JM DRP Skill A

DEVELOPING READING POWER SKILL A
Grade Three
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
CLEANING YOURSELF FLOWERS
Luz said, The sampaguita is a flower.

” I am clean and pretty.” It is white and it smells sweet.
I wash my face. I put on a The sampaguita is our national
clean dress. flower.
I trim my nails. The gumamela is a flower too.
I comb my hair. It does not smell sweet.
Look at me. Some gumamela flowers are
Am I not pretty?” red.
Some are pink and some are
1. Who is talking? white.
A. Mother
B. Luz 1. Which is our national flower?
C. a Boy A. Sampaguita
2. What does she do with her face? B. Gumamela
A. She washes it. C. Rose
B. She combs it. 2. How does the sampaguita smell?
C. She cuts it. A. bad
3. What does she do with her nails? B. sweet
A. She cleans them. C. no smell
B. She trims them. 3. Which flower does not smell
C. She washes them. sweet?
4. What does she do with her hair? A. Camia
A. She cleans it. B. Sampaguita
B. She combs it. C. Gumamela
C. She washes it. 4. Which is not a flower?
5. What does she say? A. Butterfly
A. “I am clean and pretty.” B. Gumamela
B. “I am big and strong.” C. Sampaguita
C. “I am strong and healthy.” 5. Is there a white gumamela?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Did not say
Rang-ay Elementary School 1 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

Grade Three
OUR SCHOOL SHELLFISH
Our school is big. “Mother, what’s this?”

It is beautiful. Sherbet asked showing a shell she
We have a flag in front of our found on the beach.
school. “That is an empty home of a
We have a garden in our school, small animal called shellfish.
too. Shellfish has soft body so it needs
Our school is clean. hard shell to protect it from
We help clean our school. starfish, crabs, fish or even birds.
1. What does the story tell 1. Who found a shell?

about? A. Mother
A. House B. Sherbet
B. School C. Fisherman
C. Garden 2. Where did she find the shell?
2. Which word tells about the A. On the beach
school? B. In the sea
A. Small C. In the yard
B. Dirty 3. What animal lived in the shell?
C. Beautiful A. Fish
3. What do we do to make our school B. Crab
clean? C. Shellfish
A. Play inside 4. What kind of body does a
B. Help clean shellfish have?
C. Put paint A. Hard
4. What do we have in front of B. Soft
our school? C. Hairy
A. Flag 5. What sea animal eats shellfish?
B. House A. Fish
C. Store B. Dog
5. What else has our school? C. Cat
A. Garden
B. Flowers
C. Grass

Grade Three
GUESS BUSY CHILDREN
“Can you guess who I am?” It was Saturday.

asked Tito. “Let us clean the house,” said
“I teach children. Gloria.
I teach them to read and write. “I will clean the yard,” said Nilo.
I teach them to be good. “I will pull the grass.
I teach them how to be polite I will sweep the yard.
and helpful.” I will burn the dry leaves.”
“I will water the plants,” said
1. Who is talking in the story? Lina.
A. Tito
B. Brother 1. What day was it?
C. Father A. Monday
2. What did he ask the other B. Saturday
children to guess? C. Friday
A. What he is 2. Who asked that they clean the
B. Where he is house?
C. Who he is A. Nilo
3. What does a teacher teach in B. Mother
school? C. Gloria
A. Jump and run 3. What will Nilo do?
B. Sleep and play A. He will clean the garden.
C. Read and Write B. He will help clean the
4. What else does she teach in house.
school? C. He will clean the yard.
A. How to ear 4. What will Nilo do with the grass?
B. How to cross the street A. Water them
C. How to be good B. Plant them
5. What else does she teach the C. Pull them out
children? 5. Who will water the plants?
A. To watch TV A. Lina
B. To be polite and helpful B. Nilo
C. To go home C. Gloria

Grade Three
THE RAIN FLYING KITES
It is raining. “Let us fly our kites,” said Celo.

