Warmth in the Cold: The Little Match Girl – Reading Comprehension for Class 5 

This Grade 5 reading comprehension worksheet retells the touching tale *The Little Match Girl* in a simple, age-appropriate way. Designed to nurture empathy and imagination, it helps learners practice reading fluency, emotional understanding, and textual interpretation through structured comprehension tasks. 

Students will explore moral lessons such as kindness, hope, and compassion through varied activity types — including MCQs, short-answer questions, and critical thinking prompts. Each task builds emotional awareness, vocabulary, and interpretive skills, encouraging students to connect deeply with the story’s message. 

By reading carefully and answering reflectively, learners strengthen their comprehension, reasoning, and sentence construction skills — all aligned to Grade 5 English learning goals. 

Why Reading Comprehension Matters in Grammar? 

Comprehension skills strengthen every area of English learning. For Grade 5 learners, this topic is important because: 
1. It helps students understand emotion and empathy through storytelling. 
2. It enhances grammar and sentence clarity in written responses. 
3. It develops imagination and reflective thinking through guided questioning. 
4. It connects moral learning with language expression. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students choose the correct answers to factual questions such as what the girl was selling, what she imagined, and what lesson the story teaches. 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions 
Learners write complete-sentence answers describing why the girl was out in the cold, how the story ended, and what she saw in the matchlight. 

📚 Exercise 3 – Critical Thinking Prompts 
Students reflect on the main theme, discuss empathy, and explain how imagination gave comfort to the girl in her suffering. 

📝 Vocabulary Builder 
Find the synonym of “freezing” from the passage (answer: *icy*). 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Choose the Correct Option 
1. c) Matches 
2. a) A warm home and grandmother 
3. b) To be kind and compassionate 

Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions 
1. She was out in the cold to sell matches and earn money. 
2. The story ended with her passing away peacefully with a smile. 
3. She saw warm light and her grandmother’s image in the matchlight. 

Exercise 3 – Critical Thinking Answers 
1. The main theme is empathy and compassion for the poor. 
2. Readers learn that empathy means understanding and caring for others’ pain. 
3. Imagination gave her comfort and peace in her suffering. 
4. Synonym for “freezing”: icy. 

Help your child understand empathy and imagination through timeless tales that build both heart and comprehension. 
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