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Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 5: Short stories · Set 687 · 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.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) slowly disappeared (c) came closer (d) fell down
  2. 2.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 Diwali (b) for his teacher (c) for Mother’s birthday (d) for his friend
  3. 3.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 teacher (c) her friend (d) her mother
  4. 4.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 blue pencil box (b) her lunch box (c) her red bag (d) her library book
  5. 5.Riya found a small kitten under the stairs. It was wet and shivering. She dried it with a soft towel. Then she gave it a bowl of warm milk.

    Where did Riya find the kitten?
    (a) on the roof (b) near the gate (c) in the garden (d) under the stairs
  6. 6.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.

    In “She showed him”, who is “She”?
    (a) Sara’s mother (b) her brother (c) the teacher (d) Sara
  7. 7.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.

    What did the children build?
    (a) a boat (b) a kite (c) a tall sandcastle (d) a hut
  8. 8.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.

    Why did everyone near the pool get wet?
    (a) An elephant sprayed it. (b) It started to rain. (c) They went swimming. (d) They fell in.
  9. 9.Arjun wanted to fly a kite. The wind was too slow in the morning. In the evening, a strong wind came. Arjun’s red kite flew high over the trees.

    When did the strong wind come?
    (a) in the afternoon (b) in the evening (c) at night (d) in the morning
  10. 10.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 does Chhotu love to eat?
    (a) bananas (b) rotis (c) grass seeds (d) leaves
  11. 11.Riya found a small kitten under the stairs. It was wet and shivering. She dried it with a soft towel. Then she gave it a bowl of warm milk.

    Why was the kitten shivering?
    (a) It was wet. (b) It was sleepy. (c) It was hungry. (d) It was scared of dogs.
  12. 12.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) Thank you (c) I love you, Amma (d) Happy Diwali

Answer key

  1. slowly disappeared
  2. for Mother’s birthday
  3. her little brother
  4. her blue pencil box
  5. under the stairs
  6. Sara
  7. a tall sandcastle
  8. An elephant sprayed it.
  9. in the evening
  10. leaves
  11. It was wet.
  12. I love you, Amma

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