HOLIDAY TAKE-HOME PACKAGE/ THIRD TERM FIRST CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (2017/2018) ACADEMIC SESSION CLASS: GRADE 3 SUBJECT: ENGLISH NAME:

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1 HOLIDAY TAKE-HOME PACKAGE/ THIRD TERM FIRST CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (2017/2018) ACADEMIC SESSION CLASS: GRADE 3 SUBJECT: ENGLISH NAME: SECTION A: Read the following passage and answer the questions If you plan on going to Hawaii, don't bring any pets. Hawaiians are wary of letting in foreign animals. Your beloved Rex or Fi-fi could spend up to 120 days in quarantine. They have strict rules for importing animals. They carefully screen all incoming pets. Who could blame them? They've had problems with new animals in the past. The black rat was introduced to Hawaii in the 1780s. These ugly suckers originated in Asia, but they migrated to Europe in the 1st century. Since then they've snuck on European ships and voyaged the world with them. These rats carry many diseases including the plague. They are also good at surviving and tend to displace native species. That means that after they infest an area, there will be fewer birds and more black rats. Most people prefer living around birds. Since their arrival in Hawaii, black rats have been pests. They've feasted on sea turtle eggs. They've eaten tree saplings, preventing trees from being reforested. And they've been a leading cause in the extinction of more than 70 species of Hawaiian birds. They love to climb trees to eat bird eggs. They also compete with forest birds for food, such as snails, insects, and seeds. Perhaps more troubling, black rats threaten humans. They spread germs and incubate disease. They are a vector for more than 40 deadly illnesses. Some think that rat-borne diseases have killed more people than war in the last 1,000 years. Rats also eat our food. They eat more than 20% of the world's farmed food. And that's why the mongoose was brought to Hawaii. During the mid 1800s, the Hawaiian sugar industry was thriving. Americans were just realizing that they loved sugar. Hawaii was pretty much the only place in America where one could grow sugarcane. But those filthy vermin were tearing up the fields. Black rats were destroying entire crops. What's a plantation owner to do? The answer is simple. Import an animal known to kill rats. What could go wrong with that? In 1883 plantation owners imported 72 mongooses and began breeding them. People revere the mongoose in its homeland of India. They are often kept tame in Indian households. Mongooses feed on snakes, rats, and lizards, creatures that most people dislike. They are also cute and furry. And they kill deadly cobras. What's not to love? Sadly, India is a much different place than Hawaii.

2 When the mongooses got to Hawaii, they did not wipe out the rats as plantation owners hoped. Instead, they joined them in ravaging the birds, lizards, and small plants that were native to Hawaii. It's not that the mongooses became friends with the rats. They still ate a bunch of them. But mongooses are not too different from most other animals: they go for the easy meal. In Hawaii they had a choice. Pursue the elusive black rat or munch on turtle eggs while tanning on the beach. Most took the easy route. Now Hawaii has two unwanted guests defacing the natural beauty. The Hawaiians have learned their lesson. Talks of bringing in mongoose-eating gorillas have been tabled. So don't get uptight when they don't welcome your cat Mittens with open arms. They're trying to maintain a delicate ecosystem here. QUESTIONS: 1. Explain how black rats were introduced to Hawaii? 2. Arrange these events chronologically in order of their time of occurrence i. The mongoose was introduced to Hawaii ii. The black rat was introduced to Hawaii iii. The black rat migrated to Europe iv. Plantation owners bred mongooses 3. Which statement would the author most likely disagree with? a) Black rats threaten many creatures native to Hawaii b) Mongooses threaten many creatures native to Hawaii. c) Mongooses were brought to Hawaii intentionally d) The only reason people dislike rats is because they are ugly. 4. Which best express the author's main purpose in writing this text? a) To persuade readers to protect the endangered mongoose b) To describe the habits and hazards of the black rat c) To inform readers about species that have invaded Hawaii d) To entertain readers with tales of a mongoose's adventures. 5. In just one paragraph, explain why plantation owners imported mongooses to Hawaii?

