Soup of Sharing: Reading Comprehension for Class 4 

This Grade 4 reading comprehension worksheet, titled “The Stone Soup,” helps children explore themes of teamwork, sharing, and creative problem-solving through a classic folk tale. The story follows three travelers who cleverly inspire a village to work together by pretending to make soup from a stone. Through clear narration and guided exercises, learners strengthen reading fluency, recall, and moral reasoning. 

Why Reading Comprehension Matters in Grammar? 

1. It enhances sentence understanding and paragraph structure recognition. 
2. It encourages students to identify main ideas, moral values, and supporting details. 
3. It connects grammar to real-life language through storytelling. 
4. It nurtures empathy, communication, and moral reflection. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This story-based worksheet features structured exercises that test reading accuracy and interpretive thinking: 

🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students answer objective questions on what the villagers and travelers did, identifying correct facts and details. 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions 
Learners write text-based answers using direct evidence from the passage to practice comprehension and quoting skills. 

📚 Exercise 3 – Higher Order Thinking Questions 
Encourages students to analyze motives, connect moral lessons, and build vocabulary by identifying meanings or giving creative titles. 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Choose the Correct Option 
1. b) They said they barely had enough for themselves 
2. c) A smooth, clean stone and water 
3. c) That cooperation and generosity can turn nothing into plenty 

Exercise 2 – Answer the Following 
1. The travelers did not give up; they built a fire, filled a pot with water, and placed a clean stone inside to make soup. 
2. After cooking together, the soup was ready. It smelled wonderful and tasted delicious, and everyone ate happily. 
3. One villager brought carrots when travelers said it would taste better, and another added potatoes saying, “I have some potatoes.” 

Exercise 3 – Think and Connect 
1. The travelers used the stone to spark curiosity, helping villagers share and work together to make soup, proving teamwork brings better results. 
2. No, the villagers would have refused again. The clever stone plan changed their attitude and made them eager to share. 
3. At first, villagers had nothing to share and stayed apart, but by working together they created a delicious soup and felt united. 
4. The word “cooperation” means working together for a common goal. OR New title: “Sharing Creates Plenty for All.” 

Encourage your child to read, imagine, and learn how kindness multiplies when shared! Enroll today for an engaging literacy experience. 

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