Worksheet: Reading Comprehension - 3 | English Grammar Class 3 PDF Download

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Read the short story.  Then answer each question. 
 
The Bee 
Bees live in a house that is called a hive. There are three 
kinds of bees: workers, drones, and queens.  Only one 
queen bee can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the 
other bees will stop their work. 
Bees are very wise and busy little creatures. They all join 
together to build cells of wax for their honey.  Each bee 
takes its proper place and does its own work. Some go out 
and gather honey from the flowers; others stay at home 
and work inside the hive. 
The cells which they build are all of one 
shape and size, and no room is left 
between them.  The cells are not 
round. They have six sides.  
Did you ever look into a glass 
hive to see the bees while at 
work? It is pleasant to see how 
busy they always are. 
  
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Read the short story.  Then answer each question. 
 
The Bee 
Bees live in a house that is called a hive. There are three 
kinds of bees: workers, drones, and queens.  Only one 
queen bee can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the 
other bees will stop their work. 
Bees are very wise and busy little creatures. They all join 
together to build cells of wax for their honey.  Each bee 
takes its proper place and does its own work. Some go out 
and gather honey from the flowers; others stay at home 
and work inside the hive. 
The cells which they build are all of one 
shape and size, and no room is left 
between them.  The cells are not 
round. They have six sides.  
Did you ever look into a glass 
hive to see the bees while at 
work? It is pleasant to see how 
busy they always are. 
  
                                              
 
  
 
 
      
 
But the drones do not work. Before winter comes, all the 
drones are driven from the hive so that they don’t eat the 
honey which they did not gather. 
It is not safe for children to handle bees. Bees have a 
painful sting that they use in their defense. 
 
  
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Read the short story.  Then answer each question. 
 
The Bee 
Bees live in a house that is called a hive. There are three 
kinds of bees: workers, drones, and queens.  Only one 
queen bee can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the 
other bees will stop their work. 
Bees are very wise and busy little creatures. They all join 
together to build cells of wax for their honey.  Each bee 
takes its proper place and does its own work. Some go out 
and gather honey from the flowers; others stay at home 
and work inside the hive. 
The cells which they build are all of one 
shape and size, and no room is left 
between them.  The cells are not 
round. They have six sides.  
Did you ever look into a glass 
hive to see the bees while at 
work? It is pleasant to see how 
busy they always are. 
  
                                              
 
  
 
 
      
 
But the drones do not work. Before winter comes, all the 
drones are driven from the hive so that they don’t eat the 
honey which they did not gather. 
It is not safe for children to handle bees. Bees have a 
painful sting that they use in their defense. 
 
  
                                              
 
  
 
 
      
 
Questions: 
1. How many sides does a cell in the hive have? 
 a. Three 
 b. Four 
 c. Six 
 d. Seven 
 
2. What happens to the drones in the winter? 
 a. They sleep. 
 b. They find a new hive. 
 c. They are driven out.  
 d. They repair the hive. 
 
3. Which is not a kind of bee? 
 a. Workers 
 b. Kings 
 c. Queens 
 d. Drones 
 
4. Which word best describes bees? 
 a. Hard-working 
 b. Lazy 
 c. Stupid 
 d. Cuddly 
  
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Read the short story.  Then answer each question. 
 
The Bee 
Bees live in a house that is called a hive. There are three 
kinds of bees: workers, drones, and queens.  Only one 
queen bee can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the 
other bees will stop their work. 
Bees are very wise and busy little creatures. They all join 
together to build cells of wax for their honey.  Each bee 
takes its proper place and does its own work. Some go out 
and gather honey from the flowers; others stay at home 
and work inside the hive. 
The cells which they build are all of one 
shape and size, and no room is left 
between them.  The cells are not 
round. They have six sides.  
Did you ever look into a glass 
hive to see the bees while at 
work? It is pleasant to see how 
busy they always are. 
  
                                              
 
  
 
 
      
 
But the drones do not work. Before winter comes, all the 
drones are driven from the hive so that they don’t eat the 
honey which they did not gather. 
It is not safe for children to handle bees. Bees have a 
painful sting that they use in their defense. 
 
  
                                              
 
  
 
 
      
 
Questions: 
1. How many sides does a cell in the hive have? 
 a. Three 
 b. Four 
 c. Six 
 d. Seven 
 
2. What happens to the drones in the winter? 
 a. They sleep. 
 b. They find a new hive. 
 c. They are driven out.  
 d. They repair the hive. 
 
3. Which is not a kind of bee? 
 a. Workers 
 b. Kings 
 c. Queens 
 d. Drones 
 
4. Which word best describes bees? 
 a. Hard-working 
 b. Lazy 
 c. Stupid 
 d. Cuddly 
  
                                              
 
  
 
 
      
 
Answers: 
 
1.  How many sides does a cell in the hive have?  
c. six 
 
2.  What happens to the drones in the winter? 
c. They are driven out 
 
3.  Which is not a kind of bee?  
b. Kings 
 
4.  Which word best describes bees? 
a. Hard-working