Bravery and Kindness Rewarded: Androcles and the Lion – Reading Comprehension for Class 6

 This Grade 6 reading comprehension worksheet brings the classic fable Androcles and the Lion to life, teaching the power of courage, compassion, and gratitude. Students will read about Androcles, a runaway slave who bravely helps an injured lion—and later discovers how kindness can return in the most unexpected ways. 

The story strengthens comprehension, vocabulary, and inference skills while inspiring empathy and moral reflection. Through structured activities, learners analyze events, draw lessons, and connect them to real-life values. 

Why Reading Comprehension Matters in Grammar? 

Reading comprehension builds sentence understanding and emotional intelligence together. For Grade 6 learners, this topic is important because: 
1. It develops reading fluency and grammatical accuracy. 
2. It teaches empathy and moral awareness through storytelling. 
3. It encourages reasoning and sentence-based interpretation. 
4. It helps students write thoughtful, complete answers using correct grammar. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
Students answer factual questions about Androcles’ escape, the lion’s injury, and the king’s decision. 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions
Learners explain how Androcles showed bravery, how the lion responded, and what the king decided. 

📚 Exercise 3 – Higher-Order Thinking & Vocabulary
Students explore moral questions about kindness, bravery, and gratitude while identifying a synonym for gratitude→ thankfulness.
 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Choose the Correct Option
1. a) To escape his cruel master 
2. c) It was limping with a thorn in its paw 
3. c) It ran to him with affection 

Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions
1. He thought the lion would attack him. 
2. The lion licked his hand gently. 
3. The king pardoned Androcles and freed both. 
Exercise 3 – Critical Thinking & Vocabulary 
1. It teaches that kindness brings unexpected rewards. 
2. They had never seen such loyalty between man and beast. 
3. His courage helped him earn freedom. 
4. Synonym for “gratitude” – Thankfulness.

Help your child build reading comprehension and empathy through this timeless tale of friendship and bravery. 
Let them discover how kindness and courage can change destinies. 

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