Poem Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 6: Short poems · Set 783 · 12 questions

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.

1. 1.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) children (b) birds and fish (c) cows and trees (d) cars and buses
2. 2.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) rain (b) sound (c) slept (d) seed
3. 3.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 rain (b) the stones (c) the frogs (d) the leaves
4. 4.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.
   
   What does the postman bring? (a) milk (b) flowers (c) bread (d) letters
5. 5.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.
   
   Who is the poem about? (a) a mouse (b) a little ant (c) a spider (d) a big bee
6. 6.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.
   
   How is the garden described? (a) small and neat (b) old and dark (c) big and wild (d) dry and dusty
7. 7.My little puppy, white and brown,
   Runs all over our small town.
   He wags his tail and barks hello,
   And sleeps upon my pillow.
   
   Where does the puppy run? (a) in the forest (b) in the school (c) all over our small town (d) on the beach
8. 8.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 do the ducklings swim? (a) one by one far apart (b) in a line (c) in a circle (d) under the water
9. 9.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 came down? (a) a bird (b) the rain (c) the leaves (d) the snow
10. 10.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
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.
    
    Which word rhymes with “bed”? (a) teeth (b) brush (c) said (d) clean
12. 12.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 does the cow like to munch? (a) rotis (b) apples (c) carrots (d) grass and hay

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