LISTENING TEXT FOR GRADE III

The Horse and the Red Hen

There was a horse that was very tall. He always said,” It is good to be tall.
Oh how good it is to be tall.”

Oh no, said Red Hen.” It is good to be short. Honestly, it is wonderful to

be short.” Let us take a walk and see,” the horse answered back.

They came upon the wall. There were trees near the wall. The horse ate
and ate leaves of the trees while Red Hen just looked and looked.

“ See it is good to be tall. I told you so,” the horse said to Red Hen in
between big bites.

“ Let us walk further and see,” said the Red Hen. They came upon a very
high wall. There was a hole at the bottom of the wall. The Red Hen squeezed herself
and went into a vegetable garden. There she ate and watched and ate while the horse
waited patiently.

“ See, it is good to be short,” Red Hen said when she joined the horse
again.

The horse neighed and then remarked “ You know what I think? I think it
is best to be what you are.”

“ You are right my friend,” cackled Red Hen happily.

And they became friends since then.

 First Periodical Test In English III

Name: _______________________________________________ Date:_______

Direction: Listen to the short story then answer the questions that follow. Write the

letter of the correct answer.

1. From the story that you heard, who always said, “ It is good to be tall”?
a. Cat b. Horse c. Red Hen d. Turtle

2. What did the Red Hen do as they came upon the very high wall?
a. Looked for a wall.
b. Open the wall and jump.
c. Red Hen ate the leaves of the tree.
d. Red Hen squeezed herself and went to the vegetable garden.

3. What do you think will the horse and the Red Hen feel at the end of the story?
a. angry c. mad
b. happy d. sad

4. “ Honestly, it is wonderful to be short,” said the Red Hen. The underlined word
means________.
a. bad c. good
b. crazy d. frightened

5. Which sentence is not a make – believe situation?

a. The horse neighed.
b. The horse and the Red Hen play.
c. The horse talked to the Red Hen.
d. Red Hen ate and watched and ate while the horse waited patiently.

6. Red Hen just looked and looked at the horse while eating leaves of the trees
because _______________________________.
a. she is tall
b. Red Hen is too short
c. Red hen is near the wall
d. she can’t jumped on the wall
 7. Read the sentences below then sequence them using signal words.
_______they became friends since then.
_______the horse and the Red Hen walked together to find out who’s the best
between them
_______the horse neighed and remarked,” I think it is best to be what you are.”
a. First, Second, Third c. Lastly, Then, First
b. Lastly, First, Then d. Next, Then, Lastly

Read the paragraph about the Filipino rites and rituals then answer the questions
that follow.

The Moriones Festival is a unique and colourful Lenten ritual

celebrated every Holy Week in the towns of Boac, Gasan and Mogpog in the
province of Marinduque. The festival is a re-enactment of hte legend of
Longinos, the Roman soldier who drove his spear into the side of Jesus Christ as
He hanged from the cross. According to the legend, Longinos was blind in his left
eye. His vision was restored when a drop of blood from the side of Jesus fell on
his eye. After Christ rose from the dead, Longinos went all over town to proclaim
Christ’s healing power.

8. What do you call the festival of re-enactment of the legend of Longinos, the
Roman soldier who drove his spear into the side of Jesus Christ as he hanged
from the cross.
a. Longinos c. The Holy Cross
b. Moriones Festival d . Pagoda sa Wawa

9. In what towns of Marinduque is this unique and colourful Lenten ritual

celebrated?

a. Boac c.Mogpog

b. Gasan d. All of the above

10. Read the poem below. Fill the blanks with the correct rhyming words. Choose
only the letter of the correct answer.

Mother Earth Weeps

What have we done to Mother _______,

Look at the rivers, streams, lake and seas,

 Black with dirt, waste without ________,

Millions of fist, dead at birth.

a. Above, from c. fuss, truth

b. Earth, cease d. us, mass

Read the selection carefully. Answer the questions that follow. Write the letter of the
correct answer.

Marian has a little vegetable plot in their backyard. It is planted with

potato, tomatoes and carrots. She waters her plants everyday. She digs the soil around
them. To make her plants healthy, she pulls the weeds that grow near them. Marian’s
plants receive enough sunlight everyday. She placed a little fence around the plot with
the help of his brother. This way, no animal can destroy her plants.

