Comprehension Worksheets for Class 3 – Mixed
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.Kavya’s grandmother lives in a small village near Mysuru. Every summer holiday, Kavya travels there by train with her father. In the village, she wakes up to the sound of roosters. She helps her grandmother feed the cows and pick jasmine flowers. In the evenings, Ajji tells her stories under the starry sky. Kavya always feels sad when the holidays end.
How does Kavya travel to the village? (a) by bus (b) by car (c) by train (d) by plane -
2.Doctor: What is the matter, Pranav?
Pranav: I have a stomach ache, doctor.
Doctor: What did you eat yesterday?
Pranav: I ate pani puri from a roadside stall.
Doctor: The water may not have been clean. Take this medicine and drink boiled water.
Pranav: I will. I won’t eat from that stall again.
What is Pranav’s problem? (a) a headache (b) a cut (c) a stomach ache (d) a cough -
3.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 many kilos of onions does Iqbal buy? (a) three (b) two (c) one (d) four -
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 many glasses of juice do they order? (a) one (b) two (c) three (d) four -
5.Vikram’s school held a drawing competition on the theme “My City”. Vikram drew the busy Howrah Bridge with buses, taxis and people. His friend Priya drew a quiet lake with ducks. Vikram won second prize and Priya won first prize. Vikram felt a little disappointed at first. Then he congratulated Priya with a big smile.
Who won first prize? (a) Sanjay (b) Nobody (c) Vikram (d) Priya -
6.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 the morning (b) in the monsoon (c) in winter (d) in summer -
7.Kavya’s grandmother lives in a small village near Mysuru. Every summer holiday, Kavya travels there by train with her father. In the village, she wakes up to the sound of roosters. She helps her grandmother feed the cows and pick jasmine flowers. In the evenings, Ajji tells her stories under the starry sky. Kavya always feels sad when the holidays end.
Where does Kavya’s grandmother live? (a) near Delhi (b) near Chennai (c) in Mumbai (d) near Mysuru -
8.Ants are tiny insects, but they are very strong. An ant can carry things much heavier than its own body. Ants live together in large groups called colonies. Some ants build their homes under the ground, with many rooms and tunnels. When an ant finds food, it leaves a smell trail. Other ants follow this trail to reach the food.
What does an ant leave when it finds food? (a) a note (b) a smell trail (c) a sound (d) a light -
9.Joseph and his sister Mary went to the beach in Goa with their parents. They built a big sandcastle with towers and a moat. Suddenly, a large wave rushed in and washed half of it away. Mary started to cry. Joseph laughed and said they could build an even better one. Together they built a new castle, a little farther from the water.
Who started to cry? (a) Their mother (b) Mary (c) Their father (d) Joseph -
10.Deepa’s bicycle had a flat tyre. She did not know how to fix it, so she asked her neighbour, Thomas uncle. He showed her how to find the hole by putting the tube in a bucket of water. Tiny bubbles came out where the hole was. Thomas uncle stuck a patch on the hole and pumped air into the tyre. Now Deepa can fix a flat tyre all by herself.
True or false: Deepa can now fix a flat tyre by herself. (a) True (b) False -
11.Sana wanted to learn to swim, but she was afraid of deep water. Her coach, Mary ma’am, started by teaching her to float in the shallow end of the pool. Slowly, Sana learnt to kick her legs and move her arms. After a month, she swam across the whole pool. She was so proud of herself. Now she goes swimming every Saturday.
What was Sana afraid of? (a) the cold (b) deep water (c) the coach (d) sunlight -
12.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.
Why does Raju bake the pots in a fire? (a) to make them soft (b) to colour them (c) to make them hard (d) to clean them
Answer key
- by train
- a stomach ache
- two
- two
- Priya
- in the monsoon
- near Mysuru
- a smell trail
- Mary
- True
- deep water
- to make them hard
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