Unseen Passages for Class-3

1.
Sanu is a little girl. She is five years old. Her mummy buys toys for her. Her daddy brings toffees for her. One day, a boy comes to her house. His name is Nonu. Sanu is very happy. She shows him all the toys. Nonu is happy to see her toys.

Nonu wants to play with her teddy. Sanu is angry. She does not share the tddy with him. The boy goes away. One day, Sanu wants to play with Nanu. She goes to his house. Nonu has many toys in his room. Sanu likes the toy car. Nonu gives it to her. She plays for a long time. Now it is time to go home.

Sanu waves to him and says,” Please come to my house. I will also share my toys. Thank you for making me a good girl.”

2.

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Sanvi is a little girl. She is five years old. Her mummy buys toys for her. Her daddy brings toffees for her. One day, a boy comes to her house. His name is Nonu.  Sanvi is very happy. She shows him all the toys. Nonu is happy to see her toys.

Nonu wants to play with her teddy. Sanvi is angry. She does not share the teddy with him. The boy goes away. One day, Sanvi wants to play with Nanu. She goes to his house. Nonu has many toys in his room. Sanvi likes the toy car. Nonu gives it to her. She plays for a long time. Now it is time to go home.

Sanvi waves to him and says,” Please come to my house. I will also share my toys. Thank you for making me a good girl.”

Q-1. Fillin the blanks.

   a)      The name of the small girl is_______________.

   b)      Sanvi  learns to _______________ her things.

   c)       ___________  wants to play with her teddy.

Q-2. State whether the following statements are true or false.

   a)      Sanvi is six years old.                                                      (              )

   b)      Sanvi does not share her toys with Nanu.             (              )

   c)       Nanu gives his toy car to Sanvi.                                  (              )

Q-3. Who comes to Sanvi’s  house to play?

Q-4. Tick the correct option:

   1.       The story teaches us that we should

a)      share our toys or things

b)      respect others

c)       buy toys

3.

Desert is a place where there is sand all around. It is a hot and dry place. There is very little rain in the desert. The Sahara Desert is the biggest desert in the world. In India there is a desert called the Thar Desert in Rajasthan. The days are very hot in desert but the nights are cool. The life in adesert is tough. It is difficult to get water. However there are some places which have springs and shady trees. They are called oases. The camel is the only animal which can travel long distances in the desert without food and water. It is called the ‘Ship of the Desert.’

    a)      ______________________ is the biggest desert in the world.

    b)      Desert is a place where _____________________________.

    c)       _________________ is the only animal  which travel long distances without _____________ and    ______________________.

    d)      The opposite of hot is ____________________.

    e)      The opposite of difficult is _________________.

    f)       The opposite of wet is ____________________.

Q- Complete the following statements:

a) Every time the ostrich reached the end of the barley row, he found _______________________.

b) The last hedgehog was fresh and smiling because _____________________________________.

c) The ostrich did not greet the hedgehog because he ____________________________________.

Q- Write two good qualities of hedgehog.

__________________________________________________________________________________

Q- Writ two bad qualities of ostrich.

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

Q- Make sentences of:

Stumpy - __________________________________________________________________________

sore - ____________________________________________________________________________

midday - __________________________________________________________________________

4.

A mouse, a cow, a tortoise and deer were very close friends. They lived near a lake in a forest. The mouse had a brown body with a long tail. The crow’s feathers were as black as coal. The tortoise had a hard brown shell and moved very slowly. The deer has beautiful spots on its golden body. Everyday, they met near the lake and had their food together. They also helped one another in times of need.

1. Complete the following sentences:

a) The four friends lived _____________

i) in a cave                           ii) near a well                     iii) near a lake

b) The four friends met near the lake and _____________ together.

i) played                               ii) slept                 iii) ate food

2. State whether the following statement s are true or false:

a) The crow had brown feathers.

b) The four friends helped each other in times of need.

3. Find the word from the passage which means the opposite of ‘soft’.

5.

Trees are our friends. They give us many useful things. Trees give us shade from the hot sun. They give us fresh air. We get medicines from them. Paper is made from trees. We should grow more and more trees.  We should not waste paper. We should not cut trees. We should protect our green friends.

a)      __________________ give us many useful things.

b)      Trees give us shade ________________________.

c)       We should grow __________________________ to protect our green friends.

d)      Name four things we get from trees.

___________________     ____________________

___________________     ____________________

e)      Find the opposites of the following words from the passage—

1.       enemy _________________

2.       stale ___________________

3.       cold ___________________

4.       less ____________________

6.

Once upon a time there was a little boy called Bhanu. He was a kind and affectionate boy. He deeply loved his grandmother. His grandmother was also very fond of him. Both of them would sit for hours and talk to each other. Bhanu loved his grandmother’s company. He would sit near her and listen to her fairy tales. Bhanu’s mother was not very fond of grandmother. She often shouted at her. As grandmother was very old and weak, her hands would shake and she often dropped things. This  would annoy Bhanu’s mother and  she scolded her.

I.                    Complete the following statements:

        a)      Bhanu was a kind and _____________________ boy.

        b)       He had a ________________ whom he loved very much.

        c)       Bhanu listen to the  ________________________ told by his grandmother.

        d)      Bhanu’s mother ________________her whenever she dropped things.

        e)      The opposite of kind is _________________.

        f)       The opposite of weak is ________________.

7.

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follws:

Honeybees are the flying insects that make honey to feed their young ones. Like all insects, bees have six legs and two antennae. They also have a pair of wings and can fly kilometers everyday. Bees live in colonies called hives. A beehive may have as many as 50,000 bees. The hive is built of beeswax and has different compartments for the queen, the eggs, the developing bees and the honey comb. Bees communicate by performing a dance.

     1.       Tick the correct option to complete the sentences-

     a)      Bees can fly _____________ everyday.

i)metres

ii) kilometers

iii)centimeters

    b)      Bees make honey to _________ their young ones.

i)feed

ii)jump

iii)sleep

     2.       Pick out any two pronouns from the passage.

     3.       Where do bees live and what is it made of ?

     4.       How many bees can a beehive have ?

8.

There are many kinds of apes and monkeys. These animals are very fond of fruits and nuts. We see them in the zoo. They live in family groups.

The hands and feet are almost like ours. There are about 400 kinds of monkeys. They can jump from tree to tree. Some monkeys have black faces and long tails. We call them Baboons.

Fill in the blanks.

a) There are ______________ kinds of monkeys.

b) Monkeys with black faces and long tails are called ____________.

c) Monkeys and apes are very fond of ___________ and ___________.

Where can we see monkeys and apes?

9.

PLAYING OUTSIDE

Hey, where are my shorts?

It’s a hot and sunny day.

Ineed my shorts and some sandals

To go outside and play.

Hey, where is sweater?

It’s cool and windy day.

I need a capand sweater,

To go outside and play.

Hey, where is my raincoat?

It’s wet and rainy day.

Ineed a raincoat and boots,

to go outside and play.

Hey, where is my winter coat?

It’s cold and snowy day.

I need a coat, a Hat and gloves,

 to go outside and play.

When the seasons change,

the Clothes I wear change, too.

No matter what the weather is,

I play outside . Don’t you.