The Egyptian American International School
Grade 3 English Paper 2 Semester Exam Study Guide
The information in this document will help to prepare you for the exam. Make sure you read the text, review notes,
worksheets, homework, and old quizzes and tests. Good Luck 
The duration of the exam is 1 hour and it will count as 50% of the total mark for the Language Arts Exam.
English Paper 2 exam will cover the following content::
 Section 1: Spelling
This section will include a mixture of multiple choice questions, and unscrambling words.
 Section II: Mechanics and Grammar Usage
This section will include multiple choice questions to identify parts of sentences, as well as questions to readjust
sentence structure.
 Section III: Writing
In this section students will be required to write a paragraph following the proper paragraph structure they were
taught throughout the semester.
There will be a bonus on the exam not to exceed 2.5%
Grammar Lesson Title + Objective
Statements and questions sentences
-identify statement sentence and its end mark
-identify question sentence and its end mark
Commands and exclamation sentences
-identify command sentence and its end mark
-identify exclamatory sentence and its end
mark.
Simple and compound sentences
-identify simple sentences
-identify compound sentence
-identify joining words and comma before the
joining word
Common and proper nouns
-identify common nouns
-identify proper nouns(names, days,months,
events)
-use capitalization with proper nouns
Abbreviations
-identify abbreviation(days, months, some
words)
- start with capital letter and end with a period
Singular and plural nouns
-identify singular nouns
-know the rules for plural nouns
Possessive nouns
-identify singular and plural possessive nouns
-differentiate between plural nouns and
possessive nouns
-place the apostrophe correctly
-able to change nouns into possessive
nouns(belong to, for, owned by)
Resources to study from
-Grammar Practice Book (1-4)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
-Grammar Practice Book (5-8)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
-Grammar Practice Book (19-22)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
-Grammar Practice Book (23-26)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
-Grammar Practice Book (27-30)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
-Grammar Practice Book (31-34)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
-Grammar Practice Book (37-40)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
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Singular and plural pronouns
-identify singular and plural pronouns
-able to change nouns into pronouns
-Grammar Practice Book (41-44)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
Subject and object pronoun
-identify subject and object pronouns
-able to change nouns into pronouns
-able to place I and me correctly
Pronoun-antecedent agreement
-identify the antecedent and its pronoun
-Grammar Practice Book (45-48)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
Adjectives
-identify the adjectives
-identify the noun that it describes
-identify the adjectives that show how many,
what kind
-understand that colors, numbers, size and
shape are adjectives
Adjectives that compare
-use (er) and (est)correctly
- use more, the most correctly
Articles
-use a, an, the correctly
-Grammar Practice Book (49-52)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
-Grammar Practice Book (55-58)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
-Grammar Practice Book (59-62)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
-Grammar Practice Book (63-66)
-Grammar Copy book
-revision packs
Spelling words + objective
Objectives: Students should be able to:
- use the words as part of proper sentences using the proper spelling.
- identify different synonyms and antonyms
- use the properly spelled words to complete sentences
dust
drop
shut
felt
stand
riding
baking
picked
letting
deep
lean
trail
toast
toys
games
bushes
glasses
puppies
sharp
pitch
peach
wheat
foil
loud
growl
bounce
sprint
screen
strike
spread
title
beetle
saddle
trouble
scribble
sign
gnaw
kneel
knight
Writing + Objective
hopped
stain
itch
gown
scratch
knob
Resources to
study from
Informative Writing: Students should be able to write an informative
paragraph about an unseen animal, using a given fact file, pictures and/or
prompts. Students should relate their ideas by using linking words, write main
ideas and supporting details and conclude their paragraph.
Opinion Writing: Student should be able to write an opinion paragraph stating
their opinion about a given topic and giving some reasons and examples to
support their opinion. Students should organize their ideas by using linking
words.
Writing Copy
book