Grade 2 3rd Q Reading

READING EXAM 3rd QUARTER I.

READING COMPREHENSION

DIRECTIONS: Read the story “The New Boy”. Then answer the following questions. A. Ring the letter of the best answer. 1.

Who was the new boy? a. b. c.

2.

Why was Mark bowing his head the whole time? a. b. c.

3.

He was angry. He was sad. He was glad.

What did Aleli do? a. b. c.

5.

His teeth were too big. He was shy. He did not want to go to school.

What did Mark feel when the boys laughed at him? a. b. c.

4.

Mark Manong Dante Aleli

She joined the boys in making fun of Mark. She left. She told the boys to stop.

Who was Mang Dante? a. b. c.

Mark’s dad The school janitor Both a and b

6. What can you say of Mark when he would not fight with the boys who laughed at his teeth? a. b. c.

He is humble. He is disobedient. He is lazy.

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B. Arrange the following events according to how they happened in the story. Write 1 – 4. _______

Aleli introduced Mark to her other friends.

_______

The boys laughed at Mark’s big teeth.

_______

Aleli told the boys to stop making fun of Mark.

_______

Mark ate by himself because no one would sit with him during recess.

C. CAUSE AND EFFECT. Underline the cause and encircle the effect. 1.

Mark was ashamed of his big teeth so he always kept his head bowed.

2.

Mark did not fight with the boys who were mean to him because it was more important for him to go to school.

3.

Aleli introduced Mark to her friends so Mark would have friends too.

4.

Since the boys’ teasing were hurting Mark’s feelings, Aleli told the boys to stop.

D. Draw a  if the statement happened in the story and X if it did not happen. ________ 1.

Mark was a rich boy.

________ 2.

The boys apologized to Mark when Aleli told them to.

________ 3.

Aleli and Mark became friends.

________ 4.

Mark was the new boy in school.

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E. Which character could have said the following lines? Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank. a. b.

Aleli Mark

c. d.

Miss Rivas Mang Dante

______

1.

“This is Mark. He’s the son of the school’s gardener.”

______

2.

“When I was new here, I did not have friends either. Would you like to be my friend?”

______

3.

“I can’t help it if my teeth are big.”

______

4.

“Just be grateful you are healthy, Mark, and that you are able to go to school for free because I work there.”

II.

SUFFIXES: -d -ed

DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct root word in the box that fits each sentence and write it in its correct –d or –ed form. trap

save

show

pray

die

surprise

jog

cry

use

bury

1.

Marla _______________ when she saw the movie “Titanic”.

2-3. The boys _______________ their pet fish when it __________. 4.

Fatima _______________ me the stitches on her leg from the operation.

5.

The miners were ________________ in the narrow passageway.

6.

The class ______________ their teacher with a birthday gift.

7.

The firemen _____________ axes to break the glass in the burning house.

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8.

The athletes _____________ around the field.

9.

Lola Yolly _____________ her money and now has P1,000,000.

10.

We ______________ during our First Holy Communion.

III.

SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS

Answer the attached exercises. IV.

HOMONYMS

DIRECTIONS: Underline a word in the parenthesis to make the sentence correct. 1.

Please check if the ( mail

2.

The wounds should ( heel

3.

Jacob ( ate

4.

We will ride a ( plain

5.

Let us ( meet

male ) has arrived. heal ) in two weeks.

eight ) all the chocolate bars in the fridge. plane ) to Boracay.

meat ) at the airport.

DIRECTIONS: Write a homonym for the following. 1.

deer -

_________________

2.

knows -

_________________

3.

two

_________________

4.

see -

_________________

5.

weak -

_________________

-

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V. MAKING INFERENCES DIRECTIONS: Make inferences on the following situations. Write them on the lines after the given situations. 1.

Rose forgot to cook last night.

______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 2.

JC Intal missed the final shot.

______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 3.

Cobbie Quintos had no grade lower than 90.

______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 4.

The van ran out of gas on the way to school.

______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 5. The children woke up and excitedly ran to the Christmas tree to open their presents. ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ VI. SUFFIXES -FUL AND –LESS DIRECTIONS: Add -ful or –less to the root words to make each sentence correct. 1.

A child who thinks of others and does things for others is a thought_________ child.

2.

Trying to outrun Anton at the race is fruit_______________.

3.

The faith__________ go to church often.

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4.

The class was getting rest_____________ so the teacher dismissed them early.

5.

The naughty boys apologized for their shame_________ behavior.

6.

We are all sin________ so we have to go to confession constantly.

7.

A baby is help______ without his mother.

8.

My wound is very pain_______.

9.

Water is color___________.

10.

Cookie is a play________ dog.

DIRECTIONS: Choose the best word for each sentence. Ring the letter of the answer. 1.

The _______________ man did not leave any food for his companion. a.

2.

c.

restless

sinful

b.

faithful

c.

restful

shameless

b.

sinless

c.

faithless

c.

useful

c.

painful

The hammer is a _______________ tool. a.

5.

shameless

Mama Mary was born _______________. a.

4.

b.

Have a ______________ sleep before the exams. a.

3.

thoughtless

careful

b.

thankful

Donita is a ___________ girl. a.

fruitful

b.

beautiful