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LANGUAGE ARTS
STANDARD THREE

Section 1 Spelling
In each of the following sentences, fill in the blank by adding a prefix from the box to
the words in brackets.

il dis im un in

Example: The unhappy boy visited the Principal. (happy)

1. The answer she gave was _________________. (correct)

2. Anita was ________________ about the answer. (certain)

3. Even though we may________________, we do not have to fight. (agree)

4. It is _______________ to change the table at this time. (possible)

There is one spelling error in each of the following sentences. Underline the error and
write the correct spelling of the word on the given line.

Correct Spelling
5. The rabbits were hoping across the grass. _________________

6. She was sirprised when someone called her name. _________________

7. All perants were invited to the meeting in February. _________________

8. The children wore there school uniform proudly. _________________

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Section 2 Vocabulary

Give the meaning of the underlined words, as they are used in the sentences. You may
write one word or a phrase as an answer.

Example:
The wealthy owner bought the most costly gift.
wealthy means very rich______________________________________________

9. Although she is only five years old, Rita plays the steelpan skilfully.

skilfully means _____________________________________________________

10. Please avoid riding your bicycle on the busy road.

avoid means________________________________________________________

11. The maximum dosage is six tablets a day, not one more!

maximum means ___________________________________________________

12. Alice and Raj were conversing with each other in soft voices.

conversing means ___________________________________________________

13. There was moisture on the grass because of the overnight rain.

moisture means _____________________________________________________

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Section 3 Comprehension

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Use complete sentences.
Please use correct grammar and spelling.

1 Drought is caused when the average rainfall for an area drops below the normal amount
for a long period of time. In some cases, it may be years. Droughts occur almost
everywhere. A drought is quite different from the normal dry season experienced in
Trinidad and Tobago during the months of January to June every year.

5 In areas that are not irrigated, the lack of rain causes farm crops to whither and die.
Higher than normal temperatures, usually go with periods of drought. These
temperatures destroy more plant life than usual. Therefore, forest and grass fires are
more frequent and spread quickly. Rivers, ponds and wells often dry up. Animals
suffer and may even die because of the lack of water.

10 Droughts cannot be easily predicted. However, steps can be taken to reduce the effects.
Reservoirs can be built to store extra supplies of water. Limited settlement and housing
should be set up in areas that are likely to be affected by droughts.

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Section 3 Comprehension

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Use complete sentences.
Please use correct grammar and spelling.

14. What causes a drought?

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15. Based on the passage, when is Trinidad and Tobago affected by dry conditions?

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16. Give TWO (2) reasons why forest fires are more common during a drought.

(i) __________________________________________________________________

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(ii) ___________________________________________________________________

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17. Based on the passage, what does the term not irrigated (line 5) mean?

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18. What is the main idea in the third paragraph?

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Section 4 Study Skills

Study the dictionary page below and answer the questions. Use complete sentences,
correct spelling and grammar.

tiny 579 toast (2)

tiny adjective tiresome adjective

very small: The flea is a tiny insect.
Word Family: other forms are tinier, tiniest
Similar Meaning: miniscule, minute
tissue (say tish-oo) noun
tip (1) noun
the pointed end of something: the tip of an
iceberg/the tip of your nose.
tip (2) verb
to go over at an angle or to make something do
this: I tipped the bucket over and water spilled out.
annoying and making you
feel impatient
1 the substance that a living thing
is made of: bone tissue 2 a thin,
soft paper handkerchief 3 tissue
paper light, see-through paper
used for wrapping or protecting
something.

19. Which word can be used either as a noun or verb?

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20. The word tissue is divided into tish-oo. Why do you think this was done?
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21. Based on the headwords (tiny and toast), give a word that could be on this
page of the dictionary.

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Section 5 Punctuation

In this passage, some punctuation and capital letters have been left out. There is one
mistake in every line. Write the missing capital letters and punctuation marks full
stops, question marks, apostrophe marks, quotation marks and commas.

The first one has been done for you.

22.

A at three o clock, the school bell rang.

Paul Anita and Rita left their classroom.

They were going to the park

In the park they saw a stranger.

Why are you here the stranger said.

We will only be here for thirty minutes Paul replied.

Its late already, be on your way now.

Okay! they exclaimed.

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Section 6 Parts of Speech

On the line provided, write the part of speech (adjective, verb, adverb, preposition or
pronoun) of the underlined word.
Part of Speech

23. Do you think it will rain today? ___________________

24. The choir sang lustily at the school concert. ___________________

25. Jamie gave a weak answer to the question. ___________________

26. Emma took a book from the cupboard. ___________________

27. Try to work as quickly as possible. ___________________

Section 7 Sentence Structure

Choose the word from the brackets that best completes each sentence. Write the word
on the line provided.

28. Petra, you _________________ my best friend in class.

(is, are)

29. One hundred centimetres _________________ one metre.

(equals, equal)

30. Annie and Deo__________________ together on Mondays.

(eat, eats)

31. My coach, Mr. Anton, ________________ the successful athletes.

(praise, praised)

32. Last weekend, George ________________ the entire length of the pool.
(swim, swam)

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Section 8 Creative Writing

33. Write a story based on the picture below.

In your story, describe how the boy ended up in the problem and the events that
followed.

Use this space to plan your writing.

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