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Poem Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 6: Short poems · Set 140 · 12 questions
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Reading tip (Read it like a song): Read the poem aloud, line by line. Find the line that talks about the thing in the question. Rhyming words end with the same sound: sky – high.

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  1. 1.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.

    What did the ant carry?
    (a) a leaf (b) a stone (c) a seed (d) a crumb
  2. 2.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) birds and fish (b) cows and trees (c) cars and buses (d) children
  3. 3.My kite is green, my kite is high,
    It dances in the windy sky.
    I hold the string and run along,
    And sing a happy kite-day song.

    What colour is the kite?
    (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  4. 4.A butterfly sat on a rose,
    It tickled the tip of my nose!
    Its wings were orange, black and gold,
    The prettiest thing I could behold.

    Which word rhymes with “gold”?
    (a) wings (b) black (c) pretty (d) behold
  5. 5.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) eat (b) fly away (c) sing (d) sleep
  6. 6.My little puppy, white and brown,
    Runs all over our small town.
    He wags his tail and barks hello,
    And sleeps upon my pillow.

    True or false: The puppy sleeps in the garden.
    (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.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 is the best title for the poem?
    (a) The Rainy Day (b) Good Night (c) Good Morning (d) My School Bag
  8. 8.Pitter-patter, falls the rain,
    On the roof and window pane.
    Frogs come out to croak and play,
    On this cool and rainy day.

    What falls “pitter-patter”?
    (a) the frogs (b) the leaves (c) the stones (d) the rain
  9. 9.Our cow is gentle, our cow is white,
    She gives us milk from morning till night.
    She likes to munch on grass and hay,
    And moos “good morning” every day.

    What colour is the cow?
    (a) grey (b) black (c) brown (d) white
  10. 10.A butterfly sat on a rose,
    It tickled the tip of my nose!
    Its wings were orange, black and gold,
    The prettiest thing I could behold.

    Which word rhymes with “rose”?
    (a) wings (b) nose (c) gold (d) sat
  11. 11.I brush my teeth at morning time,
    They shine and sparkle, clean and fine.
    I brush again before my bed,
    Just like my dentist auntie said.

    How many times a day does the child brush?
    (a) three times (b) two times (c) one time (d) four times
  12. 12.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 touch after you turn around?
    (a) a tree (b) your nose (c) the sky (d) the ground

Answer key

  1. a crumb
  2. cows and trees
  3. green
  4. behold
  5. sing
  6. False
  7. Good Morning
  8. the rain
  9. white
  10. nose
  11. two times
  12. the ground

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