English Homework Activities - CBC Grade 3

QUESTIONS

Activities at home and at school

1. What are they doing?
   

Use have or has to complete the sentences

2. I ...........................been a way from school.
3. You ........................... asked me this question many times.
4. She ........................... written a letter to me.
5. They ........................... lot of fun during music lessons.
6. John ........................... some boys to play with.

Write two words using these blends

7. bl ...........................   ...........................
8. sh ...........................   ...........................
9. fl ...........................   ...........................
10. gr ...........................   ...........................

Sharing duties and responsibilities
Use (nobody, anybody, somebody or everybody)
Zipa was lonely. ...........1................ was at home. She had ..............2............. to talk to. Then ..............3............. knocked on the door. She did not know who it was. It could be  ...........4................ She went to open the door. It was her friend Sam. Zipa was happy. She had  ..............5............. to talk to.

Construct sentences using the following indefinite pronouns

6. Anybody  ...........................
7. Everything  ...........................
8. Someone  ...........................
9. Nobody  ...........................

Environment
Match the words with the pictures

 

Punctuate these sentences correctly

1. chacha, it is good you have learnt your lesson
2. sifa will sweep the compound
3. i will need somebody to help me
4. will you help me, mercy

Complete using words in the bracket

5. I saw two ........................... (mice, mouse) in our house yesterday.
6. Many ........................... (child, children) forget to brush their teeth.
7. A ........................... (geese, goose) has a beak.
8. My ........................... (tooth, teeth) are white in colour.
9. I saw a woman carrying a ........................... (children, child) on her back.
10. The ........................... (woman, women) are sweeping.
11. His ........................... (tooth, teeth) are paining.

Match the following children rights with the pictures

Read the passage below
Unhappy children
Martin and Monica are orphans. They live with their aunt. They don't go to school like other children. Every morning they wake up to go and look for work. Sometimes they pick coffee in a big plantation. They put small red coffee berries in two big baskets and take them to the factory. Other times, they pick green tea leaves and put them in a big white sack before taking them to the factory. Martin and Monica are always sad. They hope someone will help them one day.

Answer these questions

1. Why don't Martin and Monica go to school? ...........................
2. What work do Martin anad Monica do? ...........................
3. Is it right for small children to work in plantations? ........................... Why? ...........................
4. Where are Martin and Monica's parents? ...........................
5. What would you do if you were Martin and Monica? ...........................

Look at the picture. Use the words in the box to complete the story.

Rescued, Needs, School, Parents, Labour

Amondi was an orphan. Her ............6............... died when she was a little girl. Her aunt took her to the city to work as a house help. Amondi did not get her basic ...........7................ She also did not go to .............8.............. One day police officers came and ...................................................... her. The people who employed Amondi were arrested for child ..........10.................

Occupation
Fill in the blanks with will or shall

1. I ........................... never go there again.
2. We ........................... come tomorrow for the party.
3. ........................... you send me the ball please?
4. Tom ........................... graduate next Saturday.
5. I ........................... become a doctor.
6. They ........................... have a good time together.
7. ........................... we go somewhere else?

Name the people in the pictures

Match the person with the occupation

12. A driver will                                 treat
13. A pupil will                                  sell
14. A shopkeeper will                       drive
15. A doctor                                      read

Technology
Write two words which begin with each sound

1. Sh ...........................  ...........................  ...........................
2. Tw ...........................  ...........................  ...........................
3. Pl ...........................  ...........................  ...........................

Match the parts of computer with its work

Make two sentences using shall
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Make two sentences using will
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Safety 
Match the words with its opposite

1. Top                             thick
2. Big                              empty
3. Full                             bottom
4. Long                           small
5. Thin                            short

Use the opposites of the words in the boxes to fill in the blanks

6. We must keep the floor ........................................... to avoid accidents. (wet)
7. ...........................................tea can burn your mouth. (cold)
8. You should be ........................................... when crossing the road. (careless)
9. ........................................... hands help to prevent diseases. (dirty)
10. We used the ........................................... rope to skip. (short)
11. The cup was ........................................... table. (under)

Copy and read the sentences

12. I must be careful when using the road ...........................................
13. Always cross the road at the zebra crossing. ...........................................
14. Do not play near the road. ...........................................
15. Do not talk on the phone while crossing the road. ...........................................

