Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2 – Mixed
Reading tip (Know the kind of text): See what kind of text it is: story, poem or note. Read the question and find the line with the answer. Check that your answer agrees with the passage.
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1.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 colour were the flowers? (a) yellow (b) red (c) white (d) pink -
2.I like to splash in puddles deep,
I jump and hop and leap and leap.
My boots are wet, my socks are too,
But oh, what fun, I tell you true!
Which word rhymes with “deep”? (a) jump (b) hop (c) leap (d) wet -
3.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) sunflower seeds (b) mango seeds (c) rose seeds (d) bean seeds -
4.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.
What did Deepak hear? (a) a dog barking (b) a cat crying (c) a bell ringing (d) a bird chirping -
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) Meena (c) the teacher (d) Sunil -
6.Papa,
Grandma called this morning. She will come by the evening train today. Please go to the station at 6 o’clock to bring her home.
Love,
Nisha
How is Grandma coming? (a) by bus (b) by plane (c) by train (d) by car -
7.The train goes chug, the train goes choo,
Past fields of green and skies of blue.
I wave to cows, I wave to trees,
I feel the cool and gentle breeze.
What does the child wave to? (a) cars and buses (b) birds and fish (c) cows and trees (d) children -
8.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.
Which word in the story is the opposite of “young”? (a) old (b) green (c) safe (d) busy -
9.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 policeman (b) a little girl (c) an old man (d) a dog -
10.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.
Where did Sara sit with him? (a) on the bed (b) on the steps (c) on the swing (d) in the car -
11.A tiny seed went in the ground,
It slept without a single sound.
The rain came down, the sun came out,
And soon a green shoot popped about!
Where did the tiny seed go? (a) in a bag (b) in a box (c) in the river (d) in the ground -
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.
What blew out two lamps? (a) a breeze (b) the rain (c) a cat (d) her brother
Answer key
- yellow
- leap
- sunflower seeds
- a bird chirping
- Sunil
- by train
- cows and trees
- old
- an old man
- on the steps
- in the ground
- a breeze
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