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The Library Dragon: Reading Comprehension Worksheet (Grade 2)

Free printable Grade 2 reading comprehension worksheet: an original fiction passage, "The Library Dragon", with 5 questions covering literal understanding, inference, vocabulary in context and main idea. Answer key included.

Grade 2 · Reading worksheet
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Reading Comprehension: The Library Dragon

Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in full sentences.

Fiction
Two children discovering a tiny green lizard beneath a reading chair in the school library.

A green dragon was hiding in the school library. At least, that was what Arlo told everyone. He had seen a pointed head slip behind the atlas shelf and a long tail vanish under the reading chair. At lunch, Arlo and Mina crept between the bookcases with a cardboard box and an apple for bait. Something rustled. Mina lifted the chair slowly. Out darted a tiny green lizard. It raced up the curtain and stopped beside an open window. The children lowered their box and laughed. Their dragon was only as long as a pencil. They told the librarian, who guided it safely into the garden.

  1. 1.
    Why did Arlo think a dragon was in the library?
  2. 2.
    What did Arlo and Mina bring to catch it?
  3. 3.
    What was the 'dragon' really?
  4. 4.
    Why did the children lower their box?
  5. 5.
    In this story, 'darted' means:
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