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2nd Grade Reading Comprehension worksheets

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Reading Comprehension

Grade 2 Reading Worksheet

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Read the story. Circle the best answer.

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The New Puppy
Nina got a small puppy named Pip. After dinner each night, she practiced in the front yard. She held a treat up high and said, "Sit." Nina wanted a well-behaved pet, and soon Pip sat every time.
1.
Who is the story about?
- Nina and her little sister
- Nina and her small puppy
- Pip and the neighbor next door
2.
What happened in the story?
- A puppy ran away
- A puppy learned to sit
- A puppy learned to roll over
3.
Where did the story take place?
- in the front yard
- at the park
- in the living room
4.
When did the story take place?
- each morning
- after dinner each night
- on Saturday afternoons only
5.
Why did it happen?
- Pip kept chewing the shoes
- Nina wanted a well-behaved pet
- Nina wanted to win a dog show

2nd Grade Reading Comprehension worksheet 1 – printable PDF — Download PDF: 1 2 3 4 5 6

About this worksheet

Good readers ask five questions about every story: who, what, where, when and why. Who tells the characters, what tells the main event, where tells the place, when tells the time, and why tells the reason that something happened. When a second grader can answer all five, they have found the main parts of the story and can retell it. This worksheet prints a short story and then asks one question for each of the five W words.

Each question has three choices, and only one of them is true of the story. Ask your child to read the story twice, the second time with a finger under the key words, and to point to the place in the story where each answer is found before circling it. That habit of going back to the text is the heart of the Common Core standard for this skill.

What your child will learn

Ask who, what, where, when and why about a story
Find each answer in the text
Tell the main parts of a story

Common Core standard: RL.2.1

Worked example

In The Lost Mitten, the story is about Ben and his friend Mia (who), it takes place on the school playground (where) and on a snowy Monday morning (when).