11. Who helped Marian placed a little fence around the plot?

a. brother c. grandfather

b. father d. uncle

12. What do you think will happen to Marian’s plants if she did not place fence around
the plot?

a. The plants will grow.

b. The plants will become healthy.

c. Animals can destroy the plants.

d. No animals can destroy the plants.

13. Give the possible ending of the selection.

a. Mother got angry with Marian

b. Many people visited Marian’s garden.

c. Marian’s mother gave her a beautiful gift.

d. Animals came and destroyed Marian’s garden.

14. The following words have short / u / sound, except one

 a. mug c. rum

b. nut d. tube

Read the short story with short vowel words. Answer the questions that follow.

Brando is my pet dog. He can do a trick. He grabs a stick from desk. He jumps
and run with it. Soon he brings it back and drops the stick where he grabbed it.

15. What does he use for his trick?

a. bamboo c. stick
b. Desk d. stone

16. Which of these three phrases shows the trick that Brando does with the stick?

a. do a trick

b. jumps and run with it

c. grab a stick from a desk

d. brings back and drops the stick where he grabbed it

17. Which group of words are arranged in alphabetical order?

a. come b. duck c. nut d. see

farm back cut week

jack mock but meek

18. Which is a sentence from the given examples?

a. to be happy

b. jealous about

c. My second grade

d. We draw and sometimes cut out pictures

19. Which sentence tells about the picture?

a. The children are eating.

b. Bob and his dog are playing.

c. Bob and his dog go to school.

d. The children sit and rest on the grass.

20. All of these are declarative sentence except one. Which is it?

a. I love ate Monique.

b. Do you also love your sister?

c. We did our best in the contest.

d. We take turns in throwing the garbage.

21. It is a kind of sentence that ends with a question mark. What is it?

a. declarative c. imperative

b. exclamatory d. interrogative

22. What do the children like in the farm__. What punctuation mark will you use?

a. ? b. . c. ! d. ,

23. Which of the following is an imperative sentence?

a. Oh! What a big snake. c. Kindly hold this box for a moment

b. What chores are assigned to you? d. We help our parents do the chores

24. Bien is planting in the garden. He asked his younger _________ to get the
sprinkler. What noun will complete the sentence?

a. brother c. grandfather

b. father d. mother

25. It is vacation day. The_______ is playing with his ___________. What nouns will
complete the sentence?

a. boy, toy c. room, toy

b. dog, toy d. toy, boy

 26. Reverend Donnie Inero is a kind priest. The common noun in the sentence is
________.

a. Donnie c. priest

b. kind d. Rev. Donnie

27. Our family went to church every Sunday? What is the plural form of the underlined
word?

a. church c. churches

b. churched d. churches

28. I saw some ( turkey ) ________ in the farm. What is the plural form of the word
inside the parenthesis?

a. turkie c. turkeys

b. turkies d. turkeyz

29. Child – children, man – men

Mouse – mice, ox - ______

a. oxen c. oxies
b. oxes d. oxez

30. What word or group of words best describes the words inside the box?

Magazine newspaper book

a. things to play c. things to read

b. things to clean d. things to wear

31. April December September

a. days c .months

b. holidays d. weeks

32. Which picture tells about the statement?

 “ Alyanna and William are on the highway waiting for a jeep.”

a. b. c. d.

33. Which sentence tells about the picture?

a. Ben gets the puppy.

b. The puppy is full of mud.

c. Oh! The puppy runs to the mud hole.

d. Ben had fun with his puppy on a sunny day.

34. The tenor sang in the opera house. The word tenor means _________.

a. a song b. an orchestra c. an instrument d. highest male singing voice

35. From the story that you heard about the horse and the Red Hen, what do you think
will the horse tell to Red Hen in his letter to her?

a. I hate you. c. You’re not my friend anymore.

b. I’m sorry, I’m the best. d. Thank you, you’re a kind friend.

Look and read the information printed in the food packs and answer the questions
about the content. Write the letter of the correct answer.
36. What kind of milk does the food pack contain?

37. How many kilograms of drink does the pack contain?

38. Where was the drink made?

39. Up to when will it stay fresh?

40. What must be done so it will remain fresh once it opened?

a. 250 ml

b. Choco milk

c. February 27,2014

d. SC Food Corporation

e. Refrigerate once open.