English Comprehension Book 2
Short cute stories with direct reading comprehension questions.
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English Comprehension Book 2 - Page 2
Score each question: 2 = independent, 1 = with help, 0 = not answered.
Read the story and answer the questions.
Part 1
Maksim talks to Alexa. He asks about the year. Alexa says a year has 365 days.
1. Who talks to Alexa?AnswerScore
2. What does Maksim ask about?AnswerScore
3. How many days are in a year?AnswerScore
Part 2
Maksim asks another question. How many days until my birthday? Alexa says 40 days.
1. What does Maksim ask about?AnswerScore
2. How many days are left?AnswerScore
3. Who answers the question?AnswerScore
Part 3
Ten minutes later, Maksim asks again. Alexa still says 40 days. Mum says, "Today is not over yet!"
1. When does Maksim ask again?AnswerScore
2. What does Alexa say?AnswerScore
3. Who says, "Today is not over yet"?AnswerScore
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English Comprehension Book 2 - Page 3
Score each question: 2 = independent, 1 = with help, 0 = not answered.
Read the story and answer the questions.
Part 1
Maksim goes to the swimming pool. His swimming group is there. The teacher welcomes everyone.
1. Where does Maksim go?AnswerScore
2. Who is there?AnswerScore
3. Who welcomes everyone?AnswerScore
Part 2
Diving is not allowed today. Maksim does not dive into the pool. He climbs down the ladder.
1. What is not allowed?AnswerScore
2. Does Maksim dive?AnswerScore
3. How does he enter the pool?AnswerScore
Part 3
Maksim turns onto his back. He swims across the blue pool. Hooray, he reaches the other side!
1. How does Maksim swim?AnswerScore
2. What colour is the pool?AnswerScore
3. Where does he swim?AnswerScore
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English Comprehension Book 2 - Page 4
Score each question: 2 = independent, 1 = with help, 0 = not answered.
Read the story and answer the questions.
Part 1
Maksim, Mum, and Daddy ride bikes. They follow a path by the river. The sun is warm.
1. What does the family ride?AnswerScore
2. Where is the path?AnswerScore
3. What is warm?AnswerScore
Part 2
Three ducks walk across the path. Oh no, the family must stop. Maksim rings his little bell.
1. How many ducks are there?AnswerScore
2. What must the family do?AnswerScore
3. What does Maksim ring?AnswerScore
Part 3
The ducks reach the river. Hooray, the family rides on. Daddy is last because he rides slowly.
1. Where do the ducks go?AnswerScore
2. Who is last?AnswerScore
3. How does Daddy ride?AnswerScore
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English Comprehension Book 2 - Page 5
Score each question: 2 = independent, 1 = with help, 0 = not answered.
Read the story and answer the questions.
Part 1
Maksim hikes with Mum and Daddy. The path goes through a wood. Rain makes the ground wet.
1. Who hikes with Maksim?AnswerScore
2. Where does the path go?AnswerScore
3. What makes the ground wet?AnswerScore
Part 2
Maksim steps into thick mud. Squish, one boot gets stuck! Maksim pulls out his sock.
1. What does Maksim step into?AnswerScore
2. What gets stuck?AnswerScore
3. What does Maksim pull out?AnswerScore
Part 3
Daddy pulls the boot free. Oops, mud splashes on his nose. Mum gives Daddy a clean leaf.
1. Who pulls the boot free?AnswerScore
2. Where does the mud splash?AnswerScore
3. What does Mum give Daddy?AnswerScore
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English Comprehension Book 2 - Page 6
Score each question: 2 = independent, 1 = with help, 0 = not answered.
Read the story and answer the questions.
Part 1
Maksim chooses a funny movie. Mum brings a big blanket. Daddy makes some popcorn.
1. What does Maksim choose?AnswerScore
2. Who brings a blanket?AnswerScore
3. What does Daddy make?AnswerScore
Part 2
The family sits on the sofa. Their cat sits between them. Wow, the cat watches the screen.
