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Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 5: Short stories · Set 771 · 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.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.

    In “shared her biscuits with him”, who is “him”?
    (a) Meena (b) the teacher (c) the librarian (d) Sunil
  2. 2.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.

    Who gave Anjali a job?
    (a) her mother (b) her aunt (c) her father (d) her brother
  3. 3.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.

    Who found Zoya?
    (a) Zoya’s sister (b) nobody (c) Ravi (d) the gardener
  4. 4.Vikram’s school had a sports day. He ran in the sack race. He fell down once but got up quickly. He did not win, but he finished the race with a big smile.

    Which race did Vikram run?
    (a) the long race (b) the sack race (c) the relay race (d) the spoon race
  5. 5.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.

    What did her father say?
    (a) She should go out. (b) She was too slow. (c) She was very tired. (d) She was a great helper.
  6. 6.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.

    How did Ravi find Zoya?
    (a) She called him. (b) He saw her bag. (c) He heard her laugh. (d) He saw her red shoes.
  7. 7.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) mango seeds (b) bean seeds (c) rose seeds (d) sunflower seeds
  8. 8.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.

    Who went to the pond with Joseph?
    (a) his sister (b) his teacher (c) his friend (d) his father
  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.

    Where did she keep the pot?
    (a) near the window (b) on the roof (c) under the bed (d) in the kitchen
  10. 10.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.

    How many colours did she count?
    (a) five (b) eight (c) seven (d) six
  11. 11.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.

    Who got four ladoos?
    (a) Lata’s teacher (b) Lata’s friend (c) Grandmother (d) Auntie Rose
  12. 12.Divya’s tooth was loose for a week. One morning, it fell out while she ate an apple. She kept the tiny tooth in a small box. Her mother said a new tooth would grow in its place.

    What did her mother say?
    (a) the tooth was lost (b) eat more apples (c) a new tooth would grow (d) go to the shop

Answer key

  1. Sunil
  2. her father
  3. Ravi
  4. the sack race
  5. She was a great helper.
  6. He saw her red shoes.
  7. sunflower seeds
  8. his father
  9. near the window
  10. seven
  11. Auntie Rose
  12. a new tooth would grow

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