Grade 2 2nd Q Reading

GRADE 2 2nd Q - READING EXAM I. READING COMPREHENSION DIRECTIONS: Read the story “The Clever Rooster”. Then answer the following questions. A. Ring the letter of the best answer. 1.

Who found a gold pocket watch? a. b. c.

2.

What did the rooster do with the watch? a. b. c.

3.

He threw it away. He hung it around his neck and crowed every hour. He gave it to Mr. Agbele.

What did Mr. Agbele feel when the rooster crowed hour after hour? a. b. c.

4.

Mr. Agbele The Clever Rooster A neighbor

He was amused. He was sad. He was distressed.

What did Mr. Agbele ask of the clever rooster? a. b. c.

to behave in a more roosterly way to go away to go to sleep

5. What did Mr. Agbele feel when he told the rooster: “Thanks to you, for me time crawls like a worm, like a snail! I am truly at my wits’ end!” a. b. c.

thankful angry happy

6. What happened to the rooster when he tried to fly over the village to announce the time? a. b. c.

He remembered he had to go home. He got lost. He bumped into a tree and fell to the ground.

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7.

What happened to the watch? a. b. c.

8.

“Ga nene efo?” means a. b. c.

9.

It shattered to pieces. It got lost. It was taken by Mr. Agbele.

It’s one o’clock. It’s three o’clock. What time is it?

Where did the story happen? a. b. c.

United States Togo, Africa China

10. What can you say of the rooster when he would not follow Mr. Abele’s request to just crow once in the morning? a. b. c.

He is proud and a show-off. He is disobedient. He is lazy.

B. Arrange the following events according to how they happened in the story. Write 1 – 4. _______

Mr. Agbele asked the rooster to stop announcing the time.

_______

The rooster found a watch.

_______

The rooster hit a tree, fell to the ground and broke the watch.

_______

The rooster decided to announce fly over the village to announce the time.

C. CAUSE AND EFFECT. Underline the cause and encircle the effect. 1.

Mr. Agbele was distressed when the rooster started crowing hour after hour.

2.

The rooster hit a tree and fell to the ground. As a result, the watch shattered into pieces.

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3.

The rooster wanted to fly over the village so he could announce the time to everyone.

4.

Mr. Agbele could not read his books during the day because the rooster’s noise was disturbing him.

5.

Since the watch was broken, the rooster still crowed at daybreak but asked “Ga nene efo?” the rest of the day.

D. Draw a  if the statement happened in the story and X if it did not happen. ________ 1.

The Clever Rooster flew over the village.

________ 2.

The descendants of the rooster still ask “Ga nene efo?”

________ 3.

Mr. Agbele tried stuffing cotton in his ears so he would not hear the rooster’s hourly announcements.

________ 4.

The Clever Rooster learned how to wind the watch and read the time.

________ 5.

The Clever Rooster started teaching other roosters how to tell the time.

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II.

MAP READING

DIRECTIONS: below.

Look at the map closely.

library

Answer the questions

school

bus stop

City Hall

church

Mayor’s House

restaurant

park

store

1.

What is to the north of the church? ____________________

2.

What is to the east of City Hall? ___________________

3.

To the south of the Mayor’s house is the _________________.

4.

What is the location of the church if you were at the park? _________________

5.

What is the direction of the library from the bus stop? ________

6.

What is to the east of the park? _________________

7.

If you are to walk from the Mayor’s house to the bus stop, what will be your direction? ____________________

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8.

What is the direction of the restaurant from the park? ____________________

9.

What is to the south of the library? ________________

10.

The City Hall is located to the _______________ of the church.

III.

PICTOGRAPH

DIRECTIONS: Study the pictograph and answer the questions that follow. One day, John and Jacob decided to count how many Pokemon cards they have collected. Type of Pokemon Card

Number of Cards

Grass

♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣

Electric

♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣

Water

♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣

Fire

♣ ♣ ♣ ♣

Forest

♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣

Neo

♣ ♣ 1

♣

= 5 cards

1.

How many Forest pokemon cards are there? ______________

2.

What type has the most number of cards? ________________

3.

What type has the least number of cards? ________________

4.

How many more Water pokemon cards are there than Electric pokemon cards?

_______________

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5.

There are the same number of _______________ and _________________ pokemon cards.

6.

How many Neo pokemon cards are there? ________________

7.

What do you think is their favorite type of card? ____________

8.

What do you think is their least favorite? _________________

9.

How many more Grass pokemon cards are there than Fire pokemon cards?

10.

_________________

How many Fire and Forest pokemon cards are there together? __________________

IV.

SOFT AND HARD TH

DIRECTIONS. Write the following words in the proper column. thirty

path

weather

north

faith

bother

leather

south

broth

healthy

tenth

together

gather

birth

thought

farther

SOFT TH

HARD TH

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V.

