CBSE Class 3 English Reading Competency Worksheet

Read the passage given below carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

Jatin put on the cape and his mask. He flapped his cape and thought he looked just like a real superhero. He was sure to win the contest.
Jatin skipped downstairs.
“Here I came to save you!” Jatin shouted.
“Your costume looks nice”, said his father.
“I’ m a superhero”, said Jatin.
“Jatin, I want you to look after your sister when we reach at the party”, said Jatin’s mother.
“But superheroes don’t have sisters”, Jatin said looking at his sister.
“Well, this superhero has one little sister, Mona”, said mother.
“But what will be Mona’s costume?” Jatin’s father asked.
“I know,” Jatin got an idea.

Jatin found a baby blanket in Mona’s cupboard. He put it around Mona’s shoulders.
The superboy and the supergirl won the first prize in the competition.

Q.1 Why was Jatin dressed like a superhero?
Answer. Jatin was dressed like a superhero because he was going to a party.
Or
Because he was going to participate in a fancy dress contest.

Q.2 What did Jatin put on to look like a superhero?
Answer. Jatin put on the cape and his mask to look like a superhero.

Q.3 What was Jatin supposed to do at the party?
(a) cleaning
(b) look after his little sister
(c) talking with friends
(d) dance
Answer. (b) look after his little sister

Q.4 Who are the four people mentioned in the passage.
A.4 (a) ................................... (b) ...................................
(c) ........................0
Answer. (a) Jatin (b) Mona (c) Jatin’s father (d) Jatin’s mother

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

All the living things need energy. Animals get the energy from food. Even our human body is like a machine. It does all the work for us. Food is the fuel for our body like petrol is the fuel for car.
Plants use sunlight and water for their food. Some animals eat plants, some eat other animals and some eat both plants and animals.

Q.1 Where do all the animals get their energy from?
Answer. All the animals get their energy from food.

Q.2 What is our human body like?
Answer. Our human body is like a machine.

Q.3 What is the fuel for our body?
Answer. Food is the fuel for our body.

Q.4 What do plants need to make their food?
Answer. Plants make their food from sunlight and water.

Q.5 All animals eat only plants. Do you agree? Why?
Answer. No. All animal do not eat plants only. Some of them eat other animals also. 

Read the passage given below and then answer the questions that follow.

A music concert has many instruments, which are played by many musicians. ‘Musicians’ is the word you use for people who play music with instruments. If you play the piano, you are a ‘pianist’. A ‘drummer’ plays the drum. There are many kinds of drums. When a song is liked by others, it is played again. This means the song is ‘replayed’. The ‘guitarist’ plays the guitar and flute is played by ‘flautist’. The large group of different instruments is called an ‘orchestra’.

Q.1 Who are musicians?
Answer. The people who play music with instruments are called musicians.

Q.2 Who is a pianist?
Answer.The person who plays a piano is a pianist.

Q.3 Who is a flautist?
Answer. The person who plays a flute is a flautist.

Q.4 Who is a drummer?
Answer. The person who plays drums is a drummer.

Q.5 What is an orchestra?
Answer.The large group of different instruments is called an orchestra.

Read the passage given below and then answer the questions that follow.

My class is going for a movie next week. We have to get the consent slips signed before we go. We will go by our school bus. We will watch a movie that tells the fairy tale I read. It
would be lovely to see the story on screen.
We will go to the cinema hall a bit early so that we can buy popcorn. I like to read from the book more than to watch the same story on screen. By reading, I get to imagine the story my way. It is fun to compare the movie and the book.

Q.1 What do the students need to do before going to the movie?
Answer. They need to get the consent slips signed before they going to the movie.

Q.2 What is the movie about?
Answer. The movie is about a fairy tale.

Q.3 What do children eat when they reach the cinema hall early?
Answer. Children eat popcorn when they reach the cinema hall early.

Q.4 Why does the author like to read the book more than watching the movie?
Answer. He likes to read the book more than watching the movie because he can imagine the story in his own way.

Q.5 What is fun to compare?
Answer. It is fun to compare the movie and the book. 

Read the passage given below and then answer the questions that follow.

Every driver of a car, bus, truck or any other kind of vehicle must obey the traffic sign boards that are placed along the roads and highways. These sign boards tell the drivers about the rules to be followed on roads. Traffic sign boards are very important because they help to prevent accidents. They have many shapes.
They can be octagonal shaped, triangular shaped, square shaped, rectangular shaped, etc. ‘No Passing Zone’ means driver must stay on the right.
A sign board with a school mark on it is pentagonal in shape.
A pentagon has five sides. A railroad sign board is circular in shape, with a ‘X’ on it.

Q.1 We should not obey traffic signs boards. Do you agree or disagree?
Answer. Disagree. We should obey traffic sign boards.

Q.2 How many sides does a pentagon have?
Answer. A pentagon has five sides.

Q.3 How a railroad sign board is represented?
Answer. A railroad sign board in represented by a circular board with a ‘X’ on it.

Q.4 Why are traffic sign boards important?
Answer. Traffic sign boards are important because they help us to prevent accidents.

Q.5 What is meant by ‘No Passing Zone’?
Answer. ‘No Passing Zone’ means driver must stay on the right. 

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

Insects are everywhere and they live in all kinds of places. Ants live under the ground. Grasshoppers live in grounds or fields. Some beetles live in or near water and some live in the bark of trees. Bees live in beehives. Some animals like cockroaches and pests live in homes.
All insects have six legs but spiders have eight legs.
The body of an insect has three parts. It has a head which has eyes and mouth. Insect’s mouth is specially designed for the kind of food it eats. Instead of ears, insects have antennae. The middle part of the insect’s body is thorax. Thorax has wings and legs. Then is the stomach, which is the last part.

Q.1 Which insect lives under the ground?
Answer. Ants live under the ground

Q.2 Which insect builds hive?
Answer. Bees build hives

Q.3 How many legs do insects have?
Answer. Insects have six legs.

Q.4 Name the part of the insect’s body in which the eyes are present.
Answer. Insect’s eyes are present in its head.

Q.5 Which part of the insect’s body includes its wings and legs?
Answer. Wings and legs are present in the thorax, which is the middle part of the insect’s body.