P3 English SA1 2025 — Nanyang

Q: Raju ________ soundly even when his baby sister was screaming loudly.

A. slept. The sentence describes a past event ('was screaming' is past continuous), so the simple past tense 'slept' is required to match the time frame.

Q: Look! ________ birds flying across the bridge there look amazing.

D. Those. 'Birds' is plural and 'there' indicates the birds are far away, so the far-plural demonstrative 'Those' is correct.

Q: "Not all the guests are here. ____________ of them are caught in the jam and will be late," said Nani.

C. Some. Since 'not all' the guests are here, a portion of them are still on the way. 'Some' correctly refers to a part of the countable plural 'guests'.

Q: The fox yelped in terror as the ______ lion roared menacingly at it.

D. ferocious. The fox yelped in terror and the lion roared menacingly, so the adjective must convey fierceness. 'Ferocious' means savage and frightening, matching the context.

Q: The spy wore a costume and a hat to ________ herself so that nobody would recognise her at the party.

D. disguise. Wearing a costume and hat so nobody recognises her means she wants to alter her appearance to hide her identity — 'disguise' is the precise word.

Q: Aishah jumped for joy when she received a/an ________ to her friend's birthday party.

C. invitation. An 'invitation' is what one receives to attend a party, and being invited would make Aishah jump for joy.

P3 English 2025 SA1 19 questions 20 marks

Source: Nanyang, 2025

This P3 English SA1 paper from Nanyang (2025) contains 19 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

Raju ________ soundly even when his baby sister was screaming loudly.

Q2 MCQ 1 mark

Look! ________ birds flying across the bridge there look amazing.

Q3 MCQ 1 mark

"Not all the guests are here. ____________ of them are caught in the jam and will be late," said Nani.

Q4 MCQ 1 mark

The fox yelped in terror as the ______ lion roared menacingly at it.

Q5 MCQ 1 mark

The spy wore a costume and a hat to ________ herself so that nobody would recognise her at the party.

Q6 MCQ 1 mark

Aishah jumped for joy when she received a/an ________ to her friend's birthday party.

Q7 Open-ended 1 mark

[Word box: (A) me, (B) they, (C) we, (D) our, (E) their, (F) you. Use each word once only.] "Our school holiday starts tomorrow! Shall (7) ________ organise a picnic at the Botanic Gardens for our family?" John asked his elder sister, Sara.

Q8 Open-ended 1 mark

Sara agreed happily. The two siblings discussed what food (8) ________ family members would like to eat at the picnic.

Q9 Open-ended 1 mark

"I can bake a butter cake. John, can (9) ________ make some ham and cheese sandwiches on your own?" Sara asked.

Q10 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing for Spelling — correct the underlined word: "Just as they were angrossed in the game, the doorbell rang."

Q11 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing for Spelling — correct the underlined word: "When Tom opened the door, he saw a shevering puppy wrapped in a blanket inside a box."

Q12 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing for Spelling — correct the underlined word: "the frightened puppy stared at him with big beutifull eyes."

Q13 Open-ended 1 mark

[Comprehension passage 'The Farmer and the Frogs' — Fred the farmer is kept awake by croaking frogs, learns of a new restaurant that serves frog legs, promises to deliver 500 frogs, but finds only two frogs in the pond.] Fill in the blank with a suitable word. Farmer Fred was not able to do his job well in the day as the frogs' loud croaking affected his ____________ at night. [1m]

Q14 Open-ended 1 mark

Pick out a three-word phrase from paragraph 2 which shows why Farmer Fred wanted to remove the frogs. [1m]

Q15 Open-ended 1 mark

Based on the third paragraph, tick √ the word that best describes how Farmer Fred felt about selling the frogs to the restaurant owner. [Options with tick boxes: annoyed / delighted / sorry] [1m]

Q16 Open-ended 1 mark

For questions 16 and 17, read the statement given and tick √ "True" or "False". Statement: Farmer Fred's wife went to the market to sell frogs. [1m]

Q17 Open-ended 1 mark

Statement: The restaurant owner asked Farmer Fred to work for him in the restaurant. [1m]

Q18 Structured 1 mark

Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks to show what happened first, next, and last in the story. [1m] ____ Farmer Fred tried to catch as many frogs as he could. ____ The frogs' loud croaking made Farmer Fred angry. ____ Farmer Fred knew about the new restaurant in town.

Q19 Structured 2 marks

Using information from paragraph 5, complete the sentences to explain Farmer Fred's feelings. [2m] a) Farmer Fred was shocked as ____________________ b) Farmer Fred was disappointed as his ____________________

P3 English SA1 2025 — Nanyang

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