Class 5 Reading Passage on The King’s Questions
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Class 5 Reading Passage on The King’s Questions
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Saumya SrivastavaVisit Profile
I’m a communication-focused educator with a strong foundation in psychology and child development. I create a warm, encouraging learning space where students feel confident expressing themselves, building strong communication skills, and growing into thoughtful, self-assured speakers.
Wisdom in Action: Reading Comprehension for Class 5
This Grade 5 reading comprehension worksheet, The King’s Three Questions, helps learners explore the value of wisdom, kindness, and doing good at the right time. Through the story of a wise king and a hermit, students learn how true wisdom is revealed through thoughtful actions rather than words. The worksheet includes multiple-choice, short-answer, and reflective questions that strengthen understanding, inference, and moral reasoning.
By reading and responding to the text, learners practice identifying main ideas, interpreting messages, and reflecting on lessons of empathy and kindness. This worksheet builds comprehension fluency while encouraging real-life thinking and purposeful reading.
Why Reading Comprehension Matters in Grammar?
Reading comprehension develops not just language but reasoning. For Grade 5 learners, this topic is vital because:
1. It helps students interpret meanings beyond the surface.
2. It builds thoughtful and kind expression through reading.
3. It strengthens vocabulary and contextual understanding.
4. It teaches how to learn life lessons through text reflection.
What’s Inside This Worksheet?
This worksheet offers creative reading-based comprehension practice to enhance clarity and insight:
🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
Students choose the most accurate options based on the story’s events and key ideas.
✏️ Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions
Learners write brief responses to explain actions, choices, and messages from the passage.
📋 Exercise 3 – Reflective Questions
Students make connections, identify morals, and find word meanings to deepen interpretation.
✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)
Exercise 1 – Choose the Correct Option
1. b) Three answers about life
2. b) A hermit
3. a) To care for people near him
Exercise 2 – Short Answers
1. The king went because he trusted the hermit’s wisdom.
2. The king helped the wounded man until he recovered.
3. The hermit said doing good for others is most important.
Exercise 3 – Reflective Answers
1. By helping and observing, he understood the lesson himself.
2. Actions make people realize the truth better than words.
3. It shows that wisdom is kindness and timely good deeds.
4. Synonym of "intelligent": Wise
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Frequently Asked Questions
They learn to connect questions with deeper ideas about life, choices, and responsibility.
It encourages children to think beyond events and understand the purpose behind actions.
Ask children what a character is trying to learn or understand.
