Y3 Reading Comprehension (Answers)
Y3 Reading Comprehension (Answers)
MEANING WORD
rays of sunshine
collecting together
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SUNNYHILLS ADVENTURE PARK
Escape to Sunnyhills Adventure Park and discover the thrilling
rides that will have your family returning time after time. The
fun starts the moment you enter the gate. There is something
for the entire family, whether you’re upside-down on a terrifying
rollercoaster or unwinding beside our tropical pool. After all the
excitement, you might like to try out our delicious food at one
of our many restaurants. Children eat free of charge.
word meaning
escape leave the routines of everyday life behind
discover find / come across something new and different
thrilling exciting
returning coming back again
enter go into / inside
entire whole
terrifying frightening / scary
unwinding relaxing
delicious tasty
free of charge without paying / it costs nothing
Height: up to 20 metres.
Life span: up to 60 years.
Appearance: bark is dark, cracked and often covered in
lichen. Young twigs are sticky. Leaves are leathery, dark
green and rounded at the tip.
Flowers: are called catkins. Male catkins are 2 – 6 cm long
and yellow. Female catkins are green and oval. They are pollinated by the wind and
produce cone-shaped fruits in winter. Seeds are dispersed by the wind and water.
Location: trees prefer damp conditions, such as near rivers, ponds and lakes.
Special notes: leaves were used to make the green dye for the clothes of outlaws,
such as Robin Hood. People used to believe the myth that the dye was also used to
colour the clothes of fairies.
BEECH
Height: up to 10 metres.
Life span: up to 100 years.
Appearance: bark is grey with bumps, cracks and ridges.
Leaves are oval and dark green, and slightly furry
underneath. (Not to be confused with the crab apple,
which is a native tree.)
Flowers: in May and June, clusters of 5-petalled flowers appear and are white and
pink. These clusters are called blossom. They are pollinated by insects and produce
green or red fruits in autumn. Brown seeds are found inside.
Location: originally from Central Asia, apple trees are found in gardens and orchards.
Special notes: Vikings linked the apple to eternal youth. In Greek myths, the apple
was a forbidden fruit.
MONKEY PUZZLE
Height: up to 30 metres.
Life span: 1000 years, although, in our climate, up to
150 years. They were brought here from Chile in 1795.
Appearance: an evergreen tree with a dome-shape at the
top and with drooping branches. It has a thick, brownish-
purple trunk. Leaves are leathery, spiny and triangular.
Flowers: male and female flowers grow on separate trees. They are pollinated by the
wind and produce golden cones.
Location: they are planted for decoration in parks and gardens.
Special notes: Victorians called them Monkey Puzzle trees, because they thought
monkeys would be puzzled trying to climb one.
It is said that if you talk as you walk underneath a Monkey Puzzle, you will grow a
monkey’s tail.
It has a bill and feet like a duck. It has a tail like a beaver.
Its fur is like an otter’s. If that weren’t enough to confuse
people, it also lays eggs.
3 By magic, the pumpkin is turned into a carriage, the white mice into
horses and her rags into a ball gown.
1 The ugly sisters are invited to the ball, but not Cinderella.
9 The ugly sisters try to squeeze their big feet into the slipper.
7 One glass slipper falls off Cinderella’s foot as she rushes off.
8 The prince searches every house for the owner of the slipper.
2 The glassblower rolls and shapes the molten glass on a flat surface.
In mid-1718 Blackbeard deliberately ran his ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, onto
a sand 1bankThe
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destroyed it. blows through
His plan thesee
was to pipe to create
Charles a glass
Eden, the bubble.
Governor
of North Carolina and ask for a pardon. For a while, Blackbeard lived there as a
law-abiding citizen. But it didn't take him long to take up piracy again, this time,
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stolen is allowed
goods to cool
with Charles down slowly.
Eden.
A fleet of Royal Navy ships surprised Blackbeard on November 22, 1718, when he
was killed. As a pirate, Blackbeard captured over 40 ships. Although his life of crime
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lasted only a few years, his fearsome reputation has long outlived him.
