3rd Grade Gifted Reading Test Questions
First Nine Weeks
Week
1
Story
The Mystery of the
Missing Lunch
Questions
Reading Comprehension:
What problem does the main character face in this story?
What is the supporting character’s problem?
The solution to the problem in the story is to…
How does the main character solve the case? Use details from the
story in your answer.
Reading Vocabulary:
What does * mean in the sentence below?
To find the meaning of the word * , which guide words would you
look under in a dictionary?
Where (what type of resource) would you look to find the meaning
of the word * from the story?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Which underlined word in the sentence below is spelled
incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which of the following sentences is a question?
Which of the following sentences is written correctly?
Which sentence above is written incorrectly?
2
A Walk in the Desert
Reading Comprehension:
What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
The main subject does * by ….
What is the main ideal of this passage?
How does the * affect the * ? Use details from the passage to
support your answer.
Reading Vocabulary:
Which word in the sentence tells you what * means?
What does * mean in the sentence below?
What other word in the sentence below helps you to figure out
what * means?
What other word in this sentence helps you figure out the meaning
of * ?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Which underlined word in the sentence below is spelled
incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
What is the simple subject of the sentence below?
What is the complete predicate of this sentence?
Which sentence above is written incorrectly?
3
Animals Come Home
to Our National
Parks
Reading Comprehension:
The main idea of the second paragraph is that…
Which kinds of * live in this location?
This passage is mainly about
How can people protect * ? Use details from the passage in your
answer.
Reading Vocabulary:
What does * mean in the sentence below?
Which of the following words is a compound word?
In this sentence * means about the same as…
Which word in this sentence is a compound word?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Which underlined word in the sentence below is spelled
incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
In the sentence below, what word is used to join two ideas?
Which sentence above is a compound sentence?
Which compound sentence below is written correctly?
4
The Astronaut and
the Onion
Reading Comprehension:
Who is the leader of the * in the story?
Which of the following BEST describes *?
The main character wait to complete a task because…
How will the characters react to being stopped in their
environment? Use details from the story in your answer.
Reading Vocabulary:
In the pronunciation key above, * has a ….
Which definition of * is used in the passage?
What does * mean in the sentence below?
What does * mean as it is used in the story?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Which underlined word in the sentence below is spelled
incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which is the BEST way to combine these sentences?
Which of the following is NOT a complex sentence?
Which complex sentence above is written correctly?
5
The Raft
Reading Comprehension:
What kind of person is he/she?
Why is one character upset with another character?
What is the setting at the beginning of this story?
What kind of person is the main character? Use details from the
story in your answer.
Reading Vocabulary:
In the second paragraph, the word * means the same as…
What information in the second paragraph helps you figure out the
meaning of *?
In this sentence * means the same as…
What does * mean in this sentence?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Which underlined word in the sentence below is spelled
incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which of these sentences is written correctly?
Which sentence above is a run-on sentence?
Which is the correct way to rewrite this fragment?
6
Mighty Jackie: The
Strike-out Queen
Reading Comprehension:
Why does the author include details such as: ****?
What is the author’s purpose in writing the story?
The author does not explain every detail of the story because he
MOST likely…
Why does the author use * words and expressions in the story? Use
details from the story in your answer.
Reading Vocabulary:
What does * mean in the sentence below?
In the sentence above, * means…
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Which underlined word in the sentence below is spelled
incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
What are the common nouns in the sentence below?
Which is the correct way to rewrite the sentence below?
Which proper nouns above should be capitalized?
7
My Diary from Here
to There
Reading Comprehension:
Why might the adults be talking to each other in * voices?
The main character might be …
Why might tomorrow be “ * ”?
Why do you think the main character is having trouble with *?
Include details from the story in your answers.
Reading Vocabulary:
In the story * is ….
What does * mean in the story?
What is the origin of the word * above?
Why are * named after *?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Which underlined word in the sentence below is spelled
incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which sentence above does NOT contain any plural nouns?
What are the singular nouns in sentence 2 of the paragraph above?
Which of the following sentences is written correctly?
8
Stealing Beauty
Reading Comprehension:
Which of the following statements from the passage is an opinion?
Which of the following statements is a fact?
What clue words in the sentence below tell you that it is an
opinion/fact?
Find three facts that you learned about *. How do you know that
these are facts and not opinions?
Reading Vocabulary:
What does * mean in the sentence?
Which word BEST completes the sentence below?
Which word from the passage changes its “y” to an “i” when it
becomes plural?
What does * mean in the sentence below?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Which underlined word in the sentence below is spelled
incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
Which of the following nouns is the plural of *?
What is the correct way to rewrite the sentence below using the
plural form of each word in parentheses?
Which sentence above has all of its plural forms written correctly?
9
How Ben Franklin
Stole the Lightning
Reading Comprehension:
The invention of the * solved the problem of how to …
Which invention solved the problem of *?
How did the * help solve farmer’s problems?
What problem did * help solve? Explain how he discovered the
solution.
Reading Vocabulary:
Which word means about the same as * in the sentence below?
If you needed to know the meaning of the idiom “ **** ” where
would you look?
What does * mean in this sentence?
What is a dictionary definition for the idiom “ **** “ as it is used in
the sentence below?
Spelling:
Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
Which underlined word in the sentence below is spelled
incorrectly?
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage:
What is the correct way to write sentence 1 above?
What is the correct way to write sentence 2 above?
What is the correct way to write the sentence below?