Worksheet Set - Reading Comprehension Level 2
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Worksheet - Reading Comprehension Level 2
STORY 1
STORY 1
Did you know that all colors come from
red, yellow and blue? They are called
the primary colors. You must mix
some of these colors to make new
colors. Red and blue make purple. Red
and yellow make orange. Yellow and
blue make green. If you mix the three
primary colors together you will get
brown. You can use primary colors to
paint a picture of a rainbow.
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Worksheet - Reading Comprehension Level 2
STORY 1 - READ AND DO
Read the story and circle the correct answers.
What is a good name for this story?
1) Making Colors
2) The Four Primary Colors
3) Making Brown
What are red, blue and yellow called?
1) Primary Colors
2) Prey Colors
3) Three Colors
Which three colors do you need to make all colors?
1) red, blue, green
2) red, yellow, purple
3) red, blue, yellow
What color do you get if you mix blue and yellow?
1) orange
2) purple
3) green
What color do you get if you mix red, yellow and blue?
1) brown
2) green
3) purple
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Worksheet - Reading Comprehension Level 2
STORY 1 - VOCABULARY BUILDER
Read the story and circle the correct answers.
UP and DOWN are opposites. What story word is the opposite of OLD?
1) good
2) make
3) new
Which word does NOT go with the others?
1) red
2) blue
3) paint
4) green
5) yellow
What two small words make the compound word rainbow?
1) rain and boat
2) rain and bow
3) rain and blue
What story word rhymes with TRUE?
1) brown
2) black
3) blue
What story word means "to put all together"?
1) mix
2) take
3) get
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STORY 1 - CLOZING TIME
Circle the correct word that belongs where each number is in the story.
Did you know that all
1
come from red, yellow and blue? They
are called the 2 colors. You must mix some of these 3 to
make new colors. Red and blue make purple. Red and yellow make
orange. Yellow and blue make green. If you mix the three primary
colors 4 you will get brown. You can use primary colors to
paint a picture of a
5.
1) colors rainbow
2) purple primary
3) colors primary
4) rainbow together
5) rainbow colors
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Worksheet - Reading Comprehension Level 2
STORY 2
STORY 2
Bears are very good hunters. They
catch fish, frogs and small animals.
They will also look for berries, eggs and
seeds to eat. Most of all bears like
ants and honey. Bears spend all
summer eating. When fall comes
they're fat and ready for a long sleep.
They sleep during the winter and wake
up hungry in the spring.
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Worksheet - Reading Comprehension Level 2
STORY 2 - READ AND DO
Read the story and circle the correct answers.
What is a good name for this story?
1) Bears
2) Fish
3) Frogs
What do bears have to catch for their dinner?
1) Fish
2) Eggs
3) Honey
A treat for bears is:
1) eggs and seeds
2) fish and frogs
3) honey and ants
When do bears sleep the most?
1) in fall
2) in spring
3) in winter
4) in summer
From the story you can tell that:
1) Bears have a lot to eat to live through the winter.
2) Bears eat meat in the winter.
3) Bears do not like honey.
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STORY 2 - VOCABULARY BUILDER
Read the story and circle the correct answers.
Which word has the small word "ring" in it?
1) spring
2) spot
3) sing
Which two words are opposites?
1) look and catch
2) fat and long
3) sleep and wake
Which word has the small word "one" in it?
1) only
2) honey
3) home
What word is the opposite of "hungry"?
1) fall
2) full
3) fell
The word WE'RE means WE ARE. The word THEY'RE means:
1) They are
2) They will
3) You are
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STORY 2 - CLOZING TIME
Circle the correct word that belongs where each number is in the story.
Bears are very good 1 . They 2 fish, frogs and small
animals. They will also look for berries, eggs and seeds to eat.
Most of all bears like ants and 3 . Bears spend all summer
4 for a long sleep.
