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Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 5: Short stories · Set 101 · 12 questions
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Reading tip (Beginning, middle, end): Read the story once, all the way through. For “why” questions, look for “because” or “so”. For “what happened first / next”, follow the story in order.

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  1. 1.Joseph had a toy boat. He took it to the pond with his father. The boat sailed across the water. A duck swam next to it as if they were racing.

    What toy did Joseph have?
    (a) a toy kite (b) a toy train (c) a toy boat (d) a toy car
  2. 2.Pooja’s goat, Chhotu, loves to eat leaves. One day Chhotu ran out of the gate. Pooja searched the whole village for him. At last, she found him eating leaves near the temple.

    What is the name of Pooja’s goat?
    (a) Raju (b) Moti (c) Bholu (d) Chhotu
  3. 3.Tenzin made a card for his mother’s birthday. He drew a big sun and three flowers on it. He wrote “I love you, Amma” inside. His mother hugged him and kept the card on her table.

    What did Tenzin write inside the card?
    (a) Good morning (b) Happy Diwali (c) I love you, Amma (d) Thank you
  4. 4.Anjali wanted to help in the kitchen. Her father gave her the job of washing the tomatoes. She washed them carefully and put them in a bowl. Her father said she was a great helper.

    Where did she put the tomatoes?
    (a) in a bag (b) in a bowl (c) in the fridge (d) on a plate
  5. 5.Kiran’s cat, Billu, loves to sleep in the sun. Every afternoon he lies on the warm window sill. When it rains, he sleeps on Kiran’s bed instead. Kiran does not mind at all.

    Which word in the story is the opposite of “cold”?
    (a) sun (b) rains (c) bed (d) warm
  6. 6.Kiran’s cat, Billu, loves to sleep in the sun. Every afternoon he lies on the warm window sill. When it rains, he sleeps on Kiran’s bed instead. Kiran does not mind at all.

    True or false: Kiran does not mind Billu sleeping on the bed.
    (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.It was raining hard on Monday. Kabir forgot his umbrella at home. His friend Anu shared her big yellow umbrella with him. They walked to school together and stayed dry.

    Which word in the story is the opposite of “wet”?
    (a) hard (b) dry (c) big (d) yellow
  8. 8.Harpreet saw a rainbow after the rain. She counted its colours and found seven. She ran to call her little brother. By the time he came, the rainbow had faded away.

    What does “faded away” mean here?
    (a) got brighter (b) fell down (c) came closer (d) slowly disappeared
  9. 9.Zoya and her friends played hide-and-seek in the park. Zoya hid behind a big neem tree. Nobody could find her for a long time. At last, her friend Ravi saw her red shoes peeping out.

    What game did the children play?
    (a) kho-kho (b) cricket (c) hide-and-seek (d) football
  10. 10.On Diwali night, Neha lit twelve clay lamps. She put them in a row on the balcony. A breeze blew out two lamps. Her grandfather helped her light them again.

    Who helped Neha light them again?
    (a) her uncle (b) her grandfather (c) her mother (d) her friend
  11. 11.Nandini planted sunflower seeds in a pot. She kept the pot in the sun near the window. Soon, tall yellow flowers grew. The flowers always turned to face the sun.

    What seeds did Nandini plant?
    (a) rose seeds (b) bean seeds (c) sunflower seeds (d) mango seeds
  12. 12.Meena lost her blue pencil box at school. She looked in her bag and under her desk. Her friend Sunil found it in the library. Meena said thank you and shared her biscuits with him.

    What did Meena lose?
    (a) her red bag (b) her lunch box (c) her library book (d) her blue pencil box

Answer key

  1. a toy boat
  2. Chhotu
  3. I love you, Amma
  4. in a bowl
  5. warm
  6. True
  7. dry
  8. slowly disappeared
  9. hide-and-seek
  10. her grandfather
  11. sunflower seeds
  12. her blue pencil box

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