Trees - Reading Comprehension

AP / NCERT Board-Based Reading Comprehension 

Grade 7 Honeycomb

Poem Trees

Reading Comprehension 1

Trees are for birds.

Trees are for children.

Trees are to make tree houses in.

Trees are to swing swings on.

Trees are for the wind to blow through.

Trees are to hide behind in ‘Hide and Seek.’

Trees are to have tea parties under.

Trees are for kites to get caught in.

1.  Why does the poet say trees are for birds?

    a) Birds play on trees.

    b) Birds build nests on trees. ✔

    c) Birds grow trees for themselves.

2. What purpose do trees serve for children?

    a) To hide behind in 'Hide and Seek'

    b) To swing swings on

    c) To make tree houses in

    d) All the above ✔

Reading Comprehension 2

Trees are to make cool shade in summer.

Trees are to make no shade in winter.

Trees are for apples to grow on, and pears;

Trees are to chop down and call, “TIMBER-R-R!”

Trees make mothers say,

“What a lovely picture to paint!”

Trees make fathers say,

“What a lot of leaves to rake this fall !”

1. According to the passage, what do mothers say about trees?

    a) “TIMBER-R-R!”

    b) “What a lot of leaves to rake this fall!”

    c) “What a lovely picture to paint!” ✔

    d) “To make cool shade in summer.”

2. Why do trees make no shade in winter according to the passage?

    a) They lose their leaves. ✔

    b) They grow more branches.

    c) They provide cool shade.

    d) They are chopped down.

3. What purpose do trees serve in summer?

    a) To grow apples

    b) To make cool shade ✔

    c) To chop down

    d) To paint pictures

4. What is the comment fathers make about trees in the passage?

    a) “To make cool shade in summer.”

    b) “What a lot of leaves to rake this fall!” ✔

    c) “TIMBER-R-R!”

    d) “What a lovely picture to paint!”