Wild animals
Name these animals

Rearrange the words to form correct sentences

5. animals stop wild killing ...........................................
6. wolf shephered a the saw ...........................................
7. milk the shelf split on she ...........................................
8. bush a jumped the over monkey ...........................................

Choose the correct word to fill in the blanks

9. There is a frog ........................................... the river (by, through)
10. The hare jumped ........................................... the bushed (at, over)
11. A mouse ran ........................................... the room (across, on)
12. Jumba sat ...........................................the guest (beside, on)
13. He threw a ball ........................................... me (across, at)
14. The dog is ........................................... the kennel (inside, over)

Saving
Use the words in the box to complete the questions

1. ........................................... do you come home from school?
2. ........................................... do you save water?
3. ........................................... are you doing?
4. ........................................... pencil is this?
5. ........................................... is the baby crying?
6. ........................................... left some food on the plate?
7. ........................................... do you travel to school?

what     who    whose    why   when   how

Match the words with the meaning

8. waste                             as much as you need
9. Enough                          use carelessly
10. Save                             what should be done
11. Rules                              use carefully

Underline the nouns in the following sentences

12. The dirty man has a louse on his shirt.
13. A goose is a bird.
14. The woman is feeding an ox.
15. He came to school on foot.
16. That person ooks familiar.

Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks

17. She wore a ........................................... dress to the party.
18. Kipoto has a ...........................................  sister.
19. The sweater will ..................d.........................  if you hang it in the sunlight.
20. The baby has ...........................................  skin.

soft      pink    shrink   twin

Festival
Fill in the gaps

1. A banana is ...........................................  in colour.
2. An exercise book is ...........................................  in shape.
3. I have ...........................................  fingers.
4. I have ........................................... nose.
5. Our school sweater is ...........................................  in colour.

Write the sentences correctly

6. ten fingers i have ........................................... 
7.  in the house mary was ........................................... 
8. food eating i was ........................................... 
9. doing mom what was ........................................... 

Read the story and answer the questions
The hungry hyena ran very fast and caught a fat sheep. Mr. Musa was very unhappy. He shouted loudly but the hyena had gone into the forest.

10. Who was hungry? ........................................... 
11. What is the opposite of the word fat? ........................................... 
12. Who shouted loudly? ........................................... 
13. Musa was very ........................................... 
14. ........................................... had gone into the forest.

Playtime and sport
Use the correct form of the words in the boxes to complete the sentences

1. The trophy is ........................................... tan a whistle (heavy)
2. Of the three teams, our team had the ...........................................  runner. (fast)
3. February is the ...........................................  month of the year. (short)
4. The ........................................... animal we saw in the park was a giraffe. (tall)
5. An ant is ...........................................  than a bee(small)
6. A ruler is ...........................................  than a pencil (long)

Use "because", "and" or "but"

7. Food makes our bodies strong ...........................................  healthy.
8. She opened the umbrella ...........................................  it was raining.
9. The baby can crawl ...........................................  she cannot run.
10. The weather was sunny ...........................................  windy.
11. He is sad ...........................................  he has stomach pain.
12. Sweets are bad for your teeth ...........................................  milk is good.
13. Her mother bought meat ...........................................  vegetables.
14. He went to the dentist ...........................................  her tooth was paining.

Literacy
Match the words which have similar sounds

1. Bin                                        gun
2. Jug                                       sat
3. Dog                                      pin
4. Sun                                      dug
5. Mat                                      log

Write the underlined words correctly to make sensible sentences

6. My mother is a usenr  ...........................................
7. She is a atchere ...........................................
8. We love sitorsvi ...........................................
9. We bought a new stedur ...........................................

