Love Across Distance: The Kabuliwala – Reading Comprehension for Class 6 

This Grade 6 reading comprehension worksheet beautifully retells The Kabuliwala a heartwarming story by Rabindranath Tagore about friendship, love, and separation. It follows Mini, a talkative little girl from Calcutta, and a kind fruit seller from Kabul who form a touching bond that transcends age and distance. 

Through this story, students learn about compassion, human connection, and how love remains strong despite time and distance. The exercises help learners develop comprehension, inference, and empathy, while also improving grammar and vocabulary. 

Why Reading Comprehension Matters in Grammar?

 Comprehension strengthens the bridge between emotion and expression. For Grade 6 learners, this topic is important because: 
1. It enhances understanding of emotions and human relationships. 
2. It builds sentence clarity and vocabulary through narrative context. 
3. It promotes empathy, reflection, and moral learning. 
4. It encourages organized and thoughtful written responses.

 What’s Inside This Worksheet?

 🧠 Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
Students identify key story details such as why Mini and the Kabuliwala became friends, what he showed her father, and what emotion the story expresses. 

✏️ Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions
Learners describe who Mini was, why the Kabuliwala was arrested, and how Mini’s father helped him. 

📚 Exercise 3 – Higher-Order Thinking & Vocabulary 
Students analyze the themes of love, distance, and time, while finding a synonym for compassion → kindness.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Choose the Correct Option
1. a) They enjoyed talking to each other 
2. b) His daughter’s handprint 
3. c) Love between a father and child 

Exercise 2 – Short Answer Questions
1. Mini was a talkative little girl from Calcutta. 
2. He injured a man in a fight. 
3. Mini’s father gave him money to go back to Kabul. 

Exercise 3 – Critical Thinking & Vocabulary
1. The story shows that love stays strong despite distance. 
2. Mini’s father learns that kindness connects all people. 
3. The Kabuliwala’s return shows how time changes people but not emotions. 
4. Synonym for “compassion” – Kindness.

 Help your child discover the power of love, memory, and empathy through this touching classic by Rabindranath Tagore. 
Let reading build both understanding and heart!
 
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