Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 5: Short stories · Set 96 · 12 questions

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.

1. 1.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.
   
   Which animals did Rahul like best? (a) the bears (b) the monkeys (c) the elephants (d) the lions
2. 2.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.
   
   Where did they plant it? (a) near the school (b) in a pot (c) on the roof (d) in the garden
3. 3.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 his mother do first? (a) She kept the card. (b) She wrote a note. (c) She hugged him. (d) She drew a sun.
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.
   
   What does Chhotu love to eat? (a) grass seeds (b) bananas (c) rotis (d) leaves
5. 5.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) the librarian (b) Sunil (c) the teacher (d) Meena
6. 6.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.
   
   How did the children feel when the castle was washed away? (a) They cried. (b) They were angry. (c) They laughed. (d) They went home.
7. 7.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.
   
   What came up after many weeks? (a) a big mango (b) a yellow flower (c) a tall tree (d) a tiny green plant
8. 8.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.
   
   How many times did Vikram fall? (a) once (b) twice (c) three times (d) never
9. 9.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.
   
   How many times did he try? (a) two (b) ten (c) five (d) three
10. 10.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) ten (b) four (c) fifteen (d) twenty
11. 11.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) They went swimming. (b) They fell in. (c) An elephant sprayed it. (d) It started to rain.
12. 12.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) came closer (b) fell down (c) got brighter (d) slowly disappeared

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