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Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 5: Short stories · Set 699 · 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.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.

    Where did Pooja find Chhotu?
    (a) near the river (b) near the temple (c) in the school (d) in the market
  2. 2.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) bean seeds (b) rose seeds (c) sunflower seeds (d) mango seeds
  3. 3.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 baby elephant spray?
    (a) mud (b) sand (c) leaves (d) water
  4. 4.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.

    How did Chhotu get out?
    (a) Pooja let him go (b) ran out of the gate (c) jumped over the wall (d) dug a hole
  5. 5.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 car (d) a toy boat
  6. 6.Grandpa and Imran planted a mango seed in the garden. Imran watered it every day. After many weeks, a tiny green plant came up. Imran danced with joy.

    Why did Imran dance?
    (a) He was cold. (b) He was angry. (c) He heard music. (d) He was full of joy.
  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 washed the sandcastle away?
    (a) a big wave (b) the rain (c) a dog (d) the wind
  8. 8.Deepak heard a bird chirping loudly. He saw a baby sparrow on the ground below its nest. He told his mother at once. She gently put the baby bird back into the nest.

    In “She gently put the baby bird back”, who is “She”?
    (a) the teacher (b) Deepak’s sister (c) Deepak’s mother (d) the sparrow
  9. 9.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.

    What blew out two lamps?
    (a) the rain (b) her brother (c) a cat (d) a breeze
  10. 10.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.

    True or false: The wind was slow in the morning.
    (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.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 friend (d) her mother
  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.

    Where was the pencil box found?
    (a) under her desk (b) in her bag (c) in the playground (d) in the library

Answer key

  1. near the temple
  2. sunflower seeds
  3. water
  4. ran out of the gate
  5. a toy boat
  6. He was full of joy.
  7. a big wave
  8. Deepak’s mother
  9. a breeze
  10. True
  11. her grandfather
  12. in the library

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