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Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2 – Mixed

Reading comprehension lesson 8: Class 2 practice test · Set 950 · 12 questions
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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. 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 seeds did Nandini plant?
    (a) rose seeds (b) sunflower seeds (c) bean seeds (d) mango seeds
  2. 2.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 loops did Sara show him?
    (a) one (b) five (c) three (d) two
  3. 3.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 had happened when her brother came?
    (a) it started raining (b) the sun set (c) the rainbow had faded (d) the rainbow grew big
  4. 4.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 heard music. (b) He was cold. (c) He was angry. (d) He was full of joy.
  5. 5.Clap your hands and stamp your feet,
    Move your body to the beat.
    Turn around and touch the ground,
    Now jump up high without a sound!

    What should you clap?
    (a) your feet (b) your hands (c) two sticks (d) a drum
  6. 6.Mohan,
    The milkman will come at 6 o’clock tomorrow. Please take two packets of milk from him. The money is in the steel box on the shelf. I will be back from the hospital by noon.
    Papa

    Who wrote the note?
    (a) Mum (b) Papa (c) Mohan (d) the milkman
  7. 7.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!

    Which word rhymes with “ground”?
    (a) sound (b) rain (c) slept (d) seed
  8. 8.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 colour are the fields?
    (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) brown
  9. 9.The sun comes up, the sky is bright,
    The birds all sing with all their might.
    I wash my face and comb my hair,
    Then eat my breakfast on a chair.

    What do the birds do in the poem?
    (a) sing (b) fly away (c) eat (d) sleep
  10. 10.Kiran’s cat, Billu, loves to sleep in the sun. Every afternoon he lies on the warm window sill. When it rains, he sleeps on Kiran’s bed instead. Kiran does not mind at all.

    Where does Billu sleep when it rains?
    (a) in a box (b) on the sofa (c) outside (d) on Kiran’s bed
  11. 11.Pitter-patter, falls the rain,
    On the roof and window pane.
    Frogs come out to croak and play,
    On this cool and rainy day.

    Which animals come out to play?
    (a) ducks (b) snails (c) frogs (d) cats
  12. 12.A little ant, so very small,
    Carried a crumb along the wall.
    It did not stop, it did not rest,
    It tried and tried and did its best.

    True or false: The ant did its best.
    (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. sunflower seeds
  2. two
  3. the rainbow had faded
  4. He was full of joy.
  5. your hands
  6. Papa
  7. sound
  8. green
  9. sing
  10. on Kiran’s bed
  11. frogs
  12. True

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