1. Where does the family sit?AnswerScore
2. What sits between them?AnswerScore
3. What does the cat watch?AnswerScore
Part 3
Daddy reaches for more popcorn. Oops, the bowl is empty. The cat is asleep inside it!
1. Who wants more popcorn?AnswerScore
2. What is empty?AnswerScore
3. Where is the cat asleep?AnswerScore
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English Comprehension Book 2 - Page 7
Score each question: 2 = independent, 1 = with help, 0 = not answered.
Read the story and answer the questions.
Part 1
Maksim does homework at the table. He writes five number answers. Mum checks his work.
1. Where does Maksim work?AnswerScore
2. How many answers does he write?AnswerScore
3. Who checks his work?AnswerScore
Part 2
His pencil rolls onto the floor. It rolls under Daddy's chair. Oh no, Maksim cannot reach it.
1. What rolls onto the floor?AnswerScore
2. Where does it roll?AnswerScore
3. Who cannot reach it?AnswerScore
Part 3
The dog crawls under the chair. Hooray, he brings the pencil back. Now the pencil has tooth marks.
1. What crawls under the chair?AnswerScore
2. What does the dog bring back?AnswerScore
3. What marks are on the pencil?AnswerScore
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English Comprehension Book 2 - Page 8
Score each question: 2 = independent, 1 = with help, 0 = not answered.
Read the story and answer the questions.
Part 1
Maksim and Daddy make an omelette. Maksim breaks three eggs into a bowl. Daddy mixes the eggs with milk.
1. What do Maksim and Daddy make?AnswerScore
2. How many eggs does Maksim break?AnswerScore
3. What does Daddy add?AnswerScore
Part 2
Daddy puts the omelette on a plate. Maksim and Daddy sit at the table. Yum, they start eating together.
1. Where does Daddy put the omelette?AnswerScore
2. Who sits with Maksim?AnswerScore
3. What do they start doing?AnswerScore
Part 3
One piece slips from Maksim's fork. Oops, the omelette lands on the floor! Daddy says, "The floor was hungry too."
1. What slips from Maksim's fork?AnswerScore
2. Where does the omelette land?AnswerScore
3. Who says the floor was hungry?AnswerScore
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English Comprehension Book 2 - Page 9
Score each question: 2 = independent, 1 = with help, 0 = not answered.
Read the story and answer the questions.
Part 1
Rain falls all morning. Maksim cannot go cycling. Daddy turns on the music.
1. When does rain fall?AnswerScore
2. What can Maksim not do?AnswerScore
3. Who turns on the music?AnswerScore
Part 2
Maksim and Daddy listen to music clips. One clip is the song APT. Wow, Maksim knows this song!
1. What do they listen to?AnswerScore
2. Which song do they hear?AnswerScore
3. Who knows the song?AnswerScore
Part 3
Maksim dances around the room. Daddy claps to the music. Mum comes in and dances too.
1. Where does Maksim dance?AnswerScore
2. What does Daddy do?AnswerScore
3. Who dances too?AnswerScore
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English Comprehension Book 2 - Page 10
Score each question: 2 = independent, 1 = with help, 0 = not answered.
Read the story and answer the questions.
Part 1
Before sleep, Maksim and Daddy sit on the bed. They open a spot-the-difference book. They compare two bedroom pictures.
1. When do they do the activity?AnswerScore
2. Where do they sit?AnswerScore
3. What pictures do they compare?AnswerScore
Part 2
Maksim spots a missing pillow. Daddy finds a different clock. Together they find two more differences.
1. What does Maksim spot?AnswerScore
2. Who finds the clock?AnswerScore
3. How many more differences do they find?AnswerScore
Part 3
The book says there are five differences. Oh no, they only found four! They check the answer and see a tiny mouse.
1. How many differences are there?AnswerScore
2. How many did Maksim and Daddy find?AnswerScore
3. What did they miss?AnswerScore