Understanding Parables
A Grade 3 ELA worksheet to help students understand parables through reading and comprehension exercises.
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Understanding Parables
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Read the story below and answer the questions that follow. A parable is a simple story used to teach a moral or spiritual lesson.
The Ant and the Grasshopper
In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?" "I am laying up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When winter came the Grasshopper found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for days of necessity.
1. What is the main problem in the story?
The Ant has too much food.
The Grasshopper doesn't prepare for winter.
The Ant and Grasshopper are friends.
It is always summer.
2. The Ant was laying up for the winter.
3. The Grasshopper found itself dying of when winter came.
4. What is the lesson or moral of this parable?
5. A parable is a story that only entertains and does not teach a lesson.
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False