Write 5 sentences about my home

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Read the passage and answer questions
Tina is in the toyshop. She wants a new toy. Her doll is old and broken. There are very many pretty dolls. Some are small and some are big. Tina wants a big doll. It is very expensive. Tina is sad. She cannot have her new doll.

Answer the following questions

1. Who is in the toy shop? ...........................................
2. What does she want to do in the shop? ...........................................
3. How many dolls are in the shop? ...........................................
4. Why is Tina sad? ...........................................

Write five sentences about the picture above

1. ...........................................
2. ...........................................
3. ...........................................
4. ...........................................
5. ...........................................

Name these pictures

Circle the odd one out

1. short               cards            blouse               dress              shirt
2. forest             shrubs            river                  trees             rubbish
3. abuse             food              shelter               rest               education
4. plaiting          milking          digging                farmer          sweeping
5. tablet          computer      mobile phone         laptop          handbag

Look for seven words with the sounds below in the puzzle.
Circle them then write them down.

1. tw ...........................................
2. dw ...........................................
3. ft ...........................................
4. lf ...........................................
5. shr ...........................................
6. ct ...........................................
7. lk ...........................................

Rearrange the words to make correct sentences

6. Zack a card sent me to ...........................................
7. Tank stored a in water we ...........................................
8. Library to the read i went to a book ...........................................
9. The made of house is bricks ...........................................
10. Broke the who jar? ...........................................
11. She school to went yesterday ........................................... 

Use and or as to complete these sentences

1. I have three green books. I have two red books.
2. The teacher sat at the table. The teacher marked our books.
3. We played football. They played netball

Rearrange the sentences to make a story

4. Later in the afternoon, she walked to the beach with her cousins 
5. In the morning, they went to the stadium 
6. For lunch. Stella celebrated the Jamhuri holiday with her family
7. Stella like the Jamhuri celebrations and the speeches.
8. They had gone to Mombasa for the December holiday

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Punctuate these sentences

1. my name is caleb 
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2.  yesterday i bought oranges bananas and mangoes
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3.  which day comes after wednesday
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4. i went to visit my aunt in mombasa
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5. my school is in dundora estate
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Write the past tense of these words

1. Swim ...........................................
2. Clap ...........................................
3. Sing ...........................................
4. Stop ...........................................
5. Rub ...........................................
6. Keep ...........................................
7. Learn  ...........................................
8. Dive  ...........................................
9. Sleep ...........................................
10. Walk ...........................................

Add-ing 

1. write ...........................................
2. Sing ...........................................
3. Drive ...........................................
4. Jump ...........................................
5. Swim ...........................................
6. Sleep ...........................................
7. Watch ...........................................
8. Clap ...........................................
9. Dire ...........................................
10. Hide ...........................................

Marking Scheme 

1.                          
   1. sweeping
   2. washing utensils
   3. ironing
   4. making the bed
2. have
3. have
4. has
5. have
6. has
7. blouse/blue/
   blade/ bleed/blend
   block, etc
8. shirt/shoe/ shelter
   shield/shall/ short/sharp, etc
9. flour/flood/flat/
   flop/flip/flinch/
   fleet/flame, etc 
10. grass/groom/
    great/greet/grip/ graph/grid/grou p/grab, etc

Sharing duties

1. Nobody
2. Nobody 
3. Somebody
4. Anybody
5. Somebody
6. - 9: Accept any different answers

Environment

1. Chacha, it is good you have learnt your lesson. 
2. Sifa will sweep the compound. 
3. I will need somebody to help me.
4. Will you help me, Mercy?
5. Mice
6. Children
7. Goose 
8. Teeth 
9. Child 
10. Women 
11. Teeth

