CLASS NOTES

CLASS : III TOPIC: READING COMPREHENSION-

SUBJECT: ENGLISH UNSEEN PASSAGE

(This passage is for practice only. Students need not write it in the English copy. However,
they must solve and answer the questions in their English notebook.)

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Once there lived a talkative tortoise in a large lake. He was friends with two geese.
They lived together happily for many years.
Then it didn’t rain for a long time. The water in the lake dried up and the soil
cracked. All the birds and animals started moving away in search of food and
water.
The geese also decided to fly way. They met the tortoise to say goodbye. He asked
them to take him along. He told the geese to fetch a strong stick and hold its ends
with their beaks. He held the stick in the middle with his teeth. Then he asked
them to fly away slowly.
The geese agreed to do so but only if the tortoise kept quiet. He promised to not
say a word as long as they were in the air. They flew higher, over fields and hills.
When they flew over a city, the people looked up and started laughing at this
strange sight.
The tortoise got furious. As soon as he started to shout at the people, he lost hold
of the stick and came falling down.

1. The tortoise and the geese lived in a –

a. pond b. river c. lake d. sea
2. The geese held the end of the stick with their-
a. teeth b. beaks c. claws d. none of these

3. People laughed when they looked up because

a. they knew the tortoise was talkative.
b. they saw a clever tortoise who could fly with wings.
c. they had never seen geese flying with a tortoise holding a stick before.
d. they thought the geese were very smart.

4. Which word in the passage means ‘angry.’

a. laugh b. strange c. furious d. sight

5. Pick out the antonym for the word ‘noisy.’

a. happily b. quiet c. talkative d. slowly

6. Mark True or False for the following sentences.

a. Birds and animals move to new places for food and shelter.
b. They lived together happily for many years.
c. They met the tortoise to say goodbye.
d. They flew higher, over fields and hills.
e. The tortoise kept his promise.

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