Unseen Passage for Class 3: The Lantern Festival

  • 152 words
  • 5 questions
  • Ages 8–9
  • With answers

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The lantern festival came on the night of the full moon. Tara and her family gathered in the park with hundreds of others, each holding a small paper lantern with a candle inside.

Her grandfather handed her a lantern. "Make a wish before you light it," he whispered. Tara closed her eyes and wished for her little brother, who was ill at home, to get well soon.

When she opened her eyes, she lit the candle carefully. The lantern began to glow, warm and golden. She let it slip from her hands, and it rose slowly into the dark sky, carrying her wish upward.

Soon the whole sky was full of lanterns, like fallen stars floating upward. Tara watched her lantern rise higher until she could no longer tell it from the stars above. Three weeks later, her brother was well, and she never forgot the night she let her wish fly.

Questions

  1. When did the lantern festival happen?

    1. During the day
    2. On a dark night
    3. On the night of the full moon
    4. In the morning

  2. What did Tara wish for?

    1. A new lantern
    2. To go to the park more often
    3. For her brother who was ill to get well
    4. To see the stars

  3. How many lanterns lit up the sky?

    1. Only Tara's
    2. Three
    3. Hundreds
    4. Ten

  4. What does the passage tell us about Tara's wish?

    1. She forgot it immediately
    2. It came true
    3. It did not work
    4. Nobody else wished

  5. In the passage, "let it slip from her hands" means —

    1. dropped it by accident
    2. threw it away
    3. gently released it so it would rise
    4. held it tightly

Answers

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  1. On the night of the full moonThe passage says the festival came on the night of the full moon.
  2. For her brother who was ill to get wellTara wished for her little brother, who was ill at home in bed, to get well soon.
  3. HundredsThe passage says "the whole sky was full of lanterns" when families let theirs rise.
  4. It came trueThree weeks later, her brother was well, showing that the wish came true.
  5. gently released it so it would riseThe lantern rose slowly into the dark sky, showing she released it intentionally to let it fly.

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