Q1
MCQ
1 mark
After the movie ended, Robert ____________ home for dinner.
P3 English CA1 2025 — Nanyang
Source: Nanyang, 2025
This P3 English CA1 paper from Nanyang (2025) covers grammar, cloze passage, editing and spelling and visual text and situational writing across 20 questions worth 20 marks. Practise English the way it's tested at P3 level in Singapore, with step-by-step answers on LearnBuddy.
Q2
MCQ
1 mark
The child is only two years old, but he can feed ____________.
Q3
MCQ
1 mark
Mei Ling shivered in fear on stage. She opened her mouth to speak but ____________ words came out.
Q4
MCQ
1 mark
"Father baked ____________ cookies for us!" Lorrie exclaimed as she handed a plate of cookies to her brother.
Q5
MCQ
1 mark
The ____________ dog greeted everyone at the park, wagging its tail happily.
Q6
MCQ
1 mark
The class ____________ with laughter when they heard their classmate's joke.
Q7
MCQ
1 mark
This ____________ building is named the tallest man-made structure in the world.
Q8
MCQ
1 mark
Rita put up several ____________ of her lost kitten all around the neighbourhood in hopes of finding it.
Q9
Structured
1 mark
(Grammar Cloze – Preposition) Choose the correct word from the box (A. in, B. to, C. by, D. from, E. into, F. across) for blank (9): Maisie had a special gift of spinning the best webs. She lived (9) ____________ Robert's house and loved to spin her webs all over the house.
Q10
Structured
1 mark
(Grammar Cloze – Preposition) Choose the correct word from the box (A. in, B. to, C. by, D. from, E. into, F. across) for blank (10): One day, as she was resting (10) ____________ her favourite window, she had a brilliant idea to surprise Robert when he returned home from work.
Q11
Structured
1 mark
(Grammar Cloze – Preposition) Choose the correct word from the box (A. in, B. to, C. by, D. from, E. into, F. across) for blank (11): One day, as she was resting by her favourite window, she had a brilliant idea to surprise Robert when he returned home (11) ____________ work.
Q12
Structured
1 mark
(Grammar Cloze – Preposition) Choose the correct word from the box (A. in, B. to, C. by, D. from, E. into, F. across) for blank (12): She began spinning the finest webs she had ever spun (12) ____________ the entire living room. "Robert would finally notice my talent," she thought.
Q13
Structured
1 mark
(Grammar Cloze – Subject-Verb Agreement) Underline the correct word: Thousands of people visit beaches to enjoy the sun and the sand. Among these beaches, some (13) [ is / are ] home to sea turtles.
Q14
Structured
1 mark
(Grammar Cloze – Subject-Verb Agreement) Underline the correct word: Female sea turtles (14) [ swim / swims ] from the ocean to the shore to lay eggs at night.
Q15
Structured
1 mark
(Grammar Cloze – Subject-Verb Agreement) Underline the correct word: Unfortunately, sea turtles are facing extinction! Therefore, volunteers are working hard to help them. They (15) [ look / looks ] closely at the sand to find the tracks left by the mother sea turtles.
Q16
Structured
1 mark
(Grammar Cloze – Subject-Verb Agreement) Underline the correct word: This (16) [ help / helps ] them to locate where the sea turtles laid their eggs so that they can protect that area.
Q17
Structured
1 mark
(Editing for Spelling) The underlined word contains a spelling error. Write the correct word: Davey's brother had just climbed out of bed. He greeted Davey (17) esciterdly, "Good morning! It's a beautiful day, Davey!"
Q18
Structured
1 mark
(Editing for Spelling) The underlined word contains a spelling error. Write the correct word: "Good morning! It's a beautiful day, Davey! Are you (18) readee for our adventure?"
Q19
Structured
1 mark
(Editing for Spelling) The underlined word contains a spelling error. Write the correct word: Together with their friends, they tied loads of (19) brunches together and built a wooden fort in a few hours.
Q20
Structured
1 mark
(Editing for Spelling) The underlined word contains a spelling error. Write the correct word: Despite the blisters on his hands and (20) skretches on his legs, Davey had a huge smile on his face.