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Reading Comprehension Worksheets (Level 2) in PDF

These grade 2 reading comprehension worksheets are taken from a series of leveled reading workbooks ranging in difficulty from A to Z, according to the Fountas and Pinnell grading system. The full workbooks are available for download from K5 Learning Bookstore

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Rhyming Animals

The Music Concert

A Play: The Chief and the Thief 

The Moon 

The Great Sphinx Statue 

Authors Tell Different Stories 

Robert Fulton-Steamboat Inventor  

Fight for Equality:Thurgood Marshall 


Each fiction passage or poem is followed by 4 questions. Most passages are 150-200 words long. Questions ask the students to recall what they have read. Space is provided for written answers, or the child may just verbalize an answer to his parent or tutor.2nd grade reading comprehension worksheet

Playing Catch    Fiction, 154 words
Going to the Movies     Fiction, 150 words
Dave and Grant Love Kayaking     Fiction, 155 words
The Clean Park     Fiction, 200 words
Don't Give Up     Poem, 94 words
The Camping Trip     Fiction, 195 words
Guitar or Ballet?     Fiction, 200 words
Going to the LIbrary     Non-fiction, 190 words
Springtime Tadpoles     Fiction, 190 words
Grandpa's Cooking     Fiction,  170 words
The Washing Machine Box     Fiction, 170 words


Historical Reading Worksheets

Each historical passage or fable is followed by 4 questions. The language level is aimed at beginning readers. Questions for grade 2 students are focused on recalling information directly from the text.

John and Dick do Not Like Rats      Fiction, 140 words
A Big, White, Hen        Fiction, 245 words
Ten Little Cookies    Poem, 70 words
Little by Little    Fiction, 250 words
The Bomb    Fiction, 170 words
Moving On    Fiction, 400 words
The Coat     Fiction, 160 words
In Search of Flowers    Fiction, 115 words
Here is a Nest    Fiction, 150 words
Hide and Seek,    Fiction, 185 words
Pretty Fish,    Fiction, 160 words