Grade Three
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
CLEANING YOURSELF FLOWERS
Exercise 3 Exercise 4
OUR SCHOOL SHELLFISH
Exercise 5 Exercise 6
GUESS BUSY CHILDREN
Exercise 7 Exercise 8
THE RAIN FLYING KITES
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
Exercise 9 EXERCISE 10
HOW TO BE BIG AND STRONG THE UGLY DUCKLING
Exercise 11 Exercise 12
OUR FRIENDS VEGETABLES
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?
Exercise 13 Exercise 14
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.”
Exercise 15 Exercise 16
HONEST BEN A WISH
Exercise 17 Exercise 18
CLEAN-UP WEEK A PRAYER
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?
Exercise 19 Exercise 20
A GOOD BUYER A FOOLISH FROG
Exercise 21 Exercise 22
A FLOWER GARDEN A PLAYGROUND
Exercise 23 Exercise 24
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?
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
Exercise 25 Exercise 26
THE BUTTERFLY HELPING FATHER
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
Exercise 27 Exercise 28
LET US SAVE IN THE STORE
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
Exercise 29 Exercise 30
THE DENTIST GOOD CHILDREN
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.
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
EXERCISE 33 EXERCISE 34
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.”
EXERCISE 35 EXERCISE 36
BUYING SHOES FOR CHRISTMAS AN ESKIMO BOY
EXERCISE 37 EXERCISE 38
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
EXERCISE 39 EXERCISE 40
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