Name: ______________________ Date: ______________________
Grade 2 Reading Comprehension Worksheet
THE INCREDIBLE GROWING JACKET
Read the story below.
One day when Jules is at school, he takes his jacket from the hook and notices
the jacket seems different. He puts it on. Its sleeves go down than they did
before. The bottom of the coat is close to his knees. It looks exactly like his coat.
It is dark blue. It has a nice hood. At home, Jules takes off the jacket and notices
that it is not a Size 6 anymore. Now it is a Size
9. The next day at school, he sees another boy wearing
a blue jacket like Jules’s. It is much too small for him. A
big smile comes onto his face. The other boy was 9
years old and Jules was 6 years old. Their Mums must
have bought their jackets from the same shop, only
in different sizes. At lunchtime, the boys took off
their jackets to play soccer, and took home the wrong
ones.
Answer each question.
1. What does Jules notice about his jacket?
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2. How does Jules know that it looks like his coat?
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3. What is the size of Jules’s jacket when he takes off?
a. Size 9 b. Size 12 c. Size 14
4. What does Jules see the next day at school?
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5. Why is there a smile on Jules’s face?
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Name: ______________________ Date: ______________________
Grade 2 Reading Comprehension Worksheet
THE INCREDIBLE GROWING JACKET
JADE MAITRE
Read the story below.
One day when Jules is at school, he takes his jacket from the hook and notices
the jacket seems different. He puts it on. Its sleeves go down than they did
before. The bottom of the coat is close to his knees. It looks exactly like his coat.
It is dark blue. It has a nice hood. At home, Jules takes off the jacket and notices
that it is not a Size 6 anymore. Now it is a Size
9. The next day at school, he sees another boy wearing
a blue jacket like Jules’s. It is much too small for him. A
big smile comes onto his face. The other boy was 9
years old and Jules was 6 years old. Their Mums must
have bought their jackets from the same shop, only
in different sizes. At lunchtime, the boys took off
their jackets to play soccer, and took home the wrong
ones.
Answer each question.
1. What does Jules notice about his jacket? Jules
notices that the jacket seems different.
2. How does Jules know that it looks like his coat?
It looks exactly like his coat. It is dark blue. It has a nice hood.
3. What is the size of Jules’s jacket when he takes off?
a. Size 9 b. Size 12 c. Size 14
4. What does Jules see the next day at school?
He sees another boy wearing a blue jacket, but it is too small for him.
5. Why is there a smile on Jules’s face?
At lunchtime, the boys took off their jackets to play soccer, and took
home the wrong ones.
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