“It is raining hard,” said Lani. “It is good to fly kites now.
The rain is falling on the houses. The wind will help us fly our
The rain is falling on the trees. kites.
There is water on the streets. The boys made their kites fly.
“I will not go to school today,” They had blue kites, red kites,
said Tita. green kites, and yellow
“I might catch cold.” kites.
Their kites went up, up in the
1. Who will not go to school? sky.
A. Tita They looked like birds up in the
B. Lani sky.
C. A girl
2. Why will she not go to school? 1. Who asked the boys to fly kites?
A. It is cold. A. Celo
B. It is raining. B. Celso
C. Cenon
C. It is warm.
2. What helped them fly the kites?
3. What filled the streets with
A. Wind
water?
B. Rain
A. Wind
C. Clouds
B. Clouds 3. What are the colors of the kites?
C. Rain A. White, black, orange
4. Where is the rain falling? B. Green, white, yellow
A. On the houses and trees C. Blue, red, green, yellow
B. In the classroom 4. Where did the kites fly?
C. In the garden A. Up in the sky
5. Why will Tita not go to school? B. Up on the trees
A. She may catch cold. C. Up on the houses
B. She has no umbrella. 5. What did the kites look like?

A. Birds
C. She will play.
B. Clouds
C. Sheep

Grade Three
Exercise 9 EXERCISE 10
HOW TO BE BIG AND STRONG THE UGLY DUCKLING
Berto is big and strong. Mother Duck sat on her eggs

He eats good breakfast before to hatch. One morning, the eggs
going to school. began to crack. Five pretty chicks
He drinks milk. came out of their shells.
He eats vegetables, too. But one egg had not hatched.
He plays in the yard. So Mother Duck sat down and waits.
These things help Berto become Then, the egg finally cracked. Out
big and strong. came a chick was not a duckling. It
was beautiful swan when it grew up.
1. Who is the boy in the story?
A. Tito 1. What did Mother Duck do?
B. Berto A. Sat on her eggs
C. Lito B. Swam in the pond

C. Played with her chicks
2. Which one tells about him?
2. Why did Mother Duck sit on her
A. He is big and strong
eggs?
B. He is small and thin
A. To hide them
C. He is lazy.
B. To crack them
3. What does Berto eat before C. To hatch them
he goes to school? 3. How many eggs were hatched first?
A. A good dinner A. Four
B. A good breakfast B. Five
C. A good supper C. Six
4. What other things make Berto big 4. What kind of chick came out last?
and strong? A. Beautiful duckling
A. Milk and vegetables B. Big duckling
B. Coffee and candy C. Ugly duckling

5. When it grew up, the ugly duckling
C. Milk and coffee
was actually a _________________.
5. Where does Berto play?
A. mother hen
A. In the house
B. wild turkey
B. In the yard
C. beautiful swan
C. Under the sun

Grade Three
OUR FRIENDS VEGETABLES
I love to see the birds fly. “Look Father,” shouted Leon.

I love to hear their pretty songs. “Our beans have fruits.
Birds are our friends. Our patola plants have fruits,
They eat harmful insects on our too.”
plants. “Let us pick some of them,”
They are very pretty. Father said.
They make us happy. “We shall sell them in the market.
We must be kind to birds. Mother will cook some, too.”
1. What do we love to see? 1. Who saw the fruits of beans and

