Ministry of Education and Youth

Grade Three Diagnostic Test

June 2022

Language Arts

Write your name and the name of your school below:

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Name of Student

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Name of School

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DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO

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 PART ONE

Listen carefully to your teacher then circle the letter beside your answer.

1. Which word has a different 6. Which word rhymes with

middle sound from the word “snack”?
cheese? A. pack
A. feed B. safe
B. rear C. sort
C. these

7. Which word has a different

2. Which word ends with the middle sound from the word
“ch” sound? “HOUSE”?
A. branch A. mouse
B. country B. round
C. change C. stop

3. Which word has the same 8. Which word rhymes with

sound as “e” in tree? “day”?
A. shade A. lay
B. new B. die
C. need C. lie

4. Which letters give the sound 9. Which word has the same
that begins the word sound as “e” in seeds?
SHARING? A. each
A. ch B. head
B. st C. end
C. sh

5. How many syllables are in the 10. How many syllables are in the
word OPENING? word CREATURE?
A. 1 A. 1
B. 2 B. 2
C. 3 C. 3

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Listen to the passage as your teacher
reads it, then answer questions 11 – 14.

11. Which foods make our bodies

strong and healthy?
A. foods with fat and sugar
B. foods with dairy products
only
C. different kinds of foods

12. What do nutritionists advise us

to do?
A. eat a variety of foods
B. never eat fruits and
vegetables
C. do not eat different foods

13. Which food would give us

protein?
A. cereals
B. fish
C. fruits

14. Too much of which food will

likely make people unhealthy?
A. fats
B. fruits
C. vegetables

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 PART TWO
Now do these questions on your own.

Which word should be placed on the 20. I ____ to the games on

line for questions 15 – 24? Saturdays.
A. going
15. The children lost _____ way on B. go
the field trip. C. goes
A. their
B. them
C. there 21. The boys _____ scared of the
lizards.
A. isn’t
16. We looked for the book _____ B. wasn’t
we did not find it. C. weren’t
A. but
B. so
C. unless 22. Mother bought six oranges.
She gave Julie the ____ one.
A. large
17. Let _____ go for a ride. B. largest
A. I C. larger
B. us
C. we
23. Tommy ate his breakfast ____
his mother got ready for work.
18. My brother walked ____ home. A. because
A. slow B. unlike
B. slowed C. while
C. slowly

24. The boys ____ football every

19. The girl said _____ would bake Friday after school.
a cake for the field trip. A. play
A. she B. plays
B. us C. playing
C. them

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From the sentences given in Which punctuation mark should go
questions 25 – 28, which is in place of the * in questions
correct? 29 – 32?

25. A. Many people go to 29. Are you going to the party*

church on Sundays. A. .
B. Many people goes to B. !
church on Sundays. C. ?
C. Many people gone to
church on Sundays.

30. “Oh *” cried the boy, “I am

26. A. When will you be leave hurt.”
for work? A. !
B. When will you be B. ?
leaving for work? C. ‘
C. When will you leaves for
work?
31. “What is your name*” asked
the policeman.
27. A. We ate at the end of A. !
the field trip. B. ?
B. We eaten at the end of C. .
the field trip.
C. We eating at the end of
the field trip. 32. Mary went with me to the
show*
A. !
28. A. Wash fruits and B. ?
vegetables before you ate C. .
them.
B. Wash fruits and
vegetables before you eat
them.
C. Wash fruits and
vegetables before you
eaten them.

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Which sentence is CORRECTLY 37. The boys were late for school.
punctuated in questions 33 – 34? A. early
B. lazy
33. A. Paul, had a sandwich, C. quick
an orange biscuits, and
water in his lunch box.
B. Paul had, a sandwich, an Which word should be placed on the
orange biscuits and water line for questions 38 – 39?
in his lunch box.
C. Paul had a sandwich, an
orange, biscuits and 38. We read the story about the
water in his lunch box. ____ that lived in the woods.
A. bear
B. beer
34. A. The mans boot’s are on C. bare
the ground.
B. The man’s boots are on
the ground. 39. May I have a _____ of your
C. The mans’ boots are on apple?
the ground. A. peace
B. peas
C. piece
Which word is OPPOSITE to the
one underlined in questions
35 – 37? Which word means the same as
the one underlined in
35. Six children from the class questions 40 – 42?
were absent today.
A. ill 40. The old woman spoke softly to
B. present the children.
C. sick A. harshly
B. quietly
C. slowly
36. John was feeling better by the
end of the day.
A. fine 41. Many big trees are in the park.
B. worried A. fruit
C. worse B. large
C. low

