Grade 3 Comprehension Blog Answer Key - July 2017

Grade 3 Comprehension Blog Answer Key - July 2017

       The child who saw Santa Claus

Once upon a time, there was a child who wanted to see Santa Claus. 'I am old enough now to see Santa Clause,' the child said. 'I am seven years old. Show him to me, mother,' he begged.

'Oh, I cannot show you,' the child's mother said.' I can tell you about Santa Claus but I cannot show you his face.' 'May I go out and look for Santa Claus, myself, then?',the child asked. 'Yes, you may go out and look for Santa Claus,' the child's mother said, and she brought him his warm coat and cap and his mittens (gloves). 'But do not go too far away from home,' she added. At the gate, the child met his grandfather. He was a very old man with white hair and spectacles. Now, his grandfather's arms were full of fat packets. One packet looked as if it were a toy fire engine and another packet looked as if it were a mask, and a ball and gloves.

'Where are you going?'the child's grandfather asked. 'I am going to see Santa Claus,' the child answered.  

The grandfather smiled until his blue eyes shone(looked bright and shiny). 'Will you know Santa Claus when you see him?' he asked. 'Oh, yes,' the child said. 'Santa Claus is an old man with white hair, and twinkling (sparkling) eyes, and a nose like a cherry-' but the child suddenly stopped. 'Oho!' his grandfather laughed, and the child listened in surprise. He had never heard such a merry laugh before. The child saw some horses coming his way but did not know which way to go. He might have been hurt, but a hand took hold of his and helped him safely across the street. He looked up at the man, who wore a long red cloak. 'Who are you?' the child asked.  'One of the christmas helpers,' the man said. 'I stand here at the street corner and ring a christmas bell. People who pass by give me money for the poor people I help. And where are you going?' he asked the child.'I am going to see Santa Claus,' the child answered. 'Will you know Santa Claus when you see him?' the man asked. 'Oh , yes,' the child said , ' Santa Claus wears a long red cloak-' But then the child stopped...wondering.

A little farther on, there was an old man, sitting in a shop, and making toys. The toyman turned to the child who was just going out of the shop. 'Where are you going?' the toymaker asked the child. 'I am going to see Santa Claus,'  the child answered. 'Will you know Santa Claus when you see him?' the toyman asked. Oh , yes,' the child said, 'Santa Claus will be making toys-' but he did not say any more. He got down from his bench and put a box of little wooden animals in the child's hands.'Merry Christmas to you from Santa Claus!' said the toyman, as the child thanked him and went on, wondering. The child went back home and his mother was very glad to have him back.'Did you see Santa Claus?' she asked. 'Oh , yes!' the child answered. 'I saw him when I met Grandfather, and I saw him standing in a red cloak at the street corner and helping the poor. I saw him in the toyman's shop. I saw Santa Claus everywhere,' the child said.

QA. Answer the following questions:-

1.  How old was the boy?

a.  5 years old

b. 6 years old

c. 7 years old

2. Did the boy stop speaking each time he described Santa Claus to the three people he met and why?

Yes the boy stopped speaking each time when he was describing Santa Claus to the three people he met because he could see the qualities of Santa Claus in them.

3.  The christmas helper performed a good deed, explain what was it?

The christmas helper stood at the street corner and people who passed by gave him money for the poor people whom the christmas helper used to help.

4. Write down any two points how the boy described Santa Claus to his mother?

The boy described Santa Claus to his mother when he saw him standing in a red cloak at the street corner and helping the poor and he saw him in the toyman's shop who was sitting in a shop, and making toys for the children.

5.Which festival does the story remind you of? Write down two wishes that you would like to make to Santa Claus. (Application question)

The story reminds me of Christmas. I would wish for a new toy and bag full of chocolates.

6. a. From the passage give the synonym for carefully = safely

    b.From the passage give the antonym for cry  = laugh       

7.      Tick the correct word class and frame a sentence of the given word:

word	word class	sentence
spectacles	noun verb adjective	My grandfather wears his spectacles while reading the newspaper.
wondering	noun verb adjective	Rita was wondering if she could win the chess challenge.