Grade 2 2nd q Reading

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GRADE 2 2nd Q - READING EXAM

I. READING COMPREHENSION

DIRECTIONS: Read the story The Clever Rooster. Then answerthe following questions.

A. Ring the letter of the best answer.

1. Who found a gold pocket watch?

a. Mr. Agbeleb. The Clever Rooster c. A neighbor

2. What did the rooster do with the watch?

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

3. What did Mr. Agbele feel when the rooster crowed hour afterhour?

a. He was amused.b. He was sad.c. He was distressed.

4. What did Mr. Agbele ask of the clever rooster?

a. to behave in a more roosterly wayb. to go awayc. to go to sleep

5. What did Mr. Agbele feel when he told the rooster: Thanks toyou, for me time crawls like a worm, like a snail! I am truly at my witsend!

a. thankfulb. angryc. happy

6. What happened to the rooster when he tried to fly over thevillage to announce the time?

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


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7. What happened to the watch?

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

8. Ga nene efo?means

a. Its one oclock.b. Its three oclock.c. What time is it?

9. Where did the story happen?

a. United Statesb. Togo, Africac. China

10. What can you say of the rooster when he would not follow Mr.Abeles request to just crow once in the morning?

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

B. Arrange the following events according to how they happenedin 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 toannounce the time.

C. CAUSE AND EFFECT. Underline the cause and encircle theeffect.

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 roosters 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 nothappen.

________ 1. The Clever Rooster flew over the village.

________ 2. The descendants of the rooster still ask Ga neneefo?

________ 3. Mr. Agbele tried stuffing cotton in his ears so hewould not hear the roosters hourly announcements.

________ 4. The Clever Rooster learned how to wind the watchand read the time.

________ 5. The Clever Rooster started teaching other roostershow to tell the time.

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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 thatfollow.

One day, John and Jacob decided to count how many Pokemoncards 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 ify is used as a consonant. Write V if y is used as a vowel.

______ 1. Janes 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 theGenerals.

______ 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 wordfor 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 theunderlined 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. intelligent, clever b. giving much light; shining

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

a. crucifix b. go across

4. Please watch your things when in a public place. ___________

a. something that tells timeb. to look; to keep ones eyes on

5. There are many plants in the garden. _____________

a. green living things b. p

ut in the ground

6. It is hard to write in script. ______________

a. difficult; not easy b. not soft

7. It would please your mother if you sang for her onher birthday. _______________

a. a word of courtesy b. to make happy

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

a. opposite of right b. past tense of leave

9. This paper was recycled from bark. _____________

a. covering of a tree trunk b. sound made by a dog

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

a. a short letter b. a musical sound

IX. -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. Thenindicate its position by writing Initial, Medial or Final on the blank.

__________ 1. coach __________ 11. 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 wordby using context clues.

1. At first, Alelis friends did not seem comfortable with Mark, butsoon they were talking about many things.

a. happyb. at easec. sad

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2. Suddenly, the old lady turned into a magical fairy wearing ashimmering white dress.

a. shinyb. longc. new

3. Th-thank you very much, Eric stammered as he was awedby the magical display before him.

a. shoutedb. whisperedc. said brokenly

4. On an impulse, Eric quickly helped the old wom

an.

a. Slowlyb. Without thinkingc. With pity

5. Mark was a shy and meek boy.

a. angryb. sadc. humble

6. The thought of being a rat is abhorrent to most people.

a. deliciousb. horriblec. sweet

7. After the harvest, we had an abundant amount of apples. We

made apple pie, apple sauce, and apple juice because we had somany apples!

a. a shortageb. not enoughc. plenty of

8. The snake slithered through the grass. He was hunting.

a. movedb. sleptc. stopped moving

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9. I can't believe it! Right in the middle of our conversation, Peterturned around abruptly and walked out of the room!

a. slowlyb. suddenlyc. quietly

10. The elated children jumped up and down as their Dad broughtdown their new puppy from the car.

a. frightenedb. shockedc. excited

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