{"id":5316,"date":"2026-06-07T17:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/dragon-boat-racing-elementary-3\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:21:54","slug":"dragon-boat-racing-elementary-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/pt\/dragon-boat-racing-elementary-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Boat Racing | Elementary ESL Reading Worksheet PDF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center;margin:24px 0 30px;padding:20px;background:#fafafa;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;border-radius:6px;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tahricteaches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dragon-boat-racing-elementary-elementary-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#000;color:#fff;padding:13px 30px;border-radius:4px;font-weight:bold;font-size:17px;text-decoration:none;\">&#x1f4c4; Download Printable PDF Worksheet<\/a>\n<p style=\"color:#555;margin:10px 0 0;font-size:13px;font-style:italic;\">Free, classroom-ready, one click \u2014 includes answer key on page 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<figure style=\"margin:0 0 24px;border-radius:8px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1604971684445-0ac837a1c720?crop=entropy&#038;cs=tinysrgb&#038;fit=max&#038;fm=jpg&#038;ixid=M3w4NzQ5MjF8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHxkcmFnb24lMjBib2F0JTIwcmFjZSUyMHJpdmVyfGVufDB8MHx8fDE3ODA4NTE2MzR8MA&#038;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&#038;q=80&#038;w=1080\" alt=\"Dragon Boat Racing\" style=\"width:100%;height:420px;object-fit:cover;display:block;\">\n<\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#666;margin-bottom:18px;\">Reading Worksheet \u2014 Elementary (C) | tahricteaches.com<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"line-height:1.7;font-size:16px;\">\n<p>Dragon Boat Racing is a fun sport from China. It is more than 2,000 years old. People race long, narrow boats on rivers and lakes. Each boat looks like a <strong>dragon<\/strong> with a colorful head and tail. Today, many countries around the world enjoy this exciting sport.<\/p>\n<p>A dragon boat has a team of 20 people. They sit in two rows and use <strong>paddles<\/strong> to push the water. One person sits at the front and beats a big <strong>tambor<\/strong>. The sound of the drum helps the team work together. Another person stands at the back and steers the boat.<\/p>\n<p>The race happens on the Dragon Boat <strong>Festival<\/strong>. This special day is in May or June. Families watch the boats and cheer for their favorite team. They eat sticky rice cakes called zongzi. These small cakes are wrapped in green leaves.<\/p>\n<p>The sport began with a sad story. A poet named Qu Yuan jumped into a river long ago. Local people raced their boats to save him. They also threw rice into the water for the fish. This is why people still eat rice cakes during the festival.<\/p>\n<p>Dragon boat racing is now a popular <strong>sport<\/strong> in many cities. Teams practice hard every week. They must be strong and fast. Most of all, they must work as one team. Winning is nice, but having fun together is the best part of the race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>A. Vocabul\u00e1rio<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z9b-9UHW0pY?feature=oembed\" title=\"Dragon Boat Racing\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><div style=\"display:flex;gap:24px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<ol style=\"flex:0 0 35%;list-style:decimal inside;line-height:1.9;\"><li>dragon ____<\/li>\n<li>paddle ____<\/li>\n<li>drum ____<\/li>\n<li>festival ____<\/li>\n<li>sport ____<\/li>\n<li>team ____<\/li>\n<li>race ____<\/li>\n<li>narrow ____<\/li>\n<li>cheer ____<\/li>\n<li>ancient ____<\/li><\/ol>\n<ul style=\"flex:1;list-style:none;padding:0;line-height:1.9;\"><li>a. thin from one side to the other; not wide<\/li>\n<li>b. shout loudly to support a person or team<\/li>\n<li>c. competition to see who is the fastest<\/li>\n<li>d. special day or event when people celebrate something<\/li>\n<li>e. musical instrument that you hit to make a loud sound<\/li>\n<li>f. game or activity that needs physical effort and skill<\/li>\n<li>g. short pole with a flat end used to move a boat through water<\/li>\n<li>h. very, very old; from a long time ago<\/li>\n<li>i. group of people who work or play together<\/li>\n<li>j. large