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Comprehension: Literal questions for Primary 2 English

8 questions to work through online. Answer and you get the working straight away, then a score at the end. No sign-up, and you can retake it as often as you like.

  • Finding who or what
  • Finding a detail
  • Finding a reason
  • Understanding what happened
  • Finding a number
  • Understanding the ending
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Question 1 of 8Finding who or what
1 Last Saturday, Mei Ling found a small brown puppy at the bottom of the stairs. It was wet and shaking. 2 She carried it up to her flat. Her mother gave it a bowl of warm milk and dried it with an old towel. 3 Mei Ling put a note on the lift door: FOUND — ONE BROWN PUPPY. FLAT 04-12. 4 On Sunday morning, a man from the sixth floor knocked on the door. The puppy ran to him and would not stop wagging its tail.
Where did Mei Ling find the puppy?
Question 2 of 8Finding a detail

Same text as the question above.

What did Mei Ling's mother give the puppy?
Question 3 of 8Finding a reason

Same text as the question above.

Why did Mei Ling put a note on the lift door?
Question 4 of 8Understanding what happened

Same text as the question above.

How do you know the man was the puppy's owner?
Question 5 of 8Finding a detail
1 Our class grew green beans in cups on the classroom window sill. Each of us wrote our name on our own cup. 2 Mine grew the slowest. After two weeks it was still the shortest one in the row. 3 Mrs Devi said the window sill got less sun at my end, so she moved my cup to the middle. 4 By the end of the month my plant had four leaves. It was still not the tallest, but it was no longer the smallest.
What did the class grow in cups?
Question 6 of 8Finding a reason

Same text as the question above.

Why did Mrs Devi move the cup?
Question 7 of 8Finding a number

Same text as the question above.

How many leaves did the plant have at the end of the month?
Question 8 of 8Understanding the ending

Same text as the question above.

At the end of the month, what was true about the plant?
Answers and explanations for all 8 questions

Every answer with the reasoning behind it. Worth reading after you have tried the set — or on its own, if you are a parent marking it.

  1. Where did Mei Ling find the puppy?

    Answer: at the bottom of the stairs

    Paragraph 1 says she found the puppy at the bottom of the stairs.

  2. What did Mei Ling's mother give the puppy?

    Answer: a bowl of warm milk

    Paragraph 2 says her mother gave it a bowl of warm milk.

  3. Why did Mei Ling put a note on the lift door?

    Answer: So that the owner would know where the puppy was.

    The note says FOUND and gives her flat number, so that whoever lost the puppy could come for it.

  4. How do you know the man was the puppy's owner?

    Answer: The puppy ran to him and wagged its tail.

    A puppy that runs to someone and will not stop wagging its tail knows that person well.

  5. What did the class grow in cups?

    Answer: green beans

    Paragraph 1 says the class grew green beans in cups.

  6. Why did Mrs Devi move the cup?

    Answer: That end of the window sill got less sun.

    Paragraph 3 says the window sill got less sun at that end, so she moved the cup to the middle.

  7. How many leaves did the plant have at the end of the month?

    Answer: 4

    Paragraph 4 says that by the end of the month the plant had 4 leaves.

  8. At the end of the month, what was true about the plant?

    Answer: It was not the tallest, but it was not the smallest either.

    The last sentence says both halves: not the tallest, and no longer the smallest.