RI 3rd 1

E.B. White had a story. He wanted to share it with others. He wrote it down. He called it Charlotte's Web. Now stores sell it. Many children read it, too.

He wrote a _________.

• noise

• book

• picture

• game

Sam plays with his dog. His name is Spot. He throws the ball to Spot. Spot brings it back.

Spot ________ it.

• catches

• reads

• rides

• walks

Poor Buddy sat down all alone. Then he began to cry. "I was not born to dance," he said. "I might as well not try."

Buddy was _______.

• sad

• smart

• old

• tall

Emma heard something grumble. It was her stomach. "I need food right away," she said. "I will buy some food to eat at home. I will go to Sherman's Food shop."

Emma was ______.

• angry

• crying

• hungry

• drinking

"I want to ride on two wheels," says Jack. "Okay, we can try," says Dad. Dad gets his tools. Dad takes the little wheels off Jack's bike. The bike is hard to ride. The bike wobbles. The bike falls. Jack cannot ride the bike.

Jack still has to ____________.

• ask

• hide

• learn

• sleep

He looked at me. His eyes were big and brown. He watched me for a long time. I knelt on the grass. The deer flicked his white tail back and forth. I sang a song to him softly, while he nibbled on fallen pears. He shook his head and twitched his ears.

He was ____.

• smiling

• listening

• whispering

• talking

Splash and swim in the pool. Stay all day. The water's cool. Ride your bike in the neighborhood. The wind on your face feels so good.

We have ________.

• fun

• pets

• money

• friends

We go to the shop. We find boxes. They hold cherries. They also hold oranges. Yum! They look tasty.

We _____ the food.

• want

• hide

• make

• plant

Billy will go fast. He will go far. He will go here. He will go there. He will go all around the block.

Billy is ____________.

• hurrying

• reading

• singing

• eating

Jim feels a wet drop. Then another. And another! The sky is dark. Jim is sad. He wants to go on the swing. But it will not be safe. They have to go in.

It starts to ________.

• rain

• help

• work

• pull