Grade 2 reading comprehension worksheets

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Reading Comprehension · Grade 2

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The New Kid on Maple Street

Story · 3 questions

Picture: A sunny street of small houses in summer. A girl of seven with brown skin and a long black braid, in a yellow T-shirt and green shorts, sits quietly on her front steps by a stack of boxes. Over a low wooden fence, a boy with fair skin and sandy hair in a blue cap and a girl with tan skin and black pigtails play with a red ball.

1 Priya's family moved to Maple Street in June, and she did not know anyone yet. One afternoon, she sat on her front steps and watched two kids play kickball next door. She wanted to join them, but she was too shy to ask.

2 Just then, the ball sailed over the fence and rolled up to her feet. A boy in a blue cap ran to the fence and called, "Can you kick it back?" Priya kicked it so hard that it flew right over his head. "Wow! Do you want to be on our team?" he asked. Priya grinned, and she ran next door to play.

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Questions

Read the story. Then fill in the circle next to the best answer.

  1. 1Why did Priya not join the game at first?

    • She did not know how to play kickball.
    • She was busy helping her family.
    • She felt too shy to ask the kids.

  1. 2How does Priya feel when the boy asks her to be on their team?

    • happy
    • worried
    • angry

  2. 3What happened right after the ball rolled up to Priya's feet?

    • Priya ran inside her house.
    • Priya kicked the ball back.
    • A boy in a blue cap ran to the fence.
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Reading Comprehension · Grade 2

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Where Does Rain Come From?

True facts · 3 questions

Picture: A lake between green hills on a warm summer day. On the near shore, a boy of eight with light skin and curly red hair, in a striped shirt and jeans, kneels by a puddle with his little sister, who has light skin and blonde pigtails and a yellow raincoat. The sun shines over the lake, and puffy clouds, one of them gray, gather over the far hills.

1 Rain starts with the sun. The sun warms the water in oceans, lakes and even puddles. As the water gets warm, some of it turns into a gas called water vapor. You cannot see water vapor, but it floats up into the sky.

2 High in the sky, the air is cold. The cold air turns the water vapor back into tiny drops of water. Together, these drops make a cloud. Inside the cloud, the drops bump into each other. They join and grow bigger and heavier. When the drops get too heavy to float, they fall to the ground as rain. Then the whole trip starts again.

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Questions

Read the passage. Then fill in the circle next to the best answer.

  1. 1In paragraph 1, what is "water vapor"?

    • tiny drops of water in a cloud
    • water that has turned into a gas
    • a puddle that the sun warms

  1. 2Which of these happens first?

    • Drops in a cloud grow bigger.
    • The sun warms the water.
    • Drops fall to the ground.

  2. 3What turns the water vapor back into tiny drops of water?

    • the cold air high in the sky
    • the warm sun over the lake
    • the rain falling to the ground