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YEAR THREE RANDOM ASSESSMENT TEST.
ENGLISH. TIME; 1 hour.
NAME
DATE
CLASS

INSTRUCTIONS
 Answer all questions
 Write your answer to each question in the spaces provided
 You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and
handwriting.

INFORMATION
 The total mark for this paper is 50.
 The number of marks for each question is shown in
brackets.
 Ensure you answer all the questions.
 Section A: Reading and Comprehension.
Read the start of the Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl and
answer the questions that follow;
The Enormous Crocodile
In the biggest, brownest muddiest river in Africa, two crocodiles
lay with their heads just above the water. One of the crocodiles
was enormous.
The other was not so big.
“Do you know what I would like for my lunch today?” the
Enormous Crocodile asked.
“No,” the Notsobig One said. “What?”
The Enormous Crocodile grinned, showing hundreds of sharp
white teeth.
“For my lunch today,” he said, “I would like a nice juicy little
child.”
“I never eat children,” the Notsobig One said. “Only fish.”
“Ho, ho, ho!” cried the Enormous Crocodile. “I’ll bet if you saw a
fat juicy little child paddling in the water over there at this very
moment, you’d gulp him up in one gollop!”
“No, I wouldn’t,” the Notsobig One said. “Children are too tough
and chewy. They are tough and chewy and nasty and bitter.”
“Tough and chewy!” cried the Enormous Crocodile. “Nasty and
bitter! What awful tommy-rot you talk! They are juicy and
yummy!”
“They taste so bitter,” the Notsobig One said, “you have to cover
them with sugar before you can eat them.”
“Children are bigger than fish,” said the Enormous Crocodile.
“You get bigger helpings.”
“You are greedy,” the Notsobig One said. “You’re the greediest
croc in the whole river.”
 “I’m the bravest croc in the whole river,” said the Enormous
Crocodile. “I’m the only one who dares to leave the water and go
through the jungle to the town to look for little children to eat.”
“You’ve only done that once,” snorted the Notsobig One. “And
what happened then? They all saw you coming and ran away.”
“Ah, but today when I go, they won’t see me at all,” said the
Enormous Crocodile.
“Of course they’ll see you,” the Notsobig One said. “You’re so
enormous and ugly, they’ll see you from miles away.”
The Enormous Crocodile grinned again, and his terrible sharp
teeth sparkled like knives in the sun. “Nobody will see me,” he
said, “because this time I’ve thought up secret plans and clever
tricks.”
Now answer the questions below;
1.Where is this story set?
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2.Which two adjectives have been used to describe the river?
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3.Why does the enormous crocodile think that he is the bravest in
the river?
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4.Fill in the table with examples of each of the following from the
text.
Do not repeat adjectives that you used in question two.
Nouns. Verbs. Adjectives.

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5.Who are the characters in the story above?
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6.Describe the characters in number five above.
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7.Why doesn’t the Notsobig One like to eat children?
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8.What does the Notsobig One eat?
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9.Do you think the two crocodiles like each other? Why?
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10.What do you think the Enormous Crocodile’s secret plans and
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11.Write two other words that can replace the word ‘Enormous’
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12.What do you think is going to happen next in the story?
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13.Find another word that has the same meaning as ‘Grinned’
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14.What is clever about the Notsobig One’s name?
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Section B: Writing.
You have read the first part of ‘The enormous Crocodile’. Write
the end of the story.
Use these ideas to help you plan for your story.
Plot  What are the secret plans and clever tricks the
Enormous crocodile has?
 Does he go to town to look for children? What
happens?

Charact  Does the Enormous crocodile tag the Notsobig

er crocodile along to town to find children?
Setting  The crocodiles are in a river in Africa. Where
else will they go and where will they end up?

Remember to:
 Be as descriptive as possible.
 Make your story as interesting as possible.
 Use good handwriting.
 Paragraph your work.
Spend about 5 minutes planning in the box below.
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