A. Birds patola?
B. Chickens A. Leon
B. Father
C. Geese
C. Mother
2. What do birds do?
2. What will they do with the fruits?
A. They talk
A. They will eat all of them.
B. They fly
B. They will sell some and eat
C. They swim some.
3. What do we love to hear? C. They will give them away.
A. Birds’ songs 3. What will Mother do with some of
B. Birds’ talk the fruits?
C. Birds’ call A. Give them away.
4. What do birds do for us? B. Cook them.
A. They make us sad. C. Throw them away.
B. They make us happy. 4. What does Father want to do?
C. they make us angry. A. He wants to water the

vegetables.
5. How do birds help us?
B. He wants to pick some of the
A. They eat sweet fruits.
fruits.
B. They eat harmful insects.
C. He wants to eat the
C. They eat green plants.
vegetables.
5. Where will Father take the
vegetables?
A. To the store
B. To the kitchen
C. To the market
Grade Three
HELPING OUR COUNTRYMEN BE KIND
“Let us go to Heng’s store,” said Tito and Belen were going home.
Cora. Tito saw a nest.
“I will buy a pencil.” It has three little birds.
“Heng is a Chinese.” “I will take the bird’s home,” said
Aling Maria is a Filipino. Tito.
We should buy from Filipino “No, Tito,” said Belen.
stores. “For sure, the mother bird will
We should help Filipino sellers,” look for her baby birds.
Delia said. Do not take them away.”
1. What did Cora want to buy? 1. What did Tito see?

A. Book A. A hen’s nest
B. Pencil B. A bird’s nest
C. A bag C. A duck’s nest
2. Where would she buy a pencil? 2. How many little birds were there?
A. At Heng’s store A. Four
B. At the market B. Three
C. At Aling Maria’s store C. Two
3. Who wanted to buy at Aling 3. What did Tito want to do?
Maria’s store? A. Take the bird’s home.
A. Cora B. Sell the birds.
B. The children C. Cook the birds.
C. Delia 4. Who did not want Tito to take the
4. Where should we buy the things birds home?
we need? A. Mother
A. From Chinese stores B. Brother
B. From Filipino stores C. Belen
C. From any store 5. Who will look for the birds?
5. Whom should we help? A. The mother bird
A. Chinese sellers B. Tito’s mother
B. Filipino sellers C. Tito’s sister
C. Old sellers

Grade Three
HONEST BEN A WISH
Ben was on his way to school. I wish I were a farmer.

While walking, he found a A farmer good and wise.
ten- peso bill. I want to my countrymen.
He went to his teacher’s By growing lots of rice.
room.
“Good morning, Miss Reyes,” 1. What is the title of the
said Ben. poem?
“I found this on the street.” A. A Farmer
He gave the ten-peso bill to B. A Wish
his teacher. C. A Seller
2. What does the one talking in
1. Where was Ben going? the poem want to be?
A. To school A. A farmer
B. To church
B. A policeman
C. To the market
C. A seller
2. What did he find?
A. A five-centavo coin
3. Who does he want to help?
B. A ten-peso coin A. People in his town
C. A ten-peso bill B. People in his school
3. Where did Ben find it? C. People in his country
A. On the street 4. What does he want to grow?
B. In the playground
A. Lots of rice
C. In the classroom
B. Lots of corn
4. To whom did he give the
money?
C. Lots of vegetables
A. To his Mother 5. What kind of a farmer does
B. To his sister he want to be?
C. To his teacher A. A lazy one
5. Which word tells about Ben? B. A big one
A. Polite
C. Good and wise
B. Honest
C. Kind

Grade Three
CLEAN-UP WEEK A PRAYER
I pray to God before I go to

Keep your home and yard
bed.
clean. I pray to God when I awake.
Dust and wipe all your things Thank you, God, for my parents.
Throw your trash in garbage Thank you, God for my brothers
cans and sisters.
And love you will surely win. Thank you, God for the food I
eat.
1. What is the celebration for the Thank you, God for my good
week? health.
A. Clean-up Week
B. Cleaning Week 1. What have you just read?
C. Parent’s Week A. A letter
2. What should we keep clean? B. A prayer
A. Our neighbors’ things C. A wish
B. Our home and yard 2. When does the child pray?
C. Our garbage cans A. Before eating
3. What should we do with our B. Before going to school
trash? C. Before going to bed and
A. Put them in garbage cans. after waking up
B. Throw them on the streets. 3. To whom does he pray?
C. Throw them into canals. A. To Mother
4. What should we do every day? B. To Father
A. Clean all around C. To God
B. Play all around 4. What does he thank God for?
C. Have fun all around A. For his toys and books
5. What do we win if we are clean? B. For his parents, food and
A. Neighbors good health
B. Prize C. For his home and pets
C. Love 5. What should you remember to

do every day?
A. Play
B. Pray
C. Eat
Grade Three
A GOOD BUYER A FOOLISH FROG
Mother told Nena to go to the King frog was very sad.

