Q1
MCQ
1 mark
Raju ________ soundly even when his baby sister was screaming loudly.
P3 English SA1 2025 — Nanyang
Source: Nanyang, 2025
This P3 English SA1 paper from Nanyang (2025) covers editing and spelling, comprehension and cloze passage across 19 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
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 ____________________