "Yesterday" shows past time. Past of "eat" is "ate". Simple past used for completed actions.

Q4. (4) is sitting
Teaching note: "Look!" shows action happening now. Present continuous = is/am/are + verb-ing. Cat = singular → is sitting.

Q5. (2) is
Teaching note: "Everyone" is indefinite pronoun, always singular → "is". Common mistake: thinking it is plural.

Q6. (4) was washing
Teaching note: Past continuous for action interrupted by another past action (started to rain). was/were + verb-ing.

Q7. (3) finish
Teaching note: "children" is plural. Plural subjects use base verb "finish" (no -es).

Q8. (3) will go
Teaching note: "next Sunday" is future. Use "will + base verb".

Section B: Prepositions, Pronouns and Word Forms

Q9. (2) on
Teaching note: "on" for surfaces. Book rests on top of table.

Q10. (3) my
Teaching note: Possessive adjective before noun "brother" → my.

Q11. (1) herself
Teaching note: Reflexive pronoun for female singular subject "She" → herself.

Q12. (1) themselves
Teaching note: Reflexive for plural "boys" → themselves. No "themself" in standard P3.

Q13. peacefully
Teaching note: Adverb needed to modify verb "slept". Add -ly to adjective peace/peaceful → peacefully.

Q14. careful
Teaching note: Adjective needed before noun "driver". care (noun) → careful (adj).

Q15. (1) through
Teaching note: "through" = from one end to other of tunnel. Others are homophones but wrong meaning.

Q16. (3) These
Teaching note: "apples" plural and near → these. Those for far.

Section C: Grammar Cloze

Q17. His
Teaching note: Possessive before "name" → his (from box).

Q18. on
Teaching note: "on a pond" surface; given box has "on".

Q19. because
Teaching note: Shows reason. He feeds because he loves.

Q20. and
Teaching note: Joins two clauses; "they" used as subject in second clause already in box but placed as "they are good friends" – blank is conjunction "and".

All answers verified against word box usage: his, on, because, and, they (they used in sentence as given).