store. He wanted to have wings.
She told her t buy bread and He wanted to fly up in the sky.
tomatoes. He saw a hawk flying by.
Nena went to the store. He asked the hawk to take him it
up to the sky.
She bought six big tomatoes. The hawk took him up,
She bought a loaf of bread. Then it dropped King Frog.
The loaf was soft and fresh. King Frog fell to the ground.
Nena was a good buyer.
1. Who was very sad?
1. Where did Mother ask Nena to go? A. King Frog
A. To school B. The hawk
B. To the market C. The bird
C. To the store 2. What did he want to have?
2. What did Nena buy?
A. Claws
A. Milk and eggs
B. Feet
B. Tomatoes and bread
C. Wings
C. Bread and butter
3. Who took king frog up to the sky?
3. What kind of tomatoes did Nena
buy?
A. A hawk
A. Big ones B. A frog
B. Soft ones C. A bird
C. Green ones 4. What did the hawk do?
4. What kind of bread did Nena buy? A. It dropped King Frog.
A. Hard and big B. It took King Frog to many
B. Sweet but small places.
C. Soft and fresh C. It ate King Frog
5. What kind of a buyer was Nena? 5. What happened to King Frog?
A. She was a good buyer.
A. He flew and flew.
B. She did not know how to buy
B. He fell to the ground
things.
C. He did not like to fly.
C. She did not know how to count
money.

Grade Three
A FLOWER GARDEN A PLAYGROUND
Cora has a beautiful flower Mang Isko was watching a group of
garden. boys on the street.

When a car passed by, the children
There are many plants in her
had to stop playing and stay
garden.
out of its way.
There are big plants. One day, Mang Isko saw a big
There are small plants. vacant lot near the end of
Many plants have flowers. the street.
The flowers have pretty colors. Tall grass grew on it.

“This is a good place for a
Many flowers smell sweet.
playground,” said Mang Isko to
himself.
1. What does Cora have? He called the children and together
A. A fountain they cleaned the vacant lot.
B. Fruit trees “Now, you can play safely here!”
C. A flower garden Mang Isko said happily.
2. What kind of plants is in the

1. Who was Mang Isko watching?
garden?
A. Jeep passing by
A. Big trees and small trees B. Children playing
B. Big plants and small plants C. Big vacant lots
C. Grass and trees 2. Where were the children playing?
3. What do the plants have? A. On the sidewalk

B. In the school playground
A. Insects
C. On the street
B. Flowers
3. What did Mang Isko see one day?
C. Fruits A. A big vacant lot
4. What do the flowers have? B. A wide, clean playground
A. Pretty colors C. A grassy garden
B. Big petals 4. What did he plan to do?

A. Plant vegetables on the lot
C. Small petals
B. Build house on it
5. What can you tell about many of
C. Turn it into a playground
the flowers? 5. Who helped him clean the lot?
A. They smell sweet. A. The neighbors
B. They are small. B. The children
C. They have pretty colors. C. His sons

Grade Three
SUNDAY MORNING GREAT TRAVELERS
Some seeds of plants travel and
It was Sunday morning. grow where they fall without
Fe and Lito went to church. the help of people.
They went to church with their This happens when the seeds are
Father and Mother. eaten by animals such as
They prayed in the church. birds.
They thanked God for all the The seeds form part of the
good things they had. birds' waste.
They thanked God for their food, When the birds excrete these
their clothes and their seeds on the land, they will
home. grow when the soil
1. What day was it? conditions are favorable.
A. Monday Other seeds travel when they are
B. Wednesday carried by wind and water.
C. Sunday 1. What are the great travelers?
2. Where did Fe and Lito go? A. Plants

