Rulang Primary SchoolEnglish Department

Comprehension Worksheet (1)

Name: ___________________________ ( ) Marks: ________/ 10

Class : Primary 3 _______ Date : ___________

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

It was raining heavily and Weixin could not go to the playground. He was

feeling very bored. His mother suggested that they use the old newspapers in the

storeroom to make a palm tree.

Weixin was very excited and quickly got ready a stapler, a pair of scissors

and a roll of sticky tape. His mother took out the old newspapers and some tins

of paint.

Weixin’s mother rolled the newspaper into tubes and Weixin helped her to

staple them into rings. They made seven rings of varying sizes. Using the largest

one as the base, they pushed one ring into another to make a trunk.

Having done that, they cut the ends of the rolls of newspapers to make

leaves. When they had made sufficient leaves, they pushed the leaves into the

top of the trunk, securing each with some sticky tape. Finally, Weixin painted his

paper palm tree. He painted the trunk brown and the leaves green.

1. Why did Weixin’s mother suggest that they make a paper palm tree?

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2. What were the materials Weixin and his mother used to make a palm tree?

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3. Which sentence in the passage tells us that the seven rings were not identical?

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4. How did they ensure that the “leaves” stick to the trunk?

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5. Which word in the passage has the same meaning as “enough”?

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Rulang Primary SchoolEnglish Department

Comprehension Worksheet (1)Primary 3

2009

Answer Key

1. He was feeling bored and could not go out to play since it was raining. (2m)

He was feeling bored. (1m)

He could not go out to play since it was raining. (1m)

2. They used some old newspapers, a stapler, a pair of scissors, sticky tape and

some paint. (2m)

3. The sentence is “They made seven rings of varying sizes.”(2m)

4. They used sticky tape to secure the ‘leaves’ to the trunk. (2m)

5. It is “sufficient”. (2m)