He let in a goal.
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Some person with a bag comes along It’s windy and a pair of trousers is
and shoves paper in the letterbox! dangling from a rope. Why?
Somebody in boots is The boy and the girl Lots of people have
digging holes in the are pointing at each arrived to jump up
garden. I hope he’s other. Aah! At last, and down and giggle.
not after my bone. I somebody is picking I let them pat my
don’t know what he’s up my lead and head only if they give
doing with those pots. putting on their coat. me cake.
singing . They could also hear the sea not far away.
So, even before they had eaten any breakfast, they decided
was just above the horizon and, at that time in the morning,
Last night, our reporter, Katie The path up to the log cabin was
McKenzie, flew over the avalanche steep. The moon lit the way until
site by helicopter. She describes the thunder clouds crowded in.
the scene as unlike any she has Somewhere close by there was
seen before. Fortunately, there the howl of a wolf. Then another.
are no reports of any climbers Closer. My heart pounded and I
being in the area. began to run.
Children of the Wolf For the wolf mask, you will need:
card
Leaping through darkness, string
The children of mother wolf howl. scissors
Heard by the moose in the starless hole punch
brown fur fabric
Night of the bat and the owl.
Sanjay throws another snowball, which hits Mr Taylor’s front door. The two
children giggle until the door opens and Mr Taylor appears.
Mr Taylor: (angry) That’s it! I’ve had enough. All this noise in the street.
I’m trying to read my paper. A little peace and quiet is all I ask.
And now you’re attacking my front door.
Kira: We’re very sorry, Mr Taylor. It was an accident.
Mr Taylor: Huh!
Sanjay: It was my fault, Mr Taylor. I am sorry.
Mr Taylor: Well, I will be talking to your parents as well as your headteacher.
Mr Taylor goes back into his house, slamming the door. He quickly reappears.
A pile of snow slides off his roof and covers him. He looks like a snowman.
Dear Diary,
I’m pleased the milkmaid hasn’t found you yet. A yellow diary
is a good idea. I can hide you easily in the straw. I am a genius.
What a lovely day I had yesterday. Lots of grass munching.
Last night, I dreamt I would eat some more grass when I woke
up and that’s exactly what I did. Amazing! I wonder if I’ll have
more later. Life is just one surprise after another.
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As Hetty the Horse galloped across the field, Mad Marty the
Monkey swung through the trees. Sammy the Snake slithered
as fast as he could, but he couldn’t catch up with elegant Eva the Eagle who
soared as high as the clouds. Dr Derek Duck waddled faster
than any other duck you’ve ever seen, but he couldn’t keep up with
Betty Butterfly. She fluttered faster than anybody. Freddie Fish
swam through the river just ahead of Tamsin the Tadpole who
wriggled along the rushing stream. In the end, it was Terry Tortoise
who plodded across the finishing line first.
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When I press this button, your eyeballs will swivel and your hair will
curl. You will want to fall on your knees or send chocolates and
champagne to its inventor. For this is a dream, a wish-come-true, the
rainbow’s end.
This machine does it all: deals with those unwanted calls, records all
your precious moments, helps you rise and shine in the morning,
gives Fido his daily exercise, provides snacks on demand and does all
the household chores. It will fly you to the holiday destination of
your choice. No need to throw clothes into a bag, rent a room or
inflate the beach ball. All you have to do is hold on tight.
be there!
Brownies are invisible elves that In Russian folk tales, the firebird is
live in farmhouses in Scotland. miraculous. With eyes of crystal,
While the family is asleep, they do its feathers are silver and gold. It
the housework. They always is nocturnal, lighting up the land
protect the family. If a brownie is wherever it flies. When it sings,
badly treated or offered payment pearls fall from its beak. Hearing
for their work, they disappear. its song can cure illness and return
Only children are able to see them. sight to the blind.
Teacher’s Notes:
Little Eagle jumped up and down.
He whooped and yelled and beat his
drum. His rain-dance only made it rain.
When he stopped, the sun shone again,
and Little Eagle sat and sat. He shook his
head. He had seen many things from his
mountain where the eagles fly, but never
anything like this.