B. People
A. To church
C. Seeds
B. To school
2. Which of these carry seeds to other
C. To the market places?
3. What did they do in the church? A. Flowers
A. Played B. Birds
B. Prayed C. Fish
3. In what condition of the soil do seeds
C. Planted
grow?
4. Who did they thank in their
A. Dry
prayers? B. Watery
A. God C. Favorable
B. Their teacher 4. What two other things help seeds to
C. Father and Mother travel?

A. People and wind
5. Who went with them to church?
B. Wind and water
A. Their playmates
C. Sun and water
B. Father and Mother 5. How do the birds carry the seeds to
C. Grandmother and Grand other places?
father A. In their waste
B. Between their beaks
C. On their legs

Grade Three
THE BUTTERFLY HELPING FATHER
Nita saw a pretty thing. “Come, Pepe,” said Raul.

“Oh! A butterfly!” she cried. “Let us water our plants.”
“Look! Nilo, look! “Let us see who can water more
Look at the yellow butterfly.” plants,” said Pepe.
“It’s pretty,” said Nilo. Pepe watered five rows of pechay
“It is on the red flower. plants.
See it fly from flower to flower. Raul watered all three rows of
It likes flowers.” tomato plants.
“The flower likes it, too,” said He watered five rows of cabbage
Nita. plants, too.
Pepe and Raul made their Father
1. What did Nita see? happy.
A. A fly
B. A bee 1. Who did Pepe and Raul help?
C. A butterfly A. Father
B. Sister
2. Where was the butterfly?
C. Mother
A. On a red flower
2. What plants did Pepe water?
B. On a white flower A. Eggplant
C. On a yellow flower B. Pechay
3. What does the butterfly like? C. Beans
A. Fruits 3. How many rows of pechay did Pepe

water?
B. Flowers
A. Three rows
C. Children
B. Five rows
4. Where do butterflies like to fly? C. Ten rows
A. From house to house 4. Which plants did Raul water?
B. From flower to flower A. Beans and cabbage plants
C. From tree to tree B. Tomatoes and cabbage plants

C. Pechay and beans plants
5. What do flowers like?
5. Who was happy for what the boys did?
A. Butterflies
A. Father
B. Girls and boys B. Mother
C. Flowers and children C. Sister

Grade Three
LET US SAVE IN THE STORE
Let us save fifty-centavos a day. “Come with me Rosa,” said Mother.

Let us save from Monday to “Let us buy the things you need in
Sunday. school.”
Let us save every day. Mother and Rosa went to the
Let us save our money in a piggy store.
bank. There were many things in the
We can also save money in the store.
bank. There were pencils and paper.
It is wise to save money. There were crayons and bags.
We might need the money There were toys and candy.
someday.
1. Who would buy things for Rosa?
1. How much should we save a day? A. Sister
A. Fifty-centavos B. Father
C. Mother
B. Five-centavos
2. Where would mother take Rosa?
C. Ten-centavos
A. To school
2. On what days should we save?
B. To a store
A. Monday to Friday
C. To church
B. Monday to Saturday 3. What would Mother buy for her?
C. Monday to Sunday A. Toys and candy
3. Where can we put our money? B. Dress and bag
A. In the store C. Things Rosa need in school
B. In a piggy bank 4. What other things are found in the
C. In the house store?
4. How will you feel if you have saved A. Chairs and tables
money? B. Fish and rice
A. Sad C. Toys and candles

5. Were there many things in the
B. Happy
store?
C. Sorry
A. Yes
5. Is saving money good?
B. No
A. Yes
C. Maybe
B. No
C. Maybe

Grade Three
THE DENTIST GOOD CHILDREN
A dentist came to visit the school. Classes were over.

