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Poem Comprehension Worksheet for Class 2

Reading comprehension lesson 6: Short poems · Set 957 · 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.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) green (c) red (d) yellow
  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.

    How is the fox described?
    (a) bright (b) sleepy (c) clever (d) big
  3. 3.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) one (b) three (c) ten (d) two
  4. 4.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.

    When does the child brush the second time?
    (a) after a bath (b) after lunch (c) at school (d) before bed
  5. 5.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.

    How does the bus go down the road?
    (a) quietly (b) slowly (c) smoothly (d) bumpy
  6. 6.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 sound does the train make?
    (a) ding dong (b) tick tock (c) beep beep (d) chug and choo
  7. 7.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.

    Which word rhymes with “along”?
    (a) sing (b) song (c) happy (d) string
  8. 8.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) stop (b) wall (c) ant (d) crumb
  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.

    Which word rhymes with “neat”?
    (a) sweet (b) small (c) red (d) day
  10. 10.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.

    Which word rhymes with “sweet”?
    (a) tree (b) eat (c) fruit (d) juicy
  11. 11.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 big bee (c) a little ant (d) a spider
  12. 12.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) week (d) more

Answer key

  1. green
  2. clever
  3. one
  4. before bed
  5. bumpy
  6. chug and choo
  7. song
  8. wall
  9. sweet
  10. eat
  11. a little ant
  12. more

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