imaginary animal with wings that breathes fire in stories<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<figure style=\"margin:32px 0 24px;border-radius:8px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1762774365051-add54197be99?crop=entropy&#038;cs=tinysrgb&#038;fit=max&#038;fm=jpg&#038;ixid=M3w4NzQ5MjF8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyfHxkcmFnb24lMjBib2F0JTIwcmFjZSUyMHJpdmVyfGVufDB8MHx8fDE3ODA4NTE2MzR8MA&#038;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&#038;q=80&#038;w=1080\" alt=\"Dragon Boat Racing worksheet\" style=\"width:100%;height:300px;object-fit:cover;display:block;\">\n<\/figure>\n<h2>B. Verdadeiro ou falso<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"line-height:1.9;\"><li>____ &nbsp; Dragon boat racing is a new sport that started ten years ago.<\/li>\n<li>____ &nbsp; Dragon boats look like dragons with a head and a tail.<\/li>\n<li>____ &nbsp; There are 20 people on a dragon boat team.<\/li>\n<li>____ &nbsp; The person at the front of the boat plays a drum.<\/li>\n<li>____ &nbsp; The Dragon Boat Festival happens in December.<\/li>\n<li>____ &nbsp; People eat sticky rice cakes called zongzi during the festival.<\/li>\n<li>____ &nbsp; Zongzi are wrapped in red paper.<\/li>\n<li>____ &nbsp; A poet named Qu Yuan jumped into a river long ago.<\/li>\n<li>____ &nbsp; Dragon boat racing is only popular in China today.<\/li>\n<li>____ &nbsp; Teams must work together to win the race.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<h2>C. Preencha os espa\u00e7os em branco<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f0f0;padding:10px 14px;margin-bottom:14px;font-size:14px;\">\n<strong>Banco de palavras:<\/strong> paddles, drum, team, festival, race, dragon, narrow, cheer\n<\/div>\n<ol style=\"line-height:1.9;\"><li>The boat is long and ___, not wide.<\/li>\n<li>People use ___ to push the water and move the boat.<\/li>\n<li>One person beats a big ___ to help the team work together.<\/li>\n<li>Families ___ for their favorite team during the race.<\/li>\n<li>The Dragon Boat ___ happens in May or June.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<h2>D. Quest\u00f5es de Compreens\u00e3o<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"line-height:1.9;\"><li>How many people are on a dragon boat team, and what do they do?<\/li>\n<li>Why do people eat sticky rice cakes during the Dragon Boat Festival?<\/li>\n<li>Why is the drum important on a dragon boat?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<h2>E. Quest\u00f5es para discuss\u00e3o<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"line-height:1.9;\"><li>Would you like to be part of a dragon boat team? Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>What special festivals or sports does your country have, and how do people celebrate them?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<details style=\"margin-top:24px;background:#f7f7f7;padding:14px 18px;border-radius:4px;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;\">\n<summary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:bold;\">Answer Key (click to reveal)<\/summary>\n<div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.7;\">\n<p><strong>A. Vocabul\u00e1rio:<\/strong> 1-j, 2-g, 3-e, 4-d, 5-f, 6-i, 7-c, 8-a, 9-b, 10-h<\/p>\n<p><strong>B. Verdadeiro\/Falso:<\/strong> 1-F, 2-T, 3-T, 4-T, 5-F, 6-T, 7-F, 8-T, 9-F, 10-T<\/p>\n<p><strong>C. Preencha os espa\u00e7os em branco:<\/strong> 1-narrow, 2-paddles, 3-drum, 4-cheer, 5-festival<\/p>\n<p><strong>D. Compreens\u00e3o:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol><li>There are 20 people who sit in two rows and use paddles to push the boat through the water.<\/li><li>Long ago, people threw rice into the river to feed the fish so they would not eat the poet Qu Yuan&#8217;s body.<\/li><li>The sound of the drum helps the team paddle together at the same time.<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:30px;font-size:12px;color:#888;text-align:center;\">\u00a9 Tahric Teaches | tahricteaches.com<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1f4c4; Download Printable PDF Worksheet Free, classroom-ready, one click \u2014 includes answer key on page 3. Reading Worksheet \u2014 Elementary (C) | tahricteaches.com Dragon Boat Racing is a fun sport from China. It is more than 2,000 years old. People race long, narrow boats on rivers and lakes. 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