Grade 3 Unit 3 Assessment Practice

What would a reader learn from reading the passage?

• How to cook with pineapple

• Why pineapples taste sweet

• How to grow a pineapple plant

• Where pineapple plants are grown

Knowing the meaning of the prefix -un helps the reader understand the word unusual means

• always usual

• not usual

• no longer usual

• often usual

In the last paragraph of the passage, what does the word patient mean the reader should do?

• work hard

• want badly

• wait calmly

• watch steadily

According to the passage, what is the main purpose of the spoon?

• to add soil to the pot

• to dig a hole in the pot

• to push the top into the soil

• to remove leaves from the plant

The section titled, "You Will Need," gives readers information about

• fresh pineapples

• how to plant pineapples

• the things needed to plant a pineapple plant

• the time needed to grow a pineapple

What should you do just before watering the soil?

• cut off the top of the pineapple

• push the plant into the soil

• put the plant on a window sill

• add soil to the pot

What is the connection between the sentences in the section, "Potting the Plant"?

• cause and effect

• question and answer

• comparison and contrast

• sequence of steps

According to the passage, the treats help the little elephant

• stay awake

• work faster

• learn quickly

• make noise

What is the passage mainly about?

• where elephants live

• what elephants learn

• why boys want to ride elephants

• how men are chosen to work with elephants

The author most likely wrote this passage to

• tell about ways to teach an elephant

• explain that elephants have different jobs

• describe an unusual school for elephants

• show how difficult elephant training can be