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English Language

Coverage, Grammar and Functional Language Teaching Resource

Grade 3

Level 2.1

Term 3

2023 - 2024

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Contents:

  • Part 1: Preparation - Vocabulary
  • Part 2: Preparation - Grammar
  • Part 3: Functional Language / Lexis
  • Part 4: Practice questions

Emirates Schools Establishment Assessment Unit

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Term 3 Preparation: Vocabulary

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Key vocabulary

All About Home

Inside and Outside Cities

house

shopping

bird

fruit

wall

door

window

bed

shower

TV

table

chair

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Term 3 preparation: Grammar

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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

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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

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Functional Language

NELCF Code

Grammatical structure

FL.7

Describing objects

FL.8

Expressing preference

FL.9

Describing habits, routines, tasks and jobs

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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

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Match the sentences to the pictures.

1. clock

2. park

3. chocolate

A.

B.

C.

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Read the text and choose the correct word(s).

4.

  1. playing
  2. play
  3. plays

5.

  1. food’s
  2. food
  3. drink

6.

  1. never
  2. sometimes
  3. always

7.

  1. At
  2. In
  3. Next time

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.

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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.

 

 

  1. My homework

 

 

 

 

8.

After school, I sit on my chair and read my books. The books are from my school.

 

 

  1. Food I like

 

 

 

 

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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.

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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

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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?

______________________________________________________________________________

Where can you plant flowers and trees?

______________________________________________________________________________

park

flowers

garden

 river

school

trees

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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

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Well done!