Sample Reading Questions 2nd grade

Jada will feed her pets every day. She will give them food that is good for them. What does feed mean? 

 

 

 

• to give food to

• to take a bath 

• to play with 

Don likes to write letters to his friends. 

Which word has the same base word as write? 

  

  

  

• kite

• real

• writing

I am beginning to understand how to play this game.  

Which word means the same as beginning?  

  

  

• knowing

• starting

• winning

Beth rides the bus to school. She sits with Ann. After school, the girls ride the  bus home. They talk about their day. 

How do the girls get home?  

  

  

 

• They walk home.

• They ride the bus.

• Their moms pick them up.

Elephants are the largest animals on land. They can be over twenty feet long and  twelve feet tall. They have very big ears, long trunks, and short tails. They can  move very fast if they need to. 

What shows how big elephants are?  

  

  

 

• They can be over twenty feet long.

• They can move very fast.

• They have short tails. 

Kerry pulled on her new jacket and grabbed her bike. She rode around the park  for a few minutes. She stopped to take off her jacket and put it in the bike basket.  Then she rode her bike again. 

Why does Kerry take off her jacket? 

  

 

  

• It doesn't fit anymore.

• It is a new jacket. 

• She is too warm.

Hana lived in a blue town. Everything was blue. The food was blue. The grass  was blue. Everything was blue but one thing. Hana was not blue.  

What kind of story is this? 

 

  

 

• a make-believe story 

• a story about a real person

• a story like real life 

Gary lived in a big tree. Like other squirrels, he worked hard finding nuts. One  day, he found a kind of nut he'd never seen before. He could not move it. "Silly  squirrel," called the wise old barn owl. "That's a rock!" 

Who is this story about?

 

  

 

• a different kind of rock 

• a wise old barn owl

• a silly squirrel named Gary

I walked into the shop, and the shop owner smiled at me. "Glad to see you,  

Laila," he said. "The cloth you were looking for arrived." 

He spread out the cloth so I could see it. Soon other shoppers stood around us  and looked at the beautiful cloth. 

Who is telling this story? 

 

  

• Laila 

• the shop owner

• the shoppers 

I like my yellow coat. I put it on when it is raining. It makes a funny noise when I  walk. 

Which word tells what the coat looks like? 

  

  

  

• raining

• yellow

• noise