Comprehension exercises for second grade
These worksheets introduce comprehension concepts and skills such as identifying the main ideas of a text, relating cause and effect, making predictions, distinguishing between fact and opinion and recognizing story elements such as characters, setting and plot.
Main ideas & details: what is the text mostly about?
Reading for the 5Ws: who, what, why, when & where
Characters: describe the character traits of a story's main character
Compare & contrast: use Venn diagrams to show how characters are alike or different
Setting: describe the setting of the story, including using inferences
Plot: the beggining, the middle, the end and the problem solved
Sequencing: put events in logical order and creating own sequences
Cause and effect worksheets: linking causes and effects
Conclusions & inferences: what is "probably true" based on a short text
Prediction worksheets: predict what is in a book and how a story will end
Fact vs fiction: fact or fiction? reality or fantasy?
Fact vs opinion: classify sentences as fact or opinion
Author's purpose: persuade, inform or entertain?
Text connections: linking stories to ones own experiences
Sample grade 2 reading comprehension exercises