Y AS A VOWEL AND CONSONANT

DIRECTIONS: Underline the words with y in the sentence. Write C if y is used as a consonant. Write V if y is used as a vowel. ______

1.

Jane’s doll has a yellow dress.

______

2.

It is a sunny day.

______

3.

Uncle Raymund can do tricks with his yoyo.

______

4.

The tooth fairy gave me P20.

______

5.

There are lots of insects in our yard.

______

6.

I do not eat egg yolks.

______

7.

The private can beat the spy in Games of the Generals.

______

8.

TJ likes to drink Cherry Coke.

______

9.

Do not yawn in front of other people.

______

10.

Try to exercise everyday.

VI.

BLENDS L, S and R

DIRECTIONS: Ring the consonant blend in each word. flag

sunflower

squirrel

ice cream

glass

snake

eyeglasses

last

cub scout

library

speak

frightened

blink

stomach

proud

climb

growled

lost

burglar

tricky

VII.

COMPOUND WORDS

DIRECTIONS: Write a word on the blank to make a compound word for the picture shown.

1. sun +_______________

=

__________________

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2. light + ______________

=

__________________

3. ____________ + glasses

=

__________________

4. ____________ + knob

=

_________________

5. air + _______________

=

_________________

6. window + ______________ =

_________________

7. ______________ + frog

=

_________________

8. drug + ______________

=

_________________

9. ______________ + work

=

_________________

10. flower + _______________ =

_________________

VIII. WORDS WITH MULTIPLE MEANINGS DIRECTIONS: Write the letter of the correct meaning of the underlined word in the blank after each sentence. 1.

The heavy stone will sink in the river. ____________ a.

a place for washing dishes

b.

to go under

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2.

The bright boy won the Science contest. ____________ a.

3.

b.

giving much light; shining

Look to your left and right before you cross the street. _______ a.

4.

intelligent, clever

crucifix

b.

go across

Please watch your things when in a public place. ___________ a. something that tells time b. to look; to keep one’s eyes on

5.

There are many plants in the garden. _____________ a.

6.

b. to make happy

opposite of right

b. past tense of leave

covering of a tree trunk

b. sound made by a dog

I gave Teacher Nessie a note about the party. ____________ a.

IX.

a word of courtesy

This paper was recycled from bark. _____________ a.

10.

b. not soft

The guests left the party at 10:30 p.m. ______________ a.

9.

difficult; not easy

It would please your mother if you sang for her on her birthday. _______________ a.

8.

b. put in the ground

It is hard to write in script. ______________ a.

7.

green living things

a short letter

b. a musical sound

-ING VERBS

DIRECTIONS: Write the correct –ing form of the word. 1. jog - ______________

6. make - _________________

2. smile - _____________

7. clap -

_________________

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3. wait - ______________

8. share - _________________

4. put - ______________

9. give - _________________

5. brush - ______________

10. love - _________________

X.

CONSONANT DIGRAPHS sh, wh, ck, ch

DIRECTIONS: Ring the consonant digraph in each word. Then indicate its position by writing Initial, Medial or Final on the blank. __________

1.

coach

__________

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wheat

__________

2.

whiskey

__________

12.

cricket

__________

3.

knock

__________

13.

dash

__________

4.

nowhere

__________

14.

chase

__________

5.

seashore

__________

15.

cherry

__________

6.

machine

__________

16.

stick

__________

7.

sunshine

__________

17.

shovel

__________

8.

white

__________

18.

search

__________

9.

pickles

__________

19.

necklace

__________

10.

trick

__________

20.

lunch

XI. CONTEXT CLUES DIRECTIONS: Ring the letter of the meaning of the underlined word by using context clues. 1.

At first, Aleli’s friends did not seem comfortable with Mark, but soon they were talking about many things. a. b. c.

happy at ease sad

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2.

Suddenly, the old lady turned into a magical fairy wearing a shimmering white dress. a. b. c.

3.

“Th-thank you very much,” Eric stammered as he was awed by the magical display before him. a. b. c.

4.

Slowly Without thinking With pity

Mark was a shy and meek boy. a. b. c.

6.

shouted whispered said brokenly

On an impulse, Eric quickly helped the old woman. a. b. c.

5.

shiny long new

angry sad humble

The thought of being a rat is abhorrent to most people. a. delicious b. horrible c. sweet

7. After the harvest, we had an abundant amount of apples. We made apple pie, apple sauce, and apple juice because we had so many apples! a. b. c. 8.

a shortage not enough plenty of

The snake slithered through the grass. He was hunting. a. b. c.

moved slept stopped moving

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9. I can't believe it! Right in the middle of our conversation, Peter turned around abruptly and walked out of the room! a. b. c.

slowly suddenly quietly

10. The elated children jumped up and down as their Dad brought down their new puppy from the car. a. b. c.

frightened shocked excited