AIM2003

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Year 3 - English First Name Last Name

Practice Questions

Turn to page 4 of Going Places and answer the question.

What is the title shown on page 4 of Going Places ? Shade
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Hector the Rat one
bubble.
Bronson
A Lizard’s Day
The ‘Something’

For questions 2 to 4 you do NOT need to use Going Places .

Shade one bubble to show which word should be used to complete the sentence below.
2
My Dad _____ make lots of things. and can for

Shade one bubble to show the first letter of the alphabet.

3

My brother is bigger than I am.

Read the three sentences below about how to grow tomatoes.

Write one
The sentences are in the wrong order. number in
4 each box.
Write the numbers 1, 2 and 3 to show the correct order.

After a few weeks, transplant tomato seedlings into the garden bed.

First, plant your tomato seeds in planter boxes and water well.

Leave the tomatoes on the bush until they are ripe.

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 YEAR 3 ENGLISH
This task will take 40 minutes.
For questions 1 and 2 you do NOT need to use Going Places .

1
Which word does not match the picture?

Shade
one
bubble.

trees boats
path

grass

Number the boxes 1, 2, 3 and 4 to place these towns in alphabetical order.

2

Ballarat Write one

number in
each box.
Wandin

Horsham

Bendigo

Turn to page 2 of Going Places. Read Ducktown School Fair and answer questions 3 to 6.
The fair is being held at the In the library you can find books and
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Jumping Castle. toys.
Ducktown School. animals. Shade
one
Climbing Wall. drinks. bubble.

What is last on the list of Children need to be older than

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“ATTRACTIONS”? 7 years to go on the
Food and Drink Jumping Castle.
Pony Rides Pony Rides.
Climbing Wall Climbing Wall.

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Turn to page 3 of Going Places. Read Hector the Rat and answer questions 7 to 10.

According to Hector’s family, a rat should be

7 Shade
a disgrace to his family. one
bubble.
thrown out of the sewer.
ashamed of his relatives.
dirty, low-down and mean.

Hector would be thrown out of the sewer unless he

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began to behave badly.
bandaged wounds for people.
cleaned his room.
tidied up after his brothers.

Hector apologised to strangers when The words “but it was hopeless” show
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he was a disgrace. that Hector
he scavenged in dustbins. became low-down and mean.
his father bit them. tried to change but couldn’t.
his room was untidy. bit strangers in the street.
was ashamed of his relatives.

For questions 11 to 14 you do NOT need to use Going Places.

Shade one bubble on each line to show where capital letters are needed in this sentence.

11 the plane landed at midnight

Shade one
bubble on
12 after its flight from canberra. each line.

Shade one bubble on each line to show which word should be used to complete
each sentence.

13 Our football rolled ___ the roof. of off for

14 The music is ___ loud. too to two

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Turn to page 4 of Going Places. Read A Lizard’s Day and answer questions 15 to 19.
A lizard wakes up
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as the sun sinks. Shade
one
at night time. bubble.

at dinner time.
as the sun rises.
A lizard hides under a rock to A lizard protects itself at night by
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keep cool. curling up in a shelter.
trap its prey. hiding in the shade.
search for food. escaping the heat.
digest its food. resting when necessary.

The way a lizard spends its day depends on The article explains the
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how hungry it is. lizard’s life cycle.
other lizards in the area. daily temperature.
the weather conditions. growth of a lizard.
the number of places to hide. lizard’s daily activity.

For questions 20 to 23 you do NOT need to use Going Places.

Shade one bubble on each line to show which words should be used to Shade one
bubble on
complete the sentence. each line.

20 If ___ late for rehearsal you’re you your

21 again you ___ be chosen don’t won’t want

22 for this ___ play. year years year’s

23 Read the 4 sentences below about Herbie.

The sentences are in the wrong order. Write one
Write the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 to show the correct order. number in
each box.
Then he licked the stamp and glued it to the sealed envelope.

Herbie walked down the street to the mailbox and posted the birthday card.

Herbie bought a card and wrote ‘Happy Birthday Sandy’ inside.

He placed the card inside an envelope and sealed it.

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Turn to page 5 of Going Places. Read Bronson and answer questions 24 to 28.
The main reason for the garden changing was that
24 Shade
a dog had come to live there. one
bubble.
it was next to a rubbish tip.
a new front lawn was planted.
the new owners were good gardeners.

In the passage, “looked like a rubbish tip” means that the garden
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had garbage bags in it.
was littered and untidy.
was smelly with high fences.
was full of rubbish bins.

John is Hannah’s
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owner.
brother.
mother.
dog.

Hannah grabbed John’s hand as they passed Bronson’s house because

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she felt important.
he was going too fast.
her mother told her to.
she was frightened.

In this passage, the children are

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friends with Bronson.
annoyed with Bronson.
afraid of Bronson.
jealous of Bronson.

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Turn to page 6 of Going Places. Read The ‘Something’ and answer questions 29 to 33.
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When the something missed Victor, the next thing it did was
dart forward. Shade
one
hit the tree trunk. bubble.
fall to the ground.
sit down and cry.
The something said “Oh, cumquats and What couldn’t the something get right?
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castor oil!” because it wailing
was annoyed. falling
wanted to eat. flying
felt cheerful. speaking
got top marks.
The something does not have The something’s fur is most like
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a pointed head. leaves on trees.
small ears. leathery wings.
leathery wings. oranges and cumquats.
orange fur. lichens on trees.
Turn to page 7 of Going Places. Read The Day Grandma Came to Stay and answer questions
34 to 38.
Lucy’s house is in a real mess because In the passage Lucy feels
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the Queen is coming to stay. excited.
Aunty Nina needs a holiday. sick.
Grandma is coming for a holiday. happy.
white daisies are growing everywhere. ignored.
Lucy finally decides she might as well The person telling the story is
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touch the wet paint. Lucy.
become a ghost. Grandma.
change her hairstyle. Aunty Nina.
get the measles. Mrs Timmings.
Which statement is true?
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Lucy is covered with measles spots.
Lucy has green spiked hair.
STOP
Lucy has turned into a ghost. HERE
Lucy played with a skeleton in class.
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 YEAR 3 SPELLING – This task will take 15 minutes.
Julia has written this story about the Yarra river.
TASK A Her teacher has circled her spelling errors.
EDITING Write the words correctly in the spaces provided.
TASK NOT DONE DO NOT WRITE
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The Yarra River flows threw Melbourne. 1.

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The river was wunce used for 2.

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tranport . Goods were loaded on 3.

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boats and carryed to other towns. 4.

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Now goods travell by road and train, 5.

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and the boats are used by toorists . 6.

TASK B Wait for your teacher to read the dictation to you. You should
DICTATION write the word in the space provided after your teacher tells you to.
(1) (2)
Frogs to the amphibian . They have
(3) (4)
skin and webbed feet. Their life is
(5) (6)
extremely . Tadpoles rapidly
(7) (8)
growing. First they develop and hind
(9) (10)
legs. Then they their tails and into
(11) (12)
small frogs. The frogs lay eggs and the

begins again. TASK NOT DONE

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
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AIM 2003
Year 3 – Writing First Name Last Name

This task will take 35 minutes.

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