(1)

\begin{align*} Cov(X,Y) & =E\left(\left(X-E(X)\right)\left(Y-E(Y)\right)\right)\\ & =Cov(Y,X) \end{align*}

(2)

\begin{align*} Cov(X,Y+a) & =E(X(Y+a))-E(X)E(Y+a)\\ & =E(XY)+aE(X)-E(X)E(Y)+aE(X)\\ & =E(XY)-E(X)E(Y)\\ & =Cov(X,Y) \end{align*}

(3)

\begin{align*} Cov(X,aY) & =E(XaY)-E(X)E(aY)\\ & =a\left(E(XY)-E(X)E(Y)\right)\\ & =aCov(X,Y) \end{align*}