He talked to all the children. “Here is our bus,” said Manuel.
“I am glad to be in your school,” The children waited for the bus to
the dentist said. stop.
“We should all take care of our They got on the bus one by one.
teeth. They did not push each other.
Let us brush our teeth regularly, An old woman got on the bus.
so we will have strong A boy stood up and said,
teeth. “Have a seat, Ma’am.”
I will teach you how to brush and “Thank you,” said the old woman.
take care of your teeth
properly.” 1. Where did the children come from?
A. From home
1. Who came to visit the school? B. From school
A. A farmer C. From church
B. A doctor 2. Where did the children ride?
C. A dentist A. On a bus
2. Who did he talk to? B. In a jeepney
A. To the teachers C. In a car
B. To the parents 3. What did the children do before
C. To the children getting on the bus?
3. What did he tell the children to do? A. They ran for the bus.
A. To plant B. They stopped the bus.
B. To study C. They waited for the bus to stop.
C. To take care of their teeth 4. Who also got on the bus?
4. What should the children do? A. An old man
A. Eat plenty of food. B. A teacher
B. Eat plenty of vegetable. C. An old woman
C. Brush their teeth regularly. 5. Who gave his seat to the old woman?
5. What will the dentist teach them? A. A boy
A. How to brush properly B. A girl
B. How to chew their food C. A man
C. What food to eat

Grade Three
EXERCISE 31 EXERCISE 32
STUDY TIME SAFETY ON THE STREETS
Dinner time was over. Lina and Elena were going to school.
“Let us walk fast, Lina,” said Elena.
Tess cleaned the table.
“We will be late.”
Liza washed the dishes.
“We can cross the street here.
Romy dried the dishes. This is a short way to our school,”
Then the children got their said Lina.
books. “No, we should not cross here.
They studied their lessons. Let us cross at the right place,”

said Elena.
They studied quietly.
The girls crossed at the right place.
Before crossing, they looked to the left.
1. When was study time for the They also looked to the right.
children? 1. Who wanted to walk fast?
A. After lunch A. Lina
B. After dinner B. Elena
C. After breakfast C. The teacher
2. Who washed the dishes? 2. Who wanted to cross at the wrong
A. Tess place?
A. Lina
B. Mother
B. Elena
C. Lisa
C. The teacher
3. What did Tess do?
3. Where did the girls cross the
A. Set the table
street?
B. Cleaned the table A. At the wrong place
C. Washed the dishes B. At the right place
4. Who dried the dishes? C. In the middle of the street
A. Lisa 4. What should you do before crossing
B. Tess the street?
C. Romy A. Walk on the left side.
5. How did the children study their B. Look for your friend.
lesson? C. Look to your right and to your
A. Quietly left.
5. Where do you think were Elena and
B. Noisily
Lina going?
C. Happily
A. To school
B. To play on the street
C. To their home

Grade Three
KEEPING THE COMMUNITY CLEAN ANGELUS
The people in the barangay are The church bells were ringing.
happy. It was six o’clock in the evening.
They are healthy and strong. “Come, Luz and Vicki.
They drink clean water. Come, Raul,” called Mother.
Their houses and yards are “It is time to pray.”
always clean. The children went into the room.
Their homes have clean toilets. They prayed with their Mother.
They all have garbage cans. “Thank you, God,” they said.
They help one another to make “Thank you for all the good
their barangay clean. things You give us.”
1. Who are happy? 1. At what time is the Angelus?

A. The children in the barangay
A. Five o’clock in the afternoon
B. The people in the barangay
B. Six o’clock in the morning
C. The boys in the barangay
C. Six o’clock in the evening
2. Which one tells about the people in
2. What does Raul’s family do at
the barangay?
A. Healthy and strong
Angelus time?
B. Healthy and weak A. They eat dinner
C. Healthy and poor B. They pray together
3. What do they drink? C. They all go to sleep
A. Clean water 3. Who called the children to play?
B. Safe coffee A. Grandmother
C. Soft drinks B. Father
4. What can be found in all the houses? C. Mother
A. Clean toilets 4. Where did they pray?
B. Pigs and chickens
A. In the church
C. Gardens
B. In the room
5. Who help keep the barangay clean?
C. In the yard
A. The children
5. What did Mother say?
B. The girls
C. The people
A. “Let us pray.”
B. “It is time to pray.”
C. “We will pray.”

