Welcome to your reading activity! Today you will read a short passage and use your thinking skills to understand the story.
As you read, look for important details, new words, and the main idea. After reading, answer the questions by using information from the story and your own ideas. Do your best and enjoy reading!
Tom’s Zoo Trip — Reading Practice
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Read the story, then try the questions. Every answer is hiding in the words above — so if you are not sure, go back and read that bit again. You will be told why each answer is right, and the last question asks what happened first.
Tom’s Zoo Trip
Grade 2 — A trip around the zoo, one animal at a time
Tom was excited for his trip to the zoo. When he arrived, he saw many animals. The first stop was the lion’s den. Tom watched the lions lounging in the sun, their big manes glowing.
Next, Tom visited the monkey house. He laughed as the monkeys swung from branches and made funny faces. At the penguin exhibit, Tom enjoyed watching the penguins waddle and slide on the ice.
For lunch, Tom had a sandwich while sitting by the giraffe enclosure. He saw a tall giraffe reach its long neck to eat leaves from a tree. Tom was thrilled with all the animals he saw and couldn’t wait to tell his friends about his zoo adventure.
Question 1
What was Tom’s first stop at the zoo?
The lion’s den. All four are in the story, so this one is about order rather than which animals were there. The word to look for is first.
Question 2
What made Tom laugh at the monkey house?
They swung from branches and made funny faces. Sliding on the ice was the penguins — it is easy to mix the two up if you read quickly.
Question 3
Where did Tom sit to eat his lunch?
By the giraffe enclosure. That is also how he came to watch the giraffe eating — he was sitting right there.
Question 4
What did the giraffe eat?
Leaves from a tree. The story says it reached its long neck up to get them. A long neck is useful for exactly that.
Question 5 — select all that apply
Select every animal the story says Tom saw, then press Check.
Lions, monkeys and penguins — and a giraffe at the end. A zoo has lots of animals, but the story only names those four, and a story can only tell you what it says.
Question 6 — put them in order
Click these in order, from what Tom did first to what he did last.
Lions, monkeys, penguins, then lunch by the giraffes. The story uses words that tell you the order: first, next, and for lunch. Those words are worth watching for.