Reading comprehension is a great way especially for kids to focus, understand, and extract the important part of the paragraph.
In reading comprehension, a paragraph is written and few questions are made from that content which is to be answered from the content. It increases the ability of a person to understand things better, hence boosts comprehensive skills.
We have made worksheets from multiple topics with simple questions which will improve your vocabulary and grammar and will also tend to increase your knowledge.
They are in printable form.
Read the paragraph and understand it, then read the questions and look for their answers from the paragraph. Some grammatical questions are also added to test your grammar. Each question has its answer clearly written in the content. All you need to do is concentrate and comprehend the words.
This will also help you achieve great success in your school exams.
Scout
Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end.
All boy scouts and girl guides know the name of Lord Baden Powell. He started the Boy Scouts Movement about seventy 5 years ago when he was a cool boy. He was fond of spending hi! time in the fields and woods. He became interested in the little marks left by animals and people when they moved about. This is called cracking and he became very good at it. The Malaysian soldiers and police are now using this method to catch bandits.
Who was Baden Powell?
Baden Powell Stinted the Boy Scouts about seventy-five years age.
What was he fond of when he was a boy?
He was fond of spending his time in the field and words. When he was on boy, he started the boy Scouts movement.
What is ‘cracking’?
He became interested in the little marks left by animals and people when they moved about. This is called cracking and he became very good at it.
How are the Malaysian soldiers and police using this method?
The Malaysian Soldiers and police are now using this method to catch bandits.
What is the noun form of ‘silent’ and the adjective form of ‘method’?
| Word | Noun | Word | Adjective |
| silent | silence | Method | Methodical |
Gramophone
Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end.
Edison was thirty-one years old when he invented the gramophone. This invention made his famous all over the world. People began upon a pattern for his life. It was the work of twenty hours out of each twenty-four. Sometimes he would work for three or four days without going to bed. From time to time, he would rest for fifteen minutes in a day. In 1878 Edison set out to invent an electric lamp. First of all, he produced light by passing an electric current through a platinum wire inside a globe of glass.
At what age did Edison invent the gramophone?
Edison invented the gramophone at the age of thirty-one years.
Which invention made Edison famous all over the world?
The invention of the gramophone made Edison famous all over the world.
What did people begin to call him?
The people began to call Edison as “The Wizard of Mento Park.”
What pattern of working did he choose for himself?
Edison had decided upon a pattern for his life. It was the work of twenty hours out of each twenty-four hours in a day.
How did he produce light in the first instance?
He produced light in the first time by passing an electric current through a platinum wire.
Winter Season
Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end.
Winter is the cold season of the year. We wear warm clothes in this section. The days are short and the nights are long. We eat a lot of dry fruit in winter. We also drink a lot of tea and coffee. It is the time for indoor games and for listening to stories in bed at night. We sleep indoors. For a wash, we get h0t water. The winter months are November, December, January and February.
How does winter differ from summer?
The difference between winter and summer is that. Summer is a dry and hot season. While winter is the cold season of the year.
What fruit do we like to eat in winter?
In winter season people like to eat dry fruit.
What sort of clothes do we wear in winter season?
The winter is the cold season of the year. The people wear warm and heavy clothes in this season.
Why do we sleep indoors in winter?
The peoples sleep indoors in house to keep themselves warm because winter is a cold season and there is cold outside.
Which game do we like to play in winter?
In winter season people like to play indoor games. The games which can be played in home and to listening to stories in bed at night.
Name the months of winter in our country.
The winter months of our country are November, December, January and February.
Health is Wealth
Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end.
Another thing that is essential to good health is rest. When food is burned in the cells of the body at a high rate of speed, the blood cannot carry away the waste materials as fast as they are formed.
They therefore, accumulate in the cells and prevent them from working properly, causing fatigue. Fatigue makes people ill-tempered, slow up their thinking power and causes them to make mistakes, and lowers their resistance to disease. Sitting or lying down quietly is a good was of resting, and so is working at some hobby that does not require much physical energy but nothing can take the place of sleep.
Why can the blood do not carry away the waste materials as fast as they are formed?
When food is burned in the cells of the body at a high rate of speed, the blood cannot carry away the waste materials as fast as they are formed.
What is the cause of fatigue?
The waste materials which are formed during the burning of food in the cells of the body cannot carried away as fast as they are formed by the blood. These waste materials therefore accumulate in the cells of the body and prevent them from working properly, causing fatigue.
How is fatigue harmful to us?
Fatigue makes people ill-tempered, slow up their thinking power and causes them to make mistakes, and lowers their resistance to disease.
What is the best rest for a man?
Sitting or lying down is the best way of resting and so is working at some hobby that does not require much physical energy but nothing can take the place of sleep.
Give the noun forms of’ Prevent” and “Forms”.
| Verb | Noun |
| Prevent | Prevention |
| Form | Formation |