Grade Three
BUYING SHOES FOR CHRISTMAS AN ESKIMO BOY
“Get ready, children,” said Mother. Malik is an Eskimo boy.

“We will go to the shoe store.”
He is seven years old.
The children clapped their hands.
His skin is yellow.
“Christmas is coming.
His face is shiny.
I will buy you shoes for Christmas.”
He washes his face with oil.
“I like white shoes,” said Leni.
“I like black shoes,” said Rico.
Malik lives in a very cold place.
Mother bought the shoes they He does not wear shoes like
wanted. your shoes.
How happy they were!
1. Who is Malik?
1. Where did Mother take Rico and Leni? A. A Japanese boy
A. To a shoe store
B. A Filipino boy
B. To a sari-sari store
C. An Eskimo boy
C. To a fruit store
2. How did the children show they were 2. How old is Malik?
happy? A. Seven years old
A. They ran and jumped. B. Eight years old
B. They clapped their hands. C. Ten years old
C. They sang and shouted.
3. With what does he wash his face?
3. Why did Mother buy shoes for the
A. Water
children?
A. They were going to wear the shoes B. Milk
to a party. C. Oil
B. They were going to wear the shoes 4. What can you tell about his skin?
to school. A. It is yellow.
C. They were going to wear them for
B. It is very white.
Christmas.
C. It is black.
4. What kind of shoes did Leni want?
A. White shoes 5. Where does Malik live?
B. Brown shoes A. In a very cold place
C. Red shoes B. In a very warm place
5. What kind of shoes did Rico want? C. In a very hot place
A. Black shoes
B. Any kind of shoes
C. Brown shoes

Grade Three
OUR FLAG JOSE RIZAL
“Our flag is beautiful,” said Ana. Jose Rizal was only three years
“It is red, white and blue. old.
It has a sun and three stars.” He could read the alphabet.
“We should love our flag,” said His Mother taught him to read.
Tony. He learned to read and write
“Yes, we should,” said Ana. when he was five years old.
“Our flag stands for our His Mother was his first teacher.
country.”
1. How old was Jose Rizal when he
1. What are the colors of our flag? could read the alphabet?
A. White, blue yellow A. Three years old
B. Red, white, blue B. Six years old
C. Red, green, violet C. Seven years old
2. How many stars does the 2. What could he do when he was
Philippine flag have? five years old?
A. Three A. He could swim.
B. Four B. He could draw.
C. Two C. He could read and write.
3. What did Ana say about our 3. Who was his first teacher?
flag? A. His sister
A. It is big. B. His Mother
B. It is beautiful. C. His Father
C. It is clean. 4. Where did he study when he was
4. What picture do we see in our small?
flag? A. At home
A. A tree and birds B. In school
B. A cross and arrow C. In the church
C. A sun and stars 5. Which word tells about Jose?
5. What does our flag stand for? A. Poor
A. Our school B. Kind
B. Our home C. Bright
C. Our country

Grade Three
JOSE RIZAL’S WISH APOLINARIO MABINI
Jose Rizal loved his country. Apolinario Mabini was very poor.
He loved his countrymen. His parents had to work very
Jose Rizal had a great wish. hard.
He wanted to see his country He helped his Mother work at
free. home.
He wanted to see the people He took care of their carabaos.
happy. He helped his Father work on the
He wanted to see them live as farm.
one happy family. Apolinario loved to read books.
His Mother was his first teacher.
1. Who did Jose Rizal love? Apolinario is a hero like Rizal.
A. His countrymen He, too, helped his country.
B. His enemies
C. His neighbors 1. Why did Apolinario’s Father and Mother
2. What did he wish his country to work very hard?

