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Reading comprehension lesson 12: Class 3 practice test · Set 567 · 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.The camel is called the ship of the desert. It can walk for many days on hot sand without drinking water. Its long eyelashes protect its eyes from blowing sand. Its wide, flat feet do not sink into the sand. The hump on its back stores fat, not water. In India, camels are found in the deserts of Rajasthan.

    What does a camel’s hump store?
    (a) fat (b) water (c) sand (d) milk
  2. 2.Plants make their own food in their leaves. To do this, they need sunlight, water and air. The roots take in water from the soil. The green colour in the leaves helps them catch sunlight. Animals cannot make their own food like plants do. That is why plants are very important for all living things.

    Where do plants make their food?
    (a) in their roots (b) in their flowers (c) in the soil (d) in their leaves
  3. 3.Meena: Papa, can we go to the Republic Day parade this year?
    Papa: Yes, but we must leave home very early.
    Meena: Why so early?
    Papa: Thousands of people come to watch, and the roads are closed after seven o’clock.
    Meena: I will set my alarm for five o’clock then.
    Papa: Good idea. Keep your cap and water bottle ready too.

    Who asks “Why so early?”
    (a) a policeman (b) Mummy (c) Meena (d) Papa
  4. 4.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 is steam?
    (a) a cloud (b) a solid (c) a liquid (d) a gas
  5. 5.The Moon is Earth’s closest neighbour in space. It does not make its own light. The Moon shines because sunlight falls on it and bounces off. As the Moon goes around Earth, we see different shapes of it. On a full moon night, we see the whole round Moon. On a new moon night, we cannot see the Moon at all. It takes about a month for the Moon to go around Earth.

    Why does the Moon shine?
    (a) it has lamps (b) it is made of ice (c) it is on fire (d) sunlight bounces off it
  6. 6.Rain begins with the Sun heating water in seas, rivers and lakes. The warm water turns into water vapour and rises into the sky. High up, the air is cold, so the vapour cools and forms tiny drops. Many drops join together to make clouds. When the drops become too heavy, they fall as rain. This journey of water is called the water cycle.

    What do many tiny drops join together to make?
    (a) ice (b) clouds (c) rivers (d) steam
  7. 7.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.

    In how many forms can water be found?
    (a) four (b) two (c) three (d) five
  8. 8.One afternoon, a monkey jumped into Lalita’s kitchen through the open window. It grabbed a bunch of bananas from the table. Lalita’s little brother screamed and hid behind the door. Lalita did not panic. She threw a cucumber out into the garden, and the monkey ran after it, dropping the bananas. After that, Lalita always kept the window closed.

    What does “panic” mean in this story?
    (a) eat food (b) get very scared (c) laugh loudly (d) run fast
  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.

    How do tadpoles swim?
    (a) with their legs (b) with fins (c) with their tails (d) with their tongues
  10. 10.Farhan’s kite was red with a long yellow tail. On the day of the kite festival, he went up to the terrace with his uncle. The wind was strong, and the kite flew higher than all the others. Then its string got stuck in a tall coconut tree. Farhan was worried, but his uncle gently pulled the string free. By evening, Farhan’s kite was still flying high in the sky.

    Who went up to the terrace with Farhan?
    (a) his friend (b) his father (c) his sister (d) his uncle
  11. 11.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 does the doctor say may not have been clean?
    (a) his hands (b) the plate (c) the water (d) the medicine
  12. 12.Coach: Team, the final match is on Saturday.
    Zara: Coach, what time should we come?
    Coach: Be at the ground by eight o’clock in the morning.
    Vinay: Should we bring our own water?
    Coach: Yes, and wear the blue team shirts.
    Zara: We will practise hard every evening till then.

    When will the team practise?
    (a) on Saturday only (b) every evening (c) never (d) every morning

Answer key

  1. fat
  2. in their leaves
  3. Meena
  4. a gas
  5. sunlight bounces off it
  6. clouds
  7. three
  8. get very scared
  9. with their tails
  10. his uncle
  11. the water
  12. every evening

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