The Flow of Life: The Water Cycle – Reading Comprehension for Class 5

This Grade 5 reading comprehension worksheet introduces learners to the fascinating journey of water around our planet through the water cycle. The passage explains key processes—evaporation, condensation, and precipitation—in clear, age-appropriate language, helping students understand how water moves and supports life on Earth.

Through this lesson, students discover how sunlight drives evaporation, how clouds form through condensation, and how rain completes the natural cycle. Each step is described simply to promote curiosity about nature, geography, and environmental science.

Why the Water Cycle Matters in Grammar?

Reading comprehension around scientific topics helps young learners strengthen both science and language skills. For Grade 5 students, this topic is important because:
1. It builds factual reading and summarization abilities.
2. It improves vocabulary related to natural processes.
3. It enhances analytical and critical thinking through inference questions.
4. It encourages environmental awareness through reading.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes a mix of multiple-choice and written exercises to assess understanding of the passage:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Choose the Correct Option 
Students identify factual details about the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions 
Students explain how evaporation happens, how clouds form, and why the water cycle is important.

📘 Exercise 3 – Extended Thinking Questions 
Students connect ideas from the passage to real-life situations, like how the Sun powers the water cycle or what would happen if it stopped. It also includes a vocabulary task (synonym for “continuous”).

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Choose the Correct Option 
1. a) Water turns into vapor 
2. b) Precipitation 
3. b) Into rivers and seas 

Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions 
1. The Sun’s heat turns water into vapor. 
2. The water cycle keeps water available and supports life on Earth. 
3. Clouds form when water vapor cools and condenses.

Exercise 3 – Extended Thinking Questions 
1. The Sun powers evaporation and drives the cycle. 
2. It ensures living things always have water to survive. 
3. Without it, Earth would become dry and lifeless. 
4. Synonym: constant

Help your child explore Earth’s natural wonders and strengthen comprehension skills with this engaging passage on the Water Cycle. 
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