Early Reading practice, Grade 3

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Scholar Tests · Set 1

Early Reading practice test, Grade 3

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Early literacy

Read each question aloud, and the answer choices too, unless it says your child reads it alone. Your child circles the letter of the answer. No time limit.

  1. 1.

    Read the word. Which picture shows it?

    Your child reads this one alone: do not read the word or the choices aloud.

    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
  2. 2.

    Which word means very big?

    1. Alittle
    2. Btiny
    3. Cgigantic
    4. Dround
  3. 3.

    Listen, then choose.

    Say: Listen. their. Which word is their?

    1. Atheir
    2. Bthree
    3. Cthere
    4. Dthey
  4. 4.

    Listen to the word. Which shows how to spell it?

    Say: Listen. kitten. Which shows how to spell kitten?

    1. Akitin
    2. Bkitten
    3. Ckiten
    4. Dkittin
  5. 5.

    Listen, then choose.

    Say: Listen. laugh. Which word is laugh?

    1. Alight
    2. Blunch
    3. Claugh
    4. Dlarge
  6. 6.

    Read the word. Which picture shows it?

    Your child reads this one alone: do not read the word or the choices aloud.

    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D

  7. Your child reads this alone.

    Thump, Thump, Tap

    Thump, thump, tap! Darnell looked up at his ceiling. The noise was coming from the apartment above. It had started the day the new family moved in.

    "How can I read my book with all that thumping?" Darnell grumbled.

    "Why don't we go say hello?" said Mom.

    Darnell and Mom climbed the stairs to 5C. A girl about his age opened the door. She wore shiny black shoes with metal on the bottoms.

    "Hi, I'm Sofia," she said. "Was I too loud? I'm learning to tap dance. My recital is on Saturday, and I keep messing up one part."

    Darnell had planned to complain. Instead, he asked, "Can you show me?"

    Sofia tapped out the steps. Darnell clapped the beat to help her keep time. Soon she got the hard part right.

    On Saturday, Darnell sat in the front row at Sofia's recital. When he heard the thump, thump, tap, he smiled.

    7.

    What is a recital in this story?

    1. Aa show where people perform for others
    2. Ba new apartment upstairs
    3. Cthe book Darnell was reading
    4. Da hard part of a dance
  8. 8.

    How did Darnell help Sofia?

    1. AHe lent her his black shoes.
    2. BHe showed her the dance steps.
    3. CHe clapped the beat for her.
    4. DHe asked her to dance more quietly.
  9. 9.

    Read: "The giant tree was taller than our house." What does giant mean?

    1. Avery short
    2. Bvery old
    3. Cvery green
    4. Dvery big
  10. 10.

    Which picture ends with the same sound as mop?

    1. A
    2. B
    3. C

Written by Scholar Tests in the style of the published Early Reading question types. Not a real Early Reading test, and a practice score is not a real score.