3RD GRADE 5TH BIMONTHLY PAPITOS AQUI LES PUBLICO UNS LECTURAS DE COMPRENSON COMO LAS QUE VENDRAN EN EL EXAMEN PARA QUE LOS NENES PRACTIQUEN.

INSTRUCTION: READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

A Special Christmas Present

David wants to buy a Christmas present for a very special person, his mother. David's father gives him $5.00 a week pocket money and David puts $2.00 a week into his bank account. After three months David takes $20.00 out of his bank account and goes to the shopping mall. He looks and looks for a perfect gift.

Suddenly he sees a beautiful brooch in the shape of his favourite pet. He says to himself, "My mother loves jewelry, and the brooch costs only $17.00." He buys the brooch and takes it home. He wraps the present in Christmas paper and places it under the tree. He is very excited and he is looking forward to Christmas morning to see the joy on his mother's face.

But when his mother opens the present she screams with fright because she sees a spider.

1. What does David want to buy his Mother?
2. Who does David get his money from?
3. How much money does David take to the mall?
4. What does David buy his mother?
5. What does David do with the present when he takes it home?
6. Why does David's mother scream?
7. Why does David buy a spider brooch?
8. Where does David put the present on Christmas Eve?

INSTRUCTION: READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

Two sisters and the cat

Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Smith are sisters. Mrs. Wilson lives in a house in Duncan and Mrs. Smith lives in a condominium in Victoria. One day Mrs. Wilson visited her sister. When her sister answered the door, Mrs. Wilson saw tears in her eyes. "What's the matter?" she asked. Mrs. Smith said "My cat Sammy died last night and I have no place to bury him".

She began to cry again. Mrs. Wilson was very sad because she knew her sister loved the cat very much. Suddenly Mrs.. Wilson said "I can bury your cat in my garden in Duncan and you can come and visit him sometimes." Mrs.. Smith stopped crying and the two sisters had tea together and a nice visit.

It was now five o'clock and Mrs. Wilson said it was time for her to go home. She put on her hat, coat and gloves and Mrs. Smith put the dead Sammy into a shopping bag. Mrs. Wilson took the shopping bag and walked to the bus stop. She waited a long time for the bus so she bought a newspaper. When the bus arrived, she got on the bus, sat down and put the shopping bag on the floor beside her feet. She then began to read the newspaper. When the bus arrived at her bus stop, she got off the bus and walked for about two minutes. Suddenly she remembered she had left the shopping bag on the bus.

[Story by Laurie Buchanan]

1. Where does Mrs. Smith live?
2. Why is Mrs. Smith upset?
3. What did Mrs. Wilson do?
4. Who did Sammy the cat live with?
5. What time did Mrs. Wilson go home?
6. How did Mrs. Wilson go home?
7. What did Mrs. Wilson forget?
8. Where did Sammy die?