Name: _____________
Date: _____________
Primary 3/ ___
Revision Sheet 1
I. Structure:
A. Choose the correct answer:
It was afternoon in a quiet neighbourhood. A burglar (tried - was trying) to break into
a house. He (creeped - was creeping) around the house when he (heard - was hearing) a
voice. "Spider-Man (watch - is watching) you!" The burglar (turned - was turning) around
quickly, but he (didn't see - wasn't seeing) anything. The burglar (started - was starting)
creeping across the garden again. "Spider-Man (watch - is watching) you!" This time the
burglar (saw - was seeing) a parrot. The parrot (sat - was sitting) by the side of the
house. "(Do you talk - Are you talking) to me?", (asked - was asking) the burglar. "Yes!",
(said - was saying) the parrot. "How do you do? I'm Batman." "That's a silly name.",
(laughed - was laughing) the burglar. "Why (does your owner call - is your owner calling)
you that?" "I have no idea, and I (don't know - I'm not knowing) why the rottweiler’s name
is Spider-Man.", (said - was saying) the parrot. The burglar said," I (don't want - am not
wanting) to find out!". And he (ran - was running) away!
B. Correct the words between brackets:
Last night, while I ____________ (do) my homework, Lili __________ (call). She
__________ (want) to ask about the Math class because she _________ (not
/understand) the lesson. _____________ (explain) Math is very easy for me. While I
_____________ (explain) to her, she ___________ (keep) interrupting me. I felt
__________ (offend). She ____________ (notice) that I was upset and
_____________ (apologize). I ___________ (accept) her apology. After all we are
friends.
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II. Comprehension:
The Changing Weather
I remember once we went on a trip to Australia, and we toured in the desert. The first
morning, we got up to clear skies, though the temperature was a bit chilly and dry.
Nevertheless, the weather forecast predicted a storm. We could feel the not-so-mild breeze
on our faces, and we thought the weatherman was going to be wrong in his predictions.
Therefore, we got on the van and set out towards the interior of the desert.
As the day went by, the temperature increased, and by noon it was more than boiling
hot. There was not a shade where to hide, and it was an unbearable flaming day. Then, all of
a sudden, the sky was clouded, and it started to rain cats and dogs. There were loud thunders
and bright lightning. The nearby river flooded, and we had to stop in the middle of the road.
We were terribly scared. The severe heatwave and the drought that the desert had been
suffering for so long came to an end in a few minutes. There was a complete drop in
temperature, and with light clothes, we felt freezing cold. It was a very unpleasant situation.
We thought it would last the whole day, but we were wrong again. In the next hour, the sky
started to clear up, and the rain totally stopped.
We didn't want to proceed farther into the desert though, and we decided to go back
to the nearest town, where we didn't mind feeling the muggy, sticky weather after all. Once
there, we started to think about our home back in Canada, where we have many cold spells
and blizzards in the winter up in the north.
We learned that we can't take the weather for granted. It's wild, and we can't predict it. The
only thing we can do is adapt ourselves to it rather than try to change it for our convenience.
We must adapt our holidays and events to the weather.
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A. Choose True (T) or False (F) statements:
1) They went to Australia and toured in the city.
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2) They wore heavy clothes and raincoats.
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3) They didn't want to proceed in the desert and decided to go
back to the nearest town.
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B. Choose the correct answer:
1) The text is ____________.
a) fiction.
b) non-fiction.
2) What is the purpose of the author?
a) to entertain.
b) to inform.
3) The weather forecast predicted a __________________.
a) war
b) a boiling hot weather
c) storm
4) The main idea of the passage is ____________.
a) the weather in Canada
b) not taking the weather for granted
c) surviving a storm
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C. Find from the text:
1) Synonym of “burning“: ___________________
2) Antonym of “pleasant“: ___________________
3) A proper noun: ___________________
4) A phrasal verb: ___________________
5) Two strong adjectives: ____________, ___________
6) A gerund: ______________________
7) An adverb of manner: __________________
8) The highlighted word “it“ refers to: ___________________
D. Fill the spaces with the right cause or effect:
Cause
Effect
1. The nearby river flooded and we
had to stop in the middle of the __________________________
road.
2. There was a complete drop of
temperature and with light
__________________________
clothes.
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E. Answer the following: (----/2)
1) Describe the weather at noon.
______________________________________________________
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2) Why can't we take the weather for granted?
______________________________________________________
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III. Writing:
A. Punctuate the following Sentence:
1) while alia was playing she fell
2) mr. peter said we must follow the rules
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