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Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 5: Short stories · Set 166 · 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.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.

    Why did Tenzin make a card?
    (a) for his friend (b) for his teacher (c) for Mother’s birthday (d) for Diwali
  2. 2.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.

    Who did she run to call?
    (a) her little brother (b) her mother (c) her friend (d) her teacher
  3. 3.Farhan saw an old man waiting to cross the busy road. Farhan held his hand. They waited for the green light. Then they crossed the road slowly and safely.

    Who was waiting to cross the road?
    (a) an old man (b) a little girl (c) a policeman (d) a dog
  4. 4.Aman and his sister Gita went to the beach. They built a tall sandcastle near the water. A big wave came and washed it away. The children laughed and built another one far from the waves.

    Who went to the beach with Aman?
    (a) his sister Gita (b) his friend Raju (c) his father (d) his grandmother
  5. 5.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.

    Where did Zoya hide?
    (a) inside a hut (b) behind a wall (c) behind a big neem tree (d) under a bench
  6. 6.Rahul’s family went to the zoo. Rahul liked the elephants best. A baby elephant sprayed water with its trunk. Everyone near the pool got wet and laughed.

    What did the elephant use to spray?
    (a) its trunk (b) its feet (c) its ears (d) its tail
  7. 7.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.

    Which animal swam next to the boat?
    (a) a frog (b) a duck (c) a fish (d) a swan
  8. 8.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.

    Where did she keep the pot?
    (a) under the bed (b) on the roof (c) in the kitchen (d) near the window
  9. 9.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.

    Which way did the flowers turn?
    (a) to face the wall (b) down to the ground (c) to face the sun (d) to face the door
  10. 10.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.

    Where was the pencil box found?
    (a) in her bag (b) in the library (c) under her desk (d) in the playground
  11. 11.Sara’s little brother could not tie his shoelaces. Sara sat with him on the steps. She showed him how to make two loops. After trying five times, he tied them all by himself.

    What could Sara’s brother not do?
    (a) swim (b) ride a bike (c) read a book (d) tie his shoelaces
  12. 12.Lata’s grandmother makes the best ladoos. On Sunday, Lata helped her roll them. They made twenty round ladoos. Lata gave four ladoos to her neighbour, Auntie Rose.

    How many ladoos did they make?
    (a) twenty (b) fifteen (c) four (d) ten

Answer key

  1. for Mother’s birthday
  2. her little brother
  3. an old man
  4. his sister Gita
  5. behind a big neem tree
  6. its trunk
  7. a duck
  8. near the window
  9. to face the sun
  10. in the library
  11. tie his shoelaces
  12. twenty

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