Third Nine Weeks
3rd Grade Reading Test Questions
1
Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!
Reading Comprehension:
What makes Eddie’s juice different from other juices?
To what does Marcy compare the taste of the juice?
How are Eddie and Marcy different in their feelings about green
juice? Are there any ways in which they are alike? Use details from
the story in your answer.
Reading Vocabulary:
What does * mean in the sentence below?
In the sentence above, what does Eddie mean by “hold your
horses”?
What does “lost your marbles” mean as it is used in the story?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
Which underlined word above is spelled incorrectly?
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which change would make this sentence correct?
Which sentence below does NOT use the correct form of the verb
have?
Which sentence above is incorrect?
2
Seven Spools
of Thread
Reading Comprehension:
What is the MOST likely reason city life is harmful to the butterflies?
Which detail helps you conclude that Aunt Kate is a good/bad
gardener?
What happens inside a chrysalis? In your answer, include details
from the story along with any of your own observations.
Reading Vocabulary:
What word could replace * in this sentence?
The word * has more than one meaning. Which sentence uses the
definition given above?
The base word beam has more than one meaning. Which meaning
is used in the sentence below?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
Which underlined word above is spelled incorrectly?
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which word in the sentence below is a linking verb?
Which sentence above does NOT use the correct end punctuation?
3
Washington Weed
Whackers
Reading Comprehension:
What is the biggest difference between native and non-native
plants?
How are native and non-native plants alike?
Hoes is a field of native plants different from a field of non-native
plants? Use details from the passage in your answer.
Reading Vocabulary:
What does * mean in the sentence below?
How should you write the contraction for is not in the sentence
below?
What does the contraction shouldn’t mean in the sentence below?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
Which underlined word above is spelled incorrectly?
4
Here’s My Dollar
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
What word in the sentence below is a helping verb?
Which word in the sentence below is the main verb?
Which sentence above does not use quotation marks correctly?
Reading Comprehension:
The author MOST likely describes the children’s work to show that…
What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
Why does the author describe the town before and after the
volunteers started working? Look back at the passage as you write
your answer.
Reading Vocabulary:
Which of the following is an example of community from the
passage?
Which word in the sentence helps you understand the meaning of
thrilled?
What does slogan mean in the sentence below?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
Which underlined word above is spelled incorrectly?
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which form of the verb come correctly completes the sentence
below?
Which word is the correct past-tense form of the underlined verb in
the sentence below?
Which sentence above is incorrect?
5
My Very Own Room
Reading Comprehension:
How will David MOST likely feel when he sits in his tree house?
If the story continued, what would David MOST likely do next?
What do you think David will do the next time he has a problem?
Think about what he learns in this story.
Reading Vocabulary:
What does * means in the sentence below?
The Skyways Airport is ________ than the Touring Airport
Of all the boys in the world, David felt like the __________
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
Which underlined word above is spelled incorrectly?
6
Boom Town
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
What is the correct contraction for the underlined words in the
sentence below?
What change would make the sentence below correct?
Which sentence has the contractions for is not?
Reading Comprehension:
What problem does Anya have at the beginning of the story?
What does Anya have to do before she starts to paint?
What does Anya have to do to make the gift for her aunt? Include
each step in the correct order.
Reading Vocabulary:
What does * mean in the sentence below?
Find the compound word in the sentence below?
Which of the following compound words means “an area used for
racing”?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
Which underlined word above is spelled incorrectly?
7
Beatrice’s Goat
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which words correctly complete the sentence below?
Which sentence has one of more words that are NOT capitalized
correctly?
Which sentence in the paragraph above is incorrect?
Reading Comprehension:
According to the passage, what might cause people to help at a
barn raising?
What is NOT an effect of a barn raising mentioned in the passage?
What was the effect of people getting together to build up a whole
town? Use details from the passage in your answer.
Reading Vocabulary:
Which word has the same meaning as * in the sentence below?
Choose the word that belongs in the same word family as bookcase.
Choose the word that does NOT belong in the same word family as
the others.
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
Which underlined word above is spelled incorrectly?
8
A Carousel
of Dreams
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which change would make this sentence correct?
Which pronoun could replace the underlined words in the sentence
below?
Which pronoun in the sentence below refers to book?
Reading Comprehension:
Which of the following statements is a fact?
Which of the following statements is an opinion?
Is the first sentence of this passage a fact of an opinion? Explain
how you know.
Reading Vocabulary:
What does the apostrophe mean as it is used in the sentence
below?
Which word could BEST replace declared in the sentence below?
Which words BEST complete the sentence below?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
Which underlined word above is spelled incorrectly?
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which word in the sentence below is a possessive pronoun?
Which word can take the place of the underlined word in the
sentence below?
Which sentence above is written incorrectly?
9
The Printer
Reading Comprehension:
What might have happened if Great-grandpa and his family had
tried to leave the Russian town a week later than they did?
How will Sam MOST likely think of his great-grandfather now that
he knows that whole story?
What kind of life do you think Sam’s great-grandfather might have
had if he had not escaped Russia? Base your answer on details from
the story.
Reading Vocabulary:
What doe * mean in the sentence below?
“My father was the image of a hero.” What does image mean in this
sentence?
What does * mean in the sentence above?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
Which underlined word above is spelled incorrectly?
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which change to the sentence below would make it correct?
Which sentence below has a pronoun and verb that do not agree?
Which sentence above is incorrect?