English Language
Coverage, Grammar and Functional Language Teaching Resource
Grade 3
Level 2.1
Term 3
2023 - 2024
Contents:
Emirates Schools Establishment Assessment Unit
Term 3 Preparation: Vocabulary
Key vocabulary
All About Home | Inside and Outside Cities |
house | shopping |
bird | fruit |
wall | |
door | |
window | |
bed | |
shower | |
TV | |
table | |
chair | |
Term 3 preparation: Grammar
Key Grammar
NELCF Code | Grammatical structure |
G.13.1 | Present time (present simple (including verb 'to be') |
G.2.3 | Adverbs (frequency) |
G.12.2 | Prepositions of time |
I clean my bedroom every day. There are 4 bedrooms in my house. | |
Grammatical structure | Present time; present simple (including verb ‘to be’) |
Usage | Used to describe when something is happening now or regularly. |
Other examples | My sister has 5 apples on the table. She has long hair. |
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My brother never eats chocolate ice-cream. Fatima always helps her mother after school. | |
Grammatical structure | |
Usage | They are used to describe how often people repeat certain actions. |
Other examples | I often go to a café with my sister. My brothers sometimes watch TV in the evening. |
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I go to the park in the summer. At school, I listen to the teacher. Next, I pick up the fruit. | |
Grammatical structure | |
Usage | Used to describe when something happens. |
Other examples | I get up at 7 o’clock. Last week I went to the beach. |
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Term 3 preparation:
Functional language
Functional Language
NELCF Code | Grammatical structure |
FL.7 | Describing objects |
FL.8 | Expressing preference |
FL.9 | Describing habits, routines, tasks and jobs |
Lexis | big, small, long, short |
Examples | The river is long and blue. The plane is big. |
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Lexis | Like, so do I, don’t |
Examples | I like to go to the beach with my friends. I don’t like chocolate. |
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Lexis | Always, often, sometimes, never, go, am, today, this week |
Examples | I never go swimming. I always brush my teeth. Today I am going to see my friend. |
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Term 3 Assessment Example
Match the sentences to the pictures.
1. clock
2. park
3. chocolate
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Read the text and choose the correct word(s).
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We visit our family and friends and 4 _____ computer games. My mum makes nice 5 _____. I 6 _____ eat bananas because I don’t like them. 7_____ I will take some chocolate.
Match the texts to the titles.
7. | Pizza is my favourite food. I always eat it with my family. I don’t like to drink tea. |
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8. | After school, I sit on my chair and read my books. The books are from my school. |
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In school, we are learning about animals. I like dogs. Mine is nice and has long ears. I don’t like birds. We are going on a school trip to see the animals. We are getting on the bus and driving to the zoo. It is a long way away.
10. The dog has long ears and is __________.
11. Her favourite animals are ___________.
12. The class are going to the __________ to see lots of animals.
13. They are going on a __________ for a long drive.
bus | long | zoo |
dogs | birds | nice |
Read the text and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.
Read the text and answer the questions.
Plants
1. At school, we are learning about plants and animals. I like learning about how plants grow. I asked Mr. Ali about how to plant a flower. He said plants need water. The water helps the flower to grow tall. The plants in school are small because there is no water for them.
2. After school, I like to go to my garden. My mum and I like to see my flowers. They are tall. They have lots of colours. My favourite flowers are red. My mum’s favourite flowers are yellow.
14. Paragraph 1 is about _____.
A. big plants at school
B. blue plants at school
C. plants in my classroom
15. Paragraph 2 is about _____.
A. playing at school
B. my mum’s favourite animals
C. small plants at home
16. Both texts describe _____.
A. water
B. animals
C. plants
17. You can use this text to draw a picture of _____.
A. things that can grow
B. children at my school
C. animals at home
Writing
Look at the image. Answer the questions by writing complete sentences. Use the words in the box to help you.
What do you see outside your bedroom window?
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Where can you plant flowers and trees?
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park | flowers | garden |
river | school | trees |
Answers
1. | C | 10. | nice |
2. | A | 11. | dogs |
3. | B | 12. | zoo |
4. | B | 13. | bus |
5. | B | 14. | C |
6. | A | 15. | C |
7. | C | 16. | C |
8. | Food I Like | 17. | A |
9. | My Homework | | |
Well done!