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Nursery Rhyme Fun!

A Grade 2 ELA worksheet to test knowledge and comprehension of popular nursery rhymes.

Grade 2 ELA ReadingReading Genres and TypesNursery Rhymes
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Fill in the BlanksMultiple ChoiceTrue / FalseShort AnswerOrdering

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5

Topics

nursery rhymesELAGrade 2reading comprehension
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Nursery Rhyme Fun!

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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!

Complete the following nursery rhymes by filling in the missing words.

1. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I   what you are.

2. Mary had a little  , its fleece was white as snow.

3. Humpty Dumpty sat on a  , Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

Choose the best answer for each question.

1. In 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep', how many bags of wool did the black sheep have?

a

One

b

Two

c

Three

d

None

2. What did Jack and Jill go up the hill to fetch?

a

A pail of water

b

Some apples

c

A basket of flowers

d

Firewood

Read each statement and decide if it is True or False.

1. Little Miss Muffet sat on a chair.

T

True

F

False

2. The cow jumped over the moon in 'Hey Diddle Diddle'.

T

True

F

False

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What did the spider do to Little Miss Muffet?

2. What happened to the three blind mice?

Number the events from 'Humpty Dumpty' in the correct order.

All the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put Humpty together again.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.