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Grade 3 English Language Arts · Reading Comprehension

Grade 3 Reading Comprehension Practice Test

Build Grade 3 reading skills with five 10-question practice tests on main idea, details, inference, sequence, vocabulary, character traits, and text evidence.

Reading Comprehension Practice Tests

These Grade 3 English Language Arts practice tests use short fiction and informational passages. Students identify main ideas, find supporting details, sequence events, make inferences, determine word meaning, and support answers with evidence from the text.

Skills covered

  • Finding the main idea and best title
  • Identifying key details and text evidence
  • Putting events in sequence
  • Making reasonable inferences
  • Determining word meaning from context
  • Identifying character traits and lessons
  • Reading fiction and informational text

How to use these practice tests

Read the passage once for the overall meaning, then read it again to find evidence. For main idea questions, choose the answer that covers the whole passage. For inference questions, combine clues from the text with what you already know.

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Grade 3 Reading Comprehension Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 3 English Language Arts practice test on main idea, details, sequence, inference, vocabulary, character traits, and text evidence.

Read each passage carefully. Return to the text to find supporting details, sequence clues, word meanings, character traits, and evidence for your answer.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Passage: Maya planted a bean seed in a small cup. She placed the cup near a sunny window and gave the soil just enough water. On the first day, nothing changed. By the fourth day, a small green stem appeared. Maya measured the stem each morning and wrote its height in a notebook. What is the main idea of the passage?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Maya carefully cares for a seed and observes its growth.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the main idea, important details, sequence, and clues in the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage focuses on Maya planting, caring for, and measuring a growing seedling.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is Maya carefully cares for a seed and observes its growth.

The passage focuses on Maya planting, caring for, and measuring a growing seedling.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Passage: Maya planted a bean seed in a small cup. She placed the cup near a sunny window and gave the soil just enough water. On the first day, nothing changed. By the fourth day, a small green stem appeared. Maya measured the stem each morning and wrote its height in a notebook. Why did Maya place the cup near a sunny window?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The seedling needed light to grow.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the main idea, important details, sequence, and clues in the text.
  2. Use text evidence: Sunlight is a useful clue because plants need light as they grow.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is The seedling needed light to grow.

Sunlight is a useful clue because plants need light as they grow.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Passage: Maya planted a bean seed in a small cup. She placed the cup near a sunny window and gave the soil just enough water. On the first day, nothing changed. By the fourth day, a small green stem appeared. Maya measured the stem each morning and wrote its height in a notebook. What happened by the fourth day?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A small green stem appeared.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the main idea, important details, sequence, and clues in the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage directly states that a small green stem appeared by the fourth day.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is A small green stem appeared.

The passage directly states that a small green stem appeared by the fourth day.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Passage: Maya planted a bean seed in a small cup. She placed the cup near a sunny window and gave the soil just enough water. On the first day, nothing changed. By the fourth day, a small green stem appeared. Maya measured the stem each morning and wrote its height in a notebook. What can the reader infer about Maya?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is She is patient and observant.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the main idea, important details, sequence, and clues in the text.
  2. Use text evidence: Maya waits for the seed to grow, measures it, and records what she sees.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is She is patient and observant.

Maya waits for the seed to grow, measures it, and records what she sees.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Passage: Maya planted a bean seed in a small cup. She placed the cup near a sunny window and gave the soil just enough water. On the first day, nothing changed. By the fourth day, a small green stem appeared. Maya measured the stem each morning and wrote its height in a notebook. What did Maya do first?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is She planted a bean seed in a cup.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the main idea, important details, sequence, and clues in the text.
  2. Use text evidence: Planting the seed is the first event described in the passage.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is She planted a bean seed in a cup.

Planting the seed is the first event described in the passage.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Passage: Maya planted a bean seed in a small cup. She placed the cup near a sunny window and gave the soil just enough water. On the first day, nothing changed. By the fourth day, a small green stem appeared. Maya measured the stem each morning and wrote its height in a notebook. What did Maya write in her notebook?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The height of the stem.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the main idea, important details, sequence, and clues in the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage says Maya measured the stem and wrote its height in a notebook.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is The height of the stem.

The passage says Maya measured the stem and wrote its height in a notebook.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Passage: Maya planted a bean seed in a small cup. She placed the cup near a sunny window and gave the soil just enough water. On the first day, nothing changed. By the fourth day, a small green stem appeared. Maya measured the stem each morning and wrote its height in a notebook. What does the word “seedling” most likely mean?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A young plant.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the main idea, important details, sequence, and clues in the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The word refers to the small plant that grows from the seed.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is A young plant.

The word refers to the small plant that grows from the seed.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Passage: Maya planted a bean seed in a small cup. She placed the cup near a sunny window and gave the soil just enough water. On the first day, nothing changed. By the fourth day, a small green stem appeared. Maya measured the stem each morning and wrote its height in a notebook. What will Maya most likely do next?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Continue watering and measuring the plant.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the main idea, important details, sequence, and clues in the text.
  2. Use text evidence: Her careful routine suggests that she will continue caring for and observing the plant.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is Continue watering and measuring the plant.

Her careful routine suggests that she will continue caring for and observing the plant.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Passage: Maya planted a bean seed in a small cup. She placed the cup near a sunny window and gave the soil just enough water. On the first day, nothing changed. By the fourth day, a small green stem appeared. Maya measured the stem each morning and wrote its height in a notebook. Which detail shows that Maya was studying the plant?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is She measured the stem and recorded its height.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the main idea, important details, sequence, and clues in the text.
  2. Use text evidence: Measuring and recording are actions that show Maya was studying the plant.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is She measured the stem and recorded its height.

Measuring and recording are actions that show Maya was studying the plant.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Passage: Maya planted a bean seed in a small cup. She placed the cup near a sunny window and gave the soil just enough water. On the first day, nothing changed. By the fourth day, a small green stem appeared. Maya measured the stem each morning and wrote its height in a notebook. Which title best fits the passage?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Maya and the Growing Seed.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the main idea, important details, sequence, and clues in the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The title names Maya and the seed whose growth she observes.
  3. Check the answer: The correct choice is Maya and the Growing Seed.

The title names Maya and the seed whose growth she observes.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 3 Reading Comprehension

What is the main idea?

The main idea is what a passage is mostly about. Supporting details explain or develop that idea.

What is an inference?

An inference is a reasonable idea formed by combining clues from the text with what you already know.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 3 Reading Comprehension questions in total.