QUESTION BANK
Class: III
Subject: English
Reading Comprehension
One day a Lion was very hungry .He came out of his den and searched here and there. He could find
only a small hare. He caught the hare with some hesitation. "This hare cannot fill my tummy" thought
the lion.
As the lion was about to kill the hare, a deer ran that way. The lion became greedy. He thought, "Instead
of eating this small hare, let me eat the big deer". He let the hare go and went behind the deer. But the
deer had vanished into the forest. The lion now felt sorry for letting the hare off.
MORAL : A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Read the passage and answer the following :
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Who was hungry ?
From where did the Lion come out ?
What did he find ?
What did the Lion think ?
Why did he not kill the hare ?
Where did the deer vanish ?
What is the moral of the story ?
Give a suitable title for the story ?
Find the opposites of Big X ______ lose X_________
Select describing words from the passage __________, _______________.
PASSAGE
Poor butterfly!
In the middle of the web was a big spider. It looked hungry.
It wanted to catch the butterfly.Closer and closer crawled the black spider.
Before the hungry spider could grab it, Sonu ran and...
he caught the butterfly!It was so pretty. It had brown spots on its yellow wings.
Sonu loved the little butterfly.But it looked sad in Sonu’s hand.
Sonu wanted it to be happy.
Read the passage and answer the following :
1. What was in the middle of the web ?
2. What did the spider wanted to catch ?
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Who caught the butterfly before spider could grab ?
Describe the butterfly .
How did it look ?
What did Sonu wanted it to be ?
Write the past tense of Catch__________, look___________, crawl____________
Run_________
8. Find the opposites of more X _________ Small X_________
9. From which lesson is this passage taken.
10. Which character do you like in this story ?
TEXT
GOOD MORNING
1.Why is the child in the poem happy ?
2. What does the child want to do ?
3. How do you know that morning has come ?
4. Name the poet of the poem “Good Morning”.
5. Fill in :
(a) Good morning ________;
_____________ sun ;
Good morning, _____ _______ that ____!
(b) And ______________ grass, and ________ bees!
How did you __________ __________ it was day?
___________ told you _____ had gone___________?
The Magic Garden
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Why did the flowers love the little children ?
Why did the birds love the children ?
Name five flowers growing in the magic garden.
What sounds did the children hear in the garden?
Other than flowers who were there in the garden? What were their dress made off?
Bird Talk
1. Name the birds in the poem ‘Bird Talk’.
2. What are the three things that people can’t do?
3. What do birds think of people?
4. What do birds eat?
5. Name the poet of ‘Bird talk’
Nina and the baby sparrows.
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Why was there great joy in Nina’s house?
Why was Nina worried?
What did nina’s mother suggest?
What did nina find when she came back from the wedding?
How do sparrows eat?
Little by Little
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Name the tree that the acorn grows into.
What things does a seed need to grow?
Where did the seed sink?
What did the acorn sip?
What went downward from acorn?
The Enormous Turnip
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What did the old man plant in his garden? What happened to them?
Why was it difficult for the old man to pull up the turnip?
Who helped him to pull up the enormous turnip?
Who ate the enormous turnip?
What are the vegetables that can be used for a salad?
Sea Song
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Where did the child find the sea shell?
What did the child do with the shell?
What did the child hear?
How was the Shell?
What was heard from the shell?
A little fish story
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How many fish are there in the sea?
Why was the little fish unhappy?
What happened to the fish in the net?
Why was the fish thankful to be a little fish?
What are advantages of being a tiny fish.
The Balloon Man
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Where does the balloon man stand?
What happens to the balloon when there is a wind?
What does the child like to see the balloon man do?
What were the balloons tied with?
Write the poet of ‘The balloon man’ poem
The Yellow Butterfly
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Where did sonu first see the yellow butterfly?
Name three places where the butterfly rested?
Why did sonu chase the butterfly?
Why did sonu let the butterfly go ?
What did the spider try to do ?
Creative Writing
1. My garden
2. My favourite Bird
3. My favourite Vegetable / fruit
4. How I spent my vacation
5. Write about under water animals / fish