P3 English CA1 2025 — Nanyang

Q: After the movie ended, Robert ____________ home for dinner.

B. went. The sentence uses the past tense marker 'After the movie ended', so the verb must also be in the simple past tense. 'Went' is the past tense of 'go'.

Q: The child is only two years old, but he can feed ____________.

B. himself. The subject 'the child' is referred to as 'he' (singular, male), so the matching reflexive pronoun is 'himself'.

Q: Mei Ling shivered in fear on stage. She opened her mouth to speak but ____________ words came out.

A. no. Mei Ling was too afraid to speak, so nothing came out. 'No words' (zero words) matches the meaning. 'Little' and 'many' do not fit with the countable plural 'words' in this context; 'any' would require a negative verb.

Q: "Father baked ____________ cookies for us!" Lorrie exclaimed as she handed a plate of cookies to her brother.

C. these. 'Cookies' is plural, ruling out 'this' and 'that'. Lorrie is holding the plate of cookies (near her), so the near-demonstrative plural 'these' is correct, not the far-demonstrative 'those'.

Q: The ____________ dog greeted everyone at the park, wagging its tail happily.

B. friendly. A dog that greets everyone and wags its tail happily is showing friendly behaviour. 'Fierce' and 'grumpy' contradict this; 'courageous' does not match the cheerful greeting.

Q: The class ____________ with laughter when they heard their classmate's joke.

A. roared. The collocation 'roared with laughter' means to laugh very loudly, which fits the response to a joke. 'Boasted', 'rumbled' and 'groaned' do not collocate with 'laughter' in this positive sense.

Q: This ____________ building is named the tallest man-made structure in the world.

B. towering. 'Towering' means very tall and impressive, which matches a building described as the tallest in the world. 'Quaking' and 'trembling' mean shaking, and 'menacing' means threatening — none describe height.

Q: Rita put up several ____________ of her lost kitten all around the neighbourhood in hopes of finding it.

B. posters. To help find a lost pet around a neighbourhood, people put up posters with the pet's picture. 'Menus', 'websites' and 'instructions' are not items you physically put up around a neighbourhood to search for a lost kitten.

P3 English 2025 CA1 20 questions 20 marks

Source: Nanyang, 2025

This P3 English CA1 paper from Nanyang (2025) contains 20 questions worth 20 marks. Use it as a study reference for English topics typically tested at P3 level in Singapore schools.

Q1 MCQ 1 mark

After the movie ended, Robert ____________ home for dinner.

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.

P3 English CA1 2025 — Nanyang

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