Class 3 PT I Question Paper 2025-26 English

CBSE CLASS 3
PT I Question Paper
Session 2025-26

ENGLISH

Exam CBSE Class 3
Subject English
Session 2025-26
Document Type PT I Question Paper

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SESSION: 2025-2026
CLASS: III MAXIMUM MARKS: 40
SUBJECT: ENGLISH TIME: 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES

General Instructions:
� This paper consists of 2 printed pages and four sections: A, B, C and D.

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� This paper consists of 7 questions.
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� Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.

SECTION : A (READING)
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Greenland, the world’s largest island, lies in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is a
territory of Denmark. The inhabitants of Greenland experience twenty-four
hours of sunlight in summer and almost complete darkness in winter.
Greenland appears to be white because most of it is covered with snow, ice
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and glaciers. The unfrozen parts of Greenland are covered by tundra, a flat,

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Many marine mammals such as walruses, seals and whales live in the seas
around the island. Polar bears, arctic foxes, wolves, reindeers can be found
roaming on the island’s massive ice-sheets. Soccer is one of the most popular
sports in Greenland.
(a) Fill in the blank with a suitable word from the passage: (1)
______________ is one of the most popular sports in Greenland.
(b) Complete the following statement: (1)

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(e) Choose the correct answer from the given options: (1)
Greenland is a territory of –
(i) India (ii) Denmark (iii) China (iv) Australia

SECTION: B (WRITING)
2. Write a paragraph on “A visit to a hill station.” (8)

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SECTION : C (GRAMMAR)

3. Identify the naming words (nouns) in the following sentences and state
their kinds: (1×4=4)
(a) I have never been to London.
(b) My father is honest and hardworking.
(c) We have watched Harry Potter.
(d) This laptop is new.

4. Choose the correct replacing words (pronouns) from the brackets for the (1×4=4)
underlined words in the following sentences:
(a) The girl is playing football. (He / She)
(b) My father is a police officer. (She / He)
(c) The fox is chasing a donkey. (It / He)
(d) Ravi and I will go to Rohan’s house tomorrow. (They / We)

SECTION : D (LITERATURE)
5. (A) State whether the following statements are „True‟ or „False‟: (1×4=4)
(i) The camel thinks of himself to be as wise as human beings.
(ii) The penguins cannot understand our remarks.
(iii) Molly’s friends were very jealous of her.
(iv) We should not laugh at the chimpanzee.
(B) Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives: (1×5=5)
(i) The poet says that the camel is very proud of his noble -
(a) chump (b) bump (c) dump (d) lump
(ii) Somu lost interest in Molly as he was busy playing with his new –
(a) toy car (b) toy train (c) toy gun (d) toy block
(iii) During which hour of the day did Somu give Molly a lump of sugar?
(a) At lunch time (b) At breakfast time
(c) At tea-time (d)At dinner time
(iv) The name of the sparrow in the story ‘The Canary’ was-
(a) Chirpy (b) Coco (c) Angel (d) Tutu
(v) Somu’s mother took the canary out of the-
(a) bush (b) cage (c) box (d) tank
6. Answer the following questions briefly: (2×3=6)
(a) Why shouldn’t we make any remark to the penguins in the zoo?
(b) What does the poet advise us to keep in mind, when we visit a zoo?
(c) Describe Molly’s condition when Somu’s mother found her uncared for
in the cage.
7. Do you think Somu’s attitude towards Molly was correct? What would you (4)
have done if you were in Somu’s place?

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