Year 2 Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Beginner
Year 2 Reading Comprehension worksheet for Year 2 (Key Stage 1 / Year 1-2 (Ages 5-7)). Beginner level english practice, aligned to the UK National Curriculum. Print-ready with answer key included.
Mia and the Little Garden
Year 2 Reading Comprehension | Ages 6–7 | Beginner
Instructions: Read the story carefully. You may read it more than once. Then complete each activity, looking back at the story whenever you need to find a clue.
Read the Story
Write your answer in the box below.
Find the Details
Look back at the story to find each answer. Write a short word or phrase in each box. The first question is a model: find the answer in the story before you write it.
Example: When did Mia find the seeds? Saturday morning
1. Where did Mia find the packet of seeds?
2. Who helped Mia plant the seeds?
3. How many little holes did Mia make?
4. Where did Mia put the pot?
5. What appeared after a week?
Put the Story in Order
These events are mixed up. Write 1 beside what happened first, 2 beside what happened next, and so on. Look back at the story to check the order.
A. Two green shoots appeared.
B. Mia put the pot on the sunny windowsill.
C. Mia found a packet of seeds.
D. Mia and Grandad filled a pot with soil.
E. Mia made holes and planted the seeds.
Explore the Words
Use the story to help you work out what each word means. Choose a word from the word bank for each sentence. One word will not be used.
Word bank: damp, gentle, shoots, sunny, packet
1. The soil was a little wet: it was ___.
2. Mia gave the seeds a careful, light drink of water: a ___ drink.
3. The small new green plants were called ___.
4. The windowsill had plenty of sunshine, so it was ___.
Read Between the Lines
Think about the clues in the story. Choose the best answer each time. The answer may not be said in exactly the same words, so think about what the clues tell you.
1. How did Mia probably feel when the green shoots appeared?
2. Why did Mia check the soil each morning?
3. What does Grandad’s “Now we must wait” tell us?
4. Why was the sunny windowsill a good place for the pot?
A Clue from the Story
Choose the best answer using details from the story. Read all the choices before you decide.
1. Which two things did Mia do to care for the seeds?
2. What can you tell about Mia and Grandad?
3. What might Mia do next?
4. Which word best describes the way Mia gave the seeds water?
Activity 1: Story text provided.
Activity 2: Example: Saturday morning ; 1. In the kitchen drawer ; 2. Grandad ; 3. Three ; 4. On the sunny windowsill ; 5. Two green shoots
Activity 3: A. 5 ; B. 4 ; C. 1 ; D. 2 ; E. 3
Activity 4: 1. damp ; 2. gentle ; 3. shoots ; 4. sunny
Activity 5: 1. Pleased ; 2. She was caring for the seeds ; 3. Seeds need time to grow ; 4. It gave the seeds light
Activity 6: 1. Watered them and checked the soil ; 2. They enjoyed doing the gardening together ; 3. Keep caring for the growing plants ; 4. Gently
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