Child rights

1. Right of education
2. Right to cat
3. Right to shelter
4. Right to play

Unhappy Children

1. They are orphans.
2. They pick coffee in a plantation. 
3. No. Children should go to school. 
4. They died
5. Accept different answers 
6. Parents 
7. Needs 
8. School 
9. Rescued
10. Labour

Occupation

1. Shall 
2. Shall 
3. Will 
4. Will 
5. Shall 
6. Will 
7. Shall 
8. A teacher 
9. A farmer
10. A doctor
11. A driver 
12. Drive 
13. Read
14. Sell 
15. Treat

Technology

1. Sheep/ship/Sharp /shall/short/shot/ sheet etc
2. Two/twist/twin
3. Plan/plot/plum/ plural/please/plate /place/plumber, etc

Computer

• To type numbers and letters
• To show pictures
• To point at the screen and choose where to click
• To listen to sounds from the computer Accept different correct answers Accept different correct answers

Safety 

1. Bottom 
2. Small 
3. Empty 
4. Short
5. Thick 
6. dry 
7. hot 
8. careful 
9. clean
10. long
11. on 
12. 15: Copying and reading

Wild animals

1. Lion
2. Zebra
3. Crocodile
4. Snake
5. Stop killing wild animals
6. The shepherd say a wolf 
7. She spilt milk on the shelf
8. A monkey jumped over the bush 
9. by 
10. over 
11. across 
12. beside 
13. at 
14. inside

Saving

1. When 
2. How
3. How
4. Whose
5. Why
6. Who
7. How
8. Use carelessly
9. As much as you need 
10. Use carefully 
11. What should be done 
12. Man, louse, shir
13. Geese, bird 
14. Woman, ox
15. School, foot 
16. Person 
17. Pink
18. Twin 
19. Shrink 
20. Soft

Festival

1. Yellow
2. Rectangular
3. Ten
4. One 
5. Blue/black/red, etc
6. I have ten fingers
7. Mary was in the house
8. I was eating food
9. What was mom doing? 
10. Hyena 
11. Thin 
12. Mr. Musa 
13. Unhappy 
14. The hyena

Playtime and sport 

1. heavier
2. fastest 
3. shortest
4. tallest 
5. smaller
6. longer
7. and
8. because
9. but 
10. and 
11. because 
12. but 
13. and 
14. because

LITERACY

1. pin
2. dug
3. lo
4. gun
5. sat
6. nurse
7. teacher
8. Visitors
9. duster
   Accept correct sentences

Passage

1. Tina
2. To buy a new toy
3. Very many
4. She cannot have a new doll

Sentences

1. to 5: Accept correct answers

Name the pictures

1. Flower
2. Butterfly
3. Chick
4. Watch

Circle odd one

1. cards
2. rubbish
3. abuse
4. farmer
5. handbag

Puzzle

1. twist
2. dwell 
3. gift 
4. myself 
5. ohring 
6. insect 
7. chalk

Rearrange 

1. Zack sent me a card 
2. We stored water in a tank 
3. I went to the library to read a book
4. The house is made of bricks 
5. Who broke the jar? 
6. She went to school yesterday

Use and or as

1. I have three green and two red books
2. The teacher sat at the table and marked our books
3. We played football as they played netball
   4. 8, 5, 7, 6, 4

Punctuate these sentences

1. My name is Caleb
2. Yesterday I bought oranges, bananas and mangoes
3. Which day comes after Wednesday
4. I went to visit my aunt in Mombasa
5. My school is in Dondora estate

Past tense 

1. Swam 
2. Clapped 
3. Đang 
4. Stopped 
5. Rubbed 
6. Kept 
7. Learnt/learned 
8. Dug 
9. Slept 
10. Walked

Add-ing

1. Writing 
2. Singing 
3. Driving 
4. Jumping 
5. Swimming 
6. Sleeping 
7. Watching 
8. Clapping 
9. Diving 
10. Hiding

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