3 6. Replace the word revere with another similar in meaning as it is used in the sixth paragraph? 7. Suggest a suitable title for the passage _ 8. The mongoose is praised in Indian culture and hated in Hawaiian culture. Why is this animal perceived differently in these environments? Cite information from the text to support your response. Explain your evidence thoroughly. 9. What lesson can readers learn from this text? Cite several examples of text to support your argument. Explain your support clearly. 10. Why did the mongoose fail to remove the black rat population from Hawaii? Use evidence from the text to support your argument. Explain your evidence and how it connects to your argument. SECTION B: Circle the correct word 1. will the choir director choose? 2. The winner was 3. discovered the valuable diamond? 4. The mail carrier brought that big package? 5. For was the house built?

4 6. makes the best apple strudel? 7. are these mittens? A. Who's B. Whose 8. are the rules of the game. A. That B. Those 9. are the kinds of mistakes that I keep making A. This B. These 10. is the second day in a row of record-breaking heat. A. This here B. This 11. For all I know might have been your last chance. A. That B. That there 12. Give a try; I think you'll like them. A. These B. These here 13. The Director chose for the role? 14. For was the message intended? 15. is this tape recorder? A. Who's B. Whose 16. For are we waiting? 17. Your favorite quarter back is? SECTION C: Fill with the correct verb tenses 1. When we went camping we outside because we our tent (Sleep, forget) 2. Yuka English for eight years by the time she from university. (Study, graduate)

5 3. Fraser scuba diving many times before he his scuba license. (go, receive) Rewrite the following negative sentences as affirmative sentences without changing their meaning. 1. Jim does not eat as much as Johnson. 2. Their teacher does not play piano as well as our teacher. 3. We did not find the novel interesting. 4. The apple is not good enough to be eaten. 5. The children never showed respect to their parents 6. The meal was so disgusting that we couldn t finish it. 7. Ella insisted that she mustn t go out.

6 SECTION D: Write an essay on how you spent your Easter holiday

7 HOLIDAY TAKE-HOME PACKAGE/ THIRD TERM FIRST CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (2017/2018) ACADEMIC SESSION CLASS: GRADE 4 SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS & GEOMETRY NAME: PART A: 1. Correct the following numbers to the nearest tenth a b c d Change the following to meters and correct to the nearest 2 decimal places a cm b. 9887cm c cm d Of the 95 children in 6 th grade, 3/5 went to holiday parties. How many students went to holiday parties in all? 2. Amy has 72 sweets in a bag. She keeps ¼ of them for herself and shares the rest with friends. How many sweets will she give to her friends? 3. A train arrives at the station with 150 passengers on board. 2/5 of the passengers get off the train in Seattle, and then 35 passengers board the train. How many passengers are on the train when it leaves the station? people watched the soccer game last night. Tickets cost $2.75 each. Half of these fans bought a program at $1.50 each. How much money was collected altogether? 5. Dean buys 25 stickers on Monday and 17 on Tuesday, On Wednesday he gives 1/6 of his stickers to Jack. How many does he have left? 6. On six book shelves there are 72 books per shelf. How many books are there altogether? If 1/3 of these are non-fiction, how many fictional books are there? 7. Of 100 children in Grade 5 and Grade 6, three-quarters have pets; 40 children have a dog, and 18 children have a cat. How many children have other kinds of pets?

8 8. Steven says I would rather have 5/9 of $72 than 4/6 because I will get more to spend. Is he correct? 9. A pole is erected with 35.45m of it in the ground. If the height of the pole above the ground is 87.64m, what is the total length of the pole? 10. Find the perimeter of the following shapes a. 18cm 14cm 20cm 17cm b. 4cm 10cm 5cm 5cm 14cm 13cm 11 A triangle has a base of 15.5cm and height of 6cm. Find the area. 12 The area of triangle is 81cm and the height 12cm. Find the base. 13 Find the area of a square whose length is 20cm. 14 The ratio of men to women in a village is 2:3. If the total number of the men in the village is 600. What is the number of women? 15 If a box contains 453 books, how many books will 45 such boxes contain?