Grade 3 Reading & writing practice

What is on the worksheet

1. The bell by the shelf The class library had a small bell on its return shelf. A sign said to ring it when a returned book needed repair. One morning, Jo found a book with a loose page. Jo placed it beside the bell and rang once. The helper came with a repair envelope. Later, another pupil returned an undamaged book and reached for the bell. Jo pointed to the sign, and the pupil placed the book quietly in the ordinary return tray. Where did the second book go?

   1. the floor
   2. the ordinary return tray
   3. Jo's bag
   4. the repair envelope

2. Buttons on the path Noor carried a box of buttons to the art table. A corner of the box opened, and four buttons fell onto the floor. Noor stopped. Ben fetched a small bowl while Noor picked up the buttons. Together they counted four in the bowl. Before moving again, Noor closed the box with a strip of tape. No more buttons fell. What did Ben fetch?

   1. a coat
   2. a broom
   3. a ruler
   4. a small bowl

3. Labels for the seed swap At a school seed swap, Pavi noticed three envelopes labelled simply flowers. The owners could describe the plants but did not know their names. Pavi made a second label with the colour, height and place where each plant had grown. She also wrote name unknown. A visitor said the descriptions were useful, but they should not be treated as certain plant identifications. The class kept the uncertain envelopes separate from packets with reliable names and growing instructions. What information was missing from the three envelopes?

   1. the word flowers
   2. the envelope shape
   3. the owners' handwriting
   4. reliable plant names

4. Complete with the past participle of eat: I have ___ lunch.

5. Rewrite Bring the ruler as a polite request.

6. Choose the opposite of “empty”.

   1. full
   2. open
   3. light
   4. quiet

7. In careless, -less suggests

   1. full of
   2. again
   3. more than
   4. without

8. A place to read Eli put a mat in the sunny yard and opened a book. The bright light made the page hard to see. He moved the mat under a tree. The page was easier to read there, but a branch brushed his hair. Eli moved the mat a little farther from the trunk. He could still sit in the shade, and the branch no longer touched him. What detail shows the final position solved both problems?

9. Rewrite this run-on as two sentences: The bell rang we packed our books

10. The lost mitten Leila finds a yellow mitten beside the classroom door. She puts it on the lost-property shelf. At lunch, Arun sees it and smiles. Now he has both mittens again. Where did Leila find it?

11. The shared garden Three neighbours shared a small garden. One repaired the fence, one prepared the soil and one labelled the rows. When they disagreed about where to plant herbs, they checked which corner received the most afternoon sunlight. They chose that corner and kept a record of how the plants grew. Why was dividing the tasks useful?

12. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A sentence joining two or more independent clauses.

    1. Adjective
    2. Compound sentence
    3. Pronoun
    4. Independent clause

13. Two ways to count At noon, Sam counts 14 people using a shaded bench and 4 using an unshaded one. Sam says everyone prefers shade. Jo points out that the unshaded bench has only four seats and the shaded area includes several benches. They agree to record the number of available seats and repeat the count at other times. What extra measurement does Jo suggest?

14. Choose the object form: The guide greeted Sam and ___.

    1. me
    2. I
    3. mine
    4. my

15. The folded bridge Sana and Theo tested paper bridges between two equal stacks of books. They first laid a flat sheet across the gap. It bent under three counters. Theo wanted thicker paper, but Sana suggested folding another sheet of the same paper into pleats. They kept the gap and the counters the same. The folded bridge held nine counters before bending. Their note said that the folded design held more counters in this test. They did not claim that every folded shape would always be stronger. What did the pupils deliberately change?

    1. the paper's folded shape
    2. the counter material
    3. the book titles
    4. the gap and paper type

16. Which sentence has a plural noun as its subject?

    1. A lantern glows.
    2. Lanterns glow.
    3. Light glows.
    4. It glows.

17. The changed shopping list Leah has 20 tokens for a class snack. Apples cost 2 tokens each and pears cost 3. She plans to buy four apples and three pears. At the stall, only two pears remain, so she buys those and keeps the unused tokens for the class. How many tokens would the original plan cost?

18. Choose the present-tense verb: My friends ___ ready.

    1. bees
    2. are
    3. is
    4. am

19. Choose the simple past: Yesterday we ___ the answer.

    1. found
    2. finding
    3. find
    4. finds

20. Explain the difference between the student’s project and the students’ project.