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Poem Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 6: Short poems · Set 615 · 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.Ten little fingers, ten little toes,
    Two bright eyes and one small nose.
    Two ears to hear, one mouth to say,
    I love you, Mummy, every day!

    How many fingers does the poem talk about?
    (a) twenty (b) five (c) ten (d) two
  2. 2.Grandma tells a story every night,
    Of a clever fox and a parrot bright.
    I sit beside her on the bed,
    Until it’s time to rest my head.

    Where does the child sit?
    (a) in the garden (b) on the floor (c) beside Grandma (d) at the table
  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 does the child hold?
    (a) the string (b) a flag (c) a stick (d) a ball
  4. 4.Down by the river, a duck swims by,
    With four little ducklings, oh my, oh my!
    They paddle and quack all in a line,
    And follow their mother, all doing fine.

    How many ducklings are there?
    (a) four (b) three (c) two (d) five
  5. 5.I have a garden, small and neat,
    With tomatoes red and sweet.
    I water it each day at four,
    And every week it gives me more.

    Which word rhymes with “neat”?
    (a) red (b) sweet (c) day (d) small
  6. 6.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.

    Which word rhymes with “small”?
    (a) wall (b) crumb (c) ant (d) stop
  7. 7.Down by the river, a duck swims by,
    With four little ducklings, oh my, oh my!
    They paddle and quack all in a line,
    And follow their mother, all doing fine.

    Where does the duck swim?
    (a) in the sea (b) by the river (c) in a lake (d) in a pond
  8. 8.Mango, mango, yellow and sweet,
    The juiciest fruit you’ll ever eat.
    In summer time, it hangs up high,
    On the tall green tree against the sky.

    How is the tree described?
    (a) old and dry (b) tall and green (c) short and yellow (d) small and brown
  9. 9.I have a garden, small and neat,
    With tomatoes red and sweet.
    I water it each day at four,
    And every week it gives me more.

    When does the child water the garden?
    (a) once a week (b) each day at four (c) at night (d) every morning
  10. 10.Ten little fingers, ten little toes,
    Two bright eyes and one small nose.
    Two ears to hear, one mouth to say,
    I love you, Mummy, every day!

    How many noses are in the poem?
    (a) ten (b) two (c) three (d) one
  11. 11.I have a garden, small and neat,
    With tomatoes red and sweet.
    I water it each day at four,
    And every week it gives me more.

    Which word rhymes with “four”?
    (a) gives (b) day (c) more (d) week
  12. 12.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.

    What did the butterfly tickle?
    (a) my ear (b) my cheek (c) my toes (d) the tip of my nose

Answer key

  1. ten
  2. beside Grandma
  3. the string
  4. four
  5. sweet
  6. wall
  7. by the river
  8. tall and green
  9. each day at four
  10. one
  11. more
  12. the tip of my nose

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