Grade 3: English Comprehension

Read the following passage and answer all questions with good grammar
Mrs Hwata is a nurse. She works at St Theresa Hospital in Rusape. She helps the sick even
when she is at her house after working hours. She walks a distance of three kilometres to the
hospital every day. She is very kind and helpful. She has four children, three boys and one
girl. Her eldest son is Mike who is in grade seven at Rujeko Primary School. Benny is the
second and in grade five. Lloyd the third, is in grade one and the last is Rudo who goes to a
playground.
1. Who is a nurse? [ 1]
2. Mrs Hwata works at ……………………………………. [ 1]
3. She helps the…………………………………at her house after working hours. [ 1]
4. Mrs Hwata is…………………… …and……………………………. [ 2]
5. Who is the eldest child? [ 1]
6. Who is in grade five? [ 1]
7. Mrs Hwata has……………………. children. [ 1]
8. Lloyd is in grade……………………………………. [ 1]
9. Rudo goes to a……………………………… [ 1]

READ AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW

John and Tendai were walking along the road to school one morning. It was a long way. They
walked five kilometres going there and five kilometres back every day. Today something
different happened. They saw a man sitting on a large stone at the side of the road. He looked
annoyed and unhappy. Goodmorning,” said John. “Can we help?” “My car has broken
down,” said the man. “Where is the nearest garage?” “The garage is ten kilometres that way,”
said Tendai.
1. Who were walking along the road? [2]
2. How many kilometres did they walk to school? [1]
3. Who was sitting on a large stone? [1]
4. The man looked ___________ and ____________ [2]
5. What had happened to the man’s car? [1]
6. What was the man looking for? [2]
7. ___________ said the garage is ten kilometres away. [1]
READ THE PASSAGE BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT
FOLLOW

Every day the fisher man goes out on the lake. They catch many fish in huge nets.
They catch breams and kapenter. The fishermen use a machine to pull nets on to the
boat.
At The lake factory, the fisherman cut the fish open and clean them quickly so that
they do not go bad.

1.The fisherman catch fish at the……………. [ 1]

2.Which two types of fish do the fisherman catch? [ 2]
3.What do they use to catch the fish? [ 1]
4.What pulls the nets on to the boat? [ 1]
5.What two things are done at the factory. [ 2]
6.Why do they clean the fish? [ 1]
7.The word’ huge’’ means………………. [ 1]
8.A person who catches fish is a……………. [ 1]

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW

Buhle is a boy in Grade 3. He goes to St Paul Primary School. Buhle stays in Gokwe.
It is a long way to school almost every day. Sometimes his uncle who is a builder
carries him on his bicycle to school. Buhle crosses Kana river and goes through a
forest. He is not frightened of the forest. His teacher Miss Moyo likes him.

1. Which school does Buhle go to? [1]

2. How old is Buhle? [1]
3. How does his uncle take him to school? [2]
4. Buhle’ s uncle is a……………. [1]
5. Which river does Buhle cross? [1]
6. Buhle is………………of the forest [2]
7. Buhle’ s teacher is ………………………… [1]
8. Where does Buhle stay? [1]

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW

Chenai lived with her grandparents on a small farm. It was near the river. Chenai ’s
parents wanted a new house. All the family came to help build the new house.
Everyone was very busy. Chenai wanted to help but everyone thought she was too
young to help. The uncl es’ were busy chopping down. Her aunts were cleaning grass
to thatch the roof. Chenai was sad because she could not.

1. Chenai lived with ……………. [1]

2. Where did Chenai live? [1]
3. Where was the farm? [1]
4. Who came to help? [1]
5. Every one thought that Chenai was too………… to help. [1]
6. Why was Chenai sad? [2]
7. Who was chopping wood? [1]
8. What did Chenai’s parent want? [2]