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Class 4 Reading Comprehension worksheet
CBSE English. Stories, fact passages and notices with questions on facts, feelings, word meanings, order of events and titles. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the words change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
Read the passage and answer. On Tuesday, Isha and her friend Kabir went to the park to fly an orange kite. The wind was strong, and the kite rose high above the trees. Suddenly, the string snapped! The kite floated down and got stuck in the branches of a tall jamun tree. Isha felt sad. Then Kabir had an idea. He ran home and came back with his grandfather. He used a long bamboo stick to free the kite. The children thanked him and tied the string again. This time, they held it more carefully, and the kite flew all afternoon. What colour was the kite?
- green
- purple
- orange
- yellow
Answer
(c) orange
the answer is in the passage
- 2.
Read the passage and answer. Last December, Neha’s class went on a trip to the zoo. They travelled by bus and reached the zoo at ten o’clock. First, they saw a big crocodile, and then they watched a family of deer. Neha’s favourite animal was the zebra, because it had black and white stripes. At noon, the children ate their lunch under a big tree. A cheeky monkey tried to grab Tara’s banana, and everyone laughed. The bus brought them back to school at three o’clock. Neha was tired but very happy. What did the monkey try to grab?
- a water bottle
- Tara’s banana
- Neha’s cap
- a sandwich
Answer
(b) Tara’s banana
the answer is in the passage
- 3.
Read the passage and answer. Nikhil had planned a picnic with his cousins on Thursday. But when he woke up, dark clouds covered the sky, and soon it began to pour. Nikhil was disappointed. His grandmother smiled and took out the carrom board. They played three games, and Nikhil won two of them. Then Grandmother showed the children how to make paper boats. They floated the boats in the puddles near the door and watched them sail away. In the evening, Nikhil said, “This was even better than a picnic!” How did Nikhil feel when it began to rain?
- disappointed
- sleepy
- excited
- proud
Answer
(a) disappointed
look at what the character did and said
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Read the passage and answer. Asha has a little puppy called Moti. One Sunday morning, Moti was missing. Asha looked under the bed, behind the sofa and in the garden, but Moti was nowhere to be found. Asha was very worried. Her mother helped her search the whole house. At last, Asha heard a soft whimper coming from the clothes cupboard. There was Moti, fast asleep on a pile of warm clothes! Asha laughed and gave Moti a big hug. From that day, Asha always looked in the clothes cupboard first. What was Moti sleeping on? (Answer in a few words.)
Answer
a pile of warm clothes
the answer is in the passage
- 5.
Read the passage and answer. One evening, Farhan went to the market with his father to buy vegetables. Near a fruit stall, an old man slipped, and his bag of apples fell on the road. The apples rolled everywhere. Some people just walked past, but Farhan ran to help. He picked up all the apples and put them back in the bag. His father helped the old man to stand up. The old man smiled and gave Farhan the biggest apple from his bag. “You are a kind child,” he said. On the way home, Farhan’s father said that he was proud of him. When did this happen? (Answer in a few words.)
Answer
one evening
the answer is in the passage
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Read the passage and answer. Isha had planned a picnic with her cousins on Thursday. But when she woke up, dark clouds covered the sky, and soon it began to pour. Isha was disappointed. Her grandmother smiled and took out the carrom board. They played three games, and Isha won two of them. Then Grandmother showed the children how to make paper boats. They floated the boats in the puddles near the door and watched them sail away. In the evening, Isha said, “This was even better than a picnic!” (a) What did Grandmother teach the children to make? (b) Which game did they play? (c) Why could the children not go for the picnic? (d) What does “disappointed” mean in the passage?
Answer
(a) Paper boats; (b) Carrom; (c) e.g. Because it began to rain heavily. (d) Sad because something hoped for did not happen
answers from the passage, in short sentences
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