Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
The rain fell ___ all through the afternoon.
📖 English · Class 3
SOF IEO Class 3: syllabus, paper pattern and sample questions
The SOF International English Olympiad for Class 3 is a 60-minute paper of 35 questions for 40 marks in 4 sections. Every question has four options and one right answer. The last 5 questions are the Achievers Section, worth 2 marks each. Below: how the paper is set out, the 6 chapters it draws on, one sample question from each section with its answer, and how to practise it for free.
Paper pattern
IEO Class 3 is set out in 4 sections. Sprinto's mock tests and printed papers follow the same order, counts and marks.
| Section | Questions | Marks each | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.Word and Structure Knowledge | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| 2.Reading | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| 3.Spoken and Written Expression | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 4.Achievers Sectionhardest | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Total · 60 minutes | 35 | 40 |
Syllabus: the 6 chapters
Every question on the paper belongs to one of these chapters. On Sprinto's map each chapter is an island, and the Achievers Section is the same chapters asked harder — not a separate topic.
- 1.Word Power — homophones, collocations, gender, numberSection 1 · "Word Wharf" on the map
- 2.Grammar — parts of speech, articles, prepositions, tensesSection 1 · "Grammar Grove" on the map
- 3.Sentences — punctuation, jumbled words, question tagsSection 1 · "Sentence Sands" on the map
- 4.Idioms, Proverbs and One WordSection 1 · "Idiom Isle" on the map
- 5.Reading — stories, anecdotes, timetables, messagesSection 2 · "Story Shore" on the map
- 6.Spoken and Written ExpressionSection 3 · "Chat Cove" on the map
Sample questions with answers
One from each section, taken from Sprinto's own bank for IEO Class 3. In the app the numbers, names and figures are different every time; these are fixed so you can read them.
Sample 1 · Section 1: Word and Structure Knowledge · Grammar — parts of speech, articles, prepositions, tenses
Answer: (D) steadily
Rain that keeps falling at the same rate is falling ‘steadily’.
Sample 2 · Section 2: Reading · Reading — stories, anecdotes, timetables, messages
Look at the picture. Which of these is not in it?
Answer: (B) Star
The picture shows cloud, umbrella, bread — there is no star in it.
Sample 3 · Section 3: Spoken and Written Expression · Spoken and Written Expression
Choose the most suitable option to complete the conversation.
Sheena: What ___ you doing after school?
Ravi: I am going to the library.
Answer: (C) are
‘You’ takes ‘are’, and ‘are … doing’ matches Ravi's ‘I am going’.
Sample 4 · Section 4: Achievers Section · Spoken and Written Expression · Achievers difficulty
In which of these situations would this be the best thing to say?
“I would love to, but I have a test on Monday. May I come next week instead?”
Answer: (C) You must turn down a friend's invitation because you have a test on Monday.
A good refusal thanks, gives the reason, and offers another time.
How to practise IEO Class 3 on Sprinto
- One island per chapter. A hidden rating per chapter picks the next English question at the difficulty that is just hard enough today.
- Mistakes come back. Anything she gets wrong returns a few days later, then a week, then a month, until it stops being a mistake.
- Mock tests in the real shape. 35 questions, 4 sections, 60 minutes, marked the moment she hands it in.
- Papers you can print. A full IEO Class 3 paper with an OMR sheet, sat at the table with a pencil.
Free, with no ads and nothing to buy. A parent signs in with Google once; the child taps her face and starts.
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