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42. Mary weeps every day for her eating the jerk chicken we bought
lost doll. earlier from Boston in Portland!
A. yearns
B. long
C. cries 43. Which animal did Mark like
best?
Read the passage below then answer A. fish
questions 43 – 47. B. monkey
C. lion
Field Trip
The students of Mark’s grade three 44. Which animal did Cleo feed?
class were now on a field trip at Hope A. fish
Gardens. They first stopped at the fish B. lion
pond. The pond was at the entrance to C. turtle
Hope Gardens. It was a large, concrete
pond that had lots of green water lilies
with pink flowers. Large goldfish were 45. Which two animals kept
swimming happily around the pond. moving around?
A. lion and turtle
There was also a large, brown and B. monkey and turtle
green turtle that had about thirteen or C. fish and turtle
fourteen baby turtles. The baby turtles
were as small as coins. It was hard to
count them because they kept moving 46. Why was Christine missing?
around. A. She was probably
hungry.
Jamie took out her biscuit, broke one
B. She was afraid of the lion.
up and fed it to the fish. They came to
C. She did not like Hope
the surface of the water and ate it up
Gardens.
greedily. Cleo was not interested in
seeing the fish. The monkeys were her
favourite. Even though they cause 47. The field trip was being used to
Mark’s heart to beat fast, he liked the teach the students about _____?
lions the best. A. baby turtles
Then everyone realized that Christine B. living things
was missing. We found her under a C. sharing with others
large almond tree. She was already

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Read the poem below then answer 51. What does “standing tall” mean
questions 48 – 52. in the poem?
A. being upright
I Wish I Could B. being proud
C. very high
I wish I could live in the country
I wish I could look at the sunset
And not see a building standing tall. 52. Where does the person in this
I wish I could listen to birds poem live?
And not hear a car roar by. A. on a farm
I wish I could look at the trees B. in the city
And not see a street light glaring C. in the countryside
down.
I could do these things in the country.
Look at the table showing the
Source: Periodicals- opening hours of a Dental Office,
Highlights for Children
then answer questions 53 to 57.

48. What does the poet wish to see? Dental Office Opening Hours
A. tall buildings and sunset DENTISTS
B. street lights and trees DAY TIME ON DUTY
C. sunset and trees 10:00 a.m.
Sunday to Dr. Miller
3:00 p.m.
49. Which was NOT mentioned in Monday 8:00 a.m.
the poem? to to Dr. Brown
A. birds Wednesday 4:00 p.m.
B. buildings
C. butterflies Thursday Closed

9:00 a.m.
50. Which sentence BEST explains Friday to Dr. Chin
how the person feels about 5:00 p.m.
where he is living? 10:30 a.m. Dr. Chin
A. He does not like where Saturday to and
2:30 p.m. Dr. Brown
he is living.
B. It is his favourite place.
C. He can enjoy the sunset
from where he is living.

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53. On Tuesdays, the dental office Use the map below to answer
opens from _____? questions 58 – 60.
A. 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
B. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
C. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

54. Teddy has an appointment for

Friday. Which dentist will he
see?
A. Dr. Miller
B. Dr. Brown
C. Dr. Chin

55. Which dentist works on one

day only? 58. Which building is located
A. Dr. Miller between Bustamante Road and
B. Dr. Brown Garvey Drive?
C. Dr. Chin A. fire station
B. hospital
C. school
56. On which days does Dr. Chin
work? 59. The fire station is at the
A. Fridays and Saturdays beginning of _____?
B. Tuesdays and Saturdays A. Bogle Way
C. Fridays and Tuesdays B. Garvey Drive
C. Bustamante Road

57. On which day of the week 60. When leaving the hospital you
would two dentists work? would exit on ______?
A. Tuesday A. Garvey Drive
B. Wednesday B. Gordon Street
C. Saturday C. Bustamante Road

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