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Poem Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 6: Short poems · Set 690 · 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.

    True or false: The ant did its best.
    (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.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) day (c) small (d) sweet
  3. 3.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.

    How is the fox described?
    (a) sleepy (b) clever (c) bright (d) big
  4. 4.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) more (b) gives (c) day (d) week
  5. 5.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) a ball (b) a flag (c) the string (d) a stick
  6. 6.The moon is out, the stars are too,
    The night is dark and deep and blue.
    I close my eyes and say goodnight,
    And dream until the morning light.

    Which word rhymes with “too”?
    (a) blue (b) deep (c) stars (d) night
  7. 7.The bus goes bumpy down the road,
    It carries such a happy load.
    We sing and clap, we laugh and wave,
    To school we go, so bright and brave.

    Where is the bus going?
    (a) to the zoo (b) to school (c) to the beach (d) to the market
  8. 8.The postman comes at ten each day,
    With letters from so far away.
    He rings his bell and waves to me,
    Then hurries off to house number three.

    Who is the poem about?
    (a) the milkman (b) the doctor (c) the teacher (d) the postman
  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) brown (b) grey (c) white (d) black
  10. 10.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 the ground (c) in the river (d) in a box
  11. 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!

    What popped up in the end?
    (a) a mango (b) a green shoot (c) a red flower (d) a big tree
  12. 12.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 a lake (b) in a pond (c) by the river (d) in the sea

Answer key

  1. True
  2. sweet
  3. clever
  4. more
  5. the string
  6. blue
  7. to school
  8. the postman
  9. white
  10. in the ground
  11. a green shoot
  12. by the river

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