AIMS Language Arts Practice Questions – Reading, Grade 3, Concept #2

    Performance objective a: Use word recognition and decoding strategies

Directions: You can create a secret message by following the directions below.

1. (1) Take h from hats and put c in its place.

     (2) Take b from bike and put l in its place.

     (3) Take d from do and put t in its place.

     (4) Take tr from tray and put pl in its place.

     The secret message is:

     A. Cats do play. B. Cats like to play.

     C. Hats bike do tray. D. Cats bike to play.

2. (1) Take t from towers and put fl in its place.

     (2) Take sh from shell and put sm in its place.

     (3) Take g from go and put s in its place.

     (4) Take r from rice and put n in its place.

     The secret message is:

     A. Flowers smell so nice. B. Flowers shell so nice.

     C. Flowers smell go rice. D. Towers smell so nice.

3. (1) Add t to the beginning of he.

     (2) Take fl from fly and put sk in its place.

     (3) Take c from cooked and put l in its place.

     (4) Take p from park and put d in its place.

     The secret message is:

     A. The fly looked dark. B. He fly cooked park.

     C. The sky cooked park. D. The sky looked dark.

4. (1) Take d from dim and put j in its place.

     (2) Take k from kept and put sw in its place.

     (3) Add t to the beginning of he.

     (4) Take d from door and put fl in its place.

     The secret message is:

     A. Jim kept the door. B. Jim swept the floor.

     C. Dim kept the door. D. Jim swept the door.

? Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University and its Office of Youth Preparation, 2000 1 of 4 Edition: August 2002

    AIMS Language Arts Practice Questions – Reading, Grade 3, Concept #2

    Performance objective a: Use word recognition and decoding strategies

5. (1) Take m from me and put w in its place.

     (2) Take h from hike and put l in its place.

     (3) Take l from linking and put dr in its place.

     (4) Take s from silk and put m in its place.

     The secret message is:

     A. We like linking silk. B. We like drinking silk.

     C. We like drinking milk. D. We like linking silk.

6. (1) Take pl from plugs and put r in its place.

    (2) Take f from fan and put c in its place.

     (3) Take w from we and put b in its place.

    (4) Take l from loft and put s in its place.

     The secret message is:

     A. Rugs can be soft. B. Plugs can be soft.

     C. Plugs can be loft. D. Rugs fan we loft.

7. (1) Take p from post and put m in its place.

     (2) Take k from kings and put r in its place.

     (3) Take c from car and add e at the end.

     (4) Take s from sold and put g in its place.

     The secret message is:

     A. Most rings are gold. B. Post kings are sold.

     C. Are most gold rings. D. Most gold are rings.

8. (1) Take pl from plunks and put sk in its place.

     (2) Take r from ran and put c in its place.

     (3) Take m from me and put b in its place.

     (4) Take b from belly and put sm in its place.

     The secret message is:

     A. Skunks can be belly. B. Plunks ran be smelly.

     C. Skunks can be smelly. D. We ran belly plunks.

? Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University and its Office of Youth Preparation, 2000 2 of 4 Edition: August 2002

    AIMS Language Arts Practice Questions – Reading, Grade 3, Concept #2

    Performance objective a: Use word recognition and decoding strategies

9. (1) Take sc from scars and put st in its place.

     (2) Take h from her and put w in its place. Add e at the end.

     (3) Take l from lining and put sh in its place.

     (4) Take sl from slightly and put br in its place.

     The secret message is:

     A. Stars were lining brightly. B. Her lining scars slightly.

     C. Were shining stars brightly? D. Stars were shining brightly.

10. (1) Take c from cakes and put sn in its place.

     (2) Take g from give and put l in its place.

     (3) Take pl from plunder.

     (4) Take bl from blocks and put r in its place.

     The secret message is:

     A. Snakes give plunder blocks. B. Snakes live under rocks.

     C. Plunder give blocks cakes. D. Under live rocks snakes.

? Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University and its Office of Youth Preparation, 2000 3 of 4 Edition: August 2002

    AIMS Language Arts Practice Questions – Reading, Grade 3, Concept #2

    Performance objective a: Use word recognition and decoding strategies

Answer Key

    1. A B C D

    A B C D 2.

    A B C D 3.

    A B C D 4.

    A B C D 5.

    A B C D 6.

    A B C D 7.

    A B C D 8.

    A B C D 9.

    10. A B C D

    ? Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University and its Office of Youth Preparation, 2000 4 of 4 Edition: August 2002