P3 English CA1 2025 — Raffles Girls
Source: Raffles Girls, 2025
This P3 English CA1 paper from Raffles Girls (2025) contains 13 questions worth 15 marks. Use it as a study reference for English topics typically tested at P3 level in Singapore schools.
Q1
MCQ
1 mark
Section A: Comprehension 1 — Passage about Lily finding a glittery, red marble on the sidewalk, returning it to the lost-and-found corner at school, and later being thanked by Max, the boy who lost it. In paragraph 1, what does the word "glittery" mean in the story? The word means ____.
Q2
Open-ended
1 mark
In paragraph 2, which word has the same meaning as kindness?
Q3
Open-ended
1 mark
Based on paragraphs 2 and 3, read the statement and tick (✓) "True" or "False": Mrs Lim praised Lily for her kind deed.
Q4
Open-ended
1 mark
Based on paragraphs 2 and 3, read the statement and tick (✓) "True" or "False": Max was glad to have found his lost marble.
Q5
Open-ended
1 mark
Based on paragraphs 2 and 3, read the statement and tick (✓) "True" or "False": Lily decided to keep the marble for her collection.
Q6
Structured
2 marks
From the last paragraph, list two things that Lily learnt after having done the remarkable deed. (i) ____ (ii) ____
Q7
Open-ended
1 mark
Section B: Comprehension 2 — Passage about a cunning fox and his good-natured friend Alligator who grow corn, potatoes and sugarcane together, with Fox tricking Alligator until Alligator suggests splitting the sugarcane equally. In paragraph 1, what was the relationship between Fox and Alligator? They were ____.
Q8
MCQ
1 mark
In paragraph 1, the word "scarce" means ____. Tick your chosen answer. (Tick one only)
Q9
Structured
1 mark
Write 1, 2 and 3 in the boxes below to indicate the order in which the events occurred in paragraphs 3 and 4. [Event A] Fox laughed and happily ate up all the corn. [Event B] Alligator and Fox harvested the potatoes together. [Event C] Alligator found out that he only had the roots of the corn plant.
Q10
Open-ended
1 mark
Which three-word phrase in paragraph 5 tells you that Alligator thought of a solution?
Q11
MCQ
1 mark
In paragraph 5, what did Fox and Alligator decide to do with the new crop that they were going to grow? Tick your chosen answer. (Tick one only)
Q12
Open-ended
1 mark
What does the word "it" in paragraph 5 refer to? The word "it" refers to ____.
Q13
Open-ended
2 marks
Answer question 13 in a complete sentence. Based on paragraph 6, list two things that Fox and Alligator experienced when they agreed to be fair in sharing the crop they had harvested.