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Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 5: Short stories · Set 899 · 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.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) tie his shoelaces (b) read a book (c) ride a bike (d) swim
  2. 2.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) a dog (b) a policeman (c) a little girl (d) an old man
  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.

    What did Farhan hold?
    (a) an umbrella (b) a bag (c) the old man’s hand (d) a flag
  4. 4.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.

    What did Kabir forget at home?
    (a) his umbrella (b) his shoes (c) his bag (d) his lunch
  5. 5.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.

    What colour was Arjun’s kite?
    (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  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 baby elephant spray?
    (a) mud (b) leaves (c) water (d) sand
  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.

    What was the weather on Monday?
    (a) It was snowing (b) It was sunny (c) It was raining hard (d) It was windy
  8. 8.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.

    Who found the pencil box?
    (a) Meena (b) the teacher (c) Meena’s brother (d) Sunil
  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.

    Who found Zoya?
    (a) Zoya’s sister (b) the gardener (c) Ravi (d) nobody
  10. 10.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 sparrow (b) the teacher (c) Deepak’s mother (d) Deepak’s sister
  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) Grandmother (b) Lata’s teacher (c) Lata’s friend (d) Auntie Rose
  12. 12.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.

    Where did she put the lamps?
    (a) on the balcony (b) in the kitchen (c) on the roof (d) at the gate

Answer key

  1. tie his shoelaces
  2. an old man
  3. the old man’s hand
  4. his umbrella
  5. red
  6. water
  7. It was raining hard
  8. Sunil
  9. Ravi
  10. Deepak’s mother
  11. Auntie Rose
  12. on the balcony

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