They sleep during the winter and wake up 5 in the spring.
eating. When fall comes they're fat and
1) hunters honey
2) hungry catch
3) honey catch
4) hunters ready
5)
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Worksheet - Reading Comprehension Level 2
STORY 3
STORY 3
The giraffe lives in Africa and is the
tallest animal in the world. It has long
legs and a long, stiff neck. It eats the
leaves from the tops of trees. If a
giraffe wants to drink water or eat
grass it must spread its legs wide. A
giraffe can see and hear well and can
run fast. It can also kick hard with its
hoofs. A mother giraffe is even strong
enough to kill a lion to save her baby.
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STORY 3 - READ AND DO
Read the story and circle the correct answers.
Where do giraffes live?
1) in Africa
2) in Asia
3) in America
What does a giraffe eat?
1) leaves and grass
2) trees and lions
3) leaves and trees
Why would a giraffe fight a lion?
1) to save her mother
2) to save her baby
3) for fun
Why is it hard for a giraffe to hide?
1) because it is so tall
2) because there are so many of them
3) because it can run fast
From this story you can tell that:
1) a giraffe climbs trees
2) a giraffe has a hard time geing down to drink water
3) a giraffe never drinks water
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STORY 3 - VOCABULARY BUILDER
Read the story and circle the correct answers.
What story word is the opposite of "soft"?
1) enough
2) hard
3) wide
What story word is made from the root word "tall"?
1) telling
2) tails
3) tallest
What story word has the small word "read" in it?
1) spread
2) spray
3) reed
What story word rhymes with "stink"?
1) dark
2) dress
3) drink
Which two words are opposites?
1) tall and long
2) strong and weak
3) hear and save
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STORY 3 - CLOZING TIME
Circle the correct word that belongs where each number is in the story.
The giraffe lives in 1 and is the tallest animal in the world. It
has long legs and a long, stiff neck. It eats the leaves from the
tops of trees. If a 2 wants to drink water or eat grass it must
3
its legs wide. A giraffe can see and hear well and can run fast.
It can also kick hard with its
strong
5
4.
A mother giraffe is even
to kill a lion to save her baby.
1) Africa Enough
2) hoofs giraffe
3) spread enough
4) giraffe hoofs
5)
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Worksheet - Reading Comprehension Level 2
STORY 4
STORY 4
I met Tom when he moved into a house
down the street. That was two years
ago when we were both seven. We like
to do the same things and we never
fight. Sometimes I stay overnight at
his house and sometimes he stays
with me. When we go to the park, he
lets me ride his bike and I let him play
with my dog. Tom always laughs at my
jokes and I help him with his math. Tom
and I are best friends.
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STORY 4 - READ AND DO
Read the story and circle the correct answers.
What is a good name for this story?
1) Playing in the Park
2) Tom and Peter
3) Best Friends
How do I help Tom?
1) I ride his bike.
2) I help him with his math.
3) I make up jokes.
When did we meet?
1) four years ago
2) two years ago
3) three years ago
Why are the boys such good friends?
1) They like to do the same things.
2) They are boys.
3) They live in the same town.
From the story you can tell that:
1) The boys are nine years old.
2) They boys are eight years old.
3) The boys are seven years old.
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STORY 4 - VOCABULARY BUILDER
Read the story and circle the correct answers.
What word rhymes with "light"?
1) laugh
2) fight
3) lime
What does the word "overnight" mean?
1) all night
2) all day
3) before supper
What word means "number work"?
1) math
2) jokes
3) both
What story word is the opposite of "goes"?
1) laughs
2) moved
3) stays
Which word sounds the same as "to" (a homonym)?
1) two
2) Tom
3) toe
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STORY 4 - CLOZING TIME
Circle the correct word that belongs where each number is in the story.
I met Tom when he moved into a house down the street. That
was two years ago when we were 1 seven. We like to do the
same things and we never 2 . Sometimes I stay 3 at his
house and sometimes he stays with me. When we go to the park,
he lets me ride his bike and I let him play with my dog. Tom always
4 at my jokes and I help him with his math. Tom and I are best
friends.
1) both always
2) fight laughs
3) fight overnight
4) laughs both
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