But as the Earth rolled over like a
sleeping bear, and the sun went down
without a sound at all, the creature
stopped snoring. It woke up. It opened
its eyes – all six of them! Little Eagle
gasped. It was not one creature. It was three fat owls, huddling together.
They beat their wings and filled the darkening sky with their cries.
“Leloo, leloo! Leloo, leloo!”
Little Eagle Lots of Owls laughed and clapped his hands.
On another mountain, the old chief caught the echo of the laughter
in the palm of his hand and smiled, as he watched the moon walk slowly
across the sky.
“Little Eagle Lots of Owls,” he murmured to himself, “you have the
sharp eyes of the eagle and you are as wise as the owl. Now you know
your true name.”
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Teacher’s Notes:
The Telescope
No one is really sure who made the first telescope. We do know that it
was invented in the town of Middelburg in Holland just over 400 years
ago. There were a few people there who made glasses for those who
couldn’t see very well. Someone came up with the idea of putting the
lenses used in glasses at both ends of a long tube to make a telescope.
They were then able to see distant objects.
LIGHTHOUSE
KEEPER
Early Life
Grace was born in 1815 in the town of Bamburgh
in Northumberland. She spent all of her young life, first
of all, in the Brownsman Lighthouse and, later, in the
Longstone Lighthouse.
Around her first lighthouse home, there were lots
of nesting seabirds: terns, eider ducks, puffins and guillemots.
She didn’t go to school, but her father, William, taught her to read
and write. Also, from an early age, like her brothers and sisters, she
learnt how to row a boat.
When William and his sons were out at sea, Grace, her sisters and
mother were in charge of the lighthouse, keeping watch and making
sure the lantern was cleaned and burning properly.
At around the age of eleven, Grace moved with her family from the
Brownsman to the Longstone Lighthouse. It was built on a bleak, rocky
island. It had five levels, three of which were bedrooms. However,
sometimes the seas were so stormy, the family had to flee upstairs to
escape the waves coming in downstairs.
The Rescue
In the early hours of 7th September
1838, Grace couldn’t sleep because of the
storm that battered against the rocks
outside. From her window, using a
telescope, she could see a black shape
stranded on rocks about a mile away.
As soon as it was light, she and her
father could see that a ship, called the Forfarshire, had crashed onto the
rocks. It had broken in two.
Most of the passengers must have drowned, but there appeared to
be some survivors still clinging to the rocks.
Putting to sea in a rowing boat called a coble, Grace and her father
fought hard against the wind, the mountainous waves and the storm
overhead. Getting closer, they could see that there were nine or ten
survivors. William Darling knew that this would mean two trips. While
her father jumped onto the rocks beside the wreck, Grace controlled the
boat: not an easy task in a storm.
Grace and her father had to make two journeys between the rocks
and the lighthouse to rescue the survivors.
Teacher’s Notes:
Greenwood School,
Chestnut Avenue,
Fincham.
7th March 2016
Regards,
Mr Edwards
BIRD-SPOTTER’S GUIDE
The JAY is a member of the crow family. It is a soft pinkish
brown with a cream coloured crest. There is a patch of bright
blue on its wing, with a black stripe. It has a black tail with a
white patch that is very noticeable in flight.
The NUTHATCH is often seen on tree trunks. It is a small bird with
a grey back and an orange breast. It has a longish, slim bill. Its
amazing ability to climb down a tree trunk head first helps the
bird-spotter to identify it.
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Pocket Money
We asked children in Year 3 about their
pocket money. We didn’t ask how much
they got. That’s private and children
could get upset if they found out that they
didn’t get as much as their best friend. So
here is a sample of what was said.
I have my jobs round the house, like helping with the washing
up and sorting the recycling. My pocket money’s got nothing to
do with that. I buy sweets and comics with my pocket money.
Mum say once it’s gone, it’s gone. So I have to work it all out.
Chloe
Alice
Imran
Chloe
Danny
Why did I bring home that What did he look like in his
have to get into fancy dress. say I did laugh when the