Q1
Open-ended
1 mark
Jai's cousins wanted to spend their afternoon at the pool. As soon as they had arrived, his cousins dived (1) ____ the pool.
P3 English SA1 2025 — Henry Park
Source: Henry Park, 2025
This P3 English SA1 paper from Henry Park (2025) contains 19 questions worth 20 marks. Use it as a study reference for English topics typically tested at P3 level in Singapore schools.
Q2
Open-ended
1 mark
Jai was afraid so he treaded water (2) ____ the side of the pool.
Q3
Open-ended
1 mark
His older cousins took turns to zoom (3) ____ the water slide, making big splashes in the water.
Q4
Open-ended
1 mark
Watching them and hearing their words of encouragement, Jai mustered the courage to climb (4) ____ the stairs of the water slide.
Q5
Open-ended
1 mark
Jasmine loves reading. She would often (5) ____ to the school library to borrow books.
Q6
Open-ended
1 mark
She was excited to find out that a new library was to open near her home. Her parents said they would be (6) ____ to the library during the school holidays.
Q7
Open-ended
1 mark
When Jasmine (7) ____ to the new library with her parents, she was amazed to see that it overlooked the sea.
Q8
Open-ended
1 mark
Seeing that Jasmine was having such a wonderful time at the library, Mother said, "We (8) ____ to visit this library every week as a family."
Q9
Open-ended
1 mark
Lisa likes exercising. Henry likes exercising. Rewrite using 'Both'.
Q10
Open-ended
1 mark
George likes to watch football. George does not like to play the sport. Rewrite using 'but'.
Q11
MCQ
1 mark
In paragraph 2, Joe frowned as he ____.
Q12
MCQ
1 mark
Joe pushed Peter because Peter ____.
Q13
Open-ended
1 mark
What does the word "that" in line 10 refer to? Put a tick (✓) next to either sentence (a) or (b). (a) Peter said the football belonged to him as he had found it. (b) Peter played with the football without asking for permission.
Q14
Open-ended
1 mark
Which word in the sentence below has the same meaning as 'fell'? Circle either (A) or (B). [Box: Peter (A) tumbled onto the ground and (B) wailed loudly.]
Q15
Open-ended
1 mark
Read the statement and tick (✓) "True" or "False": Joe's mother felt that only Joe was at fault.
Q16
Open-ended
1 mark
Read the statement and tick (✓) "True" or "False": After listening to his mother, Joe decided to apologise to Peter.
Q17
Open-ended
1 mark
Which word in paragraph 5 tells you that Joe agreed with his mother?
Q18
Structured
1 mark
Write the number (1, 2 or 3) in the boxes beside the events below to show the order that they happened in the passage. Events: (i) Joe and Peter apologised to each other. (ii) Joe was happy to have made a friend whom he could play with. (iii) Joe told his mother about what had taken place at the playground.
Q19
Structured
2 marks
After apologising to Peter, what were the two things that Joe did to start a friendship with Peter? (a) ____ (b) ____