A. They were rich.
be?
B. They were poor.
A. To be free
C. They had enough.
B. To be nice 2. How did Apolinario help his Father and
C. To be big Mother?
3. What did he wish his people to A. He worked at home and on the farm.
be? B. He took care of the babies.

C. He took care of the pets.
A. To be strong
3. Who taught him how to read?
B. To be sad
A. His Father
C. To be happy B. His Mother
4. How did he wish his countrymen C. His sister
to live? 4. What did Apolinario Mabini love to do?
A. As rich as a king A. He loved to play.

B. He loved to sing.
B. As one happy family
C. He loved to read books.
C. As good neighbors
5. Why is Apolinario Mabini a hero like Dr.
5. What did Jose Rizal wish to see? Jose Rizal?
A. Rich neighbors A. He loved to read, too.
B. Happy people B. He helped his parents, too.
C. Rich country C. He helped his country, too.

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DEVELOPING READING POWER SKILL A

Luz said, The sampaguita is a flower.

Rang-ay Elementary School 1 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

Our school is big. “Mother, what’s this?”

1. What does the story tell 1. Who found a shell?

Rang-ay Elementary School 2 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

“Can you guess who I am?” It was Saturday.

Rang-ay Elementary School 3 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

It is raining. “Let us fly our kites,” said Celo.

B. She has no umbrella. 5. What did the kites look like?

Rang-ay Elementary School 4 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

Berto is big and strong. Mother Duck sat on her eggs

C. Lito B. Swam in the pond

B. Coffee and candy C. Ugly duckling

Rang-ay Elementary School 5 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

I love to see the birds fly. “Look Father,” shouted Leon.

1. What do we love to see? 1. Who saw the fruits of beans and

C. they make us angry. A. He wants to water the

1. What did Cora want to buy? 1. What did Tito see?

Rang-ay Elementary School 7 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

Ben was on his way to school. I wish I were a farmer.

Rang-ay Elementary School 8 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

I pray to God before I go to

C. Parent’s Week A. A letter

2. What should we keep clean? B. A prayer

A. Our neighbors’ things C. A wish

B. Our home and yard 2. When does the child pray?

C. Our garbage cans A. Before eating

3. What should we do with our B. Before going to school

trash? C. Before going to bed and

A. Put them in garbage cans. after waking up

B. Throw them on the streets. 3. To whom does he pray?

C. Throw them into canals. A. To Mother

4. What should we do every day? B. To Father

A. Clean all around C. To God

B. Play all around 4. What does he thank God for?

C. Have fun all around A. For his toys and books

5. What do we win if we are clean? B. For his parents, food and

A. Neighbors good health

B. Prize C. For his home and pets

C. Love 5. What should you remember to

Mother told Nena to go to the King frog was very sad.

Rang-ay Elementary School 10 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

Cora has a beautiful flower Mang Isko was watching a group of

garden. boys on the street.

The flowers have pretty colors. Tall grass grew on it.

C. A flower garden Mang Isko said happily.

2. What kind of plants is in the

3. What do the plants have? A. On the sidewalk

B. Big petals 4. What did he plan to do?

C. They have pretty colors. C. His sons

Rang-ay Elementary School 11 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

2. Where did Fe and Lito go? A. Plants

C. Father and Mother travel?

Rang-ay Elementary School 12 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

Nita saw a pretty thing. “Come, Pepe,” said Raul.

A. Fruits 3. How many rows of pechay did Pepe

C. From tree to tree B. Tomatoes and cabbage plants

Rang-ay Elementary School 13 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

Let us save fifty-centavos a day. “Come with me Rosa,” said Mother.

A. Sad C. Toys and candles

Rang-ay Elementary School 14 Julie Dangilan Madriaga

A dentist came to visit the school. Classes were over.