5th Class English Comprehension Comprehensions based on General Topic

Comprehensions based on General Topic

Introduction

In reading comprehension, there is a passage. You have to read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on it. Some examples are given below to develop your understanding.

•                         Example 1

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

When I was young, I decided to slip a dead mouse into Mrs Pritchett's jar of sweets. I told my friends, "When she puts her dirty hand in the jar to grab a handful of sweets, she'll grab a stinky mouse instead.

The other four stared at me in wonder. They slapped me on the back. We all danced around the classroom. "We'll do it today!" they cried. "We'll do it on the way home! You had the idea', they said to me, 'so you can be the one to put the mouse in the jar.

Peter handed me the mouse. I put it into my pocket. I?ve got a penny", Peter said, "So I'll ask for one lollipop and a chocolate. And while she turns away to get them, you slip the mouse quickly into the jar."

Feeling very nervous, we entered the shop. Mrs. Pratchett stood .behind the counter. "One chocolate please". Peter said to her, holding out his penny.

When I saw Mrs. Pratchett turn her head away for a couple of seconds to look for the chocolate, I lifted the glass lid of the jar standing in front of me and dropped the mouse in. Then I replaced the jar as silently as possible. My head was thumping like mad and my hands had gone sweaty.

1.            Mrs. Pratchett owned a:

(a) Sweaty shop              (b) General store

(c) Medical store               (d) All of these

(e) None of these

2.            The total number of boys who made a plan to put the mouse into the jar was:

(a) Two                     (b) Four

(c) Five                     (d) All of these

(e) None of these

•                        Example 2

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

Field Hockey

History: The game of hockey emerged from a number of ball and stick games played by the British from the 17th century onwards. The first rules, written in the mid -1850s, refer to a "cricket ball painted white" as the object used. The first hockey club, Black heath, was formed on common ground used as a golf course. The game was exported by the British to Australia and India.

At the Olympics: Hockey was first contested in Britain at the 1908 Olympic games in London, where the hosts fielded three teams - England, Ireland and Scotland - and won the medals. It reappeared in 1920 and its unbroken run on the Olympic schedule began in 1928, when India won the first of five consecutive Olympic titles.

Women's hockey was first contested in 1980. Perhaps the most noteworthy women's match was Australia's victory over South Korea in the 1988. The Korean women had trained virtually full-time hoping to win the gold medal at home and were offered rich rewards, but the Australians were too good in the final.

1.            Hockey first became an Olympic sport in:

(a) 1908                       (b) 1920

(c) 1928                       (d) 1960

(e) None of these

2.            The game of hockey was exported to Australia by:

(a) British

(b) Ireland

(c) Germany

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

3.            At the 1928 Olympic Games:

(a) Women?s hockey was first contested.

(b) The gold medal was shared by two countries.

(c) England won the gold medal for hockey.

(d) India won the first of the five Olympic titles for hockey

(e) None of these

4.            According to the information in 1988, the South Korea women s hockey team:

(a) did not reach the finals.

(b) Played together as a team for the first time.

(c) Won its match against the Australian team.

(d) was offered incentives to win the gold medal.

(e) None of these