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Reading comprehension lesson 12: Class 3 practice test · Set 186 · 12 questions
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Reading tip (Prove it from the passage): Read the passage and see what kind it is. Find the key word of the question in the passage. Choose the option that the line proves.

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  1. 1.Teacher: Why are you late today, Neha?
    Neha: Ma’am, our school bus broke down on the way.
    Teacher: Oh dear! How did you come then?
    Neha: My father dropped me on his scooter.
    Teacher: All right. Please sit down and open your maths book.
    Neha: Thank you, ma’am.

    Which book does the teacher ask Neha to open?
    (a) maths book (b) science book (c) Hindi book (d) English book
  2. 2.Rohit wanted to win the school race more than anything. Every morning, he ran two rounds of the park before school. On race day, he tripped near the finish line and fell. His friend Simran stopped running and helped him stand up. They crossed the finish line together, holding hands. They did not win, but everyone in the crowd cheered for them.

    What did the crowd do?
    (a) went home (b) stayed silent (c) laughed at them (d) cheered for them
  3. 3.Water can be found in three forms. When water freezes, it becomes solid ice. When ice melts, it turns back into liquid water. When water is heated, it turns into steam, which is a gas. We use ice to keep drinks cold on hot days. Clouds are formed when water vapour cools high up in the sky.

    What cools high up in the sky to form clouds?
    (a) ice (b) smoke (c) water vapour (d) dust
  4. 4.Waiter: What would you like to eat?
    Maya: One plate of idli, please.
    Rohan: And I will have a masala dosa.
    Waiter: Anything to drink?
    Maya: Two glasses of mango juice. Not too cold, please.
    Waiter: Your food will be ready in ten minutes.

    How should the juice be?
    (a) very sweet (b) very cold (c) very hot (d) not too cold
  5. 5.Our eyes help us see colours, shapes and light. Our ears help us hear sounds. We smell with our nose and taste with our tongue. Our skin helps us feel if something is hot, cold, rough or smooth. These five are called our sense organs. We must take care of them, for example, by not reading in dim light.

    What should we not do, according to the passage?
    (a) sleeping early (b) reading in dim light (c) drinking water (d) washing hands
  6. 6.Grandpa: Shreya, do you know why we celebrate Pongal?
    Shreya: Is it a harvest festival, Thatha?
    Grandpa: Yes. Farmers thank the Sun and the cattle for a good crop.
    Shreya: What do we cook on Pongal day?
    Grandpa: We boil rice with milk and jaggery in a new pot until it spills over.
    Shreya: I love that sweet pongal!

    Who is “Thatha” in this conversation?
    (a) Shreya (b) a farmer (c) Shreya’s teacher (d) Grandpa
  7. 7.Raju the potter makes clay pots near the river in his village. He digs wet clay from the riverbank and mixes it with water. Then he shapes the pots on a spinning wheel. He leaves them in the sun to dry for three days. Finally, he bakes them in a hot fire to make them hard. People from many villages come to buy his pots.

    Where does Raju get the clay?
    (a) from his garden (b) from the forest (c) from the riverbank (d) from a shop
  8. 8.Tara: Aai, why are you covering the pickle jar with a cloth?
    Aai: To keep out flies and dust.
    Tara: Why are you keeping it in the sun?
    Aai: The sunlight helps the mango pieces become soft and tasty.
    Tara: How many days will it take?
    Aai: About one week, and then we can eat it.

    Sunlight makes the mango pieces ___.
    (a) soft and tasty (b) cold and wet (c) sour and bitter (d) hard and dry
  9. 9.Frogs can live both in water and on land. A frog lays its eggs in water. Tadpoles come out of the eggs and swim with their tails, like tiny fish. Slowly, they grow legs and lose their tails. Then they hop out of the water as young frogs. Frogs catch insects with their long, sticky tongues. In the monsoon, you can hear them croaking loudly.

    When can you hear frogs croaking loudly?
    (a) in summer (b) in winter (c) in the monsoon (d) in the morning
  10. 10.Shopkeeper: Good morning! What would you like?
    Iqbal: I need two kilos of onions and one kilo of tomatoes, please.
    Shopkeeper: Here you are. That will be ninety rupees.
    Iqbal: Here is a hundred-rupee note.
    Shopkeeper: And here are your ten rupees back. Thank you!

    How much do the vegetables cost?
    (a) fifty rupees (b) a hundred rupees (c) ten rupees (d) ninety rupees
  11. 11.Trees are very useful to us. They give us fruits, wood and shade. Trees take in the air we breathe out and give out oxygen, the gas we need to live. Their roots hold the soil together, so it is not washed away by rain. Birds build nests in trees, and many insects live on them. That is why we should plant more trees and not cut them down.

    Which gas do trees give out?
    (a) smoke (b) oxygen (c) dust (d) steam
  12. 12.Our teeth help us bite and chew food. Children have twenty milk teeth, which fall out one by one. New, stronger teeth grow in their place. Sugary food and sticky sweets can cause holes in our teeth. So we should brush our teeth twice a day, in the morning and at night. We should also rinse our mouth with water after every meal.

    What grows in place of the milk teeth?
    (a) no teeth (b) more milk teeth (c) soft teeth (d) stronger teeth

Answer key

  1. maths book
  2. cheered for them
  3. water vapour
  4. not too cold
  5. reading in dim light
  6. Grandpa
  7. from the riverbank
  8. soft and tasty
  9. in the monsoon
  10. ninety rupees
  11. oxygen
  12. stronger teeth

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